You Can't Stop The Beat
The best way to avoid relationship conflict is to….
"Excuse me?" Rachel stopped the conversation, shocked at what she thought she'd heard "Did he just…"
"He damn well did" Mercy snapped turning to look at the hulk of a guy trying to intimidate them
"I said it" Dave smiled pleased with himself
"You know you can get into trouble for saying shit like that?" Mercy asked him
"And I care because?" Dave grinned walking off without a care
"Karofsky" Tina called after him "If you know what's good for you, you better take it back"
"And if you all know what's good for you" he stopped and turned to deliver his insult "You can get back to whatever freaking freakshow you all came from" he laughed
They stood watching the idiot walk down the corridor as if he owned it, he was one of those bullies that didn't ease up whether he was on his own or not, there were a lot of kids in the school that thought like him and didn't have any problem in backing up his nonsense.
Come on let's get this performance done" Mercy told them, hearing the music teacher announcing them
"Focus" Rachel demanded
"Focused" Mercy and Tina nodded, grabbing hands before they walked into the sport hall and onto stage to open the ceremony eager to get the party vibe going, they were keeping things going, heads were bobbing but anyone who knew them, could tell they were pissed, Rachel couldn't resist Karofsky's jeering she mouthed obscenities at him in the middle of their song, Tina and Mercy saw it and gave her the stop it look, checking to see if the guys had seen it
"Did you see that?" Sam asked looking in the direction Mercy kept looking to see Karofsky grinning like he knew something they didn't
"Dude relax" Finn told him "They're having the time of their lives out there"
"It's called working the crowd" Mike told him cheering his girl along
"Maybe I'm just…" Sam shrugged his shoulders and went back to enjoying the performance, they all knew how hard they'd worked to put the choreography together on this, and how nervous the girls were, so him acting up right now was doing nothing to help
The crowd was roaring at the end of the performance, leaving the guys proud and the girls pleased "That was brilliant" Finn jumped out his seat eager to praise his girl
"It was, but somethings wrong" Sam got up clapping slowly trying to read the situation, watching Mercy cut her eye at Karofsky and his group of friends
"I agree" Mike stood up concerned "Something's wrong" Tina's twisted mouth was a dead giveaway; she always did that when she was holding something in
They sat through the speeches, the cheerleaders performance, the mini booster lecture, and were now listening to the Headmaster itching to get up and find out what was going on, Karofsky and his pals were way too happy. Eventually it as the end of the ceremony, they stood watching the girls coming towards them still giving looks to the rest of the jocks
"What's up" Mike nodded over to Karofsky and the rest of their teammates, asking Tina
"It's alright" she fanned him off
"You got anything to say?" Finn asked Rachel, everyone could see she was bursting to spill
"No" she snapped reaching up to kiss him
Sam looked at Mercy knowing there was no point in asking the question "You were great up there babe" he leaned in to kiss her
"Thanks" she grinned
"Sue's Café to celebrate?" Finn suggested as the left the sports hall
Sue's Café
"Usual?" Sam asked walking off towards the counter with Mike and Finn, Mercy had been really quiet on the walk over, but he knew she'd tell him in her own time "It's something to do with Karofsky" he told Finn and Mike while they waited to the served "I know it"
"He wouldn't be crazy enough to say anything again, not after the last time we spoke to him" Finn held his threatening fist up
"Apparently not harsh enough" Mike added "Hey" he smiled at Blaine joining them at the counter "Anything happen with Karofsky and the girls before the show?"
"I wasn't there, but Kurt said he heard something about Karofsky being racially, sexually and verbally abusive to them, I can't repeat because he didn't say what"
"I don't believe he did it again" Sam banged the counter
"Calm down dude" Finn looked around to see if he'd attracted any attention "We'll deal with this tomorrow" he nodded over to where the girls were sitting
"Ten good minutes, that all I need" Mike banged his clenched fist into the palm of his left hand
"Somethings going down?" Blaine asked excited
"No" Finn answered quickly "It's all cool" he turned to the woman and the counter to make their order, Mike and Sam shared a look, they all knew what that was about
Kurt and Blaine did more pillow talking about things that didn't concern them than a thousand pillows put together, those boys could chat. A few weeks ago, they'd heard Dave and his fans going off about Kurt, and of course they'd stepped in waving the flag of honour, and as always they took it to the ring.
