We know why they were bought back to McKinley, Brittany, Mercedes and Santana was the first to turn up, followed by Puck, Quinn and Artie being pushed by Sam and lastly Tina they had group hugs and started to look about getting the Arts back up and running in McKinley High. Rachel showed signed of flirting with Sam but Mercy thought nothing of it, they'd connected again over the 6 months they'd spent in New York together and Rachel knew how much Sam meant to her, so she didn't flip.
The next time Mercy came to Lima was because she had a call from Kurt saying it seemed like Rachel was making a play for Sam "What the hell is she doing" Mercy asked
"I'm telling it like I see it Diva, Rachel is making a play for Sam she told me he kissed her and called you a hag" Kurt said
"That did not fucking happen he called me a what? Don't even repeat it I'm on my way this shit has to be stopped, is he all for it?" Mercy asked
"Well Diva he's been kissing her I know that and Blaine was teaching them the piano but he stopped when he saw the sparks"
"Sparks!" Mercy shouted "I'm coming down"
In Lima 2015
"So you wouldn't be bombed out if I asked her out" Sam asked as they sat in the locker room after he'd just finished singing to her, telling her he wanted to be close to her
"I need you to heal her heart" she said, as sarcastically as she could, like I need to you to tell her to fuck the hell off because you want me, Mercedes thought.
"Okay but tell me you're at least a bit jealous" he said
I'm jealous Sam mega fucking jealous but I'll deal with it if that's what you want "Okay" she smiled saying "if it makes you feel better, I'm a bit jealous"
So he don't want me, is that what he's saying? stuff the hag okay stuff the hag and fuck Sam Evans, she thought as she walked out of the locker room; her intention this being, for the very last time.
"Mercedes, Mercedes" Sam shouted after her but she refused to turn around he had gone too far for the very last time.
Why did I let him treat me like that? I love you but I need a bitch, and now to ask for my fucking permission to be with Rachel Lentil Berry is just the icing on the damn cake, hell yes be with her I just don't damn well care any more, just then she felt her phone vibrate "Oh shit what the hell does she want now" she said cutting her eye at the phone as Rachel's name flashed up
"What's up Rachel you been ringing my damn phone off" she asked as she entered the choir room Rachel pushed a plane ticket across the piano as she walked towards her "you're going then" she asked 'Wait Is this bitch crying, I've taken away the one man, in the world you love but hey feel sorry for me because you've given me another opportunity to make it and I'm what? Scared, shit this can not be happening, you better hold your tongue Mercy, remember what grandma said, men ain't worth fighting for if he wants you he'll come. She took a deep breath "Rachel this is just nerves you'll be fine once you get back on that horse, trust me" she smiled "What do you need to remember?" she asked her putting her arm around her shoulder
"I'm Rachel berry and..." she heard Rachel mumbling as she went off in her thoughts
"Yeah you're going to bag that audition tomorrow" she said, Hoping she'd said the right thing 'because if you don't I can't come back here, I can't sit and watch Sam and you together' she thought looking up to see Rachel leaving the room singing something or the other. Her phone bleeped, it was a message 'Mr Schu; dinner at mine tonight bring your tipple 8 pm' she rolled her eyes 'Oh Jesus have I got an excuse I really don't need to be there to watch that shit'
"Did you just get the text from Mr. Schu?" Tina asked coming from somewhere behind her
"Jesus, yes I did but I don't think I'm going T" she replied
"Why what's up?" Tina questioned
"Sam and Rachel are going to be a new couple, I can't lie its killing me"
"Didn't you tell him to go ahead?" she asked "I just heard Rachel bragging about it"
"Yes I sort of did but I didn't think he would, I thought what we had was strong, I thought he'd refuse" 'Wait did she say Rachel was already bragging about it and I've just left him in the locker room, how the hel...'
"Girl, you know Sam you have to break it down for him, be specific"
"I think it's worse that its Rachel I, told her everything about our relationship and she's gone there, I don't want to, but my feelings towards her are bad, that's not me and its making me feel even worse"
"What do you want to happen?" Tina asked
"I want him to love me of cause, but I'm not forcing him into it no way, and I'm in the running to go on tour with Beyoncé for about two years and I don't want him waiting for me, if I get it, it just hurts you know"
Tina hugged her "That's great news Diva why does no one else know? So hang on what happens if he falls for Rachel?" she asked
"I'll let him go of cause, after Mr. Schu's party I'm not coming back, I …."
"What do you mean you're not coming back what's up Diva?" Kurt came from behind them asking as she rolled her eyes, she knew she couldn't not tell Kurt of all people what was up
"I'm leaving Lima after the party and I'm not coming back, I've outgrown the place" Mercedes said with diva-tude.
