Temptation
'Don't Tempt Me' by Mic Lowry
Sam
Sam walked into the grand hall, it was a black tie event and of course he'd arrived late as usual, business kept him away a lot of the time but he'd promised he'd turn up for Artie's first box office release and by hook or crook he was going to get there. he expected people but not quite as many as he saw when he opened the rather large doors to take a peek
"Sam" he heard immediately plastering a smile on his face "Great to see you" Sugar walked towards him her arms extended waiting for his hug
"Sugar" he smiled as her arms wrapped around him "How are you?"
"Fine" she tapped his chest telling him "Artie will be so happy to see you"
"It's been a while" he stood looking around the room trying to see who else was there
"So what did Sam Evans end up doing?"
"I finally got around to actually making headway, I just became Assistant Chief in North East area, I'm pretty pleased with myself" he smiled "And you?"
"Working on chain number three" she smiled
"Great, I'm pleased for you" his look genuine for his friend "So how are those babies of yours?"
"Babies" she laughed "So long since I've thought of them as that, they are such... I don't want to swear" she laughed
"I believe the word your looking for is cuties" he laughed
"I guess that's a good label from someone with a trained eye" she laughed
"So where's Artie?" he asked looking around the room, that was dense with people, he knew who he was looking for but he'd never say
"Hard to say" she looked around telling him "So many people"
"I didn't expect this many to be honest"
"I don't think he did either" she laughed "We'll catch up later" she walked off leaving him looking around
"Ryder" Sam smiled his eyes widening, it had been a while and he really hadn't expected to see him "Dude" he grabbed his hand pulling him in for a hug "Great to see you" he smiled pushing him away from him to look at him "Very smart" he laughed noticing Mercy out the side of his eye, his eyebrow raised as he checked her out that black dress she had on sending his blood boiling, that song running through his mind putting a smile on his face 'Uber's outside, girl, we got to go, it's getting kind a cold, don't forget your coat, baby, leave your friends, they ain't got to know, got to know where we gonna, where we gonna go' the lace skirt of it clinging to every curve down her body while her breasts peeped over the top of a very low cut V line, the sleeves off the shoulder. Her hair curled fashionably with a black band around it looking rather sexy, her make up flawless as usual, she stood looking back at him a smile on her face for him as she carried on talking to whoever she was talking to.
"You too" Ryder looked back at him "You still a cop?"
"Yep, but you can stand at ease tonight I'm not on duty" he laughed finally looking back at Ryder "Are you still an actor?"
"That's what they tell me" he laughed "We'll have to catch up later, there are so many numbers here"
"Mingle" Sam smiled looking back over at where he'd seen Mercy to make his way across, but she'd gone, he stood looking for her again, stepping off when he saw a black dress he thought was hers
"Walk straight past then" a voice said as he brushed past them
He looked back to see if they were actually talking to him "Mason" he stepped back grabbing his hand "And Jane" he looked at the familiar girl standing beside him "You guys ended up together then?"
"Yeah we did" Jane smiled at Mason, obviously in love "For all our sins" she laughed
"All our sins" Mason raised his eyebrows at her provocatively
"We'll catch up I just need to..." he walked off still trying to get to Mercy watching as she moved further away from him
Mercy
She'd got to the venue early, even before Artie, that was her thing, she preferred to be too early than to walk into an already buzzing party and have to rush around catching up. she was more lightly to get around everyone if she caught them as they came in rather than running around chasing her tail "Artie" she smiled walking towards him with her hands ready for her hug "Congratulations, I'm so proud of you" she kissed his cheek as she spoke in her ear
"I know, got me a box office movie" he laughed doing a shoulder gig as he spoke "Can you believe this shit?" he flashed his fingers asking
"I can actually you're a genius" she laughed
"And your song on the credits, kicking it for real" he pulled her to him again
"Thanks" she giggled "Still the cool Dude in the wheelchair" she stood up to see Wade walking towards them Artie laughing as the noise went up an octave as the two went into full on Diva greeting
"Girl you are the shit, I love your stuff Miss Thing" Wade flashed his hand at her saying
"Look at you" her eyes focused on his refreshing Dolce & Gabbana look, that only he could have pulled off
"Exquisite I know" he smiled "I dressed Ryder too" he looked around the room telling her "He's around somewhere"
"You and Ryder?" she asked surprised
"Very much Ryder and me" he laughed "Girl you're drooling" he told her for her shocked face
"Sorry I didn't even see that coming"
"You have no Gaydar I'm not even surprised" he hugged her laughing "So Artie" he looked down at him "Congratulations, I wished I could act surprised but I always knew you were destined for bigger things" he grabbed his hand before hugging him
"Thank you" Artie closed his eyes and said modestly, as Mercy looked around the room
She smiled when her eyes fell on Sam across the room, he was just so fucking sexy, she caught her breath at his stubble sitting just right on his face, he looked rough but gentle she stood there and went to a place she had no business going as she imagined them in the middle of the party laying across the couch, filled with coats at the moment, making out his hands running up and down her naked leg as people watched them getting it on. She couldn't see who he was talking to but she was wishing him to leave them and come talk to her with his tongue, she wanted to scream across the room 'Quit fucking with them dudes, they just full of shit, why you wasting time with the foolishness? if you wanna leave and get intimate, into it when we get, when we get home' "Pardon?" she asked looking back at Artie and Wade someone had obviously said something
"The presentation, will you do it?"
