The Last Weekend
UPDATED
Based on the film - The Best Man Holiday
Time had elapsed, those days in McKinley High were long gone for most of the group, Kurt and Blaine were full time in New York now, the stage was their lives, Santana and Brittany were in Canada, with two beautiful boys Damon and Timothy they were pretty much tied down with school, work and life in general, Quinn had been married at least 3 times, her second marriage producing Hope a beautiful blond baby girl with twinkling blue eyes and a smile just like her Mom, Quinn had always married into money so the relationship with Puck was of course a no go well before he finished service. Puck was still his usual playboy self, nothing much had changed for him he still had that don't care outlook on life and as a single man he could afford to have that. Tina and Artie had ventured to some remote place in Cambodia where they'd found some miracle herb that helped Artie stay strong and on last sight some 10 years ago he was standing. Sam and Mercy lived in Los Angeles, he was a self-employed Artist and she was singing big time, they'd got married a year after Jessie and Rachel, it was nowhere near as elaborate but they were happy. They'd had fertility problems, having tried 3 times already to carry their child Mercy had gone as far as she could downhill, but these past 8 months had seen a change as this time she'd managed, with rest and lots of medical help, to go almost full term. Rachel and Jessie had been married for nearly 11 years, having had their first child that first year and proceeded to have three more almost annually they lived in England until of late, Rachel on stage and Jessie on the field as a footballer, they'd recently returned to America for a while according to the tabloids.
Flashback
The last time they met up some 11 plus years ago was for Jessie and Rachel's wedding, the day was beautiful weather wise, but the events of the day were a total disaster
Artie ended up kissing Brittany for old time sake and a peck turned into a full blown make out session that Tina walked in on, after that slapping sort of went out of fashion by the time those two finished with each other's faces
Santana sort of fell into bed with Puck, after about an hour of drunken crying about what Brittany had done and that also led to slapping of the face from Brittany to Puck, Brittany to Santana, Santana to Puck it got really confusing
Then as if that wasn't enough, Blaine of all people was found in the cupboard with Quinn of all people trying to do the nasty, Kurt screamed so loud it stopped the party, foolishly Sam went in with his self-righteous self and it all came out the damn basket
He'd just got on his knee at the reception and finally after a 3 year long courtship asked Mercy to marry him, of course she'd said yes, bit his hand off, she loved him so much and seconds later the scream came, he stood shouting at a very red faced Blaine when it just spewed out of Blaine's mouth
"So you slept with Rachel and didn't want anyone to know" the reception froze as Sam looked at Mercy, Mercy looked at Rachel, Jessie looked at Sam and Rachel burnt holes into Kurt
"I told you that stuff in confidence" Kurt blurted out daggering Blaine
"You slept with Rachel?" Jessie asked Sam
"I asked you how many damn times, did I ask you to just tell me the truth?" Mercy shouted at Rachel
Sam went forward to grab Mercy and was thrown back by a punch from Jessie before they went into full brawl mode everyone shouting, Jessie not listening, rightly pissed, Puck joined in to stop it and got mad for getting hit and joined in all three throwing punches not fazed at who was being hit, nobody stopped until the girls slapping fest started producing boobs and stuff and they all stood back watching as Mercy slapped because all these bitches had slept with Sam, Tina slapping in support of Mercy as well as getting some more of Brittany, Rachel because it was her damn wedding day and these bitches left her with this damn memory, Santana doing more swearing than slapping and avoiding Brittany, Brittany slapping wishing each hit was connecting with Puck's face and Quinn slapped till her hearts content for all the lost men, and then suddenly they started slapping the guys when they realised they were being ogled
"That's it" Jessie shouted looking at Sam as he dodged a slap from Tina "I never want to see you again" before looking at the group "actually you're all fucking dysfunctional we won't be seeing any of you again" he looked around the group saying before grabbing Rachel's arm and walking off abandoning the reception, everyone just looked at each other for a while before they all started going their own way, and this time when they said bye they meant it there were no hugs, singing or smiles
End of Flashback
"Sam I'll be fine" Mercy told him as once again they sat in the maternity department getting checked "I don't need to be laid up just rest a lot" she told him as they watched their baby move around on the monitor
"You guys still don't want to know what it is?" the doctor asked
"No" they both said together
"Whatever our mini us is, they're long awaited" Sam said rubbing their bump
"Well awaited" she smiled rubbing their bump on top of Sam's hand looking at him
"Okay you two you need a bedroom for anything further than that" the doctor laughed, making them laugh
"I need to go see the editors babe, so I'll drop you off and get back" he said as he wiped the gel off her bump "Is that alright?" he asked finishing up, she nodded before he helped her up and off the bed "I've got your strawberries" he smiled
"Where did you hide them?" she laughed
"You know I'm a chameleon master of disguise" he smiled
"So not my time Evans" she told him not impressed at his memory just then