"You may be fooling Blaine and Tina but you're not fooling me, we will talk" Kurt said as he pulled Blaine away with him "I knew she wasn't over Sam giving him away to Rachel like that it's madness" he said as they walked
"Let's go Breadsticks celebrate and talk this through, you're too upset to be alone right now" Tina said
"I'd prefer to be alone if you don't mind T, I need to get this out of my system, no celebrations please I'm losing the love of my life I don't want to celebrate" she replied
"Hey I'm on the other end of the phone if you need to talk" Tina said as Mercedes walked away from her
Mercy got to her bedroom and cried for the longest while before dragging herself up and getting dressed to go to the dreaded party, I'll mingle for a while and then leave when everyone isn't looking "It's a plan" she said to herself, I'll be on the 10 pm flight out of here and away from Sam and Berry. Mercy threw her suitcase in the boot, jumped in her car and got to Mr. Schu's for about 8.30 pm
Meanwhile Sam was in his house getting ready for the evening "I'm gonna see Mercy tonight" he said to himself punching the air 'Yes Miss Jones you are going to get it tonight the full Sam I Am experience you are going to beg me to get back with you, more like I'm going to beg you, but it's going to happen' he thought smoothing his shirt down and checking his arm pits and breath. 'No sleep last night again Sam I Am, you need to get your shit sorted with Mercy and stop jerking off thinking about her it's disrespectful, she's going to be your wife for Christ sake'. He looked in the mirror telling himself 'I wonder why she asked me to help heal Rachel's heart she knows I don't see her like that, this is a funny one because she usually totally finished with me, but this time she hasn't surely that means something she's about the make her mind up, we're going to be together, I can feel it' he thought 'and I'm so ready for that. I think she was more than a little jealous about this Rachel's got a crush thing though, she didn't speak to me when I called her, and I didn't see her smile but she was being serious so... Stop over thinking things Sam Mercy's already said if she is ever going to be ready to take that step she'll call you why are you bugging she's yours stop trying to second guess something that's not happening. I need a song for her to tell her how I feel I'm going to lay it on the line for her tonight in the biggest way you won't know what hit you Mrs Jones' he Thought as he hummed his familiar song while he tidied his room and got his guitar packed way.
As he jumped in his car to get to Mr. Schu's house he got a call from Rachel
"Hi Sam are you picking me up?" she asked
"Something wrong with your car?"
"No I just thought if you weren't drinking you could drive" she replied
"Okay, I was going to swing by Mercedes' and pick her up but you're on the way so I'll get you first"
"Did you plan that?"
"No why?" he asked
"Because I heard her say she was getting a lift from Tina and they were going to Breadsticks first so she may have gone" she lied
"Okay I'll just pick you up them 10 minutes" he said finishing the call
Sam picked Rachel up and went to Mr. Schu's house only to find they were the first there. Rachel was going on about some sing fest and gushing about songs to sing, Sam went to get a drink and when he got back Mercedes was walking in, suddenly Rachel held onto his arm "What are you doing" he said to her but the comment went on deaf ears. Mercy walked into the main room as Sam was handing Rachel a drink, surprised that they were already there along with Santana, Britany, Artie, Sugar, kitty, Puck, Quinn, Blaine, Kurt, Mike, Tina and some of the newbie directions.
Mr, Schuester's House
Sam came straight over to her "Hi Mercy, you okay you left sharpish today, do you want drink?"
"I'm fine Sam I'll get it myself thanks" she said finding where Rachel was in the room and noting her watching their every move "You better get back to your date" Mercedes squeezed out with a smile.
"Did you go Breadsticks with Tina in the end then?" he asked ignoring her comment
"What are you talking about? I said you better get back to your date" Sam looked at Mercedes blankly but let it slide
"O..kay.. my date?" he asked as he walked away 'What the hell is she on about?' he thought looking back at her as he went
Everyone was sitting around talking Mercedes tried her best to be in a different room to Sam and Rachel but they seemed to be following her around the house. Sitting on the sofa opposite her when she was having a conversation with Kurt, in the kitchen when she was getting a drink cuddling on the sofa even just to rub it in.
'Why the hell is Rachel following me about all the while' Sam wondered but said nothing 'healing her heart' he kept telling himself when he got the urge to go over to Mercy and find out what was going on
"Okay folks let's get this song fest on the way" Mr. Schu announced
"I didn't know it was a song fest" Tina said looking at Mercedes
"Rachel suggested it when they arrived and I thought it was a good idea, obviously we wont get everyone in, so as she suggested it she can start us off" Mr. Schu said
"Okay folks as I said it I suppose I do need to start the ball rolling I need help girls" Santana, Brittany and Kitty ran to her aid "Mercy and Miss T I need you here too please" Mercedes went with a heavy heart and Tina knew why; Sam noticed. The music started and Mercedes threw her head back before she really knew what she was doing and rolled her eyes; again Sam noticed, as Rachel started singing 'Love Letter' by Clairy Brown & the Bangin Rackettes
'What the hell am I doing helping her to take my man, who in the name of bitch are you Mercedes Jones some sort of sap?, you suck, if this is you're fight you don't even deserve him. Look at him taking her all in, those are eyes you had for me not less than six months ago, you tool. You are so false, I'm so lucky you didn't get any from me, another notch on your damn bedpost; you got that girl' she smiled looking at Rachel as she forced out her backing noise before focusing back on Sam
'What are you looking at me for, I'm yesterday's news Sam I Am, your future is over there' Mercedes thought while nodding in Rachel's direction as Sam was still looking at her his face moved to see what she was directing him to and Rachel was looking directly at him.
