"Mercy my house is nowhere near as big or as grand as yours"
"And"
"Well I don't want you to expect something that isn't there"
"So what does it feel like to you when you walk into it?"
"Well; all my family is there so it feels warm, friendly, happy, safe and there's a lot of love there" he smiled
"Shock, horror and disgust" she said his face shocked "Mine only feel the frigging same" she laughed "Home is just home Sam it's what my parents have it's not mine and that is how they choose to live who says I will be so lucky"
"You just keep me levelled and laughing" he laughed harder than he had in a while
20 minutes later and they were sitting outside his parent's new home which was a dainty 4 bed property with a white fence around it and flowers galore in the front garden, nets up at all the windows and a bike on the front lawn. Sam jumped out of the car and went round to open the door for Mercy once she'd stopped the engine "Ready for this Mercy" he said grabbing her hand "A bit of baptism by fire as I said they know nothing and I wanted it that way so we could get their true response" he said walking across the lawn
"We're here" Sam shouted as he went through the door, he started walking towards the kitchen straight in front, as they walked in to the bottom of the short hallway. Mercy noticed a door to the left and one to the right as she walked to the back of the house
"Who's we're Sam Evans and you better reply before you walk people into my messy kitchen" his Mom shouted back
"Mercy Jones, my girlfriend and me" he said as he got to the door"
"Girlfriend?" his Mom said spinning round "A Friend who happens to be a girl or a girlfriend Sam?" she asked
"Girlfriend Mom"
"Mercy did he say" Rose said going towards Mercy with her arms wide open "This is a treat and a pleasure to meet you Mercy Jones" she said as she hugged Mercy "How did Sam manage to snag you" she said pulling out and looking at her from top to bottom admiring her "You're beautiful, tell me about yourself, hold up" she said before calling Dan to come in from the garden "Dan this is Mercy our Sam's girlfriend"
"Pleased to meet you" Dan said shaking her hand and stepping back as he said "Alright son"
"Dan it's his girlfriend as in kissing, making out..."
"You are shitting me" Dan said in disbelief "Sam you got yourself a girlfriend I mean a proper one, great to meet you Mercy" Dan said looking at Sam then going forward to give Mercy a hug "This is a first" he said as he pulled away
"What about Tania? Sam asked
"She didn't count I think she talked you into the relationship, if you have to be talked into something it's not worth having" Rose said
"I must admit it wasn't all I thought it would be and certainly not what I have now so although I don't want you to get into the habit of dissing my girlfriends, I give you that one"
"Boy you lose this one and I'll tell you for nothing I'll be dissing you" Rose said making them all laugh "she gives good hugs"
Mercy finally found a space in the conversation to say "Nice to meet you Mr. & Mrs. Evans"
"Oh Rose and Dan please" Dan said awkwardly coming forward before checking himself and stepping back
"What was that about?" Sam asked catching his actions
"I don't know I just have an urge to hug her like she's Stacy or something, there's definitely a connection son" he said looking at Rose
"You're not wrong Dan I feel like it's the beginning of something too, welcome to the family" Just then the door knocked before two children came running in and a blond lady was standing in the doorway looking in
"They've been good today Rose" the lady said stepping in on Rose's hand gesture for her to come in "I was going to get them some sweets but they said it was your day to buy them so I didn't Oh hello Mercedes" she said looking around the kitchen
"Hello Mrs. Fabray nice to see you, Quinn not with you?" she asked looking back through the door
"No you know how she is around children at the moment and I don't think I ever did get around to thanking you for being such a friend to her when she needed it"
"No need for thanks Mrs. Fabray she's almost family, we're in club together that brings a bond" Mercy told her
"Oh is this the same Quinn you're doing the duet with Sam?" Rose asked
"Yes Mom it is" he replied, inside he was rolling his eyes for how awkward the situation was just now, with him singing with Quinn at every spare moment to get this performance right for sectionals
"Oh I see what she means" Mrs. Fabray said smiling at Rose
"What?" Rose asked
"Quinnie said she was doing the lead song with the class hunk and they'd be together by the time they finished rehearsals" Mrs. Fabray said
"But this is Mercy, Sam's girlfriend, I really can't see Sam doing the two timing thng" Rose said perplexed "When did she say that?" Rose asked looking at Sam standing there with Mercy
"Just yesterday"
Sam and Mercy looked at each other before he offered an explanation "The Holy Trinity of which she is a part and Rachel Berry fancied me when I first joined the club but I asked Mercy out and they are all having a hard time coming to terms with it, but we've said it as loud as we can" he said hugging Mercy "That we're together that is, even meeting the parents today is us still saying it loud"
"The last thing I ever thought you two would be fighting over, if anything, would have been boys Mercedes" Mrs. Fabray said her voice almost disappointed
"Well to be honest, until I met Sam I'd have said the same Mrs. Fabray but now I have she's got a hell of a fight on her hands because I'm not letting go" Mercy told her smiling up at Sam
"Neither am I" he told Mrs Fabray
"Well you young one's will sort it all out I'm sure" she said before waving her goodbyes and leaving the house.
They rolled their eyes looking at each other as they thought about the struggle ahead, he was just about to say something when Stacy jumped on him "Stacy please give warning my man bits are delicate" he said, his Mom and Dad laughing as they left the kitchen
"Who's this?" she asked
"This is Mercy my Girlfriend, Mercy this is Stacy my sister"
"Hello Stacy, how old are you?"
