Saturday
Mercy was laying in bed pleased with herself having successful fulfilled her task and enjoyed it "You have skills wife" Sam said pulling her to him "Three hours" he grinned looking at his phone "Skills"
"I need some strawberries husband" she giggled
"What now?"
"Please" she begged making him jump up to go get them, he found his way to the kitchen and didn't bother to turn the light on just walked directly to the fridge to get her strawberries, opening the fridge he saw a shadow at the sink
"Rachel?" he asked
"Sam" she spun round saying
"What are you doi..." he tapered off as he saw blood on her face "Who did this?" he walked to her asking
"No one did it Sam" she said spitting blood into a bowl "It's cancer" she told him
Sam was brought right back to his Mother and her battle, he grabbed hold of her the only picture in his head was his Mother standing there "How long have you known?" he asked not waiting for a response before he added "What treatment are you getting?"
"Tried everything" she looked up at him saying "Traditional, holistic, experimental everything and I'm losing the battle I'm afraid"
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"It's hard to find the right time, Its just been great finally getting everyone together, and Jessie isn't coping with all this too well, he's in denial actually, so when it finally hits him I need to know his friends, especially you, are there with him" she said still wiping blood from her mouth
"Rachel" Sam said frustrated but concerned "This is end stage stuff happening here, what's the deal?"
"All out of deals Sam, this is it, I guess that circle we sat in all those years ago at McKinley when I said I was looking forward to being friends with you guys for the rest of my life, I need it to be true as the only wish I haven't fulfilled" he could say nothing he just pulled her to him and stood holding her, his mind doing overtime as he looked up and saw Mercy standing watching them
"Mercy" he gasped looking at how the situation must have looked to her "It's not what you think babe" he let go of Rachel saying as Mercy turned and walked away
"Sam please don't tell anyone until I pluck the courage up, promise?" Rachel asked making him turn back to respond to her request
"Promise" he said feeling the need to hug her again "I'm so sorry Rachel" he said as she hugged him back, rolling his eyes for Jessie walking in
"Jess Sam knows" Rachel told him
"Why don't you go back to bed sweetheart" Jessie said kissing her forehead as she passed him, while they watched her leave the kitchen
"Jess I don't know what to say" Sam said holding his shoulder as he spoke
"Keep it to yourself, you're good at keeping secrets right?" Jess asked
"There must be something we can do?" Sam asked ignoring his jibe
"Pray"
"Comes as standard, and I know you don't think it, but I'm here for you"
"Are you?"
"What do you mean?"
"Did you not come back for some … I don't know trip down memory fucking lane or something?"
"Jess, I'm married to Mercy, I love her, that thing between Rachel and I, one day we might get to the meat of it but not today dude, this really isn't the time, just know its nowhere near as romantic as you seem to have pictured it in your head"
"Is that true"
"Promise" he smiled and Jessie smiled back, Sam grabbed his shoulder and walked past him tapping him "Night Dude" finally his mind was on his wife. He got to the door and tried to open it but it wouldn't budge she'd actually locked him out, he looked up and down the corridor and decided against banging and shouting going back downstairs to find a couch for the night, he didn't sleep much he had too much going on in his head; his Mom, Mercy, Rachel, Jessie he even thought about Artie and Brittany 'Life was less complicated in LA where it was just Mercy and me and nothing else to think about "God I wish we were back there" he said out loud
Mercy had refused to cry, that always brought on thoughts of her so called Mother, she'd thought about her maybe three times in adulthood; when her Dad died, on her wedding day and when she lost her first baby, each time got her mad for thinking anything needy about the woman. Her Mother had left when she was 2 she had no recollection of what she may have looked like, pictures were secretly stashed in draws around the house and her Dad had never taken another wife, by early teens she'd hated her for not being there to teach her girl things about herself but Sam's Mom had quickly taken on that role when she was 16 late but necessary 'Life was less complicated back home when we only had each other to think about' "Why did I suggest this?" she asked herself
Soon it was morning Jessie was up bright and early talking to Sam about the guys doing something when he heard a crash they both ran to the foyer to see Rachel sat at the bottom step of the stairs and ran to pick her up "I'm fine" she said smiling as her ankle gave a throb when she put it on the floor, making her cry out
"We'll need to get that checked" Jessie picked her up saying "I'll have to take a rain check on that conversation" he told Sam as he walked towards the front door Sam opened the doors and they were gone.
He turned to see Mercy standing at the bottom of the steps "Rachel still your priority I see?" she asked turning towards the kitchen before he could answer, Sam stood wondering what his answer could be, seeing as he'd promised Jessie and Rachel he'd say nothing
"Rachel just feel down the stairs and I was opening the door for Jess to carry her to the car" he followed her saying
"She's forever falling that woman" Mercy spat out "Into your bed, in your arms and now down the damn stairs" she laughed more in disbelief than anything else
"Last night she was upset and I just..."
