7 Weeks Later
7 weeks in and Mercy had become super groggy and almost impossible to live with "Mine, Babe pass me that book will you" he asked as she was on her way past the coffee table he was pointing at
"What the fuck am I your slave?" she asked picking the book up and throwing it at him
"Mine" he'd started to say but left it alone knowing something was wrong with her. He picked his phone up, made a call to the GP and made an appointment for them for the following day "Babe we're going to see the GP tomorrow morning at 9.15 am okay?" he said calmly
"Why what's wrong with you?" she asked concerned
"I have this wife that's becoming a serious pain in the ass and I need her sorting out" he said without looking up knowing she was going to blow
"Well I'd like to tell him about a seriously full of shit husband that I need sorting out so I guess I'll be there" she said marching off towards the kitchen. He noticed that every time she went in the kitchen she came out angrier and with something to eat her habits were changing too "I'm going to bed and I need to be home" she said walking past him taking the scenic route to the stairs knowing he was going to grab her and carry her upstairs, which he did.
"This is seriously the only time you're happy babe what's going on with you?" he asked as they wrapped up following their night of passion
"If I'm sad I have a problem and if I'm happy I have a problem is there any fucking pleasing you?" she asked
"Babe let's just can this till tomorrow, this swearing thing needs addressing" he said pulling her in
"Addressing, what am I your child, you have no control over my mouth Evans, check yourself" she said flipping round to look at him
"I'm checked Mine, sorry, can we get some sleep now?" he asked not wanting to spend yet another night up trying to make sense of her mood swings and thankfully she turned back around and snuggled into him. He was genuinely worried about her moods which had changed maybe in the past 3 weeks at first he thought it was just a bad time of the month but it just carried on way past her menstruation time and well now he was just as pissed at her attitude as he was concerned about her health.
The next morning they got dressed almost in silence for what usually happens, jumped in the car and went to the surgery, "Mr. & Mrs. Evans" the loud speakers rang out and they got up and went into the doctors room "What can I do for you today?" he asked
"Well" he started "My wife's moods have changed dramatically and I just need her brain scanned to find out what's going on in there" he said, not caring how silly he sounded
"And my husband has overnight become this insensitive ass that needs to take crazy pills" she added, both sitting with screwed up faces and looking at the Doctor who had a smile on his face
"So your mood has changed and, you're not coping with that well" the doctor said for clarification, and they both nodded
"Could you be pregnant Mrs. Evans?" the doctor asked
"I don't know" she replied
"But Mine we have about 30 tests in the house, how could you not have taken one?" he asked her turning to the doctor to say "We're trying to a baby"
"If I'd have taken one you'd have known about it Sam remember what we said?" she asked him
"Yeah together"
"Okay let's rule that out first" he said giving them a test and directing them to the bathroom
As they entered the bathroom Sam said "I can't believe we didn't think of this"
"What are we going to do if I'm pregnant?" she asked
"Start our family" he said taking the stick out and holding it for her to pee on
"Really" she said as he stooped waiting for her to pee
"This is all I can do at this point babe" he said laughing "Let me be useful" he pouted
"It'll be all over your fingers babe" she laughed
"And; there's a lot more you do all over my fingers babe" he smiled
"Hot mess" she said as she started peeing on the stick
"I'm your hot mess" he said as he watched in fascination as she peed on the stick
"So two minutes and we'll know all about your moods, but babe you can't be like this all the pregnancy remember baby picks their temperaments from parents so we need to be careful with swears, moods, tantrums everything" he said "is it two for yes?" he asked he as he dried her off
"I think so" she said waiting nervously for the results
"You want me" he said looking up at her
"Sam please don't touch me like that we're in the doctors surgery testing for our baby"
"But you're at attention babe, my job" he said looking questioningly at her smiling, as he touched her again this time going that bit further.
"Babe you need to stop" she said weakly, already aroused
"I'm just going to be two minutes we have two minutes babe" he said as he massaged her "Quiet babe you need to do this quietly" he said
"Babe I'm. .. I love you babe" she said going out of her mind with the sensation
"You are babe in less than two minutes and I love you more" he said getting his satisfaction from watching her respond to his touch and feeling powerful in being able to do that to her, which brought a smile to his face as her insides clenched what he'd put into her body as she jerked to a rhythm he was in tune with, eventually she fell into him and he kissed her before she heard him saying "Two minutes babe" and giving her the stick "What does it say?"
"It's one strip babe " she said flatly
"So we're not?" he asked
"No we're not" she snapped throwing the stick in the sanitary bin, getting up, pulling her underwear up and walking straight out of the doctors surgery
"Mine, Mine" Sam shouted after her trying to get her to stop but she didn't
When he came out of the surgery she was nowhere to be seen, he waited around for a while before he called her hoping she'd calmed down but got no answer, so he sent a text telling her he didn't think this was funny anymore and she should get back to the car, which she didn't answer either. Sam would have been super mad at this point if concern hadn't set in, he checked her tracker, something they'd promised to only do in emergencies, and established where she was before jumping in his car and making his way to their favourite cafe, each roll of the tyre making him angry 'How dare she, we've had this damn conversation and I am so fed up with this shit, she needs to know, so we're not pregnant yet what is the big fucking deal? What the hell is she thinking now' "That somethings wrong?" came into his head and out his mouth surprisig him "That was you Dad yeah?" he asked looking up in the heavens "Mine" he said when he got inside the cafe and saw her sitting at their table just staring out at nothing, she didn't even see him come in "Mine" he stood over her saying as her head shot up
"I'm sorry Sammy I can't even do this"
"Do what?"