"Wow Rachel that was good" Kurt said when the song finally finished but not clapping "But it would have sounded better with Diva up front" he said smiling at Mercedes as he spoke "I have a concern" he said looking around the room "This thing between you and Sam only started this afternoon so wasn't that a bit of an inappropriate song to sing at this stage" he asked
"Hey, I just want to make it clear that Rac ..." Sam started but was cut off by Rachel
"I think I need to move as fast or as slow as Sam wants I'm up for anything Kurt and I want Sam to know that" Rachel replied looking around the room specifically at Mercedes, 'This bitch is using my conversation with Sam against me, she wants to fight bitch does she? Well Miss thing I didn't finished with Sam so as much as you think you have him he's working on you for me bitch' Mercy coming out of her thoughts just in time to see Rachel fake fell into Sam's chest causing him to grab hold of her rather than finish what he wanted to say.
"Slack at its finest" Kurt said before turning away while looking at Mercedes face
Mercedes made her way to the kitchen and Tina followed her luckily no one was there because she had tears in her eyes "I can't do this T I have to go I can't do this"
"Mercy you have to sing your song or everyone will know something is wrong, you always sing" Tina said
"He's trying to hurt me acting like this"
"Like what, you know that's all Berry" Tina told her
"He's getting into it allowing her to paw him and sing to him and shit, he's falling for her, well she can have him I'm serious T I'm done" she said wiping her eyes
"Come on you two Sam is about to sing his song" Blaine said as he burst into the kitchen not noticing the delicate situation.
Tina and Mercedes went back into the main room and sat at the piano the furthest point from where Sam was, hugging each other.
Sam called out "Blaine will you help me out with this please, I'm singing this for my girl" he said staring directly at Mercedes, the room went silent as Sam had publically dissed Rachel by turning to Mercedes as Blaine started playing the piano and he strummed his guitar before he started singing 'It will Rain' By Bruno Mars winking at Mercedes as he sang. Suddenly Rachel was in his line of sight, smiling and Sam was looking at her and singing his song as he moved so did she until Mercedes was no longer in his line of sight. He played her game until he'd set her back where she was standing before he turned back to Mercedes sharply singing "Saying, there goes my girl" but she wasn't looking at him 'God she's upset' he thought and his heart broke but he carried on singing to her anyway, mad with himself for letting that happen.
'Resist Mercy it's all a lie he called you a hag remember, and chose Berry over you forget him, don't get sucked in just sing your get lost song and leave, that's the plan stick to it' she told herself.
When Sam finished he looked at Mercy trying to figure out the look on her face she didn't believe him he thought and he knew why "Tina I really have to go, I can't do this I'm pained" Mercedes said
"Mercedes, just sing your song and I'll leave with you" she replied "Next up is Mercedes because we have to be off, official business" Tina said pulling Mercedes up in the middle of the applause for Sam
"Yeah well, everyone knows I'm leaving for LA again I just want to sing you all one of my songs I plan on recording real soon, it's going to be while till I see you all again and it's going to be hard, she said looking at Kurt and Tina for courage
The music started and everyone gathered around as Mercedes started singing 'Stone Cold' by Amber Riley Rachel had a definite smirk on her face having won the short fight, she thought. When Mercedes finished singing everyone except Rachel went forward to hug her "Bye everyone" she said detaching herself from the crowd and walking out with Tina not even looking back at Sam.
"You didn't hug Mercedes" Sam said to Rachel
"Yeah" she replied walking off into the kitchen to get a drink, as she walked in everyone looked at her.
"Rachel no one else is going to say it so I will" Kurt said "bad form doing all that in front of Diva, what has she ever done to you?"
"Hey my man still has feelings for her and the last thing I want is for her to have them back"
"So you hurt her for a man?" Blaine said
"Who hurt Weasie" Santana said walking into the kitchen spoiling for a fight
"No one" Blaine said quickly
Rachel walked out the kitchen with her drink in hand and cutting her eye at Kurt and Blaine as she left. Sam was sitting on the side of the armchair talking to Kitty and Artie "yeah it sucks big time" Artie said
"What sucks" Rachel asked
"Sam was just saying he thought Diva and he were close, but she didn't tell him about this gig she's gone off to, and he didn't feel right about that goodbye just" Artie said filling her in
"Yeah but I'm confident she'll phone me later" Sam said
Rachel hadn't planned for that and was put out by the comment, Sam was too concerned about Mercedes exit to notice Rachel's reaction.
The party went on for a short while after when Mr Schue shut it down because it was a working day tomorrow. Sam took Rachel home and went home himself checking his phone for a call from Mercedes, there wasn't one, which he thought was strange, and he fell asleep waiting.
The next morning he woke up checking his phone again "she must have left by now" he said to himself "I can't believe she didn't call me" he threw caution to the wind and called her phone, it rang four times before going to answer machine "That never happens" he said to himself "something is definitely wrong" he called Tina who picked up on the second ring
"Hi Sam" she said
"Hi T have you heard from Mercedes?"