"Yeah I saw what you just... Sam" she said pushing the kitchen door open "I'll help with anything you guys need today I feel like being useful" she told the kitchen staff
"Babe do you think that's wise you should be resting" he reminded her
"You on the other hand don't need rest do you Sam?" she asked walking off before he could answer her, he knew there was no point in talking to her in this mood he went off to get washed and changed before the others made an appearance. On his return he heard a commotion in the drawing room and went in to find everyone standing in the middle of the room including Mercy
"What's going on?" he asked walking fast towards Mercy
"Artie's just told me he's lost the biggest funders for his life changing medication, research and study programme, and I'm pissed and I want answers now he's trying to tell me he doesn't know, how do our biggest funders pull out of the deal and you ask no damn questions?" Tina stood with her hands on her hips looking at him asking
Sam stood still his face red for what Artie was going to have to do right now
"I... I need to talk to you alone babe" Artie said as Sam shook his head telling him that was a bad move
"It seems like everyone except me knows what this shit is" Tina told him refusing to move "Spill"
"Back in school Britt took a video of me and her doing stuff, and I don't know when but, she sent it out on social media and that's why the funders pulled out" he told her as Tina looked at Artie, then Santana then Brittany before diving head first at Brittany, they were on the floor brawling before anyone knew what was happening and everyone was trying to separate them, Mercy stepped towards the brawl and Sam flipped
"Stop this shit" he yelled at the top of his voice letting go of Santana and grabbing Mercy "please babe don't" he said much quieter to Mercy standing in front of her
"What the hell is going on?" Jessie walked in with Rachel in his arms asking
"Artie told Tina" Puck offered
"And I guess Tina showed Brittany" Mercy told them as everything came to a standstill
"Come on Artie we are out of here" Tina finally got up off Brittany saying
"No you're not, no one's going anywhere I need to talk to you all" Rachel announced as they all followed her and Jessie into the drawing room
"Well I have two truths to tell" she said grabbing Jessie's hand "And one of them even our husbands doesn't know" she smiled at Jessie saying "Mercy; Sam and I wasn't his fault, I tricked him into it, all those texts you sent I made out you were with someone else, and I told him you didn't want him, he got drunk that night and we slept together as in sleep, I made him believe things happened but they didn't, I've never had the privilege of sleeping with your man, he dreams you" she smiled at her.
"Why didn't you say? all that wasted time" Jessie asked her
"It just all happened so fast that day and I guess I didn't want to be outed for my lies" she told him as Mercy sat looking at Sam thinking about all the pain they'd gone through because of that, where they'd nearly found themselves because of her damn lies and was about to flip when Sam grabbed her hand making her look at him, concern in his eyes
"Don't babe" he whispered, she swung round to start as Rachel started speaking again
"And..." she said as Jessie grabbed her hand again, Mercy's mind in over drive about Sam telling her not to react, Jessie forgiving her for lying to him all these years she knew something was wrong
"And what?" she asked Rachel, looking back at Sam for the silence
"And" she got out before she blacked out
"Sorry" Jessie said to everyone picking her up and bringing her to bed "This is going to happen"
"What does he mean, this is going to happen" Mercy asked getting flashbacks "Sam, is this Mom all over again?" she asked concern in her voice as Sam looked at her unable to answer because this wasn't his story to tell
"Is she alright?" Santana asked as they all got up and followed Jess to the bedroom
When Rachel came round they were all standing there making her smile "This is my wish, I needed this to be true you guys, friends till the end" she smiled weakly
"Are you alright Rachel?" Brittany asked
"No I'm not alright, this isn't alright, this isn't fair" she cried as Jessie went to her "What's going to happen to my babies, who's going to love them?" she cried as everyone looked around at each other knowing but not wanting to know what Rachel was saying
"We're going to love them" Mercy told her going to her bedside "We're going to love them Rachel"
"You will?" she looked up at her asking "You don't hate me?"
