''Sam I'm pregnant''….. Rewind,cause that's what Sam was thinking in his head! Sam sat there on his bed across from Mercedes a blink stare on his face. He didn't utter one word. ''Sammy?!'' Mercedes snapped her fingers in his face. ''Sammy are you okay?!'' ''Um''…. ''You're peg''… ''You're pregnant.'' Sam finally let it sink in. ''I'm going to be a father.'' He said to himself. ''Mercy?!'' ''Is,is the baby mines?!'' And,that's when he fucked up. ''You fucking ass!'' ''Who's else baby would it be for,Sam?!'' Mercedes was mad. She got up to leave the bedroom. But,Sam pulled her close to his chest. And,hugged her. She didn't fight him. ''Mercedes,I love you.'' Sam said holding her in his arms. ''And,I love this life growing inside you.'' ''I want to be with you for the rest of my life.'' ''And,I'm 100% ready to be a father and take responsibility.'' ''Yes,we are both young.'' ''But,I will prove to you that I've matured and I'm a real man.'' ''And,not the boy who broke your heart!'' Sam told Mercedes while looking her in the eyes. He let go of Mercedes. Grabbed her hands and walked her to the bed. They laid in the bed in silence. Sam grabbed Mercedes waist and pulled her closer to him. He intertwined Mercedes hands with his. Sam then lifted up Mercedes shirt above her stomach and rubbed his hands in little circles on her stomach. He leaned over and kissed Mercedes passionately and rested his head on her shoulder. Whispering in her ear. ''I love you,Mercy.'' Mercedes whispered back. ''I love you too,Sammy.'' They held each other all night long.
The next morning Sam woke Mercedes up with kisses all over her face & body. ''Baby,wake up.'' Sam said. While on top of her. He kissed her bare stomach. ''How's my baby doing in there?!'' He said talking to Mercedes stomach. ''Boy,you're crazy?!'' ''Well I sure am.'' ''Crazy about you and my baby!'' Sam told Mercedes kissing her on the lips. ''Sammy,you're soo gross.'' ''I've not even brush my teeth or wash my face yet.'' ''And,you still kiss me every morning.'' ''Mercedes,I don't care about morning breath or clean faces.'' ''I will kiss you every morning,cause I love you!'' Sam,smirked turning around with breakfast in his hand. ''Oh,no!'' Mercedes said putting her hands over her mouth. That's all Sam heard.
Because,Mercedes had jumped off the bed in a quick hurry. Making a dash for the bathroom. She shut the door behind her and locked it. Mercedes hunched over the toilet and began throwing up. Sam was confused at first. He had no ideal what was going on with Mercedes. Until he heard her vomiting. He didn't like that sound. Sam hated Mercedes being in pain and if he could take it away he would in a second! Sam got up to go in the bathroom. But,Mercedes locked the door. She locked it on purpose she didn't want Sam to see her like this. ''Mercy,baby can you open the door for me?!''?! ''Please.'' ''I just want to help,you.'' Sam said from the other side of the door. ''No,Sam.'' ''I'm sick.'' ''And,I don't won't you to see me like this.'' Mercedes barely got those words out,cause she started throwing up again. Sam couldn't take it,anymore. So he grabbed the key to his bathroom and unlocked the door. Mercedes was shocked when the bathroom door opened. ''Sam!'' She screamed at him. He ignored her. She continued to throw up. Sam got on his knees and rubbed Mercedes back. ''Baby,it's going to be okay.'' ''I'm going to take care of you.''
Sam had no ideal that the smell of certain foods made Mercedes react like that. ''Lesson learned.'' He said to himself. He was now downstairs in his kitchen looking for something Mercedes could eat that wouldn't make her throw her guts up. He found some low fat yogurt,fruit slices, raison bread and he grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge. ''I hope this stays down and she doesn't throw it up.'' Sam said aloud walking back up stairs to his bedroom. Mercedes was curdled up in the bed holding her stomach. Sam heart hurted for her. He walked up to her side of the bed. ''Mercy,babe I brought you some more food this is less greasy.'' ''Sam,I'm not hungry.'' Mercedes told him in a soft voice. He knew something was wrong,cause Mercedes only talked in a soft voice like that when she wasn't feeling well. Sam touched her forehead and she was burning up! ''Baby,you're hot.'' ''And,not and a good way.'' Sam told her. ''Baby,you're burning up with a fever.'' Sam got to thinking fast. ''Mercy,I'm going to have to take all you're clothes off.'' Mercedes was soo out of it she didn't hear a thing Sam was saying to her. He began taking her shirt off,then he unbuckled her belt. Next he unbuttoned her jeans pulling them off. Mercedes was now in her underwear laying on the bed. Sam left her there and went to the bathroom and got a face towel. But,he had to also go back in his kitchen in fill up a round bowl with ice,water. Sam walked back to his room and Mercedes hadn't moved one bit. Sam was nervous,scared. His love was not talking,moving, laughing, smiling. She was now sick,fevered,vomiting stricken. Sam took a deep breath and walked back over to Mercedes. He could hear her breathing shallowed,soft breaths. Sam didn't like sound of that at all! He grabbed the towel off the bed were he left it and dropped it in the bowl of ice,water. Sam sat the bowl on the night stand on the side of the bed Mercedes was laying at. He then grabbed Mercedes body and put her between his legs. Mercedes felt like dead weight. ''This is not a good sign!'' Sam thought.
