A/N: So this is a new story about Samcedes! I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1

A Chance Meeting

"Baby, you gotta stay with me okay. You gotta stay with us. Did you hear me? You knew before I did but now that I know you can't leave me. I love you and we are gonna need you."

"LEAVE! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!"

"M-Mr. Evans, please I didn't know he was coming home early. I love him and we're going to have-"

"Leave and if you ever come back I will have you arrested so fast you won't be able to blink."

"I won't go! I have a right to be here! He was coming home to me. He chose me!"

"And now he might die because of it!"

"No.. no I have faith." Dwight moved closer to her and shouted so loudly it made her jump back.

"GET THE HELL OUT! YOU ARE BENEATH HIM AND HE WAS NEVER GOING TO MARRY YOU!"

"But I'm having his..."

"Don't even think for one second we'd ever allow him to procreate with you. That abomination will never be an Evans!" With that he slammed the door in her face leaving her to break down and crying in the hall. Then she heard the worst sound she's ever heard in her life...

FOUR YEARS LATER

Mercedes looked out at her daughter smiling and playing with the other kids around her. She looked at the details of her daughters face and saw... she quickly pushed the thought from her mind. She missed Sam dearly and made a personal vow to let her daughter know who her father was even if his parents refused to acknowledge her. She gave one final glance at her daughter before returning to her book, before she knew it she was deeply engrossed into her book that she had lost track of time. She looked up and didn't see her daughter before panicking she gathered their things and walked closer to where she last saw her. When she didn't see her she looked around and began shouting her name and running around.

"Samantha!"

"SAMANTHA, baby please answer me!" By this time other parents had become aware and began helping until she heard her daughter's little voice.

"Mommy!" Mercedes quickly turned in the direction and saw her daughter waving at her before turning around and talking to the man in front of her. Mercedes panicked and ran to her daughter quickly.

"Hey! I don't know who you are but get away from my baby." Mercedes said not looking at the man only looking at her daughter and checking her for any harm.

"Mommy! Don't be mean to daddy!" Samantha said giving her mother a stern look. Mercedes gave her daughter a sad look and shook her head knowing she would have to tell her daughter again that her father died.

"Baby, we've gone over this. Your daddy is in heaven."

"No, he's right here look!" The little girl insisted pointing the man who for some reason was still standing there. Mercedes let a breath and decided to humor her daughter. She stood up from where she was standing and finally looked at the man.

"Honey, look this isn't... Sammy?" She felt like her heart stopped and like she was looking at ghost. She was breathing heavily as she reached to touch his face, he was really here. She ran her hand along his face gently tracing the details of his jaw, his nose before her fingers fell on his lips and felt her body shudder. He was the only man that had such as strong effect on her and couldn't help but pressing them lightly causing him to blush.

"Sam?"

"See mommy! I told you it's daddy!" Samantha said wrapping her little arms around his leg. He gave the child a confused look but couldn't help but looking back at the woman who had began to cry. He didn't know why but he wanted to comfort her or why he was having such a hard time keeping his eyes on just her face. He looked back at her now tear stained face and wasn't sure when but he ran a thumb across her cheek wiping away a fresh tear. He didn't know who she was or why this little girl was calling him daddy but he could tell they both believed he was this mystery man.

"Umm... Sam? Who are your friends?"

Sam turned around and saw his fiancé and realized this was situation looked very bad.

"I'm not sure..." he answered honestly looking back at the beautiful woman and beautiful girl standing in front of him. She was stunning and he couldn't help but feel a deep attraction and there was something stirring deep down that made his skin hot. Her doe eyes told him she knew him and he couldn't help but getting lost in them. He moved his eyes to her cute button nose then her full lips and felt his breath hitch, they looked so soft and tingle ran up his spine.

"Mommy why doesn't daddy know me? Why doesn't he know you?"

"Daddy?" The blonde petite said looking at Sam with wide eyes.

"Yes, he's my daddy and she's my mommy. Mommy told me daddy died before I was born in a car but that he loved me and that I would see him again when I went to heaven." Samantha said matter factly.

"Okay, clearly this is some ploy to get money from my fiancé but it won't work. Now I suggest you take your little bastard baby and leave us alone." The woman said cousins Mercedes to snap back from the haze she was in and look at the woman like she had lost her damn mind.

