Setting: After Heart during Glee-ver

Plot: How's Sam's name got on Mercedes' binder and his reaction.

A/N: Don't know if someone of you know that in the next episode of TGP, Amber Riley will be mentoring and we see Mercedes' binder that says "My only love…SAM"

Disclaimer: Still don't own Glee and it's characters. Close but not cigar ;_

Mercedes tried to prepare herself for her English final in the library but it was no use. She had not spoken to Sam for weeks now and it was killing her. He didn't even look at her in class and she knew that was his defense mechanism but she felt hopeless. She reached into her purple book bag for her green binder. It had been her wall of emotions for four years now and writing on it, was her form of venting. She sighed as she ran her hands over the binder. Sam wasn't the only thing on her mind. There was the ridiculous lecture she had to give in glee to prove to everyone she had dreams too; it was the fact the year was ending, that Quinn was in a damn wheelchair, and that after three years, Mr. Schuster STILL needed her to prove herself to him. She noticed she had written on the top of her binder "My only love…" She had written that in her freshmen year and had left a space to write in the name. Mercedes was a bit of a hopeless romantic when she was 15 but a lot had changed since then. She had faced some cold hard truths and she had grown up. She started to draw little hearts around the quote and she smiled at the thought of Sam.

She felt someone behind her and jumped.

"Sorry! Didn't mean to startle you!" Quinn giggled, wheeling herself next to Mercedes. "You look so cute when you're concentrating. Penny for your thoughts?"

Mercedes smiled at her best friend and covered her binder. "It's nothing. Just trying to avoid this chapter. I hate finals."

"I hear you but it didn't look like studying…" Quinn arched her eyebrows and flashed Mercedes her mischievous smile. "Whatcha got there?"

"Nothing!"

"Oh come on! Let me see!" Quinn reached for the binder and took it away from Mercedes. Mercedes groaned and buried her face in her hands.

"Uggghh! Don't make fun of me!"

"Oh my God! Mercedes! This binder! I haven't seen it in so long! Niiice additions!" Quinn admired her friend's binder. "Stop being so silly, raise up your head. I have a question about this here binder."

Mercedes picked up her head and waited for her friend's inquisition.

"How come the space after 'My Only Love" isn't filled…"

Mercedes was about to speak when Quinn cut her off again. "- It should say Quinn…" Quinn laughed.

Mercedes giggled and her friend winked at her.

"You're right, let me fix that." Mercedes took out her red marker.

Quinn quickly grabbed the marker from Mercedes. "Let me."

Quinn stuck her tongue out slightly as she uncapped the marker and started to write. Mercedes leaned in and Quinn covered the binder. "Nuh uh! No peaking!"

Quinn scribbled for about two seconds and Mercedes was shocked she was done already. Her friend pushed the binder towards her and whispered in her ear. "Stop denying obvious feelings! Fill in the blanks!" With that, Quinn left the library. Mercedes looked down to her binder and saw that her friend had not written her name but the letters. 'S with a space and an M' lightly. She sighed and uncapped the red marker to write over the S and the M over and over again until it was dark enough to read. Finally, she looked at the space in between and giggled at her friend's antics. She filled in the space with the letter "A".

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Time had gone a million miles per hour between "Mercedes, I want to show you something" to "You're the cream rising to the top" to the heavy make out session in the abandoned classroom. Coming up for air, Mercedes cupped Sam's face and placed her forehead on his.

"Maybe we should try and study for finals."

"If you accept to go to prom with me." Sam leaned in to kiss her neck.

Mercedes giggled and pushed Sam away slightly. "Well, that's a given, isn't it Sam?"

"So you and I…we're together again?"

Mercedes pretending to think by tapping her chin and Sam pouted playfully. "Yes, crazy!"

"Excuse me while I fist pump." Sam stood up and started dancing around the room as Mercedes laughed uncontrollably.

Sam finally sat down next to her and smiled. "So girlfriend, what's on the to do list?"

"I have an English final and don't you have an Algebra final coming up."

"I missed this" Sam replied as he took his books out of his book bag.

Mercedes stood up and kissed Sam's forehead. "Me too"

"Where ya going?"

"Getting my books."

"I'll go. I still know your combination. What do you need?"

"Umm the blue English text book and my green binder."

Sam nodded and ran to the lockers. Mercedes waited for Sam, re-watching the video he had posted of her on YouTube.

After a few minutes Sam came back with a huge grin on his face.

"What's with that face?" Mercedes asked her boyfriend.

"I'm your only love, huh?" Sam arched his eyebrows, showing her the green binder.

"Oh my God!" Mercedes laughed. "Give me that!"

"But it's so cute! When did you have this revelation? Hmmm?"

"Does it really matter? You're insane! Sam! Give me my binder!" Mercedes giggled as she chased Sam around the room.

Sam threw the binder on a desk and raised his hands in surrender. "It's okay because you've always been my only love."

Mercedes stood in front of him and slid her hands around his waist. She rested her head on his chest and Sam brought his hands down to massage her back.

"And that will never change." He whispered.

"I know." She gripped tighter and smiled. "This is what I missed."

The two stayed in their embrace for a little longer before finally hitting the books.