Jonathan "Johnny' Johnson- Taji Mowry (During his Full House days)
Scarlet Evans- Holland Roden (Teen Wolf Actress)
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"Johnny, honey we have to hurry. We're gonna be late to school" said Mercedes as she began to pack her little boys bag for school. She double checked she had his pencils and his crayons. Mercedes then put the teenage mutant ninja turtle book bag by the door and went to clean up the mess she had made to make breakfast. She took the pan she made eggs in and ran it in hot water, put the top back the orange juice and back in the fridge, and put the used forks, and knifes in the dishwasher. When she was down she turned around to find her six year old going to the door to put on his shoes. He sat on the granite floor and put his Spiderman themed velcro shoes on; when he was done the light brown boy stood up and put on his coat. The winter breeze was still blowing in March and a coat was still needed.
"Are you all ready buddy?" asked Mercedes with a faint smile.
"Yes Momma" he replied looking at his mother while putting on his black hat that had a red ball on the top of it.
Mercedes smiled grew wider, she loved when her little man called her momma. "Ok, let me get my coat and when can go".
Once Mercedes coat was on her and Johnny headed out the door and headed to Baker Elementary School. Johnny was well into first grade and had made a few friends. It was hard at first because he was so shy, but he soon opened up and began playing with the other children. Academically Johnny was a decent student, the teachers claimed they had some concerns but they couldn't quite put their finger on it. When Mercedes arrived that the school she unbuckled her seatbelt and helped Johnny get out of the car. Mercedes spoke when they walked into the building to say her goodbyes till 3:00.
"Be good today okay?" she said bending down to his level.
"Is Daddy gonna pick me up today?" he asked innocently with a small pout.
Mercedes eyes filled with saddens for her little boy, "N-Not today buddy…He's busy, maybe some other time. But I'll be here to pick you up".
Johnny nodded, "Okay, have a good day".
Mercedes blinked away tears that were trying ever so desperately to fall. She didn't want him to see her cry again, "No, you have a good day" she said bringing her nose to his and giving him an eskimo kiss.
"I love you" he said smiling.
"I love you" she said watching him walk to his class room.
Mercedes left the school when she saw Johnny go into his classroom. Mercedes got in her car and drove to her café' to start her day. She opened the doors of 'Mercy's Café' at approximately 7:00 am and began to run her business.
"Hey, Mercy I'm sorry I'm late. Jake is sick and he's the biggest baby when he's sick" said Marley as she wrapped her apron around her waist as she spoke about her fiancé.
"It's okay…I know you wouldn't leave me out to dry" smiled Mercedes as she gave a regular customer a cup of coffee.
'Mercy Café' was a booming business in little old Lima, Ohio and everyone was often in it. Mercedes knew every customers name and a little about them. She made it clear when she started her business that she was to have a personal connection with her customers. Lunch time had arrived and the café was at a steady pace. Mercedes smirked when her three best friends what into her establishment.
"What are we having girls?" asked Mercedes.
"Mocha Latte for me" smiled Quinn.
"Green Tea" replied Rachel.
"Dirty Martini" replied Santana with a huff. Mercedes gave her knowing look and Santana rolled her eyes, "Fine, coffee".
Mercedes brought the drinks over to her girls and they all sat at an empty table ready for their daily girl chat. Quinn was Lima's therapist and worked the fix the broken minds that lived in in the small knit town. Santana was one McKinley High's gym teacher and cheerio coach. And Rachel worked at Baker Elementary teaching second graders.
"How's work so far ladies?" asked Mercedes.
"Great, the kids are adorable as always" grinned Rachel as she took a sip of her green tea.
"Mr. Perkins the mechanic came in for the first time to day…" replied Quinn shivering at the thought of his confessions he told her today.
"Those kids are giving me a migraine, I don't get what's so hard about getting dressed for gym. All you do is show up and get dress. Not hard" said Santana rubbing her temples.
Rachel bit her lip to keep from laughter she looked at Quinn and Mercedes and they we're doing the same. Santana always knew how to make them laugh. There was never a dull moment with the young Latina.
"Enough about them. I don't want to talk about them this is my hour I get to myself, what are you guys doing this weekend?" asked Santana.
"Gonna work on my book so more" replied Quinn. She was currently working on a book to help single women get a man. It was a little dream she always had and since she learned the way the male mind works she thought why not share her secrets.