Sam grabbed the bowl off the night stand wrung the wet cold towel out and pressed it against Mercedes head. Mercedes began to move a little. ''Sammy,stop that's freezing cold!'' Mercedes whispered in a low voice. ''Babe.'' ''You have a bad fever I can't stop.'' ''Your head is burning up hot and the rest of your body is too!'' ''Sammy.'' Mercedes began to whine in pain. ''Mercy,it's going to be okay.'' Sam told her kissing her on the side of her face. Sam continued to put the towel in the ice filled cold water bowl. Then re-applied it to her head and all over her body. Mercedes began to shake in Sam arms. Sam was straddled at Mercedes body shaking like that. ''Mercy!'' Sam screamed at her she didn't respond. Sam was scared now. He picked her up. And,put her in one of his bigger shirts. ''Mercy,I'm going to take you to the hospital,okay.'' Sam whispered in Mercedes ear she didn't respond. Sam started to cry holding Mercedes in his arms. He carried her down the stares. Enter his garage. Sam took his ''SUV.'' Because,he needed room to lay Mercedes down in the back seat. Sam carefully laid Mercedes down in his back seat of his car. Shut the door and ran around to the drivers seat. Opened his door jumped in and started the car up. Sam pulled out his drive way in a fast in hurry knocking down his neighbors trash cans in the process. Sam could careless they only thing on his mind was getting Mercedes to the hospital. The whole time Sam was speeding breaking the lights. He kept saying. ''Mercy,is going to be fine and our baby will too!'' Sam made it to the hospital and jump out the car ran the the side where Mercedes was lying opened the door and picked her up. He carried her into the hospital walking as fast as he could. ''Help!'' ''I need help!'' ''Somebody,Anybody!'' ''My,my girlfriend & baby is sick!''
''Okay,Sr.'' A nurse came running to him. ''Hey,we need a stretcher now!'' She ordered. A group of nurses came with a stretcher. And,Sam laid Mercedes lifeless body down on the stretcher. The nurses then took Mercedes to a room. ''Hey,where are they taking her?!'' Sam asked the nurse at the front desk.''Sr. they are taking her to a waiting room so a doctor can attend to her.'' The nurse answered Sam. ''Sr.,I need you to fill out some papers.'' ''Then you can go be with your girlfriend,okay.'' The nurse then handed Sam a clipboard. He filled out the papers the best he could. And,handed it back to the nurse. ''Okay.'' ''Follow me.'' ''Sam.'' ''Sam Evans.'' The nurse call his name. Sam entered the elevator with the nurse. He was a nervous wreck. The nurse noticed it. And,grabbed Sam's hands. ''Sam she will be fine we will take care of her.'' She gave him a smile and returned to reading the clip board with Mercedes information on it. ''It says here she was vomiting uncontrollably,and had a severe fever.'' The nurse read what Sam wrote down for Mercedes symptoms. ''Yes,Mercy.'' ''Was throwing up and her fever just wouldn't go down I tried to help her by cooling her body down with a ice cold towel.'' ''But,it barely helped her.'' Sam told the nurse in a sad voice. ''Well,Sam you did a great job thinking of something to help your girl & baby out.'' ''Oh,she's about a month and a couple of weeks pregnant.'' The nurse said to Sam. ''Yes,she is.'' Sam answered the nurse as the elevator doors opened. They walked out down the hall and turned the corner. ''Well,Sam here's Mercedes room.'' ''You can go in the doctor will be in there shortly.'' The nurse smiled at Sam and walked away. Sam took a deep breath and opened Mercedes hospital door.