"Presentation?" she looked at the two men asking "For?"
"The cast, well Sue, it was just great to get so many of the old crew together, I don't think it should go by without something being said"
"It's your party, and it's Sue, you should say something" she laughed "She won't like what I've got to say"
"But we will, get her back, for all of us" he begged
"I'll think about it" she smiled "Hey there's Lauren" she rushed off to go catch up
Sam & Mercy
Sam stood watching her moving around the room finally settling with Lauren he hadn't seen her yet this was his perfect opportunity, he made his way over to where they stood "Mercy" he touched the naked curve in her back as he called her name
"Sam" Lauren smiled pleased to see him "Great to see you, everyone's turned out, this is great" she hugged him saying
"Lauren lovely to see you, where's Noah?"
"On some front line saving someone I guess, he never tells me anything" she laughed "Apparently I worry too much"
"It's really good to see you and give him my love next time he surfaces" he told her as his attention went to Mercy standing next to him
"I will" Lauren touched his arm telling him, bringing his attention back to the fact that she was standing there "Oh there's Sugar I haven't seen her in God knows how long, excuse me" she stepped off towards Sugar saying "We'll catch up later yeah?"
"Sure" Sam smiled turning to look at Mercy again
"What made you think you could do that?" Mercy asked him
"Do what?" he looked at her confused with her question
"Touch my naked skin like that"
"What, you mean like this" his hand lingered even longer at her dress line that ended just before the bottom of her spine, smiling as he watched her eyes close for a second, she was taking every thing she could from the contact
"Oh I have to go" she suddenly announced stepping off as he stood watching her walking away, his mind wondering what could be more important 'Don't tell me you can't cancel your plans, I'll cook you eggs in the morning, if that's not enough, girl, what do you want? and I'll get it for ya' buzzing in his ear. Minutes later he was watching her on stage talking to the crowd about Artie's movie, how hard he'd fought for it and how deserving it was, his jaw dropping when the presentation took an unexpected turn
"For anyone that knows her Sue Sylvester is the most horrid of people, who gave every pupil in McKinley High hell especially if she felt they had anything about them. I'm surprised Artie even invited her to read the damn script, I know for a fact she slashed the tyres on his wheelchair at least 17 times, she was so much against challenged people, and don't think I forgot about the mayonnaise in my damn hair gel"
she pointed at Sue telling her, at least half the room were laughing, the other half were wondering what the hell was going on
"You really don't deserve to have any success in your life Sue, so I hope this movie is a flop for you and anyone who watches it throws a tomato at your damn face, I'd like to say this was going to be your most successful film Art but with Sue I it... maybe the next one"
There was clapping and wolf whistles as she kissed Artie, even Sue was clapping and actually hugged her as she left the tiny stage, maybe she didn't think Mercy meant any of that Sam thought making him laugh even louder as he slow clapped for Mercy's balls "Finally" he smiled as he watched her walking towards him "Hi" he grinned at her attention
"Could you get me a drink please?" she looked up at him, her smile teasing him, as he watched her hand trailing up his chest wondering how it was alright for her to touch him like that, suddenly her hand moved from his chest and cupped his face, her eyes sparkling there were no words, her thumb brushed itself across his lips almost trying to invade his mouth as it moved. He froze stood in the middle of the room wondering what the hell she was doing, but as quick as he thought it her attention was somewhere else and she was on the move again, he stood yet again watching her walk away before he stepped off to go get her drink
He'd sat on the couch near the bar just watching her work the room as if it was her party, smiling at his thoughts as 'Girl, come over here, chill with me, and drink all of my Hennessy, don't tempt me, baby, don't tempt me' swam round in his head, his mind had her climbing on the table he was sat in front of shaking that booty of hers at him, doing the dirty right there in front of everybody
"Sam" he heard shaking him out of his fantasy just before the crucial event "It's been too long, Daniel misses you" Emma stood in front of him smiling
"Emma" he stood up grabbing hold of her "How are you, it really is lovely to see you"
"I'm fine, we all are, Will's off on one of his expeditions, Daniel's doing fine at school, everything's fine"
"He's going to be as bright as a button with two teachers in the house" he laughed
