Monday
"Turn that damn thing off" Puck shouted from the couch in Sam's hotel suite, early in the morning, as Mike lifted his head from underneath the covers
"Sam" Mike shouted nudging him "Turn this music off" Sam still didn't move
"Sam, Dude this is not funny stop the music" Artie shouted
"Give the damn thing here" Blaine said getting up from his side of the bed to go to the side cabinet to get Sam's phone to turn it off "Give it up Sam" he said when he realised it was coming from under the covers were Sam was
"Leave me alone I'm waking up with Mercy" he shouted from under the covers as her live rendition of 'Feels so good' played as the alarm tone on his phone "It's her ring tone too" he came out from under the covers saying
"And what did her message say?" Jessie asked "Now she's woken everyone up"
"Good morning of course" Sam smiled
"Sam's back" Blaine said jumping on him as everyone else joined in "Your face Dude and she ain't even in the room" he finished once they'd bombed him
"Okay guys stop now" Sam said still laughing from all the slaps and punches
"Oh stop now?" Puck questioned
"Yeah if you don't want me flirting with you other halves all day" he threatened
"You won't Mercedes is here" Jessie said
"She's doing that Sun fest tonight bet is she'll be there all day setting up and everything" he replied as the guys looked around at each other before agreeing to stop, Sam didn't make false threats they knew that "That just told me all your girls are fanning on me" he laughed "But I'd have thought you knew me better Mercy's around and when she's around the last thing I'd do is mess with your girls, she hates that shit" he laughed louder as he walked into the bathroom
"Grab some water" Puck said to Jessie and Mike who ran off to get it, returning with cups of water "Bigger get a bowl full" he encouraged
"Grab that bucket" Blaine said pointing to the mop bucket in the middle of the living room area being used by the cleaner. Mike and Jessie filled it to the top with water and handed it to Blaine and Puck
"I can't run I'm having nothing to do with this" Artie announced
"Wooss" Jessie said
"Here have this" Mike said handing him a cup of water as he produced one for himself and Jessie too and they all stood by the bathroom door waiting for Sam to make an entrance
About three minutes later the door cracked open and they all got ready "Ready" Puck mouthed as the door opened to reveal a spray of water coming from the bathroom shower hose as Sam wet them all up before they could throw the water at him and then stood waiting for them to throw their water over him.
"Now you know this shit is on" Sam said laughing "I am gonna mess with your ladies and Mercy will see the joke in it I can't believe you guys fell for the jealous stuff" he said as they all looked at each other
A while later when they were dry and having breakfast the girls and Kurt came back "Morning" Kurt said as he bounced over to Blaine
"Hi miss Galore" Sam said in his best Bond voice, directed at Santana
"That's Pussy Galore if you please and we have it" Satan replied in her best Honor Blackman voice, pointing to all the girls walking behind her, who started cat walking towards their Men
"You're on form Sam, you haven't done that in a while" Quinn said
"Oh just in a good mood Hon" he replied as Quinn looked at him and smiled
"Hon" Puck mouthed to the guys, as Mike waved him mouthing 'take no notice'
"Miss T" Sam said walking up to her "Did you have a good time yesterday?" he asked grabbing her round the waist and pulling her into him before kissing her on the cheek
'Take no notice' Puck mouthed to Mike smiling sarcastically
"Rachel could you bring me a glass of water please Sweet?" he asked as he spotted her heading towards the kitchen
"No Problem" she said exiting the kitchen a minute or so later with his water in hand, Sam kissed her cheek as a thank you
"I'm guessing you had a good night last night?" Sam asked all of them but directed his question to Sugar, giving his signature flirtatious lopsided grin as she looked up, it was obvious Sugar thought it was sexy by the smile she gave back
"I know this you guys got something going on Sam's being nice to your ladies and you're saying nothing" Santana stated
"Pay him no mind he's in a good mood because Mercedes texted him" Artie said looking around the room
"There's something" Santana said looking suspicious
They went through the morning with Sam playing little jokes on everyone until his Dad told him off for seemingly disrespecting the guy's wives and he was made to stop.
"What you need to be concentrating on is what's happening with you and Mercedes" Kurt piped up
"We know what we're doing" Sam replied
"And yet you've not seen each other all morning" Kurt replied
"As I said we…"
"Yeah" Kurt said
"You know what you're doing" Everyone said for him
"Subject closed" he said walking off towards the beach smiling
Sun fest
Pretty soon it was time to get dressed to go to the Sun fest it started at 3pm and they weren't sure what time Mercedes was on. They got dressed and jumped in the hire minibus for the short drive to the Fest
Kurt showed the special card Mercedes had given him and that allowed them all in as VIP so they were in front of the barriers that had been set up. They stood around mostly, some dancing to the music just taking in the environment
'Sending some food out' Mercy sent to Sam who informed the rest of them as two people came out with various boxed meals and disposable cutlery and boxed drinks Rachel's clearly labels. Once everyone had eaten and settled back in a tray of drinks came round and then suddenly the show started, the group stood watching as artist after artist came on stage and performed various genre. About 90 minutes after food it was announced that Missy Monte was coming on stage, then Stevie & Breanna and D'marco & Petra appeared to cheers and pats from the group.
