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Chapter 12
Mercedes arrived at Sam's apartment twenty minutes after running out of her literature final exam. She did not know what Sam's reaction was going to be but she was going to try her best to fix things with him. She wanted to continue her fairytale story with him no matter the bumps they could find on the road.
Mercedes knocked the door and felt like her entire world crumbled when Mike greeted her at the door without his signature smile on his face.
"Hi." Mike said somberly.
"Hey, Mike. Where's Sam? I need to talk to him."
Mike looked at her in anguish. "Sam is on his way back to Tennessee."
"What?"
"Yes. His mother called him and asked him to go back home but he didn't explain me anything but, he left you something." Mike went back inside a handed Mercedes an envelope.
"What is this?" Mercedes asked.
"I don't know. He just asked me to give it to you."
"Thanks Mike. I'll see you later."
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Mercedes walked back to her studio apartment and as soon as she walked inside, she sat on her futon and opened the note Sam left her. The note was short and to the point, it only had one sentence but it was what she needed to read to understand that she had to take the decision of her life. Running to her closet, forgetting that she was supposed to go to work in a couple of hours, Mercedes called Santana and explained her that she needed her help.
"Ok… Tell me what you need." Santana asked as she walked inside Mercedes' place thirty minutes later.
"I need you to drive me to the airport." Mercedes told her.
"The airport?"
"Yes!" Mercedes said excitedly.
"Why?"
"It's in the note Sam left me. Read it!" Mercedes said while giving her friend the note for Santana to read.
"The sun itself sees not till heaven clears. What is this? I don't understand."
"You gotta look for the different meanings and possibilities. Look for what's underneath the surface." Mercedes explained.
"Still not getting it. But, what are you planning to do?"
"I'm going to Tennessee."
"You are randomly going to show up at his parent's house?"
"Something like that. I don't have a plan but I need to follow my heart and my heart is telling me to go and fight for him." Mercedes explained cheerful.
"Then… Let's go. We need to get you on a plane as soon as possible."
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After dropping Mercedes at the airport, Santana met Brittany at a friend's, who was going to helped them drop the interesting bomb that was going to make Rachel Berry regret crossing their friend's path. Santana and Brittany thanked the heavens for having a friend like Artie, who was very knowledgeable in computers.
"Well… it's done. By this time tomorrow everyone around campus and the nation is going to know who Rachel Berry really is." Santana happily said. "Gotta love the internet!"
"San, what about Quinn?" Brittany asked.
"That blonde dug her own grave. Life will take care of her for being so stupid."
"Artie, thanks for being our technology leprechaun." Brittany said.
"Anytime, Brit Brit." Artie replied.
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The plane ride to Tennessee was calm. Mercedes thought of how Sam was going to react the moment he finds out that she is standing at the front door of his parent's house. Thinking about it made her smile like a child at the sight of candy. But, as soon as the plane landed and she got her bag, a sense of nervousness took over her. She felt her stomach tie into a bunch of knots, but she was already in Tennessee. "Not time to back out now." She said to herself. She hailed for a cab and in a few minutes, she was on her way to face Sam after their painful break-up. Arriving at the Evans residence had different meaning this time, because it could be the saving of something magical or the definitive end of the most beautiful fairytale she had ever lived.
Mercedes walked to the door, took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. When she heard someone approaching the door, she felt like her body automatically held her breath.
"Oh my god! Oh my god! Stevie, come here!" Stacy said when she opened the door and saw Mercedes standing at the door. "Mercedes, I'm so happy to see you. Sam has not been the same since the break-up." Stacy said as she pulled Mercedes inside the house.
"Stacy, what is-" Stevie looked at Mercedes as if he had seen a ghost. "Thank you, Lord!" He said as he approached the girls. "Mercedes, it's so good to have you back. We need the Sam we had back in Thanksgiving and you are the only one that can do that." He hugged her. "I am going to take your bag upstairs and I going to get your room ready."
"I am going to take you to the kitchen; there are some people who are going to be very happy to see you. Come with me!" Stacy said, grabbing her hand and dragging Mercedes to the kitchen.
"Mom, Dad, Sam… we have a visitor."
Stacy and Mercedes slowly entered the kitchen and there at the end of the countertop and resting against it was Sam, looking more handsome than ever and more surprised than ever.
"Hi!" Mercedes bashfully said.
Sam got closer to her and caressed her face, "You're not a vision. You're really here."
"Yes. Yes, I am." Mercedes said, looking into his green eyes.
A smile spread across Sam's face. "I need to confirm that in fact that the girl standing in front of me is my Mercedes."