"I'm 9" she said "I go to a silly school in Lima and my brother who's 10 minutes older than me is a bully" she carried on
"I'm not a bully I'm just older than you, so you should listen to me" Steve came walking in from the hall saying "Sam I heard you say Mercy was your girlfriend but I'm sorry but I bet by the end of the day she'll like me more than you" he told him, and he didn't look like he was joking
"I'm not even playing with you squirt stop playing that way, I will hurt you" Sam said grabbing him by the arm, moving him around so that he was facing him when he finished talking "I mean it" he said before letting him go
"I'm not scared of you" he laughed walking over to Mercy "Nice to meet you my future wife" he said looking at Sam as he said it, Mercy laughing at the sibling rivalry of it all
"Steve I mean what I say, leave her alone"
"Dude I'm like 9 years old, really you feel threatened, how sad are you" he walking away saying, that cheeky smile still on his face
"You're going to learn when I don't joke squirt" Sam shouted after him
"Sam" Mercy called, smiling at him when he looked at her before she moved in to whisper to him "I love you you know, I just realised that"
"Hey we're on the same page, this is great" he shouted, grabbing her hand, shouting to his parents as they passed the room on the left that Mercy and he were going out
Sunday arrived quickly, Sam was unsure what he would be facing in Mercy's church but he knew Mercy was going to be there and that was all he was interested in "Mom I'm off to Mercy's church see you all later and Dad, you will play the guitar for me won't you?
"Yes I will son see you later"
He'd got there early, waiting outside for Mercy and her family to arrive "You must be Sam?" he heard a voice say behind him
"Yes I am, and you are?" he spun round asking
"Your worst nightmare my man, the older brother"
"Oh, Mercy's older brother Delroy?"
"The one and the same white boy and I say that not as a racist remark if you're edgy, she likes you a lot so I just want to say maybe what Dads already said don't hurt her and sex is a no, but you know that already right, otherwise you wouldn't be here" he said holding his fist out for bumping "Come in if you want you don't have to stand on ceremony here Sam come and meet the band"
He took the opportunity to bond with Delroy going in with him, they were walking towards the band when Delroy said "Hey guys this is Sam, Cedes boyfriend, yes I know he's white and so do you so any more said and you'll be dealing with the whole Jones clan and you know how that feels so show some love" he smiled at Sam pushing him forward as he watched him going round shaking hands and getting names he knew he wouldn't remember "Sam do you want to Jam?" he asked when he'd finished his rounds
"Yeah sure, can I get a guitar?" he asked as Delroy passed him one, he grabbed it and they played for a while until the church started filling up "You're good" they said when he finally stopped at seeing Mercy come in with her parents and went to meet her
"Morning babe I so want to kiss you right now" she said in his ear as she hugged him
"That sounds so sexy" he laughed in her ear "Morning babe" he giggled taking her hand as he said morning to her parents before drawing his attention back to her "Can we go back outside, get that kiss?" he asked in her ear
"Pastor's out there" she looked at him saying as they laughed, opting to sit down
The service seemed to go on forever Sam, itching for a kiss, asked Mercy if they could leave soon "I need to sing in a bit" she told him just as the Pastor started to announce her, the music started and she was up the front of the church singing "I Want To Know What Love Is" with the church choir
Sam looked on in awe of her, falling in love all over again in the church, and told her as much when eventually church was over and they got away from adult eyes
The day of the summer break show came and they were all buzzed to be singing to the school "I made us a little taster" Brittany said "We'll need it for the real effect for this song and it will sort the jitters out" she said passing out small solo cups to everyone. They'd had another party weekend, resulting in everyone getting plastered again, that seemed to be the in thing for them getting together in someone's parentless house, getting drunk and telling truth as they saw it offended or not they didn't care and then life went on
"Don't drink that Mercy just pretend" Sam said taking it off her and putting the still full cup on the side
"Here goes Clan, Britt are you ready?" Santana asked throwing the full cup of drink down her throat "God" she said at the taste
"Yeah this stuff is vile" Brittany replied throwing the mixture down her throat too, then they heard their act being announcing suddenly they were on singing "Tik Tok" with Brittany leading on it everyone a little worse for wear
"Oh my god did she just vomit on Berry?" Mercy asked Sam part way through the song
"I think she did" he said pulling Mercy with him off the stage "Let's go before the fall out babe"
The next day they all sat in the choir room while Mr. H ripped strips off them for the performance and drinking then started on about sectionals and how they would ruin the school's reputation if they acted that way again. Practice went by with very few hitches over the next week, there were a few occasions where Sam had to remind people about his relationship but in the main they dealt with things. Quinn had tried her best to get him on side and once when he thought she was going to go past the mark with him he took Mercy to practice smiling as she sat looking at her phone the whole time, he knew she was pressing the buttons as if they were Quinn's face
"Well I'm performing tomorrow with Quinn and then that's it I don't intend on putting myself in that situation again" he said to Mercy as they sat at the lake looking out at the fair preparing itself to give a summer of fun to everyone.
"We've got our name on that tilt and ride babe"
"Why what's going to happen?"
"You'll see"
"I know I said I didn't want to know about the act and everything, and I think I've been pretty good about it so far, but is there much contact between you two?" she asked looking at him with puppy eyes "I'm jealous, sorry Sam"
"Babe" he said sounding upset
"I know, it's just that I don't like other people outside the family demanding your time and it pisses me off that she's eating into our time most of the time and no I don't want you to do anything different, I'm just venting" she puffed
"I was going to say Babe I love you" he hugged her saying "I seriously can't do anything about this, except tell you that..."
