A/N: First I need to say this- I know it's been a minute but I have been dealing with a lot nothing bad all GOOD I swear lol just mad exhausted is all plus I opened my business back up so there's that.

Secondly- ENJOY! This chapter is straight FLUFF in the best way!

Song- Sisters Are Doin' it for Themselves

Chapter Twenty-Seven

The Idea

"Oh dear God why can't we move here!" Mercedes said after biting into her second beignet and Sam watched trying not to laugh as his wife's eyes rolled into the back of her head like it was her last meal.

"You know we still need to pick out names." He said pulling the plate away from her before she grabbed another one.

"I can't think of any… but if I had another beignet it might help." She said with a sweet smile as she reached for the plate but he shook his head and pulled it further out of reach.

"Samuel Evans if you think for one second I won't crawl across the table, stomach and all because I will!"

"Oh I know you will but you need to eat other things besides sweets besides we still have to go to the aquarium and you get cranky when we walk too long after you eat. So I'm cutting you off woman, now baby names.. I like Liam."

"Nope hate it sounds Hensworth like and we all know there's only one Chris in my life."

"Evans." They said in unison with him shaking his head. "How about Aiden?"

"You know how many mixed couples name their child Aiden? Too many! I like Tate"

"Tate, Tate… Taaayte. No too complicated." Sam said grabbing a beignet and halving it for them to share, she gave him a sweet smile and took her half which she noticed was bigger than his.

"Lucas?"

"Lucas Evans… Lucas Alexander Evans?" Sam added with a smile. Mercedes said the name mentally shaking her head trying to get used to saying before smiling back at Sam.

"I think we have one name down! Now we can celebrate..." She said reaching for another beignet but Sam shook his head grabbing the plate.

"Woman! You will get sick and I don't care how cute you are I will make you endure it alone." He said knowing he would be by her side the whole time but said to make her stop before she did get sick.

"Oh really? So you're going to let me suffer alone?" She asked with a smirk and raised eyebrow before getting up and walking over to seat standing in front of him.

She looked at her with narrowed eyes and Sam wasn't sure if she was about to do but he was slightly turned on and couldn't help but smile at her. She smiled back sweetly before leaning closer to him brushing her nose against his and pecking his lips with hers before deepening their kiss, Sam smiled when she pulled away.

"What was that for?" He asked pulling her back and kissing her gently.

"This." She said before taking a bite out of a beinget and kissing him back before going back to her seat with a satisfied smirk on her face.

"You're going to regret eating that..." Sam said already making the mental note to make sure there's plenty of ginger ale waiting for them when they got back from the aquarium.

"What bout Jacob? Justin? Nathan? Oooh Levi… I love that!" Mercedes said beaming as she repeated the name.

"So Lucas and Levi?" Sam asked signaling for the check as she nodded still smiling.

"Okay so Lucas Alexander and Levi Hudson… sounds good to me." He said as the waiter brought over the bill and handing him his credit card before looking up at Mercedes who now had tears in her eyes.

"You want… we can't my horse is named after… it's such a beautiful name huh?" She said stammering over her words but smiling.

"Baby you can rename your horse and it's the only name that fits and before you ask I carry my father's name so it wouldn't be fair if we only gave one of them his name. Now, let's go walk off those beignets I have a surprise for you too." He said getting up and holding his hand out for her to grab.

"I'm okay with giving you more kids." She said with a giggle and Sam stopped looking at her with a smirk.

"Oh so being thoughtful gets me more kids… noted." He said chuckling and guiding her to the car and helping her inside.

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"Oh my God! LOOK AT THE TURTLES!" Mercedes gushed as they walked through the glass dome of the aquarium, she looked like a kid in the candy store with her hands placed on the glass and her face close.

"I hear they live here..." Sam joked moving away before she could hit his arm chuckling.

"Shut up! I love turtles..." She said shrugging before walking further down looking every way and admiring all the aquatic life around them. They walked throughout the whole aquarium before Sam pulled her towards the insectarium, he looked at him and she gave him a look before shaking her head no.

"Close your eyes and trust me." He said smiling at her she hesitated for a moment before closing her eyes. She felt him move her before his hands were on her shoulder directing where he wanted to stand.

"I swear… if you make me pee on myself I will bite you!" She said making him laugh loudly. It was an inside joke they share because her bladder was so weak.

"Stay right there and don't open your eyes until I say I do." He said before walking over to the attendant.

"She will either hate this or love it but I think we're ready." Sam said looking at his wide and smiling as she patiently waited for him say open. The attendant just laughed and pressed a button before nodding at Sam, he waited a few moments taking a few pictures of her before moving closer to her.

"Okay baby. Open them." He said and watched as she opened one eye before covering her mouth excitedly.

