Sam had just put the babies down for their nap when he got a text message from Blaine to sign onto skype. Checking over his children once more he put their binkies on top of their changing table before grabbing his laptop. He setup it up on the bed as he waited for the screen to load up. Stretching across the comforter he signed into his account and clicked 'Video Call Blaine Anderson'. Once his call was connected he was immediately met with Blaine's smiling face. Sam waved at his friend on screen.

"Hey there Sammy!" he beamed

"Hey Blaine, how are you?"

"Sam!" he heard Joe say leaning into the camera waving.

"Hi Sam!" Both Brittany and Marley waved in the background.

"So Sam how's the family?" Blaine asked, "Are my little babies doing well?"

"We're doing good," he lied, "I just put them down for a nap."

"Awww…" he heard everyone exclaim

"Well thanks everyone. I love you too," he teased

"It's ok, we just wanted to check up on you and see how you and Mercedes were doing."

"She's been very busy working on her first album…"

"That's so cool!"

"How's LA? Are you enjoying the never ending summer over there?"

"It's nice, I mean I don't have to change clothes really for all seasons anymore so that's a bonus. To be perfectly I really haven't seen much of LA. I'm usually either working or taking care of my kids."

Blaine frowned, "Aw Sam, you have to get out more often! Isn't Puck nearby?"

"He is…" Sam paused for a moment, "But you know how Puck is. He's a Wildman and pretty carefree. I can't keep up with him. I'm a dad now I really can't just go and hangout. I got to make sure they're ok first."

"I understand…well we miss you!"

Sam smiled, "I miss you guys too!"

"Mr. Shue's about to start up the club so I'll have to chat with you later."

"Ok…thanks for calling."

"BYE SAM!" everyone shouted before the call ended.

Closing out of Skype Sam sat there looking at the screen. Blaine was right. He did need to get out of the house more often by himself but he didn't know how or when to make time for him. His kids were his world and the thought of leaving them alone for an entire day weighed heavy on him. At the same time Mercedes saying that was possibly smoothing and coddling them didn't help either. Pulling up his web browser he decided to search for local support groups for teenaged fathers, 'Maybe I can connect with some of the dads around here,' he thought to himself. Most of his findings led him back to back to teenage parents, which he and Mercedes were. "She would never have time for this…" he said to himself sadly. Further inspecting the group he saw that they welcome singled parents. While he was not one by any means he still wanted to find a way to connect with people that wasn't just Mercedes and Puck. Filling out his and the babies information he registered them for their next meetup.

Mercedes was caught up in laughing at Travis's joke that she didn't hear the knock at the door. She quieted down when the knock came again as Travis stood up to answer it. Walking over he slowly opened the studio door to reveal a Mohawk man staring him down. The guy sized up Travis before smirking.

"Is Mercedes here?" he asked

Travis is taken back the guy's demeanor, "And you are? This is a private studio-"

Puck notices Mercedes sitting on a lounge chair and lets himself in, "Mercedes!" he called

"Puck?" confusion written all over her face, "What are you doing here?"

"Mercedes who is this-" Travis was cut off by Puck's hand in his face.

"Uh huh, that's cool that you're nosy bro," he said to the man, "Mercedes, get your stuff I'm taking you out for the day."

"Why? Is something wrong? Are the babies ok? Is Sam ok?" she asked worriedly.

"They're fine Mama. You would know that for yourself if you actually talked to each other."

Mercedes looked down, "Did Sam send you?"

"Sam ain't send nobody. Big Daddy Puck has come to take Mama Jones out, now…"

"Hold up fool, you think you can just walk up in my studio and kidnap my client? I'm calling security."

"Eh, slow your roll Marc Anthony. This is between me and the lady. I appreciate your enthusiasm dude but this doesn't concern you. It's a family matter."

Travis crossed his arms, "A family matter?" he stood back to take a good look at Puck, "And you're related how?"

"How you think? My daddy banged her mother. What are you racist or something? Never seen a half black Jew before?" he saw Mercedes purse and grabbed it, "Come on we're wasting time."

