Hello again... I know it's been forever but life decided to play pranks on me and it suck me little time for writing... Hopefully I can keep up with the schedule I made for the next weeks... Thanks for the reviews, follows and favorites... You guys are amazing and I am happy to be part of the Samcedian group.

Today is a sad day for all the Samcedians, but LONG LIVE FANFICTION! We all know Sam and Mercedes are perfect for each other and it is in our hands to keep them alive here, Tumblr and anywhere we can. On a last note... F U Ryan Murphy!

AU: Mercedes used to have the perfect life back in New York. That all changed the moment she moved to the little town of Lima, OH. On her first day of school, she met Sam and they quickly became fast friends who harbor secret feelings for each other. Their journey to happiness will be a bumpy one. Will the bumps on the road make them closer or will they drift them apart?

Disclaimer: I do no own Glee or any of the characters or Ryan Murphy's poor writing skills, continuity issues or trolling abilities towards the fans of glee. In addition, I do not own any of the songs; the rights go to the rightful owners.

In this chapter I used Taylor Swift's Crazier, (Song lyrics are in Bold & Italics).

Chapter 5

Mercedes' POV

Being Sam's girlfriend was like being part of a fairytale. He was perfect, always attentive, kind and loving. At the beginning, it was hard for me to deal with the sudden changes of our relationship. I knew our friendship was still there but now we kissed, made-out, went out on romantic dates and for me it was confusing, thrilling but confusing.

That first date. I will never forget that event. It was romantic, full of funny disasters but it was perfect because I was with Sam. He decided to cook for me instead of taking me out to dinner or ordering take-out, but Sam's experience in the kitchen was limited to bowls of cereal and reheating everything on the microwave. I knew this stay-home date was going to be quite a journey.

I got to his house and let myself in because he texted me earlier to do so. As soon as I walked in I started laughing, the house smelled like overcooked pasta and burned ground beef. I was surprised that the house was not on fire. When I finally made it to the kitchen Sam was sitting on the floor with his face hidden in his hands and he was mumbling some unrepeatable words. I looked around and the kitchen was a mess, the overly drained pasta was sitting in the sink, the ground beef was rigid in the pan and there was sauce all over the stove.

"Sam, are you ok? Do you want me to help you?" I was touched by his gesture of trying to impress me but I would be just as happy with a 'Lean Cuisine' meal.

He glanced up, looking defeated. "Oh Baby, this whole cooking thing is harder than I thought and I couldn't get a hold of mom for actual instructions. I tried YouTube but I couldn't keep up. Do you wanna order pizza, instead?"

"Pizza is fine with me, but we need to clean this mess." He stood up and hugged me while I took the opportunity to kiss him. "Thanks for trying. It's funny to see all the crazy things you would do for me."

He ordered the pizza and while we waited, we cleaned and organized everything. The doorbell rang and he went upstairs to grab the money to pay for the pizza while I went to the door to get it. After he closed the door, he took the pizza from my hands and started walking towards the kitchen, I did not know if he was nervous but in a blink of an eye, Sam tripped and fell down along with our pizza.

"Are you kidding me? Can my luck get any worse today?" He said mortified.

I could not help myself and I was giggling in a matter of seconds. He turned his face around, gave me a death glare and I laughed even louder. "Sammy, since when were you planning this date?" I managed to ask between the laughing and helping him to stand up.

"Since I asked you on Monday night. I wanted everything to be perfect, a nice homemade dinner, movies and then a walk around the lake, something simple but honest and romantic. " Sam answered, cleaning the sauce drops that graciously decorated his face.

"No wonder. Sam you don't need to plan our dates. You know I love spontaneous things, from my experience, things that are planned usually end up messy." He was lightly smiling. "Come on, let's pick up that unfortunate wasted pizza and check what's on your fridge, after that we can do a movie or two, because going to the lake tonight is out of the question. I don't wanna freeze myself to death." He agreed. We spent a lovely night together and for me that was the most important part.

"Hey Babe, what you wanna do today?" Sam was standing at my bedroom door. It was Saturday and all I wanted to do was sleep. I spent Friday doing last minute Christmas shopping with Sam. We decided to drive all the way to Cincinnati to have an excuse to be all alone and not have our parents monitoring our moves. I knew our parents trusted our relationship; they just did not trust us. Yet, I still did not know why because we will always keep our hands to ourselves and we knew each other's boundaries. In simple words, I was not ready to take that step with Sam, even though I knew it was with him I wanted to take the step with.

