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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

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"Babe, what are you doing today?" Mercedes asked as she slipped on her maxi dress.

Sam head rose from his pillow, "Nothing..what's up?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to come to practice this afternoon." She put on her sandals and got up from the bed.

"Sure." He said. Ever since they came back from their trip to LA, he has been sitting in the house doing nothing.

Mercedes groaned putting her hands on her lower back, "Shit."

Sam got up quickly, "What wrong?"

She bit her lip softly, "Nothing..it's nothing."

"Mercedes..don't lie to me." He said as he looked at her.

Mercedes sighed, "I've been having a little pain in my back every since we got back from LA."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want you to worry." She said quietly.

"Mercedes..I'm suppose to worry." He voice started to rise. "You are carry our baby. Don't you think you suppose to tell if shit like this happens?"

"Don't yell at me Sam." She said, "I said I didn't want you to worry. It's probably nothing."

"Are you a doctor?" He bellowed at her.

"You know what..I'm not about to argue with you and I'm not about to have you yelling at me like I'm a damn child either." She grabbed her purse and waddled out the door.

"Mercedes." He called after her, "Dammit." He muttered to himself as he walked out the door seeing her going down the stairs."Look, you're not about to walk out of this house without talking to me."

She gritted her teeth as she made it to the last step, "You're starting to piss me off."

"You're getting pissed off? I'm pissed that you wouldn't tell me about this. I don't care how big or how small the situation is, you need to tell me." Sam made it down the stairs.

"I'll see you later." She opened the door.

Sam walked behind her shutting it back closed, "You're not leaving until we talk."

"Sam, I'm loosing my patience with you. If you don't remove your fucking hand for this god damn door, so help me God."

"No." He said argued forcibly.

Mercedes turned around, "Fine. I'll call Dr. Skye and schedule an appointment for this afternoon." She said as she looked at him with a scowl on her face.

He removed his hand from the door leaning down to give her a peck on the lips, "I love you."

"Whatever Sam..just don't be late." She opened the door closing it behind her.

Sam groaned heading back to their bedroom.


Mercedes has been in a sour mood all day long. She tried to tell Sam she didn't want him to worry but of course he took it to a whole new level. She was sitting in the choir room watching her students go their routines for the the competition next week.

"No, no..you guys are doing it wrong." She said as she stood up, "How many times do we have to go over this before you get it right?"

"We did everything right." Cannon said.

She cut her eyes at him, "If you would've done everything right I wouldn't have stop you."

"I don't know what you're seeing but we didn't mess up at all." Cannon said as he crossed his arms.

"Dude, shut up." Chris said to him. He knew pregnant women had mood swings and he knew when you argued with them nothing good was going to come out of it.

"Fine, you want to get out there next week and looked like I haven't taught you anything, so be it." She said as she went and sat back down.

"Cannon since you want to shoot off at the mouth today, how about you teach them then. Tell me how easy it is."

"Maybe I will." He said.

"You're not helping your case." Chris whispered toward him.

"You know what, practice is over." Mercedes said, "We will try this again tomorrow." She waited for them to get their things and leave.

She rested her head into her hands. She groaned when she felt her back starting to hurt. She stood up and made her way to her car. She drove for fifteen minutes to the doctor's office. When she pulled up into a parking space, she saw Sam outside his truck waiting for her. She turned off the engine and unbuckled her seatbelt. Getting out the car she closed her door and locked it.

Sam pushed off his truck and wordlessly headed to the door and opened it for her. He followed behind her and went to the front desk.

The receptionist looked up and smiled, "Good afternoon Mr. Evans and Ms. Jones. Here to see Dr. Skye?"

Mercedes looked at her blankly, "Yes." She was passed irritated at this point. Every single thing was just pissing her off today.

"Okay..she should be ready in a minute. I'll just pull your chart for the nurse." She said not noticing Mercedes irritation.

Sam thanked her and went to sit down. He looked at Mercedes in concern.