"How are you going to do that?" Mercedes asked.
"Like this." In that moment, Sam pulled Mercedes into the most amazing kiss she had ever had. Sam craved her kisses, her touch and he simple did not give a thing that he was in the same room with his parents and his sister. "Now, I know it is you." He said as he pulled away from the kiss. "You have no idea how much I've missed you."
"I've been missing you too." Mercedes was happy to see that Sam was more than willing to work things out with her. "We have a lot to talk about, Sam."
"Yeah! I know we do." He kissed her on the cheek. "But, we will do it later. Stacy, please, take Mercedes to the garden at the backyard, I have something to talk to mom and dad first." He added and Stacy guided Mercedes outside through the kitchen door.
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"Absolutely not, Sam! Don't get me wrong, I like Mercedes. Trust me, I do. However, I don't think what you want to do is a good idea." Sam's mother, Mary, said heatedly.
"Mom, I love her and she loves me. She wouldn't be here if she didn't love me. It has taken us a lot to be where we are, including me being such a dickhead to her at the beginning. I am not going to lose her." Sam explained.
"It has taken you a lot to get to where you are?" Mary asked sarcastically and Sam nodded. "It has taken us many years of hard work and sacrifices to get to where we are, Sam. You need to understand that, right now, your father and I need you and you need to be concentrated. You can't be distracted by some fairytale love that you can live later in your life."
"Mom, I'm only 20 years old. You can't put that kind of pressure on me and just as a reminder since the day I turned 18 you can't really tell me how to live my life." Sam refuted exasperatingly.
"Sam, I know she has outstanding qualities but I don't think this is the right moment for you to do this. Both of you still have a whole life ahead of you."
"Mom, I will face my responsibilities." Sam insisted.
"Good."
"As soon as you let me be the man I want to be and live my life next to the woman I want to be with." Sam said as his condition.
"Out of the question."
"Why?"
"I think that I have made myself very clear." Mary said seriously.
"Then I hope you think Stevie is fit to be in charge of the family business at the age of 14."
"Oh, don't you threaten us!"
"Enough!" Dwight said powerfully after getting tired of the intense argument between his oldest son and his wife. Sam lowered his head in embarrassment, while Mary groaned.
"Sam, you will be in charge of everything until I am strong enough to continue my duties."
"Yes sir."
"Now… About Mercedes, if you love her as strong as you say you do and you are willing to commit yourself to her at this young age and if you believe she will make you happy, then marry her." Dwight said thoughtfully.
"Dwight, you can't mean that. I think your medications are making you say crazy things. It's not the perfect time to discuss this." Mary rebutted.
"Mary, I am not saying crazy things and I think it is the perfect time to talk about this." He said as he placed both of his hands on her shoulders, gaining her complete attention. "Sweetheart, it is at the end of a man's life when he realizes how important his decisions were at the beginning. I don't want our son to regret something about his life because we stood on his way as obstacles. I want him to have the same realizations I've been having. I want him to be happy just like I've been my entire life."
Sam's mother had his eyes filled with tears. Dwight and Mary pulled Sam into a hug and Sam thanked his dad for his understanding.
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"Stacy, thank you for keeping my girl accompanied but now it's time for me to spend some time with her." Sam said to his sister. He kissed his sister on the forehead and she returned to the house.
Sam grabbed Mercedes' hand and guided her to a little white gazebo; his mother had decorated with her favorite flowers, orchids. "Mercedes seeing you again, having you here with me has made this day one of the most incredible days of my life." Sam said caressing her face. "Baby, I have something important to tell you."
"Yeah?" Mercedes asked unaware of how drastically her life could change.
"The reason I had to come back so abruptly is because my dad is sick and since there are no other relatives that could help us, I need to step into the business game until further notice."
"Oh wow! I'm so sorry." Mercedes said distressed.
"It's ok. The important thing is that now my life is complete because you're here with me." He stated and grabbed her hand. "Mercedes, I love you so much and I know the sacrifices you would have to make…" He said kneeling down and pulling out a ring he bought with Mike back in New Haven because deep in his heart and after many internal denials, he knew Mercedes was it for him.
"What are you doing?" Mercedes asked dumbfounded.
"Mercedes Jones, will you marry me?"
A/N: Oh, I know I am evil for leaving the chapter like this... But I am already working on the new update and her answer is the very first line. One thing I can tell you is that I know some of you might get mad at me, or maybe not... Thoughts about the chapter in general: Loved it, Liked it or hated it?
This story is coming to an end very soon... Where do you guys think my imagination will take these two?
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