Mercedes was in a deep sleep with a ''IV'' fluid bag in her hand hanging over the bed. Sam started to cry. He walked over to Mercedes and touched her hand where the doctors had stuck the fluid line in her hand. He gently rubbed his thumb over the white clear tape holding down the wire which the fluids ran thru into her veins. He then bent over and kissed her on the lips. And,Mercedes didn't budge one bit. Sam was sadden seeing Mercedes like this. She had no life at all. ''This isn't the Mercy I know.'' Sam said looking at Mercedes from the bed. ''Mercedes you come back now.'' ''I want to see that big gorgeous smile,here that beautiful voice & that contagious laugh.'' Sam grabbed the chair next to the wall and sat by Mercedes side. Holding her hand crying. ''I'm,sorry baby.'' ''I know I hurt you,but you can't leave me not like this!'' Sam sobbed. The doctor walked in. ''Um….Mr. Evans?!'' ''Hello,I'm Dr. Carl.'' Sam wiped his eyes on his shirt and stood up and shook Carl's hand. ''What's wrong with Mercedes?!'' Sam asked with tears still falling from his eyes. ''Sam,Mercedes has what his known as severe morning sickness.'' ''It's common with new mother's.'' ''I've had her on a ''IV'' running fluids in her body.'' ''That will help her a lot.'' Carl said. ''Sam when did this start?!'' Carl asked Sam. ''It started earlier in the morning.'' ''I woke her up with breakfast and she ran for the bathroom to throw up.'' ''After that things just got worse.'' Sam told the doctor. ''Sam,did Mercedes complain to you about stomach pain or cramps anything like that?'' Sam's head shot up. ''Why,why is everything okay with the baby?!'' ''Yes,Sam.'' ''Everything is fine with the baby I just wanted to know.'' ''Just in case I needed to up the doses on Mercedes,IV.'' ''But,every thing is going fine.'' Carl told Sam. Sam shook Carl's hand again. Carl left the room,but told Sam he would be back in a hour to see how Mercedes was doing.
Sam sat back down next to Mercedes. ''Oh,my!'' Sam thought to himself. ''I need to call her parents.'' But,Sam didn't have their number. And,Mercedes cell was at his house in the bedroom. ''Fuck.'' Sam whispered to himself. He got to thinking Kurt. Yes,Kurt probably has her parents number. Sam dialed Kurt number in his phone. The phone rung. ''Come on Kurt pickup the damn phone!'' Sam spoke into the phone. ''Well,that's no way to speak to a fashion King. ''Is it,Sam?!'' Kurt answered. ''Look,Kurt I'm sorry.'' ''But,Mercy is really sick and I need to get in touch with her parents!'' ''What?!'' ''What happened to Mercedes,Sam.'' Kurt screamed in Sam's ear thru the phone.
Sam rolled his eyes. ''Kurt,look can you please give me Mercy's parents house number or cell anything?!'' ''Please.'' ''Alright,but I will call you back and I want the full info on Mercedes condition.'' ''Alright.'' Sam said promising to tell Kurt everything. Kurt gave Sam,Mercedes parents house phone and Mercedes Mom's cell number. Sam was actually glad Kurt only gave him the house and Mercedes mom's number. Cause,Sam knew Mercedes dad hated him and Mercedes mom would be easier to talk to. So,Sam decided to call Mercedes mom cell phone first. And,she answered. ''Hello.'' Merian Jones answered. Sam cleared his throat. ''Um….hello it's Sam Evans.'' ''Mrs. Jones.'' ''Sam how did you get this my cell number?'' She asked. ''Ms. Jones it's Mer''…. Sam didn't get a chance to finish his sentence. ''What happened to my baby?!'' Merian voice screamed in a panic thru the phone. ''She had a high fever and was vomiting up everywhere.'' Sam told Mercedes mom. ''Okay,Sam is she in a hospital?!'' ''Yes,she is.'' Sam answered. ''Give me the info were she's located her father and I are on our way.'' Merian told Sam. Sam gave her the info and she hung up.
