6 months later
Sam waited until 7th Feb and no news from Mercy and he decided he needed to force himself to get back on that horse. He decided to take the job in Southern Methodist University in Dallas, he was not ready to move out of his home, he already knew the building, tutors and even some of the students having left there just a year ago. He started as agreed that March as the Music Lecturer and one of the things he really wanted to bring back was the Glee Club feel to music bringing the fresh, tunes back into the curricular and encouraging students to embrace modern music seriously. He was on his second week when he met Lisa a piano teacher just two years older than him and single, they had been out a few times for meals and coffee and such nothing heavy but Sam was focused on getting back on it so he forged ahead and expanded on the date to the pictures and now they were sitting in her flat drinking coffee and he knew after four months of courting what she was expecting.
He had kissed her a few times, really kissed her and even become erect while doing it, he wanted this but he didn't want to seem too pushy because if this went wrong at the end of it all they still had to work in the same building.
"So Sam I've not heard you talk about anyone special in your life all the time we've been out it's always about me let me into the real Sam Evans" Lisa asked
"Nothing to tell really I went to school in Dallas first then Lima came back to Dallas after teaching as an assistant for 5 years to get qualified, did that and now I'm teaching" he said toneless
"I asked about relationships Sam not what you did" she said sitting down on the sofa in his outstretched arm as it lay across the top of the sofa
"I went out with a few cheerleaders nothing deep and meaningful 4 to be exact and the lead singer of the Glee Club and kissed a few random ones but that's it" he replied
"None of them special then?" Lisa asked again
"What's to eat?" Sam asked getting up from the sofa and moving over to the single seat, looking a bit agitated
"So there was someone special then?" she asked
"Yeah and before you ask I don't want to talk about her not with you not with anyone really" he said closing the conversation down
"Okay so you want to forget, is that it?" Lisa pushed, and the look on Sam's face told her she understood
"So" Lisa said getting up and going over to sit on Sam's lap "Are we still in the friend zone or is it alright to move this along a step it's been like four months" she said going down to kiss him on the lips passionately enough for Sam to feel movement. He moaned into her kiss and started feeling her breasts eagerly as she pulled at his shirt and rubbed his chest, his hand went under her skirt and up her leg as she zoned in on his belt and undone it along with his trouser button "Wait" Lisa said in the middle of it making Sam open his eyes. If he was honest he was a bit upset that it wasn't Mercy looking back at him but he closed his eyes to get rid of that thought.
Lisa put the radio on and was back on Sam's lap feeling and unzipping in seconds, Sam pulled her breast out of her bra and sucked on it hard and she screamed "Sam that fucking hurt" she said pushing his mouth away from her
"Sorry" he said still pawing at her, thinking Mercy loved that she reacted to that, this is Lisa Sam not Mercy still grabbing at her ass that wasn't there kissing her plump lips that weren't there, stop it he said to himself squeezing his eyes shut tighter willing his mind to see Lisa as he kissed and then he realised she had his dick in her hand and she was hurting him she wasn't treating it with love or care she was hurting him with every pump "Stop that" he said to her through the kisses.
"What did you say?" she asked
"Stop that it hurts" he said
"Sorry" she said before going back in for a kiss
Suddenly there was no noise just kissing and fumbling and the radio Sam heard Mercy say "I'm ready" "Is that your message?" the radio presenter said "Yes the person will know what I mean" Mercy's voice said on the radio "So there you have it folks Mercy Jones' new, old song dedicated to her person and the message is I'm ready" and Colour blind started playing. Sam stopped in his tracks
"Lisa stop" he said grabbing his trousers zip "Lisa stop please I"
"What's up Sam" she said stopping to look at him
"I can't do this I'm sorry"
"You won't get over her until you get back on this horse Sam you need to do this and I need this" Lisa said
"Sorry Lisa but there is no this, I'm still in love with her and she just told me she's ready and I can't be here doing this with you I'm sorry"
"So why didn't you say you wanted to get back with her when you came up?" she asked
"I didn't know she just told me" he said feeling all sorts of messed up
"What just this second while we were making out you found time to answer your phone?"