"Give you a child" she said as a tear fell down her face
"Don't say that, it might be me"
"You're perfect Sammy, it's not you" she smiled
"Come on lets go home" he said picking up her coat and bag off the chair before grabbig her arm and leaving the cafe for home. They drove in silence as Sam's mind went into overdrive on how to deal with this, and Mercy's mind was full of self-worthlessness and disappointment. They got home and sat for the longest time before Sam spoke again "Mine is that why you've been mad for the longest time?"
"Nobody has sex as much as we do and not get pregnant Sam, I'm as regular as clockwork I knew I wasn't pregnant I don't even know why I took the damn test"
"Hey stop it, we're going to get pregnant, we just need to stop thinking about it so much that's all"
"You think?" she asked "That's almost an impossible task for me I'm always on it" she giggled
"Lets slow things down and take a test every month, if it happens great, if it doesn't after a year we'll see someone agreed?" he smiled at her
"Agreed" she finally said smiling
Bed time was more relaxed, they weren't on strick baby producing only diets, life had become less stressful and Mercy got on with work traveling to the studio every other day staying down from Tuesday to Thursday and Sam went down every Wednesday night, using Tuesday day for his Conference Calling nights for Animation drawing and liaising with MARVEL and Wednesday all day for his song writing
"Babe" Sam said one Saturday morning, waking Mercy up after watching her sleep for a while "I'm excited babe wake up" he whispered in her ear "Babe"
"What Sam?" she turned frustrated for losing sleep, they'd stayed later than usual at the studio for VIP visitors and ended up coming back on Friday night with the hope of sleeping in on Saturday, Mercy being her insisted that they revisit the bucket list and tick at least one activity off which they did "This list gets longer every damn week" Sam laughed as they looked at it making their decision. They made their decision ending up doing one Sam wanted followed shortly after by one Mercy wanted to try and falling asleep soundly afterwards "What do you want?" she asked again still sleepy as she turned in the bed
"Last night was beautiful" he smiled down at her
"You were beautiful babe, you love me" she smiled as she turned to look at him
"You're pregnant babe I dreamt it"
"I am?" Mercy jumped up saying
"Take it easy babe please" Sam said pulling her back down "I got the test ready for us" he smiled "In a minute wake up properly first"
"I'm awake babe" she said as they almost raced to get up and find the bathroom
Again Sam did his part in the test and put it on the back of the basin while they talked for the 2 minutes, more excited than they ususally were both looking round when the alarm went off telling them time was up
"Do it babe" Sam said smiling "I know what it says anyway, I dreamed our baby" he said smiling as Mercy grabbed the stick and held it out in front of them
"It's two stripes" she screamed as she clung onto Sam "God we did it babe" she said as he lifted her up pulled her to him and took the stick from her taking them back to the bedroom. As they sat looking at the stick, they both became emotional it was some time before she noticed that it said 6 hours "Sam we're six hours pregnant" she said still emotional and now excited too
"I know babe" Sam said tearfully, Mercy was too emotional to reply, they basked in their news alone for the first 12 weeks before presenting at the doctors for official confirmation and then set up anti-natal care
"Hello again" the doctor said "Happy times, this time?" he asked a nodding Sam and Mercy "So let's see what's happening here then, ready for your first look at the new addition?"
"Yes" they both said clutching hands. The doctor instructed Mercy to get up on the bed and lift her top to expose her tummy while Sam stood on her right side looking on, the jelly was applied and the machine was turned on Sam asked questions at every point.
"So please what am I looking at" he asked
"Well there's what looks like a head shape, and there's a heart pumping at.. hold up" the doctor said testing his machine "hold up a bit I need another set of ears for this" he said leaving the room and returning about a minute later with another doctor "have a listen to this and tell me what you think" he said moving out the way for the doctor to get to the machinery
"There are definitely two" the visiting doctor said as their doctor smiled
"We'll set in stone on the twenty week scan but it definitely looks like twins to me" the doctor said "Do you have twins in the family?" he asked
"I have twin siblings younger than me" Sam said
"There it is then, your parents will be able to fill you in on the practical stuff I hope" he said
Mercy developed various cravings, which Sam would cater to early hours of the morning or very late at night, in most cases they would both go to fetch them. One morning Sam woke up to Mercy sucking on him "Babe that is seriously an outstanding way to wake up" he said to Mercy pushing him back flat on his back. He got off and loved it but Mercy didn't want him to touch her "Babe what's up?" he asked after his third attempt to touch her was brushed off.
