Sam was excited about today. Their performance for Mercy was ready and he was ready to have his woman back. He didn't notice that he had gained a shadow on his way to his locker.

Shane saw Sam when he entered the school. He saw how he was practically skipping down the hall and it irritated him. He was tired of his country ass making him look bad. He'd done nothing but make him look bad since he brought his ass back from the land of rednecks. Shane was tired of Sam Evans and it was time Sam knew about it.
"Evans!" Shane called out as Sam stopped at his locker. Sam turned at the sound of the unfamiliar voice. His eyes widened slightly at the sight of Shane walking purposefully toward him. Then he straightened his spine and narrowed his eyes as the exponentially larger man approached him.
"Shane." Sam said as he watched Shane look at him with disapproval. Sam didn't know why he was talking to him but he couldn't wait to find out. Shane stopped at Sam's locker and looked down at him with disdain.
"I hope you know you lookin real ridiculous."
"What are you talking about?"
"Those bitch ass dedications." Sam smiled to himself. That's what this was about, Shane's jealousy about what Sam and Mercedes had shared.
"What's the problem Shane? You mad cause you never got to experience any of those things with my woman?"
"Jealous? Me jealous of you, the one who's half homeless and has to beg a woman to get with him. Yeah I got plenty to be jealous of." Shane laughed. Sam's jaw clenched in anger.
"Fuck you! But I don't really mind the begging. Mercy loves it when I beg, it makes her hot. Oh right you got no idea what makes her hot since the two of you were having a fifth grade relationship." Sam said with a knowing air. Sam didn't know how he knew it but he knew that Mercedes hadn't given her body to Shane. Her body belonged to him just like his belonged to her.
Shane tried to pretend as if what Sam said hadn't gotten to him, but it had. Shane and Mercedes hadn't done more than makeout and that was barely what anyone would call hot. She had never let him really touch her and she had never touched him. It angered him that she had allowed this homeless redneck access to her body but he had been made to feel like he wasn't good enough to touch her. Shane scoffed.

"Yeah right. Who are you tryin to kid? Everybody knows you makin that shit up. She wouldn't do nothin to tarnish her good girl reputation."

Sam smirked, "Don't you know that good girls make the best bad girls? And Mercedes is such a good girl she's almost a saint, almost." Sam watched as Shane tried to hide his anger from him. Sam was actually in a hurry he wanted to meet with the guys for one more quick rehearsal before the performance during glee but it didn't look like it was going to happen. "Look dude, it's been nice talking to you or whatever but I gotta go." Sam went to step around Shane but he blocked his path. Sam tried again and again but Shane blocked his path. Sam was getting irritated. What the fuck was Shane doing? Now weeks later he had something to say to him, now. Not a few months ago when Sam first got back and made it known to the world what his intentions were but now after he and Mercedes had broken up. But Shane was ready to fight him now for what, telling the world how sexy Sam thought she was, he was bewildered and confused. He tried once again to move past Shane but this time Shane pushed him. Sam dropped his back pack on the floor and shed his letter man jacket. He had been anticipating this moment since he'd been back at McKinley; he wasn't going to back down from it. Rick the Stick Nelson had been watching the interaction between Shane and Sam waiting to see where it would go. He was delighted when the altercation took on an undertone of violence. Rick wasn't one for using his words to fight battles but his fist were a different matter all together. He crossed the hall to stand beside Tinsley. Rick knew Shane was going to need the help because that Evans kid could hold his own in a fight. Rick had been in the locker room the day Sam had fought Dave Karofsky for picking on that Hummel kid. But Rick knew that there was no way Evans could take them both. Sam saw Rick the Stick stand behind Shane and knew that the odds that he was going to leave this situation completely unscathed just passed him by. Unbeknownst to Sam, Rachel had witnessed the entire scene and she had text Finn who was with Puckerman and they set off together to Sam's locker.

"Hey Tinsley, need some help with this homeless glee club reject?" Rick asked laughing at his own not so funny joke.

"What's your problem with him?"

"He thinks he can say anything to anybody and walk away, but this is my school and I'm not going to stand for it." Shane nodded, he knew Rick was right. Evans did think he was above reproach and could say anything to anyone. That attitude of his is what cost Shane Mercedes in the first place. Shane was going to teach Sam Evans a lesson about respecting other people's things no matter what. Before he could take a swing a voice called out over the halls. Students who had been pretending not to watch dropped all pretense as they watched Noah Puckerman and Finn Hudson coming toward the already tense scene.

"Sam, where the fuck you been? We were waiting on your ass in the auditorium." Puck said coming to a stop beside Sam. Neither he or Finn acknowledged Shane or Rick.