"No on the radio" Sam said
"With a song, I don't understand"
"With this song Lisa this is our song and she's released it for me with a message telling me she's ready" he said rubbing the back of his neck as his other hand readjusted himself
"Just say you don't want this I'd understand you don't have to pretend that, who is this?" she asked
"Mercy Jones" he answered
"Mercy Jones holds some sort of fucking love for you" she said now standing up over Sam speaking louder than she was to him, before falling to a silence as they listened to the last of the song
"It's only black and white in my eyes I'm colour blind" Sam said before the words actually came on "We; well she, was struggling with the colour thing when she wrote that for us" he said "I've loved her for 12 years and well 10 seriously and for me there's never been anyone come close I was trying with you because I thought she'd moved on I'm sorry" he said looking at his hands
"So after 4 months with me you're just going to run back to her, I've invested in this Sam and I thought you had too" Lisa said upset by now
"I had but obviously not as much as you had, I was always waiting and I know you don't know how love like ours is but she has seriously got a hold of me and I don't, can't and won't do anything about that except go with it"
"Sam this is scary have you never thought she's done something to you like black magic or something nobody loves a memory that hard for like 12 years come on" Lisa asked
"She feels exactly the same as me Lisa she just told me, it's not a one way thing"
"Sam I'm putting myself out there here, but I'm here now on a plate so to speak and you're willing to give this up" she said running her hand down her body "for a fucking song?" she asked
"You don't know the history behind that song you don't understand where this love is coming from you just don't understand Lisa I love her"
"Well get the fuck out, go on, get out, go love her somewhere else"
Sam sat for a few seconds staring at Lisa as she ranted before getting up doing up his trousers, grabbing his coat and walking to the front door "I'm sorry" he said, as he walked through it, to hear something hit the door as he closed it "I really am sorry" he said to the door
Sam got home and sat in his living room feeling two things elated and like total crap, he'd finally been acknowledged by Mercy and he'd made Lisa feel like crap by rejecting her, he didn't mean to do that he thought but on reflection he was sure he wouldn't have gone through with anything either, she wasn't right for him he was thinking of Mercy all the way through he needed someone to make him forget Mercy and she was not it. How was he going to let Mercy know that he'd heard her that was his next focus, he sapped the Glee Family to find out if anyone had made contact with her but everything came back blank. He attempted to call Mercy's parents twice but no one was picking up and so he assumed the number had changed as they were never out the house in the evenings, he called his parents to see if they knew the Jones' contact details but of course they didn't. Sam started searching through his draws for Finn's parents contact details Mercy had been close to them even after Finn passed as she had taken it particularly hard and she might have stayed in contact with them he thought grabbing at straws.
Sam took out everything out the draw looking and got angry with himself for coming up blank, when he didn't find a contact number in his anger he dropped paperwork on the floor and was lazily picking it up when he came across an unopened letter "What's this?" he asked the letter before putting it on the top of the table top before putting the other letters back in the draw. He stood up and looked at the letter typed address panel before opening it he turned it over to see a circle around the seal drawn in pen "What the?" he said to himself and the letter again before turning it back to look at the postdate and back again to open it. As he pulled the letter out he read
'Have you removed my ring from your neck?' "Mercy" he said in disbelief as he touched the ring around his neck, he quickly opened the letter and saw the date was July the previous year "What the?" he asked himself and the letter again
Sam,
I don't know what to call you I know what I want to call you but I don't know what you're doing right now.
If your married I'm sorry please throw this away, if not read on, and your girl better watch out (I bite).
I was sitting here in my lonely life thinking about a promise we made back in New York and I thought I'd call you out on it, as I know how you are with promises, and we did promise. I kept my end I hope you did and I want to say 'I'm ready' and on hearing that I know you're either freaking out or really pissed off but, no pressure if it's not on your radar I understand I've been off it for years now anyway. I just thought you're still the only one I want to share that with and yes I still love you
Call me 1234 123456 12
The address at the top of the letter was his address in Lima when he lived with Sheldon, how did she get my address he thought as he punched the number to Beiste's house in his phone
"Sheldon, Sam how's things?" he asked "Good" he replied followed by "I just opened a letter from Mercy it's got your address at the top and I wondered how you knew where I was?" Sam listened as Sheldon explained that Shane had bumped into Mercy in Milan while he was playing a game and she had enquired about Sam and asked Shane to pass the letter on, Shane had passed by Sheldon's in January and left the letter but, he told Shane he didn't have Sam's address. Then in July Kurt came to visit said Blaine had gone to his house and she asked for the address and posted it on
"Shane really?" Sam asked surprised
"Yeah Shane" Beaste said fully knowing the history between them
"Okay investigation over" Sam said laughing "I just would have never guessed Shane to be the link" he said "Or that he would have done that for me you know?" Sam asked "Sheldon I got a very important phone call to make so we'll speak soon yeah?" Sam said waiting for her goodbye before hanging up the phone
Sam flicked his phone open before decided to do something different he searched for Mercy's events on the off chance she might be touring, if she was doing radio interviews, releasing new music and stuff she was promoting something, he prayed it was a tour, he scoured the internet to find that she was due a small show in Chicago, Illinois in three days, his plan was to meet her there and see what happens.
The following day was taken up with preparation, finding someone to cover his lessons, agreeing leave with the Dean, booking tickets to Chicago, packing, explaining to the parents what he was doing, crying and laughing. By the time Sam sat on the plane he had experienced every emotion there was to have and he was drained, it was 1am and he slept for the 6 hour flight waking up only when a child knocked him as he walked through the isle.