Mercedes looked dumbfounded, "Um…I'll be back in a bit," she said feeling Puck pull her arm, "I'm really sorry"

Puck guided Mercedes out of the studio by her arm gently. Other staff and clients in the building were looking at them questionably until the got inside the elevator. Once inside Puck let go of her and leaned up against the wall. Mercedes stared at him contemplating if she wanted to punch him in the face or kick him in the balls. When the elevator dinged he escorted her out to his parked truck out front. Opening the door for her she got in while he went around to the drivers side. The silence in the car was eerie and Mercedes couldn't stand it anymore.

"So kidnapper, where are we going?" she asked

Puck's truck comes to a stop, "Here?"

"Here?" she turns to look out the window and see it's a park, "A park? Why?"

"Don't ask so many questions Mama, you'll see."

He walked over to her side of the door and held of her hand as she stepped out. Mercedes kept looking around confused thinking something was going to jump out at her at any given moment. Seeing the panic on her face Puck held her hand thumbing her palm. Feeling her calm down a bit he smiled as they strolled through the park.

"Did I ever tell you about my family?" he randomly said.

She glanced up at him, "No…I mean I know that your dad was a deadbeat and your mom had to raise you."

"Precisely…" he said looking down at her, "You know. The Puckster might be a strong man but he still kind of wishes his daddy was around."

"Oh…I'm sorry"

"No need to be. However I've accepted that he's a rat bastard and that's his choice. My mother on the other hand was a strong woman who did what she had to do to make sure I'd make it to my adult years alive."

"Well parents would do anything for their children."

"Yes they would… had my father been a better man I'm sure they would have worked their problems out like most adults do."

"Puck…"

"Which is why I think you and Sam need to time to yourselves."

"We're busy Puck-"

He glared at her, "Don't give me that 'We're busy Puck' bullshit. You make time for your family. That's the difference between mine and you and Sam's. My daddy wasn't a good person and my mother realized that and let his ass go. Sam on the other hand is a great dad," he paused, "He might be a crybaby but he's still a great dad. Just like you're a great mother. Two great people need to learn how to appreciate each others greatness instead of letting it fade away."

"Sam and I did talk. It didn't end very well…"

"I heard…I also heard you asked him some scandalous shit."

She stopped walking, "I didn't ask him anything out of the ordinary."

"Let me ask you Mama. Where did you get the bullshit from? Why all of a sudden did Sam become a target?"

"I was being paranoid," she thought for a moment, "We don't see each other so I had to ask."

"Ah huh…well I don't think you came up with it on your own. Tell me, did someone maybe say something to you to that made you question Sam?"

"No?"

"That sounded more like a question than an answer."

"I don't know where it came from ok. One minute I had these ideas and then I tried to talk to Travis about it to sort them out and the next thing I know Sam's bringing these ideas to light."

"Ah…and we come full circle to Pitbull your producer."

"His name is Travis"

"I think he likes you"

"He does not"

"Oh but I think he does and I think Sam knows it."

"Sam wouldn't think that."

"Of course he would! He loves you! However he loves you so damn much that he wouldn't dare question your work ethics," he smiled at her, "I on the other hand could give two shits."

"Where's this going Noah?"

"Ouch, my first name. All I'm saying is you need to talk to him right now."

They came to a halt as Mercedes noticed Sam a few feet away from her laughing and lifting Aurora in the air before giving her kisses. She missed seeing the joyful look on his face. Mercedes felt like her heart was melting at the sight of him sitting wide legged on a blanket in the grass playing with their babies. Puck nudged her in Sam's direction before racing ahead of her.

"Hey man, sorry I'm a little late," Puck said smiling down at his friend.

Sam looked up his eyes being covered by his baseball cap, "It's ok dude. We're just having fun in the sun."

"I'm surprised considering your big fear of them getting sun burnt."

"Ah they're ok. I managed to find SPF 130 sun block for them," Sam studied him, "Aren't you going to sit down?"

Puck stuck his hands in his pockets, "Nope… I actually have other plans. I only came because I wanted to drop off a present for you?"

"Really? What?" he said looking around until he spotted Mercedes, "Puck…"

"HEY MAMA! GET OVER HERE!" Puck yelled, "See ya Sam. You'll thank me later."