The ring was something the guys usually did when they had beef, the word amongst men would spread fast, the event was always 10pm, once everything was shut down they'd sneak into the old boxing ring and air their differences, whoever won got the last word. On that occasion, for whatever reason, Kurt decided to share the events of the previous night with Rachel, Finn had won in the ring, but he lost miserably in the battle of consequences and actions with Rachel, ending with him understanding the action she'd take if it ever happened again.
"I'll take this one" Mike told them "Set it up for tonight" he hissed at Finn
"Are you sure?" Sam asked grabbing two cups of their order off the counter
"I won't sleep tonight thinking about it" Mike laughed "I'm ready for that damn fool"
"Okay" Finn nodded, taking his phone out to make a call to Puck, who was the orchestrator of all things violent, the call was made and confirmed before they got back to the table for the usual rowdy conversations as they sat nursing their drinks
They stopped at the usual park, shot some hoops, and went their separate ways to take their girls home, with just enough time left to get back to school for the big night. An hour later they were back at the park, everything was set but they were still up for giving Mike the opportunity to back out, especially after what happened with Finn last time.
"I'll take it if you want" Sam told him "You can have the next one"
"I'm good bro" Mike knocked fists with him "I've got this"
"Remember just run around a lot, tire him out, and then go for the jugular" Finn tapped his back
"Let's do this" Mike punched his fists together ready for the challenge
The Ring
"This stage was created for the express purpose of sorting out disputes in a controlled, fair way, anyone who feels the need to fuck with the status quo, fucks with the Saw and that shit hurts" Puck was stood at the mic shouting for everyone to hear "Here they are" his attention turning to the door Sam, Finn and Mike had just walked through "Who's the defender?" he asked
"Me" Mike held his hand up
"So, what's the beef?" Puck asked
"Abuse to females" Sam snapped looking around the room "Where is he?"
"He's got a few minutes" Puck looked at the clock
"Get changed" Finn told Mike watching Mike and Sam walk off to do that
"Dude" Puck called Finn and nudged his head towards the door
"What the…" Finn rolled his eyes at seeing Rachel coming through the door with Kurt and Blaine in tow "What are you doing here?" he asked as she marched up to him
"I asked you not to…"
"I'm not" he held his hand up at her "It's not me, I'm a spectator" he told her
"Swear to me" she looked up at him with anger she needed to vent
"I know what I stand to lose Rachel, I made a promise"
"So, it's not you?"
"No" he looked up rolling his eyes again at seeing Tina coming through the door
"What's happening?" Tina rushed across to them asking
"What are you doing here?" Finn asked her, as soon as it came out he knew his tone wasn't right
"I beg your pardon?" Tina looked at him with puzzlement on her face "Is he talking to me?" she asked Rachel
"Sorry" Finn turned to mind his business, disrespect was what this night was all about, and here he was doing the same thing to another man's girl
"I called her, as soon as Kurt told me where you were" Rachel told him
"Why were you calling Kurt?" Finn asked
"Because you left your phone in my pocket" she took it out and gave it to him
"I'm…" Mike stopped in his tracks at seeing Tina stood there "What are you doing here?"
