Boys Apartment:
"Hey this is Finn Puck and Kurt we probably busy so send me a message and w'll get back to you" The voices on phone as it goes off with a couple messages as Finn check them...
"Guys It's Sam, Me and Blaine got our tickets will be there in a week, See you soon"
"Finn its Quinn, Be there in a week and i'll be staying with Cedes,Also her dad is coming but she doesn't know, He wants it to be a surprise You think he can stay with you guys til the party, If so thanks!"
"Boys it's Nigel, Whats this about a party for Mercedes? I want in! Also i know you guys dont have to work today but i want you to come over anyways"
"Kurt, Its your loverboy cant wait to see you and that hard stiff..." Finn quickly deletes the message and looks at Kurt "Couldn't he said that when you were on skype last night?" and goes back to checking messages.
"Puck, Shelby here thanks for watching Beth last night, I guess you talked to Quinn because she called me saying shes was coming next week and by the way the next time you drop Beth off, Leave the sharpie mustache at home" Finn laughs as Puck walks in with a sharpie mustache "Did you forget to clean that off before you dropped Beth off?" Puck looking in the mirror at his fake mustache "Oh shit!" and runs into the bathroom to clean the mustache off as Finn is laughing as Puck walks back in the living room and sits on the couch "Sam and Blaine got there tickets and they'll be here next week, So will Quinn, Also she wants us to have Mercedes dad stay with us til the party, And Nigel wants us to come over" Finn said going back over the messages as Puck and Kurt look at him as Finn checks the last Message.
"It's Olga, We got mostly everything for the party,But there's one thing you haven't got yet...What are you getting her?
Puck looks at Finn as he smacks his head"Yeh Finn,What are you getting her for her birthday?" Finn looks at Puck and Kurt for a second"Shit! I haven't thought of that yet!".
Mercedes Apartment:
Olga told Mercedes her story, Her biological parents were alcoholics and She ended up in a orphanage after her parents died in a car crash when she was eight, Nigel adopted her when she was ten and pretty much was the father she always wanted, She also told Mercedes of how Nigel never married before Ella "He was celibate before he married Ella, Once the sixties were over with he gave up the wild party lifestyle,Once he went to a party at Mick Jagger's house, Lots of coke, sex and booze, He took one look and ran out the door" Olga said nursing her cup of tea as she told Mercedes of Nigel's past life "He never was the kind to get drunk of a bottle of jack, Now Ella... she use to be a wild girl until she met dad and me, Her longtime boyfriend died of cancer and she took to drinking as mourning therapy,When Dad found out about this he took one look at her, Made her sit down, Drink a cup of tea and gave her a journal to write about it, She use to rely on others to write music for her, Now she started writing amazing songs for herself, He's the reason why she's so amazing!" Olga smiled at Mercedes as she looks at her room mate "Cedes, What made you like Finn?" Mercedes looks at her cup then at Olga"Well it started after a fight i had with our glee teacher"
Flashback-After Mercedes Left Glee (The Second Time)
"You know, I've outgrown you." Mercedes as she walks out of the auditorium Finn watches on as Mercedes leaves and then turns to Mr Schue"Are you proud of yourself, You've lost an amazing part of the group, Take a bow you dick!" Finn furiously walks out of the Auditorium and heads outside, He walks up to Mercedes car to see her crying and knocks on her window "Are you alright Cedes?" Mercedes opens her window "Dont you have a girlfriend to fuck?" Mercedes between her tears "Not really, She's just using me" looking at Mercedes as she opens the passenger seat "Wanna get in?" Finn watching as Mr Schue walks out of the auditorium "Hell yeah!" And quickly gets into Mercedes car as she drives away not before driving past Mr Schue and giving him the finger "What do you wanna do?" Mercedes looking at Finn "Wanna go to my house, The only place i can get away from Rachel" Finnsmiling at Mercedes "Sure why not" Giving Finn a return smile as they drive off to his house.
