A/N: Hello out there...I know it has been so long since I updated, and I am sorry for that, but like I said, this is going to be a slow moving story. I have a lot going on with me, and writing is not at the top of the list right now. I do hope you all enjoy this chapter, and I am looking forward to hearing what you have to say. A special shout out to ZeeJack, for betaing this story for me, and keeping me on track. I am not going to yammer on, I am just going to say HAPPY READING!
Much Love
***DISCLAIMER*** I do not own Glee!
Mercedes was running around the kitchen like a chicken with her head cut off, trying to get things ready for this Bear Cub meeting. She dreaded every second of this, but she knew she had to suck it up and do it, because she promised Sam, and she did not plan on breaking a promise to him. She wanted to make sure that everything was prepared perfectly, so those snooty heffas wouldn't have anything to say to her. She was checking the hours dors to make sure those that needed to be hot was hot, and those that needed to be cold was cold enough. She had all kinds of drinks, but she knew wine was the drink of choice for these ladies. She had a crew come in to clean the house for her, because she had a busy week of trying to get things ready for her tour, not to mention taking care of her insatiable husband, but she didn't mind that part at all. She was finally satisfied with the way everything looked, and she had to make sure she looked like a leader, but also relaxed. She grabbed her skinny jeans, and off the shoulder cashmere top, that hung right below her ass. She paired that with a pair of ankle peep toe boots. She brushed her hair to a loose side ponytail, and made sure her makeup was light, and suitable for day wear. She was putting on her lip gloss, when she felt a pair of familiar hands wrap around her waist, and she smiled. "Aren't you supposed to be leaving for practice Mr. Evans?"
Sam watched Mercedes get ready, and he knew she was doing this for him, and he loved her for that. She was his rock, and the beat to his heart, but most of all, she was his reason to keep busting his ass everyday to make her proud. She was so beautiful, and although he was supposed to be out the door by now to get to practice on time, he couldn't resist getting a minute of love from her. "I know, and I'm going, but I need some of my wife's kisses to send me on my way with a smile."
She smiled, this man was so good to her, and he made her feel so desired and wanted, "Well since you put it that way, how can I say no."
"You can't" Sam smirked, and pulled her in for a passionate kiss. They kissed until they were forced to breath, and he smiled when they pulled apart, "That's just what I needed, but that's just a preview for later on tonight." He smirked.
"I am counting on that." She kissed him again sweetly, "Now you need to go before you are really late and they fine your ass." She turned him around and swatted him on the ass, "Now scoot…" She giggled, and heard her doorbell ring. They both looked at the clock, "I know the ladies are not here already, I still have 30 minutes." She sighed and they walked downstairs. She opened the door and smiled, "Shelley, what are you doing here? You're early."
Shelley smiled and held up a bottle of wine, "I am here to see if you needed any help, with this being your first Bear Cub meeting running things." She looked over at Sam, "But the real question is, what are you still doing here? Aren't you late?" She put her hand on her hips and looked him up and down.
"I'm leaving now." He grabbed his bag and was about to head out the door, before he felt a hand grab his arm. "May I help you Shelley?"
"I don't know what kind of kinky stuff you two are into, and I really don't care, but I don't think it would be a good idea for you to show up to practice, late, with lip gloss all over your lips." She giggled, "It's a cute shade on you though."
Mercedes couldn't stop herself from laughing, and she tried to stop when Sam scoffed at her, but she couldn't, "I'm sorry babe, but it's funny." She doubled over in laughter at that point.
Sam just shook his head at his wife, she was laughing way too hard over this, "That's fine Mercy, I'll get you back later, believe that." He wiped his mouth, smirked at Mercedes, and walked out the house. He knew he was going to have to gun it to get to practice on time now.
As soon as Sam walked out the door, Mercedes and Shelley fell into a fit of giggles. "Oh my God girl, he is going to so get me later, but it is so worth it." Mercedes laughed even louder.
"Girl his lips were shining! And you know with his lips, there was no way he was going to hide that." She giggled some more. "He looked like he was eating fried chicken." She laughed again.
Mercedes held up her hand, "Hey, no talking about my man's lips, they are pure magic. They are celebrated in this house." She smirked, but then started laughing, "You are wrong for that, but they were shining."
Shelley threw up her hands in surrender, "Alright then Cedes...get yours...damn!" She laughed, "I have never heard someone say something like that before."
"That's because they ain't never had Sam's lips on them before." Mercedes smiled and licked her lips, "It's a religious experience...trust me. And I was blessed to be the only one to get that pleasure, and will be the only one."
Shelley shook her head, "That you are Mrs. Evans, and I'm sure he wouldn't have it any other way. Now come on, let's get everything ready so those heffas won't have a word to say."