"Quinn that wasn't nice and you have no right to speak to her that way." Sam said with a hint of anger surprising him.

"Samuel Evans! You don't even know this woman why are you defending her? Why are you even entertaining this crap! She just wants your money I can see that by looking at her."

"Oh hell to the no! Look I don't know who you are or why you feel like you have the right to speak to me this way but I don't want Sam's money! I never did... nor will I let my child stand around and be spoken to this way! Sam is her father and I'm not sure why he doesn't remember me but if he's choosing to not to remember me that's fine. Let's go Samantha." Mercedes said reaching for her daughter's hand and turning to walk away. The tears fell and her heart began to break all over again.

8 years ago

"Where the hell are you taking me?" Mercedes asked her best friend Tina, who hadn't said a word since she made her leave their dorm room 'dressed to impress'. They both had on little black dresses with Tina's long jet black hair cascading down her back in soft waves while Mercedes' natural curls bounced around her shoulders. Tina's dress had a 70's flare that was paired with a pair of calf length go-go boots. Mercedes opted for her black wrap dress and some black peep toe heels.

"We're going to have some fun! We've been here for two years and haven't gone to one party together and what makes it worse is that you're constantly asked out by guys but you turn them down!" Tina said looking back at her best friend with a knowing look.

"So... I'm not here to party, I'm here to get an education so I can get a job doing what I love. Boys will only distract me and since you know who ruined everything, I don't think I'm up for dating." Mercedes said speaking of her ex.

"Ugh let's not bring up that asshole! We're young and sexy and are going to get felt up and dance on guys tonight and that's final!" Tina shouted with silly grin on her face. Mercedes just rolled her eyes and allowed her friend to tug her along the row of Greek based houses. Each house was having their own party but Tina was headed for a specific house and when she found it she let happy squeal.

"Is there a reason this one is so important to you?"

"You'll see in just a second why." She replied with a wink and devilish smile. Mercedes just chuckled and followed behind her friend into the very loud house. There were people everyone and it was a squeeze getting through the cluster of people. Much to Mercedes' disdain she had to turn sideways a few time to get through a group of guys and the lucky few that were on the side of her ass didn't hesitate to lightly press up against it. She was used to her ass being a admired but she hadn't felt that many hard dicks on her in lifetime and she was certain that she met the quota. When they finally broke free of the cluster they saw were some of the party goers were dancing, there were a few playing beer pong and then there were the ones who were just making out. The music was loud and there was a thin layer of smoke in the air, the house smelled like sweat and axe body spray. Tina's grip on Mercedes' hand loosen when she saw the cute boy from her chemistry class and lab. She waved wildly and tugged Mercedes along.

"Hey Mike." She said sweetly. The y'all Asian gave her a warm smile and leaned over to kiss her cheek making her blush and Mercedes roll her eyes at her friend's cuteness.

"You came. How are you?"

"Good, thanks for the invite. This is my friend Cedes."

"You didn't lie when you described her, she is gorgeous." Mike said looking at Mercedes then back at Tina.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Mike Chang." He said holding his hand out for Mercedes to shake which she did smiling at the handsome man.

"Mercedes Jones, it's nice to meet you as well."

"Would you mind if I stole Tina for a dance?"

"Please do, she'll kill me if I said yes." Mercedes replies with a giggle. Tina shot her a happy look before walking off with Mike to the dance floor. Mercedes let out a deep sigh and went to find a drink, when she finally found where they were keeping the drinks she scanned over them all before someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned and saw the sweetest pair of green eyes looking down at her.

"Need help?" The man asked smiling brightly at her. She couldn't help but notice his lips and smiled back at him.

"Umm... I'm not really a drinker. I was looking for like some soda." She replied honestly. He tilted his head slightly with a lopsided smile.

"How old are you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Twenty one" she answered softly.

"Okay good. I'm Sam what's your name?" He asked lighting moving her aside and pulling a few different things then started to make a drink.

"Mercedes." She said feeling her cheeks grow warm when his hand brushed her shoulder. She watched as he continued to make a drink and when he finished he smiled and handed her the colorful drink.

She heard about frat boys making girls special drinks that would end up with naked and doing all sorts of things.

"I didn't drug it." He said still smiling at her and holding the drink for her to take which she still hadn't.