Mercedes ignored the way Sam was looking at her. She was just not in the mood. The nurse opened the door and called her name. Standing up she made her way to her, walking through the door. The nurse to her vitals and took her to an empty room.

Mercedes sat down on the bed with Sam sitting by her in the chair. They sat in complete silence until they heard a knock on the door.

Dr. Skye entered with a smile, "Hey you two." She pulled up her rolling chair and sat I front of them, "So since I wasn't suppose to see you until next week, what's going on?"

Mercedes sighed, "I have been having major back pains since we got back from LA and I have difficulty sleeping at night."

Sam sat up, "You didn't tell me that part this morning."

Mercedes rolled her eyes, "How many times do I have to tell you I didn't want you to worry."

Dr. Skye looked between two, "Okay..I know what's going on here." She crossed her legs, "Mercedes you're entering your third trimester which means your baby is getting bigger. Your uterus is also increasing which may cause pressure on pelvic area and cause you back pain." She grabbed a pamphlet from behind her, "In this pamphlet is some more signs and symptoms you're going to have throughout your last three months." She handed it to her, "I will prescribe you something to ease up the pain in your back, okay?" Mercedes shook her head, "Now, I still want you to come in next week for your regular checkup..Any questions?"

"Is there anything you can give her to tone down her mood-swings?" Sam asked seriously.

Mercedes side eyed him hard but didn't say anything.

Dr. Skye laughed softly, "Mood-swings are a normal part of any pregnancy. So is there anything I can give her medical wise? No, but you make sure she is staying healthy for the rest of her term. Exercising is known for lifting moods also. Or.." She smiled at them, "Pampering. Take a mini vacation for the weekend. Go somewhere where both of you can relax and spend quality time with each other. No interruptions."

"Are you sure you're not a therapist?" Mercedes asked.

She grinned, "No, but it's my job to know about this sweetie." She rubbed the younger girl shoulder. Getting up, "Okay, I will see you guys next week at 4." She smiled and walked out the door.

Sam blew out a prolonged breath, "So are you going to talk to me or not?"

Mercedes got up from the table, "Can we just talk when we get home, please?"

"Okay." He opened the door for her and they walked out together getting into separate cars and headed home.


When Mercedes got home she went to the bathroom and took a shower. She tied her hair up into a loose ponytail and threw on a long night shirt. She walked to her the room right across from theirs. Opening the door, she went and sat down in the rocking chair by the crib.

Sam came in looking at her. She was cradling her stomach. He smiled at the sight. "Hey." He walked over to her sitting on the floor in front of her.

"I'm sorry." She said quietly. "I've been a bitch to you all day."

"You're not a bitch Mercedes, don't ever call yourself that." He grabbed her hands. "I'm sorry I yelled at you baby. But I don't want you to keep things like this away from me, okay?" She shook her head. He leaned up and kiss her lips softly.

"I love you more." He looked in her eyes and smiled knowing that she was saying it back to him from this morning."I was to moody to say it back this morning."

"It's okay." He got up from the floor. Lifting her up carefully, he took her seat and sat her on his lap. "You know..maybe we should take Dr. Skye's advice and take a little vacation."

"Mhm that sounds nice." She wrapped her arms around his waist.

He started to play with the ends of her ponytail. "Good..we can leave Friday afternoon." He rubbed his hand up and down her thick thighs.

She looked at him through her lashes, "Where are we going?"

He smiled down at her, "I'll take care of it." He ran his hand across her stomach. Feeling Arianna kick his hand he laughed, "I guess she doesn't want me touching Mommy."

She smiled at him. Laying her head back against his bare chest. "Are you ready for fatherhood?"

"I am but then again..I'm nervous as hell. I don't want to mess up anything." He said as he laid his head on top hers.

"You will be fine baby." She reassured him, "I'm nervous too but I know that we could get through this together.