"I just need to taste you babe I don't need anything else" she said looking puzzled at her comment "I think that's another craving" she said laughing
"Seriously?" Sam asked almost laughing
"Well I woke up wanting to taste you this morning and the urge was so strong I couldn't be bothered to wake you up so it might well be" she said laughing, later that day they found out it was indeed a craving
Sam and Mercy bobbed along in heaven until the twentieth week when they went back to the GP for another scan
"Hi both result day then and you can shout it from the roof tops after today anything that could go wrong would have gone wrong by now, so I'm going for it, I'm going to put my career on the line and say, if its anything to do with me you'll have healthy babies" he said smiling "Up you pop" he said to Mercy as Sam helped her up
"Her belly grows at the rate of nearly two inches every other day or something like that is that normal?" Sam asked
"For twins yes" the doctor replied "Here goes, you still want to know yes?" he asked rubbing the gel on her belly as Sam and Mercy nodded yes " Okay one boy and another oh, no I stand corrected, it's a girl you have one of each congratulations" he finished as he took pictures and wiped the gel off Mercy's belly
"And cravings how bazaar can they get?" Sam asked as Mercy looked at him burning stop into his head
"Very Mr. Evans some I wouldn't even mention to another living soul" the Doctor said laughing "We hear all sorts in here I think the most frequent one is kissing" he finished
"Kissing?" Mercy asked amazed as she changed the subject before closing the conversation down and made to leave the surgery
As they left the surgery and got into the car Sam said "Mine we're going to have to tell Mom and Dad now, you know that right? we'll go there and you can see the ranch and everything, it's about time you saw where we ended up"
"Yeah it's best to do it before I can't fly anymore" she said as they left the surgery
So within 2 weeks things were sorted out and they were making their first trip as Mr. & Mrs. Evans to Texas to visit their family and give them the surprise of becoming Grandparents, Uncle and Auntie
"Anyone I need to know about smart guy?" she asked, having just dealt with her craving
"God Mine my dick's still wet you're coming at me with this shit" he said sitting up to look at her
"I'm sorry if that was sex for you babe but it was a craving for me, the next one will be yours I promise" she smiled making him smile at that thought, it had been a while "Answer please" she begged
"Maybe Halison I went out with her before I left Texas originally, before I met you, actually I wrote her a letter finishing with her when I first saw you, and yeah I told her all the love stuff but that was before I met you and really found out what love actually was" Sam said getting up to go to the bathroom
"Halison what?" she asked
"Savage" he answered looking at Mercy as he came back from the bathroom "There's nothing to get jealous about this was like over 20 years ago babe"
"So, she's not going to come at me with anything, you're sure?" she asked
"I don't know what's in her head but I'm not going with anything except my very pregnant wife" he said hugging her in "Twins Mercy and Sam" he said making her laugh
"We are not calling them Sam and Mercy no way" she said still laughing
"But we love each other so much" he said pouting
"Exactly they are brother and sister not man and wife"
"I your logic see" he said grabbing the suitcases and loading the car "We'll be in Texas in like 6 hours Mine" he said as they drove off to the airport he managed to keep her amused all the way, twice he had to curb her craving on the way "I'm loving this craving thing Mine, but I do need to be with you more I can pull out for you no problem" he said and she agreed she'd try that alternate times.
Four hours later they were in Texas, "They live on a ranch yeah" she asked as they got in the taxi
"Yeah grandad's ranch that was left to Dad when he died we were going to sell but the kids fell in love with the horses and Mom and Dad made a lot of money off the holiday homes on the land so they kept it and it's done us well to be honest it was definitely a good start for me"
"So it's a business too"
"Yeah and it's the home address for my businesses too everything goes there and I might keep it that way for now anyway I don't really want anyone knowing where else my family is, this place is super guarded already" Sam said as they drove into the long drive to the ranch
"Welcome home Master Evans" the gate guard said as they checked access
"Thanks James, and this is my wife Mercy"
"Welcome Mrs Evans, we've all seen your pictures, and I'm a fan" he smiled as Sam looked on
"Thank you James" Mercy smiled as they drove through "Sam this place is like, huge isn't it?"
"Big not huge babe and you know my parents nothing to worry about, I love you they love you, we have our babies"
"And my feet are swollen" she said trying to put her shoes on again
"Don't worry about that I'll carry you" he said
"Straight to the bedroom to deal with my craving yeah?" she asked
"Babe can we say hello first at least?" he asked jumping out the car to get her out and attach her to his chest while the butler came to get the bags from the boot and pay the cab
"Hi Rose shouted as they came close unsure where or who to hug "Why are you carrying Mercy Sam?" she asked
"Because her feet are swollen Mom"
"Well put her down let's get a hug and then you can have her back"
Sam looked at Mercy and then at his Mom and Dad before putting Mercy down and then she turned around "What!" Rose shouted before covering her mouth "I told you I felt this didn't I Dan? I told you" she said excitedly pulling Mercy in and slapping Sam on the chest as he stood there with the biggest smile on his face touching Mercy's back to let her know he was there "How far gone are you?" Rose asked
"22 weeks" Mercy said
"Big for 22 weeks" Rose said
"Puts me to mind of the twins" Dan said looking at Sam "Twins?" he asked
"Yep boy and girl" Sam said his eyes even wider than they were before as Mercy turned to him and hugged him
"Come sit down Mercy, come sit down" Rose said ushering her in as Sam and Dan walked behind them hugging
"Where are the terrible two?" Sam asked of his Mother about his siblings
"Riding they love it but I can see them having another favourite pass time when they hear Mercy's here and pregnant too" Rose said
About an hour later Mercy and Sam were still sitting in the kitchen talking baby and Sam could see Mercy getting agitated "I need to go powder my nose" Mercy said looking at Sam
"I'll show you round" Sam said jumping up before his Mom could and grabbing her hand to get her up swinging her round slowly and picking her up to attach her to his chest again before leaving the kitchen and a very excited Rose and Dan. They were gone for about 15 minutes when Sam heard the noise of the twins getting closer "You have to stop babe there's no locks on these doors and the brats are about" he said about two minutes away from spirting