Sam shrugged his shoulders, "I got distracted by bullshit. Sorry."

Puck rolled his eyes, "What bullshit?" Sam gestured to Shane and Rick. Puck scoffed and checked both Shane and Rick. "Fuck them we got shit to do." Rick wasn't as excited about a fight where he was outnumbered, but he needn't have worried his fellow puck heads showed up ready to back him up in whatever he was about to do. Finn noticed the rest of the hockey team show up behind Rick and Shane and he wasn't quite as confident as he had been. Finn saw Puck and Sam tense and he knew they had noticed the arrival of the rest of the hockey team. Finn wasn't sure how they were going to get out of this, it looked a little hopeless. Actually a lot hopeless but he wasn't going to run away even if it meant a trip to the emergency room. The next thing that happened was a blur and he still isn't sure who threw the first punch but he's pretty sure it was Puckerman. Sam and Shane were fighting and Puck and Rick were fighting and poor Finn was fighting some nameless hockey player. Finn saw Blaine and Mike running down the hall and headlong into the brawl. Then Finn became too distracted to know what was happening. The fight didn't last long but it seemed like forever to Finn. When the hockey players started to run, Finn looked around and he saw Santana Lopez putting her much talked about razor blades back into her hair.

"¡Eso es! Ejecutar perras! Así es como lo hacemos en Lima Heights Adjacent!" Santana growled as the last hockey player ran away. Shane and Rick were deciding whether or not they were scared of the Latina but when she proved that the razor blades weren't fiction they turned and ran. Puck wiped the blood from his lip and hugged Santana.

"Thanks Satan. Good lookin out."

She shrugged out of his arms, "Gross Puckerman. And don't mention it. You know I can't let anybody mess with mi familia." She examined each of the boys and sent them to the school nurse. When Mercedes saw Kurt at lunch she had heard about the fight and she was a little upset about it. She placed her tray beside Kurt and sat down. Kurt handed Blaine the ice pack he was holding against his face and turned to Mercedes.

"Hi, Diva." Kurt said with a smile. Mercedes smiled at him. She looked around Kurt to see Blaine holding an ice pack on his eye.

"Hi, Boo. I didn't know that Blaine was in the fight. What happened Kurt?"

"I'm not really sure. Rachel told me that she saw Shane and Rick the Stick harassing Sam and she sent Finn to help and I guess it got out of hand." Mercedes gave Kurt a judging you face of her own. Looking around the lunch table she saw Rachel holding Finn's hand gingerly as she stroked his bruised knuckles. Tina was touching the bruise under Mike's eye gingerly. She noticed that Sam and Puck were both missing from the table. Mercedes noticed when all of the boys cell phones chimed at the same time. They all looked at their phones and made to leave the lunch table simultaneously. Leaving the girls looking at them curiously. When the girls arrived in glee club written on the white board were the words 'AUDITORIUM. NOW.' no one knew what it was all about but it was in Mr. Schue's handwriting so the girls put their things down and headed toward the auditorium. Santana and Brittany linked their arms through Mercedes arms as they strolled down the aisle to a waiting Will Schuester. He smiled when he saw Mercedes and told her to have a seat front and center. The lights on the stage were out and when the lights came up the boys were standing there with Sam front and center. They were all wearing black suits with crisps white shirts and black ties. Mercedes was excited, she couldn't believe this was happening. Sam winked at her and the spotlight hit him and he began to sing:

Sam, New Directions boys, all

Chorus:

This is a radio message to my baby.

And I'm begging her (come back)

Come back. (Come back)

Come back. Come back.

Verse:

And I'm sorry that I made you cry.

But I'm sorry for the rest of my life.

I'm sorry that I hurt you.

And I'm sorry for lying to you.

And I'm lost without you.

Cause I'm all about you.

Now I'm here to say. Oh man. Oh me.

I'm going crazy.

Cause I lost my best friend.

Can you, hear me.

Can you, forgive me.

I don't want no tickets, no limo rides.

I'm the next caller on the line.

This is a radio message to my baby.

And I'm begging her (come back)

Come back. (Come back)

Please come back. Won't you come back.

This is a radio message to my baby.

And I'm begging her (come back)

Come back, baby. (Come back)

Come back. Come back.

Verse:

Well I'm sorry for treating you that way.

I'm sorry for all of those silly mistakes.

I'm sorry I didn't do what I promised.

And I'm sorry you're sorry that we ever met.

I'm lost without you.

Cause I'm all about you.

Now I'm here to say.

Oh man. Oh me.