Once they reach the inside the house Finn's mom walks up to Finn "Mr Schue called, He asked why you left glee early" Finn and Mercedes give each other a look "I was just staging a boycott for Mercedes, He thinks Rachel deserves more than anybody" Finn's mom smiles at Mercedes"I hope your staying for dinner Mercedes, It's really been too long since I've seen you, I'll call your parents and tell them your here" Mercedes returns Finn's moms smile as the two teenagers go up to Finn's room, Finn and Mercedes spent the next few hours talking about the Mr Schue fiasco and slowly change the subject as Finn grabs his camera and films Mercedes singing wild horses off the rolling stones CD that Finn had on his CD player, As he filmed her singing with a big grin "You know, Your going to be an amazing singer Mercedes" Mercedes watches Finn and gives him a smile as she sings the last lines of the song. After Finn turns off his camera and gives a look at his clock "Guess you gotta go, I'll walk you out" Finn walks down with Mercedes to her car and gives her a hug "Dont forget, Amazing"Mercedes smiles at Finn as gives him a smile and gets into her car and drives off as Finn walks on the street and waves at the driving car "I love you Mercedes Jones, I'll get you one day"
Finnwalks back into his house and calls Sam "Sam can i use your name for something,I wanna send something and I'm afraid Mercedes will know its me, Thanks man!" Finn goes on to find the website for a record company and searches the name of Nigel Hoult and sends him a email with the video of Mercedes singing "Your gonna make it Cedes, I know you will"Finn said to himself as he clicks the send button on the E-mail.
"When i drove home, I couldn't help but have this urge in heart, It was telling me you love this boy" Mercedes looking at her Olga as she told her about how a bad event turned into something heartfelt "For the first time, I saw the real Finn Hudson" Mercedes puts her head on Olga's shoulder "He was this sweet guy hiding under a jockey interior" Olga puts her arm on Mercedes "Maybe he's the one you Should Of been with all along, Perhaps he loved way before that moment" The two girls smile at each other as Olga's phone goes off "I gotta get this Cedes" Olga walks into her room as she receives a text from her father..
"What the fuck!" Olga rereading the text her father,What was she gonna tell Mercedes?
Nigel's Studio (Before The Text):
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or off stage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
Wild horses, couldn't drag me away
Wild wild horses couldn't drag me away
Nigel was re-watching the first video that was sent of Mercedes singing as Finn walked into the studio "Oh Finn where's Puck?" As Nigel turns to Finn "Puck's seeing his daughter, So i came by myself"Finn sits down on the couch that hours before Mercedes occupied Finn couldn't help but smell the familiar perfume she wore the day she was over his house the year before "I'm just watching this video of Mercedes, This was the first video that Sam guy sent me" When Nigel points to the video of Mercedes singing wild horses Finn couldn't help but watch it with him, Finn couldn't believe it "Um Nigel, Can i tell you something" Looking as Nigel turns to him "What is it Finn?" Finn stands up as he figures out the words to say.
"That guy Sam who sent those videos of Mercedes"Finn goes silent as Nigel looks at him with a look "He was me, I just used my friends name to send them" Nigel at first he was shocked at this revelation "Why did you go through all that Finn?" Finn looks at Nigel in silence "I wanted to help her, She had something that wasn't being treated right!" Finn watching Nigel as stand up"Finn, Why didn't you tell her?" Finn looks at Nigel as he sits back down "I had to tell Sam to play along as i sent you those videos,And when i found out that you sent Mercedes that offer and she said yes, I cried at the fact that she's gonna make something out of herself"
Finn grabs his phone and shows Nigel a picture of Mercedes and Finn when they were little "That little girl had the biggest voice in kindergarten, That little girl didn't know she already had a fan from the start, That fan was me" Nigel smiles at the picture"She doesn't know that was me,We were in kindergarten and then i didn't see her until high school " Nigel and Finn laugh as he showed more pictures of little Mercedes "My mom told me about this before i left for LA, So i guessed i loved her since the sandbox" Nigel puts a hand on Finn's shoulder "Your a great lad Finn, You love this girl so much that you put her priorities first over yourself" Finn smiled at Nigel and laughed "The complete Opposite of My ex" After a couple hours, Finn and Nigel said there goodbyes, As Nigel watches Finn walks out of the house Nigel grabs his phone and Texts his daughter...