"Shut the door Sam" she stopped to say
"No locks babe you have to stop their coming, god I'm cuming babe, Mine I love you" and he was spent, he didn't have time to slowly came down he went to the door to stop his siblings from getting in "You nearly got us caught babe" he said laughing, as he sorted himself out while checking the landing. Just as Mercy came out of the bathroom his siblings came into their room "Guys" Sam spun round saying at the noise of them coming in "You have to start knocking Mercy might have been getting dressed in here or anything" he said making Stacey look around the room "It's okay right now spud, come give me some sugar" he said to Stacey, who walked straight over to Mercy to give her a hug
"Sam I'm like 20 now I know what doors are shut for and yours wasn't if you don't want people to walk in on you while your compromised shut the damn door, we know the signs we use it for the staff remember?" Stacy said still hugging Mercy "I missed you sis and now you have a bump we have a nipper coming imagine the Evans good looks with your awesome body, mind, spirit hey I'm so proud of my niece and nephew already" she said kissing Mercy
"Wife good to see you again you leave it too long between contacts I fear Sam will get a firm ground on you and it will be harder for me to get you back when I reach of age for you" Stevie said in his best Spock voice, to Sam's dead eye "Jealous much" he said laughing at his brother going in for a hug from Mercy first and then Sam "Love you Bro" he said making Sam laugh "baby on the way" Stevie said winking at Sam
"You need to leave that right there" Sam said to his brother not laughing "That was the new Spock right?" he asked Stevie making him give a dead eye, as Sam laughed for getting him back
"Mom's setting up a party, so get ready for it" Stacey let out, fed up of the tension between the boys, rolling her eyes Mercy style making Mercy laugh and Sam smile
"God we're so tired" Sam said
"I bet it's just a family dinner" Mercy said and they all looked at her
"Everyone will be there do you really think Mom is going to be having grandchildren and keeping that shit quiet?" Stevie said
"Language" Sam said
"You okay babe?" Sam asked when he saw Mercy wince
"Movement" she mouthed as she sat on the bed and Sam sat beside her feeling her belly
"Hon's we're having a little get together this evening just to wet the baby's heads" Rose said standing at their bedroom door watching them interact with Mercy's belly "Tradition prevails get your singing heads on, Country" she waved a finger saying "You two do the first and last song"
"Country song?" Mercy asked
"Yep make it your favourite song too" Rose said before walking away from the door back downstairs
"Sam I can't go that long without …" panic set in Mercy's face
"We'll take breaks babe" he said looking at Stacey and Stevie
"Okay" Mercy said calming down
"She has cravings" Sam said
"Oh you can eat anything you want at the party, anytime really" Stacey said
"Yeah I might need to go to the chicken shop" Mercy said covering things up
"Chicken at midnight sound too much fun" Stevie said laughing with Sam
They sat talking for about an hour before Sam said Mercy needed a nap and he would be down in a bit to help get things set up, making Stevie and Stacey leave the room. Sam sorted Mercy's craving out again and then sat with her while she fell asleep before going downstairs to help with the preparations as he had said. At about 7.30 he went up to wake Mercy up and get dressed he couldn't help thinking she was like a vampire baby living off his sperm and being woken up for feeds as he opened the door to their room and saw her sitting there expecting.
"Babe we need to put more love into this I'm feeling like I'm not even part of the process" he said
"I'm sorry babe when we get home we can make it more about love but I'm seriously not feeling that right now I don't know what it is, I'm hoping it's the babies" she replied as Sam got into position. "Shower babe we've got 15 minutes" he said when she finished, getting up and following him to the bathroom. They were about 40 minutes late but nobody really minded when they got there people clapped and congratulated them on their babies
"Okay let's start this party shall we as is traditional the parents will start the party off" Rose said before pointing to Sam and Mercy in the crowd "Come up here you two" she said waiting for them to arrive "We're in for a treat because they both sing so enjoy" Rose said coming off the stage
"Good evening all as you all know I'm Sam and this is my lovely wife; no, beautiful wife Mercy nee Jones for those of you that follow music, she grew up on music so I don't have to introduce her to it and just so I only have to say it once we met at school back in 2010 or there abouts and although we lost touch for a while, and went a little crazy, the love has always been there so when we found each other again we didn't hesitate to get married and now start our family so here's me singing one of my favourite songs that reminds me of the beginning of Mercy and I, we made promises big promises which have not been broken no matter where we've been, what we were doing and hopefully where we're going now as we increase our family" he said kissing her before he started strumming his guitar along with the band and then started singing his version of 'Big Promises' by Keith Urban
At the end the crowd cheered at Sam's contribution as he went in and kissed Mercy who was sitting on a chair with him on stage. When the crowd calmed down Mercy started to talk "Hi everyone as Sam said I sing R&B, and today I tried to get the urge to sing some Country, Mainly because my Mom said it's tradition" she said as everyone laughed "but if I'm singing to Sam it's going to be me, we don't do fake" she smiled at him "I too have chosen one of my way back favourite artists' songs to sing I hope you like it so here goes" she said as the band started playing her tune
Sam had a double take when the drummer started with a country, beat smiled and carried on as Mercy belted out her chosen song just how he like to hear her sing "Ring" he smiled as Mercy sang a version of 'Commitment' by Leanne Rimes
"And that's exactly what I've found with Sam" she smiled stretching over to kiss him as everyone wowed "Well folks that was, I'm sure you'd agree, a bit of Mercy for you all and very pleased to meet you all, yeah I did Country, I wouldn't dare go against Mom's wishes" Mercy laughed saying at the end before Sam pulled her in for a kiss laughing at what she'd done to the audience as they clapped until they left the stage open to everyone else for the evening
"Hello Sam long time no see" Sam heard as he turned to get Mercy down the few steps to the grass, Mercy looked up and Sam made sure she was down before turning round to see who it was
