Forever Intertwined | Sam Evans

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The New Directions were finally in Chicago for Nationals and Mercedes was already out. The girls had taken a lunch break and came back with Mercedes who looked green. She had gotten food poisoning.

"What's going on? How bad is it?" Mr. Schue said, running into the room.

Faith was holding water to Mercedes, hoping she would drink and hydrate to get better. Nationals were tomorrow. This was the final stretch.

"Her temperature's 101 degrees. Given the fact that Weezy's Complaining about an upset stomach, it's either Amazonian dengue fever or the H1N1 super virus." Sue tried to say quietly but all the girls heard and Mercedes weakly sat up to insert herself in the conversation.

"Or I have food poisoning.''

"All the girls took a break to get some food so we went to chipotle for lunch but Mercedes tried some dive called Senora Salsation. I knew we should've been extra cautious in that joint." Faith said, sighing before grabbing a face cloth for Mercedes and giving her more water.

After a brief conversation with Sue, Mr. Schue turned around to face everyone.

"So here's what's gonna happen: Mercedes, you're on bed rest, Quinn, you're stepping in."

Quinn instantly started shaking her head. Adamant to not do it.

"No, no, no, I can't dance that number. I can't sing it either. Not like..."

Mr. Schue cut her off.

"The troubletones need you."

"And you're better than you think you are." Tina said positively.

"Hun, you were a cheerio. I know it's harder now but you can do it. Britt and I can easily guide you through the steps and your voice is fantastic." Faith said while side hugging her.

Quinn slowly started nodding. Knowing that if anyone could make her ready, it was in fact her bestfriend.

"Tina, you, too. You're in the Trouble Tones." Tina's face dropped. She wasn't sure. Faith instantly noticed and moved to place her hands on the girls' shoulders.

"This is your moment. Tina Cohen Chang, you've wanted to shine...now it's time to do so."

Tina smiled. Faith always had a way of making everyone feel more comfort and at ease.

"Mr. Schue, this is my last competition. I don't want to miss it." Mercedes said. Defeat lingering in her voice.

"Amen, to that, sister. That's why I'm putting you on a vitamin B-12 drip. We're flushing your system with Pedialyte, and I'm gonna fill that bathtub with ice and see if we can't get your ambient body temperature back down to normal. Worked in Jacob's Ladder." Sue demanded.

"Alright. We all have our marching orders, let's do it." Mr Schue said.

Sue stayed with Mercedes and the girls went back to the banquet hall to continue nailing the choreo. They had to win.

~~~~~

The new directions had been rehearsing for what felt like forever. The tensions were high which caused Sam and Puck to start fighting.

The second the fight broke out, Rory, Joe and Finn were quick to grab Sam before he could hurt Puck and Faith quickly ran over to try and de-escalate the situation.

"Hey, hey, calm down! Calm down!" Mr Schuster said, walking into the middle of the fight.

"He's studying for geography while we're trying to rehearse. It's bogus!" Sam ranted.