"Sorry" he said giving his puppy eyes
"We need to go home" she told him, no tone in her voice to let him know what was coming next, she loved doing that to him when he fucked with her like that, that shit kept him on his toes for days, she smiled to herself as he went ahead of her to open the car door for her "Thank you" she said before getting in making him smile
"You're more than welcome" he said with a twinkle in his eye
As he drove along she sat in the car thinking how powerful a pregnant woman was, she could literally get him to do absolutely anything she commanded right now all in the name of pregnant. She giggled as she thought about him getting her some 'fluffy puppies' to dry her hands after using the bathroom 'Would he do that?' she asked herself looking at him as she thought
"What?" he asked as he caught her looking
"Nothing" she smiled before her giggle came out for the picture she'd conjured up in her head of him standing there in an apron with a fluffy puppy in hand, while she dried her hands, and he fed her strawberries
"That imagination of yours got me doing all sort of crazy shit for your ass ain't it?" he laughed
"Not all sorts" she told him
"Well that smile wasn't about making love" he looked at her saying
"Definitely not about making love" she giggled again "Unless it was with my hands" she side eyed him saying
"Those fluffy puppies again" he smiled rolling his eye "Are you ever going to get off that?"
"No, I didn't get them" she whined
"Here we are" he said as they waited for the electric gates to open to get into their home
They lived a happy life and had a lavish home with everything you'd expect to see in a home that cost in the region of 14m, in honestly they could live like that just off Mercy's income but Sam was proud and although initially her money brought the house, everything in it had his money on it, he paid everything because he was the man of the house. He'd quickly moved through the educational and job ladders and when he felt stifled he branched out on his own and now had a 35 strong team of very professional artists, writers, printers, and reporters on his team he was reaching the whole of the America's with his comic and had recently branched out to Europe and Asia, with a lot more growth to achieve, at 32 he was a self-made millionaire.
Mercy had earned her first million within 2 years of being in the pop industry and things had just carried on going up for her, getting engaged to Sam when they were 21 and married when they were 22, she'd wanted a family almost immediately, she was in the limelight and didn't think it was going to end anytime soon so to actually wait for things to die down was a non-starter for them, three years later she got pregnant, she went to 2 months with that first pregnancy, so excited they told the family as soon as they knew, about 4 days after the announcement Sam found her crying the bathroom and blood all over the place, she knew the baby had gone but Sam needed to hear it from the professionals so she went into hospital and got it confirmed. The second time, four years later, she went to 4 months and two days before they were due to announces the same situation, the doctors started tests on their request and there was a 6 week pregnancy shortly after that but then nothing for 2 years. She went into a slump and didn't even want to sing, one day he came in from work in despair for where Mercy was going and just talked his way into making her believe that this time would be the time, they went to bed and stayed there for 24 hours making their baby, he talked to her telling her to believe, when they went to the doctors a week later she was pregnant and her mood lifted just like that
There had been eggshell moments all the way through, shouting, crying, slapping, bed rest, stitches but once they got past the 7 month mark life changed for them, something good was definitely going to happen for them, and that just clicked them back into Sam and Mercy mode
Taking that time off when Mercy first got pregnant took its toll on a self-employed man and his business felt it, he wasn't on the ball because he wasn't at work, in the thick of it, on it whatever but he let it slip and 4 months in, along with business expansions that had been put on hold resulting in investors losing interest, for the first time his business was stagnant, he found himself with no game plan.
"What do you need to see the editors for?" she asked, it wasn't something he'd usually rush off to do
"I've asked to meet everyone just to get a heads up on what's happening I feel like I'm out the loop with everything"
"What because of us?" she asked rubbing her belly
"No because of us" he said adding himself in that "You guys are the most important people in my life you know that already"
"Yeah we know you're the most important person in our lives" she replied smiling as he walked her into the house, bringing her to the music room, she loved being in there all the time creating
"I'll get the cook to do you some food yeah?" he asked as he went towards to door "Back in a bit" he told her rushing through the door to get to the kitchen "Iris did we get any mail today?" he asked as he pushed the door open
"Yes Mr Sam" she said taking the three letters out of her pocket and handing them to him, Sam checked if any were from utility services and took them with him back to the music room
"Mercy you have a letter" he told her as he walked towards her holding it out "Post mark is that England?" he asked as he passed it over
She took it from him and checked the post mark "England" she said rolling her eyes "That's the third one they've sent" she told him throwing it on the piano without opening it
"Who sent it?"