"Sorry Sir" the child said and Sam smiled and closed his eyes again
The next thing he knew he was being nudged and spoken to "Sir we've landed you need to get off now" he heard before he fully became alert and remembered he was indeed on a plane
"Sorry best sleep I've had in ages" he said stretching before getting up to grab his bag from the storage above his head before leaving the plane. Once out of the airport he quickly got a cab and directed it to his hotel The Langham, where he checked in and was shown to his suite which was on the 25th floor overlooking other tall buildings housing a large bedroom with a four poster bed, comfy chairs and footstool with matching side cabinets all tastefully mixed together in earth colours with a dash of purple. The living area had all the usual items of seating with a large mirror on the back wall and an ample sized TV on the front wall, while the bathroom was made of pure marble with side taps to the bath and a walk in shower cubicle to the left of it in different shades of grey. He tipped the Bellboy and shut the door.
He lay there for a short while just thinking how random this all was, the fact that he hadn't even check out if the radio interview was taped, a repeated programme or live at the time, how that letter was sent like a year ago and who waits for a year, building himself up to panic mode then he heard the voice of wisdom "Breathe" and he did until he was relaxed again "Right" he said to himself "Nothing we ever do is going to be silly because its done out of love" he said to himself feeling the rings around his neck
Mercy was performing later at the hotel and his plan was to sit in the back listening to her all night and then, as she closed, walk towards her and she'd fall into his arms job done. Sam knew it was never that easy with Mercy and there'd be talking, crying, begging and even shouting before things calmed down enough for them to say hello but he was used to his Diva and he was prepared for all that because after all that he'd have her hugging on him kissing him and loving him. He ordered breakfast ate and went to bed, when he finally woke up it was 5.30pm and he'd slept the day away he wasn't stressed he'd had the best sleep he'd had in ages even better that on the plane and he knew it was because Mercy was close
Sam tested out the bath, he had a long soak listening to music and relaxing his muscles before getting out and doing his other hygiene stuff before actually getting his underclothes on and sitting for a while watching TV before his phone bleeped "Puck good to hear from you what's up?" Sam asked
"Quinn stress my man she's back with a vengeance telling Lauren all this shit and I just need her off my back you couldn't be interested in her again could you?"
"Most definitely not my Man I had the same sort of issues with her when I rejected her when I came back after that first year she's a clinger mate just treat her like a friend let her know that Lauren is it for you and just hope she comes round. Mercy noticed it and sometimes she was steaming but I just assured her it was all in Quinn's head you know" Sam said laughing "Sorry mate no more help to give except I really cannot go back there"
"You seen Mercy yet?" Puck asked
"No not yet" he said flatly
"Okay man we gonna meet up this Christmas as planned for the christening and stuff yeah"
"Sure thing"
"Okay speak soon"
"Soon Bro bye" he said before cutting the call off
"7.30" Sam said jumping up and getting dressed leaving the suite with his jacket in his hand which he threw over his shoulder once he got in the lift. Making his way to the restaurant he had his meal, the room was dark round the edges and a single spotlight on the stage where someone was standing telling jokes. He sat at the bar in the darkest corner but at a point he could see the stage from sipping on his beer and watching the crowd.
"It's going to be a rocker tonight we've got Mercy Jones coming in she's doing it as a favour to the boss they were in Lima together or something" the bartender said
"Yeah Mercy Jones?" Sam asked "Who's your boss someone famous?"
"Mario Parnell he's a world famous restaurateur and his wife Sue"
"Sylvester I've read about them, didn't know this was his place though" Sam said looking around for Sue
"It going to get really mad in here come 10 o'clock so you best grab a seat" the bartender said
"I can see from here" Sam said smiling "I reckon I've already got the best seat in the house" he said looking at the stage one last time before turning back to the bar
Sure enough the lounge started filling up and by 9.50 there wasn't even standing room in the rafters. Sam began to wonder if the bartender was right and he should have gotten closer but it was too late now and at least he had a seat. The stage itself was about up to Sam's chest high and the room was awash with tables with about eight chairs to a table with white and gold table clothes draped over them and buckets on each table "Five minutes to the show people so get your drinks if you need them now" the compare shouted over the mic
Then suddenly without warning the lights on the stage changed to purple, red and blue and music started from a piano, then a guitar joined in than other instruments. Sam's hands became clammy and the beck of his neck started to really pain and he sat there rubbing the pain out his eyes fixed on the stage. A familiar song started playing and his breath itched as his heart missed a beat and another and another 'breathe' he told himself 'breathe' he said rubbing his necklace with the rings on turning back to the bar to hide the panic in his face. Then every hair on his body stood up as he sensed Mercy enter the room he wanted to turn but he knew if he did he'd breath so hard everyone would hear it and he'd maybe collapse.