"I got a call" she told him looking at Kurt "And it seems it's a good job I did" she looked at him all dressed and ready to fight "Are you doing this?" she looked at him
"It's… It's my turn" was all he could find
"Go ahead" Tina smiled "Knock yourself out" she fanned him off "But don't come back to me, I didn't sign up for this" she snapped walking away
"T" Mike walked after her
"Dude" Finn called after him, pointing to the ring "What happened to your turn?" he stood open mouthed asking
"Sam" Mike looked at him with desperation in his eyes
"I'll do it" Sam nodded at Mike "Go get your girl" he grabbed his bag and went to the changing room to get ready
"You're not watching this are you?" Rachel looked around disgusted asking Finn
"Whatever I'm doing, I'm not leaving Sam" he told her
"Neither am I" Mike told Tina "You can wait outside if you want"
"No way" Tina told him "I've got to report to Diva tomorrow" she looked around the room, found an empty spot and dragged Rachel with her to fill it
"Usual rules apply guys" Puck's voice filled the room again "And keep it clean we have ladies in the house" he laughed "Music please maestro" he pointed Ryder on the decks laughing out loud as the music pumped, the mood had arrived "Are you sure it's going to be Sam?" he whispered in Finn's ear "Because you're going to get an automatic forfeit if you don't fight tonight"
"Sure" Finn nodded his head and tucked his hands in his pocket nodding his head to the beat
"Gentlemen" Puck called out seeing Dave walking towards the ring "And ladies" he looked across at Tina and Rachel already cringing smiling at Ryder playing the appropriate entry tune
I don't want to change the world, I just want to leave it colder, light the fuse and burn it up, take the path that leads to nowhere
All is lost again, but I'm not giving in, I will not bow, I will not break, I will shut the world away
I will not fall, I will not fade, I will take your breath away, fall… 'I Will Not Bow' by Breaking Benjamin
"We have the offender" he pointed at him "Bear Cub Karofsky" he smiled at the crowd cheering "Apparently he hates everyone that isn't like him" he laughed "Which in effect means he doesn't like me and mine, I mean I'm a Jew and my Bro's black so…" he laughed "But I'm not going to hold it against him, I'll let the ring talk" he nodded at Karofsky "And if our man loses then I'll beat the living crap out of you"
"Bring it on" Dave smiled "I'm pretty much invincible"
"Okay" Puck laughed, thinking back on the last fight when Finn nearly killed the guy "Yes" he smiled at the music changing alerting everyone to Sam entering the arena
I'm tougher than nails, I can promise you that, step out of line and you get bitch-slapped back
And you can run, your little mouth all day, but the hand of God just smacked you back into yesterday
And so, you tell me I, can't take my chances, but I've told you one too many times
And you were crying like a bitch, and you wonder why, no one can stand you
And there's no denying you were crying like a bitch, you were crying like a bitch 'Crying Like a Bitch' by Godsmack
Sam walking towards them trying not to laugh at the music choice "Ladies and gentlemen the defender" Puck punched the air "You're in for a treat tonight, please make noise for The Diva's Dork, he's fast" making Sam, Mike, and Finn laugh "Don't blink, you'll miss it" he warned "Like a light" he told Karofsky
"No pressure" Sam told him getting into the ring with Karofsky
"In the left corner we have Bear Cub" Puck stood in the middle of the ring comparing "Who's sparing partners are the likes of females, gay people and he's even been known to take on the occasional junior" he laughed at the boos "And to my left with have The Diva's Dork, who's sparing partners are the like of Lightening Mike, martial arts black belt, Fearless Clef, who's the school's heavy weight champion, and our Diva Mercedes Jones; a handful of attitude, so we all know how this is going down" he laughed "But as my Jewish mom always says, those who can't hear, have to feel" he looked from one to the other "Gentlemen, shake hands" he stood watching them hit fists "Return to your corners and on the bell come out fighting" he tapped the two men and left the ring, the music and cheering started, everyone waiting in anticipation for the bell to ring.
