A/N: So yes I'm back again, all because of the reviews I got, asking me not to make you wait too long for the update, and with a little time on my hands I got this chapter together. The moms are here and they are not holding back! I hope you all enjoy this verbal whooping Sam and Mercedes are about to get for being so silly. :) As always I want to thank my beta Zeejack, for getting this back to me so quickly, and all your amazing feedback. You know I value your opinion very highly. Thanks for being a great friend. Now enough talking, go read! Happy Reading.
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***DISCLAIMER***I own nothing, and please excuse any mistakes, my beta and I are only human.
"Mom, what are you doing here?" Mercedes stepped back to let her mom in. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but I am a bit surprised."
Maxine walked inside Mercedes' hotel room on a mission, and that was to get her marriage back on track. "Baby girl I am indeed happy to see you, but this is not a pleasure call, we have some serious business to talk about."
Mercedes instantly got worried, "Is everything alright? Is dad okay? Is it Marcus?"
Maxine shook her head, "No, everybody is fine, the business I want to discuss is you and Sam acting like fools around here. Now I know I taught you better than this."
As relief washed over her knowing her family was fine, confusion set in, "Mom, what are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with me, I talked to Santana and she told me everything. About Sam's set back, and you and your petty behavior. Now what in the hell is your problem? Are you trying to get a divorce?"
I am going to kill Santana! How dare she tell my mother on me, what am I, 12? "Mom, this is just a fight, Sam and I will get through it."
Maxine pursed her lips, "Oh really? When was the last time you talked to him?"
She sighed, knowing this was so much bigger than just a mild misunderstanding between them. "It's been a few days."
"And you're okay with that?"
"No mom, I'm not okay with that, but what can I do when he won't talk to me?"
"And who's fault is that? You hurt that man, and you did it deliberately, that's wrong Mercedes, and you know it."
Mercedes dropped her head, this felt like she was a little girl again, getting scolded by her mother. "I know mom, and I felt so bad about it afterwards, and I tried to call him, but he's not talking to me. I was just so hurt by all the mean things he said to me, and then for him to set himself back because he was too stubborn to listen to Kevin, that just pissed me off so much. I was angry, and I know that's not an excuse, but it's all I got right now."
Maxine shook her head, "Mercedes, I know you were hurt by the mean things Sam said, and he was dead wrong for saying those things, because he hurt himself, and not you. So he should have never said those things, but you missy were dead wrong. You purposely played with his emotions, and on his insecurities. You know how he is about guys flirting with you, and you made it so he could hear that, that's low Mercedes."
As bad as Mercedes was feeling before, her mother just came in and made her feel even lower. She knew the game she was playing with Sam was wrong, but she couldn't stop herself. Her feelings were hurt, and she wanted to make him feel as bad as he made her feel. She laid back on the bed, "I know I was wrong mama, and I want to apologize, but he won't talk to me."
"Then you need to make him talk to you." Maxine walked over and sat next to her on the bed, "Look baby, you and Sam are married now, and you can't play these high school games anymore. Marriage is a whole new ballgame, and you have to play by those rules. Now you told me and your father that Sam was the love of your life, is that still true?"
"Of course it's true mom." Mercedes was shocked she even had to ask that.
"Well if it's still true, then you need to grow up, and act like a wife and not a hurt girlfriend. You can walk away from a boyfriend, but a husband is a different story. You stood before God and all of your family and friends, vowing to love, honor, and respect Sam, and frankly Mercedes, you have broken those vows. You disrespected him by making him listen to you flirt with other men, and you didn't honor your commitment to him. Now is Sam free and clear? Hell No! He too disrespected you, but you have to be responsible for your actions. Think about this, if Sam did to you, what you did to him, how would you feel? If you are still committed to this relationship, then you have to make this right, and fast. Did you bring the box like I told you?"
Mercedes felt the tears roll down her cheek, her mother was not holding back and it was clear that she was right. What she did was wrong and petty, and she hurt the love of her life. She has to live with that, and make it right, but first she was going to have to get Sam to talk to her. She knew that if she heard Sam flirting with another girl, she would cut his balls off and feed it to him. She heard her mother ask about the box, and she nodded, "Yes ma'am I brought it."
