A/N: This chapter takes place sometime in the block of time between the Orlando trip and the Yosemite one. As promised, it will describe, in detail, the drama between Mercedes and her GBF. I hope ya'll Kurtcedes fans won't hate me for this.

I honestly feel like a little shade would definitely have been thrown in 'Cedes' directions when the masses heard her good news. Here's Samcedes' response to it. Anyway, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not now, nor will I ever claim ownership of Glee, its characters, or the manner in which those characters are mistreated on television. I would never admit to being responsible for the hot mess my favorite show has become.

Chapter 3

Friday Night's Alright for Fighting

Sam POV:

July 13, 2012

Since Mercy and me have been hanging out with all of our friends in small groups this summer, and ALL of them seem to be aware of it, we pretty much knew we would eventually end up spending some time with Klaine. 'Cedes has been kinda worried about it, because she and Kurt haven't been on the best of terms lately.

It all started after Mercedes started telling people about her job with the record producer. Most of the New Directions were really happy for her, and she got a lot of congratulations for about a week. Mr. Shue even told a bunch of people he'd always been sure he had a star on his hands, ever since the day she sang at auditions sophomore year. Fake as some of the compliments were, Mercy was really excited and super pleased that so many people were happy for her. When Kurt, Finn, and Rachel got their acceptance and rejection letters, though, people's true colors started to show.

Rachel, as everyone knows, got in. But she started the mess by going on JBI's blog and posting comments about how proud she was of Mercy. When other people did the same thing, Ms. Berry couldn't take anyone else getting the star treatment…so she replied to her own comment, saying that she didn't see how a reputable record label would ever hire singers based on one Youtube video. Then she pointed out that she (the STAR of New Directions) had been posting videos of herself on Myspace and Youtube for years, but had never even been approached, which should have been a red flag. After that, Berry called Mercy and advised her to have the label checked out.

Mercedes didn't bat an eye, she was already prepared for Berry to hate. But when Tina told her about it, 'Cedes couldn't believe that Kurt hadn't been the one to let her know shade was being thrown. The whole thing pretty much cemented the fact that Kurt had a new bestie and that his loyalty now lay with Ms. Broadway. She never said so out loud, but I could tell it really hurt Mercy's feelings.

At our summer kickoff party, Kurt drew Mercy to the side and asked her if there was any way she could introduce he and Rachel to her producer. The fact was, that at the time Mercedes hadn't even met with her new boss in person. They had marathon phone and Skype sessions, Mercy sent him hundreds of MP3's of her singing, and they even texted each other back and forth to touch base. But they didn't meet until the week of our Vegas vacation when the two of us and her parents took the three hour drive west to meet her new boss and tour the production offices.

Mercedes told Kurt this, and that she honestly didn't think it would be professional of her to ask for any favors yet. When she said that, Kurt accused her of being jealous of his friendship and sabotaging their chances out of bitterness.

My baby wasn't about to take that lying down, so she told him if anyone had EVER sabotaged Kurt, it was his so-called friend. Then she reminded him of West Side Story, Senior Class elections, and more recently, NYADA acceptances. Mercy told Kurt that Rachel had managed to steal his slot at the New York school by stalking Carmen Tibideax and whining her ass off. She told him that it wasn't her place to make sure that he and Rachel were the c/o 2012's breakout stars, and that if they wanted to do what she had done they should get on her level.

Then Kurt told her that everything Rachel had posted about her was true, and whenever her so-called success fizzed out, she would be begging them for forgiveness. At that point Santana, Puck, Unique and I had eavesdropped enough to come over and defend Mercedes, which made Kurt feel like he was being ganged up on. After telling Mercy to call him when she could admit how wrong she was, he left in a huff.

The only reason we are considering a Klaine/Samcedes outing at all is because Blaine begged us to. He and I are pretty cool, we used to do a lot of stuff together; go running, play video games, that kind of thing. Back when Mercy and I first told Glee we were a couple, the four of us would hang out. Blaine's actually a really cool dude. After my girl and l got back together this year, me and Blaine would go work out whenever Kurt and 'Cedes got to talking about fashion.