"I know, I love you more Babe"
"Let's get you home long day tomorrow and we both need sleep" he said getting up and pulling her up too. They drove home, had their usual make out session before he alighted the car and let her get off, sent their usual goodnight and then good morning texts before leaving for school to pick up the coach to get to sectionals.
"Sam" she said as they stood behind stage waiting for the signal to start their act "I'm totally freaked out about this I don't know what this feeling is but it's not nice" she told him when she saw him ready to go, her eyes watery as she spoke
"Babe" he hugged her saying "We've just got to get through this performance and then it's over you know it's sectionals so it's got to be as real as it can be right?" he held her away from him asking
"I just..."
"Sam, Mercy" Quinn came from nowhere saying, Mercy rolled her eyes and walked off without even looking round "I was going to say I'm sorry for putting doubt in your relationship I think I'm getting to feel you two have something special and I don't know how I'd cope with someone constantly trying to break my relationship up, so sorry" she smiled "I'm so scared about this" she looked up at him saying "You guys are beautiful together" she told him
"Thanks for saying that, truth makes you look beautiful" suddenly the music started and they were on set singing "I've had the time of my life" Mercy's runs catching Sam's attention near the end
"Mercy that was such a buzz" he grabbed hold of her at side stage saying, just before the next number "I needed a hug that's all" he said kissing her quickly before she went back on stage to sing "Loser Like Me" he couldn't wait for the song to finish they had literally a minute "What's up babe" he asked as he approached her, she'd flashed him off twice and cut her eye at him during that last song
"Just give me till the end of performance and I'll be alright I promise" she said walking off before he could say anything else as he watched her, his mind had left the performance now he needed to know what was wrong with her "I was going to say I don't want you to get over it it's not something you should have to get over I need to stop doing it" he thought before he heard his name being called from someone behind him
"Mr. H" he said as he approached him "How did the song go do you think?"
"Well very well" he said patting him on the back
"My relationships very important to me Mr. H so I'm going to have to insist no more songs with Quinn, Santana, Brittany or Rachel if you can help it Sir"
"What's up Sam?"
"Mercedes isn't in a good place after that performance with Quinn and I'm not stupid Sir I know we need that powerhouse for every performance so I need to keep her happy and if that means no duets that's what's going to happen"
"On stage Sam we'll talk after" Mr. H said shooing him along as the next song started and everyone had to get in position to sing "Light up the World"
"What's up babe?" he walked across the stage to ask her while the curtains were still up
"I'll be fine"
The guys went off to help Jessie with something after the performance, and reappeared just before the announcements, Sam's eyes searched out Mercy, and found her standing with the girls still not looking very happy. The commentator announced that TT's were going to Regional's having won first place, Sam took the hugs as he moved towards Mercy "Talk to me Mercy what's going on for you?"
"I just needed for you to..."
"Sam" Mr. H shouted as soon as she started to talk
"Yes Sir?" Sam spun round saying
"Sam I'm talking to you" she said as he walked away holding his hand up to her, in a wait motion, she threw her hands up I the air and walked away rolling her eyes "Fuck this" she mumbled before she felt a hand grab her, she went to shrug it off but looked first "Babe I just went to tell Mr. H I needed to leave because we had things to talk about please don't be like this it hurts my heart"
"Are you coming then?" she asked refusing to look up at him again
"Babe" he said forcing her to look at him "I'm sorry I hurt you"
"You told her she looked beautiful" she shouted
"Yeah I did just before the song, I did"
"Why did you say that to her?"
"Because she did babe, she'd just finished telling me that she was going to back up off us, she said she saw what we had and I told her the truth looked beautiful on her" he said "There was nothing sexual about the conversation, come on Mercy that's not me and you know it"
"I know it and I know I need to calm my shit down I know everything's logical Sam but when it comes to you everything goes out the window, I don't like this feeling I feel like I could lose control of things, easy" she said hugging him "I need to re-focus come on" she said pulling him with her "Top secret, absolutely top secret, no one knows about this so if it gets out" she said waving her finger in front of him
"Okay girlfriend, boyfriend honours it will go no further than the four walls under which it was seen and will not be spoken to a living sole until your or my death"
"A bit drastic babe but I get the drift" she said leading him to the choir room to find Berry singing
"I get my mojo back when I listen to her sing" she said pointing to Berry on the stage singing "My Man" "She's good isn't she"
"Yeah she's good but she's got a different style to you how can you be in competition she's clearly a theatrical or Pop singer while you're a hit after hit R&B, Jaz singer, although I totally saw you doing dreamgirls when I watched you that day in the auditorium, I might add" he commented "Let's go to our spot at the lake and chill, talk, make out, even fall in love again, let's just get out of here" he said getting up and holding his hand out for her to grab which she did, they left for the lake.
That weekend they went to the fair and sure enough the Tilt n Ride had their name on it "You promised me this ride" she said as they got to it with all her balloons and cuddly toys he'd won her, along with his Avatar face she had won for him "But how are we going to get on with all this" she asked her arms full
"Leave them here" he said tapping the man at the gate "Got a locker for these?" he asked, the Man nodded and pointed to some lockers at the side of the ride "Thanks" he said taking the things off her, locked them away and took the key with him
Once they were on the ride he started conversation "Mercy" he grabbed her hand saying "You may not know this yet but we are forever, I mean forever, and I want to give you this promise ring" he said pulling the silver ring with Purple stones in the band out of his pocket "to say that no matter what may try to pull us apart I'll fight to keep us together, that I will love and respect you above all others, that I will be honest, trust you and love you for as long as you will let me, will you wear this as a token of my promise to you?" he said looking at her the whole time
"I will Sam this is beautiful, thank you for loving me this way, I love you more" she said hugging him as the ride started, he pulled away and put the ring on her finger before kissing her
"Hold on" he shouted as he felt the ride start to get rough
"Fuck" she shouted for the rough ride as she loosed Sam and grabbed the rail "If we can hold on now we can hold on forever" she shouted as she held on for dear life and screamed till her hearts content "I think I'm going to be sick" she shouted grabbing hold of Sam, they both laughed remembering the school performance and Brittany throwing up all over the place
"I've got you babe you can sick all over me" he laughed
"Promise?"
