Samcedes I'll be home for Christmas

Samcedes I'll be home for Christmas
Mercedes was not starting to feel the holiday spirit. She was pregnant and her husband Sam was in the army. Each time she skypes with him and ask if he be home for Christmas he says no. She wants to scream but she realizes this is his job.

Looking at Sam's background picture on her laptop she starts to wonder if he make it out alive. The reason he joined is so he can protect his country and have a sense of being. Logging on to skype she waits for green eyes and a lopsided smile to greet her.

When Sam answers her Skype call she starts to take in all his features to his long dirty blond hair, his plump red lips that she missed kissing, and the scruff that was starting to form on his face.
"You need to shave." Mercedes starts to giggle as Sam gives her a glare.
"That's really how you greet your husband. Really Cedes? I thought you loved me." Sam smiles as his wife starts to laugh.
"Of course I love you but I also know you gotta do better with your grooming. I know I ask this a lot but is their anyway you can come home for Christmas?"
"Sorry babygirl I won't be able to come home for Christmas and I really wanna be there. I'm sorry I can't change it if I could I be on the first bus out of here but duty calls." Mercedes blinks back tears as she looks at her husbands sad face.
"It's okay next year we be together so I can wait." Mercedes and Sam continue their conversation until it was time for Sam to go back he made promises to call Mercedes for Christmas.

Looking down at her stomach she starts to wonder if he be home for the baby's birth. She starts to wonder if she even wants to be married to Sam anymore. She loves Sam with all her heart but at this moment she's questioning if that's enough. Her thoughts are broken by her best friend Unique's loud voice.
"Ryder's coming home for Christmas! I can't wait to see him I missed him so much. Why you look so gloom?"
"Sam isn't coming home for Christmas and I'm wondering if I want to be married to a guy in the army." Unique looks at Mercedes and fights the urge to tell her Sam is coming home but she fights it.
"We knew what we was getting ourselves into when me married two Army guys. We knew what we was getting ourselves into when they signed up for the army. We knew that this was going to be tough..."
"Don't you think I know that Unique?! Only thing I want is for my husband to come home for good. I'm tired of every time he comes home he had to leave. I'm tired of the damn nightmares I have of him being dead." The tears that Mercedes has been fighting since her Skype session with Sam and she finally breaks down and cries. Unique comforts her best friend the best way she knows how and just hugs her.
"I know how you feel Mercedes but we signed up for this. I know good and damn well you ain't no quitter. You have to think about that baby that's inside of you. Christmas is two days away and your sadness is starting to mess with my holiday spirit." Mercedes lets out a bubbly laugh and just looks at her best friend shaking her head.

Christmas Day
Mercedes woke up feeling better then she did before but she was still sad. She wanted Sam home with her celebrating Christmas but it wasn't happening. Getting up she started to prepare for the Christmas party her and Unique was hosting she made yams, greens, ribs, a cherry cheesecake, and an apple cheesecake. Unique made chicken, bake Mac and cheese, turnips, peach cobbler, and homemade vanilla ice-cream.

They was setting up the tree when Unique got a call from Ryder. Unique excused herself so they can talk in private.
"Ryder Lynn this better be you calling about you and Sam being at the bus stop!"
"No it's not. We couldn't make it babe sorry."
"What the hell you mean you couldn't make it. I'm over here telling Mercedes everything going be okay and yall asses not even showing up..." Before Unique can finish her rant their was a knock at the door pissing her off even more. "Hold on Ryder I'm not done telling you off!" Unique puts her phone down and answers the door ready to tell whoever it is off.
"Listen here I... Oh my God Ryder! Mercedes heard the commotion and was happy Unique was getting to see her husband for Christmas. Unique wraps her arms around Ryder's neck and gives him a kiss until she notices somebodies missing. Wait where's Sam?"
"Tell Mercedes to come outside."

Unique looks at the smirk her husband has on his face and realizes Mercedes is about to be happy. After arguing with Mercedes for 15 minutes she finally got Mercedes to come outside. Mercedes really don't wanna go outside she just wants to stay in the house feed her and her baby and Skype with Sam.

Going outside Mercedes smiles softly at how cute Ryder and Unique was being.
"Did you guys bring me out here to see how cute you two can be?" Unique and Ryder look at each other and put identical smirks on their faces. Mercedes starts to feel little light movements in her stomach and that only happens when she skypes with Sam. Thinking nothing of it she starts to go back in the house until she hears her husbands voice.
"So you not even gonna act like your happy to see me?" Mercedes turns around and sees her husband standing there with a lopsided smile on his face. She starts to walks slowly toward her husband making sure this wasn't a dream and that he's actually there. When she reaches him she puts her small hands on his face and caresses it sweetly.
"Your home Sammy. How? When?"
"That doesn't matter. What matters is I'm home to spend Christmas with you." They share a loving kiss that soon got heated and they broke apart.
"I have something to tell you Sammy but first I need you make a promise to me."
"Anything Mercy."
"Promise me you make it out alive. Promise me that I won't get a knock at the door. Just promise me you stay safe while you out there?"
"I promise Cedes nothing is more important to me then getting out alive and finally starting a family with you."
"Well in 9 months we be welcoming a little solider into our family. Mercedes lets out a squeal when Sam lifts her up and twirls her around expressing how happy he is. Finally putting her down Sam kneels down on his knees and starts talking to Mercedes stomach. Mercedes and Sam remember that Ryder and Unique was there but when they turn around the couple is gone. They head back in their house and celebrate their one of many family Christmases.