"Halison" Sam said looking at Mercy "I didn't know you still frequented these parts I'd like you to meet my wife Mercy" he said looking at Mercy trying to see what she was thinking "Mercy this is Halison Savage my first girlfriend I told you about"
"Oh I must have been significant you had to tell her about me" Halison said
"It wasn't really you that was significant I'd just finished with you for her so yeah I told her back then" Sam snapped
"What all those years ago you two been together since then?" Halison asked
"Our hearts have yeah" Sam said
"Still saying stupid shit Evans" she said before stepping onto the first step to get on the stage "I'm singing to you Sam"
"Halison I just introduced you to my wife, my very pregnant wife what the fuck do you mean your singing to me you better close that shit down because you know I don't joke" Sam shouted after her as she walked up the steps
"Sam my boy nice to see you" he turned round to see his Uncle Jack
"Uncle Jack" he said hugging him in
"You've grown boy" Uncle Jack said
"No your shrinking Uncle" Sam said laughing "This is Mercy my wife Uncle" Sam said making sure he stood some way between them so his Uncle could only look and smile "You're not getting near her, she's my wife and I don't care about the blood thing between us I will deck you if you touch her" Sam said not laughing
"Okay I hear you, nice to meeting you Mercy, one day we might shake hands" he laughed
"Sorry Mercy he's a pervert and I don't want him anywhere near you three ever" he said as they walked towards the benches at the far end of the garden. It was Mercy who stopped to listen to the song that Halison was singing
"Sam listen to this" she said turning to stare at the stage as they stood listening to Halison's song, Sam getting madder by the second as she sang 'I Got the Boy' by Jana Kramer
"Is she for fucking real" Mercy said walking as fast as she could towards the stage
"Mine" Sam said jumping in front of her, careful not to man handle her "Please stop let me deal with it" he said walking backwards "Please don't make me put my hands on you, the babies Mercy, the babies" he said stopping her in her tracks
"Deal with it Sammy, now" she said looking at him for the last word
"I'll deal with it" Rose said making the two of them look back towards her as she strolled off past them towards the stage
"Mom's the word" Sam said making them both laugh as Sam picked Mercy up and they carried on towards the benches where they sat talking kissing and touching for a while
"Are we going to be alright Sam" she asked
"Yes we are because I love you I love us and our little bundles of joy" he said rubbing her tummy
"They have a constant craving" she said and they both started laughing again, as Sam picked her up and made for the house and up the stairs to deal with her craving half an hour later they were back down sitting on the bench again
Later on that evening as they sat talking and enjoying each other they were julted by a voice saying "Sam, Mercy is it? can I talk to you both please?" coming from behind them, they spun round to find Halison standing there "I just wanted to say that my behaviour earlier was totally out of order and I apologise for it. I can honestly say it will never happen again, I think an angry green monster took over my body for short while I think it was seeing Sam so happy with someone else whatever it was it's gone now and I'm sorry" she said
"I'm glad you saw me as a threat Hellson is it?" Mercy knew she'd pronounced it wrong but carried on before she could be corrected "because I am, he's my husband now and I bite, lucky for you right now I'm the gatekeeper of our babies or you'd know I take no prisoners and for your information I had the boy too and we did a lot of firsts together" Mercy said "And I know my list cancels yours out, get it?"
"Now if you'll excuse us we need to go sing the last song so I can get my wife and babies to bed" Sam said picking Mercy up and walking back to the stage for the last song, before Halison could respond to Mercy's question, Mercy wrapped her legs around Sam's waist as she watched Halison watching them walk, with a smile on her face 'Last laugh bitch' she thought "Ladies and Gentlemen it's that time the last song, I dare say the party will go on but carrying twins is no joke and my wife needs all her rest, so we're going to sing our last song and bid you all goodnight"
"Hey Sammy I'm having a party, you want to come?" "I ain't even playing hard to get yep" Sam said making the crowd laugh as he started singing his version of 'John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 by Keith Urban with Mercy playing fake drums, guitar and joining in for the chorus as they rocked with each other throughout the song having fun, just like the crowd
"Good night all" Mercy shouted over the applause as they left the stage. After her craving was satisfied Mercy and Sam slept through till about 9 a.m. the following day, after feeding cravings and breakfast they drove around the grounds looked at the rental accommodation and cooled Mercy's craving a few more times before heading back for lunch
"Son after lunch can you help me with some stuff in the stables please?" Dan asked
"Sure"
"Mercy that will give us some time to catch up" Rose said looking excited
So they had lunch and Sam went off with his Dad to help him with whatever and Mercy sat at the dinner table watching Rose, the maid and the cook discuss the menu for the following day "Hon do you want to go to the mall for some baby shopping?" Rose asked
"I guess, we haven't really done any yet" Mercy replied sending a text to Sam about the suggestion a few seconds later she got a text back saying go for it so she perked up about it then and suggested they go now because she was too excited. After a couple hours of shopping Mercy ankles began to play up again "Sorry Mom, Sam would normally carry me at this point but, I really can't do any more on these ankles I'm in pain"
"It's fine I totally understand I had the aching back a constant thump in my lower back that never went away I mean ever, I'd beg Dan to stand on my back to get release but he wouldn't and I would so hate him for wanting to see me in pain like that" Rose laughed remembering "Oh and the cravings I'm ashamed" Rose said covering her eyes making Mercy laugh "What weird cravings have you had?" she asked
"Well I started off with the fried chicken thing then it went into plantain and jelly then I had a long run of coco pops and this last one has lasted forever looks like it's here for the duration but I don't want to share it" Mercy ended
"I had much worse than those I'll share if you'll share, write it down" Rose said ripping a serviette in two and giving Mercy half with a lipstick
"I don't know that I can" Mercy said
"What goes on in Jephson's coffee bar stays there" Rose said writing her worst craving down