"Have you gone through it?"
She shook her head, "No…"
Maxine did a face palm, "Girl, you need to go through that box, and remember why you fell in love with Sam in the first place, then you will figure out how to fix this mess you and he made. I told you to make that box for reasons like this, and you need to do what I told you to do. Now get your butt up and go get that box."
Mercedes knew arguing with her mother was futile, so she did what she said, and went to get the box. Once she retrieved it, she went back to the bed and looked at her mom.
"What are you looking at me for, open it!" Maxine demanded.
Mercedes cracked a slight smile and opened the box, and the first thing she saw was the book Sam drew for her on Valentine's day. She opened it, and saw the very first picture was a portrait of them dancing at their junior prom, and she instantly started to tear up. The memories that flooded her mind were nothing but good memories of their life together. She continued to flip through, and memories of them in New York, and then Chicago. Their senior prom, and going to college together. All the laughs they shared, and the love they made. Those thoughts made her blush, and miss him even more. She had to admit, her mother knew what she was talking about when she told her to make a box of memories, because it really did help to remember the good times. Because during the fight, your mind is consumed with the fight, you forget about all the good in that person. A quick reminder is a great thing. She went through all the memories she collected over the years, and after she was done, she looked at her mom, "I got to go get my man back."
Maxine clapped her hands together, "Now that's what I'm talking about!"
"But…" Mercedes sighed, "I have a show tonight."
"Don't worry baby girl, you will have time to get your man back, but you still have to work." Maxine smirked.
Mercedes caught that look, "What's that look about? Do you know something?"
Maxine shook her head, "What look? There was no look." She looked down at her watch, "Oh would you look at the time, I got to run." She jumped up and grabbed her purse.
"Wait, you're not staying?" Mercedes was beyond confused.
"Oh no baby, I got to go, I got my own husband to get home too." She wrapped her up in a big hug, "I love you baby girl, always remember that. And also remember that Sam is your husband, and he deserves respect, as well as your love. He is a good man baby, and he has made you smile for a long time. Your father and I love him like a son, because he made you a better version of you, and we will always be grateful to him for that. Just trust in the love that you two share." She kissed her cheek and headed to the door.
Mercedes shook her head, knowing that she had to change things between she and Sam. "I really wish you could stay, but I understand that you can't. And I will take all your advice mom, thank you so much for coming and setting me straight. I love you so much." She thought about what her mom said, Sam did make her a better version of herself, and she owed it to him and their marriage to fix this.
"You know I will always be here to keep you on the straight and narrow." She smiled and with one last hug, she headed out the door and back to the airport. Once she was in her cab, she pulled out her phone and texted Mary;
Got her together, hope things are going as planned with that son of yours. ~ Max
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Meanwhile in Chicago
Sam had just got out the shower, and heard the doorbell ring. "Damn, this always happens." He grabbed a pair of shorts and headed downstairs. When he opened the door he was greeted with a not so happy mother. "Mom, what are you doing here?"
Mary didn't even wait to be invited in, she brushed past Sam, and headed straight to the bedroom. "Come with me Sam...now!"
Shit! This is not going to be good. Sam followed her to the bedroom, "So what's this about mom?"
Mary went to the closet and pulled out Sam's luggage and threw it on the bed, "This is about how stupid you and Mercedes are being right now. And I for one am not going to sit back and watch you ruin the best thing in your life." She grabbed a few shirts and threw them in the suitcase. "What the hell were you thinking not going on that tour?"
Sam sighed, he didn't know how much she knew, but by the sound of things, she knew a lot, and he knew he was in trouble. "I wanted to focus on my recovery mom."
"Bullshit Sam, you know you could have done that with Mercedes on that tour. You decided not to go so you wouldn't have someone watching over you, and you could do your own thing, and look where that has gotten you." She continued to pack more of his clothes in his suitcase. "Now what I don't understand is why you decided it was a good idea to talk to Mercedes like she did something wrong to you." She stopped packing for a second and glared at him.