"I think I'm okay." She finally said trying not to be rude.

"Okay, look." He said before taking a sip then placing the cup in her hands. She couldn't help but giggle at his antics. She humored him and took a sip as well and she was surest how sweet it was and that she could barely taste the alcohol.

"It's really sweet." She said finally.

"Like you. Don't be a stranger Mercedes." He said leaning in and placed a bold kiss on her cheek making her skin flush hotly and blush. When he walked away she felt herself looking at him and wanting him to come back but also didn't want to seem needy. When he turned back and looked at her, her breathing hitched and he nodded her over she smiled shyly before shrugging and purposely turning away from him. Sam shook his head and wasn't sure why but she had taken all his attention away from the party the second he saw her trying to find a drink. The way her brows furrowed when she couldn't find whatever it was she was looking for which is why he went over to help. He debated walking back over to her and when he saw one of his teammates slowly approaching he knew he'd better step in before he lost his chance. She still had her back to him when he walked up behind her, he couldn't help staring at how curvy she looked and when his eyes fell on her generous ass whatever self control he had went out the window.

"I don't bite." He said leaning down close to her ear so she could hear him over the music while he snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her into him gently. He felt her shudder slightly before turning around in his arms, he was surprised she hadn't moved away from him but he wasn't complaining. She looked up with worried eyes and he began to pull away but stopped when she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"My ex is here and I'd really rather not deal with him or his new… person. So if you don't mind staying like this a little while longer, I'll owe you big time." She said into his ear and a nervous laugh that made his chest tighten. She searched his eyes for an answer and mouth 'thank you' when he nodded and pulled her in closer to him.

"Mercy Merce! I see Tina got you out of the room for once." A loud voice said from behind them, Sam looked at the guy with a confused expression then down at Mercedes who looked annoyed.

"Shane… this is your ex?" Sam asked shocked that this was the woman he heard so many thing about and they were not great. He pulled away and saw the sad expression that came across her face but it quickly changed when Shane's new girlfriend said something only she heard.

"You know the least you could do is tell your new pet to watch how she speaks to me." Mercedes said looking at her ex wanting to punch the hell out of him for even coming over to speak to her.

"I'm sorry but he doesn't owe you anything. You spread your legs like a common whore you'll get treated like one." The girl said with a devious smirk. Sam noticed the confused and angry look that fell on Mercedes' face and the panicked look that Shane started sporting after his new girlfriend said what she said. He saw her tiny hands ball up into two fist and was going to move closer to stop her from hitting them but wasn't fast enough. Before he knew it she had landed two firm punches on Shane's face and another two on his girlfriends causing her to fallback. Shane winced and moved like he was going to step to her but stopped when Sam stepped in front of her.

"Move Evans!"

"Nah man, don't further embarrass yourself by getting the brakes beaten off of you." Sam said crossing his arm and giving his teammate a dark look.

"You think I'm scared of you?" Shane asked squaring up at Sam.

"Oh I know you're not and I wasn't talking about me, I meant her… she already knocked your girl out do you really want her to do it to you?" Sam asked with humor in his voice. He moved aside so that Shane was face to face with Mercedes again who had a death glare plastered on her face and her hands were still in fist. Shane moved closer only to be punched two more times and this time blood came flowing from his nose and lip. She pushed him with so much force that he toppled over and she stood over him daring him to move.

"EXCUSE ME! HEY EVERYONE!" she shouted loudly enough to get everyone's attention who wasn't already watching this go down.

"It's come to my attention that my ex, Shane Tinsley here, has been spreading lies about me. So let me clear them up for you all… Shane and I never and I do mean NEVER had sex. He would beg me and I would turn him down every SINGLE time and he would always ask why. Well baby, how about I tell you why now? Huh?" She looked down at Shane who looked angry and stunned that she was doing this now.

"What do you guys think? Should I finally put him out of his misery and tell him why I wouldn't let him have sex with me?" She asked the room who all nodded and shouted yes.

"Well the people have spoken. Shane, the reason why I would never let you near my honey pot is because… your dick is literally the size of a baby carrot and there's no way I'm wasting my time pretending to enjoy something I wouldn't even able to fully feel. Shall I give them my proof?" She asked with a raised eyebrow and a smirk. Shane shook his head pleading with his eyes that she didn't continue.