Dr. Carl came by an hour later just like he said he would. Sam was rubbing Mercedes belly with one hand and the other on Mercedes temple. Sam looked up to see Dr. Carl standing at the end of Mercedes bed reading her medical chart the nurse brought in earlier. Sam asked him if something was wrong,cause Carl was making funny faces reading Mercedes chart. ''Well,there's nothing seriously wrong at all.'' Carl answered back to Sam. ''But,something is wrong?!'' Sam asked. ''I'm just reading some records that I had transferred from ''NY Central'' hospital where Mercedes ''OBGYN'' is.'' Carl told Sam looking up at him from reading the clip board. ''And?!''… Sam question Carl.'' ''Everything her doctor has recommended is fine,I just want to change her prenatal vitamins that's all.'' Carl assured Sam to calm his nerves. ''I'll leave you two to get some rest now.'' ''See you guys in a couple of hours Carl said walking out the room.'' Sam blow out a tried breath and rubbed his thumb against Mercedes head. Her fever had gone down,but Sam still could feel it. She was still a little feverish. Sam was starving,but didn't want to leave Mercedes alone in the room by herself. ''Excise me,ma'am.'' Sam walked up to a nurse desk that was stationed outside Mercedes room. ''Yes,she answered?'' ''Um,I wanted to go to the cafeteria down stairs.'' ''But I really don't want to leave my sick pregnant girlfriend alone could you maybe''…. ''Sure.'' The nurse nodded her head. ''Sam.'' ''My name is Sam Evans.'' ''Okay,Sam Evans I'll keep an eye on your girlfriend & baby she smiled at him.'' ''Thank you.'' Sam told her walking back into Mercedes room. ''Okay,babe I'm going to get something to eat he kissed Mercedes on the lips.'' Her eyes were still closed. The meds the doctor put Mercedes on had her in a deep sleep. Sam then kissed Mercedes belly & whispered. ''Please be nice to mommy,cause daddy's kinda hungry okay,I love you.'' Sam walked passed the nurse thanking her again. She nodded back at him again.
Sam sat in the cafeteria eating dinner alone. Then his phone rung. It was kurt. Sam answered. ''Hello.'' Kurt got straight to the point. ''Sam,what the hell is wrong with,Mercy?!'' Kurt demanded. ''She has severe morning sickness.'' ''What morning sickness?!'' ''No!'' Kurt screamed. ''Mercedes is pregnant.'' Kurt said. ''Yes,Kurt.'' ''Mercedes is pregnant with my baby!'' Sam said in a loud and proud tone. ''Kurt I need you to keep this talk between me and you private,please.'' ''We haven't told anyone.'' ''No one knows Mercy is pregnant,not my family and most def not hers.'' ''This can't get out to the media either.'' ''Not until we are ready to tell,okay.'' ''What the hell!'' ''You think I'll go to the media of all people and give them info?!'' ''On one of my best friends are you fucking crazy,Sam?!'' Kurt barked at Sam thru the phone. ''Kurt that's not what I'm saying.'' ''I just want this pregnancy to stay quite,Mercedes don't need anymore stress.'' ''Okay.'' ''Alright call me when she wakes up.'' Kurt hung up the phone. Sam got thru eating and hurried back to Mercedes room. Sam thanked the nurse again and entered Mercedes room. She was still asleep. Sam ran his hand against her checks and kissed her. He laid his head down on Mercedes hospital bed next to her shoulder and drifted off to sleep. Mercedes woke up the next morning she had no ideal where she was. But,got a clue real fast when she raised her hand and saw a ''IV'' stuck in it. She rubbed her stomach and whispered. ''Good morning baby.'' Touching it. She looked down to a sleeping Sam. His face looked soo tired. ''Oh,poor baby.'' She thought to herself while playing with his blonde hair. Sam opened his eyes. Mercedes smiled at him. ''Mercy,you're awake!'' Sam screamed with joy. ''Yes,Sammy I'm awake.'' ''How do you feel,babe?'' Sam asked her. ''I feel a lot better the vomiting stopped,thank god.'' ''Yeah.'' Sam said in a soft voice. ''Sam,it's okay I'm alright.'' Mercedes knew Sam was going crazy inside. Worry was written all over his face.
Tears started to foam in his eyes. Mercedes held him close. Sam wrapped his arms around Mercedes waist as the tears rolled down his face. Merian and Luke Jones walked in on Sam and Mercedes embrace. ''Mom,Dad.'' ''What are you doing here?!'' Mercedes asked surprised. Sam called us. Merian said. ''Babe,I was going to tell you but''….. Sam said to a shocked Mercedes. ''What the hell this loser doing in your room anyway?!'' Luke asked his daughter. ''Mom & Dad.'' ''Sam and I are''…. Mercedes looked at Sam face. ''We're back together & I'm pregnant with his baby.'' Mercedes told her parents. ''And,I'm going to take care of you and our baby!'' Sam smiled at Mercedes grabbing her hands. Mercedes parents face's dropped...