Mercedes came out dancing as the crowd roared their eagerness for the song obviously knowing what the music was going to be, the group didn't know the song but the vibe was infectious and it was Mercedes coming on stage so they rocked anyway. Then the music changed again and the crowd got louder, if that were possible, as Missy Monte started singing 'Heels on' by Lady Saw all sexy and suggestive. Sam stood watching Mercy getting her sexy on, standing in the highest heels he'd ever seen and two men dancing around her, her current level of sexy was something that had only been reserved for his eyes, now she was performing for an audience of around maybe two thousand people, he stood unsure as to whether he was jealous or proud, knowing he was definitely turned on
"Thank you" Mercy said, in a thick Jamaican accent when she finished the song and everyone cheered "I have my family in tonight" she said pointing at them in the front stands "They maybe liked that one" she said laughing before singing a few more songs that got the crowd swaying, dancing and laughing. Sam was impressed to say the least, the guys were more than fanning over Mercy and her moves but played it down because they knew Sam didn't really joke around the subject Mercedes. About an hour in Mercy was announcing her last song dedicating it to her family who she'd recently reunited with hoping to remind him of a memory they'd shared a while back "D'marco come up here and sing with me this is my last one" she shouted across to him as he left Petra and went on stage to support Mercedes, the music started and she started singing 'Cheaters Prayer' Remix Chris Martin & Ce'cile although she'd dedicated the song to the original singers her focus was on Sam for most of it as he smiled at the memory, D'marco and her really put a show on
Sam stood remembering the domino session in her parents back yard when her Uncle and Aunt where arguing because she'd accused him of playing away when he'd stayed out one night. He'd been totally bombed out thinking how could Uncle do that to her if he loved his family so much, he'd even said to Mercy he felt he needed to have a conversation with their Uncle "Leave it be" Mercy had warned him but he really felt he could do some good in this situation.
"Vincent you stayed out all night cheating" she said as the record 'Cheaters Prayer' blasted out she was up in his face, Sam had stopped listening to Mercy's translation and was focused on the physical confrontation that was about to happen. Mercy felt him move when her Uncle ebbed forward looking like he was ready to pounce
"Clare that happen nearly 35 years ago, we'd been going out for about 2 weeks, we got engaged, married and had our family since then water under the bridge" Uncle Vincent said
"I know but they only just brought out the song that I'd have wanted to say then now" she said restarting the tune making everyone laugh.
It was also the evening they were first fully together as during that family get together they wondered off, after love was restored with her Aunt and Uncle, up to Mercy's bedroom and things got very out of hand, way out of hand and into places they had no business being neither of them had wanted to stop, and then it was at appoint where they couldn't stop but it wasn't rushed or clumsy, nothing like that in fact time stood still for them, the only thing that was still in hand was that they loved each other more than they did before they went into that room earlier that night, if that was at all physically possible. They'd made promises after that first time Sam had told her he meant what he'd said back in New York the previous year and he promised that would always be the case and she promised to always hold onto the fact that their love was something to believe in.
"Good ain't they?" Petra asked Sam jolting him out of his thoughts
"Really good" he said nodding as she grabbed him up to dance
"Sorry I don't do that, only with Mercy" he said easing her away from him as he carried on rocking
"Thank you and Goodnight" was all Mercy said at the end before she left the stage
The Conversation
'Delroy's coming to get you' Mercy texted to Sam making his face light up at first but then panic set in at the thought that Mercy had come to a decision
"I'll be back in a bit" he told Puck who was standing closest to him just as Delroy made himself known
"Mercedes business?" Puck asked as Sam nodded before moving off
Following Delroy through the crowd of artist into the brick building and down the corridors full of smoke and smelling of strong marijuana he wondered if that was what Mercy's life was all about now Dreadlocks, rude songs and drugs, 'I bet she thought the same about me when she read all that shit with Charlie' he thought bringing a smile to his face 'right fearless' he told himself before Delroy showed him to a blue door
"Just go in" Delroy said
Sam put his hand on the door handle, took a deep breath and opened it, Mercy was sitting at the dresser the only real furniture in the room except for the chair she was sitting on and a small, well-worn stool to the side of her "Thanks for coming Sam will you come and sit down please?" she asked no evidence of the Missy Monte on display a short while ago "I guess my 24 hours is up" she said smiling
"I don't want you to feel forced into anything Mercy" he said holding his hands up
"I'm not I asked for a day and you let me have that I'm ready to talk if you are?" she asked "Neutral ground and all that" she said looking around the room
"I'm ready" he said slapping his thighs before rubbing his hands together in anticipation
"Sam I'm sorry but I don't want you" she said looking at him as he looked into her eyes searching for something else anything else except rejection, this cannot be happening again, he told himself as his right hand went to its familiar place behind his head and his bottom lip went between his teeth as his lost puppy look came to front "I need you" she said grabbing his hand as Sam looked at her, puzzled maybe, as to why she'd tell him to go and then grab his hand
"What?" he asked confused
"I don't want you, I need you, in my life that is, I don't function right without you, I was wrong to ask you to leave me alone, I just thought we were hurting each other too much and it needed to stop, I want to ask you this big thing" she said looking into his soul through his eyes "If I ask you to promise me something will you do it?" she asked
"Mercy I need to know what it is before I promise anything because my life's been hell"
"Please Sam, just this once will you promise me something?"