"Good evening everyone and thank you for coming out this evening" Mercy said as she made her way to the centre of the stage while the crowd roared and she took her bows. There was nothing for about a minute and Sam turned to see what was happening to see Mercy standing there in Purple 'it's still her colour' he thought as the biggest smile came to his face 'she looks beautiful, a bit skinner but beautiful' he thought as he looked around the room at people adoring her he knew how they felt he did this every day. Then Mercy commanded the crowd with her hands to calm down which they did
"Thank you for that very warm reception, I think we're going to have a good time tonight what do you think?" she asked putting the mic out to the audience who made some noise
"Wow I've been doing this for over 10 years now and I still get the same feeling from hearing that" she said laughing "Let's get some singing down in here, I've got some to sing but I'm up for requests too so get them to Dean" she said looking around "Dean where are you make yourself known" she shouted
"I'm here" Deana shouted
"Oh there she is, get them to her and if we get time we'll sing them is that okay?" she asked to a very willing crowd
"As I'm singing I'll start it off with a song for someone who's still very close to my heart he just doesn't know it" she said looking into the crowd before carrying on "I really did try but after a year I suppose you have to get the hint don't you think?" she said "Anyway here's the song" she said and started singing "Hello" by Adele as Sam sat stuck in his seat watching her sing and cry at the same time, and everyone clapped after, he was bias but she was a brilliant singer. Mercy went on for about two hours non-stop singing songs the audience requested until Sam decided to get in the game and asked her to sing "Ain't no way" putting in the comments he needed a trip down memory lane and a secret song was just the thing.
"Last but one song" Mercy shouted after her solid two hours of song "What's next Dean" she shouted into the audience
"Classic for you Mercy 'Ain't no way' no name on the request but it says needs a trip down memory lane and a secret song was just the thing" Deana read
"What I need a trip down memory lane?" Mercy asked looking around the crowd
"No they need the trip Mercy you need to sing the song" Deana said laughing
"That song has a very special meaning to me I'll sing it but I warn you now I'll cry" she said looking at the band to start playing the tune and sure enough she sung it and as to her word she had tears streaming down her face as she did it. After the audience applaud her and she'd pulled herself together she sang her last song "Casino" and left the stage.
Sam left his seat at the same time and went towards the dressing rooms backstage to be stopped by a bodyguard "Sorry Sir password only" he said
"Diva"
"Sorry Sir"
"Dork"
"Sorry Sir"
"Sam"
"You're here to see Miss Jones Sir?" the Guard asked. Sam nodded "Your name Sir?"
"Sam" he said "But I'd prefer to tell her I'm here myself" he finished
"I'd be in trouble for that Sir" the guard said
"What if I could guarantee that you wouldn't?"
"Then I'd have to assume you were the Sam Sir"
"What if I said I was?" Sam asked
"I'd say you look like an honest man and you are the image of that photo Miss Jones keeps in all her dressing rooms, so I'd really say go ahead and good luck" The guard said moving aside and pointing Sam in the direction of the dressing room.
Sam lost all the liquid in his mouth on that short walk and his hands were sticky and shaking, he didn't know when he reached the door or when his hand actually knocked the door but he heard someone say come in and that shook him back into his reality that Mercy was on the other side of that door. He put his hand on the handle and pushed the door open
"Can I help you?" the person said
"Yes" he said looking past the person to see Mercy sitting in her chair with her head in her hands and about 4 people around her
"I don't need another fucking therapist I need my fucking man, who doesn't need me apparently I'm finishing with this shit once this contract finishes it's lost me my life and I hate what you made me into did you hear me Greg I fucking hate you for doing this to me" Mercy shouted "Leave me alone" she shouted at the people around her
"Someone needs to deal with her I can't keep being abused like this" a man said
"I'll" Sam said but was fanned off as Mercy burst into more tears and Sam would have let them deal with it, if he thought they knew how to, only he knew how to support his girl "Excuse me" he said to the woman blocking his way and suddenly he was standing behind Mercy's chair "Txe'lan" he said making her spin round and look at where their word came from, staring, gasping for breath
"Sammy?" she whispered disbelieving what she was seeing and hearing
"Yes Babe it's me" he got out before she sprung off the chair and into his arms and he hugged her taking her in she felt frail in his arms, she was Mercy but she didn't feel like Mercy she was shaking, crying, weak, needy. Sam was aware of how their bodies fused together confirming they were made to be together every bit of naked skin that touched tingled, his knees where threatening to buckle at how weak his body had become with the release of tension he didn't know he was carrying.
"Have you come to take me away from all this?" she asked "I need rescuing Sammy"
"Yes Babe" he said before he looked around the room "Which one is Greg?" he asked and a light brown man with beard, spiky hair and unkempt clothes nodded "I'm going to take her with me and get her sorted, but, I'll be back and when I get back Greg there will need to be answers as to why I sent my girl out fit and she's looking like this now, from all of you, because if you know nothing else you should know I don't joke about Mercy" Sam said looking at them all
"How did you know where she was?" Greg asked
"She called me in a song our song actually and I knew something was wrong"
"Colorblind?" Greg asked and Sam nodded "That was you?" he asked
"Yeah" Sam said picking Mercy up and walking out with her attached to his chest as she wrapped her arms around his neck and sunk her face into his neck crying. He was super angry and really his best vent would have been to punch one or all of them in the face but Mercy was in a bad way and she was his priority, she needed to be safe right now and he needed to make that happen for her "I've got you babe" he kept saying trying to calm her down.
