A/N: Hey guys! I'm glad ya'll are enjoying these shots. I have no idea how many there are going to be because any song can spark an idea.

I wrote this shot this way because I feel like at some point, our queen has got to be the one to get this ship out of the current and back to smooth sailing. I know that Sam did some ridiculous mess S4 and a lot of S5 but in my headcanon he did it because he was insanely hurt. So, it's only fair that they both share in getting the S. S. Samcedes out of the rough current and back out into the big blue sea.

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THIS FANFICTION IS UNBETA'D. ALL MISTAKES ARE UNINTENTIONAL. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

Mercedes Jones had seen Sam Evans again in L. A.. She had ignored him but she had seen him. He looked good but she wasn't going to let her gut reaction to that man control her. She couldn't. She had given that sophomore girl, Marley Rose, a speech about not giving up on your dreams and she even gloated about dumping Sam twice.

She hadn't let it show to Marley but ever since she had seen Sam in the lobby of the hotel she had felt something. She wasn't sure what but she was trying her best to ignore whatever it was. She had sat beside Burt and Carole and watched the New Direction perform Finn's favorite songs.

Songs she had been subjected to whenever she used the visit the Hudson-Hummel house last year. She cried and held Burt's hand. When Sam held those drumsticks up at the end of the performance she couldn't deny what she was feeling anymore.

She wanted Sam. She needed him. Her life had opened up and blossomed but she still didn't feel right and as much as she tried to deny the fact that she still loved him and wanted to be with on the outside, her insides, her heart, wouldn't let her deny it anymore.

So here she was back at McKinley High School. Sam was graduating and she was so proud of him. His dyslexia had always been a problem for him but he was never discouraged about what he could accomplish. Mercedes watched as he got his diploma and the graduating class threw their caps in the air.

Blaine was having a graduation party at his house and he invited all the New Directions, new and old. Mercedes decided she was going to take this opportunity to seize the moment and talk to Sam about everything she was feeling. She rode with Rachel to Blaine's. She had told the Jewish girl about her feelings because despite everything that Rachel was, she was supportive.

"It's good you're going to talk to him." Rachel said putting the car in park. "You shouldn't wait. If I had waited to be with Finn, I would have probably never got to be with him until Beth was 13 and decided she wanted a mohawk." she said getting out of the car.

"I'm just so nervous." Mercedes said.

"Don't be. Just be open and honest about everything." Rachel said grabbing her hand. "He'll hear you out." she said with a brief hug. Mercedes rang the doorbell and waited. Blaine pulled the door open and he beamed at his friends.

"Ladies, come in." he said stepping to the aside allowing them to enter. "Chips, dip and crudites in the kitchen, dancing, karaoke and good times in the living room." he said with a smile. They nodded and followed him down the hallway. Mercedes peeked into the living room and saw all the usual suspects. Everyone was dancing and have a good time. Everyone except for Sam. Rachel noticed too. She squeezed her hand and pointed toward the kitchen before she joined Kurt in singing Single Ladies by Beyonce. Mercedes took a deep breath before heading to the kitchen.

"Hey." she said quietly.

"Hey." he said looking up from his phone.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I mean it sucks my parents couldn't make it to graduation but Mr. Schue had Mrs. Pillsbury-Schuester record it for them so, it doesn't suck completely."

"Oh. At least they have something." Mercedes said sitting on the barstool next to him. "Um..."

"Are you alright?" Sam asked looking at her. She had probably turned green because of the nervousness.

"I'm fine. I wanted to talk to you. I have to some stuff I need to say but don't say anything until I'm finished." she said.

"I make no promises." he said with a crooked smile. She smiled briefly at him before she couldn't help herself and she pushed his hair out of his eye. The silence between them was comfortable but she had to break it. He needed to know where she stood; what she wanted.

"Empty spaces fill me up with holes. Distant faces with no place left to go. Without you within me, I can find no rest. Where I'm goin' is anybody's guess." Mercedes said softly. She looked into his green eyes and knew that he didn't understand what she was trying to say. She continued as she knitted his eyebrows together. "I tried to go on like I never knew you." Mercedes said looking away. It was the truth. She had broken up with him, moved to a new city and had made every move to act Sam Evans was a fictional character. All of her endeavors were fruitless but she had tried. Sam frowned slightly but she continued. "I'm awake but my world is half asleep." Mercedes told him. She was trying to keep her emotions in check. There was more he needed to know. "I pray for this heart to be unbroken, but without you, all I'm going to be is incomplete. She said putting her hand over her heart.

"Why are you telling me all of this?" Sam asked his voice a whisper.

"I need you to know." Mercedes said answered.

"Is there more?"

"Yes."

"I'm listening." he said locking his green eyes onto hers.

"Voices, mainly Santana, tell me I should carry on, but I am swimming in an ocean all alone." she said blinking her eyes rapidly. "Baby, my baby, it's written on your face." she said as he put his right on her left cheek and wiped the fallen tear from her eyes with the pad of his thumb. Mercedes made sure to look him directly in the eyes as she spoke, "You still wonder if we made a big mistake."

Sam sighed as she nuzzled into his hand. He hadn't wanted to have a conversation like this with her until he was ready but oh well. He kissed her forehead and wiped more of her tears.

"Mercedes, I..."

"I tried to go on like I never knew you. I'm awake but my world is half asleep. I pray for this heart to be unbroken, but without you, all I'm going to be is incomplete." she told him, tears streaming down her face now.

"Maybe we should talk about this later." Sam said using both of his thumbs to wipe her tears.

"I don't mean to drag it on; but I can't seem to let you go." Mercedes said grabbing his hands. "You just graduated Sam and I don't want to make you face this world alone. I don't want to let you go." she said shaking her head. "I tried to go on like I never knew you. I'm awake but my world is half asleep. I pray for this heart to be unbroken; but without you, all I'm going to be is incomplete." Mercedes said looking into his eyes. "I'll be incomplete."

"What do you want me to do? Say?" Sam asked squeezing her hands.

"I want you to be with me and I know what you're thinking." she said. "This time it'll be for good. Not just a couple of months and I dump you because I'm scared of some unforeseen thing off in the dark corner of our relationship."

"You promise?" he whispered.

"I promise you." she said matching this tone. He smiled before he gently touched his lips to hers.

"Thank you." Sam said as he put his forehead against hers. "Do you have any idea what I'm feeling?"

"No." she said softly. "Tell me."

"Right Mercedes. I'm feeling right."