"What?" he asked
"Promise" she replied
"I promise" Sam said closing his eyes as he said it
"Well two things really" she said making him roll his eyes as she smiled
"Okay don't say anything until I finish" she said grabbing his both hands "Sam I want to say I'm sorry and, to ask you first to never leave me alone again, can you do that?" she asked as Sam nodded a yes with a smile on his face, his brain now working overtime to think what the second thing could be after something so final "And" she said getting off her chair as she reached into her pocket to kneel in front of him as he gasped for air "Sam Evans, my heart, I love you so much will you do me this great honour please and marry me?" she asked holding up a ring for him to put on
"Can I speak now?" he asked as Mercy nodded "God yes Mercy Jones I will marry the fuck out of you and I love you too" he said grabbing hold of her face and going down to kiss her.
By the time the kiss finished they were both standing and Mercy was off her feet held up by Sam "I'm still living at home I can move out here so you can carry on with your thing, I can teach anywhere" he said still excited and doing his usual planning thing
"Sam this is the false me the one I created to stop hurting I'm nothing like that girl you just saw out there and you know that"
"I know that Mercy but you love performing and I want you to be happy"
"As Mrs Sam Evans I'll be the happiest woman on earth babe and, I'll go back into mainstream I'm confident I can do that. It's time we did what we wanted to do instead of what Mercedes said we wanted to do I really want us to be together on this Sam but, I'm not living this fake life any more"
"Okay I hear that, and we can go back and sort all this out, we need to make so many decisions babe, I can't believe this is actually happening, I feel like I've just arrived at where I've been aiming to be all my life" he said kissing her forehead and hugging her in "I've got to ask but I don't want to" he said as she lay on his chest
"Yes Sam I asked you to marry me and I meant it" she said laughing
"Thank you God" he said making her laugh even harder
"You didn't answer my Good morning text this morning"
"Oh I got into some shit with the guys and it slipped my head it was all about you" he replied "Yeah your message set my tone off and they were bugging because I wouldn't turn it off" he said taking his phone out to let Mercy hear his tone for her making her laugh again
"Keep me laughing husband to be" she said going up to kiss him "We need to tell the parents" she said getting her phone out to take a picture of them together "I'm going to send that to Mom and Dad" she said as she wrote 'face of my new husband to be, event coming soon'
"Send it to me" Sam said "We need to get you on the Sapp group" Sam got the picture and put the caption 'face of the new Mr. & Mrs Evans to be, event coming very soon'
"I like yours better" she said changing her caption to Sam's before they both sent them off to their parents
Sam linked Mercy into the Sapp group before sending 'Samcedes forever, religious event coming soon' to the GF with the photo attached.
"Remember when I told you we were going to get back together and you told me I was crazy?" he asked
"That's coz you are" she replied
"Yeah well you kinda love it" he smiled
"No kinda about it Sammy I love you" she smiled
"Oh my beating heart" he said holding his heart "You called me Sammy" he said hugging her in before going in for another kiss
30 minutes later they were back with the family to congratulations and cheers and stuff "Out the blue or what?" Artie questioned Sam
"She asked me actually" Sam replied "So yeah but, no she finally found who she is" as he hugged her again after she'd just finished hugs with everyone "You know I'm going to get all possessive again don't you?" he whispered to her
"Please" she said smiling "I missed being wanted"
"You've always been wanted" he said kissing her again
About two hours later as Mercy looked around at her family all bobbing along to the music even Kurt had got the beat making her smile she thought it might be time to take them all back to the hotel "it's like 12.30am anyone ready to go back to the hotel?" she asked as the music changed from Reggae to R&B
"Can we just listen to a bit of this?" Santana asked
"Yeah sure" Mercy said looking at Sam "You going to stop at mine tonight?" she asked
"Yep as long as there's none of that on top of the clothes crap" Sam said smiling at her as her tongue came out and touched her top lip as she smiled back
"I long for you every night just to kiss your sweet lips hold you ever so tight" she sang in his ear making him smile
"That is why all the boys in town follow you all around just like me they long to be close to you" he sang back "I can sing that to you again now because we're not just friends any more" he laughed
"Sam, Puck" D'marco shouted over the mic making them both look to the stage "Mercedes" he added afterwards
"What does he want?" Puck asked Sam who shrugged his shoulders as Mercy grabbed his hand to make their way up
"R&B time and I got you two a spot only like half an hour but it's a spot go for it" D'marco said "There's a dub plate on Sigala's tune here Mercedes thought you could help them out and do your special mix on that " he said smiling "Sam tells me you were Diva in another life"
"I'm still Diva D'marco just got lost for a while" she said smiling
So Puck and Sam followed D'marco's lead and watched him on the mixers and stuff for fifteen before attempting to take the system on "People we have some DJ's from Foreign come to show us how it's done in their part of the world take your time with them" D'marco announced over the mic as Puck and Sam took over and played some tunes providing the dance with some mad mixes and everyone was jumping when D'marco handed them the mix track to 'Say you Do' by Sigala ft. Imani, DJ Fresh Mercy called the family on stage, after setting up the mix Sam looked at Mercy
"Ready" Mercy asked him
"I'm ready" he said smiling at her
Puck started chatting on the mic as Sam mixed the music in and when Mercy started singing her version of the song the crowd went wild as Mercy took the stage and met Sam's mixing beat for beat it was electric. The family joined in on the chorus' and were jumping around the stage having a good time stopping only to sing in parts. Mercy finished the song and went to Sam and kissed him "I'm getting married" she shouted to the crowd pointing at Sam as everyone cheered on. The party finished for them shortly after that, they'd been on their feet for over 11 hours and everyone was ready for sleep. The minibus took everyone to the hotel as Sam and Mercy went to her house in her car after saying goodnight to them all.