"Mr and Mrs St James, you know best man at his wedding, fucked his wife" she told him pissed off in her voice
"What do they want?" he asked ignoring the age old story, that he never won the reasoning on "I thought you said they'd come back to America?"
"They want to meet up in Lima and, yes they're back I saw it on the TV"
"And do what?"
"Ask her"
"I'm asking you, its your friend"
"No its your fuck buddy" she spat "Oh pardon me they're all your fuck buddies" she rolled her eyes saying
"And that's why we don't meet up with old flames any more" he told her kissing her on the lips as he finished "I'll see you later" he stepped off saying as his phone rang "Glen I'll be there in a..." he stopped in his tracks saying looking back at Mercy trying to make his mind up if he should carry on walking out the door and hear it later or let her be party to the call. Making his mind up to swing round he flicked his phone on loud speaker and walked back towards Mercy putting the phone on the piano "Hello Brittany" he said as Mercy's head shot up fire in her eyes "How did you get my number?" he asked seeing the question in Mercy's eyes
"I checked for your company on the web and called through your office"
"Oh, what can I do for you?"
"I'm in LA and I just thought we could meet up have some lunch or something It's been a while"
"I've got a meeting this afternoon and I need to get back to Mercy directly after that, I don't have time for lunch Brittany"
"Are you and Mercedes still together?"
"Yeah we're married"
"Oh I didn't know sorry" she said as the call went quiet
"What did you want Brittany?" he asked again
"I've just been thinking about you a lot lately and well... nothing I was just looking up an old friend"
"Why didn't you contact Mercy?"
"She's Tana's friends and I need my own right now"
"Why what's happened?"
"Nothing bye Sam" she said and the phone went dead
"So what the fuck was that about?" Mercy shouted as the phone went dead "Did that bitch just ask you for sex?" she asked holding her belly to stop her fuse from lighting
"You heard the same as me, I have no idea but it did sound like she wanted something" he told her "Look I've got to get the work, I'll see you later" he said picking his phone up, giving her a kiss and heading to the door
Mercy picked the invite up, she hadn't wanted to entertain it, especially with child she couldn't get her slap on with those bitches but now Britt Bitch had turned up asking for sex with Sam she really needed to know what was going on with Santana. They'd gotten close before the whole family thing blew up for them all those years back, Santana was still the biggest bitch around but they were tight, not as tight as her and Rachel or even Tina but they were tight and if something was happening for her girl she at least needed to know. Tina was still her girl every now and again she'd get a call from her about some new wild grass they were using, they helped fund the project Artie and her were working on, not much, but every little helped. She had lunch, dinner and was settling down for some early evening TV before Sam got back, shocked when he arrived earlier than she'd expected
"Hi babe" he came in smiling at her, in a really good mood
"Hi things went well" she smiled back at him as he came in for a kiss "I missed you"
"I missed you too babe" he said giving her a second kiss "Early to bed tonight?" he asked
"Early to bed" she agreed
Sam got himself something to eat, had a drink listened to Mercy play some music and then they went to bed, bedtime was always welcomed in their house, hot drinks, cookies, slippers and a hot wind down bath at the end of every day built them up for anything the next day. An early night meant all the above plus extras, he was more than ready for his extras having gone without for nearly a week, he'd done the back rub thing, taken care of the feet in the bath, rubbed all the oils helped her with her hair and now they were in bed, this first move was always the deal breaker either he got it right or totally wrong and after all the work he'd put in so far, he was praying he'd got it right.
"Do you want to watch something babe?" he'd asked as he got into bed grabbing the remote just in case
"Yeah" she replied making his heart sink "You" she told him stretching her neck to reach his now smiling lips as he took her kiss. She pulled his head down to meet hers comfortably as they kissed, him taking time not to touch her sensitive breasts, or brush her nipples that stood like rocks on her already softening voluptuous breasts. She pulled at him wanting him to climb on her and if that were at all possible right now he would have, but her bump was way too big and so he needed to think quickly and do something just as stimulating for her, he moved her to her side and spooned her into him taking no chance with foreplay he swiftly filled her kissing her neck and whispering love to her as he moved inside her. She clung to him, wanting even needing this contact threatening to turn over to assume their favourite position, he stopped to put her back in her comfortable position. They were making love but it wasn't the hard, dirty talking, rough playful sex they were used to this was love making with baby in between, no screaming or hurting as Mercy opened up to him begging for more, he found her spot and stayed there till he heard her familiar noises making him smile as his mingled with hers until their time came to a satisfactory end
"I love you Mercy" he said as he pulled her to him
"I love you back Sam" she said getting up and dragging him to the bathroom before going back to bed to find sleep
The next morning Sam was up early for work, he was in the shower before Mercy opened her eyes "Babe I've been thinking" she shouted across to the bathroom
"What?" he asked popping his head round the door with a toothbrush in his mouth
"I said I've been thinking" she said stretching in the bed
"Dangerous stuff that" he smiled before going back into the bathroom fully
"I thought we should accept Rachel's invite"
"What did you think babe?" he came out the bathroom a few minutes later asking
"I said" she rolled her eyes saying "We should go to Lima meet up with Rachel and stuff"
"Mercy" Sam threw himself on the bed saying "Fighting, you're all fucking dysfunctional we won't be seeing any of you again" he looked at her saying in his best Jessie voice "Any of that ring an alarm bell"
"All of it Sam but she invited us either she's left him or he's mellowed and it would just be nice to see my girl you know?"