"Oh now you're bothered?"
"What do you mean, I'm always bothered"
"Yeah I heard from her this morning, about fifteen minutes ago, why?"
"You mean she knew I was calling and didn't answer?"
"You'd have to ask her that Sam"
"What is going…"
"Look Sam I'm Diva's friend first so I've picked my side you know what I'm saying bye"
Sam sat looking at the dead phone for a while "What is going on?" he asked himself before pressing Blaine's number into his phone. Blaine answered on the third ring "Bro I don't know what's going on but Mercedes isn't answering my calls and T has the biggest attitude with me seriously do you know what's going on?"
"Hi Sam, morning to you too" Blaine said
"Sorry, Morning Bro this is serious"
"All I can say Bro is you need to speak to Rachel, seriously I don't know what's going on but it's usually her at the centre of everything, if I'm truthful I don't understand you going there but who am I, I went with karofsky"
"Well I went there as you call it because Mercedes asked me to help heal her heart if you must know"
"You mean Mercedes Jones the woman who worships the ground you walk on, passes you off to whoever you want to sleep with because she ain't giving it up, the one you can do without sex for Mercedes Jones are we talking about the same person here Sam?"
"Yeah the same one"
"Don't even go off on me for this but, if someone had told me I was better than sex, the last thing I'd expect them to do would be to go off with the first girl that showed interest, to be fair"
"I haven't gone off with Rachel I'm just showing her attention to help…"
"Heal her heart yes Sam I heard you but did Rachel hear that, last night you were together that song she sang was not healing a heart my friend, and the one you sang back wasn't either"
"Dude I sang that to Mercedes not Rachel"
"You might have started singing it to Diva but when I saw you, you were singing to Rachel my friend"
"Dude this situation is getting out of hand I was not singing to Rachel"
"Who's on the phone Blaine" Kurt asked in the background
"Sam" Blaine answered
"Ask him if he's satisfied now Diva ain't coming back?" Kurt said
"What does he mean she ain't coming back" Sam shouted through the phone "I'm on my way"
"And tell him before he thinks it not to come to our house right now he's lost me my best friend and I'm not in a good place" Kurt said while Blaine held the phone up for Sam to hear.
"Bye Sam I've got to calm this shit down speak to you later" Blaine said as he put the phone down
Sam sat on his bed remembering the events of the previous night, "I did nothing wrong, I did nothing frigging wrong" he said punching into his pillow all the frustration came out in a shout into his pillow and he lay thinking, he eventually got up, had a wash and left the house without eating.
He got to work and sat in the changing room then decided to call Mercedes again, the phone went to answer machine "Mercy I get I've done something wrong, but you have to let me know what it is so I can fix this, please call me babe" his heart heavy
"Sam the boys are waiting on the field, get your ass in gear" Coach Beast said shaking him out of his thoughts
"I'm there Coach" he said getting up to go find them
Over the week Sam constantly tried to get in touch with Mercy but she wasn't answering her phone and no one was giving him information about her whereabouts Sam was in panic mode, somewhere inside he just couldn't believe that Mercedes had just up and left him like that, because what they have is special, they had agreed they were end game.
At lunch Sam went to the canteen as usual to get something to eat and went back to the staff room to eat and reflect. He wasn't in the door before he saw Rachel almost crying in the staff room "Hey what's up" he asked
"They sold my home I'm homeless" Sam went to console her but she carried on "I don't want to hear about your past homelessness issues this isn't the same, I have childhood memories in that house I'm not ready to leave it 'Good for fucking you miss thing but i was just trying to be a friend' he jumped back thinking a smile coming to his face as his opportunity rared its head. Sam got his phone out smiling while he asked the alumni to come back on an SOS mission, he knew if it was an SOS call Mercedes would answer and even turn up.
As they all gathered in the choir room Sam was pleased his mission was accomplished Mercedes was sitting in the room, all be it looking angry. Sam smiled at her bitch look before he began by saying "Rachel is having difficulties transitioning and needs our support" looking for the legendary eye roll, which she didn't disapoint in giving, bringing a smile to his face 'No matter what mood this woman's in, she bringing a smile to my damn face' he thought as he heard her talk
"What now seriously I just finished mentoring that girl for over a week what could she possibly need now?" Mercedes said with the eye roll
"What's the plan" Artie said
'What's the fucking plan?' Mercy thought'The plan is stick my damn foot in her face and think about the consequences after' Mercedes was shaken out of her thoughts when she noticed Sam standing over her "Sorry what did you say babe, I mean Sam"
"I said I wondered why you left without telling me three weeks ago and refused to answer my calls?" he asked
Mercedes looked around to see the room was empty except for the two of them "I'm trying to keep a low profile where you're concerned Sam I know you and Rachel are just starting out and I don't want to be that constant reminder" she said as convincingly as she could.
'No fucking way' "So what was the gig you went off to?" he asked
'I don't have an answer ready this is what comes of lying Miss Jones' "Well I thought it was a big one but I didn't get it so I don't even want to talk about it I'm still upset"
'You are so lying right now Miss Mercy Jones' "Sorry Mercy but you do know you're destined for big things and that I believe in you, don't you?"