OLGA,
SAM WHO SENT THOSE VIDEOS OF MERCEDES
IS REALLY FINN HE JUST TOLD ME(DONT TELL CEDES)
DAD
A Week Later - LAX Airport
Finn, Puck and Kurt watch on as Blaine,Sam and Quinn along with Mercedes dad plane arrives "I see them" Puck as he sees Quinn with her suitcase and Sam and Blaine following suit, Kurt runs up to Blaine and starts kissing him "They dont wait long" Sam said as he hugs the guys as Quinn in introduces the boys to Mr Jones "So this is the famous Finn Hudson" Mr Jones as he looks at Finn with a serious look but then smiles at Finn and gives him handshake "Call me Luther, Were not at my office are we kids" Which makes the gang laugh as Quinn quickly notices Mercedes "Oh shit she's here, Guys get her dad the hell outta here" motioning the guys and Mr Jones out of the airport, As the guys reach the parking lot Puck goes over whose going in what car.
It ended up Mr Jones and Sam in Finn's car, With Finn talking about his life in LA, As soon as the parked in front of the apartment and getting the suitcases into a small room they made into a guestroom for Luther, As Mr Jones looks at Finn with a look "Finn you think we can talk as soon i get settled in"Finn looks at Luther as he help unpacked his suitcase "I dont mind talking right now" Luther smiled at the young man "Its about Mercedes"Finn closes the door and sits on the chair by the desk in the room "What about her?" Luther looks at Finn with interest "Sam told me on the way here that is was you that helped Mercedes get that job with that singer wasn't it?" Finn who now can finally tell the truth about this topic"Yes it was me, Your not upset about it are you Mr Jones" Luther laughs at this revelation "Nope i'm actually happy you did, At first when Mercedes told me about this, I had to call that producer to see if this was a joke, He said no and i believed him and realized my daughter wasn't going to dentistry school" Luther laughs at this and looks at Finn as if he was a friend from long ago"Were you in Mercedes kindergarten class? Did you know a boy named 'Gentle Giant' "
Finn suddenly looks nervous as he heard the words 'kindergarten' and 'Gentle Giant' and just like a week before with Nigel, Opens up his phone and shows the pictures of him and Mercedes in kindergarten"Yeh that boy was me" Luther looks at the photo and with a big grin"You know that day she left Glee she didn't come home til late at night, You know being the worried father and waiting up for her, You know i didn't ground her when said you were helping her, And why you might ask, Because you helped her before and you were only five and might not remember but you will now" Finn listens in as Luther tells the story.
Lima Park:
Three little kids are playing in the sandbox "What did your brother say about kindergarten Quinn?" The boy in the Mohawk said playing a truck "Its like preschool but we get to read and write" Quinn The little blonde hair girl in pigtails said as there friend who is not interested in the conversation looks on at the little girl with puffs and beads in her hair being bullied by a boy who looks like he could go to a prep school "Look at the coco puff guys"the boy said as the little girl starts to cry "That's it!"The boy at the sandbox stands up and drops his toy "Finn, what you gonna do?" The Mohawk boy said to Finn "Puck, i'm gonna kick that bully's butt" Puck and Finn walk over to the bully and push him to the ground "Dont you ever call her that again!" Finn makes a fist as the boy and his friends running away "Jessie St James, Is such a meanie" The little girl said as Finn helps her up"Well he wont be when im around" Puck and Quinn walk up to Finn and the girl" My names Mercedes" The girl said with a smile "My name is..." Puck covers Finn's mouth "His name is the gentle giant" Quinn laughed as Puck did that to Finn which made everyone laugh"Wanna play with us in the sandbox" Mercedes smiles as Finn asked her "Yes i do!" and Walks with the others to sandbox where they played for the rest of the day
"Okay Mercedes its time to go sweetie" Mercedes dad walks up to the sandbox"Oh man we were just about to have the wedding" Puck said to the Older man "What wedding?" Quinn looks up at the man "The wedding between princess Mercedes and Prince Finn" The man laughed "Well you can finish up and then we gotta go" Mercedes dad said which made the kids quickly "You may kiss the bride" Puck said to Mercedes and Finn, Quinn and Puck watch in laughter as they kiss as Finns mom runs up to the boy "Finn What did you just do" Finn looks embarrassed at his mom "I think your boy got his first kiss" Mercedes dad laughing as he watched the the little kids laughing so innocently, After the kids said there goodbyes and hugs they left the park.