"Sam right now I just wanna sleep. We spent all day together yesterday. We went to Cincinnati, we shopped, we had lunch and dinner there, we decided to catch the midnight showing at the movie theater and lastly we had the long drive back to Lima. Don't forget we got here at almost 4am, I am worn out."

"Well, I'm not." He said with a wicked smirk.

"I can tell, it is 9 o'clock and you look rested and marvelous." I said yawning.

"C'mon Mercy, I have plans for us… I know we are going to have such a great time." He said hopeful that it was enough to make me get out of bed.

"Sam, I have plans for us too… get closer." I wanted to stay in bed a bit longer so when he got closer I grabbed him by his left wrist and pulled him to the bed.

"Mercy what are you doing?" He was already getting himself underneath my purple comforter.

"I wanna sleep; you wanna spend some time with me, then this works for both of us. Let's sleep the morning away, together." I said as I closed my eyes.

He kissed my forehead and said, "It's not exactly what I had in mind but… I like your idea better."

And just like that I fell back into my slumber cuddled up with my prince.

Months went by quickly, but our love grew stronger and I was the happiest girl alive. I had Sam, my friends and some new friends that added even more joy to my life, thanks to my constant visits to Sam's glee club meetings.

"What's up Mercedes? I'm patiently waiting for the day you decide to join us. After the Christmas special I keep thinking of how great of a singer you are and yet, I still haven't got the chance to enjoy that voice of yours as part of the glee club." Quinn greeted.

I laughed. "Hello Quinn, I'm doing great. About joining glee club, I'm just not ready, besides you guys are pretty much done for the year." Unfortunately, New Directions lost the Regionals competition to The Warblers from Dalton Academy.

"Still, we need to get ready for next year and you could be a great addition to the club. We are losing some of our best voices since Santana, Rachel, Finn and Kurt, they are all graduating." She added.

"Oh that's right. I totally forgot about that. I'm going to miss Kurt like crazy. You know what, I think I'm going to do it. I'm going to get a number ready and I will audition next week. I know Sam has made a lot inputs about my singing but I wanna go through the process. I don't wanna steal anybody's chance to join." I said with enthusiasm.

"That's so great. Also, no worries about stealing people's chances to audition for glee; we are the underdogs and nobody is running to be part of our club." I could not believe that I was friends with Quinn and that we ended up being close. She was like my soul sister.

"Hopefully things change for the better next academic year." I said trying to be optimistic.

"Nah… It's been the same year after year. But we always manage to survive." She said humorously. "Want some help for you audition?" She asked.

"Sure, why don't you come to my house after school and we can look for songs. You could also stay for dinner; it's our traditional Mexican dinner day." I said

"Sure, that sounds awesome." She said happily. She went back to her chair and sat next to her now boyfriend, Joe.

Sam walked inside and quickly took his place next to me. He gave me a quick peck and told me he loved me, to what I responded with, 'I love you, too'. Today's meeting went down quickly, when we were walking to our cars I decided to tell Sam about auditioning for glee club.

"Sam, there's something I need to tell you." I sounded too serious only because I wanted to see Sam's reaction.

His reaction was priceless. He looked like he just pooped in his pants and he could not hide the terror of someone finding out.

"Mercedes, what's going on? Are you trying to tell me that you wanna break up with me? Oh… please… No." I needed to get him out of that unnecessary pain, but it was quite funny.

"Sam… um… Sam… I need to tell you that…" He cut me off.

"Mercedes please stop; I don't think I can handle…" Now it was my turn to cut him off.

"Samuel Dwight Evans, you need to stop. Oh my God, I'm not breaking up with you. Not even close. What I wanted to tell you is that I am going to audition for glee club next week and Quinn is going to help me with my song selection, you silly..."

"Really. I'm so retarded. I was almost going into panic mode for nothing. But, wow, I am so happy you are finally thinking about joining glee. We now have the chance to do something that we love together. I couldn't ask for a better girlfriend. You are just perfect. And I'm glad all the awkwardness between you and Quinn finally vanished." He said going back to his normal being.