As Puck took off Mercedes slowly approached him with a small smile on her face. Sam's eyes watched her as she stopped moving to take her heels off before stepping on the grass. Setting her bag down she slowly followed suit. Not ready to make eye contact with them she focused her attention of the babies who lay staring up smiling on the blanket.

"Hi my little sweeties!" she squealed, "Mama missed you," she said leaning over to kiss them. She laid down on her side so that she could stare at them more.

"Hey Mercedes…" Sam said slowly

She looked up, "Hey Sam…"

"So…what are you doing here?"

"Puck kidnapped me," she said flatly, "This is a nice park. Do you always come here?"

"Yeah I come here everyday with them so we get fresh air. We sit here and chat, watch other kids and their families play…"

Mercedes looked down, "I'm sorry Sam"

"Sorry about what?" he asked before picking up Isaiah to cuddle him.

"The other day…"

Sam averted his eyes to focus on his son, "It's ok… I understand you were just stressed out."

She bit her lip, "I shouldn't have accused you like that," she said reaching over to rub his arm, "I love you Sammy. It's hard…really, really hard. I get so caught in what I'm doing that I let other things tackle me. You shouldn't have been one of them and for that I am truly sorry."

"Mercedes it's ok…"

"STOP SAYING IT'S OK!" she yelled louder than intended, "We haven't spoken to teach other in days since then. Hell we barely spoke to each other before than. We're supposed to be there for each other and take care of each other. I feel like I keep letting you down."

Sam glanced at her for a moment before closing his eyes, "I understand why you felt the way you did. You wish we could go back to be being just Sam and Mercedes. Not Sam and Mercedes and company. No one ever said this was going to be easy and I knew it wasn't the moment I decided to chase after you again. I made a commitment to this family and I intend to honor that. I will always stick by you and our children. However if you feel like we're too much then…" he voice trailed on.

Mercedes looked at Sam with wide eyes, "Too much? What are you suggesting? That I forget about you and the babies. I would never do that Sam!"

"You made it perfectly clear that we are holding you back!" he hissed.

Her crossed her face, "I did not… all I said was that I was stressed and that it can be too much at times. I would never walk away from this, never!" she cried

Mercedes crying had caused Aurora to pick up on her mother's emotions. The little baby started to whimper and tear up. Sam would had his arms full with Isaiah was trying to adjust the boy so he could pick her up. Mercedes shook her head at him and possessively gathered her daughter in her arms kissing the small baby's head. They both sat there staring at each other tearfully, each clutching one of their children, 'Why is this so hard?' she thought trying to read Sam. Sam slowly extended his hand to her face to brush the tears off her cheeks. He smiled at her trying to fight back his own tears. She placed her hand over his before lacing their fingers.

"I'm not going anywhere," she whispered, "I'm not leaving you."

"Good, because I'd hate to have to get creative again to bring you back."

He leaned over and kissed her softly. Mercedes deepened their kiss forgetting that they were out in the open. Both the babies had started to stir from being uncomfortably close to each other. Sam laughed breaking their kisses so he could hold Isaiah up above his head before planting kisses over the boy's face.

"Guess they don't like to see mommy and daddy kiss," he joked

"I guess not," she smiled, "Sam…are we good?"

He glanced at her smiling, "Yeah love we're good."

They both sat there trying to entertain their children while enjoying each others company. Sam made a mental note to thank Puck for bringing Mercedes to him. He had a feeling that this act of heroism was going to boost Puck's ego further than it needed to be. Mercedes glanced over at Sam smiling at the way his face lit up when he gave their children kisses. She hated to admit it but for once Puck actually had a good idea. She made a note in her mind to make him a nice dinner the next time he was over babysitting the kids.

When the sun had started to set the family had called it quits for the day. Mercedes helped Sam pack away the babies things as he secured them in their travel system. Aurora and Isaiah had fallen asleep after their parent's non stop playing and cuddling. Mercedes pushed the system as Sam carelessly slung his arm over her shoulder walking closer to her. She smiled up at him and rested her against them. "This is really nice," she said blissfully. "It is," he replied in the same tone. Sam directed them to where he had parked the car. Mercedes was in charge of buckling their carriers in while same broke down the system to put in the trunk. Once they were situated they got in the car and drove him. The park wasn't very far from their apartment so the ride had been a short one. They both got out and each grabbed a carrier before heading inside and up the stairs. Sam was the first to pull his key out and unlock the door. "Home sweet home," he quietly announced to the babies walking in and over to their bassinet. He carefully unbuckled Aurora and picked up the sleeping baby slowly before laying her on her stomach. Mercedes did the same with Isaiah before standing back with Sam to partake in watching her babies sleep.