"Now pass yours over and I'll do the same with mine" Mercy said making sure Rose passed hers first
"1 2 3 and they both looked, Mercy's eyebrow lifted Rose's mouth produced a smile "Told you we were more alike than we cared to think" Rose said "That is going to get really difficult for you hon so be prepared"
"Sam's will kill me if he finds out I've told you that so please Mom never a word, of course I'll tell him if he asks" Mercy said as Rose nodded in agreement
"Did the doc talk to you both about the no contact thing when you get to the 7th Month?" Rose asked
"What no contact thing" Mercy asked almost devastated
"To try to keep the babies in as long as possible after the 7th month they ask for no sexual physical contact until the babies are born sex could start off you're contractions and the earlier they come out the less chance of survival" Rose said
"Holy shit" Mercy said "he's already starved of contact because of my craving and then to tell him that he can't even touch me, that is going down like a led balloon"
"You better find something to sweeten that pill when the time comes" Rose said
"I've spent as long as I can away from him now I need to get back" Mercy said making Rose grab her bag pay for the drinks and then they left to return home to the ranch
Sam was waiting on the drive for them to return so as soon as they pulled up he was excited to see what they had brought for the babies, he said hello to his Mom and picked Mercy up "Your ankles been playing up babe I was thinking to come find you, Mom leave the bags I'll come back for them once I get Mercy settled" he shouted over his shoulder
Sam was pleased to show Mercy that he'd convinced his Dad to put a lock on their bedroom door and so now they would be able to take time to extract her craving in peace "We'll get back to that once I get all the bags out the car babe do you want a drink or something, from the kitchen" he quickly added
"No thanks babe just hurry up and get back" she said going towards the bathroom
"Have a relaxing bath babe I've got a feeling Mom wants to talk" Sam said "Anything I need to know?" he asked
"I wish you hadn't asked me that" Mercy said shifting back towards the bed to sit down "We had a bit of a heart to heart and I sort of disclosed my craving to her, she's fine with it and understands even but I told her and I didn't confide in you first" Mercy said looking at her hands
"That's fine babe she knows everything about me anyway she's my Mom and I sort of told Dad earlier, in a way, I didn't fully say though, because I wanted the lock on the door, so one for one"
The rest of the holiday was filled with spending time with family, except for the Sapp sent to the Glee family informing them of the new addition to the family, and the promise of a party when they arrived, and all too soon it was over and Sam and Mercy made their way back to Canada and work life started again with lots of breaks for cravings.
Almost two months later a trip to the doctors to see the midwife revealed that any form of sexual contact were off the menu for the remainder of the pregnancy to give the little ones a fighting chance of survival
"What do you mean?" Sam asked not getting it
"No sexual contact until the babies are born Mr. Evans"
"Did I just fucking hear that right babe?" Sam turned to Mercy and asked "Well that's not happening" he said making to get up when Mercy held his hand, she hadn't mentioned anything to him, she didn't know how to approach it and she couldn't make a convincing argument about something she didn't agree with, so she'd left it to the professionals
"Babe listen to the professionals please" she asked and he sat back down
"Mr. Evans with twins it gets complicated around this time the body can, because of the weight and total size, think it's time for baby to be born, which could mean death for either or even both children. We have to ask parents to refrain from any sort of sexual contact in these months to give better chances of their survival, I'm sorry about the affect this has on you, on your relationship but if the babies are to survive there are no alternatives"
"We can kiss yeah?" Sam asked
"As long as the kiss has no effect on Mrs. Evans to cause any activity in her birth passage" the midwife replied
"From when does this start" Sam asked holding onto Mercy's hand
"Today I'm afraid I know there's like two days to the 7th month but it's better to be safe and all that" she replied "I'll see you both again in two weeks then" she said before getting up to leave the room "Bye Mr. & Mrs. Evans" she said when he got to the door and then she was gone
"What are we going to do Mine?" Sam asked and Mercy just didn't know how to answer him so she said nothing. They got up and went home to start this new life for them, even more difficult than being apart for nearly 10 years, Sam left wondering 'if that Doctor actually knew what he was asking of us every touch means something sexual for both of us there's never been a nothing touch. My body is aroused because of the thought of her touch and hers was the same, how in the hell are we going to start learning how to not react to each other. Is that even somewhere we want to be, I love it when Mine reacts to my touch, it turned me on and Mine gets wet just thinking about talking to my dick with her body, and I react how she wants me to, everything we do is in preparation for sex did she really know what she was asking?.' "Come on Sam I am you have to be responsible you're their father stay away from Mommy'".
Mercy sat thinking about Sam's touch, his kiss, his feel on her and was getting roused at the thought how the fuck am I supposed to stop thinking about my husband everything about him makes my body wake up, even more so now I know we can't touch. Fuck do I need to become cold and unaffectionate in order for our babies, made in love I might add, be born safely I have to be responsible I'm the mother, yes I'm the mother who wants her fucking husband to touch her for Christ sake is that a sin now? "Why the fuck are you doing this to me to us?" she said looking to the heavens
There was not much talking that night as they ate dinner and Mercy went off to bed alone and about an hour later Sam went up it took all their strength and not much sleep to stay away from each other. Sam so angry for being in bed with his wife and not holding her for the first time since they were married, Mercy couldn't take it she went to the bathroom and cried. In the morning she needed her fix her craving hadn't stopped and Sam let her have it because they both knew the craving for her was not sexual and that became their pattern.
Two weeks to count down day and Sam got a call from Vegas to say he was needed at the helm and after juggling some things around he thought he'd ask his parents to come to Canada and stay with Mercy while he went away for those three days so he picked up the phone and made the call.