"Then apologize, NOW!" She said moving away so he could get up. When he did he looked at everyone and felt so ashamed and overly embarrassed.

"I'm sorry Mercedes, I shouldn't have lied on you like that. I was just… I'm sorry." He said looking down and then back at Mercedes who nodded and when she did the whole room cheered loudly and several guys approached her asking if they could have her number. She smiled sweetly but turned them down because it felt weird having them ask her that after she had just mad a complete fool out of her ex for being an asshole. Sam was still in shock and found his self at a loss for words, she was a force to be wreaked with and after the fifth guy was shot down he decided to save her from the unwanted attention.

"Come on Rousey, let me make you another drink." He walked her into the kitchen and right as he was about to hand her the drink he made a petite Asian girl ran right into him not stopping until she was in front of Mercedes.

"CEDES! I'M SO FREAKING PROUD OF YOU!" She shouted even though it was necessary, the girl wrapped her arms tightly around Mercedes and squeezed causing her to laugh. Holy hell her laugh was down right sexy. He stood there watching their exchange before realizing his shirt was completely soaked, he grabbed a few paper towels trying to wipe it up but his shirt was done.

"Thanks Tina, but you need to watch where you're going..." She said nodding over to Sam who was still trying to dry off his shirt. Tina's facial expression made her laugh even harder than she did earlier but she stopped when she saw the panic sink in on her friend's face.

"Why don't you go find Mike… because I can tell by those hickies that's who you were with and I'll help him." Tina just smiled and nodded quickly walked away saying sorry to Sam as she did.

"So… that drink you promised?" She said moving over to where Sam was standing and nudged him giggling. He looked up at her with a sweet smile and she felt the butterflies she had earlier comeback.

"Sorry, your friend kinds moves fast. I can make you another." He offered looking at her lips when she bit it absentmindedly.

"How about we get you a new shirt?" She countered. He nodded and chuckled before grabbing her hand and guiding her to the back stair case. They went up on flight of stairs before walking down a short hallway then he suddenly stopped in front of a closed door turning around with a guilty smile.

"What?"

"Umm… can you give me a second?" He asked feeling his cheeks growing hot, he knew he was blushing and wished like hell he could control it. She tilted her head to the side with an amused look and nodded before letting out a soft laugh.

"It'll only be a few seconds I swear." He said smiling and quickly entering the room then closing the door. Sam looked around at his room and immediately scolded his self for letting it get this bad, he quickly picked up any and all trash he saw and threw it away followed by discarded dirty clothes and his shoes which he threw into his hamper and everything into his closet. He scanned his room once more before feeling satisfied with it's appearance, he went to the door taking a deep breath trying to regain some since of self before he opened the door to a smiling Mercedes.

"You know you could've just changed your shirt while you were in here… right?" She teased while entering his room, she scanned the area and stopped when she saw his bed. She turned to look at him trying to hold in her laughter as he looked at her with a confused look.

"Avatar, really?" She asked lifting his cover and revealing his Avatar sheets.

"I'm a nerd… sue me." He said shrugging.

"Hey, I didn't say it was a bad thing and I would prefer to watch that than go back down there… parties aren't really my thing." She said sighing.

"Get comfortable, I'll put it on and we can watch it." He said moving to where his TV stand was and grabbing the movie to put on for them to watch. He looked back and she was still standing in the same spot sporting a look that made Sam laugh. He put the movie in and walked to where he was standing in front of her.

"I told you earlier I don't bite we are going to sit on top of the covers and watch an amazing movie. I'll even put pillows in between us." He said reassuringly, he looked at her waiting for a response and noticed she was biting her lip again and needed her to stop before the friendly offer turned into something he knew would get him punched.

"I'm not that much of a prude, I was more so worried about this damn dress." She said giggling and sitting on the edge of the bed and removing her shoes before moving back. She couldn't explain it but she felt extremely comfortable around him and she liked that he offered to put a wall of pillows so she wasn't uneasy about watching a movie with a perfect stranger.

Present Day

"Mommy, stop! We have to go back! We can't leave without daddy!" Samantha said finally yanking away from her mother's grip and turning to run but was stopped by her mother who quickly scooped her up and carried her to her car. Once they got to her car she placed her struggling daughter into her seat and strapped her in tightly then got into the driver's seat but she didn't turn the car on, she just sat there listening to her daughter cry and yell about how they couldn't leave 'her daddy'.