Once in the hotel room he ran her a bath, put her in and sat at the side while she let the bath do its work trying to relax her, it was a long while before she actually turned to look at him "Are you really here babe?" she asked "Is this real?"
"Touch me"
"I know you're here I felt you touch me earlier, I just want to know if you're really here" she asked again
"I'm here babe" Sam said not really understanding what Mercy meant by that but, didn't want to stress her just now in asking the question. After about an hour Sam took her out of the bath dried her off put some of his boxers and a vest on her and put her in his bed where he watched her sleep for the night hugging her in. Mercy woke the next morning wondering where she was and who she was with feeling the familiar arms wrapped around her, she slowly turned to see Sam looking at her and smiled
"Am I awake?" she asked
"Yep" Sam said "And you're exhausted so stay in bed today pinkie promise?" he asked
"Pinkie promise" she said linking her pinkie finger with his
"Breakfast is on its way and don't say you don't want any that's not an option" Sam said jumping off the bed and leaving the room, minutes later walking back in with a tray of breakfast things for Mercy to choose from and, left again returning with two cups of hot chocolate with sprinkles. He sat on the bed feeding Mercy with toast while she talked about her time singing and what had happened to her, how she had been sucked in after the failure with the first deal and she just went along with things because she wanted to be famous. How one minute everyone was working to her priorities and she was getting loads of time off and then, after the Beyoncé tour, things just got mad and suddenly she couldn't visit friends anymore her diary was full with events and, before she knew it the only people she had around her were those that lived off the money she made. She cried, laughed sulked and slapped while she spoke to Sam and by the end of it there was a bit of her old self there not much but it was a start.
Later that afternoon after lunch Sam talked about what he'd been doing in regards to his new found motivation, University and his job both of them skirting around the reasons why they took those roads. Eventually Sam got around to asking her what she wanted to happen, now he was back in her life
"I choose us Sam I know you've never wanted me to choose but I have to I can't have the two and not having you has nearly killed me, look at me" she said presenting her body "Depression has done this to me Sam and I'm depressed because I can't breathe, these people are poisonous and I need to be away from them. I don't know how that's going to happen because they've tied me in somehow and on top of that they have control of all my assets"
"Okay, okay let's deal with one thing at a time" he said getting his phone out and dialling, when someone answered he started talking "Desmond I know you're busy right now but I need you to do some urgent work for me, my girl's life depends on it" "Yeah I'll speak to Dad don't worry about that" he said smiling at Mercy "Chicago, The Langham" he said and eventually put the phone down, calling his Dad to explain
"Desmond our attorney will be here in 7 hours, he'll sort this out legally for us" he told her "I need a doctor to come have a look at you babe is that alright?" he asked, she nodded, while Sam called reception for a reputable Doctor, the Doctor was there within the hour and confirmed that Mercy was exhausted, needed to rest for 6 months and she could travel.
Once she was asleep Sam scanned through her phone and got Greg's number, set up a meeting with him for 9pm that evening asking him to bring with him Mercy's contract and books for her business. Greg turned up on time with two men, who might have been bodyguards but Sam had his business head on he needed to sort Mercy out before he could start thinking about his own feelings.
"I don't think I can hand these over to you legally" Greg said
"I think you'll find that as Mercy's ill right now as her next of kin I have every right to have those books and a copy of the contract she currently has with you" Sam said with confidence having got his information from Mercy, Greg could do nothing but pass them over.
So when Desmond turned up a while later both documents were waiting for him to peruse, Sam explained the situation to him and then sat quietly while he looked through the contract and books making notes, after an hour Desmond looked up "I think she needs to get herself an accountant Sam"
"Yeah I kind of thought that from what she said"
"The contract doesn't hold water she can leave any time and I suggest she does because the financial side is going to get messy real quick"
"Okay that's good to know, the contract I mean"
"Thinking of anyone specific for legal representation?"
"She's going to be family as soon as she's well enough Des so I'm sure she'll come under our current contract"
"Okay I'll get onto it, has she got anymore shows pending?"
"Don't know I'll ask when she wakes up"
"She'll need a new manager too"
"She's not there at the moment but when she is we'll talk about that"
After another hour of conversation Desmond said he was tired and went off to his room, Sam sat watching TV for a while to get rid of his anger, eventually he went to bed to hug a sleeping Mercy
The next morning Desmond made the necessary calls to Greg before Mercy, Sam and Desmond left Chicago that afternoon for Texas.
Texas
Two weeks on and Mercy was still living in Sam's flat unbeknown to anyone outside the three of them. They had been out for midnight snacks, the pictures, opera, midnight shopping in the next town and she was getting her sass back while they were getting to know each other again.
"Sam we need to talk about us" Mercy said one evening as they sat once again watching TV, Sam shuffled a bit in his seat "I need to tell you something or explain something maybe"
"Okay are you sure you're ready for this?"