"And what happens when shit gets thrown, and it will, what you planning on doing?"
"I'll throw shit back, verbally of course" she said rubbing her tummy as she spoke "Please Sam" she begged showing her puppy eyes to him "Please" she squeezed out fluttering her eye lids at him
"Girl you get me every damn time" he smiled at her "Okay we'll go, I'll check with the midwife, but no fighting under any circumstances do you hear me" he waved his finger at her playfully saying but meaning every word "When is it?" he asked
"This weekend"
"That's why you gave it up last night wasn't it, to butter me up?" he laughed
"No I gave it up last night because I needed my man inside me husband" she put her serious face on saying "I asked you that this morning because I needed last night and I didn't want angry sex or none at all" she laughed
"You're safe while little one's in there it's always going to be gentle, but once he or she comes out I'll get you back for everything, all of it Mrs Evans even the fluffy fucking puppies" he laughed
"I never mentioned the puppies" she laughed
"You thought it and I know you imagined me standing there with one while you wiped your hands wearing some back from the future outfit" he laughed "I'll have to move some stuff around at work to free up the weekend so I might work late today and maybe tomorrow" he sobered up saying
"God I miss you already babe" she said pulling him to her for a kiss
"I missed you as soon as I got out of bed" he kissed her back saying
So the next two days went by with hourly check ins and a bit of crying from Mercy because her strawberries finished and she didn't have any reserves to hand, a stern call from Sam to the kitchen staff made sure that didn't happen again and then they were packing getting ready for their visit to Lima for the first time in nearly 12 years
Mercy's Dad had passed just after she left for college in some freak accident on the highway, she'd clung onto Sam from he'd arrived after hearing the news and never let go again he quickly became the centre of her life. Sam's Mom had passed a year after they got married, from Cancer, losing her 4 year long fight. His Dad had married his new love 3 years later and moved to Alaska, Sam called regularly but he'd got a new family now and somehow Sam didn't want to feel a part of that.
Friday
Suddenly it was time to leave, the Midwife had okayed it as long as it was a short journey, with Mercy being so far gone it was impossible to go the scenic route anyway with her bathroom stops and feed habits so when their private jet took off and was ready for landing 3 hours and 35 minutes later, he was happy
"Fifteen minutes Babe" he tapped her saying as he'd gotten the information from the pilot "You'll want to sort stuff out yeah?" he asked her as he stoked her face waking her up
"Wha…"
"Where here babe" he told her
"God how do I look" she jumped up saying grabbing for her bag "I need to freshen up" she told him attempting to get up to get to the bathroom, he smiled at her keep grabbing things to get up and failing miserably "Stop laughing and help me up" she looked at him saying as he jumped into action
"Sorry babe" he said as he watched her enter the bathroom, knowing that this was not the right time to be making jokes about their bump, they were going to face her last beat down for the first time after nearly 12 years, she was pregnant constantly going on about all the weight she'd put on and to top it all he knew she was on tender hooks for the unwelcoming reception he and Jessie were going to have "Come on babe" he shouted through when the seatbelt light started flashing, twenty minutes later they were standing in Lima Ohio smelling all those forgotten familiar smells
"Strangely enough I feel like I just arrived home" she smiled at him saying "We started here babe"
"We did" he stood with her looking around, both thinking of the last time they'd actually stood in that airport some 12 years ago, just after her Dad had passed, crying and cursing the place as they vowed once they'd left there was no looking back, they were leaving the old life and stepping into their own little bubble that nobody could get through vowing never to be apart again and agreeing to talk till they were right again. That had so kicked them into touch the night of Rachel and Jessie's wedding the conversation ended with Sam thanking God they'd made that promise to each other while Mercy cursed the day her parents ever instilled morals enough in her to keep promises. They'd worked through that and thought it was the hardest thing they'd ever be faced with to find this baby thing thrown at them just three years later, now that had been the test, and God stayed close.