"I gave you the ring didn't I?"
Two weeks later it was Prom and for some unknown reason the club had become the entertainment for the event and Sam had been nominated by Mr. H to coordinate everything "Mr. H I have a girlfriend you know she's going to be pissed for me not being around all night" he had said to deaf ears, he'd said he thought Mercy and he were spending too much time together and they needed welcome breaks, of course they thought he was wrong, but they trusted his judgement so they tried it out for a while. Somehow Sam had ended up leading on all the decorating, getting the song list ready, getting the band sorted, catering as well as getting chaperone for the event
By the night before prom he was sat on his couch exhausted flopped into Mercy's lap "We'll be lucky if we get to see each other after we walk into the event tomorrow so I just want to tell you, you look beautiful" he said
"How do you know that I haven't even got my dress on yet" she laughed
"Babe you are beautiful and anything you add just enhances that I love you"
"You are so sweet my superhero I love you more and I know you'll have done a great job so relax"
"I'm singing the first song and you're doing the last one so there is hope in there that we will get a chance to dance to something before the nights out"
The next day they spent the morning together at her house as a compromise and then he was gone after his "Sorry babe but you'll have to get there I'm stuck at school from now till after prom" speech and a long kiss.
Mercy got dressed that evening in her Cerise dress and extras, felt like a princess, made her way to prom and sat mainly watching Sam as he went about his duties making sure things ran on time. She got a bit excited when he got on stage to sing his song 'Friday' with Puck & Artie but kept away because she didn't want to be a distraction. He didn't see her throughout his act but he was sure she was in some secret corner watching him because he would be doing the same with her performance they always got carried away in the moment and done stupid things pretending to be superstars, and rather than get in to a fight about it they tended to stay away. Then it was Rachel's turn to sing and she sang 'Jar of Hearts' something slow, Sam thought now I get the chance so he went in search of Mercy and asked her for a dance. They danced a few records before someone found him to tend to something else and then suddenly there was a fight and he looked round to find Jessie fighting with some random guy unsure about what. The next thing he knew Jessie was being thrown out and they were announcing the Prom king and Queen and he had to get back into work mode to sort everything out. That evening, after Mercy and Santana sang 'Dancing Queen' for Kurt and David Kerofski, which turned out to be Blaine & Kurt, he and Mercy walked home satisfied that they at least got to dance together and he had done a good job with the planning of the Prom, on the way home they hypothetically unravelled what might have happened with Jessie.
The summer went pretty smooth, they hung out on occasion with the Club guys but in the main they kept to themselves, Sam went on holiday with the Jones family for the week to Disney Land and Mercy went to Convention with the Evans family for the weekend and had a good time. Nearing the end of the holiday the two families met up for a weekend at the lake in the Jones family holiday home, it wasn't too far from home but just far enough to be away from the phones and visitors and they liked the tranquillity the lake brought with it, it meant they could spend time in their favourite place too.
Year 2
All too soon it was time to go back to school, they'd brought their school clothes ready they were at The Lima Bean having their break when his Mom called "Sam James and Ann are down visiting and they want to see you come on home"
"Oh great Mom I'm with Mercy can I .." "Okay we'll be there in like 20 minutes" he said shutting the phone off
"James and Ann from Texas are down visiting and Mom wants us to go see them, they're Tania's parents and I'm sure Mom would have mentioned if Tania was there too unless she was standing right in front of her"
"Oh what did she say when you said you were with me?"
"She just said yes"
"She's there then"
"I.. I don't really want this to happen, I don't want you two to meet" he said panic in his voice
"Calm down, have you finished with her?"