"Yeah, I'm just going to run with it okay?" she said just looking at Sam not really expecting an answer "I haven't slept with anyone regardless of what Kurt told you, yes I was seeing a guy but it was never physical, in fact he became a good friend that I never see anymore, I've never been married to anyone or allowed anyone to ask me to marry them and I've never pretended let alone actually been in love with anyone else. I want you to believe I am not a slut as you've been told so you won't get any diseases from me and I can have children" she finished before looking at a smiling Sam
"I've only ever slept with the girls you know about, I've never been in love with anyone else but you and you know already I used protection with them, but; I have kissed girls, taken them out. More recently, when I thought you weren't coming back to me, a few months ago I met Lisa she works were I work and we were going out for about 4 months I was trying to forget you. We had a clumsy fumble the night I heard you on the radio doing your interview and you played Colorblind for me and told me you were ready, just as I was trying to imagine she was you. Needless to say she threw me out when I told her I still loved you" Sam said rubbing the back of his neck nervously
Mercy grabbed his hand and smiled at him when he looked at her "We still belong to each other" she said "I did that interview about 3 months ago" she smiled
"So we've established that we still love each other yes?"
"Fishing much" Mercy asked cheekily before getting serious and replying saying "I love you Sam"
"Enough to marry me?" he asked
"More than enough" she replied "Oh if that was a question the answer is yes" she smiled at him pulling at the chain around his neck "You got something that belongs to me" she said looking him in the eye
"Everything you see belongs to you" he replied
"So the plan is to still get married then?"
"It's a plan"
"But you do know that's not exactly what I meant when I said I was ready right?"
"I think I know that but I don't want to think it, I want us to get to it when we're actually ready not fumble through it if you know what I mean"
"No I don't but I'll take your word for it" she said rolling her eyes
"We'll go as slow or as fast as you want to go remember?" he asked with a smile "Let's go dancing tonight" he said jumping up "It might be the last time you get out for a while once the trial starts next week and you need a good time and mind I said dancing not singing"
"Sam you hate clubs"
"I'll do this just this once for you, we need this everything is so tense between us, look we're scared to touch each other that's not us we need to get out" he said pointing at the space between them on the sofa "Come on Mercy for me" he said giving her his puppy eyes with the lop sided grin
"Okay" she laughed getting up to get ready "Where we going?" she asked entering the bathroom
"Maybe Tabasco's it's alright there according to Troy and his crew we might even see them but their cool" Sam replied taking his phone out to call the said person, confirming where they were following on with a quieter conversation
"Could you tell the guys to sort of play it down when they see my girlfriend I don't want her to feel funny you know"
"No I don't Dude, what do you mean play it down?" Troy asked
"You'll see when we get there and Troy get that booth if you can"
"Yeah I know you're not good with the party scene, later"
"Yeah later" Sam said finishing the call, going to his bedroom to go get his clothes ready while waiting for the bathroom.
30 minutes later and Sam was standing dressed with cowboy boots to go, he stood about anxious to see Mercy come out in some stunning dress he would just want to rip off her and, 10 minutes later she didn't disappoint she came out in ripped Jeans and a clingy purple and glitter lace top with white boob tube and Purple flats.
"Wow" he said as she came towards him
"Wow yourself" she said reaching up to kiss him on the lips when she got close
"Let's go before we get other ideas" he said as he grabbed her hand and walked towards the door and out
As they got in the lift to descend Mercy remarked "Keep those ideas they might come in handy later" with a giggle Sam raised his eyebrow.
So they got to the club and it was heaving, people dancing all over the place and the DJ was messing the place up "Didn't know you were into Reggae this much Sam" Mercy shouted over the noise
"They play other stuff too" he said grabbing her hand to make his way over to the booth "I usually sit over there, my friends should be there already come on, I've asked them to play it down when they meet you" he smiled
"Do they know who I am?" she asked
"No just that I've been in love with you all my life" he replied and then they stopped abruptly "Dude long time" Sam said man hugging into a black guy Mercy didn't get to see the face of, then two others jumped up and hugged him "Where are the girls?" Sam asked
"At the bar" Tarray replied
"Did you two get together yet?" Sam asked Tarray
"Yeah we did on a technicality really" Tarray said laughing and looking at his brother "They aren't related Mercy and Amber" Tarray said making Sam laugh
"What you laughing at?" A voice came from behind Sam saying, Mercy was standing about two steps behind Sam taking in the interactions as he turned to greet the voice
"Amber, Hi" Sam said giving all three girls a hug and a kiss on the cheek
"You still in love town Sam waiting for your invisible love?" Candice asked laughing
"Still in love town, but not so invisible anymore, Troy did you tell them?" he asked and Troy nodded "So folks please don't freak out or fangirl not here anyway we're in hiding" Sam bent into the table to almost whisper
"I've got to fucking see this" Candice said as Sam turned and took Mercy's hand and pulled her forward
"Guys I'd like you all to meet my Lady Mercy …"
"Mercy fucking Jones" Mercy shouted just loud enough for them all to hear