"Hope that you spend your days, but they all add up" Sam sung smiling at her "Ooh, and when that sun goes down, hope you raise your cup, Ooh" she joined in with him singing as they stepped out of the airport
"Our city of love" she laughed as he opened the car door and helped her in, taking the forty minute ride to the destination Rachel had summoned them to, they were impressed when the limo pulled up at the lavish hotel with beautifully kept gardens and people playing in the pool visible from the front approach, on a closer look Sam saw they were children
"Look babe" he said excitedly "Children in the pool" he said way too over the top
"Babe" Mercy stopped walking to say "Calm down I might think you were excited to see your old fuck buddy" she almost snapped at him
"I'm excited for children Mercy" he snapped back at her
"Here we go unpredictable, quirky Sam's back and we haven't even seen any of these people yet" she said rolling her eyes and walking towards the door
"I thought you loved unpredictable, quirky Sam?" he asked in a sulk voice
"I do, I guess it's just been a while since I've had to share him" she reached up to kiss him saying as he reached forward and rung the bell
"You never have to share me, I'm yours" he whispered into the back of her neck as they waited for a response
"Good afternoon Sir" the doorman said as he opened the door "And Madam" he bent his head saying as he saw Mercy standing in front "Mr. & Mrs…?" he asked
"Evans" Sam answered "I'm not sure which room we're in, he stepped in saying as he looked around "This isn't a hotel Sir it's the holiday home of Mr. & Mrs. St James" the Butler told them
"Oh" Mercy said impressed that the marble floors and gold railings leading up the stairs resembled theirs "Nice" she said looking at Sam
"I agree" he echoed as they looked around the large foyer
"Mercy" they heard making them spin round to find Rachel standing there with the biggest smile on her face "Thank you for coming….You're pregnant" she gasped as she went in for a hug and Mercy willingly gave it, looking at Sam before giving him a hug too "Come on in" she waved at them as she ran ahead "Children come and meet our guests" she shouted out the door the other end of the large drawing room they'd just walked into, four children came running towards them making Sam smile so bright Mercy gave him a bad look "Guys this is Sam and Mercedes our friends" she told them as they came forward in an orderly fashion shaking hands
"Frank" the biggest one said as he shook hands "As in Sinatra, I'm 10"
"Ginger" the eldest girl said "As in Rodgers, I'm 9" as she followed her brother's cue
"Barbara" the next said
"As in Streisand?" Sam asked as he took her hand
"Yes" she told him smiling "And I'm 7" she giggled
"And I'm Doris as in Day and I'm 6" she said all in one breath as she put her arm out for shaking but her eyes said something else
"Hello guys" Mercy smiled at the little one saying "Hands are fine for now but once I sit down I want my hugs" she smiled "One of my things to look forward to in life was meeting you guys" she said as Rachel grabbed her arm and led her to the couch to sit down
"So" she said smiling as Sam found himself a chair in the room "When's the baby due?" Rachel asked
"Three weeks" Mercy told her excited for the day to arrive "We can't wait" she said looking at Sam
"What is this your first?"
"Yeah, we were late planning" Sam said not wanting to tell their business to anyone right now
"You'll love Motherhood" Rachel hugged her saying "And I keep up with your career and stuff, so I know you're a superstar in your own right" she laughed
"I'm sorry I don't" Mercy told her about watching her career
"That's fine I guess..."