I'm going crazy.

Cause I lost my best friend.

Can you, hear me.

Can you, forgive me.

I don't want no tickets, no limo rides.

I'm the next caller on the line.

This is a radio message to my baby.

And I'm begging her (come back)

Come back. (Come back)

Please come back. Won't you come back.

This is a radio message to my baby.

And I'm begging her (come back)

Come back, baby. (Come back)

Come back. Come back.

Somebody let this record just

(Rotate) Til my baby comes back

Let it (Rotate)

Cause I need, I need her right back with me, so let it (rotate)

Whatever it takes to play this record hey. I need her to hear this record hey. So please let it (rotate) Ohh because I'm the next caller on the line

This is a radio message...to my baby.

And I'm begging her, begging her (come back)

Come back. (Come back)

Please come back.

This is a radio message to my baby.

And I'm begging her (come back)

Come back, baby. (Come back)

Come back. Come back.

Ad Libs from Sam

Baby come back home...

Mercedes knew that Artie probably had a hand in picking the song and the choreography was simple and brilliant, obviously Mike's handiwork. The song was perfect and it summed up the two weeks of dedications perfectly. And suddenly just telling Sam how she felt wasn't enough. She needed him to really understand and she knew of only one way to do that, through song. So while everyone was clapping and cheering for the boys Mercedes slipped out of the auditorium and went home. She didn't answer any of the numerous text messages she got except from Kurt. She told him to keep Sam at home and to make sure he listened to The Dedication show that night. Kurt smiled slyly and showed Blaine his phone. Kurt sent a mass text to New Directions telling them to listen to The Dedication Show that night. Sam went straight to his room as soon as he arrived home from school. He thought he had planned everything perfectly. He thought he had made sure she couldn't say no to him. He realized now that he was horribly mistaken and now he was thoroughly embarrassed. He just wanted to hide in his room and never come out. When Carol called Sam for dinner he thought about just pretending he didn't hear her. Then his manners got the better of him and he knew it was rude to skip dinner in a house where you were a guest. He didn't say anything during the meal and he was doubly irritated that Rachel and Blaine had decided to join them for dinner. He had no time for love and he definitely didn't want to see couples in love. It was disheartening for him to see Finn happy and in love after all the bullshit he had pulled. And he Sam Evans torn away from his one true love by life and a recession had to resign himself to being alone. Maybe in the far away future he'd find someone but he knew in his soul that he'd never feel about another woman the way he felt about Mercedes Jones. After dinner Sam went back to his room and laid on his bed. Kurt came into his room and Sam didn't budge. Kurt sat on his bed and patted his back comfortingly. He just wanted him to go away, he shrugged away from him. Kurt rose from the bed but before he left the room he turned on Sam's radio, to that damn Dedication Show no less. Sam didn't need a reminder of his epic failure. He stood up to turn the radio off and was stopped in his tracks from the voice coming through the speakers.

Mercedes was a ball of nervous energy. She helped her mother with dinner, then she did the dishes and put them away. She changed her outfit three times finally settling on a purple and black flower print knee length dress. She got in her car and drove to the Hudson-Hummel home. While sitting in the driveway she held her phone in hand looking at the screen. She turned her radio down and hit send.

"The Dedication Show, what's your story?"

"This is Mercy."

"Wait. White Chocolate's Mercy?"

"Yes, and I was wondering if I could make a dedication."

"Yes, please do."

"1+1 by Beyoncé. To White Chocolate from Mercy, without you nothing else in my life adds up."

"OK. Thanks Mercy." After the song ended Mercedes got out of her car and stood by the front bumper. Soon after the front door of the house flew open and Sam ran out. He stopped short on the front steps just looking at her. He couldn't believe she was actually standing in his driveway. He took a step forward and then another until he could reach out and touch her. He placed his hand against her cheek and she closed her eyes. He leaned down and kissed her softly. She smiled at him with her eyes still closed. He placed his forehead against hers and exhaled. He realized then that he had been holding his breath since that day last year when he had to tell her good bye. She opened her eyes and looked deeply into his breathtaking green eyes and kissed him again. As they kissed all the past hurt and all the fear and pain melted away.

A/N: Finally! Thanks for sticking with me on this little journey. Who knew that when this started out as a one-shot, it would end up being 3 chapters and 20k+ words. And to think it all started because I wanted to write a story using Radio Message by R. Kelly. Thanks for sticking with me even though this story went on the world's longest hiatus. You guys hung around and kicked my ass into getting back on it. Now that it's done, I can say thanks for that. Happy reading. Don't forget to review. I love you. REVIEWS = LOVE!

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