Later that Night
"Mercedes" Petra whispered down the phone after midnight "Is he there?" she asked
"Who Sam?"
"Yes" she whispered back
"Yes he is why?" Mercedes whispered back to her
"You know he's the face of Treasure Trailz?" she asked "Married to that crack head bitch Darling"
"He was the face of Treasure Trailz, and he was mine just before she got him"
"So what he left you for her and now you taking him back?" Petra asked sounding upset
"No I left him and then he went out with her" Mercy corrected
"You left him and now him running you down" she said still almost whispering
"It's called love my girl, you know same as you and D'marco" Mercy smiled at the thought
"So he really loves you then?"
"Yes Petra we've always loved each other" Mercy said giggling "Now I got to go I got some business to take care of and, girl it's your a newly wed handle your business" she finished
"He's fixing your business you mean"
"I think I'm going to fix his actually" she said laughing as she put the phone down as he walked back into the room
Sam and Mercy had played around the sex thing all evening, him being cautious not wanting to push things, and her being nervous as hell, both knowing they needed to be back in their place. Mercy sat in the bathroom thinking how excited she was about the new situation and decided she had to be the one to get this relationship back on track, she knocked it off, she smiled as the idea to act out a song came into her head, that would definitely let Sam know for sure where they were going with this, she opened the door and reached out to put her phone in it's pod pressing replay and pressed play, the music starting getting Sam's attention as 'Giving Myself' by Jennifer Hudson sang out, she saw him smile
She'd got out the bath soaking wet with just a towel round her, walked into the bedroom, stood at the bedroom mirror and let the towel fall to the floor looked at him seductively walked back towards him and started singing 'Make me feel so beautiful and sexy' in front of him slowly putting her baby doll nightwear on as he lay on her bed watching her move around the room, sneak peaking looks every now and again, giggling, smiling, laughing, bending to flash herself at him as she put her matching nonsensical piece of underwear on, playing with her nipples as she eased them into her Barbie top and looking at him smiling while showing him the pleasure she was getting from that touch. She knew he wanted to make his move but something was holding him back she needed to go harder, she put on her highest heels, put on her baby doll dressing robe and went all out on the erotic dancing for him for a while before going to him and starting to undress him as part of the act. Sam had started playing the game the minute she walked out the bathroom but this was her thing, he was letting her have it and fuck he needed to see it, he couldn't stop grabbing for her when she finally got to him, she kept moving out of his grasp, but eventually he sat up on the bed so he could reach her and finally grabbed for her and caught her "You know I'm going to take all that off now" he said pulling her in
"I'm giving myself over to you body and soul" she sang with the song as her eyes told him all he needed to know
"You know your mine right?"
"Every part of me" she replied as his lips found hers, there was no control, no directions, no holds barred Sam and Mercy went back to their place, smiling, talking, remembering, kissing, tasting, feeling, exploding and laughing through the night.
"God, I'm gonna wear you out Mercy I so missed you, sorry but you're not getting an inch from me until I leave" he said going back for the fifth time, she didn't object, she needed him inside her just as much
Soon it was the day before the end of their week long holiday and Sam had to return home with his family, Mercy had her house, music contract and friends to sort out so she would be in Jamaica for at least another month before she could join him in America. Sam wasn't happy about the separation thing but, after a talking to from his Dad and Mercy he agreed to do the time just this once. Mercy's contract was finished in six months and then she would be in America full time but until then they would commute because Sam wouldn't agree to more than two weeks apart after the first month and no one could shift him on that.
