Hi guys. A few of you may follow a RP on tumblr called lagleeredux which basically was canon until the end of season 3, with trouty-handling-it-evans and cedes-thesiren and which started last August. After some requests from our followers and after some deliberation we decided to turn it into a fic. There have been quite a few fics turned into RPs but this we think is the first RP to fic lol. The fic will follow the storyline from lagleeredux but the paras, conversations will have been rewritten to read like a fic and there will also be chapters that don't appear in the RP and are specific to the fic only.

Dedicated to our awesome RPmates over in lagleeredux: Chas as Quinn, Kary as Artie, Jackie as Santana,Katie as Brittany, Kristy and Caro as the now departed Tike,Amy as Kurt, Erin as Blaine, Dom as Mia-you've all made Samcedes' journey epic and we've enjoyed every step they've taken with you guys.

Thanks for reading!

Jeni (Sam's RPer) and Chauncey (Mercedes' RPer) xx

Setting the scene:

It is 7 years after the events of Season 3 and Sam and Mercedes along with some of New Directions find themselves in LA and apart following a huge fight just after Mercedes left for Lima back at the end of Season 3. Sam is the lead singer of a multiple grammy award winning rock band, Chasing Eternity and Mercedes is known as The Siren and they are both signed to the same record label who have demanded they collaborate on a duet together. They start the collaboration and the future is still unwritten..

'What?" Sam Evans practically barked at the woman before him, who just seconds before had uttered the one name that carried enough painful memories to bring him to his knees. 'No..no way. I don't give a shit what A&M say, we're not doing it.' He shook his head, arms folding in finality, a sign that for him at least, the conversation was over. 'Sam,' Amanda Walker, Chasing Eternity's PR manager started placatingly 'This is the Siren..we can't just say no to a duet with her without good reason. The record company wants this. Two of their biggest stars together on a duet…Chasing Eternity has soared to super stardom. You 've won five grammies..Every single released has hit number one, you are a hotter commodity than the Stones were in their day! And then there's the Siren..multiple grammy winner, three platinum albums..damned near vocal perfection, that makes grown men cry. They want this Sam,' she warned grimly. 'And what they want they'll get.'

'Have you talked to her people yet?,' he asked eyes narrowed in impotent rage. 'Has she agreed to this..shit?' Amanda nodded her head. 'So far as I understand it, she has been informed and the agreement from her camp is implicit. Blake and Mason, have said they see no reason for Chasing Eternity not to be on the duet but they specified that ultimately it was your decision as it's your group and you are the lead singer..So? What is it to be?' Amanda held her breath, praying she would not have to go back to the head of A &M and tell him his one personal idea was a bust due to some irrational deep seated resentment Sam Evans seemed to have for his lead female artist.

'Seems my hands are tied, doesn't it?' Sam practically snarled. 'Fine..but I want Artie in on the production and video. No sappy love shit. If there's to be a girl, we get one in..maybe I can get Quinn..no scenes with me or her….are we clear?' Amanda nodded quickly. 'We're clear. And don't we always use Art Abrams Productions?' she threw over her shoulder as she walked to the recording booth door. 'And Sam? There's a meeting..tomorrow.. the label execs..The Siren…and you…they expect you to be there..' Sam directed an irate glare at his PR manager before biting out 'Fine..damn waste of my time.' He picked up his guitar, and started strumming out the chords to a very familiar song, heart clenching as it always did whenever he played or heard it..'Looking out..across the nighttime..'..why the fuck did he insist on doing this to himself? He must've loved to wear a gimp suit in a previous life, he decided, as he gave in to the masochistic need to play the song. Amanda hesitated, pressing her lips together before deciding to bit the proverbial bullet. 'And Sam?' She waited tapping her foot impatiently. 'What?' he broke off the song mid-chord to fix her with an irate green stare. 'Be nice…' she emphasised. 'Or at least polite…a gentleman…Whatever went on between you..put it to bed..move on…I don't want to be hauled before that committee again..OK?'

Sam gave a non committal grunt and watched as sighing she left the studio. The Siren…that name..all of the sudden memories and feelings from what seemed like a lifetime ago came rushing back at him and he set his guitar down to hold his head in his hands, trying to stop the inevitable..the raw ache in his heart that told him no matter how long it had been, it still smarted like all get out. A prom..a funeral..a lake..carnival lights and a ride that spun fast enough to make his heart jump in his mouth..or maybe that was the stars in her eyes..warn skin, hot kiss magical hips wrapped around his body…a tabloid newspaper report..Finn…A tear stained face…him on his knees on a street in Lima..The past. It was in the past..he told himself ruthlessly shutting the lid on that particular Pandora's box. He'd changed. He was no longer happy-go-lucky ,dorky,stupid Sam Evans..he was Sam Evans, lead singer of Chasing Eternity..badass, playboy and more, much more than a match for The Siren Mercedes Jones.