"Finn and I are going with Burt and Carol to a retreat" replied Rachel.
"Nothing, gonna hangout with Johnny" replied Mercedes with a shrug.
"You don't have a date?" asked Santana.
Mercedes rolled her eyes, here we go again she thought. "No, Santana I don't have a date this weekend".
"Why not it's been two years since the divorce. It's time to move on- It's be more than time to move on considering what that bastard did to you" remarked Santana. She shook her head with anger, she hated Mercedes Ex and would love to opportunity to break her foot in his ass.
"Santana, I'm thirty, divorced and a single mom. Nothing about me screams girlfriend material" remarked Mercedes. If her Mercedes was honest with herself she wasn't quite ready to get back out there. She was scared and afraid of rejection; she was rejected once and she would give anything for it to not happen again. Being rejected broke her self-confidence and her Ex had truly broken her. She felt like she couldn't move on without him, but he wasn't coming back and she needed to realize that.
"But, we think you're scared and she shouldn't be scared to get back out there" said Quinn hitting it right on the nail. Quinn had her degree in psychology for a reason; Quinn touched Mercedes hand for comfort.
"You guys have been talking about me?" asked Mercedes.
"Hell yeah-"exclaimed Santana.
"Not like that, we're just worried about you…Johnny drew a picture a couple weeks of go of you crying" confessed Rachel. When Johnny started attending Baker that passed fall Rachel promised to keep an eye on him and to make sure he wasn't getting bullied. Before Johnny made any friend he would have lunch in Rachel's classroom; she didn't like seeing her godson eat by himself.
Mercedes looked down at her hands, she couldn't be mad at Johnny for spilling the beans, he didn't know any better. She had been crying on and off for the past two years, the tears just wouldn't stop. Her heart was so broken.
"I'm fine guys, I promise" lied Mercedes trying to get her friends off her back.
"No you're not, which is why I set you up on a blind date" smirked Santana as she sipped her coffee.
"What? Santana, No" said a shocked Mercedes shaking her head.
"What, he's a great guy. He has big lips but other than that he's pretty hot. And that's a lot coming from a lesbian" remarked Santana. "He make my lady parts tingle and very few men can do that for me" she added wiggling her eyebrows.
"Why don't you go, it sounds like fun" said Rachel.
"Because, I have a son to take care of. I don't have time to go party with little boys" replied Mercedes.
"First of all, he's older than you. He's thirty-five. And second, Brittany and I can watch him. We haven't seen that cute little monster in a while" said Santana with sass.
"How did you meet this guy?" asked Quinn.
"Parent-Teacher Conferences" smirked Santana.
"Ugh, can this be any worst. You asked him to date me why he was there to see about his kid?" asked Mercedes.
"No, I called him a week after the conference. His daughter is failing gym and I told him I would go easy on her if he did me a favor" replied Santana.
Mercedes gave Santana her best 'what the fuck look', "I'm a favor now".
"Oh my god, you're missing the point. The point is this hot guy wants to date you, you have a babysitter so go out and enjoy yourself. That's all I ask" said Santana.
"Fine, I'll go. But I won't like it. Are you happy?" asked Mercedes with annoyed look.
"Ecstatic" smirked Santana.
Later that Friday night Sam was tying his tie around his neck when his sixteen year old daughter appeared behind him. Her faint natural red hair brighten up any room she walked into and she was a sight for swore eyes. The five foot some teenager leaned against the doorframe of her father's room watching him closely.
"Are you okay?" he asked seeing the concern look on his daughter face.
"I'm fine, I just don't approve" she said quietly.
Sam looked down saddened, "It's gonna be different this time".
"Whatever" she said coldly leaving the door frame and going to her and slamming the door.
Sam closed his eyes and sighed, his daughter was so much like her mother yet so much like him. His daughter was broken; she had been broken for the past three years. She hadn't been the same in a very long time. Maybe this was the new her, maybe she couldn't go back to the way she was before. Sam then thought of himself and his actions; he was broken too. Here he was judging his daughter for being broken when he was broken himself. He chuckled at himself in the mirror, how could he? Sam meant what he said, it was going to be different and he planned on starting this date on the right foot. Sam left his house after saying goodbye to his daughter and headed to the restaurant he was meeting his date at. When he arrived at the restaurant he was seated and waited patiently for his date; he prayed that she wasn't crazy and that she was able to hold a conversation. In the mist of taking a sip of his wine a curvaceous, young, beautiful, black women appeared in his sight. He got out of his chair as fast as he could, he wasn't sure if he should shake her hand or give her a hug. They settle for a simple friendly peck on the cheek and took their seats.