They spent almost every day and night in bed "I plan on leaving here with me firmly in your head, heart and body" he shouted through the bathroom door laughing as Mercy soaked in a hot bath trying to get the soreness soothed
"You know I'm bleeding now" she shouted back making him open the bathroom door
"What, Seriously?" he asked concerned
"Yes babe, and I don't get your logic I'm yours anyway"
"Lucky I'm home tomorrow" he said smiling as he put his phone in the pod to play 'Anyway' by Chris Brown & Tayla Parx
Mercy came out the bathroom smiling at his song choice as Sam came walking towards her "No Sam" she said holding the towel against her body "I'm really bleeding" she warned
"I'm not going to hurt you babe, I'm going to put this cream on for you" he said holding some Egyptian Magic skin cream for treatment as he put her to lay down and applied the cream "Does that help?" he asked still looking at the affected area
"Yeah it does thanks babe" she said attempting to get up
"Lay still" he instructed making her fall back on her back to resume her position, as he started brushing her button long strokes at first which got shorter and faster as Mercy started moving to his command
"Babe" she said as she heightened in arousal
"Does that hurt?" he asked
"No" she said a few seconds later it was clearly visible that she was almost at peak as he sat watching her every movement and expression smiling at the familiar noises and actions his woman was making and comfortable in the knowledge that he could still do that for her to the same degree as 9 years ago, all he needed to hear now was that infinite word to let him know this was all about him
"Sammy" she said as she brought her head up off the bed to look at him for that split second before her body became uncontrollable as she fully showed herself to him "Oh my God" she said as she came down from her high "Sam how the fuck do you do that?" she asked giggling at the last word
"It's true then" he looked up saying
"What?"
"You've given yourself over to me" he smiled
"Old news Evans" she said flopping back on the bed as he came up to see her "I guess the message from that is, there's alternatives" she laughed
"Yep" he said smugly
The following day they went back to the hotel to spend the day with the family, they done some water sports after breakfast, went on a short boat trip in the afternoon and had a beach sing fest late evening before everyone went to their rooms to do last minute packing. Mercy went round saying her goodbyes and having her cries and dealing with Sam and her lust finally meeting up again at 9pm with just an hour to go before the transport came to pick everyone up. Some of Breanna's family turned up to say bye as well as D'marco and Petra and again that was emotional outbursts, stopping just as the transport pulled up. Everyone kissed, hugged and cried again before they got on and checked their bags and cases then soon they were on their way to the airport
"They're not really going to let me in Sam so I'll say bye on the car park" she said feeling his grip get tighter "Sam we agreed you're going to have to let me go" she whispered to him with a kiss
"Promise me you're coming back to me?"
"I promise Sam I'm coming back for you" she said looking up at him and giving him a kiss "I love you"
"I love you too" he said letting her go as the others grabbed her to say a final goodbye while he stood watching, finally there was just the two of them standing there, she reached out for him this time
"Wait for me babe" she said kissing him deep
"Forever" he said when she finally let him up and let him go
"Sam come on we're going to miss the flight" his Dad shouted back at him
"Call me" Mercy shouted after him as he left, he lifted his hand to acknowledge her request, he couldn't turn back he'd never leave
The month was difficult to say the least but, eventually it was nearing its end and Mercy had a two week break before recording her last album with Starlight Records, she'd demo'ed more than half the songs already, taking some old songs she'd written when she was thinking about Sam out her back pocket for her producer, who'd snapped them up, she didn't mind it was the last album she'd be doing in this genre. So she'd called Sam, told him her arrival times finally and was standing in the airport making the journey back to America to see the man of her dreams.
Sam was more than excited he'd taken the two weeks off work and his time was totally devoted to Mercy with a planned weekend in NYC for some GF time, he'd booked a hotel so they could maybe spend some night's there but definitely some days hidden away from everyone. He was back in Mercy mode and he loved it, everyone could see he loved it, his focus was back he was carrying his guitar around a lot more and the sparkle was back in his eyes.
"Hi Babe" he said as she walked through check out and straight into his arms like a missing puppy
"Hi, I missed you" she said a she pulled away enough to reach up for his lips and stayed there until they were both satisfied
"Okay" Sam said "From the off I've booked us a hotel room, I know you and we're going there now" he said grabbing her case with one hand and her hand with the other. They booked in and Sam just about waited for them to get in the room door before he was all over her, she didn't mind she was making her own moves. About two hours later as they lay wrapped in each other Sam remarked "You want to see everyone else don't you?"