Blaine wanted to hang out with us and get tipsy like the other couples because, according to the grapevine, we're basically the most fun couple in Glee. So he and I decided we would all go to Blaine's and have a Mexican sci-fi marathon, complete with margaritas, tacos and however many Star Wars movies we could get through. I'm pretty sure Mercy was smuggling in her own personal stash of tequila too.

When we arrived at Blaine's with all the garnishes, taco shells, and a 6 pack of Dos Esquis, Blaine opened the door wearing a poncho and a fake mustache. We looked around him and saw Kurt there in a sombrero and a lot of beaded jewelry. Mercy and I laughed and just like that, the ice was broken.

Blaine and Kurt went to assemble the toppings and sides, buffet style while Mercy and I put in Empire. She whispered to me that she wanted to have fun, and that I had her permission to kiss her silly if the topic of conversation got heated. We snuggled in the den for a minute before Klaine came in, each bearing a huge serving tray. I'm pretty sure they'd had their own version of our whispered conversation because they were smiling like loony birds and being overly polite.

After the first movie, Blaine turned to us to ask a question that I guess had been bothering him.

"Sam and Mercedes, when you partied with Tike and Bartana did you guys watch movies all night?"

"No, Blaine…everybody knows about the epic Truth or Dare session and the modified Sex Therapy game," answered Kurt.

"Actually, Kurt…" started Mercy, "our bonding night with Tike all started with a game of The Bad Girls Club drinking game. And we watched a marathon on MTV with Bartana."

"Oh, well I apologize for assuming…" Kurt started.

"Don't worry, I'm used to it." Mercy replied.

Then I pulled her onto my lap and kissed her before she could keep going.

"Damn, Sam…" Blaine laughed. "What was that for?"

"Sometimes you just gotta kiss your lady, Blaine" I played it off.

"You know, you two really are a very sweet couple," Kurt added, obviously seeing that his attitude was responsible for the awkwardness. "You're about the only Glee couple who never went full-on porn in front of people at school."

"Time and place, Kurt…Besides, you guys never went in for the big PDA either." I wondered aloud.

"It makes sense though, if you think about it, baby…" Mercy said. "…who in the hell wants to deal with the sheeple looking at you like a museum exhibit?"

"I imagine you guys don't exactly relish the thought of judgmental people watching you kiss either, right?" Blaine asked.

"We couldn't care less about the opinions of the assholes at that school," I stated. "We have a lot of reasons for keeping our relationship low key."

"Yeah, Sam and I were the leaders of the God Squad. We know even the biggest heathen can read a Bible long enough to understand that lust is sinful. We wanted to set a good example." Mercy explained.

"And I don't like people in my business like that, especially after the Muckraker article last year." I added.

"Plus, we prefer to express our love in private." Mercy finished.

Kurt asked "but you didn't mind airing your dirty laundry in the woods with Tike or in Satan's pool house?"

"We were with our best friends, and none of our laundry is dirty, Kurt." Mercy answered, her back obviously up again.

I turned her face and kissed her deeply again.

"Kurt, that was a little harsh…" Blaine informed him. "You and I play Truth or Dare with Finn and Rachel all the time."

"Sorry, sorry…" he answered, obviously not sorry at all. "didn't mean to offend. Mercy, there was a time when I could express my opinion to you without you getting upset."

"No there wasn't, Kurt." Mercy began. "I was upset when you advised me to starve myself for the Cheerios..."

"That's not fair, Mercedes! I never told you to starve yourself..." Kurt defended himself. "I only wanted you to be live healthier!"

"Kurt you told me...and I quote, 'Look what I'm eating...peeled celery, and for breakfast, I had Splenda' endquote!" Mercy said.

I really had no idea he'd been that sarcastic or ugly towards Mercy. I also wanted to smack him down for trying to get rid of the fluff I love so much.

"But that's not the only thing you've said or done to fuck with my feelings...I was upset when you accused me of substituting you for a boyfriend, I was upset when you left me out of your New York adventure, and I was upset at my party, when you called me a selfish jealous bitch!"