"Hi Mom everything alright down there?" he asked
"Yeah fine down here it's up there I'm worried about" Rose said
"We're fine Mom" Sam said
"How's Mercy?" Rose asked, fully knowing as she spoke to her almost daily now
"She's alright Mom what can I say, no touching, kissing, talking sleeping nothing but she seems fine, it's hard" he said
"And how are you son?" she asked
"To be honest, I'm missing my wife like crazy and we're in the same house I feel like I want to cry all the time so I'm always in a different room to her I can't look at her without wanting her and I know she can see that in my face so I try not to be around her, I want these babies but this is killing me, it's killing us"
"There's only a few weeks left Son and then you'll get back to your normal selves I promise just hang in there"
"Yeah well what I was calling for Mom and I know it's all bad timing, but I need to go to Vegas for three days I can't leave Mercy alone and she can't travel so I wondered if you and Dad would come up and stay with her I think the GF might be too much for her right now all the couples and stuff. Have you got the time to do that for us?" Sam asked
"Love to, when do you need us?" Rose asked
"I'm going on Tuesday so if you could get here on Monday that would be great, I'll let you surprise her" Sam said
"Does that mean you have no intention of telling her you're going away Sam?" Rose asked
"I'm sort of scared to with her craving and everything I've not left her without since we got pregnant and I don't really want to give her time to think about it, Seriously Mom she wouldn't let me go"
"Okay" Rose said "See you on Monday then Sam bye" she said as she put she phone down
So it was Monday and Sam's parents arrived with Stacey and Stevie in tow "Hi Guys didn't expect to see you two what's up with Uni you dropped out?" Sam asked as he took the bags off Stacey and called Mercy from the kitchen
"Mom, Dad" she said as she came into the hall to see them standing there and gave them a hug "Great to see you just what I needed" she said hugging her Mom a bit longer "conversation" she whispered in her ear looking around to see Sam standing behind her
"Mercy" she heard in double behind him and knew it was the twins
"Stac, Stevie good to see you gosh this is really a family reunion, did you know they were coming Sam?" she asked him while she hugged Stacey and Stevie
"He asked us to come" Stevie volunteered to a stern look from his Dad "What? He did" he finished off and then Rose changed the subject to babies
So they went to look at the nursery, buggy, play area, discuss teats and birth choices while Sam, Dan and Stevie went to talk about baby bonds, College funds, hospital insurance and will changes they got back together in time for evening meal and general chat it was noted that Sam and Mercy sat apart the whole evening. At about 11 pm, and after several get on with it looks from his Mom, Sam got up nervously, and went to the piano
"I know you all know Mercy and I are having a bit of a hard time right now, so thank you for coming to help with this and I'm really sorry Mercy but it's about to become a bit harder, but please remember that we love each other" he said and started playing the piano and sat singing his version of "You and I" by Michael Buble' (Adapted) to her
Here we are, on earth together it's you and I, God has made us fall in love it's true, I've really found someone like you, will it say the love you feel for me, will you say that you will be by my side, to see us through, until our lives are through, well in my mind, we can conquer the world in love you and I you and I, you and I...
I am glad at least in my life I've found someone, that will be here forever, to see me through, cos I found my strength in you, cause in my mind you will stay here always in love you and I you and I, you and I you and I, In my mind we can conquer the world in love you and I you and I, you and I...
"That was beautiful Sam" his Mom said looking at Mercy "Wasn't that wonderful Mercy?" she asked
"Yes it was but I didn't like the message and you better not be saying with I'm thinking you're saying Evans because right now I'd say that was a marriage breaker"
"What's he saying?" Dan asked baffled "You and I"
"He's saying Dad that he's going away, for how long?" she asked Sam never taking her eyes off him the whole time she was talking as she wiggled her way off the chair and started walking over to him
"Three days babe" he replied, looking at everyone in the room wondering if he'd done the right thing in asking them to be there for this
"So what, you brought the family down so that I wouldn't kick off is that it? Well watch this freaking kick off Samuel Evans, you walk out that door any time soon and when you get back I won't, let me make this clear for you" she said getting up in his face and he stared up at her now towering over him as he sat at the piano "I won't be here" she said walking out the door
Sam sat at the piano tears in his eyes unsure where to go next with this "How did she get all that out of a love song Son" Dan asked still baffled
"I always sing Buble when I'm leaving Dad"
"What's Bubble" his Dad asked
"He's a Jazz singer Michael Buble" Stacey confirmed "Super sexy" she said looking at her Mom who was agreeing
Sam got up to go see about Mercy but his Mom stopped him "I'll go, you go get packed"
"Packed? did you hear what she said, I can't go" Sam said frustrated
"Go get packed" his Mom confirmed as she left the room to go see Mercy
About 20 minutes later Sam got a Sapp from Mercy saying she was sorry and of course he has to go look after the 170 people that depend on his business for their families to survive and she'd be down before he left "God Mom works quicker than me with her" he said as he hauled his suitcase out of the studio. Sam didn't wait for his Mom to come down he went up to see Mercy before he left and after satisfying her craving and getting her to tell him she was actually aright with him leaving for three days he left her sitting on their bed with tears in her eyes got outside the door and wiped his eyes dry before going down to say bye to the rest of the family.
Sam was on his second day when he got a call from Stevie, he'd just finished a tough meeting in which he'd had to sack one of their top Managers and he was feeling like shit because it really was on a technicality "Stevie what's up?" Sam asked answering his phone
"Listen to this" Stevie said holding the phone away from his ear for a second
"What the hell is that?" Sam asked of the shouting going on in the background
"It's Mercy crying for you" Stevie said "We've all been in even Mom and she's not stopping Mom said leave her to it she'll calm down but Bro this is getting worse believe"
"Where's Mom?" Sam asked panicking for the sound Mercy was making "Put Mom on the phone"
"Mom its Sam" Stevie said as he went downstairs and handed over the phone
"Sam how can I help?" his Mom said calmly
"Mom can you hear her screaming? I don't know what to do, shall I come home, tell her I'm coming home, what's wrong with her why she screaming like that?"