'Shit, he knows I'm lying, defence quick' "Sam you should be saying those things to Rachel now see that's what I'm talking about"
"Mercy you asked me to help heal Rachel's heart not fall in love with her, that's never going to happen with her because you know I'm still in love with you, I haven't hidden that from her or you she knows what this thing with her is" he smiled "Shit you asked me to do this"
"Sam can I be totally honest here" 'Please Mercy be totally honest with me' I'm totally pissed off that you chose to be with Rachel even though it was me that asked you to do it, 'What, What you're pissed off with me you asked me to do this for fuck sake' I left last time with the intention of never coming back but then you call and I'm back to square one rolling over at the thought of you needing me, 'You still love me, thank God you still love me' and I'm pissed off with myself for being this way"
"Mercy I... "
"Sam there is no fix for this you've invested in Rachel, 'Or at least she's invested in you' I'm not going to ask you to do anything about that, I don't intend on being around for a while after the wedding and I would appreciate it if we kept contact to a minimum"
"I can't do that Mercy I told you I love you 'God did he just say he still loves me?' now I know you love me back I'm still in this waiting game we have going on. I know you're not ready just yet and we agreed I would see other people until we find the same page again but if anything ever gets anywhere past a kiss I swear I will let you know but that won't mean I don't want us I just want to be up front with you. Mercy you know I promised I'd try and wait for you and right now I don't intend on having sex with anyone else again until we're back together"
"Sam you're disrespecting Rachel with this conversation and I feel bad for having it with you"
"I'll stop because it's getting a bit heavy for the choir room but I mean every word Mercy nobody comes before you, I'm sorry if I hurt you in doing this healing thing with Rachel but I read your intentions wrong, I would have never agreed to be her boyfriend she's not my type, you know that.
'All the more reason I can't watch you two together babe' "I'll be back for the wedding but after that I can't promise anything Sam so you're best sticking to Rachel, 'Why are you being like this Mercedes, he just more or less told you what you needed to hear' I will help with the Rachel issue now but please don't call me again it's too painful" she said getting up and walking away
'She wants to give in and that is not a Shane's waiting look, feelers Sam feelers' "Mercy" he shouted after her making her stop walking "Tell me the truth; does Tank exist?"
"Yes" she said without looking back as she carried on walking 'No eye contact which is a dead giveaway girl you just lied to me, if he exists its not as your boyfriend, why are you doing this' Sam questioned as he watched her walk away
Sam asked the New Directions to do a sing off in Rachel's basement as part of her moving out present and everyone paired up by spinning the wheel except Rachel and Sam because he picked Rachel. Mercedes ended up doing a song with Roderick he was the cool one with the Otis Redding voice they decided to do 'All about that base' the tune of the month.
Mercy and the new new and new Directions all got to Rachel's basement 'Still being as protective as ever over that damn empty drinks cabinet and I am still wondering how her loving fathers had just up and left the selfish bitch just like that with no warning well maybe there had been she was just too self-absorbed to see it. Whatever I think, I'm not saying the bitch deserved it but she couldn't have planned it better herself to be at rock bottom with nothing of course she needed help; get the fuck up and do something about it kind of help, which is what I gave her last week I cannot believe I'm here rolling over again for Berry' she thought as she walked round saying hello to everyone
Sam walked in the basement with Rachel pulling at Mercy's heart strings, as he mouthed 'Sorry' but she blew it off "We have our host" Artie announced "let's get this party started thank you for coming to the final farewell to Rachel's childhood home party" everyone started clapping and Mercedes and Roderick started singing. Rachel was sitting in a chair with Mercedes front and centre and Sam behind her at the bar, she'd noticed Sam looking at Diva when they walked in and had tried to distract him but it wasn't working so she decided to zone in on her so she couldn't communicate back. Sam watched as Mercedes danced provocatively with most of the guys in the room he knew they were new members of the glee club and Artie who was his Bro but she knew how hacked off it got him when she felt Artie up all the while, let alone these new Jocks he didn't even know. He was bobbing around, singing, throwing glasses in the air, making gestures about her body but she wasn't taking the bait she wouldn't look. He was just about to stop serving and front up when suddenly Rachel was in front of him suggesting they go to her room to sort boxes out and other stuff. From the corner of his eye he could see Mercy was still playing her game feeling up men and now dancing with Kitty, if he wasn't so angry he'd be turned on by that. 'Stuff it he thought she told me to forget her I will' and he went upstairs with Rachel.