We said our goodbyes with countless lingering kisses and then I headed home. I had a long night ahead of me.

Summer vacation was amazing. We spend almost every day together. We had great adventurous days, we had lazy, silly days and we had those crappy days too. However, every day with Sam was part of my perfect fairytale. He was full of surprises, so spontaneous, funny and he always managed to leave me breathless.

"Baby, I have a surprise for you." He said amazingly excited.

"What? What is it?"

"Mercedes, if I tell you now it's not going to be a surprise. Now, close your eyes." He looked anxious but in a good way.

"Ok. Ok." I closed my eyes and he took my right hand and placed some sort of paper in it. As soon as I firmly grabbed it, I opened my eyes. I opened the folded paper and I could not believe what I was seeing. It was a copy of an electronic plane ticket. He was going on vacation without me. My expression changed as I looked up to his still amazingly happy face.

"Sam this is an electronic plane ticket for a round trip to Madrid."

His demeanor changed. "Yeah. But Mercedes, why are you sad?"

"Because you are going to be away for two weeks." I was on the verge of crying.

"Mercedes did you look at the paper properly." Now he was a bit aggravated.

"Yes, here it says that you…" I was cut off by a wave of happiness and surprise. "Sam, really. Oh God, it's says that I am leaving for Madrid in two weeks. But, you… Sam, I don't wanna leave you alone."

"Who says you're leaving me alone?" He was back in his happy mode.

"Sam Evans, what is going on?" Curiosity hit me.

"Well darling… We are going to Madrid together. Actually, we are going with my family. I finally convinced them to go and I wanted you to come with us. You know the city pretty well, you know the language and it is a good opportunity for us to be together in the city that you love. I think it would be perfect for us."

"Sam, I don't know what to say." He was just perfect and I was joyful I had him in my life.

"Just say you will come with us." He said expectantly.

"Yes, I'll go. OMG, you don't understand how excited I am right now." He got closer and gave me a chaste kiss.

"I know of a lot ways you can show me your excitement." And just like that he went from the innocent boy in love to one naughty boy.

The trip to Spain was amazing. I had the opportunity of visiting the country years before but this time it had a special meaning. I visited Spain with the love of my life; I did everything I wanted with him by my side. We took countless pictures, putting an album together was going to be one hard task.

The day after we came back, I met Tina, Quinn and Santana at the Lima Bean for our girl's summer meetings. They wanted to know all the details about my trip to Spain and all the other things I have been doing.

"So, Ms. Jones… How was Spain? Tell us everything." Tina started as we sat down at our favorite table.

"Oh, España, España; I will never forget this trip." I said smiling.

"Wanky!" Santana exclaimed.

"Santana, I didn't mean it like that. It was a great trip. We had fun and it is going to be one trip I will never overlook." I pointed out sincerely.

I showed them some of the pictures from the trip and they were all ogling over how cute and in love we looked in the pictures.

"Mercedes, you are one lucky girl." Quinn said looking at one of my favorite pictures. It was a picture of Sam, Stevie, Stacy and I being silly in front of Royal Palace.

"So are you Quinn… Joe is an amazing guy and he loves you very much." I said.

"Yeah, I know… I love him very much. So, did you guys go to another city or did you stayed in Madrid all the time?" Quinn asked.

"We went to Barcelona, also. But, it was for an exhibition game of the FC Barcelona." I said happily thinking about the memory of being at the Camp Nou with Sam. He was not a fan of soccer but that day he changed his perception about the sport.

"FC Barcelona? What is that?" Tina was confused.

"That's a soccer team and one of the most important team in the country, right after the Real Madrid." I added.

"Ohhhh." They all said.

"But let's get back to business. You were telling us that you guys went to another country, had a good time and nothing interesting happened between the two of you." Santana was all about the dirty details.

"Santana, Sam and I have a relationship that is based on a lot of stuff and yes, we have done our things but I am not ready for that step yet. I know I wanna lose my virginity to Sam but I will do it when I'm ready. He knows that, he respects that and we are happy where we are right now." I sounded annoyed but I wanted to get my point across leaving all the confusion behind.

"Geez, Aretha, no need to get mad. You know me, I'm just a bit 'caliente' when it comes to stuff like that." Santana said a bit ashamed.