"Oh I hate you alright you're my nemesis" she laughed "But right now I love you so much girl because your my nemesis" she said laying next to her "I'm here girl" she told her as Rachel closed her eyes and drunk the feeling in, as everyone hugged someone, except Sam who couldn't find anyone neutral just then
"You always know what to do" Rachel told her, they all found somewhere on the bed to sit "What about a concert tonight?" she finally asked, trying to raise the mood
"Your wish" Puck told her
"I need some rest just now" she said as everyone got up to leave her and Jessie to it
The Groups Reaction
"I need to go cook something" Tina said running towards the kitchen already crying as Artie followed after her, everyone stood watching knowing they had their own fall out to deal with
"T" he called stopping her just before she reached the kitchen "Talk to me" he said cry in his voice as he spoke "I'm sorry I just can't be strong for you right now" he broke saying
"I know this is so wrong, and I feel so stupid reacting about a stupid little thing like money when Rachel had this going on" she told him as he went forward and held her as they both cried for their rather annoying friend
Kurt stood looking at Blaine in disbelief, he'd not been able to say a word all the time he'd been in the bedroom "What do I need to do?" he finally asked Blaine
"Just be there for her for everyone" he replied
"I feel a bit messed up now for ignoring all those invites, she needed us" Santana added
"It's just totally upsetting" Brittany said falling into Santana's arms crying
Puck was in the pool room thinking about what he'd just heard when Quinn walked in "Puck" she said alerting him to her presence "Sucks don't it"
"Big time" he said wiping his face "I don't think, since Finn, I've ever thought about any of us not being here"
"I know, Lentil of all people" she smiled "She's already booked her space right next to her god if I know her" she sat next to him saying
"It makes you wonder about life and what the hell your doing with it" he told her "I mean I'm like thirty something with no ties, responsibilities nothing what the hell am I doing?" he turned asking, she looked at him seeing he'd been crying
"I don't know, waiting on me maybe?" she laughed
"Horse has bolted I'm afraid" he laughed "Too much water, too many bridges"
"But I still love you Puckster" she told him kissing his cheek before getting up "And I guess I always will, you kept me real" she told him as she left the room
Mercy had left the crowd and gone to her room, already in the bathroom when Sam got there "You alright babe" he shouted to her as he sat on the bed his head in his hands
"I'm fine" she said as he heard the water running, he felt sick, memories were overwhelming his Mother's death came back to him as if it was yesterday, he knew Mercy would be feeling that just as much as him, but he couldn't be there for her at that moment, he needed to deal with himself, he was in thought when he realised he had tears falling down his face and looked at the bathroom door as he wiped them wondering if he was really crying for Rachel or for his Mom
"Mercy" he called tell tale signs of crying in his voice but she didn't answer, with his Mom off his mind his next thought was the stress of all this on Mercy and the baby "Mercy" he jumped up saying running to the bathroom when she still didn't answer "Mer..." he trailed off rushing over to pick her up out the bath "Babe don't cry" he rocked her wet frame saying as she full out bawled in his arms "Your back with Mom yeah?" he finally asked she couldn't talk she just shook her head "We have to be strong for Rachel now babe and that's going to be double difficult for you with Mom and the baby, and I know you've cussed your Mom for not being here babe, but I'm here" he pulled her to him saying
"Is that why you were hugging her last night?"
"Yeah I found her coughing up blood in the kitchen, she made me promise not to say anything" he told her "Last night I didn't get any sleep Mom was just flashing up in my mind all the time and between that, you, your mad, everything that's happened since we've been here and well crying..."
"I'm sorry" she said as he lifted her out the bath
"Why do we always go to this damn place when we're around this lot?" he asked
"Learned behaviour?" she suggested
"We need to unlearn it" he laughed "Come on lets get ready with this support for Jessie and Rachel thing, Jess isn't dealing with this too well by the way, that's what Rachel was asking me last night to be a friend again to Jess through this"
"Let's do her a real concert in her bedroom" she suggested
"Fine but please babe not too much dancing around"
Lunch
"I cooked this so everyone better eat" Quinn said dishing out something resembling a decent Pasta bake "Well I helped" she laughed as everyone was more willing to dig in "You guys are wrong" she laughed
"I'd say health conscious" Tina laughed
"Okay I admit I can't cook but I've never had to" she smiled at Tina saying
"Hey guys" Brittany came in the room saying looking at Tina and Artie "I'd have maybe been willing to take this shit to the streets but in light of what we're dealing with here or what Rachel's dealing with, I don't have the heart to call her Lentil any more" she nervously chuckled "A video leak from when we were young means something in the world of reputation, but really, if that's all it took for them to back out they were looking for a reason believe me" she said giving them a cheque for 25K "Hope that helps"
"This is from me" Santana said giving them another cheque for 25K
Artie didn't say anything he just looked at Tina who jumped up and hugged them both "Thank you" she said crying "This will help a lot of people by doing research into spinal injuries and cures using natural medicines" she said finally looking back at Artie smiling but still crying "I'm sorry Britt" she said hugging her as she spoke
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have ever leaked that" she told her "And Mercy" she spun round saying "I was hoping to sleep with Sam that day I rang him and I'm sorry, I didn't know you were with him and well... My shit's really between Santana and me but still I'm sorry" she said looking at Sam too as she said that
"Everything just seems so trivial now" Blaine said
"Tuck in" Quinn said having shared for everyone
"Hi Guys" Rachel came in hanging onto Jessie saying "he's got a game this afternoon and I've talked him into going so, you guys up for it so we girls can get a pamper afternoon in?" she asked weakly
"Sure" Puck replied as Rachel and Jessie joined them at the table, everyone noticed Rachel not eating much but no one said anything about it, lunch came to a close and the guys left for Jessie's game
It had been so long since the guys had done anything together it felt awkward at first but once that game was in sight and Jessie was on the field, they had lift off cheering, raging, bad language, throwing, spitting everything was back along with extra cheers as Jessie showed his worth. On the way back they stopped off for their beer and burger as was usual back then, discussing the highlights of the game and fun things that happened in the stalls before returning back to the house.