He didn't even see anything coming when he walked over to the bed, it was the only place in the room to sit and he needed to talk to her seriously, they were talking and then somehow they kissed pecking at first but then Rachel dragged him into a full make out kiss, he felt something, he knew that, but what it was he was unsure until he went back to the party
They went back to the basement to do their song and Sam couldn't look Mercy in the eye, she sat in a chair in front of him the whole time he sang and he couldn't look at her he felt ashamed of what he'd done with Berry in her room. Kitty came in to do a picture at one point and he sneaked a look at Mercy's face, her stare was ice cold, he had gone too far. Mercy waited for the song to finish helped with the packing away and left with barely a word to Sam, just some fake gestures, definitely pissed. He was deflated Mercy face told him plain as day she ain't coming back, not this time "Ain't no way, no damn way.. How fucking ironic" he said damning his jealous
As she said she would she came back for the wedding, which turned out to be a double one, and apart from taking a photo with Kitty, Tina and me which I purposely played around in that much she called my name and tapped me to stop just once there was no other communication. She danced provocatively with the trouble tones, sang the most orgasmic rendition of 'At Last' for the brides and grooms and she was alone for the whole event, no sign of Tank freaking Tank what kind of name is that?. I was seated by Rachel who didn't speak to me for most of the day for fear of upsetting Carol and Bert about replacing Finn, and then I looked around after the couples dance and she was gone. Trust Rachel to choose then to stop caring about Bert and Carol's feelings for that dance I couldn't get away to find my heart.
It was about 2 weeks after the wedding Sam started to seriously question his actions for the first time when he found himself in Rachel's room, her asking for them to make out again, he was still unsure of what he was feeling. They didn't have may make out sessions considering he was supposed to be her person, he didn't feel like her person, he didn't want to crate the environment for them to be alone all the while and saying he loved her was fine when he meant as part of the Glee family but on a one to one, seriously it wasn't there "Mercedes is coming this week I asked her to pop by, she said she was coming to see her Mom and I asked her if she had time to pop in" Rachel informed him after her third attempt to get him involved in a make out session failed
"It'll be good to catch up with her I haven't spoken to her since the wedding, it's finding the time you know?" Sam said. 'Not wanting to tell the truth which was that Mercy hadn't taken any of his calls since she left after the wedding and he had left begging messages which she hadn't even acknowledged. He had tried to Skype her but she didn't answer and he had called off Blaine's phone once and she had cut it off as soon as she heard his voice. Sam knew this was partly the reason why he was questioning his fake non-relationship with Rachel, because deep down he didn't think it was worth losing Mercy over but, he knew she'd be even more pissed if things went any further downhill for Rachel. He was to blame really, he hadn't nipped it in the bud when she'd referred to him as her boyfriend on various occassions, especially when it mattered, like when Kurt or Tina were around, they'd all been out a few times and taken pictures which she'd posted on their chat group, actually nearly everything they did was posted. She hardly spent any time on her own she was either with them, Sam, Blaine, Kurt and Artie or trying to get him over to her place, but the photo's didn't portray the group it was always just them. 'Seriously I don't want this' he sighed
"I don't know when she gets to Lima but she'll be in tomorrow we'll go Breadsticks with everyone yeah" Rachel said leaving the room
"Yeah" he said watching her leave the room Sam knew Mercy wouldn't have said anything about what was happening to her parents so he picked up the phone and called her house. "Evening Mr. Jones it's Sam" "Yes thank you and yourself and Mrs. Jones" "Good to hear" "Yes you might be able to, Mercy said she was coming to visit this week any idea when?" Sam asked "Oh the Glee Family are having a catch up and we wanted to invite her, so to make it when she'd be around we need the time and day" "Yes she will" "3.30 today Sir?" "So she'll get to you for what 4 pm ish" "Okay thanks stay well Mr. Jones bye"
Sam made his excuses and left Rachel's by 3.45 pm "I'll call you, if Coach hasn't got anything for me to do and I'll see you tomorrow in the canteen" he said not letting her see his face 'although he knew she didn't know him that well anyway to be seeing his thoughts in his face'
Sam was sitting down the road from Mercy's house in his car, Mercy noticed his car as soon as she turned the corner and ordered the taxi to stop. Sam went to the car and took the bags out and put them in his car while opening the passenger door for Mercy to get in, she did, she knew him in this mood he didn't care and she didn't want her family hearing what he had to say, hell she didn't want to hear what he had to say. They drove to his house in silence, he got out the car let her out and they walked into the house and up the stairs.
"Well?" he said, blowing so hard Mercy thought she might have to shout to be heard
'Here goes shit' "Sam do we have to do this?"
"What!" he shouted making her Jump 'Was that a real damn queston?' "Mercy I am so mad right now you need to talk to me fast"
'Play cool girl, play cool' "Sam you're with Rachel we don't need to have these heart to heart conversations anymore, what does it matter how I feel"
'Heart to fucking heart do you know, care or understand what this is doing to my fucking heart right now Mercedes Jones?" He thought as he stood looking at her until she looked down at her hands and then he saw her shoulders moving Mercy had started crying 'Shit my heart' he melted thinking
"It hurts Sam it fucking hurts I can't do it anymore, I died so many times inside I need you to leave me alone because I can't stand the pain"
"And so the way you do that is to totally freeze me out?" he asked
"It didn't work I'm still in love with you, these damn feelings just won't go away, I contemplated sleeping with someone but my promise wouldn't allow me to"
"You did what? Who?" Mercy didn't answer "How far did you go? With who? Mercy!" he shouted again
"It was a thought Sam, nobody just a thought but I had it, and I wanted to hurt you like you're hurting me"
"Mercy you know I'm not going to sleep with anyone but you, I made that promise, remember?" he paused watching her thinking how he should handle this "Mercy I'm going to tell you something now and I'm going to tell you every day until you understand and accept it"
"Sam please don't tell me that you love me you can't love two people at the same time"
"Very true, so tell me something you know to be true about me?"