"Oh my goodness! This is so beautiful!" She said looking at all the butterflies fluttering around her and the area, there were so many different ones of so many different shades of butterflies that it looked like a rainbow in motion.

"My mom told me when she was pregnant with me that she was always surrounded by butterflies anytime she would go on a walk or outside. She finally started to wonder why and called my grandmother and she told her whenever a butterfly lands on a woman's stomach and stays, it means she's pregnant. However is she is already pregnant and one lands on her it means she is being blessed by a spirit… look down." Sam said looking at her lovingly. Mercedes smiled and looked down and saw several butterflies resting on her stomach.

"Oh Sammy… that is so beautiful. I love you so much." She said moving closer then leaning into kiss him. He smiled and gladly accepted her kiss before he pulled away rubbing his hands on her stomach.

"I love you too baby and you two little guys as well!" He let out a laugh when he felt them both kick and Mercedes groaned and the force but still smiled.

"I swear you rile them up every time you talk to them. Just so you know their alliance to me will be strong!" She joked.

"Oh really? Well you already promised me more kids so hopefully I'll get my own allies soon enough." He said pulling her into him and nibbling her nose. "Come on I have one more thing I want to do before we head back to the hotel."

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"Okay so this took some serious pull so I fully expect tears." He said nudging her along and when she realized what they were about to do she turned around with her mouth opened in shock before she actually started crying.

"Wait I was kidding… don't cry." He said wiping her tears and noticing the handler giving him a confused look to which he mouth 'she's pregnant'.

"Do we get to hold them?" She asked after finally getting over her fit of overwhelming happiness.

"If you stop crying and go over there yes and you can feed them too… right?' Sam asked the handler who smiled and nodded before waving them over. Sam had taken her to see the baby animals and called ahead to arrange for them to have a private sitting with the animals so she could enjoy the time with them.

"Now they are a little rowdy but they are still babies so we ask that you be gentle. Here we'll have you sit here and then one by one we'll let one of these guys come out. Depending on how they are they'll either come straight to you or they will be shy and need to warm up. Don't feel offended if they do they just need a minute to adjust to the new people okay? We ready?"

Sam sat next to Mercedes and waited for her to respond and when she nodded excitedly the handler opened one of the crates and patted the ground in front of it and after a few moments the fluffiest little leopard cub came out slowly. Sam felt Mercedes clinch her hands excitedly and started to move closer but stopped remembering what the handler said and just watched as the baby eased his way over to where they were.

When the leopard finally approach he immediately went to Mercedes and climbed into her lap making her smile as she scooped him and nestle him against her chest. Sam smiled and noticed the handler open another one and this time it was a baby tiger and he came out immediately but instead of going over to them he chose to play with a few of the toys that were scattered around. Mercedes leaned over and handed the leopard to Sam who deep down had been waiting for her to let the little guy go so he could have a chance to play with him.

"They are so adorable! We're gonna have little us's running around soon." She said giggling when the tiger finally noticed them and decided that they were more entertaining than the ball he had been play with at the time. The handler let the other two leopards out and they all eventually found their way into Mercedes's lap playing and somewhat demanding her attention.

"Can they sense that I'm pregnant?" Mercedes asked.

"Well I can't answer that factually but I believe they can and you may be giving off heat so you're like a beacon of warmth for them." The handler responded with a smile before grabbing two of the leopards and handing them off to another handler that walked inside with them.

"Feeding time… want to feed him?" She asked.

"Most definitely!" Sam said still holding the first leopard who hadn't left his side after Mercedes handed him over. Mercedes had the tiger who was slowly balling up and yawning. The handler handed over two bottles for them and they both fed the baby animals and in that moment they felt like they were very ready to have their own little ones and start creating new memories with them.

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After leaving the zoo and aquarium Mercedes was feeling tired so they went back to the hotel so she could rest since she was masking her being tired for the impending hour of her throwing up for eating to many sweets. Sam smiled when he saw the bottles of ginger ale waiting for them when they entered their hotel suite, he saw Mercedes's face grow slightly pale before excusing herself to the bathroom and he just shook his head and readied a glass and some crackers for her.

"Hey… how you holding up?" He asked walking into the bathroom seeing her on her knee draped over the toilet.

"Oh you know just peachy." She said giving him a pitiful look and he tried to hold back his chuckle but it came out and she shot him a look but because she jerked her head a little too quickly it cause her to increase the nausea and let out a deep groan.

"I won't say I told you so but after we get back I'm hiding all the chocolate you hid from me." Sam said walking over and grabbing a washcloth wetting it and placing it on the back of her neck.

"Hey you leave them alone!" She joked but quickly returned her head to the toilet to vomit again. Sam just sighed because there wasn't anything he could do except keep her company until she felt remotely better. He sat down and rubbed her back until she felt like she could leave her spot on the floor, he got up first then helped her up, she rinsed her mouth out before giving him a weak smile.