"You know…" Sam said coyly, "We're alone"

Mercedes raised her eyebrow, "They're sleeping Sam…"

"We can be very quiet," he whispered kissing her softly.

Mercedes didn't have a fighting chance once their lips met. She sighed heavily as she gave into him. They hadn't kissed like this in awhile and it was causing goose bumps all over. Wrapping her arms around his waist she slid her hands up and down his toned back. Sam deepened their kiss slowly walking them backwards to the bed. He gently laid Mercedes down as he moved his lips to her neck. She bit back a moan as she felt him suck hard on the sensitive spot on her neck. Digging her nails into his back he moaned in her mouth as he arched his back. Sam pulled away from her to grab the ends of her shirt and pull it over her head. He marveled at her breast before leaning down to nip at her exposed flesh. Reaching behind her he unhooked her bra with ease and tossed it on the floor, "How lovely," he said seductively before sucking on a sensitive nipple. Mercedes bit her lip in frustration to muffle her noise. Sam gently bit and dragged his teeth against the harden bud before snaking a hand down her pants to cup her sex. He could feel how wet she was becoming for him as he massaged her through her panties. Not wanting to take his teasing anymore. Mercedes released her hands from his back and started to fiddle with his jeans. Successful she tried to pull them down with her legs. Sam smirked at her wiggling out of them. He pressed his erection against her center causing her breath to hitch. Sitting up Sam pulled his shirt off as he watched Mercedes squirm underneath him to get out of own pants. The sight of her naked was sending him over the edge. His lips came crashing down onto her pressing his length against her moist heat. The feel of his rubbing up against her was driving her mad, "Sammy please," she pleaded to him, "I need you in me now…" Their kisses grew heated as Sam teased her opening before plunging into her. They arched hissing at the feel of one enough. He broke their kiss to tease her nipples as he thrust in and out of her gently but firmly. She griped the sheets feeling his thickness stretch her out, "Sammy…" she breathed heavily. Sam slipped his hands underneath her to grab her ass firmly as he picked up speed, "You like that?" he aggressively whispered. He didn't want to be too loud for the fear of waking their kids up but he couldn't contain how turned on he was by her. She wrapped her legs around his back to grant him deeper access whimpering as he found her spot.

Sam was determined to make her cum first. Feeling a change in his mood he decided to try a little dirty talk. Reaching between them he pinched her clit, "Whose pussy is this," he whispered in her ear. Mercedes shuttered at his words and the feeling. When she didn't respond right away he pinched her again causing her to hiss, "Yours… it's Sammy's," she panted. He eased up on the pinching to massage her. Using his other hand to brace himself on the bed Sam pumped harder into her while feverishly rubber her clit until he felt her clench around him. Mercedes dragged her nails up and down his back as she felt her release coming. Throwing her head back and sinking in her bed she came on him. Feeling her juices on him he picked up his speed, "Oh shit baby…so fucking good," he cried. He looked down at her and could tell she was still trying to come off her high while trying to contain the pleasure he was still giving her. Leaning forward he kissed her. The touch of their lips had set off his own orgasm as he shot his load into her. The feel of his hot semen caused Mercedes to cum again digging her nails into him.

Once they had both rode out their orgasm's he gently pulled out of her and collapsed on the bed next to her. Both their bodies were drenched in sweat. He gathered her in his arms and planted kissed all over her face. The tension that they both had been feeling for weeks was washed away. She sighed snuggling up to his naked body. Sam glanced over her shoulder to see if their hot moment had woken the babies up. When he didn't hear any whimpering he smiled, "I love you." She looked up at him with bright eyes, "I love you too Sammy," she whispered back to him. Not wanting to let go of this moment they both held onto each other until they fell asleep. For once they were both going to sleep peacefully with each other.

Authors note: In case anyone was curious Mercedes has an IUD insert. So no new baby Evans any time soon.