"I'm not mad. This is my way of telling you I'm going to miss you when you leave next week for Lousiville." Next week Tina, Quinn and I were stepping up as seniors at McKinley and Santana was moving to her dorm to start her college life a week after that. Things were going to change for all of us, we all knew it.

The thing I did not know is how stressful things were going to get with Sam.

Sam's POV

Mercedes was the girl of my dreams; she was honest, kind, loving and sexy. No girl at McKinley was like her. Those first days in the relationship were interesting because we went from best friends to a couple and even though we were ready for it, we could not deny there was some gawkiness. I think for me making out with Mercedes was the most difficult part, I would run my hands all over her body and I knew what I wanted to do next but my respect and love for her stopped me every time.

"Sam, are you OK?" She was looking sad.

"Yes, I am. Why?" I wanted to sound casual and hide the fact that my pants were just a bit tighter where they were not supposed to be.

"Then why did you stop kissing me?" She was annoyed.

"Well, um… I… Crap…" I tried to kiss her again but she stopped me. "Mercedes, I had to stop because I was getting…" She stopped me.

"Oh. I understand." She was mortified.

"Mercy, please, wait." She was standing up from the sofa so I grabbed her and sat her in my lap, I knew it was not a smart move because the problem was located in my pants but I needed to address that I was not pushing her into anything. "Mercedes, why are you running away from me? We have talked about this and we agreed to work through it." She kept her gaze at the floor.

"Sam, it's just that I feel helpless because I know that something like that is completely normal between couples but I'm not ready." I tenderly took her face with my free hand and moved it until her eyes met mine and I said, "I told you before that I will wait for you all my life if necessary. I love you more than anything in this world and for you, I will do anything or did you just forget our first date as a couple. That was one epic moment." Finally, that beautiful smile of hers came back.

Christmas time with Mercedes was more joyful than years before. We went Christmas caroling around our neighborhoods with the help of the kids from glee club and we even got place at a Christmas special for the local TV network. For that occasion, we all wrote a song called 'Extraordinary Merry Christmas'. Blaine and Rachel, were Mr. Shue's first choices for the solos but Rachel decided it was time to forecast some new voices and she decided I was a good choice for the male lead, she gracefully asked Mercedes to take the female lead even though she was not part of the glee club. I was happy for the opportunity but I was even more excited someone like Rachel recognized Mercedes talent and was giving her a moment to shine.

The Christmas special was a success and all of our parents decided to take us to Breadstix for a celebratory dinner. They were all engaged in conversations that I thought it was the best time to sneak out with Mercedes for a little bit since I wanted to give her one Christmas presents I got her.

"Sammy, why are we out here? It is cold and I don't think it is appropriate to ditch everybody." She said.

"We are not ditching anybody, Mercy. I just wanted to have a moment with you. I wanted to give you one of your presents tonight. I know we have been dating for just a little bit over a month but I know you are it for me Mercedes." I got down on one knee and her panicking look was adorable.

"What are you doing?" She was freaking out.

"Don't freak out sweetie." I pulled out the little box and I knew Mercedes was about to pass out. "Mercy, don't pass out on me, just hear me out." I cleared my throat and started,

"Mercedes Joanne Jones, since I first saw you walking down the principal office's the first day of school I wanted to be yours. When life gave me the chance to become your friend I was happy and I knew I was going to find my way to your heart without being pushy and when I finally got the key to your heart I realized my life was complete because I got you." I opened the velvet box that hold an emerald solitary ring and continue with my speech; "This is not an engagement ring but it is a promise ring, with which I'm sealing my promise to love you, cherish you and protect you until you become my wife. I don't want anybody else in my life; I just want you, forever and always." I stood up, took Mercedes' left hand and placed the ring on her finger and I was not surprised it was a perfect fit.

"Sam, this is beautiful. I love you so much. Thank you." She hugged me and then kissed me tenderly and we felt the first snowflakes that started to fall making the moment even more romantic.

When the second semester of the school year started, I was juggling between my relationship with Mercy, which was growing beautifully, school stuff and all my extracurricular activities. Life was hectic but I was blessed because surrounded by all the love Mercedes was giving me.