As Mercedes and her dad drove home the little girl who was quietly most the time until she spoke "Daddy, Me and Finn are gonna get married one day for real"Mercedes dad looks at his little girl with a smile "Wow sweetie your already making me old, Can you wait til after high school to be thinking about marriage" Mercedes laughs at her father "Okay daddy". In another car Finn's going on about fighting Jessie St James and helping Mercedes "Mommy can i marry Mercedes?" Finn's mom looks at him as he said those innocent words "Why do you want to marry Mercedes?" Finn at first is silent but with excitement "Because she is prettiest most amazing girl in the universe, That's why i wanna marry her Mommy" Finn's Mom smiles at her little boy"One day you will, And this day will be a reminder of what can happen in the future, As long as you remind yourself who you really wanna be wife, one day you might be with Mercedes or Rachel" Finn looks at his mom in disgust "Not Rachel anyone but her!" the boy smiled at his already planned future.
"You know, Mercedes never stopped talking about you, Even after we moved" Luther said as he sit next to Finn "When i saw you with Rachel, I saw that look of pain on your face" Finn looks at Luther as he mentions Rachel"I know it wasn't your fault, But i knew you were still waiting for Mercedes" Luther takes a box out of his pocket "This belong to Mercedes grandmother" Luther gives the box to Finn, As Finn looks at the ring "Lets just say i can read a mind when i see one" This makes Finn laugh as he hugs the man "Make her proud Finn!" As Luther opens the door and pats the young mans back.
The two walk into the living room they see all the guys, Quinn and Beth on the couches smirking and trying to hold there composure until Beth speaks "Is uncle Finn going to marry aunt cedes?"Everyone looks at Beth and then Finn holding the ring "Yeh Finny you gonna put a ring on it?" Puck said holding Beth and giving Finn a look "We heard everything, Like you said these walls dont have sound proof, And you all knew Cedes before me, I'm jealous"Kurt said sitting on Blaine's lap and pointing at Finn, Puck and Quinn
"Well you now know everything" Finn said standing in front of the gang and little Beth "And knowing is half the battle"Sam said doing his GI Joe impersonation "Shut up Sam"Everyone in unison except Beth and Luther, Finn looks at Quinn "How did you get here"Quinn points at Puck "I had Puck pick me up and No he didn't go into Mercedes apartment" Finn looks at Puck waiting for a response "But Olga did come out to tell me that Nigel sent her a text that YOU used Sam's name to sent those videos of Mercedes" Puck looking at Sam and then Luther"Its okay, I let him do it" Sam said as Luther sits down on the chair next to the couch"And Sam told me four hours ago on the plane" Luther said as the door knocks Finn answers the door.
"Well if it isn't mother Russia" Puck said looking at Olga as she enters the apartment "I guess you all know about Finn being Sam" Everyone looks at Olga"Yes they know, Except for Mercedes" Finn said as he sits on the couch "Well Since your all here, Everything is in order for tomorrow night, My dad know some people who helped on short notice" Everyone nods in Agreement"Oh Olga this is Luther, Cedes dad" Finn said as Olga shakes Luther's hand"She told me good things" Olga said sitting down "Does Cedes know your here" Puck said as everyone got quiet again "She thinks i'm at my dads, Speaking of which" Olga goes quiet then speaks up "He wants you to call him in the morning"Olga pointing at Finn "He needs your help with his present for Cedes" Finn looks at everyone at once "All right hands in" Everyone even little Beth and Luther put there hands in"Okay we've been prepping this for almost a few weeks, and now tomorrow it has to go into mission mode, We have to do this, I have to do this" Everyone looks at each other as Puck shouts"Lets get the party bumping" An hour after that, Quinn and Olga had to go back to take Beth back to Shelby's and back to Mercedes's so it was just the boys and Luther until the late hours when they were asleep.
All Finn can do was think of was finally facing Mercedes, At least he slept well that night.