"I do but I'm fine right here just now" she answered smiling back at him with expectation in her eyes "And" she said putting her finger in her mouth suggestively "I'm not sore yet" she smiled as Sam grabbed her finger sucked it himself before going back in. When she woke up two hours had passed and Sam wasn't in bed
"Sam" she shouted sitting up in bed "Sam" she shouted again when she got no answer, looking around the room wondering if she should panic or not, getting up to look through the door into the corridor when she noticed his clothes on the chair and suddenly heard the noise of water falling in the bathroom. Opening the bathroom door she stood in the frame watching him in the shower smiling, he was still as fit as he was when they were 19 and really going at it like rabbits, it had taken some time but he had finally chosen her and she had stopped long enough to know this man standing in the shower right now was all she ever wanted, needed and loved in a man. "Hey" she finally said making Sam spin round
"Hey, come in it's been a while" he smiled
"What are you telling me that's your favourite wet place?" she said stepping in with her knickers on
"Definitely not but, what I will say" he said turning her so she was under the shower "Is that my favourite wet place is getting wet and ready for me right now" he said opening her legs for the water to flow freely down her body "Does that feel like my fingers?" he asked as he removed her underwear
"No" Mercy said falling into him "But it does feel"
"Does that feel like my…"
"God yes" she said as they got going for it again
"We need to eat" Sam said when they finally left the shower and returned to the bedroom
"You taking me home to meet your Mom?" she asked laughing
"Yeah let's see who has the best poker face" he said laughing as they got dressed ready to leave "Leave some underwear and clothes here I don't want them knowing every time we decide to make out or anything else" he said through this laugh as they made ready to leave the hotel room
"Yes Sir" she said smiling at him, doing exactly that before they actually left for the ranch
Mercy hadn't been to the ranch for years, she had her own bedroom there, her own horse and Mom Evans made the best pumpkin pie she remembered as they took the long drive back "What's up?" Sam asked a rather quiet Mercy
"Memories" she said smiling as she rested her head on his shoulder "I was remembering Diamond, Pumpkin pie and that Whitney poster in that bedroom that used to be mine" she laughed sadly
"I don't mean to burst your memory bubble but, Diamond is still yours, the poster is in my room now and Mom still makes the best pumpkin pie" he said smiling back at her
"Oh" she smiled "But Diamond wouldn't know me now" she said deflated
"We'll see" Sam said kissing her forehead as they waited at the lights and 40 minutes later they were standing at the front door of that second home Mercy hadn't seen in a while, newly painted but on the outside nothing else seemed to have changed, trees, fountain, roses and even cars looked the same, except there was a very expensive looking Porsche sitting with the other cars too.
"Who's car?" she asked as Sam swung round to have a look
"Stevie's" he said "Flashy don't you think?" he asked
"Very" she said as she grabbed his hand to enter the house
"We're here" Sam shouted as they headed to the kitchen to everyone else coming towards them, as was usual when Mercy was in the midst of them the family enjoyed their time together. Surprisingly Diamond remembered Mercy and Sam promised he'd take her out the following morning if she didn't get a good enough ride that night, Mercy mumbled something about bones between her legs and Sam was ready to go to the hotel again "Just popping out" he said to everyone as Mercy looked on smiling
"Am I coming?" she asked still smiling
"You are" he said grabbing her hand
"Bro" Stevie shouted stopping him in his tracks "I'm really glad you two found each other again, I love you both"
"Aarrrhh" Mercy said losing Sam's hand to go kiss Stevie which in turn ended up everyone kissing everyone again "And I can see you guys were made for each other too" she looked at Brea saying before kissing her "I love you both"
"Babe" Sam said getting Mercy's attention "Popping out" he reminded her
"I love my new family" Brea smiled as she watched them leave, Stevie hugging her in smiling too
So the days and the nights went by and Sam and Mercy were looking around for houses, jobs, studios and a recording contract in preparation for their new life together. Then it was the weekend and time for them to hop over to NYC to visit the family "Mercy you know Charlie lives over there and I haven't seen her since I left but, if she knows you're around she might just turn up and I'm sorry about that if it happens" he said as the flight landed
"The past" Mercy said brushing it off
Everyone that could be there was at Kurt's house when they got there, Rachel, Quinn, Santana, Tina and Sugar in the kitchen while Blaine, Kurt, Artie and Jessie were in the den. After saying hi to everyone Sam went to see the guys while Mercy stayed with the girls and Kurt
"So Sam I am is happy again?" Jessie asked
"Very" he smiled as he threw himself down on the couch "Inside I'll never be any happier than I am right now"
"Charlie came round yesterday looking for you, said she's been trying to contact you and your not picking up her calls" Blaine told him
"She'll get it soon, I've so done with her, a part of my life best forgotten" he laughed
"But she said sh..."
That's enough of that come on lets go see what the girls are doing" Sam jumped up saying
"Suddenly you're interested in what the girls are doing?" Artie asked
"Well my girl to be specific" he laughed walking out the door with the others following
Meanwhile Mercy was in the kitchen being interrogated too "So" Kurt said "You Lady, were with fit as fuck D'marco and left him for?" he asked
"Fit as fuck and nasty as hell D'marco who got calmed down by Petra" she laughed "He grew into that nice guy and I'd like to think I had something to do with that" she said thinking about it "We were together for about 6 months tops, I was in love with someone else"
"Yea, and why Sam?" Quinn asked
"You need to stop with this obsession with my man Quinny" she laughed "Sam is just fine, we're making plans" she said
"I loved your songs at the wedding Mercedes" Rachel said "That genre really suited you"
"I'm not sticking with it I'm trying to get back into mainstream so I can be here full time" she said "with Sam I mean" she confirmed
"Let's hear some of that lover's rock" Tina suggested
"Yeah Mercy let's hear a song" Sam said as he came walking through into the kitchen with the guys behind him
"I'm definitely over that barrel, I've got to now haven't I, now you've asked?" she asked going towards Sam for a hug "Oh the perfect song let me see if I have it on my phone" she added checking her phone and smiling after a short while "Have you got a pod?" she asked Kurt as he pointed in the direction of it. "I'm thinking of doing a remix of this but the original smashes it so I'm going to try and sing Miss Tajah's song" she announced as she made her way to the pod "These classics are making a comeback"