Losing Regionals against The Warblers was low blow for all of us. We all knew we did a better job that they did but we also knew Sebastian Smythe wanted to beat us badly and was capable of doing anything to do so. Making it to Nationals was our way to prove the people at school that been part of the glee club was something amazing.

The day Mercedes told me she was auditioning for glee club it became one of my favorite days ever. I was finally going to have the chance to do something that I love with the girl that I love. I knew she did not need an audition because they already knew how talented she was but she wanted to be fair and go through all the process. When the day finally came, I could not be happier.

She walked into the choir room holding hands with Quinn, seeing them that way made me feel more than happy because I knew all the tension between them was in the past. Mercedes sat next to me and held my hand and I noticed she was shaking,

"Baby, you're shaking like a leaf. Why are you so nervous? They know how talented you are, this is just formalities that you wanted to take."

"I know. But I always get like this when I have to perform. I want things to go smoothly."

"Merc, things are going to be amazing. You're a star, never forget that." I gave her a peck on the cheeks and she became calmer almost instantly. "What song are you performing?" I asked.

"Just wait and see. I know you are going to like it. It's a country song. Well, more like a pop-country song." She was smiling now with the smile that always made me melt.

Mr. Shue introduced Mercedes and she took her place, when the music started I could recognize it was a Taylor Swift song.

I'd never gone with the wind
Just let it flow
Let it take me where it wants to go to
Till you open the door
There's so much more
I've never seen it before

I was trying to fly
But I couldn't find wings
Then you came along

And you changed everything

[Chorus]

You lift my feet off the ground
You spin me around
You make me crazier, crazier
Feels like I'm falling and I am lost in your eyes
You make me crazier, crazier, crazier

I've watched from a distance as you made life your own
Every sky was your own kind of blue
And I wanted to know how that would feel
And you made it so real

You showed me something that I couldn't see
You opened my eyes
And you made me believe

[Chorus]

You lift my feet off the ground
You spin me around
You make me crazier, crazier
Feels like I'm falling and I am lost in your eyes
You make me crazier, crazier, crazier

Baby you showed me what living is for
I don't wanna hide anymore
Oh oh

You lift my feet off the ground
You spin me around
You make me crazier, crazier
Feels like I'm fallin' and I am lost in your eyes
You make me crazier, crazier, crazier
Crazier, crazier, crazier

She sounded amazing, better than Taylor did. She was definitely a star in the making, and with a unanimous vote Mercedes became part of the glee club and I knew that our senior year was going to be great.

When summer vacation arrived, I was thrilled. We had all this time to spend together I ran out of ideas on the first three weeks, then a magical but crazy idea came to mind. I need my parents' permission so, I put a plan in motion. I did all my chores, I behave appropriately and helped my siblings with everything they needed it. I became the perfect son.

"Mom, Dad… do we have any plans for the summer?" I asked while setting the table for dinner. Mom was finishing the cooking while dad was watching ESPN on the TV by the family room.

"I'm not sure, son. We haven't figure anything out but we might come with something by the end of July." My dad said.

"Why are you asking Sam? Do you have any plans with Mercedes?" Mom asked.

"Well, I have something in mind that I wanna do and I know you guys are going to freak out a bit and that's the reason I wanna make it a family trip but I wanna include Mercedes." My dad turned off the TV, walked to kitchen and gave me a look I could not figure out.

"Sam… what is going on?" Dad asked.

"Mom, Dad… I wanted to ask you if we could go to Spain this year. It's Mercedes' favorite country and I've been looking into all the stuff we all can do there and it sounds promising and actually I wanted to invite her to come with us."

"Sam that sounds amazing but if you invite Mercedes, and she agrees and most importantly her parents gives her permission to come, we need to cover her expenses. We are a family of five and it's going to be a lot of money and yes, we can afford it but I think it is a bit much. Sam we need to keep our savings because you need to remember the economy is bad and we already know how bad things can get. We can't go all crazy just because we are back on our feet" Mom was been the reasonable one but this was my chance to use all the points I accumulated over the weeks.

"I understand what you are saying, mom, but actually I don't want you to pay for Mercedes 'expenses. I wanna do it. It's a something I wanna give her."

Dad's face had no expression and it was very irritating until he finally spoke, "Sam, first the ring and all the Christmas presents you got her. Let's not forget about Valentine's day and now this. Don't you think you are investing too much into this relationship?" I could not believe it; my dad was bashing me for spoiling my girlfriend when he spoiled my mom every day. Unbelievable.