"Yes but I did it by text because I couldn't deal with this, I hate breaking people's hearts it's not me Mercy and I feel so guilty for doing it, I'm ashamed"
"If you want I can just go home, it won't be so awkward"
"And leave her thinking what? That there's a chance for me and her no way, I want you up front and centre in all this, we're not a joke or something to be swept under the carpet I love you"
"If you want me there I'm there and everything is going to be alright" she assured him as they got in the car to make their way back to his house
They pulled up to the house and two cars were outside "Shit Quinn's Mom of all people visiting like right now" he said losing the will
"Come on let's suck this mess up" she said as he opened the door for her to get out of the car and walk across the lawn to the front door they went straight in and to the kitchen
"Hi everyone" he looked around saying, a smile on his face "This is Mercy my girlfriend" he said looking around "Oh Tania I didn't know you were here, Mercy this is Tania my ex-girlfriend and her parents James and Ann" he said as he went in to one handedly hug them all Tania first, keeping a hold of Mercy's hand, Quinn walking in from the garden "Quinn it really is a full house today hi" he said
"Hi Sam, Mercedes just in playing with the twins in the garden while Mom visits" she said, Mercy rolled her eyes at the Quinn of it all, feeling Sam squeeze her hand before he looked round at her
"Come on lets go in the other room leave the parents to do their thing" he said looking at Quinn and Tania, still holding Mercy's hand really tight, for fear she might run, as they went off into the living room, she switched the TV on and stood in the middle of the room now Sam had let her go "Shall I get some snacks?" she asked, looking at Tania a brunet with dark brown eyes and a straight nose that reminded her of Rachel's nose or even Quinn's, with a slender body and no ass, her jeans were way too baggie and her top was almost none existent
"Yeah that would be good" Tania replied smiling, Mercy left the room "She the help too" Tania finished
"I dare you to say that again" Sam spat at her
"I'm sorry Sam but you can't blame me I mean, no call, even a letter nothing, just finished what the fuck was that about?" Tania asked
"We always knew the long distance thing was never going to work, then I came to Lima and met Mercy and I knew where I wanted to be, and yes I did that all wrong, hands up, but I did it" he told her
"You two are ex's" Quinn said laughing "Classic" she said still laughing "So we have the ex, the girlfriend and the want to be girlfriend all in one room how comfortable for you Sam"
"It's going to get really uncomfortable for you soon Quinn if you don't back off I've already told you I'm not interested in you and your to leave me or should I say us alone" he spat out at her
"I hear that and you need to hear that too Quinn is it?" Tania said "I've known Sam all his life and he really isn't joking so if I was you I'd back off"
"You're one to talk haven't you come all the way from Texas to see him? Quinn asked
"Yeah I have with my parents they weren't about to leave me home alone but I know when Sam says enough that is exactly what he means, so I didn't chase him when we split up because he never says thing he doesn't mean he's a proper gentleman" Tania told her
"So you're not running after Sam?" Quinn asked
"There's no point, he's got to want you" Tania said
"I hear you" Quinn said sitting back in her chair
When Mercy arrived back in the room there was total quiet "What's up?" she asked Sam
"Nothing babe I think someone just got the message that we're not a joke" he said as she sat down on the sofa where he was sitting but at a bit of a distance "What's up?" he asked looking at the space between them
"Is it safe" she said laughing
"Tilt and ride" he said as she moved closer to him before throwing out the snacks and suggesting a movie
"Let's do a series or something I don't think we have time for a whole movie and the twins are around as well, as soon as they realise Mercy's here they'll be in" Sam said
"Well they know I'm here and they still wanted to play outside" Tania said laughing
"They knew I was here and I had to go out to them and they still didn't let me join in the game" Quinn said laughing
"So what we going to watch" Sam said almost ignoring their comments
"Nothing by the sounds of it" Mercy said as she heard Steve's voice getting louder and louder
"What Mercy's here? Stacy Mercy's here" they heard him shouting through the house and then the door burst open and Steve was standing in the doorway "My future wife why didn't you hail me when you arrived I'd have made Sam put out our red carpet
"Squirt don't try my patience today I'm warning you stop with the swooning over Mercy crap I will beat you down" Sam shouted
"Sam" Mercy said making him look at her "I love you" she mouthed, he hugged her whispering in her ear "I love you more" and they laughed "Get ready" Mercy said at which point Stacy and Steve jumped on them
"Mercy are we going to have girly time today?" Stacy asked
"I don't think so sweet Mom's busy with visitors and we can't have girly time without Mom can we?"
"No I suppose not it has to be fun doesn't it" Stacy said getting a bit flat
"But we can link up with Quinn, Tania and the boys here and have a mini-series or games afternoon what do you say to that?"
"Games please let's play monopoly I'll slaughter everyone" Steve said jumping up to get the game
"Okay" Stacy and Mercy said looking at one another as if to say do we have a choice
"Me & Mercy against Sam & Tania and Quinn & Stacy" Steve announced
"I think you'll find that's you and Tania Squirt" Sam said pulling Mercy to him
"Okay but I want it logged that I feel forced into this Sammy" Steve said
"Logged" Tania said making everyone laugh
By the time they finished the game everyone was on relaxed talking terms and even Sam felt at ease in the situation
"Sam, Mercedes I must apologise for my behaviour over the past I don't know how long it's wrong and as of today this all stops I am sorry really I am" Quinn said "I know I've said this all before to Sam but Mercy seriously I mean it no more fan girl drama on your man"
"While we're on it I wished I had something bad to say about the two of you but after spending the afternoon with you Mercy I totally know where Sam is coming from and why he did what he did you're a beautiful person and that's what attracts him to you hell it attracts everyone to you because I like you too and I wish you all the best" Tania said getting up and giving Mercy a hug "And Sam I'm happy that it looks like you've found your forever love you always dreamed about I'm rooting for you" she said giving him a hug too
Back at school and club started up again this time with some new faces in it, Sugar Motta came back full time and caught the heart of Artie, although he had a bit of tug of war thing going on with new boy Rory from Ireland.
Rachel and Mercy had a sing off with "Out Here on My Own" because Rachel claimed she was better than Mercy and to be fair they both gave as good as they got but everyone felt Mercy had that bit of edge that Rachel lacked in her expression.