"You're not wrong" she smiled looking at the couch as she spoke "Can I join you, I feel like a spare part being here without Will"
"Sure" he pointed to the couch holding his hand up to attract attention from the waitress "Two Hennessy on the rocks please and ..." he looked at Emma for her order
"Oh I'll have the same only hold the Hennessy and drop some soda in there" she smiled up at the waitress, they sat talking about anything and everything watching the activities around them and remembering school days, Sam checking the room every now and again to see where Mercy was
Emma was talking but his mind was on Mercy walking towards them, was she teasing him again or was she really going to sit and talk to him this time "Emma" she smiled that wide smile of hers with her arms wide open as Emma jumped up to greet her "It's been a while" she screeched as both women sat down to really catch up
Sam sat watching her get excited about the conversation, smiling at her genuine love for people and her free spirit, it wasn't long before he was zoning in on her lips, watching her hands touch parts of her body he needed to belong to him right now, in his mind they'd moved from the table onto the couch and he was happy with that because he'd got the upper hand, he pictured her laying underneath him her mouth opening and closing as he pleasured her, her eyes looking up at him with lush, need, desire, he moved uncomfortably in his seat
"My drink?" she finally looked past Emma at him asking, he picked it up and handed it to her, his eye piercing into hers begging her to read his mind 'We can lay here on this couch, we'll fuck 'til the sun come back out, don't tempt me, baby, don't tempt me' he looked at the couch, smiling at the grin on her face she couldn't control as she read his mind, quickly returning her attention back to Emma's conversation "So what happened next?" he heard her ask before his mind went back to itself
He'd moved from the couch to the bedroom, his thoughts collecting themselves as he saw her make a move, yet again, watching as she walked over to a guy standing with his back to them, she stepped in front of him and then there was a hug, he felt a pong of jealous at that, she'd hardly said two words to him since he'd arrived. He sat trying to see round the side of this mans back trying to make out who this frame was and how Mercy knew him "Shit, Shane" he gasped when he caught the side view of his face, he wanted to jump up and go over, mark his card or something but he was way too adult to be acting like that, he sat back and watched. He found himself almost trying to lip read the conversation when he decided that was far enough and turned his attention to something else, his eyes falling on all these couples walking around happy, he grabbed his drink and downed it calling for yet another before he put the glass down
She'd been standing talking to Shane for too long, he was so agitated he got up and made his way over to them "There you are" he kissed her cheek as he spoke ready to play this game whatever it was she was playing with him "Shane" he acted surprised as he turned to look at him "Good to see you" he gave him his hand for shaking, watching the smile on Mercy's face because she knew if there was any one person in the world he was irritated by it was Shane for having gone there with her in the past
"Good to see you too Sam" Shane smiled "I was just telling Mercedes about the game we lost the other day"
"Oh yeah, bad luck" Sam told him his mind stuck wondering when Mercy actually got interested in football
"I invited her to our next game" he smiled telling him, it was obvious to Sam this man knew how to press his buttons
"That should be interesting" he looked at Mercy telling him "Anyway" he changed the mood of the conversation saying "If you don't mind, I came to borrow her for a while"
"Sure" Shane told him as Sam guided her away from him
"Can we go dance?" he asked her as she looked up at him, wanting to answer a question she knew he was bursting to ask
"Dance?" she asked
"Yeah this is our song, its been in my head all night" he stood on the dance floor telling her as 'Don't tempt me now, don't tempt me, yeah, baby, don't tempt me, don't tempt me now, don't tempt me, yeah, baby, don't tempt me' rang out making her laugh as he spun her out on the floor and pulled her back in singing along to the song as she rested her head on his chest "What the fuck were you doing with Shane?" there it is she thought smiling
"Sending a message" she lifted her head telling him, before laying her head back down, they danced in silence while he tried to figure that out, she felt his heart beating through his shirt as they moved around the small dance floor "You're hearts racing" she looked up at him worried
"Your pressed up against me wearing that damn dress, looking the way you do and wonder why?"