The girls were where they expected them to be all in Rachel's room remembering, laughing and cussing
"We've come a long was from Halo" Mercy laughed
"Oh God that steroid induced performance" Tina laughed "Mr Schu thought it was brilliant" they all laughed Rachel's laugh ending in a cough that seemed to go on for ever
"Get some rest" Quinn suggested as everyone got up to leave and give her some rest time
"She alright?" Jessie asked as he saw them all, except Mercy, pile into the drawing room
"She's in high spirits" Santana told him
"I was going to suggest we do some of Rachel's songs from back then, but we've more or less done that already so I guess we need to set a theme and come up with a show for her what do you suggest Jess?"
"Oh no question Barbra all the way she's still crazy about that woman" he told them
They sat about looking at songs and who could sing what for a long while as Sam kept his eye on the door waiting for Mercy to emerge it might have been 90 minutes before she finally did her face swollen from crying rubbing their bump "You alright babe?" he jumped up asking as he went towards her "Excuse us" he told them as he led her back out of the room to sit in the garden for a while
"I've just had the most difficult conversation anyone would wish to have" she told him through her sob, he just held her and waited for her to calm down to tell him the rest if she wanted to "I've just been planning Rachel's funeral with her" she finally told him, Sam was enraged for Rachel putting that on her in her condition
"Did you tell her any trauma could affect the baby?" he asked not caring about Rachel's predicament at that second
"The baby's fine Sam, I'll always put our baby first" she looked up at him saying "Do you really think we'd go through all this and then not put our baby first?" she sat up asking him
"I'm sorry" he said pulling her back to him "Jess was just saying she'd probably love a Barbra theme tonight" he quickly changed the subject saying
"She maybe would but there are a few you guys can't sing tonight" she told him "I guess maybe another theme" she suggested
"What would you suggest?"
"I don't know, lets go see everyone" she lifted up off him, as he got up and pulled her up
They went back in and relayed the information to everyone else "What do you think then?" Tina asked
"Maybe new stuff" Brittany suggested
The Show
"Yeah why not" Jessie agreed as they went about changing their songs and listening to up to date stuff, Dinner was called and directly after everyone set about making a stage in Rachel and Jessie's room setting out chairs and putting music on, setting up mic's and props "Ready for your show?" Jessie finally asked her as he got on the bed beside her
"Yes" she smiled excitement in her eyes
"Good evening Mrs St James for your entertainment this evening we're putting on a show its only intention is to make you smile" Artie said before walking back out
The show started with Brittany and Santana sitting at the foot of her bed as Brittany started singing 'Sleepover' by Hayley Kiyoko making Rachel laugh as everyone in the room sat mesmerised at these two women almost going for it getting wrapped up in the song, everyone clapping as they finished and walked off stage as if nothing had just gone down
"Seriously Ladies you two never grow up or should I say you've grown up too much" Rachel told them as she clapped weakly
The lights came on again and Sam Puck, Jessie and Artie were sitting on the stage with guitars and Artie his symph as they played and sung their version of 'Fast' by Luke Bryan a lot more civilised than the last act and everyone enjoyed it just as much, sitting getting into their memories everyone clapping and looked around agreeing with the guys life had gone way too fast
"Everything just went too fast" Rachel said turning into the pillow to cry as the room stayed quiet for a while until Jessie moved things on
When the lights came up again Quinn was on stage with no make up on looking mad as hell while everyone was behind her dancing on the stage as she sung 'Green Light' by Lorde, Rachel lay there thinking this woman was singing her heart out, Quinn had never been such a good singer but she always let her shit out in acting, she was laying all over the chairs and getting good and mad, luckily whoever she'd aimed that at wasn't in the room
"Wow" Santana shouted when she'd finished "Acting school did you good" she clapped
The stage was already dark before Quinn finished she wasn't on it anyway so it lit up again and Kurt and Blaine were sitting there singing their version of 'Hypnotised' by Coldplay they were obviously still in love as they sung their weird love song remembering to look at everyone else every now and again. Rachel was brought back to their first duet as she lay there smiling at them still being doughy eyed after all this time looking at Jessie to see he was looking back at her just as doughy eyes making her smile
"Do we need to give you a break now or can we carry one, we're half way through?" Brittany asked when they finished
"No please carry on" Rachel smiled
"Okay we're going to liven this up a bit" Artie came out saying as Jessie, Sam, Puck and Blaine joined him and they did their rendition of 'Go Off' by Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo & Travis everyone's sexy twerk moves coming into play as the girls got excited for their men giving it hard, Rachel was laughing all the way through it the last thing Jessie was is gangsta in any form, but he was rocking it right now and god did she wish she could do something with that. Mercy sat watching Sam get his Rogue on, love in her eyes for him making him do that cute smile that always did it for her. Tina, Britt, Satan and Quinn where getting off big time all they needed was that damn pole, everyone gasping for air at the end