Finally, it did, and they came out fists ready "I'll never be sorry Diva, you can't tell me what to think" Dave watched Sam dancing around him
"I don't intend to" Sam looked into his eyes "I'm about to make you feel what sorry feels like"
"Challenge" Dave hit out at him, his swing reaching too far to make contact
"You'll need to do better than that" Sam smiled, moving further away from him to get him moving
"Are they about to kiss and make up?" Puck asked the crowd to more boos "Connect, let's have this fight" he encouraged "Bear Cub's looking super confident, he needs knocking down wouldn't you say?" he laughed at the cheering crowd
"You're going down" Dave swung after Sam and missed again
"Wow" Puck let out at seeing the try "If that had caught The Diva's Dork, that might have done some damage" he laughed "Then again" he shook his head "Jesus" he gasped at Sam taking a swing and connecting with Dave's chin "He's shaky, is this it, is he going down?" the crowd gearing in anticipation "He's definitely hurt"
"Go down" Sam hissed at him, stepping closer to finished the job
"No way" Karofsky straightened up, took a few deep breaths, and lunged towards Sam pushing him onto the ropes and holding him there for what seemed like the longest time before the referee pulled him off
"You better take all the punches you need because those are your last" Sam told him moving away from the ropes to move around the ring
"Come on Dork" Rachel called from the stands "Give him a Diva slap" Mike and Finn stood looking at her shocked she was getting into it
"Boyfriend stood here" Finn reminded her
"I know babe" she giggled "I'm just stoked to see Karofsky getting what's coming to him"
"I feel that Diva coming" Puck commentated "He's let him have a few blows, and that's only fair, but now I think we need to get ready for the pulverisation"
Sam had Karofsky running around the ring after him, throwing reckless blows through the air, and puffing like he was about to stop breathing for five minutes "You ready for this Cub?" Sam asked teasingly "This one's for Rachel from Finn" he jabbed up under his chin and watched the blood spurt out of his nose, smiling at getting the desired effect as the cheers went up
"Is that all you got?" Dave wiped the blood off his face and carried on moving around while he watched for Sam's next move
"The next one's for Tina, special delivery from Mike" he told him, protecting his face when Dave tried to take a shot "You're going to have to be quicker than that" he laughed moving faster around the ring
"Are we having a fight or are you running a freaking marathon?" Dave asked huffing for the speed he was having to move at, knowing his weak spot was concentrating on doing both
"Both" Sam moved faster "Keep up" he grinned menacingly at his opponent "Didn't see that coming did you?" he stood in defence mode watching Dave shaking on his legs for the straight left hand jab he'd just given him
"Is Bear Cub going down" Puck asked the crowd "God, I think this is it, I think he's…. no" he watched Karofsky grab hold of the ropes "Is he ready to throw in the towel after one little slap?" he stepped forward to see more detail "His eyes tell me he's going down"
"This isn't the end Diva" Dave told his opponent
"I know" Sam waited for him to straighten up "This is the end" he pulled back "From Mercy"
"This guy has no quit in him, he'd prefer to be beaten to a pulp before he admits he's wrong and apologise" Puck told the crowd "Sorry but his stubborn ass deserves the next one, and looking at The Diva's Dork it's going to connect"
Sam rushed toward Karofsky ready to deliver his legendary undercut jab when out of the blue the guy lunged at him and planted a blow to his ribs taking his breath enough for him to back off quickly. He stood at the ropes hanging his head, trying to get his breath and fight through the sharp pain that had travelled all up his right side
"Wow" Puck commentated shocked "Was that a fatal blow we weren't expecting from Bear Cub?" he looked at the referee for confirmation on the damage "Seems Diva's Dork is just winded" he smiled at Sam "Let's do this, five minutes isn't a long time, but it's enough to beat some sense into someone that's wrong"
"You still want to try?" Karofsky smirked at Sam
Sam smiled he'd got him where he wanted him, feeling confident and off his guard, there was nothing about protection in his stance "From me for Mercy" he looked into his eyes before diving at him his fists hitting all Dave's vulnerable spots, before delivering that classic heavy right hand, which landed good and clean to the side of his head. Karofsky was stood wondering what was happening as he wiped blood from his face, the more he wiped the harder it came. Sam wasn't letting up he was delivering punch after punch, his opponent stood trying to make sense of the situation "Do you need some help?" he asked executing the final left handed blow "Don't you ever speak to my girl like that again, do you hear me?" his face followed Karofsky down to the floor as he hissed at him
"We have a winner" Puck laughed, watching the referee grabbing Sam's arm "Ladies and Gentlemen, you've just witnessed the wrath of The Diva's Dork" he held his fist up in victory watching Finn and Mike get into the ring to support their friend
"Dude" Mike smiled at him when they finally left the ring "You need to speak to Mercy about this before someone else does" he looked at Rachel
"I know" he rolled his eyes at the bigger drama he was about to face "I'm going straight there, will you ask Finn to talk to her, ask her to leave Mercy to me?" he asked Mike before going to get changed
"I'll try" Mike called after him
"While you're trying, just remember who just stepped in for you"
"No pressure" Mike walked off laughing
Sam & Mercy
The walk home had been rowdy with exaggerated revamps of the fight, the girls excitement about being there, and all of them acting out blows that would have had the crowd roaring. Sam was alone now stood outside Mercy's bedroom window trying to have an answer for every viable questions she was going to ask before the stability of their relationship came into question
Oh, I wouldn't trade you for somebody else, even in times you when put us through hell
No, I won't run cause I'm not done, won't you understand where I'm coming from?