"No freak outs Mercy" Sam said again as the guys got up and came forward to say a proper hello to Miss Mercy Jones
Sam and Mercy sat in the middle of the curved seat as it was the darkest spot and laughed, joked and drank with Sam's friends as they told story on top of story of his University days and Mercy exchanged some of their School days too. Sam and Mercy relaxed enough with each other to do some PDA and by the end of the night they were definitely wrapped up in one another just like the old days
"Thanks Babe" Mercy said kissing Sam on the lips
"What for?" he asked
"I really needed this, your friends are so genuine, and it's been a while since I met real people and had a laugh to boot" she said hugging into him
"Guys we have to go before the lights come on" Sam announced at 3.30am
"We'll all go and get a drink for old time's sake" Damien announced as they all picked their coats up without argument and performed like a shield to get Mercy out of the club, making them laugh
"Your boys are good Sam" she said still laughing as they walked across the green to the café
"What's your order?" Troy asked as everyone else followed Sam and Mercy to the booth
"Two of my usual" Sam shouted back as they discarded their coats and sat down
"So Mercy" Mercy said "I think I'll call myself Merc from now on to stop getting me mixed up with my new best friend" she said laughing
"I can change if you want" Mercy remarked
"Miss Mercy Jones change her name never, girl you are the shit, I mean you are it sorry" Merc said
"That's fine no airs and graces round me I'm fine being the shit" Mercy said putting one hand on her hip and the other making a half frame for her face making everyone laugh
"So you and Sam a forever kind of thing then?" Candice said getting serious with her conversation now, as they went through thinking Sam was gay, all the trying the girls had done, laughing about the knock backs "And that creepy girl you were seeing" Candice said looking around the group for her fuck up "Sorry Sam, Mercy"
"Its fine man we have no secrets Mercy knows everything" Sam said
"Yeah its fine, don't feel no way about saying anything in front of me we just got back together like two weeks ago" Mercy said looking at the people around the table "I know he's kissed a few girls, taken some out and nearly gone all the way with another I just need to put faces to the names at some point and I'm not fazed by it at all" she added as she took the last sip of her hot chocolate and fed Sam some more cookie
"Sister I'd be mad as hell" Candice said looking at Damien
"I know Sam" Mercy said cupping Sam's face as he stared at her and kissing his forced puckered lips, her hand dropped from his face and landed near his crutch, he glanced down to see Mercy's little finger rubbed his zip 'what' he thought 'she must have known I saw that' he thought looking at her hand as she did it again slower as his friends sat talking to them, Sam looked at her, he saw a smirk on her face at his reaction. 'She wants to play games does she?' he smiled putting his hand round her waist pulling her in and bringing his hand up to lightly brush her left nipple with his thumb, he notice how hard it was and that made him want to touch her more so he did as they joined in the conversation.
Minutes later Sam announced they were going home, so autographs, hugs and kisses where exchanged and they left for the trip back across the Green to get the car and returned home loved up all the way.
As they got in the lift Mercy asked "Remember that idea I told you to hold?" she stood in front of him asking as she put her hands on his bare chest, looked into his eyes and kissed him, the kiss stopped when the lift coming to a holt. Sam backed her out of the lift and grabbed her hand as they went down the corridor to his flat, he opened the door for her to go in, turned to lock it and she was gone, he went to the living room, then kitchen, surmising she was in the bathroom and went back to the living room sat on the sofa and turned on the TV.
A few minutes he senses told him something was wrong, he went in search, he checking everywhere else on opening his bedroom door he found Mercy standing at his dresser. Sam's jaw dropped as he looked at Mercy in her purple and black lace underwear fixing her hair in the large mirror in his room
"Sam; sorry there isn't a full mirror in the other room and I needed to see how I looked" she smiled, he knew she was playing with him "How do I look Sammy?" she asked looking at her ass in the mirror before looking at him as he walked towards her "I don't know that I'm ready for you to touch me just now" she backed away saying
"Okay" he said backing up "I should have got a longer mirror for the spare room, my fault" he said looking in the mirror at her and taking it all in but he really didn't want to rush her into anything. "I'll be in the living room when you're ready, I mean finished with the mirror" he said leaving the room
Sitting in the living room the picture of Mercy standing in his room, where he'd had so many dreams about, touching, tasting, feeling her was blowing his mind. "I'm so fucking ready for this" he said as the door opened, he look round
"Hi" he said looking back at the TV hoping Mercy didn't ask him what he was watching
"Hi did you miss me?" she asked coming round the sofa revealing that she was still dressed the same as Sam had seen her a few minutes ago "You didn't answer me babe how do I look?" she said showing him her ass again
"Fine"
"Can I put some music on Sammy?"
"Yeah help yourself" he said sounding pissed
Mercy quickly put her music on and went back to stand in front of him, he tried to look past her and focus on the TV as the music started "Make Love" by Keri Hilson Sam didn't know the song so he sat just watching her as she kicked off her slippers, took off the silk dressing gown and went to the fridge, took out the strawberries and cream and put them on the table before shaking her booty at him to the tune, when the words started he started to listen.