Centre stage went dark lighting up Purple a short while later and she just knew it was Mercy as her voice came over the airways melting Rachel's heart she sat listening to this woman, who she had refused to acknowledge as her best friend for so long now she could kick herself as Mercy and Jessie sang 'Beauty and the Beast' by John Legend & Ariana Grande her sitting on a stool and him at the piano as Rachel lay hand on her heart, tears in her eyes as they reached the crescendo, everyone clapped the rendition as they finished and left the stage
The stage got lively as Tina stepped up with the girls behind her "Lightening the mood" she said as she started singing the lead on 'I'm a Lady' by Megan Trainor they had some fun on the stage doing everything that ladies don't do making Rachel laugh out loud with a bit of coughing but they didn't stop they carried on making her smile closing the song as they all grabbed seats around her bed to watch the next act
"Work of art" Artie shouted as everyone clapped laughing and the lights went down
The lights came on and Puck, Sam ad Jessie were in the front row with Blaine, Kurt and Artie in the back as they did the dance moves and sung 'That's what I like' by Bruno Mars giving it large to the ladies as they sung and danced through the song
"Synchronised dancing as opposed to swimming" Sam laughed telling Mercy when they finished their rendition of the song, she grabbed him round the neck and pulled him in for a kiss
"That was spontaneous" she told him laughing as he pulled her up
"Well we're almost at the end of the show and this one's for all the lovers" Jessie said lifting Rachel out of bed as the spotlights came up and Sam and Mercy sat on the stage as they sung their rendition of 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran as he moved around with her in his arms, her head buried in his chest, as everyone watched her having her last dance
"Perfect" (Adapted)
Mercy
I found a love for me, darling, just dive right in and follow my lead
Well, I found a boy, beautiful and sweet, oh, I never knew you were the someone waiting for me 'cause we were just kids when we fell in love, not knowing what it was I will not give you up this time, but darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own, and in your eyes you're holding mine baby, I'm dancing in the dark with you between my arms, barefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite song when I said I looked a mess, you whispered underneath your breath, but I heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight
Sam
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know, she shares my dreams, I hope that someday I'll share her home I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets, to carry love, to carry children of our own we are still kids, but we're so in love, fighting against all odds, I know we'll be alright this time darling, just hold my hand, be my girl, I'll be your man, I see my future in your eyes baby, I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my arms, barefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite song when I saw you in that dress, looking so beautiful, I don't deserve this, darling, you look perfect tonight
All
Baby, I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my arms, barefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite song I have faith in what I see, now I know I have met an angel in person, and you look perfect
Jessie
I don't deserve this, you look perfect tonight
They finished as everyone clapped "That was the closing number" Mercy announced making Rachel laugh
"Perfect" she got out before she started coughing again , Jessie looked around and everyone said their good nights swiftly and left the room
The Drawing Room
"Guys" Mercy said as everyone found themselves something to drink at the bar "As you know I was with Rachel today for a long while, we were talking about her funeral" she said looking around even Sam was shocked that she'd brought it up "She's mega concerned about Jessie, he acts alright but he's not accepted any of this yet" she looked around the room saying
"How you gonna be talking about funerals and nobody's dead yet?" Santana asked upset
"Do I look like I need this to be the topic of fucking conversation right now?" Mercy shouted as Sam moved towards her "No Sam" she said holding her hand up to stop him getting close "Just let me say this I promised Rachel" her eyes filled with tears "Rachel wants us all to sing at her funeral, she told me it's days rather than weeks and we need to be prepared"
"Days?" Kurt gasped asking everyone clearly upset
"Days" Mercy confirmed her voice breaking at the upset of having said it out loud and made it real "Sorry, I can't" she looked around saying tears falling down her face "Can we do this later?" she asked walking out the room before anyone answered
"Mercy" Sam got out before she signalled that she was fine and gradually everyone left the room except Sam, sitting wondering how he was going to get his wife to slow down and stop taking all this shit on board
"Hi" he heard jerking him out of his thoughts
"Hi" he replied looking up to see Jessie standing close to him, flopping himself in the couch opposite him "She doing alright?"