Sam shook his head. He was about to say something but the doorbell interrupted him. He looked at Mercedes, "Are you expecting someone."

"No.." She got off of his lap and made her way out the door.

Sam followed behind her. He grabbed her hand and took one step at a time. On the last step he let go of her hand and headed for the door. He was cut off by Josh who ran to the door.

"I got it.." Josh said as he looked at them nervously. "I thought you guys were still out."

"No.." Mercedes said slowly. She took him in, "Why are you acting so nervous?"

"Yeah, why are you?" Sam asked skeptically.

"No reason.." He said as he heard the doorbell ring again.

Mercedes walked around him and went to the door.

"Mercedes no.." Josh said as he followed her.

Mercedes opened the door and came face to face with a girl who looked her age. She scanned the girl face. She looked very familiar. "Can I help you?"

The girl looked up nervously, "Um, um..shit." She saw Sam standing behind her.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" He yelled.

Mercedes was confused, "Sam..who's this?"

Sam had fire playing in his eyes as he turned to Josh, "Why the fuck is she in my house?"

"Look Sam, you need to calm the fuck down." He said furiously.

Sam got in his face, "Don't tell me what I need to do. You are bringing someone in here who almost tore my family apart asshole, what the hell were you thinking?"

Then it clicked. Mercedes turned to the girl. "Y-Your the girl who helped Tyler?"

Tears started to fall from Ariel's eyes, "Yes..I just wanted to t-talk to y-you, so I got in contact with Josh." She looked Mercedes straight in her eyes.

"Sam I advise you to get out of my face like right now." Josh said loosing his temper with his friend. "She wanted to come talk to Mercedes and tell her the truth."

Sam punched him in his face, "I don't give a flying fuck. I want her out of my house."

Josh growled at him, punching him back. He grabbed Sam by his shirt and threw him against the wall.

Sam push him to the ground and got on top of him.

"STOP." Mercedes yelled at them. Groaning as she held her stomach. She came over to Sam and yanked his arm, "GET OFF OF HIM..NOW!"

Sam looked at Josh in anger. He got off of his wiping his bloody lip.

Josh stood up. Groaning when he felt his eye throbbing.

Ariel shook her head. It didn't matter how much she tried to make things right, it would always turn out the opposite way. "I-I should go.." She ran to her car.

"Ariel wait.." Josh walked to door but she was already pulling out of the driveway. He huffed and closed the door. He cut his eyes at Sam, "I swear to God.." He walked back to him.

"What the fuck are you going to do Josh?" He said.

"Stop." She said putting her hands on their chest keeping them separated. "Calm down.. both of you."

"I have nothing left to say to you." Sam said as he turned around and walked up the stairs.

"Sam.." Mercedes yelled after him. She winced when she heard their bedroom door slam. She turned back to Josh.

"I'm sorry Mercedes..I really am, i know I should've told you but I knew if I did, you would have never wanted to hear her out." He said. He opened the front door slamming it behind him.

"Y'all are going to get enough of slamming damn doors in this house." She huffed. Rubbing her stomach. She really didn't want to hear what the girl had to say but she would give her a chance.


Sam woke up in pain. His back was killing him and he felt like his face was just going to explode. He got out the bed wincing a little and went to the bathroom. He saw the light was on and figured it was just Mercedes. He walked in and saw her doing her hair. He decided to wait until she was done so he let the toilet seat down and sat on it.

Mercedes looked at him through the mirror, "Good morning."

Sam looked up, "Hey."

She turned her attention back to her hair. Finishing the last curl, she turned to iron off. Facing him, "I love you." She kissed his lips softly.

Sam winced in pain at the touch of her lips on his, "I love you more."

She leaned back and rubbed his cheek, "Go talk to him.."

"Mercedes..no, he brought her into our house. Someone who kept us apart for two weeks. Hell no." He said angrily.

"Fine.." She opened the door and walked out of their bedroom. She headed down the stairs into the kitchen where she saw Josh feeding Rocky.