Then suddenly it was three weeks to Regionals and all that singing, dancing and needlework was knitting together into a grand show for The Toots the girls had kitted together again and every one was backing off Sam so Mercy was happy and Sam was very much in love. The girls had set up a shoot off group that consisted of just girls but the boys didn't mind another chance to watch their ladies move around the stage seductively "Do us a Show" Sam shouted as he sat at the back of the auditorium watching them set up their song stage
"Aren't you almost a married man Evans?" Santana shouted
"And aren't you a lesbian?" he shouted "I'm talking to my Lady"
"We're just about to do a practice run with the cheerios if you want to watch I'm fine with that" Mercy said looking at Santana and Brittany
"No he can watch in about half an hour with everyone else"
"Babe you going to let her talk to me like that?" he asked as he walked down the steps towards the stage with a laugh in his voice
"Babe I'm going to give you a special free ticket to come and see the show from backstage" she replied "And then I'm going to give you a show for your eyes only in our special place" she said smiling at him lustfully
"Your bedroom is going to be on fire tonight then" Brittany said laughing at their conversation
"Yeah all kinds of hot I'll put my electric blanket on, I'll ask Mom to put the heating on for a bit too" Mercy said puzzled
"Mercedes it's summer" Brittany said
"I know" she smiled looking at Sam, moving her head in a motion asking him to come to her, Sam caught it and went back stage. They sat talking and kissing a lot for a while before curtain call happened and then he stayed in the wings while Mercy, Santana, Brittany and Sugar performed "Survivor / I Will Survive" when the song finished they were pleased with it
"Babe that was super hot, I enjoyed that and I know you'll get signed from that totally I believe it, I'm so proud of you" he said kissing her before she could respond
"Babe go get ready for your spot I know you'll do well and I'll be the one totally fan-girling on you in the audience" she eventually said leaving him to get psyched up for the event a night for scouting was not to be missed
"I'll be thinking about my private show later" he said smiling
"Me too" she said laughing, the lights flashed indicating that it was nearing time for Sam's performance "Break a leg" she said running off as he watched her
"Get your mind on the other prize" Jessie said snapping him out of his daze
"Man she is all the prize I need" he said before catching himself "I mean..." he looked around smiling at his thoughts
"Right all I'll say is the same as I said to the girls this is your chance to get into the Arts, if that's really what you want and if it isn't what you want remember it might just be what the person standing next to you was destined for, so do your best not for yourselves but for your team mates who might need that extra push to get where they want to be" Mr. H said
"No pressure then Mr. H" Puck laughed
"I don't understand why we have to perform without the girls well most of them" Mike said
"I told you already too much talent in one group and they always decide to leave it alone we want to give everyone an equal chance in this so we split you if it works that will be good, Regionals coming up soon so the practice does well too" Mr. H Finished "now come on show circle" he said so they done the circle then performed "Man In The Mirror" on stage and were super buzzed when they came off stage
"Sam that was awesome" Mercy said running into him to grab his face for kisses "I'm so proud of you I know you bagged that" she said as his face broke into the biggest smile ever
"Results are in 2weeks time so come let's go have fun" he said grabbing her hand still in their performance clothes
"No fun being had in this" she said showing him her clothes "and I'm sorry but show choir clothes are not for the streets babe I mean white suit, silver dress come on" she said laughing
"Don't diss the white suite babe it's going to make a comeback you watch" he said trying not to laugh but she laughed hard making him crack and he was laughing just as hard in seconds, when they calmed down he eventually said "Let's change off see you in five"
So they got changed and went to the lake for some quiet time as they usually did "Can we do something special this weekend?" she asked
"Yeah I'll think of something in or out?"
"I'll think of something, it will be in"
"I'm ready" he said looking at her with expectation
"You look ready" she said side eyeing him "Sam do you think there's another safe level we need to be taking at this point in our relationship I mean?"
"What's a safe level?" he asked suspiciously knowing it was always her who tried to push the boundaries in the relationship
"I don't know say under clothes" she looking at him
"What under clothes specifics?" he asked looking at her with anticipation
"I don't know I'm no expert but I do know when you touch me I want more and my body wants to actually be touched and if you're going to be the one to touch it anyway I don't see the problem with starting the process now" she said as quickly as she could so Sam wouldn't stop her
"If I'm honest Mercy I'm spending more time in the bathroom now than I ever did and most of it is jerking off thinking about you I'd love to go to the next level but we really need to talk and agree where that stops because I know me"
"Sam I touched myself last night and it felt good and then I felt super guilty because I did it behind your back and your telling me now you do it all the time?" she laughed
"I'm an 18 year old boy Mercy of course I'm focused on sex but that doesn't mean I want it before marriage"
"Okay we'll take it real slow but we can go as far as oral is that good for you" she said looking at him for a response
"That is so good for me" he jumped up saying grabbing her hand to pull her up for a celebratory kiss, when they came up for air "As I said before, I'm ready"
"For what?"
"My private show" he said smiling at her "You're thinking next step yeah?"
"Well yeah but…"
"Real slow remember? I can see who's going to have to take control in this" he said laughing "Babe you're at the want stage I'm at the need so right now it's harder for me hopefully by the time you get to the need stage I'll be under some sort of control and I can help you but you need to let me lead on this right now and stop when I say"
"Song then" she said changing the subject
"Yeah" he said laying down on the grass waiting for her to think of something
"Okay here goes I will always love you" she said and started singing, her version of the song, passers by stopped to listen as Sam lay there smiling, wiping his eye when he realised she'd brought tears
"Wow that was like a fuck off song yeah, I felt like I was sitting in the choir room in front of everyone being told to get lost but the song you smashed it babe, I feel like I should get up and walk out or something" he laughed
"No it was an exactly what it says on the tin song I will always love you and I don't care who you end up with, know in the back of your mind I'm out there and I love you" she smiled
"And love of my life, I have no intentions of being with anyone else, but should the force decide otherwise I promise I'll be wishing they were you, that's how much more I love you
Days went by and practice made perfect for Regionals it came up quickly, just before it they had the Championship game to perform for and Mr. H had chosen Thriller for them to do but there was some hostility as they were being made to link up with the football team Sam, Puck, Mike and Sam tried to keep it as tame as they could but it was kicking off too often and the club kids thought it was going to end in disaster. About an hour before they were due to perform half the team dropped out and Loren, Rachel, Mercy and Tina had to step in to make up the numbers, everything went well on the day. So the night before Regionals they headed off to Lima Bean, while they were there Mr. H sent a text saying that Regionals had been moved to their school, they needed an emergency meeting because once all the teams came in they may not get the opportunity again so everyone changed plans around and went in.