"Who?" Quinn asked
"Paulette Tajah's 'Cos You Love Me Baby" she said looking at Sam smiling as the music started and she made a B-line to get back to him to sing her heart out
"Wow Mercedes that was Wow" Jessie said as everyone else stood around clapping
"God I really missed you Merc" Artie said wheeling towards her for a hug
"That missing piece of our jigsaw is back" Santana said genuinely happy
There was a weekend of music, singing, dancing, drinking, sex and eating maybe not in that order but they all happened and too soon it was time to get back. They landed back on Monday morning and as they stepped off the plane Sam got a call from the school he was temping at, to attend a meeting "I can only imagine it's about the permanent post Mercy I need to go see, do you want to come or get a taxi back to the ranch?" he asked
"I'll get a taxi back, it's just not a good look is it to be on your arm" she said laughing
"I suppose not" he said flatly "I'll be straight back" he said as he remembered the situation at hand, making sure her luggage was in his car and she was in a taxi with destination given before he drove off to the school
Back Home
"Mercy" Sam shouted as he burst through the door and headed towards the kitchen "I got the job full ti…." He tapered off as he walked in to see four pairs of eyes looking at him "What's uppp…" he tapered off again when he recognised Sunshine sitting at the table "Sunshine" he said surprised "What are you doing here?" he asked "How did you know where I lived?" he asked suddenly realising he was talking too fast for her "Why here?" he asked as she got up to greet him exposing a rather large baby bump "Wow you having baby" he said making the baby gestures for her to understand
"Yes" she said smiling "This one yours" she said
"No" Sam said still doing the hand motions
"Not this" she said pointing to her belly "This one" she said pointing to something behind her
Sam looked at Mercy, then his Mom before looking at what Sunshine was pointing at praying she wasn't pointing to a child "We were too careful for baby Sunshine" he said trying to make her understand "Sunshine no not me" he said doing the actions, looking to Mercy for help, Mercy just got up and walked away "Hold on" he signalled to Sunshine as he went after Mercy
"Mercy this is one big misunderstanding, I'll get to the bottom of it please just bear with me" he almost begged
"I'll be in my room Sam but, if they stay here tonight I won't be, in fact I'm going to the hotel" she said walking away from him
"Mercy please don't walk away from me, I'll sort this out"
"What do you want me to do Sam? I'm not going to stop you from seeing your child, and I'm not going to put up with some other woman having a hold on you I can't live like that, you know with us it's all or nothing and right now I need to think, I need a plan B" she said walking up to him "All I know right now is that I love you so much I'm dying inside already at the prospect of having to live without you" she said kissing him before walking away "Can I use your car?" she asked
"Yes" was all he could say as he watched her walk away "This is not the end" he told himself as he walked back towards the kitchen to find out exactly what fucking Sunshine was playing at
"What is all this?" he asked Sunshine pointing to the child and her as he stood quite angry for the exchange Mercy and he had just had
"That slut wife you don't need I rid" she said as his face filled with thunder
"What?" he asked
"Slut wife no need bad very bad, drugs" Sunshine said
"Whose baby is that?" he asked
"Husbands baby, you know" she said smiling
"Why did you tell Mercy she was mine?" he asked with hand gestures
"Slut wife" Sunshine replied "Look like Missy Monte nice look but nasty yes"
"No Mercy not slut wife, she new wife soon" Sam said laughing "Well was" he added as he came back down to earth "Okay" Mom can you sort her out a hotel room for the night please?" he asked his mother while turning back to speak to Sunshine "Where is your husband" he asked
"Coming tomorrow" she said nodding "I come to say thank you for money to family"
"No need Sunshine we were happy to help" Sam's Dad said crossing the table to get to his wife for a hug relieved Sam wasn't in trouble
"In her own name Mom not ours" he added "And can you take care of this I need to speak to Mercy" he said backing out of the room "Dad can I use your car?" he asked as he grabbed his coat
"Go ahead" his Dad shouted shaking his head as Sam grabbed the keys off the side
Sam drove all the way to the hotel without breathing 'this shit was so like the in her face stuff with Charlie it was almost as if it had been Charlie standing there, just like this someone he'd been with had popped up, okay he'd only kissed Charlie up to that point but Mercy didn't know that, he knew it was because Charlie came all up in her face at that concert why she had finally left America and here he was creating the same environment again' "She's gonna walk" he said to himself as he pulled up outside the hotel 'she never listens to reason she sees what she thinks she sees and that's it, no changing her mind' he got out the car slamming the door before he remembered it was his Dad's car and looked back for damage. He got in the lift with a heavy heart for all the talking he would have to do right now because of that stupid bitch
He stood outside the room door and phoned Mercy, surprisingly she answered the phone to him "Babe will you come out here, this is not what that space is for" he asked
"Out where?" she asked
"Outside the door babe" he replied as the door opened and Sam slid down the wall to sit on the floor "Babe" he said holding his hand out for her to grab hold of which she did as he pulled her down to sit with him "Sunshine has a husband who is the father of her children, apparently she thought you were Charlie the nasty wife and she was supposedly helping me to get rid of you" he said before looking at Mercy "Her husband is coming in tomorrow and she's at mine to thank the family for the financial support we gave her while I was out there apparently that's how they've afforded to get here"
"Sam I love you, I couldn't leave even if I wanted to" she said as she curled into him "I've so fallen for you and even time has proved it to me let alone God" she smiled "I was thinking what to say to make you stay, you know choose me, and I came up with this" she said as she started singing 'Fall for you' by Leela James
"Fall For You"
Here we are, together and everything between us is good I'm right here in this cloud, baby
Ready to fly but before I take another step
Would you catch me if I fall for you? cause I'm falling I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm so used to standing so used to being on my own but this thing is new, baby
It feels like I'm losing control I'll take another step
If you catch me when I fall for you cause I'm falling I'm falling, I'm falling
Will you promise to be there? Stay by my side always? Whenever I need you don't let me down, no, no
If I give you my all, don't let me fall would you do that for me, hold me? Will you love, will you love me?