Mercedes rolled her eyes, "You know they will always have something to say no matter what I do, but I'm more concerned about the children we are going to be helping with the charity event we are putting together." That was one of the reasons besides Sam she didn't give up on this group a long time ago, they actually do good work in the community. For the next twenty minutes, Shelly and Mercedes got all the little details handled, and was ready for the meeting to start. The ladies started to arrive on time, and was greeted with a drink and something to munch on. Right at noon, Mercedes was ready to start the meeting, "Ladies, let's come to order….I think everyone who is coming is here." She took her seat and pulled out her Ipad, "So we are starting to plan for the upcoming charity event, and this year, the organization we are raising money for is the Chicago Youth Enrichment Program. This program encourages young people who have dreams to go to college, but can't afford to go, work to pay for their education in their communities. They help keep the streets clean, work at nursing homes, and things like that, and I think it is a great charity to lend our support behind."
Shelly started the applause, "I agree, I know a lot of kids that have the drive and determination to go to college, but can't afford it, so they settle for way less."
The rest of the ladies agreed and applauded. Then the doorbell rang, and Mercedes excused herself to answer it. She sighed when she saw Yasmine and Allison standing there with a sour expression on their faces.
"God Mercedes, do you have to live so far out? What are you and Sam hiding from the mob or something?" Allison scoffed as she brushed past Mercedes.
"Yeah, you would think since we had to come to East Jerusalem to get here, the house would be much bigger." Yasmine rolled her eyes and walked into the living room with the rest of the ladies.
Mercedes stood at the door, and had to calm down, "I'm doing this for Sam…..I'm doing this for Sam…..I'm doing this for my baby." She needed to remind herself what the hell she was doing this for. She didn't need this in her life, but it was for Sam. She took one more breath before heading back inside. "So ladies, we were talking about the charity event…"
"Oh yeah, I had an idea about that." Allison stood up and just took over the meeting, "I thought it would be good to support the Make A Wish Foundation. It is a national organization, and it would give us tons of press."
Yasmine clapped loudly, "That's a great idea, you are such a great leader." She kept clapping.
Shelly grabbed Yasmine's hands, "Girl...calm the hell down. Now if you two were on time, you would have heard that our president already picked a worthy charity this year."
Allison sucked her teeth and rolled her eyes, "Oh really? And what did you suggest oh fearless leader?"
"The Chicago Enrichment Program." Mercedes stated.
Yasmine and Allison laughed like some cackling hens, "Is she serious?" Allison shook her head, "You picked a local charity? How dumb can you be? If you pick a local charity, you only get local press."
Mercedes hated flaunting her star status around, she found it tacky, but in this case, she was going to be a little tacky, "Maybe when you ran things, you got only local press, but now Mercedes Evans is in charge, and press follows me around everywhere I go boo. So when I have anything to do with an event, you can guarantee we will have national press." She rolled her eyes and took a sip of her wine. "Now, if we could get back to the meeting please."
Allison took her seat, feeling rather dejected, she thought she would have more support from the ladies, but obviously she was wrong. She glared at Mercedes as she continued talking about the event.
The rest of the meeting went smoothly, and Mercedes assigned all the duties of the first event to all the ladies. "Remember ladies, we are having skate off, so make sure to wear your Bear Cub shirts, and invite as many people with deep pockets to donate. We will also be having an silent auction at the rink for some very valuable prizes. So let's make some money for the children. Thank you all for coming, this meeting is adjourned."
Some of the ladies milled around for a second, and other couldn't wait to get out of there. Shelley walked over to Mercedes and wrapped her up in a big hug, "You were great! We have never had a meeting run this smoothly ever. You ma'am were meant to lead."
Mercedes smiled and hugged her back, "Thanks girl, I couldn't have done it without you."
"You are such a liar," Shelley joked, "All I did was put the food on the table, everything else was you, and I am proud to be your friend right now. The way you told off those scags was a work of art, pure genius."
"I hate doing that, but I couldn't let her come in my house, take over my meeting, and insult me at the same time." Mercedes could feel her diva sass bubbling up, "Oh hell no! Not today and not with Mercedes Evans." She had her hand on her hip, and was in full diva mode instantly.
"I hear you boo, and you got them together real quick." Shelley grabbed her purse, "Now I would help you clean up, but I have to make that long trek home, and be there for when the kids get home from school."
"Don't worry about it, the crew is here to clean this place, my baby said he was not going to have his wife cleaning after this party, because he knows why I'm doing it, so he hired a cleaning crew to come in and clean it up." She smiled.
"You got a good man girl, hold on tight to him." Shelley stated.
"Oh I will, believe that." Mercedes hugged Shelley and walked her to the door. Once everyone was gone, and the cleaning crew was finishing up, Mercedes made her way to her bedroom, ran a hot bath and soaked in there for what seemed like hours, but it felt amazing. After her bath, she lotioned her entire body, put on her robe, and crawled in the bed with her Ipad, and was going over some of the artwork for her tour poster Sean sent. She was so engulfed in what she was doing, she didn't even hear Sam come in, until he threw his bag on the floor. "Oh hey baby...I didn't hear you come in, how was practice."