"You're a dork"
"Something else" he giggled
"You never lie to me"
"Good so with your belief you know, can't love two people at the same time, I'm going to tell you something now so listen" he said taking her face in his hand and moving it upwards to make her look into his eyes "Don't ever doubt that you are the love of my life, I love you"
"Sam I ..." she said falling into his arms and crying, as he held her and let her cry
"Turns out there is nothing there for Rachel, I'm sure she sees me as a good friend now which is where I wanted to be all along so we're good, heart healed. I think Kurt's her bestie again and Mr. Schu's back, did I tell you I was a good actor?" he said when she'd calmed down the crying
Mercy laughed "I was ready to walk away kind of good acting, I know all the gossip Sam I'm in the loop"
"Two thirds of that shit is in her damn head" he laughed "Babe I don't add to it because I'd hope you know me better than that but obviously I have some work to do" he said kissing her forehead "But babe seriously, don't freeze me out like that again I thought I was dying I couldn't contact you, man I was going down"
"I know baby, I won't do that again, I so love you and I'm sorry"
"I'm sorry too for everything" he said giving his puppy sorry look as he hugged her "I hear you're coming to school tomorrow, what's the occasion?" he asked still hugging her
"Really?" she asked with a smile on her face "To see a certain dork, work through some pain, get my Diva on" she laughed
"Really?" he asked laughing as he held her away from him so he could see her face
"Really, now who's the best actor?" she asked laughing "We still need to be good friends to Rachel though I don't want her to feel like the third wheel just yet" Mercy said "And Sam I know I need to be specific so what I'm saying if you refer to her as anything other than your friend I will take you to the carpet"
"Understood" Sam said "Do you want to go to Lima Bean for a while before I take you home, I'm scared for this to end?"
"Sam you know if we're meant to be together we will be, and we'll both know when the times right, remember you're still healing Rachel's heart, in a platonic way" she said getting up to head to the Lima Bean where they had their usual hot Chocolate with Sprinkles and a bun to share, the conversation lasted 3 hot drinks and 2 buns before Mercy remembered that her parents would be worried about where she was and asked Sam to take her home, when he got there they said their goodbyes.
"Tomorrow Babe" she said
"No love then"
"Bye Babe I love you" she smiled back at him
"Bye Mercy love you so much more" he smiled contented
"No kissing babe that is just so wrong on so many levels" she said moving her mouth from his path, I know you came from her place I could smell her on you
"I was at her place maybe sitting on her bed, but we weren't doing anything, I'd have told you first"
I know" she laughed
The next morning was filled with all things Rachel, as usual she had been to some interview and was getting a portfolio ready for a follow up interview she imagined was going to happen. While Mercy and Blaine were behind her going for theatre Sam thought she should so back to NYADA and start again. There was some constructive conversation around that which ended with Rachel saying "You're all really good friends but I want to make her own mind up" and she was going to tell Kurt the good news.
"That's positive her seeing Kurt as her person maybe whatever she thought this was has ended naturally" Sam said to Mercy who made no comment.
Mercy went back to LA after the meeting at Breadsticks, everyone said goodbye 2 hours before her actual time as Sam had asked if they could say bye separately and she had agreed. They promised to keep the lines of communication open but Mercy stressed to Sam that they were not officially an item just yet because she still had no idea how long she was going to be away. Sam reminded her how things were and they left after agreeing strings but not tied yet.
Monday:
Sam sat in Rachel's flat thinking again about Mercy and what she might be doing, he had tried to contact her but her phone was busy so he sent her a text and was wondering why she hadn't replied to it after 10 minutes. 'She could be talking to her Mom that always takes ages or my Mom or even my damn brother he's always blocking up her phone I swear I will smash his ass next time I see him if I find out it's him, he thought.
"Hi Sam penny for your thoughts" Rachel said her voice shaking him out of his thoughts, as she came out of her bathroom
"Hi Rachel nothing to pay for just thinking abo..." 'see there you go again Sam saying things you don't even mean. What is wrong with you?' He thought "Let's go we are going to be late for our classes" he said as he picked up his bag and walked towards the front door with Rachel closely following him.
Once in the car Sam turned the radio up high which meant there was no window for conversation. As they approached the school Sam saw Coach Beastie and ran off to catch him saying a quick bye to her, realising it was really hard work keeping to Mercy's simple rules with a needy Rachel on location
"Am I going to see you later?" she shouted after him
"We can meet in the canteen for lunch, with everyone" he shouted back.