"As good as can be expected" Jessie replied his head in his hands "She thinks all this isn't sinking in but it is, I just want things as normal as possible for her you know"
"I know" Sam looked at him saying
"Hey remember my first game you came to, the excitement about it all and me getting knocked the fuck out at the first touch of the ball?" he laughed as he remembered
"Yeah" Sam laughed "You were mad as hell that game, you didn't even understand the rules properly Dude"
"I was just mad, but the first time I scored big time that feeling, I just knew I belonged there"
"I felt so proud of you"
"I was so pumped I had my best friend come all the way from USA to England to see me play that was cool" he smiled "We wasted so much time, can we ever get that back?"
"Hey it's back, anything you need, whenever you need it"
"Thanks Bro, best man duties never end yeah?"
"Never end" Sam smiled as they looked at each other for a while before Sam got up, pulled him up and hugged him "I got to go see Mercy" he said attempting to leave the room
"She's with Rachel" he told her
"I just need to ..." he said leaving he room anyway and finding himself at Rachel's bedroom door listening to Rachel and Mercy crying "Babe" he finally said as they both looked in his direction "Can I speak to you a minute?" he asked as Mercy got Rachel off her arm and left the room to go see Sam "Can we go to our room please?" he asked, Mercy didn't object they just made their way there
Sam & Mercy's Bedroom
"Why are you upsetting yourself like this always crying and catering to Rachel?" he asked angry in his voice as he shut the door behind them
"I'm not .. I mean she's got days Sam"
"What chance has our baby got, you being upset all the while, you've been like this for a whole damn day now"
"Our baby is my priority"
"I'm having a hard time seeing that right now Mercy"
"I'm fine"
"No we're not I'm scared"
"I'm scared too but I thought we were in this together"
"We are but the doctor said for you to take it easy and you refuse to listen to anything he has to say"
"It's not my fault for what happened before"
"I didn't say it was your fault, but what if it happens again, what if..."
"Stop it, stop it" she shouted "I don't need to be thinking like that, we're going to have this baby" she broke "Don't you think I ask why sometimes too, what's wrong with me, why don't our babies want to stay with me, why am I not an ordinary woman?" she cried
"Mercy, I'm sorry I'm panicking" he held her hands saying as she cried
"I try really hard to be the strong one in this, but sometimes I need you to be that person Sam"
I'm sorry, I will, I'm sorry" he said grabbing hold of her as she cried hard into his chest "I'm sorry babe I just panicked and I'm being selfish again"
"Your not Sam but right now we're here for a reason, and Rachel's it, we all have to do and say what we want right now we don't have time" she looked up at him saying "I didn't get a chance with Dad and I need to make sure I don't carry any regrets with Rachel"
"I totally get that Babe, but you must understand you and the baby have to be my priority"
"I understand that babe but seriously, you and our baby are mine always, I don't think I want to leave until …. you know"
"You take all the time you need, just be careful" he kissed her forehead saying "Actually I don't think I've told you today how much I love you babe"
"You know I love you back babe" she kissed him on the lips saying, suddenly Sam felt the need to stop viewing Rachel as that bitch that tried to ruin his life and more like Mercy's best friend, realising he might actually need to have that final conversation with her himself, he kissed his wife kissed their baby bump and took her back downstairs
"Puck's in there" Quinn told them when they got back downstairs "And I can smell Pot" she added laughing, Mercy burst out laughing at that and Sam followed
"Just got that visual yeah?" Sam asked her
"Yep" she laughed
Puck and Rachel
"You know I've always wanted to get you doing bad things yeah" he smiled handing her his joint "Hold up let me get a picture of this for my damn memory" he laughed as he took his phone out and took the pic
"You try to be a bad boy Noah Puckerman but Mercy saw you, you're a good guy, she told me already so I know you" she smiled
"When my Mom passed, my dad he just kept right on working you know, I had to cater for my Mom and Bro, and through all that struggle all I can remember about her right now is how strong she was just like you're being now for us"
"Hey, that's good that you did that for your Mom, props Puckerman, but who's going to be there for you?"