"You say that like it's something new" she laughed
"You're always new babe, some guys have been getting sticky on your look tonight" he laughed
"Are we going to get there?"
"Where?" he pushed her head gently off his chest asking
"Sticky" she smiled a little smile giving her shy look
"Definitely because you do that to me every damn time" he smiled down at her
"Then that's the only sticky I need" he spun her out laughing
"Hold up, what if I'd have said something different?" he pulled her in asking
"You already told me I was fine, I'd try my luck" she giggled looking around
"Good job my name's luck too" he pulled her in before spinning her out onto the floor
"Don't tempt me" she sung at him
"Baby don't tempt me" he sung back at her, surprised when she grabbed hold of him squeezing tight
"There's nothing I love more than being this close to you" she told him and he knew there was a hint in there, he just had to get it
"Okay" he finally smiled "I get it, if you'd have even given me a chance when I first saw you, that would have been the first thing I'd have said" he laughed
"Stop saying it and do something about it Sam"
"I'm sorry, yet again I was late, I'll take the whole day off next time just to be on time"
"You know how I hate being late and you constantly put that job before everything else"
"I hate when we're fighting"
"So do I, but you know your girl..." she looked up at him
"She fights dirty" they both said rubbing noses 'We'll fuck 'til the sun come back out, don't tempt me, baby, don't tempt me' ringing in their ear as their world fell back into place
"I guess that's our cue Mrs Evans" he laughed
"I guess we wore that damn couch out already, yep it's time for bed" she laughed
"Catch up in the day room" Wade walked past them whispering, grabbing Mercy's hand as she flew off with him, grabbing hold of Sam's jacket to bring him with her as they walked quickly through the dwindling crowd
"Mercedes" Marley shouted as Mercy stood shocked
"Marley" she gasped walking towards her, she looked up at Sam her eyes asking him if he knew about this
"I didn't know" he smiled at her "Nothing to do with me" he held his hands up telling her
Mercedes and Marley had been in a car crash together, two years ago, when they were doing a joint tour, trying to get Marley's career off the ground, she'd always had high hopes for Marley and was pleased when they'd got the opportunity to work together. Mercy had walked away with scratches and a few bruises while Marley had injured her spine and was told she'd never walk again, she'd not actually blamed Mercy, none of them were driving, but she'd envied the fact that Mercy was still walking and she wasn't, that fact told on their relationship over time and eventually Marley blew up at her and demanded she stay out of her life.
"It's great to see you" she stood looking down at her not sure if she'd accept a hug, they hadn't spoken in more than eighteen months
"I wanted to see you, say sorry about how I treated you and thanks"
"Thanks?" Mercy asked looking back at Sam
"I know you pay the bills girl and I know you paid for this chair" her eyes sad "Even though I treated you so badly"
"I understood honestly" Mercy finally touched her arm "And to what I hear that voice is still in tact"
"It is I'm working on something, thanks to you"
"I'm really pleased to hear that" she finally hugged her saying, they stayed hugging for a while, they'd shared a near death experience together
"And Sam" she looked over Mercy's shoulder smiling "As cute as ever, still loving my girl?"
"Very much so" he smiled finally getting a hug in when Mercy let up
Everyone set about catching up, Marley and Mercy not straying very far from each other for the two hours everyone was talking
Sam stood talking to Wade and Ryder about their recent marriage when he looked across the room, feeling eyes on him and smiling when he saw they were Mercy's "Drink" she mouthed watching him excuse himself to go sort that out for her
"Uber's outside, girl, we got to go, it's getting kind a cold, don't forget your coat, baby, leave your friends, they ain't got to know, got to know where we gon' where we gon' go" he sung in her ear as he handed her the drink
"Patience" she smiled at him "Go have fun imagining the things we could do with that pole" she nodded at the Beam across the room
"Fuck" he rolled his eyes laughing "You are crazy"
"Would you still say that if I told you I wanted one in our bedroom?"
"What? you're so wrong" he laughed
"Don't tempt me" she took a sip of her drink looking at him seductively over the glass
The End