"You scared me." Josh said as he turned around.

"Sorry." She said. Walking in front of him, she held in face in his hands. He tried to turn it away but she had a tight grip on him. She took in his black eye and busted lip. "You need ice." She went to the freezer and got him a pack of frozen peas and handed it to him.

"Thank you." He placed the pack on his eye.

"You're welcome." She went back to the refrigerator and grabbed her two fruit cups and a water. She placed the items in her purse. She saw Sam come in the kitchen and went to the cabinet and grabbed him a bowl. He didn't say anything to Josh. He fixed his cereal and walked right out.

Josh sighed shaking his head.

Mercedes walked back over to him, "I'm not mad at you, okay?" He shook his head, "We are talking about this when I get home." She kissed his cheek, "Love you."

"Love you too." He hopped on the counter and reflected on what happen last night.


Mercedes sitting on her desk, "Okay..I want to apologize to you guys. I wasn't myself yesterday and I took it out on y'all." She looked at them, "So, I'm canceling practice for the rest of the week and next week. Why practice when I know you're were good?" She laughed as they cheered. "You guys can head to lunch." She smiled when they all walked out.

Cannon stood in front of her, "I'm sorry for the attitude yesterday..I was just tired and frustrated."

"It's okay." She smiled at him. "Give me a hug."

He laughed and hugged her, "I'll see you tomorrow." He waved at her and walked out the door.

Mercedes hopped off the desk. She heard someone knock on the door and she turned around. "Thank you for coming."

Ariel stood at the door, "N-No problem." She went and sat in one of the desk in front of her. "Before you say anything I just want to tell you I'm so sorry." She looked at Mercedes, "I didn't want to do it I swear."

"Then why did you do it?" Mercedes asked.

Ariel took a deep breath, "I seen my mom go through a lot of bad relationships and it made me angry. I hated seeing everyone happy. So I started breaking up people's relationships. Tyler was going through the same thing I was, so we teamed up in college." She sighed, "After awhile I started to see what it was doing to people, so I tried to stop." She let her tears fall, "I told Tyler I wanted out and that's when he snapped. He slapped me in my face and broke my wrist. I've never seen him act that way so that's when I knew I had to get out." She wiped her face, "I moved to Vegas and got a job as a waitress in the casino. I had no contact with Tyler whatsoever until he came knocking at my door with a file. I don't even know how he got my address. I swear I didn't want to do but I knew what he was capable of so I did.." She wrung her hand around her wrist, "I had to make it look like Sam cheated but I swear nothing happen."

Mercedes sat in silence. It was a lot to take in. She knew Ariel was telling the truth but it still hurt. She felt bad for what Tyler did to her, he was truly a psycho. She looked at her, "Thank you for coming to talk to me. I'm sorry that Tyler did that to you but you have to know you hurt me so much." Ariel put her head down, "But it's all over with and I wish you the best in life."

Ariel stood up, "Thank you so much. I know I hurt you and I'm so sorry. I wish you and Sam all the luck with the baby. She's going to be beautiful."

Mercedes smiled at her, "Thank you."

Ariel smiled back and excited out the door.

Mercedes looked at her retrieving form. Who knows, maybe someday in the future they could be friends.


Mercedes turned her key into the door. Throwing them down on the counter she walked into the living room. She at her purse down on the couch,"SAM..JOSH..DOWNSTAIRS NOW!" She yelled. She was determined to have them hash this shit out.

Sam came down the stairs and went to her.

Josh came from the hallway and leaned against the doorway of the room.

She looked at them, "Both of you are going to sit down and you are going to talk." Sam was about to speak but Mercedes held her hand up, "No..you guys have been friends for a long time and the fighting last night was uncalled for. So you're going to sit your asses down and talk." She turned around and walked out the room.

Minutes passed by until Josh spoke up. He looked at him,"So..lets talk."


A/N. Oh man, I bet you guys weren't expecting that. ;)