"Somebody I guess, I don't know who yet"
"I love you Puck, and you'll find someone" she said sleepily
"I love you too my sister" he said kissing her forehead as she closed her eyes and found sleep, he sat with her for short while
Sam
Mercy saw Puck come out, kissed Sam and made for Rachel's room "Babe" Sam called holding out the punnet of strawberries for her to take, she said no so he took them back to the kitchen, found some quiet space and decided to stay there for a while
"Sam" he heard bringing him out of his thoughts as he spun round to find Brittany standing there
"Hey" he smiled as she came to sit at the breakfast counter with him
"You look worried how's business?" she asked
"Still trying to get back on top of it since the failed pregnancies..." he said stopping himself when he realised he'd said too much just then
"What's your next big deal all about then?" she asked wiggling on her chair, oblivious to the clanger he'd just dropped
"I haven't told anyone about that yet I'm not ready to share" he smiled "How are you doing?" he asked shocked to see her burst into tears
"All this with Rachel it's so overwhelming, I didn't think I'd feel like this but..." she cried into her hands as Sam sat wondering what to do and deciding to hug her "She used to call all the while and we'd ignore the calls you know" she balled as Sam held her, he smiled at the familiarity of it all as he held her, she'd been a good friend back in the day and they'd played a good game keeping Mercy and Santana on their toes for those two months or so, he'd just placed a kiss on her forehead as Mercy walked into the kitchen
"Mercy" he said looking up to see her standing watching him again "Daje fucking Vu" he said rolling his eyes as he let go of Brittany and went after Mercy "Babe wait" he said as he hurried after her "It's not what you think, listen to me I swear its not what you think" he told her stopping at their bedroom door, watching her spin round to talk to him
"What? what can you swear? that I didn't fucking see what I just thought I saw? that it didn't mean anything that your in the kitchen kissing the bitch that wants to get into you what?" she stood staring at him shouting, Sam had nothing he just stood and watched as she slammed the door in his face, he found his ass down to the drawing room again, joining in with the conversation but his mind wasn't there it was up in that bedroom with his crying wife "Why did I say yes to this fucking trip again?" he thought as he sat fake smiling with his friends and ex's
Tina & Artie
Obviously since the showing of the x rated movie their relationship had been on rocky ground, Tina hadn't really spoken to him about anything and the Rachel situation had come in and clouded everything, but that afternoon they had just about had a window of conversation after Santana and Brittany's offering.
"Babe you know I lost my virginity to Brittany, I've never hidden that" Artie told her
"I know It's just the Brittany of it all, I think I maybe hate her now" Tina laughed "No I don't" she said her face breaking into a cry "But I know I love you" she smiled "And that's enough for me"
"For the record that happened like once between us and you know I've moved on, I'm your husband the father of our children and I love you" he said reaching for her, she went willingly "I'm sorry" he said as he pulled her to him
"Okay" she said hugging him back "But that's the very last time" she looked up at his warning
"The very last time" he agreed "I have no more skeletons"
Puck & Quinn
They'd had a few steamy moments at school and beyond but in the end Quinn had gone the money route and that really had never really been Puck's priority so they parted company despite their feelings. Her marriages had been with very high profile men, and now in the world of money, she was someone to be reckoned with. Quinn sat looking at pictures on her phone and answering some tweets as Puck sat across the room looking at her smiling
"Hey" he shouted across the busy room "You found anyone giving it to you as good as me?" he asked as everyone rolled their eyes at him
"Everyone after you has been giving it good Puckerman you ain't shit" she said making everyone laugh
"Now we both know that's a lie, and that's why you can't keep hold of them dicks once you get the ring"
"I don't want the dicks Puckerman I want the money" she smiled
"We need to talk about your needs girl" he laughed walking out the room as Santana and Brittany came in
"I can talk now" she said jumping up to follow him "What do you want?" she caught up with him asking
"It's more what you need Quinn, you forget I know you better than you know yourself" he laughed "You miss me girl just say it be honest with yourself"
"I... I maybe sometimes miss the feel of you Noah but you in essence I guess not" she looked at him saying "Yeah" she finally smiled "I miss you and I don't want to admit it, but I was wrong"
"I want an apology"
"For what?"
"Keeping me hanging for nearly 10 years"
"I'm not ready for that" she told him "But I'm ready for this" she spun round in front of him and took her kiss "Memories" she smiled when she finally let him up as he pulled her in and marched her in front of him to his bedroom
Sam
Sam had just got up to make his way back upstairs to find Mercy he'd given her a good hour and seriously he wasn't able to leave this to fester any longer, she was due to have their baby any day now and he needed that to start right. He was never one of those leave it to sort itself kind of guys anyway, he needed to feel his wife in bed with him every night they spent together and this wasn't the right environment for that to happen, with bedtime creeping up he had to act fast. He got to the bedroom and tried the door surprised when it opened "Mercy" he shouted in to no answer as he walked around the room looking opening the bathroom door to find her in the bath crying
"I don't want us to be like this Sam I want to go home" she said when he stepped in
"I'm sorr..."