Cause it always hurts when I'm trying to help, how can I fix you if I'm breaking myself?
If I'm breaking myself, if I'm breaking myself, I'm breaking myself… 'Breaking Myself' by Grace Kinstler
"Hey" she smiled for seeing him stood in the window after the shock of hearing the tapping
"Hey" he opened the window wider and climbed in watching her lock her bedroom door
"What is this" she laughed "A booty call?"
"A confession" he kissed her, frowning at her pulling away
"Confessing what?" she stepped away
"We found out about what Karofsky said to you before the performance"
"What did you do?" she slammed herself on the bed already upset
"I didn't have a choice" he jumped in defending his actions "Rachel…"
"…Has banned Finn from doing that shit for a reason, it's dangerous babe"
"Well…"
"So" she looked at him stopping both of their conversations "Because I never actually said I didn't want you doing that you thought it was alright to just go ahead and do it?"
"I didn't…" he rolled his eyes "I wasn't asking for your permission" he changed his conversation remembering to be truthful "I wouldn't have been anywhere near the damn ring if Tina and Rachel hadn't turned up and stopped Mike"
"Rachel and Tina were there?" she raked her hand through her hair and sat up, whatever was coming it was coming fierce "And they didn't stop you?"
"What were they going to say to me that you'd approve of?" he smiled "You girls made that rule"
"Don't be smart" she snapped at him "I'm mad at you"
"Mad enough to let me make it up to you?" he stepped closer to her
"Babe" she rolled her eyes giggling, as his lips kissed her neck before making their way to her lips, her hand grabbed hold of his hair pulling into him as his hand quickly ventured between her legs, she was more than willing to open up for him. They weren't at third base just yet, but from the way things were going for them it wouldn't be a long wait, at this point in their relationship the holdup was privacy, and the need for them to grab an opportunity to get a whole night together.
"Let me make it up, promise I won't do it again without telling you" his lips wondered down her body, stopping at her nipples that were stood to attention under her nightie. She didn't resist so he moved to kneel in front of her, kissing down her body until he reached her navel, lingering at her lower stomach before looking up at her, telling her without words to lay down "Be quiet" he warned at hearing her first moan
"Babe" she gasped grabbing hold of the pillow as he pulled her hips to the edge of the bed and knelt between her legs ready to carry on peppering kisses up her inner thighs "God" she gasped as his lips touched hers and his tongue opened her up sending shock waved through her sensitive spot
"Quiet" he covered her mouth with his hand, she wasn't a one technique kind of girl, he loved playing around with her until he found the flavour for the night and then taunting her until she begged. He was the absolute opposite grab him, suck the fuck out of him and he'd damn near chock her with it once he got a rhythm going, he swore one of these days her eyes were going to pop.
"Babe I'm…" she grabbed hold of his head and forced it down deeper between her legs, it was time to play for him he stopped the up down strokes and started with the side to side, that usually slowed her down, but tonight she'd already gone too far, he could feel her pumping liquid on his tongue as she moaned, holding his head so tight he couldn't muffle her sound
"Did I make it up?" he smiled at her when he lay on the bed next to her
"To tell the truth I listened to Puck" she smiled at him
"What did he say?"
"That day with Finn, I came to rip you new one" she laughed "Puck said you'd only ever be doing that shit to defend us" she looked at him "He looked into my eyes and asked me not to hurt you like that, he was so genuine" she smiled "And I realised I can't, hell I don't want to, stop that bad ass beat down" she kissed him "I don't want to stop you from being you, I just don't want you to get hurt" she stroked his face "Promise me if you even think you're going to get hurt, you'll back down"
"I promise" he kissed her nose
"Now get out before my dad comes up in here"
"That's not fair" he looked down at himself
"Nobody gets treats for being naughty" she giggled guiding him back out the window