"Well look who it isn't" Jessie walked in the room saying "Mercedes you're looking we...your with child" he spun round to Sam saying
"We wanted to surprise you guys" Sam smiled awkwardly
"I guess I shouldn't be shocked, your into surprises aren't you?" he looked at Sam saying
"Not particularly" Sam said his face telling Mercy he wanted to react differently to that
"Play nice" Rachel said giving Jessie the eye as he changed his mood
"Sorry guys we asked you to come here and I'm being rude, Sorry Sam, hi" he said offering his hand for shaking, Sam took it because all eyes were on him to do the right thing just then, he hadn't actually done anything wrong in the first place Rachel and he had been single people when that shit went down between them, Jessie wasn't even a thought. He'd had that knock back from Mercy for the, what felt like, one thousandth time and he was low, Rachel had told him Mercy had told her she was dating some college Dude and things were getting serious between them. Unfortunately for Sam he hadn't bother to ask Mercy anything he'd just gone on a drink binge and ended up in bed with Rachel, they'd done things before any of them knew it had started and well the next thing he knew he was waking up in bed with Rachel attached to his chest and no clothes on, jumped up and went to the bathroom to slap himself a few times and cry. He'd exited the bathroom and told her he was going home, he'd never sobered up so quick in all his life, she'd gone into the bathroom while he got dressed, he heard her phone bleep, he shouldn't have but he looked, shocked to see Mercy's name on the face 'How's Sam, don't tell him I asked or that I still love him' she'd wrote, he went ballistic at Rachel when she came out the bathroom and swore her to secrecy about what happened between them. Seriously the hate he felt for her at that second discarded of whatever he might have remembered about the whole experience and the amount of drink he'd had prior didn't help either
"Jessie" he said shaking his hand
"I'll show you guys to your room" Rachel jumped in saying making Jessie and Sam break away from each other "Your bags should be there already" she said as they walked towards the door
Rachel deposited them in their room which was more than adequate as Mercy found the bed while Sam unpacked her strawberries and rubbed her feet, listening to her quietly sing to their bump "Do you think Rachel looks a bit thin?" he asked her making her do a flash mob with her strawberries
"Really?" she finally asked pissed off in her voice "You're asking the pregnant fat girl if your past fuck buddy downstairs looks thin?" she almost shouted in dis-belief, as Sam looked around to see if the door was shut and shushed her "Don't fucking shush me Evans" she put her hand up saying to him as the doorbell rang downstairs
"Oh that might be Blaine" he said jumping up and leaving the room before that conversation went viral
"Hi Guys" he said as he walked into the drawing room to see Brittany, Santana and Puck standing there
"Hey" Brittany said running up to him and giving him a full on hug
"Trouty" Santana said nodding her head and going in for a hug
"No wise crack?" he asked as he almost pushed her off him
"Adults" she told him stepping back as Puck came in for the big hug
"Dude" they said at the same time as they hugged
"Good to see you my friend" Sam said stepping away from him "So what's Puck been up to?" he asked as they stood catching up, finding a quiet corner as Puck went into telling him about some fake girl he'd hooked up with that had got him 2 years in prison with her drugs and stuff and how lucky he was that his Dad had died and finally acknowledged him leaving him a fair bit of money and allowing him that break he was always looking for. His gardening thing had come to life and he was doing well just brought his house in Detroit and was looking forward to finding some woman to tie him down.
"Good luck with that" Sam smiled
"And what about you, what's been..."
"You can't have Sam all to yourself" Brittany shouted as she came to sit in the chair and landed almost on top of him, Sam jumped up and stood talking at the two of them listening to Brittany talking about the problems Santana and her were having now she'd decided to go bi-sexual
"I can see how that could be a problem" he smiled
"Yeah problem is I agreed with her it would be you" she looked at him saying, he looked between Puck and her stunned with what she'd just said
"Sam" he heard snapping him out of his daze, looking up to see Blaine and Kurt walking towards them
"Dude" he stepped off towards them saying "God I missed you" he grabbed hold of Blaine as they met in the middle of the room saying shaking him by the arms before he let him go and let him fall into his arms "Man I so missed you" he said tapping Kurt on the shoulder as he spoke "Good to see you guys" he pulled away from Blaine saying as he hugged Kurt and moved to a couch as far away from Brittany as he could find
"Guess who?" Quinn said with her hands in front of Sam's eyes as she spoke
"I'd know that voice anywhere" he jumped up saying "Hi Quinn" he smiled giving her a quick hug
"Is that it for your first love?" she asked with her arms open
"Sorry to burst that bubble but Mercy's my first and last love"
"Mercedes?" Quinn asked as Santana stood up "Mercedes is here?" she asked
"Yeah she's resting" he smiled looking around the room
"You guys stayed together then after all that shit the last time we were together?" Puck asked walking towards where Quinn and Sam stood
"Yeah we got married" Sam said still smiling
"Quinn" Puck stepped towards her smiling saying with his arms stretched out for her to fall into
"Don't touch me Puckerman" she pulled away saying "There's some sort of disease named after you by now"
"Mommy" the small voice said walking into the room as everyone looked on, Sam knew he hadn't met this child and smiled at the maybe 8 year old child coming towards him "Mommy?" she said again as she stopped next to Quinn
"Yes sweetheart" Quinn looked down saying as Puck's mouth dropped to the floor, Quinn bent down for her daughter to whisper in her ear "This is Page everyone my 8 going on 18 year old" she looked around the room saying "You'll meet them all over the weekend baby go play" she told her, the little girl ran off to do just that "So" she turned back to Sam saying "You guys got married and it's lasted?"