Blaine and I tried to diffuse but, Mercy probably would have bitten me if I had gone in for a kiss right then; and Kurt kept swatting the placating hand Blaine tried to place on his arm.

"So, just because I don't always tell you what you want to hear…" Kurt started.

"Kurt, don't even go there. I never begrudged you the right to your opinions. I just wish that you would try to think about how some of your words affect me before you say them. You're the worst kind of judgmental know-it-all, letting loose with all of your thoughts without caring how I would take it."

Mercy looked like she was about to break into sobs, but kept going.

"How would you like it if I had 'advised' you to be less flamboyant back when you were being bullied, or if I'd called you a gay predator when you used to hit on Finn 3 years ago? You wouldn't have liked it at all, maybe even lumped me in with the other people making you miserable…but that shit would have been just as true as your words to me were. The only difference is, I care too much about your feelings to have let that mess come out of my mouth. You never cared about me that much." She bit back another sob and finished with, "Sometimes you were just as bad as the assholes picking on me at school, you just did it in the name of friendship!"

"I say that kind of thing all the time to Rachel, and it just rolls off her back," Kurt defended himself. "You only want me to be your friend on your terms, and I'm sorry but I don't live my life that way."

"So you were only being a friend when you hurt my feelings?" Mercy asked.

"Yes."

"And when you asked me for an introduction to my new boss?"

"Rachel said…"

"That's right, Rachel said." Mercy interrupted. "She spent three years telling the world I wasn't good enough to get her solos, then feels entitled to what I achieved, simply because she didn't make it happen first? Were you being a friend when she made all those comments online? Did you tell her to stop acting jealous and throwing off on me via the internet? Did you defend me when she posted her shit? Or did just let her convince you she should have been the one to have it first?"

By this time, Mercy was crying and shaking in my lap.

"I'm sorry… but your brand of friendship isn't working for me, either," she sobbed.

Blaine and I had been watching and listening, not saying a word. He spoke up here, though.

"Mercedes, Kurt doesn't feel that way at all. I mean, he cries every time you sing in Glee. Of course he respects your talent enough to think you deserve to be a star."

Kurt gave a small shrug and averted his eyes.

"And if Rachel still doesn't have her Tony when I get my Grammy, will he still think so? Or will he call her on the phone to complain about the fall of the recording industry?"

"Mercy, don't let this make you so upset..."

I hate to see her cry.

"..You've obviously had these feelings for awhile…why put it all out there tonight?"

"Exactly, Mercedes…Sam and I had an altercation back when he first came back to McKinley; which was totally my fault…again, so sorry bro." Blaine apologized for like, the 15th time. "…We got past it and actually became really close. Could you two just agree to let it go?" Blaine asked.

"I agree with Blaine, all that internet stuff happened a whole month ago. Even if you two are never close again, we should have been able to hang out tonight without ya'll fighting. You'll be moving on soon; why not just let the friendship drift apart, instead of letting in out now?" I didn't want her to think I was siding against her, so I clarified. "Usually when someone hurts your feelings, Mercy, you get if off your chest to me, instead of forcing the issue with them…"

"Because, Sam…it's a horrible way to live your life! I've been letting people walk all over me for way too long. I was even gonna let my father keep me from using my talent to do what I love for a living. It took you standing up for me and posting that video for me to get the picture," Mercy explained while wiping her tears with a tissue from her purse. "Baby, you appreciate me, my new boss appreciates me, Tina appreciates me, even Satan appreciates me! I deserve to surround myself with people like you all."

I didn't interrupt to tell her this, but I totally agreed with her.

"If Kurt can't, then he should know how I feel about it. I don't want him buying my albums 10 years from now and telling the sales clerk he was my best friend way back when. I want him to remember this stuff so maybe he treats his next best friend better."

That was all I had to hear.

"Mercy has a point. She's right, Kurt…you owe her an apology for how you've treated her. Blaine, I'll call you for a run next week, but we'll be going now. You can keep the beer." I offered. "Kurt, I'll call your mom to tell her I'm staying with Puck tonight. Ya'll have a nice night."

And we left as quickly as we could.

A/N: I think Sam and Mercedes would make some time to hang out with the God Squad, don't you? That's whats next!