"It's nice to meet Sam" said Mercedes pulling the napkin in her lap.
"And you Mercedes" he said taking in her beauty. God she was beautiful. Her long black hair was in big loose curls and her little black dress was fitting her in all the right places. "I got wine, I hope that's okay?" he added.
"It's great, thank you" she said with a smile. Santana was not lying, he was hot thought Mercedes as she looked into his green eyes. "So, Sam what do you do?" she added.
"I'm a freelance artist" he replied taking a sip of his wine.
"Oh wow that sounds exciting" she nodded.
"Yeah, it can be. What about you?" he asked.
"I run my own business. Mercy's Café is my café" she replied.
Sam smiled, "I've seen your business. I've been meaning to go in there and check it out. Still trying to get to know this town" he said.
"Oh, so you're new to town?" she asked taking a sip of wine.
"Sort of, we moved here in August" he replied.
"We?" she asked hoping he didn't mean his wife. Then again Santana set this up and she would never set her up with a married man.
"My daughter Scarlet, she just turned sixteen" smiled Sam thinking of his little girl.
"Oh wow, she must be a handful" remarked Mercedes.
Sam shook his head, "Sometimes, but not really. She's very to herself, she's only made one friend since we've been here".
Mercedes smiled, "That sounds like my son. He just recently made a couple of friends…He's in first grade".
"He must be adorable like his mother" said Sam.
Mercedes blushed, a guy just made a pass at her and for the first time in many years she butterflies. Butterflies she hadn't felt in a very long time. Sam and Mercedes soon ordered dinner and enjoyed light conversation with each other. When they were done they decided to take a small stroll in the park nearby. Sam put his hands in his pocket to cope with his nervousness, while Mercedes tried to look at everything but his evergreen eyes.
"How long have you been single?" asked Sam breaking the ice.
"Two years, but honestly more than that. You?" she asked thinking of the many years her Ex was cheating on her and she knew about it.
"Three" he said thinking of his once wife.
"If you don't mind me asking, what happened?" she asked scared to hear the answer.
Sam bent his head down with sadness, "She died from breast cancer three year ago".
Mercedes felt bad for asking, she was cursing herself for being so stupid to ask such a personal question. She needed to know but now she wish she hadn't. "I'm so sorry Sam. I didn't mean to…" she said not know what to say next.
"Its fine don't worry about it" he said grabbing her hand to calm her down. When their hands touched Sam felt a wave of heat run through his body; his cold interior was melting. Mercedes felt electricity run though her; she felt alive for the first time in a long time.
"What about you? What happened?" he asked.
Mercedes thought of her Ex and tried her best to not to cry, why did she always have to cry over him? He was not worth her tears, he was never worth her tears. "Tank, he cheated on me…I tried to make it work for Johnny, but he divorced me and left me for his mistress" she replied trying to keep it together.
Sam looked at her with sad eyes, how could a man cheat and leave such a beautiful women. Sam had barely knew the women and he was already convinced she deserved the world. Looking into her eyes Sam now saw the pain she carried, he wanted to take it away and make her happy. Sam and Mercedes walked a little more around the park before they decided to call it a night. They sealed there date with their first kiss that sent emotions running through both of their bodies; it was truly electrifying.
When Sam got home he found his daughter watching a movie in her room was a box of pizza in her bed, her hair in a messy bun, and her black geeky glasses on her face after taking out her contacts. She was watching her favorite movies The Devil Wears Prada. Sam took of his shoes, jacket, and tie before he took a seat in his daughter full size bed.
"How was the hoe?" she asked not taking her eyes of her tv and taking a bite of the Hawaiian pizza.
"She's not a hoe Scarlet" said Sam defensively grabbing a slice from the box.
"I'll be the judge of that" she said chewing quietly.
Sam took a bite of his slice and watched the movie with his daughter. She was still hurt from this all; he could see the pain in her eyes, here body language and her voice.
"Are you gonna call her again for a second date?" asked Scarlet breaking the silence between her and her father.
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