"Don't, please, just don't say sorry not one more time, just don't" she held her hand up saying as he sat at the side of the bath looking at her "I'm sorry" she finally told him laying back to watch him as he stripped off and got in the bath with her, sitting behind her as they both sat holding their baby bump
"Our friends are a virus, we don't do well with viruses should we knock this on the head I don't like fighting either?" he asked
"No I know this is all the baby, you know I'd be stepping on heads in the real world and I trust you totally, just ignore me"
"Never you matter babe" he told her pulling her into him as they sat quietly in their world as Mercy started silently singing 'Baby, I'm dancing in the dark" Sam joined in as they rocked smiling for their thoughts 'with you between my arms, barefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite song I have faith in what I see, now I know I have met an angel in person, and you look perfect, I don't deserve this, you look perfect tonight' she turned to kiss him at the end
"We're being anti-social" she finally laughed some 40 minutes later after topping up the bath umpteen times
"Why what do you want to do?"
"Go be with our friends"
"PJ's?" he smiled into her neck
"Damn straight" she laughed as they dried off got their night clothes on and went back down to the drawing room
Drawing Room
"She's trying to get me to play tomorrow but it's not going to happen, I told her none of it matters right now" Jessie was in the middle of the room telling everyone when they walked in
"Dude I may not be the one to really talk to you about this right now but, I think you should play" Sam told him as Jessie rounded on him a fuck you look on his face
"Good luck with that" Blaine told Sam as he walked past him
"I've tried the gift to the world spiel he's not having it" Artie told him
"I told him to go play and make us proud but he's adamant" Puck added
"In the past couple of days we've talked more than we have in years and I want that back so I'm not telling you this to cause an argument, I miss you guys, what Rachel said just makes sense to me" Sam told him
"How do you get that?" Jessie asked, cutting his eye
"You are football, and that's a picture she needs to keep, I mean you're not just playing for yourself are you, it's for your children, wife, us well... maybe not me but the others, I mean we used to be best friends" he looked at Jessie saying "I was your best man for fuck sake, where did all that go? and what for? a damn lie that I can't do anything about any more, but I want my friend back" he was almost shouting by the time he finished his talk "Football's your only other constant and she needs you to always have that" he looked at him saying "What happened to she'll have to accept football if she really wants me?" he asked
"Yeah I remember that" Jessie looked at him saying
"Plus its a big game Jessie you have to go" Artie told him
"Jessie" Kurt shouted through the house "Jessie" as he took flight to get to his bedroom "Rachel said to get your butt in there" Kurt told him as he ran past him and less than 5 minutes later he came out saying he needed to get to the game the following morning
"I'm sorry guys" Santana announced over nightcaps "I know it's not what any of us really want to hear right now, but in the words of titanic this is it so guys make tomorrow count" she looked around the room saying
The rest of the evening was spent with hardly any conversation everyone in thought as to how their pending final conversation, with one of their own was going to pan out, eyebrows raising as Puck and Quinn left the room together.
Rachel & Kurt
Kurt had sneaked into Rachel's bedroom for about an hour just walking around her room looking at all the trophies she'd surrounded herself with, records, theatre tickets pictures of herself in costume and memorabilia "Have you had a good life Rachel?" he asked when he sensed she'd woken up
"I have I've managed to afford a professional life and a family not many get to do that" she smiled turning to find him in the room as she spoke
"What do you think Finn would be saying right now?" he stopped to ask
"You went all over the place girl" she smiled saying making him laugh "Finn's fine it's Jess I worry about"
"Did he truly ever take the place of Finn, Jessie I mean?" he walked towards the bed asking
"Finn was always special to me but Jessie's real you know, he's my husband, the father of our beautiful children, my right hand man, truly the love of my life, just when you think you could never love anyone or anything more he brings it you know, every time" she smiled before she started coughing and pressed for her pain relief "Are you happy?" she finally asked, when she was comfortable again
"With Blaine of course, but this..." he wondered off into thought "I can't find words, Mercy said it was days not weeks even"
"Yeah" she sighed saying
"I don't ever want you to not know that I love you, with all my heart" he said letting out a cry "I have to go, I can't do this" he spun round and walked out saying finding a quiet space to let it out before he got to the Drawing room to see the others