Friday and everyone was buzzed for the regionals performance Tina, Rachel, Mercy and Santana had got a bitching song set up "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" all crying by the time they left set, and then Mercy, Santana and Brittany took it away with the girls backing them singing "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" a real snappy song and everyone came out on the finale to sing "Fly / I Believe I Can Fly" the theme being inspiration, the audience was up clapping and cheering
"Yes" they all cheered as they left the stage, happy with their performance
"You did good guys I'm so proud of what you did out there and staying away from partners too for those that needed to especially you know who and he's partner" Mr. H said looking at Sam while everyone clapped
"That was fine for Regionals but if we get through to Nationals all gloves off no one is telling me to stay away from her" Sam said hugging Mercy
"Well even if you don't get through here we have the end of year play, Christmas and valentines to get through so there'll be lots to prepare for" Mr. H said
"Mr. H did you hear the same songs we did out there?" Puck asked, Mr. H nodded "Then you know there is no way we are leaving her without a win and on home turf too" Puck finished as everyone cheered
"Come on let's get back out there and find out" Jessie said and they all headed towards the door. The competition was fierce but they rightly won their spot at Nationals coming in second to Vocal Hype who looked hyped up on drugs if they wanted the truth
The following week Mr. H announced the Theme for the week was Spanish and he wanted everyone to sing a song either in Spanish or of Spanish origin "You know we can't speak Spanish Mr. H you take the classes we're crap at it and so are you, only Satan has the upper hand here" Jessie said
"That's why I've set this week's task, because we all need to brush up, so less negativity and more action please people" he said
Sam sat only half listening to the lesson as his attention was on Mercy, they'd had a bit of a rough night as the sex thing, it all went a bit far for him, but of course she was all over it, she went as far as to drive home without him from the lake because she was so pissed that he'd stopped things, this girl was more than pushing the boundaries. He'd tried to call her several times that night but she didn't pick up, then he'd arrived at hers this morning to find she'd already gone to school leaving him answering awkward questions from her parents, now she was sitting at the furthest point away from him and refusing to look in his direction, which was totally pissing him off.
"Anyone want to sing" Mr. H asked
"Not today" Mercy replied everyone looking at her, she never passed up the opportunity to sing
"I sense trouble in Africa" Brittany said as Sam and Mercy just looked at each other saying nothing
"There's always trouble in Africa Britt have you seen those starving babies on TV they need food and clothes like all the time" Kurt said
"Too much sex in Africa that's the problem" Santana said "Or not enough in this Africa by the looks of it" Santana said pointing to Mercy
"Get off my page Satan you weren't invited and I will slap a bitch" Mercy told her, she took the warning
Sam's only reaction was to form an O with his mouth as he thought 'she is really pissed but I ain't giving it up, I promised'
Mercy left the choir room before Sam on the break, he followed her but not so as she'd notice he stood back while she went to her locker to download her books where she would find the note he'd written. Mercy opened the locker and picked up the note and read it before looking left and right and smiling the note had her ring drawn on it with 'I Respect you, love forever', message Sam had written on it she kept the note and made her way back to the choir room and took her seat.
When everyone got back she announced "Mr. H I have a song to sing" she got up smiling and started singing "Don't Wanna Lose You" while she walked towards Sam letting him know she was as usual singing to him, the smile on his face was a picture
When she finished he hugged her, whispering in her ear "Never going to happen Babe" he always had a comeback song ready and waiting so as soon as she was seated next to him he got up and summoned the boys and started his song "Bamboleo / Hero" that he'd prepared for her in the hope that the note would work. Mercy sat smiling for most of the song as she remembered conversations they had and at one point looked around to see if anyone was actually seeing inside her mind
And just like that happiness was restored in the Samcedes world
"Everyone this is Joe Hart" Quinn announced as she wheeled into the room, to everyone's gasp "My new boyfriend who wants to audition we met at the hospital when I sprained my ankle two days ago no biggie I'll be back to rights soon before Prom anyway and definitely before Nationals"
"Great do you know Spanish Joe?" Mr. H asked
"No" he replied
"Okay do what you can then" Mr. H told him
"Quinn will you sing with me?" he asked
"Yeah sure babe" she said wheeling herself towards the open floor as Joe put his guitar in place and started playing "Saving All My Love for You"
"Hey so happy for you girl go for that" Mercy said to her looking over at Sam who was smiling at her
Everyone was just leaving the choir room when a text came through from Santana 'Auditorium Now woman being battered alert' Tina, Brittany, Sugar and Mercy responded and went to the stage end, while Sam, Mike, Artie, Blaine and Kurt went to sit at the back
"What's happened?" Sugar asked as they reached the stage to see Santana and Coach Beaste
"I heard noise in the changing rooms, when I went in her husband was hitting on Coach, I mean bad"
"They were playing right, I mean look at the size of you Coach, you're not about to let a man hit you right?" Mercy asked
"I'm sorry girls, he said he'd never do it again, I believed him" Coach said crying
"This is not happening how could you not know he was a woman beater?" Tina asked
"They don't come with a sign on the outside" Coach shouted
"You need to be strong Coach sit down I've got a song for you to give you strength in situations like this" Mercy said "We've come across this in church at times and it's horrible what it does to families thank god there are not children involved, are there?" she asked, Coach shook her head saying no with her head lowered
The girls got their chairs out and sat in front of her and started singing "Shake It Out" only Santana, Mercy and Tina sung although Brittany and Sugar sat for support
'Girls night in' Mercy text to all the girls in Glee Club before meeting up with Sam "Babe I need a night with the girls what happened to Coach Beaste is tragic and I just think we need to be well informed about a thing like this, sorry if you had plans"
"I didn't really have any special plans and if I did I'd understand you wanting to spend time right now but babe, you need to be sure in the fact that I would never, listen to me" he said directing her face to him "Never do anything like that to you I'd leave you first and I don't want to do that, I love you" he said kissing her cheek as she looked at him wearily, before he went to walk away
"Sam" she called out after him "I love you more you know that right?" she said with a smile
"One of the two things I am sure of right now" he said going back to kiss her properly "Phone me later" he said as he let her go
So all the girls and Kurt are sitting in the Den at Mercy's house with snacks, drinks and music going on before Mercy sets the tone and asks the dreaded question "So who has ever experienced domestic violence?"