"Dad, I don't think I am investing too much. I love her and I think she deserves everything. Besides, this is coming from the man that just bought his wife a brand new Mercedes Benz SUV? I think I am learning from the best, or not." With that argument, I won my case and Spain was a go. I bought Mercedes's ticket and drove to her house to give her the news.

Those two weeks in Spain were amazing. I have to be honest I was mentally cursing the flight back to Lima. I wanted to stay there and have a perfect life with my perfect girl but the start of senior year was around the corner and I had responsibilities back home.

A couple of days after we got back I met Mike, Puck and Finn at Mike's place to play videogames and catch up before Finn left to go to Texas and Puck to go to Los Angeles.

"So, Lady Lips, how was the trip with Hot Mamma? Puck started. I hated the way he will refer to us sometimes but deep down he was a nice guy.

"The trip was great. We had a lot of fun and it's going to be one trip I will never forget." I said innocently.

"So, things got heated in Madrid?" Mike asked.

"Really guys, I am not disclosing the private part of my relationship with Mercedes to any of you." I was disgusted.

"Well, that's all we needed to hear. Welcome to the club, Evans." Finn interjected.

"You guys are disgusting and please, keep me out of that sick club of yours." I grabbed my letterman jacket and headed to the door.

"Man, we're playing. We don't have a club and actually we were just teasing you. We know how protective you are about Mercedes. Please don't go, but please tell us more about what you guys did there. I saw the pictures you posted on Facebook from the soccer game. It looked quite exciting." Finn sounded apologetic with his statement.

"Guys, if you all know how I am about Mercedes, do not make any further comments about her or any girl, I dislike cheap talk about girls and you all have girlfriends too. I don't think it's nice and it's very disrespectful." I returned to the sofa and took my place. "About the soccer game, it was pure madness. I had a blast, but I think Mercedes enjoyed it the most. She's a true fan."

A couple of hours later, we were playing pool and having a great time, Mercedes texted me that she was heading home and that she had a great time with the girls. I texted her that I was going to spend a little more time with the guys and then I was going to head home. She told me to call her before going to bed and so I did. Ending my day listening to Mercedes' voice was like icing on top of a cake.

It was the day before school started and I was at Mercy's getting everything together for our senior year. This was going to be an interesting year for me, I was starting the year with Mercedes by my side, I was stepping up as the quarterback of the football team, I was starting a new club with Mercedes, Quinn and Joe called The God's Squad. I could not forget glee club was going to take more of my time because I wanted to get to Nationals this year and unfortunately, I was also leaving the synchronized swimming team.

"Are you excited about senior year?" Mercedes was sitting at her desk organizing the new Coach bag that her mom got her.

"Actually for the first time in years, I am. I have a beautiful girlfriend who is going to be walking the hallways with me." At that moment I got close to Mercedes, I hugged her while she was still sitting at the desk and I started kissing her neck and I kept telling her about all the good things of having her as my girlfriend senior year. "Also, I will be able to kiss her whenever and wherever because we have every class together and we finally are going to be able to be officially in glee club together." I kissed her earlobe and made her shiver. "And let's not forget about the new club. This year is going to be great mainly because of all the things we can do together." I gave her a kissed in the cheek that made her blush and giggle.

"Yeah… It's going to be interesting. Also another thing is that you're stepping up as the quarterback of the football team and that's one thing I don't like because I know all the girls from school are going to be throwing themselves at you." She turned around and bit her bottom lip.

"Are you jealous?" I was at kissing distance from her.

"Maybe." She looked at me with those eyes that hypnotize me.

"You shouldn't be. I only have eyes for you and you are the only one that I love." I stated securely, but little did I know that senior year was going to be one of the most difficult tests in our still young relationship.

This was going to be the year that will make us or break us. The end of my perfect paradise was rapidly approaching.

A/N: Well, what do you guys think? Love it? Hate it? What do you think is going to happen between them? Hit me up with reviews, opinion, anything... I will gladly take them under consideration, since I am already working on Chapter 6.

As always, I would love to thank my amazing Beta, Rose... for her patience and for being totally awesome... :) I love you, girl!

Well, this is it for now... Until next time...