"Forever" Mercy walked into the room saying as Sam found a spot further away from Quinn, which brought him closer to Brittany so he gave up and went to Mercy. She watched him move about the room in confusion looking to her, smiling when some sort of light came on for him, like he'd realised where he needed to be or wanted to be and found his way to her. He grabbed out for her as he approached, she grabbed his hand and wrapped his arms around her his right hand coming to rest on their Bump
"And we're pregnant" he announced
"With their first" Rachel walked into the room saying as hugs and kisses took over the rather strained conversations they were trying to get going before she came in
"Hi Guys" Tina came in saying running towards Mercy and stopping for the surprise "You guys not stopped that yet?" she asked looking at Mercy's bump before laughing "I'm joking, good to see the broods finally growing" she touched her bump saying as Artie came walking through the door stopping everyone in their tracks
"Art" Sam walked towards him saying
"Sam" he said as his voice broke "Great to see you all guys" he just about got out for the look on their faces, as he quickly looked around the room before putting his head down to hide the tear that fell as everyone ran in for a hug around him, taking care not to touch the offending persons from their last meeting. He'd only stood the last time they'd seen him now he was walking just like everyone else
"Hi Everyone" Jessie walked in saying, a little red faced for his last announcement, but he was there with everyone giving hugs and kisses "Right" he said when everyone was settled again "This was Rachel's idea and as I was the one who really blew your whole thing apart I guess she had me over a barrel so welcome to our home, treat it as your own and I'm sure we'll spare no time getting to know each other again
"It's an hour to dinner time so I guess we'll save the catch ups till after dinner" Rachel jumped up saying "It's a formal dress thing tonight, I thought we'd make the effort you know" she finished as everyone scurried off to get dressed for dinner
Mercy & Sam
"Why do you think we're here?" Mercy asked as she sat on the bed watching Sam walking in and out the wardrobe as she nodded her head in disapproval
"Have some food and catch up I reckon"
"I guess" she said finally pointing at the purple number he'd pulled out "You knew I wanted that one" she laughed saying
"I know I just wanted to do the fashion show thing" he told her making her laugh
"You weren't even putting them on" she said through her laugh
"You were supposed to use that imagination of yours on that" he laughed
"Suddenly we're back to the fluffy fucking puppies" she laughed
"No we're not; did you think Kurt was acting a bit strange?"
"A bit quiet but no, I wasn't watching to be fair for some reason Britt has her eyes all over you I was trying to work that out"
"Oh she's decided she's bi-sexual now and her first thought was that she wanted to sleep with me" he told her as if he was asking her what she wanted her strawberry dipped in, she picked the jewellery box up and threw it at him, luckily it hit the floor more than a foot in front of him as he looked at her shocked "What the fuc... Mercy what the hell are you doing?" he shouted
"Do you realise what you just said to me?" she asked him
"I told you the truth, what did I do wrong?" he picked the box up saying "Come on Mercy surely we're better than this, you know me"
"And you know me Sam Evans and that was not the right approach on that" she told him as he walked towards her to put the box back in it's place
"Come here" he said falling on the bed
"What?" she asked following him with her eyes as he landed laying on the bed behind her
"I can feel you babe, I know what we need" he told her pulling her down to lay with him and kissing her neck making her eyes close for the contact "You love me babe" he told her
"Yes you love me" she told him back
"And I know this about you"
"And I know that about you" she told him before he started humming
'I'm gonna love you forever, forever and ever, amen, long as old men sit and talk about the weather, as long as old women sit and talk about old men. If you wonder how long I'll be faithful just listen to how this song ends, I'm gonna love you forever and ever, forever and ever, amen' he sang in her ear 'Forever and Ever Amen' by Randy Travis
"I'm never going to be unfaithful Sam" she laughed slapping his arm that was holding her to him
"And the possibility that you might, are more at evens than me doing that, we promised right?" he smiled into her neck
"Right" she giggled
"So don't stress about anyone else because you know yeah?"