My heart is ready for love and to be loved and I chose you, baby
That's the one thing I'm sure of so I will take this one last step
So catch me, I'm falling for you I'm falling I'm falling, I'm falling
I'm falling I'm falling, I'm falling I'm falling I'm falling, I'm falling I'm falling I'm falling, I'm falling
"Babe" he said hugging her in when she finished "I love you like that too, nothing is going to break us up"
"And before you say it I didn't walk out on you Sam I left you to deal with that, it brought back that night at the awards for me and I just needed to block it out because I refuse to let anything ruin this for us, for me that just then; didn't happen" she said before she looked at him "Truth?" she asked as he nodded "I was making plans to grab your baby and run all three of us because we couldn't live without her but I didn't want Sunshine involved at all" she smiled "I thought about changing her name and I was just thinking how we were going to get her a new passport when you…" she stopped noticing that Sam could no longer contain himself for how hard he was laughing
"You were planning a kidnapping?" he asked laughing out loud
"Stop laughing at me, yes I was" she said digging him in the ribs as she started laughing too
"So your serious about this together thing then?"
"Yeah, I asked you didn't I?"
"I guess so, you did put yourself all out there didn't you and I grabbed you remember?"
"I remember"
"Mercy can I ask you one thing?" Sam asked jumping up to kneel in front of her "Please can you not run away from me ever again, it makes me spin babe seriously spin"
"I promise I won't run" she said leaning in for a kiss "But I didn't run this time babe, I told you where I was that's not running" she said smiling at him as he pressed her head up against the wall with his kiss this time "Can we go in now?" she asked looking up at the door
"We can, we will, we must" he laughed looking down at himself
"You've never had full control of that thing have you?" she laughed getting up
"Not around you no and it's a thing now is it?" he asked raising his eyebrow
"Re-phrase" she said opening the door "You've never had full control of that body of yours since I possessed it have you"
"That" Sam said kissing her "Is the correct question" as they got lost in themselves again for a few hours "God I could live here" he announced once they'd laid down all sweaty and exhausted
He heard his phone ping, on picking it up he had a message from his Mom 'Sunshine's gone' he read "She's gone will you come back home now" he laughed "And before you ask she's taken the children with her so no passports needed" he smiled to a slap from Mercy making him laugh more
"Talking about messages" she said grabbing for her phone and passing it to him "Check that last text on there" she said getting up and going in the direction of the bathroom
"Mercy" he shouted while he read the text "Mercy" still no response, as he got off the bed and went to the bathroom door hesitating for only seconds before he opened it "Mercy, I know you can hear me" he said looking at her "We agreed no more than two weeks" he said
"It's my last ever Sam and never again, for Ragga anyway" she said calmly
"No" he said "You promised"
"Sam" she said looking at him to see if he was serious "This is work"
"Okay, I'm coming with you" he forced out
"No" she replied "It's not your thing, you don't like the music and you won't like me up on stage doing what I do so no"
"What are you going to do I watched you at Sun Fest I was fine"
"You were fine because you didn't know where we stood and, technically we weren't together"
"Mercy I really don't want to pull rank here but, I'm coming or it's not happening and that's the deal"
"And you don't want to pull rank?" she asked "I didn't know we had issues"
"Issues like?"
"Intimacy, Honesty, Commitment, You, Me"
"Us" Sam said smiling "You think you're Beyoncé now and you're not a fucking boy believe me" he laughed "Seriously Mercy I don't want you to do it but the compromise is, I go with you fuck the job"
"No we don't have issues babe but; I'm going Diva here, sorry I'm going you're not and you better be working when I get back and this" she said waving her finger between them "Conversation is over" she said sitting down in front of him staring in his eyes until he looked sad at her
"You win" he said
"I'm damn good" she said "five seconds more and you'd have won that" doing a fist punch in the air making him laugh
"We have to go back home" he said "They're going to know we have somewhere" he laughed pulling her back out the bathroom and to bed
"So home is this bed and it's the sheets that are going to know we have somewhere?" she asked as Sam looked ready to get some serious sleep
"What babe?" he asked sleepily "Can we do this in a bit?" he asked no longer able to concentrate on anything for his want of sleep, Mercy lay down and let him sleep, falling asleep herself not long after him