Listening to his mother blast him was not what Sam thought was going to happen today, and it sure as hell didn't make him feel good. Apparently she knew it all, and he was going to have to explain himself. "Mom, I know what I did was stupid, and wrong. I should have followed Kevin's program, but I just wanted to get back on the field sooner, and yes it backfired on me, and I have to deal with that, and I will." He sighed and sat on the edge of the bed, "Now to answer your question, why I talked to Mercy that way, I really don't have an answer to that. It was stupid, and I was wrong. And I tried to talk to her about it, but then the stupid pictures of her and that guy came out, and she didn't even try to deny them, she made light of them, and that pissed me off, so we ended up arguing again." He got pissed just thinking about that day, he hated fighting with her, but that's all they seemed to be doing lately.
Mary walked over to Sam and folded her arms in front of him, "If you're expecting me to feel sorry for you, then you can forget it. You caused this Sam by being a stubborn ass! And I know you come by that naturally, you are an Evans man." She shook her head, "Every action has a reaction, and your action of setting yourself back caused you to react to Mercedes in such a deplorable way, she in turned acted in an even more deplorable way." She took a calming breath and sat next to Sam, "Look son, I know you were hurt by everything that happened to you, and seeing Mercedes on the road, having fun with other guys around her had to sting a lot, but do you really think Cedes would ever cheat on you?"
Sam sighed, and thought about it for a moment, "No mom, I know she would never cheat on me."
"So you knew there was nothing going on in those pictures."
"I just wanted to hear it from her."
"She was mad at you baby, you told her to walk away from you...do you know the kind of pain that must have caused her? Now don't get me wrong, what she did was dead wrong and she needs to apologize to you for that."
"She was flirting with other guys mom, I heard her on the phone." He could feel the lump forming in his throat. "I don't think she even knew she called me.
"I know Sam, and that was wrong, but she knew she called you. She wanted you to feel the hurt that she felt when you told her to leave."
Sam's eyes bugged out his head, "SHE KNEW? AND SHE DID IT ON PURPOSE." He was beyond pissed, "How could she do that to me?"
Mary put her hand on his shoulder to calm him down, "Sam, look I am not going to defend her actions, she was dead wrong, but you are not blameless in this. Now you do have the right to be upset about this, but you need to discuss that with your wife. Not talking to her is not going to solve anything, and you definitely need to fix this mess you both made."
"I don't know how to fix it mama, I just can't bring myself to talk to her."
Mary got up and threw some underwear in the bag, and his shoes. She closed it up and looked at him, "That's why I'm here!" She pulled the suitcase off the bed, "Answer me this, do you still love Mercedes?"
"Yes mama, I love her more than anything." Sam said with no hesitation
"Well now it's time for you to act like it!" She went and grabbed the photo album Mercedes gave Sam, and handed it to him, "This is the woman you came to your father and I all those years ago after Junior prom, and said you found your soulmate. Now of course we were a little skeptical due to your track record, but once we saw the two of you together, we knew she was the one. She made you want to be better, not just for her, but for yourself, and we will forever be grateful to her for that. And I'm sorry son, but I am not going to sit around and watch you two ruin a good thing. You both deserve each other; you can't inflict your brand of crazy on two other people." She chuckled at her joke.
Sam laughed, he knew she was telling the truth, and he and Mercy were meant for each other. He couldn't picture his life without her, and he didn't want to. He smiled looking through the photo album, allowing the memories to flood his brain. He showed the picture of them in LA, to his mom, "We looked so happy here." A tear rolled down his cheek, "I miss her mom, and I should have gone on tour with her."
"It's not too late Sam." She got up, "Get dressed!"
Sam looked at her confused, "Why? Where am I going?"
"You're going to fix this!" She pulled him up, and pushed him towards his closet. "You and Mercedes have got to give me grandbabies and I am not going to wait forever for that to happen, so go make this right with your wife."
Sam grabbed some pants and a shirt, "Wait mom, I need to book a flight."