"I know" she smiled
"You gonna give me some tonight?" he asked
"We'll see" she smiled "Now get dressed" she told him but he didn't move "I can see this leaning towards a no" she told him as he smiled and jumped up pulling her up and visiting the bathroom, within the hour they were with the others in the drawing room waiting for the dinner bell
"Guys will you do us one of your songs after dinner please?" Rachel asked, everyone felt obligated to do it, being in her house and everything looking around the room Sam could see he wasn't the only one checking out how that shit was going to pan out with Jessie giving him daggers all the while, Tina not letting Artie move an inch, Santana making sure Brittany wasn't giving any of the guys the come on look and Puck with a continuous smirk on his face; you couldn't make out if that was directed to Santana or Quinn. Rachel looked like she was sitting waiting for Jessie to egg her again constantly looking at Mercy as if she should know something or she wanted to beg forgiveness and Mercy eating, paying no mind to any of it, he smiled for how confident she looked compared to everyone else
"You alright babe" he whispered in her ear as they sat waiting for the dinner call, hearing but not listening to Artie moan about his predicament
"Art" Puck shouted over to him "What's wrong Dude?" he asked a by now, very agitated Artie
"Can we go talk?" he replied as Tina looked at him and smiled
"He misses his boys" she told the room as he got up and Puck followed calling Sam, Jessie and Blaine to follow too, they didn't question it they jumped up
"Back in a bit" he told Mercy, by the time she looked round to acknowledge what he'd said he was gone
"Must be serious" Kurt said as they moved across to the couch, closer to Mercy and Santana
The Girls Conversation
"So Diva, how's married life, how long you been married?" Kurt asked as the others closed in
"Nearly 10 years" she told them looking around the group wondering how she'd suddenly become the centre of attention "And this is our first child" she added knowing everyone wanted to know that "Anyway Satan why was your wife calling my husband last week?" she asked as Brittany went red
"Seriously?" Santana asked looking at Brittany
"Seriously" Mercy said looking at Brittany too
"I was in LA and just called for a catch up" Brittany told them
"One that didn't happen when you realised he was still with me" Mercy told everyone "Actually you said I was Satan's friend and you needed a friend of your own just then, what did you mean by that?" Mercy asked
"Nothing I just needed to talk" Brittany said uncomfortably
"He was on speaker phone I was listening to everything and I know what I heard, the things you didn't say" Mercy told her closing the conversation down as Santana looked on suspiciously
"Dinner is served" they heard changing the mood of the room as all those left in the drawing room made their way to the dining room, Rachel calling the guys as they went
The Boys conversation
"So Dude what's got you so damn twisted" Puck asked before the door was shut to the pool room
"If I tell you all there can be no leakage and I mean no leakage" he said looking around the group that he was so quickly learning to call his crew again, smiling when everyone nodded "Okay this medication that I'm on for my legs is like mega expensive, and our main funders pulled out this year because, well they ..." he looked around the group "Found a compromising video of Britt and me from back in the day and pulled out"
"What do you mean compromising?" Sam asked
"Like she must have taped us doing the nasty when she was doing those dumb fondu for two interview things" he said taking his phone out to show them a clip
"Shit man I don't need to see that" Sam said walking away from the group with Jessie following while Blaine stood squirming at the activity
"Seriously missed out there" Puck said impressed as he watched
"Does Brittany know about that?" Sam asked
"She wasn't phased apparently she was turned on by it and wants to sleep with a man again now"
"Does Satan know about it?" Blaine asked
"I don't know, she hasn't said anything so I'm guessing no"
"And what did Tina say?" Jessie asked
"I haven't told her yet she doesn't know about the funding thing"
"Shit dude" Sam told him "Take it from me I learned the hard way, secrets and lies never a good way to go"
"Dinner's served" Rachel popped her head round the door saying
"Coming love" Jessie replied, the guys looking at each other "Bite the bullet" he told Artie as they went to eat
Dinner
They ate, drank and talked through the meal, telling jokes and catching up, the guys sung their rendition of'Never had a Reason' by Josh Turner "Babe I'm tired" Mercy told him about 4 hours into the did you know drama, she'd have loved to have stayed up but the baby was in control of her body right now and if she didn't get to bed she was going to be snoring for China in front of all their friends within the next fifteen minutes.
"Come on we'll go to bed" he told her getting up as he spoke "Sorry guys the baby" he said looking at their bump "Demands sleep" he laughed "Goodnight all" he told them as Mercy finally got up
"Goodnight all" she echoed as Sam led her away "You should go back Babe, be with our friends" she told him as they walked upstairs
"No way, I'm on a promise" he smiled
"Babe about that…." She said rubbing her bump "I'm sort of…"
"It's not going to happen is it?"
"I'm sorry babe"
"Its fine I can take one for the team" he smiled touching their bump
"Sorry" she said again looking up at him "I really am" she told him as they got to the top of the stairs
"Okay" he said still smiling
"But you're not going to like what I'm going to say" she warned as they walked towards their room
"What?" he stopped outside their bedroom door to ask
"Well I …. I want to be on top" she told him making him smile as he opened the bedroom door
"How's that going to work?" he giggled as he shut the door and locked it