Sam didn't say anything, he just walked in and collapsed on the bed.
Mercedes rubbed his head, "That bad huh?"
"I think coach is trying to kill us." Sam said with his face in the pillow. "He made us run for what seemed like 20 miles. This kind of practices are supposed to be over once the season starts right?" He never moved from his spot.
"Awww…my poor baby." She leaned down and kissed the back of his head, "He's the coach for a reason, and I'm sure he knows what he's doing. You are strong Sam, you can get through this, I believe in you."
Sam sat up with a smirk on his face, "Woman, you know what happens to me when you say things like that." He jumped on top of her and started peppering kisses all over her face and neck, and moving his hands to remove her robe. That's when he discovered she was naked underneath, and his eyebrows shot up, "You were waiting for me huh?"
Mercedes giggled as Sam assaulted her with kisses, she loved when he would do that. She smiled at his discovery, now she could be honest and just tell him that she just didn't feel like putting on clothes after her bath, but he already had a bad day, why stomp on his dreams, "Of course I was waiting on my sexy husband." She kissed him sweetly.
"And that is why I married you….you always look out for me." He smiled and returned her kiss with passion. Then suddenly his stomach growled loud and he sat up, "Oh my."
Mercedes started giggling, "Are you hungry baby?" She laughed out loud this time, and started to get up, but was pulled back down, "Sam what are you doing?"
Sam held her down, "Food later, loving from my wife...now!" He started to kiss her but she pulled away.
"No, food now, loving from your wife, later." She got up from his grasps, "You can't love on me properly without all the nourishment." She leaned close to his ear, "I plan on going a long...long time tonight."
Hearing that, Sam jumped up and helped her up, "You're right, I need food, lots of food." He pulled her to the kitchen, and they started grabbing the food they were going to cook for dinner. They fell into an easiness as they both maneuvered around the kitchen, because they were so used to working together with their meals. Sam loved how domesticated they were, it was his dream to have a wife and family, and now he was halfway to his ultimate dream. He was staring at Mercedes as she was practically floating around the kitchen, and he could only imagine what she would look like pregnant. He was smiling like the joker, and then he saw Mercedes waving her hand in his face, "Huh? What?"
Mercedes was talking to Sam about her day with the Bear Cubs and she noticed that he wasn't responding, and she turned to see he was staring at her. What is he looking at? She checked her robe to see if it was open or something. She waved her hand in front of his face, "Sam…..Sam! What's wrong with you?"
Sam shook his head, "Nothing's wrong, I was just daydreaming...sorry. Did you say something?"
"I was just telling you about my day, nothing important." She rolled her eyes and went back to making the salad."
Sam walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her neck, "I'm sorry baby, I'm listening, you have my full attention."
Mercedes rolled her eyes, but she proceeded to tell Sam about all the meeting, and how she had a little run in with Allison and Yasmine, "So that was my day, and I am not looking forward to doing this every week, just so you know."
Sam felt bad that Mercedes had to go through this, and knowing she was doing it just for him, just made him feel worse. "Babe, if this is too much, and you don't want to deal with, you don't have too. I'm sorry for making you feel like you have to do it."
She cut him off, by putting her finger on his lips, "Shh Sam, I can handle it, I just needed to vent for a minute. I'll be okay, and you know two heffas are not going to stop me from doing what i have to do. Besides, you have worked so hard to get here, the least I can do is run the wives club like you are running the team." She smiled and finished fixing the salad. She put it on the table, and turned back to Sam, "We are a team right?"
Sam nodded, "Yeah we are, you and me against the world."
"Exactly" Mercedes said, "And as long as I have your love and support, no matter how tough things get, I am going to get through it because I have you." She sat at the table across from Sam, "So enough talking, we have to eat this food before it gets cold, and I was promised some good loving afterwards, and I want that."
Sam smiled at his amazing wife, she never ceased to amaze him with how strong she was, and how perfect he saw her. "Mercedes Evans, you are incredible, and I love you so much." He took her hands in his when she sat down, "Just know that I am never going to go anywhere, so you will always have my love and support. You are so stuck with me, so don't get any funny ideas." He laughed and then licked his lips, "You're right, I did promise you that, and I am a man of my word, so let's eat this food."
They ate their food, had great conversation, before making their way up to their bedroom, and Sam made sure that he gave Mercedes the best loving that he could give her. And she in return, made sure that the loving she gave him, was just as amazing as his. They made love for a few hours before they were both satisfied and drifted into a peaceful sleep with smiles on both of their faces.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please feel free to let me know what you think, good, bad, or indifferent.