Mary grabbed her purse and pulled out a plane ticket to Seattle, "I got you covered, your flight leaves in three hours, so we need to get going so you don't get caught in security."
"You've thought of everything huh?" He laughed and continued to get dressed, "You were sure I was going to go huh?"
She folded her arms, "Oh there was no doubt in my mind you were going to go, even if I had to drag you out of here, you were going to go."
Sam finished getting dressed, and as blunt as his mother was, he knew she was right, and he needed to go make this right. He grabbed his IPod, and suitcase, and headed towards the door, "Thank you mom, for everything. I needed to hear all of that to get my head out my ass, and go get my woman."
"That's what mothers are for baby. I don't like to meddle…"
Sam gave her a yeah right look.
"Okay, I don't like to meddle a lot." She corrected, "But I couldn't sit by and watch you and Cedes go down this path. I've been there, done that, and I don't want you to make the same mistakes your father and I made. You are married now son, and you have to grow up. These childish games the two of you are playing are not only silly, but dangerous to a marriage. You are her protector, and she is your support, you both need fulfill your roles in this marriage, you feel me?"
Sam nodded, "Yeah mom, I feel you." She was 100% right about everything she was saying, and this needed to be over between he and Mercy. "Well come on mom, we have to get to the airport and get to Seattle so I can get my Mercy back."
"You have to go to Seattle, I'm going back to Lima. I have my own husband to get back too." She smiled, as they walked out of the house and into the car she rented. "Besides, I left your dad home alone with Stevie and Stacy…nuff said."
Sam laughed, he knew his dad was probably going crazy with those two. "Okay mom, let's get to the airport then." They drove off, and the ride was comfortably silent for a while, until Sam spoke, "Mom, do you think she will forgive me?"
"I know she will, she just needs to see that you still want her just as bad as she wants you. What you did was make her feel guilty for having to work, and that's not fair Sam. When you were off playing in your first season, and she was back in LA, did she ever make you feel guilty for going to the NFL?"
Sam sighed, and shook his head, "No, not ever…"
"So you throwing her being on tour while you're hurt was a low blow. You just have to talk to her. Let her know how you feel, but also listen to how she's feeling. This is going to be a hard conversation between you two, but you both need to talk to each other, not yell. And also listen to each other, you guys will figure it out."
They pulled up at the airport twenty minutes later, and Sam grabbed his bags, "Thanks again mom, I love you so much."
Mary smiled and blew him a kiss, "I love you too Sam, give my love to Cedes."
"I will mom, and thank you again." He blew her a kiss and headed inside the airport.
Mary did a fist pump in the air and pulled out her phone, to text Maxine;
My son is handled, and on his way to make it right! We are good girl! ~ Mary
A few minutes later, she heard her phone buzz, and it was Maxine;
That we are, but that's way we are the big guns! ~ Max
Mary smiled, and sped off towards Lima, she was going to get back home to her family before dinner.
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The show was great, and Mercedes was glad it was over, she needed to try to get in touch with Sam again. She called earlier, but it went straight to voicemail, like it was off or something. That didn't sit well with her spirit, but she had to focus on the show. Now she was back in her hotel, and she called again, but got the same result, this time she was worried. Lord is something wrong? What if he hurt himself again, but more seriously this time? She started to panic, and she left him another message.
Sam, please call me back, I need to hear your voice and know that you're okay. Baby please, I'm sorry and I miss you, just call me back, please.
She had enough of sitting around waiting, she was going home and find out what was going on with her man. She would just let everyone know that she would meet them in Portland on show day, but for now, she had to see about her man. She grabbed her purse and keys, and headed towards the door. She swung it open to see Sam standing there with his hand raised like he was about to knock on the door. "Sam…"
"Hey Mercy." Sam said with a smile on his face.
A/N: So there you have it! The mom's came in and regulated! I hope you enjoyed it, and feel free to let me know how you felt about it, good, bad, or indifferent. So up next we are going to have an all Samcedes chapter, and all the cards are going to be put on the table.