"I'm never in a kitchen long enough" Brittany said
"Snap I don't do cooking either" Sugar said
"Domestic violence doesn't just take place in the kitchen it's anywhere in the house" Santana said looking at Sugar and Brittany "My dad used to knock it out of my Mom before we left it was horrible but my brother tried to sort him out"
"You have a brother?" Brittany asked
"Yes I have a brother who's in prison for defending Mom, he stabbed dad, if I never see him again it would be too soon"
"Because he stabbed your dad?" Sugar asked
"No my Dad not my brother" Santana said looking at Sugar as if she was an idiot
"I know Puck's Mom was a victim and that's part of the reason he's the way he is but he's a puppy" Quinn said
"But where do you draw the line?" Rachel asked
"The line on what?" Tina asked
"When to say enough is enough" Rachel confirmed
"Just before the first derogatory word he or she says and just after your fuck you" Mercy said
"If he says I could just slap you or anything like that" Tina said "Means he's got it in his head to do"
They batted things around for a while until they came up with talking to someone before they made any decision but contact the police if all else fails, and they were all satisfied with that and went home at about 10pm
Mercy swung by Sam's on the way home but he was out so she got her phone out and called him "Hey babe what's up" he answered sounding a bit cheery "I'm hanging with the boys at Blaine's house and I've just beat the champion Puck, at the big game" he said laughing
"I'm outside yours Mom said you were out and I thought I'd check on you"
"I'm fine babe I'm coming home in a bit if you want to wait"
"No you stay have fun I'll call you later have some phone sex" she said giggling
"Now I just want to get home" he said laughing
"Well don't cos you'll make me feel bad"
"I think the intention is to make you feel good" he said laughing again
"Dude stop with the phone sex thing you're in company" Jessie said
"I'm not having phone sex" he said "I'm talking to my lady"
So of course the phone rang when she got home and yes it was Sam everyone slept well that night. The next morning Mercy was woken with her usual text and sent her usual text back before Sam arrived at her door ready for school
When she got in the car "Babe we've been doing this for over a year now nearly two in fact and nothing has changed I still love you like the first day and you sending me that text every morning still makes my heart miss a beat and somehow I love you more today than I did yesterday is that possible?" she asked as they drove into school
"Something is going to change soon babe" he said
"For the better I hope" she smiled taking her eye off the road for a second to clarify
"Yeah I'm getting a car this weekend so I'll be picking you up unless you have an objection"
"I don't" she said giving one of his famous fist punches in the air making him laugh
"I love you babe you just keep me laughing" he said throwing his head back "Mr. H is right we are spending too much time together you're becoming me" he said laughing even harder
"So any more thoughts about college Sam what are you doing what are your thoughts?"
"I've done enough of the school thing if I'm honest as you know it's always been hard for me with my dyslexia but I carry on but it's never been fun you know I want to maybe get into MARVEL as an intern and work my way up maybe have my own comic in the distant future"
"Have you thought about modelling, my handsome hunk"
"Where did that come from, are you sure you could handle that?"
"What's to handle?"
"All those random girls all over me all the time it would be worse than Holy Trinity and Berry early days"
Mercy thought for a while before saying "On second thoughts scratch that, modelling is out"
"Totally out babe?" he asked
"Well I'm never going to stop you Sam but we'll cross that particular bridge when we come to it"
"What about you what do you have in mind?"
"Well I kind of wanted to go to UCLA maybe take extension classes in Business, Music and Design while I find myself a Manager and sing, act and stuff"
"Well that is definitely a plan Miss Jones"
"We get our results today from the scouting auditions and I'm hoping someone nabs me there otherwise extension will be full time"
"Good luck with that Babe"
"Thanks babe and good luck yourself" Mercy said as she got out of the car, Sam held the door open and took her bag out and handed it to her
"I really don't want to sing for the rest of my life babe I'm really not that good, I really am more interested in MARVEL" he said as they walked into school
"I beg to differ babe, but I understand it's not for everybody so don't hate if I get through" she said laughing
"I could never hate you babe your my heart, I'll see you later okay love you" he kissed her saying
"Babe" Mercy said making him stop to look at her "I love you more you know that right?"
"Right" he said as he walked away smiling