"Baby, mommy is sorry but she needs to figure out what's going on first okay?" Mercedes said looking back at her daughter hoping she would somehow understand what she was trying to say.

"Why didn't you just kiss him so he could remember?"

"What?"

"Like Sleeping Beauty, she fell asleep and the Prince kissed her and she woke up. Maybe daddy's just asleep inside and needs you to kiss him to wake him up." Her daughter said innocently but very seriously.

"Baby… I can't just kiss him and make it better. He doesn't-" She stopped at the tapping on her window, she looked and saw Sam standing there with a nervous smile, she looked around him and saw that he was alone and was just going to let her window down but decided her daughter had heard enough for one day and didn't want her asking more questions. So she turned the car on so the air could blow and turned back to look at Samantha.

"I'm going to get out for just a minute okay?"

"You just need to kiss him, it'll work!" Mercedes chuckled and nodded then got out.

"Your daughter dropped this when you were walking away, I figured she'd want it back." Sam said handing her a small Minnie Mouse purse. She didn't know what to say all she could do was stare at him and wonder why… why was she told he died and why the hell was he standing here with no memory of her or of them being together. She heard knocking and looked back at her daughter making kissy faces and rolled her eyes. What am I going to do with that child… she's just like him and he doesn't even know it.

"I'm sorry if I made you two cry, it wasn't my intention she caught me off guard when she ran up to me calling me daddy. I figured if I asked her where her parents were I could help get her back. She insisted that I was her father and that she would get 'mommy' so we could be a happy family." Sam said breaking Mercedes from her thoughts.

"You really don't remember me?" She asked barely above a whisper.

"I can't say that I do. Maybe mistaken identity? I have a common face and-" He stopped when she shot him a look like he was crazy.

"Common face my ass, those lips are not common." She said shaking her head with a soft laugh.

"I wouldn't have left my child if I knew about her." He replied.

"I never officially got to tell you… the wreck happened and when they brought you to the hospital you were out of it. I was going to tell you when you got home but…" She said trailing off and fighting back tears.

"But what?" He said moving closer to her sensing she needed closeness.

"But you died… or so I was informed of that lie."

"Who told you that?"

"I really don't think it's in my place to tell you any of this… you need to speak to your parents." She replied biting her lip nervously and looking back at her car to see Samantha watching them intensely.

"If you are who you say you are then it can come from you… what's your name?" Sam asked realizing he didn't know it and felt horrible when she looked back at him with the saddest eyes.

"Oh wow… you really don't know me huh?" She said breathing heavily as she looked into his eyes and saw that he genuinely did not know who she was and she couldn't believe she was about to follow the advice of her four year old but she hadn't seen him in years and it was getting hard not kiss him. Damn memory loss or not she held on as long as she could. She took a deep breath and moved closer to him, slowly invading his personal space, she looked up at him before standing on her tippy toes. She wrapped her arms around his neck giving him a minute to push her away but when he hadn't she leaned in and kissed him softly at first but after a few moments she deepened it and felt herself drifting. Four years thinking the love of her life was gone, four years of mourning his death, four years of not waking up beside him, kissing him all came out through that kiss.

Sam knew he should have stopped her from kissing him but he couldn't. The second he felt her plump lips on his, his whole body ignited burning softly and melting into her embrace. He felt something he couldn't really explain but one thing for sure he didn't want to stop kissing her. When she deepened the kiss he let the moan that was building escape and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in closer. He knew kissing her back would complicate things for her but his head was screaming so loudly willing him to remember but he couldn't. His need for oxygen finally reached its limit and he slowly pulled away, blinking and taking in a deep breath before looking down at her, she still looked sad but there was some light in her eyes.

"Mercedes." She said with a half smile before turning away and getting back into her car. She gave him a final look before pulling off and heading home, leaving Sam standing there dumbfounded and wishing he was who she thought.

"Mercedes."

Soooo...? How do we like it so far? I mean I wanna say it now, no you won't like Dwight sorry! He's not going to be awesome dad we all love. Can we talk about Mercedes being a bad ass?? Like girl... yasss! How cute is Samantha?? I love how sassy she is already! Let me know how you liked it and if you want another chapter! Until next time! Xoxo