"Apparently she's craving Sam and there's nothing we can do at the height of it, she'll calm down soon and then I'll be able to speak to her" Rose said
"Mom I'm..., I've had enough I can't do this anymore, I know she can't she'll be so pissed at herself for being so needy, I'm sorry Mom but if this is what it's all about I don't want children after this I'll probably end up hating the children I really can't do this anymore" he said breaking down himself
"Sam go finish your meetings and things and leave Mercy to me I'll deal with her really I will, get yourself a hot drink, write a song for the babies and get some sleep stop stressing, bye and Sam you won't hate your children" she said before putting the phone down
Rose went back to the den to sit with Dan "God, children having children" she said rolling her eyes as Dan laughed
"Some of this brings it all back, I'm glad we stopped at the squirts"
"I think we were lucky to have had Sam first because I think this will be it for these two" Rose said getting up to go deal with Mercy "Pray for me" she said leaving the room
Rose went to Mercy and Sam's room she didn't knock she just walked in and sat on the bed next to a crying Mercy "Tell me what you want Mercy?" she asked
"You know what I want Mom I need Sam"
"And where is Sam right now"
"He's in Vegas doing God knows what, while I'm feeling like this, I mean does he really love me?"
"I don't know, does he love you Mercy?" Rose asked making Mercy look up
"Yes he does" she said looking at Rose as if she knew something different
"Are you sure about that?" Rose asked
"Yes I am" Mercy said looking right at Rose
"Then why do you think he'd do this to hurt you?"
"I don't I just need him here with me now"
"You're not spoilt Mercy you know you don't always get what you want nobody does so why this behaviour, that your passing on to my grandchildren I might add, you know Sam would have tried to move heaven and earth to not go to this thing in Vegas and yet you make him feel guilty for having to do something that benefits the family, why would you want to hurt your family like this?"
"I don't this is not me Mom, I'm not needy, I hate needy people, Sam hates needy people so I guess he hates me right now well not me but this behaviour and if I could stop it I would, I can see myself you know, I know it's erratic but the craving won't let me stop it's horrible I hate it and I'm sorry Mom but I don't think there's going to be any more grandchildren from this direction" Mercy finished
"Come and get something to eat have a hot drink and maybe write a song keep your mind occupied what do you say?" Rose suggested
"Yeah I'll try and write a song, I'll just freshen up and I'll be down" she said as Rose got up off the bed and made her way to the door "Mom, thank you" Mercy said as Rose stood at the door. There was one more small drama before Sam came back but in the main Mercy focused on her song and getting the babies to full term. When Sam was due back there was only an hour between his fight in and the rest of the family's flight out so they agreed to meet at the airport to pass Mercy over and say their goodbyes which went smoothly mainly because they were in public. The drive home was quiet and when they got in Mercy asked if Sam could make time to have a conversation she felt needed to happen he said he would freshen up and get straight back down to talk leaving her in the studio writing.
Sam stood in the shower half crying half angry with himself, why didn't I just grab her and kiss her why didn't I say in the car how I was feeling why did I just walk back in and let things go right back to square one, where the fuck are these babies taking us why can't I talk to my wife' he thought slamming out of the shower and sitting on the bed for the longest time 'make the move Evans this is your life you're letting slip away' he thought to himself getting dressed and going downstairs to the studio
"Hi" he said as he walked in and saw Mercy sitting there looking beautiful and ready for fucking 'is that it hi' he thought to himself "I've been trying to get a song for the babies but I lost the focus a bit and it's sort of to you now but I suppose once we choose names we could adapt it if you like it" he said a bit cheerier
"Let's hear it then" Mercy said matching his mood
Sam went and sat next to her at the piano smelling all fresh and fuckable 'if she can tease me I can tease her' he thought "Be honest about it Mine" he said before he started playing his adaption of "Capri" by Colbie Caillat (Adapted) on the piano
She's got our babies inside and holds her belly tight all through the night Just so she knows they're sleeping so safely to keep them growing
And oh when they open their eyes there'll be no surprise that they'll grow to be so beautiful Just like their mother that's carrying
Oh Mercy your beauty, babies inside your loving, oh Mercy your beauty there are angels growin' peacefully oh Mercy, our sweet babies
And things will be hard at times, but I've learned to try just listening patiently, oh Mercy our sweet babies oh Mercy your beauty
Babies inside we're loving oh Mercy their beauty's Just like their mother that's carrying...Oh Mercy
"That was beautiful Sam we can change the name when we choose them, that's their song" Mercy said staring at Sam willing herself not to touch him
"Sam" she got up off the chair to say "I said I wanted to talk to you about something and this is difficult to say and I suppose it might be even more difficult to hear but I need to ask" she said wringing her hands making Sam know she was super nervous about this "I'm just going to come out and say it, okay?"
"Okay" Sam said waiting
She closed her eyes and asked "Do you still want me?"
"Mercy" Sam said looking at the floor around the room and back at her "I don't think I….."
"You don't think you do, is that what you're telling me?" she said going off into a heat of swear words, crying and banging around before he could get another word out
Sam stood watching her for a while wanting to literally slap some sense into her for what she was saying about herself but all that anger and frustration came out as "I can't deal with this right now" he said and walked out of the room leaving Mercy to her tantrum 'Feel free to come find me when you shut the fuck up' he thought 'I'm so through putting up with her demon shit'