Mercy sat on the coffee table in front of him and fed him a strawberry dipped in cream, as she sang bits of the song to him "Tonight we're gonna do something different, tonight we're gonna touch a little different" after feeding him a few strawberries she moved his hands from his lap straggled him singing some more as she kissed him until he responded "Like the king you are baby" she stared at him singing as her hands moved his clothes out the way, he felt all the blood in his body rush to the parts of his body she was touching. His breathing heavy and fast as he concentrated on keeping his hands to himself, she pulled his shirt off his shoulders and nudged his arms up for him to put them up for her to get his T-Shirt fully off, while kissing him as a thank you.
"Mercy please I need to touch you" he said
"Not yet Sammy I'm not ready" he replied
She started moving on top of him and he responded mimicking her movement as he became more out of control. Mercy was kissing his face, chest undoing his trousers, he closed his eyes and tried to think of anything except what he was hoping she would do next so as not to push himself over the edge "Mercy I haven't had sex in years I'm struggling with this make out session we need to stop babe I'm going to blow" he said through the kisses, she move faster and kiss harder "Fuck" he said as he reached the point of no return "I love you Mercy" he said as his body stiffened, his head flew back, his legs pressed against the floor as he emptied in his trousers. He came back to himself and kissed her fiercely, Mercy jumped off him and ran to the bathroom emerging with washbowl and flannel seconds later to clean him up, so now he was sitting on the sofa in his living room with no clothes on
"Sammy" Mercy said getting his full attention "I'm ready" she said "please touch me" she said as he grabbed for her pulling her to him. His hands moving considerably slower than his brain, she knew what she was doing she'd taken his urgency away and he was taking time to know her body again. He touched her all familiar places as her chest rose and fell in time with his, he took in the memory of how soft her body was, skimming the palm of his hands over her already hard nipples his mouth left her lips and found their way down, he sucked hard as she screamed in ecstasy at his foreplay "God I missed that" she said grabbing his hair and pulling his head back to her mouth. He took his time kissing every part of her body as she ground into him fiercely, he moved his fingers to her belly button and played there for a while, before getting up and pulling her up to dance to the song that was playing.
"You're ready yeah?" he asked as they danced in a circle in the living room, kissing as Sam talked dirty to her making her moan on every word
"You are so fucking me right now" she laughed into his neck
"Yep I'll have me some of that" he said as the music changed to 'Make Love' by Chris Brown"I think I get your theme" he said taking her to his bedroom, laying her down and kissing her from head to chest as he looked up for her smiling for the lust on her face, his hands travelled down her body and without prompting her legs opened to let him in, he skimmed over her panties and he felt her body react to his touch and smiled
"Inpatient much" he said looking at her face
"I wouldn't have said nearly 15 years was impatience"
Sam sat up and looked at her body and touched every inch her body sucking on her nipples watching them hardened "It belongs to you" she said as he moved down her body with his lips making her body tremble with every kiss as he reached her panties and finally pulled them off exposing her nakedness he stopped as he kissed down to her core
"I so missed this bit" he said using his hand to expose her button "I'm going to finger fuck you at some point tonight" he said to her wet just to see her ooze and she didn't disappoint making him smile "I need you wet so you're not going to cum just yet okay?" he said
"Sam I enjoy the talking honest I do but I'm ready babe I need you seriously" she said as he tasted her, making her voice itch on the last word "God" she said
"I like your grooves" he said as they listened to 'Dive' Usher "That's what I'm about to do" he said as he licked again and again her body started moving to his stroke and her noise increased as he felt the mood shift he stopped, "We're ready babe" he said as he got up and covered himself from the side cabinet and slowly started "Can you feel that?"
"Yeah"
"Do you want some more?"
"Yeah you need to fill me up" she said breathing heavily
He put her leg on my shoulder and smiled at her noises, begging for more and expressions, before his noises started to mix in "Is that nice?" he asked
"Yes"
"Say that again"
"Yes, Yes, Yes" she said louder and louder as he got faster
"Are you okay babe"
"Yes" she said tears in her eyes
"You're alright Babe I love you" he reassured her wiping the tear from her eye "Babe I'm sprung" he said, discarding of his protection, going back up to kiss her swollen lips play every part of her body on his way back down to her wet. He didn't say anything this time he just used his fingers and tongue as he'd said earlier to bring her to peak. "Are you okay babe?" he asked when he finished
"I'm more than alright babe you made love me" she said laughing
"I really like your mix babe got into all my grooves"
"It's good to be home" she said wrapping herself into him
"I've got no argument there" he hugged her in saying
"This is for you, for us" she laughed as she heard the intro "Our dream" she said as 'Boy & A Girl thing' by Mo Pitney started playing, Sam laughed and hugged her in and leaned back listening
"Mercy we are getting married and the children, dog, picket fence; A given"
The End