"Come on you can shower later." He said scooping her up and walking her back into the room gently placing her on the bed and handing her the ginger ale and three crackers. He made the mistake of giving her one a previous time and she cried… hard so now he always gave more than two at a time to prevent that from happening again.

"Thank you baby… I should have listened." She said after taking a few test sips to make sure she could keep it down before drinking a little more and eating a cracker.

"Mhm… I'm going to go and try to find you some soup. I'll be back in ten okay?" She just nodded and began flipping through the channels feeling depleted but not willing to give in to her need for sleep. She smiled when she saw that The First Wives Club was playing and got comfortable to watch it. She didn't even notice her moving forward during a particular scene until Sam walked back looking annoyed and carrying two bags of things.

"I know what I'm going to do with that money!" She said smiling brightly at Sam who just gave her a reluctantly nod and smile.

"Okay… I thought you were just going to you know shred the check?"

"Nope not anymore! We need to go home tomorrow and I know we still have a few more days here but I want to start on it now! I mean I guess I could do it from here but oh shit I need to call people… think it's too late to call Quinn? Probably huh… awww Beth. I'm gonna call her." Mercedes said holding a whole conversation with herself and slinking off the bed going to grab her phone but Sam grabbed it before she could and shook his head.

"No you are getting back in that damn bed and getting some rest. No! Don't you say a word woman and stop with the face it's not going to work. We can leave tomorrow IF that's what you really want BUT only after you eat this soup and get some rest. Nope don't you dare try to use your womanly ways to seduce me, get in the bed." He said tapping her on the butt before taking out the warm containers of the soup that he had to order because he knew she wouldn't eat it other wise. He fixed everything and placed it on a tray and gently put in on her lap before giving her a look letting her know he would feed her if she didn't eat it.

"Okay now tell me your idea." He said after she took her first bit of soup.

"So I was watching the movie and these three women created a foundation for other women who has been abused by their husbands and I mean they also used their ex husband's money to do it so I'm going to do it… I already have Shane's money so now I just need to you know revolutionize and kick some ass!" She said beaming and it made him smile at how excited she was about her idea.

"Okay… and you calling Quinn is to get her involved as well right?"

"Yep! Plus I think it'll be great because they're aren't many foundations like that where we live and we can even have an office in Lima! I don't know what to call it just yet but I think … no I know this is what I want to do… I want to help other women, like you helped me. We can offer services to get them out of their bad situations, like maybe we can house a few or give them money to move away from their abusers oooh or we can like make this secret task force that goes into the abuser's home and kicks their asses." She said nodded with a smirk.

"Okay let's not assemble the Avengers just yet but I think you're on to something great there and I fully support you. I personally like the housing idea because it'll help other women see that they're not alone. You'll need licensed therapist so… sorry I'm not meaning to over step." He said not wanting her to think he was trying to take over her idea.

"No, no! I love this keep going!"

"Well I was going to say maybe Shannon could help you find a few who'd be willing to help you know? Then maybe a separate facility that offers self defense and services to help them get off their feet if they're married to someone who holds all the money. You know what… I want to invest. I know you seriously don't need it but it'll make you look more official if you have an investor." Mercedes couldn't help but smile at her husband.

"Oh you're definitely getting more kids out of me." She said laughing but stopping when she felt two strong kicks. "Ow! I swear they're territorial!" Sam just chuckled and leaned over kissing her forehead.

"They're Evans, what'd you expect?" He said taking the tray from her lap and placing it on the mini counter before taking his shoes off and nudging her over so he could get comfortable next to her.

"I'm going to do a full montage like they did in the movie." Mercedes said snuggling up against him and yawning.

"Oh really?"

"Mhm. Gonna have Aretha singing in the background making you hand me checks and shit." Sam let out a deep chuckle and looked down at her she was looking at him deeply and he just smiled.

"What song?" He asked kissing her nose.

"Sisters are doin' it for themselves. Standin' on their own two feet. And ringin' on their own bells. Sisters are doin' it for themselves." She sang softly. Sam didn't say anything just smiled after she finished, he loved hearing her sing and hoped she would sing more for their boys.

"It's going to be great." He said knowing she probably didn't hear him because she dozed off but he knew she had her mind set and would support her in anyway he could.

Sooooo! We have baby names y'all! Also how cute is Sam knowing she would get sick lol! (That actually happened to my sister when she was pregnant and we went to New Orleans. She ate a crap ton of beignets and got mad sick it was horrible!) So Mercedes has a plan it's a good one! The First Wives Club is my favorite movies has been since I was little so naturally it makes sense for that to spark her inspiration! Next chapter will have a tiny time jump and she will of course get her montage lol! We're seriously only two chapters away from the end! Until next time XOXO!