McKinley High - Canteen
In the canteen that lunch time only they sat together eating sandwiches
"Should we do something tonight Sam? Maybe see a movie or stay in and watch a movie if I promise a heavy make out session afterwards or during" she said smiling
"We stayed in last week" Sam said "Why would we have a heavy make out session Rachel we're friends? let's go out maybe with Kurt and Blaine again or we could ask Mercedes to come this weekend and bring Tank I'd love to meet him"
"Why would we want to meet Mercedes' new boyfriend"? she asked
'Because he's not her damn boyfriend and I wonder what the fuck you had to do with that lie she told me' "Oh you never know he might fit right in with the group and it would be great for her to have someone to hang out with"
"I don't think it's a good idea and I wouldn't feel comfortable having a date with your ex and her new partner, wouldn't you feel funny about that?"
"It wouldn't be a date we'd just be hanging out and I think that's a strange attitude to have don't you? I was her boyfriend eight months ago it should be me feeling strange not you and, you're her best friend aren't you? besides she was fine being around us when we started hanging out"
"No I just don't need the constant reminder" she replied getting up sharply as Sam side eyed her thinking 'I need to dig a bit deeper into this conversation but this is not the time or the place' as they left the Canteen and walked towards the choir room.
McKinley High – Choir Room
As they entered the room Artie and Tina were vocal training Mason and Madison, some of the newbies, Roderick was sitting alone listening to his MP5 player and Jane and Spencer were sitting listening to Kitty and Unique talking about their Glee choir experiences. Blaine and Kurt were having words in the far corner of the room while Becky sat front and centre at the piano playing the same note loudly apparently warming up.
"Has anyone sourced new auditions yet" Rachel shouted across the room to everyone
"No offence Rachel but isn't that your job" Spencer asked in a questioning voice, as everyone moved to an empty chair in the choir room.
"It's everyone's job Spencer" she fired back.
"Actually" Sam started but decided to withdraw his comment.
"I'm bored let's get this show on the road bitches" Becky said as she banged the lid down on the piano and walked towards the chairs to sit down.
"I know she has what some might call a disability, but she needs to be stopped" Artie said as he made his way to the chairs moving two to get his wheelchair in the centre spot. Artie was on a break from film school for 3 months and returned in reply to Rachel's SOS to rebuild the Glee Club.
"Alright seats please everyone, Kurt are you joining me today? she asked as she sat on one of the chairs at the front of the group. Kurt looked up to the ceiling and took a deep breath before moving to the front to take the other vacant chair. Sam sat on the chair by the drums watching the group and reminiscing.
"Now the assignment for this week is going to be, drum roll please 'Relationships', as you know Kurt and I are in stable relationships" Sam looked at her totally shocked at the statement "however; we are aware that relationships between glee members come and go in the school years so we thought we'd do an assignment which forces you to look at relationships between various musical artist and before you sing the song you need to give a synopsis of why those relationships were good or bad for that matter"
"Did we agree this assignment?" Kurt asked
"Yes"
"I don't remember having this conversation Rachel" he told her as the class listened
"We've already done the pairings which go as follows" she said looking at Kurt blankly, before she was interrupted by Kitty
"I am not being paired with Artie no way, he is not my favourite person right now, after leaving me high and dry with not a word since he left school and now I hear he's with Sugar again"
"You're not Kitty" Rachel said smiling, Artie said nothing he knew he had done wrong not even finishing with Kitty before he left school and building her hopes up because he was too scared to let her down. "Okay here's the pairings Mason & Jane, Madison & Spencer, Roderick & Kitty, Tina & Artie, Becky & Kurt and Blaine & Rachel, Good luck everyone" she smiled
"Why wasn't I a part of the group for partnering up" Sam asked Rachel as they left the Choir room as hour later.
"Well I thought you would be working so I didn't factor you in, did you want to sing?" she asked
"Oh now you're thinking for me is that it?"
"No that's not it, I just thought…"
"That's what I mean you thought, why didn't you just ask?"
"I don't know Sam it's not a big deal is it? there was no one to pair you up with anyway" she said through clenched teeth.
"Okay I'll link you later and we can talk then, I have concerns"
"Okay bye, love you" she said as he walked away
"Bye" Sam said, questioning her use of the word 'Love' all the while, 'something is so fucking wrong with this picture and I need to get it straight before Mercy comes back' He sat in his office wondering what his best approach would be, Rachel was a talker, she liked to hear herself and she definitely lived in a bubble, he needed to find out what she thought was going on between them before he made any decisions on how to approach this, the fact that he had promised Mercy he'd help heal her heart resting heavy on his mind, he took his phone out and called Rachel "Hi, can we meet at Breadsticks tonight, just us we need to talk"
"Yeah sure I need to run my song choice by you see what you think"
"Shouldn't you talk to Blaine about that first and agree it"
"Oh Blaine will go with what I wan..."
Sam wasn't listening again 'Did we not just have a conversation about this and I told her it wasn't a very nice thing to do and here she is again doing it to Blaine now' Sam thought. "Anyway Rachel Breadsticks about 7 pm okay?"
"Okay Love You"
"Do you?" he asked putting the phone down before she could answer
He was feeling a bit angry at Rachel's attitude towards Blaine and Mercy as he went over conversations again in his head to make sure he hadn't got things wrong "No she definitely overstepped the mark again and she said 'love you' again I really need to close that down before Mercy gets wind"