A/N: I know, I know, I'm late, but I had to recharge my brain for a few days, but I'm back! I hope you guys like this update, and how far Samcedes have come. I want to thank my beta Zeejack for getting this back to me so quickly, and making this story readable. You are the best, and I appreciate you so much. I am not going to ramble, but I hav to thank all the ones that review, favorite, and follow this story! Now go on...get to reading...oh yeah, Happy Reading!

MUCH LOVE

***DISCLAIMER*** I own nothing! Please excuse any mistakes, my beta and I are only human.

Mercedes sighed, she'd had enough of sitting around waiting, she was going home and find out what was going on with her man. She would let everyone know that she would meet them in Portland on show day, but for now, she had to see about her husband. 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.

"I was just about to come see you." Mercedes said with a small smile.

"Well now you don't have to waste a trip, I'm here." Sam gave her a lopsided grin. "So are you going to let me in, or should we just talk in the hall?"

She laughed, and stepped aside, "Sorry, I'm still just shocked that you're here, but please come in." She followed him into the suite. "So, how was your flight?" She didn't really know where to start this conversation, so she went with small talk.

It was an awkward moment, and Sam could feel the tension between them, and he hated that. This was not how their marriage was supposed to be, and he was going to try to fix it. He stood there with his hands in his pockets, "The flight was fine, I was glad I was in first class, it had a lot more room for this arm of mine to not get bumped."

She smiled, "How is your shoulder doing?"

"It's doing good; Kevin is happy with my progress again." Sam replied. "How's the tour going?"

"It's good, I think we finally got our rhythm, and worked all the kinks out." She stated, "Mike and Sean have worked so hard on this show and I am so grateful for the both of them."

Sam was glad that everything was going well on the tour, she deserved something good to happen to her. She has worked so hard on her tour and album, all the world needed to hear and see how talented she was. "That's great Mercy, I'm glad they are both here with you to make sure everything goes smoothly."

"Yeah…" She nodded, "but I'd really rather have you here with me." She figured it was time they dove right into this conversation, rather than continue to beat around the bush.

Hearing her comment, let him know it was time to put all their cards on the table. "I know you would, and I should have come with you, but I was being selfish." Sam sat on the sofa, and patted the spot next to him and smiled when she took it. "I want to start this off by saying I'm so sorry Mercy for treating you the way I have ever since I got injured. I know you were just trying to be there for me, and you did everything I needed and more. I was wallowing in self-pity thinking about not playing football, and I took it out on you, and for that I am sorry. I have never been in this position before, and I handled it completely wrong."

"Why Sam? What did I do to make you say such mean things to me?" This was a question that she needed to know the answer to, it had been on her mind for a long time. She was trying not to cry, but the second he apologized, she couldn't hold back.

Her question, and the look in her eyes had Sam ready to cry. "Honestly Mercy, I was jealous of the fact that I may never be able to play the sport I love again, and watching you getting ready for your tour and doing what you love, just messed with me in my head. I know it was wrong and you never flaunted your career in my face, or made me feel low for not being able to do mine, but I was jealous." Even saying it out loud sounded stupid to him, but that's the feeling he was dealing with. "I know now that it was dumb, and I want to make this right between us."

Mercedes never realized the emotional distress this injury could cause, but it was apparent now that it caused a lot. Not that she would ever play down her success for anybody, but it made her understand more how her being successful could bother him. "Sam, I want things to be right for us as well, and I know that the injury made you feel a type of way about me, but you have to know that no matter what you do in your life, as far as a career, I will always be here for you. Football is great, and I want you to be able to play it for as long as you want to play it, but if for whatever reason, you're not playing it, I will be there for you."

"I know you will Mercy and I never doubted that, deep down. But I think that I let things get in my head that weren't true, and I dwelled on it." He was embarrassed to say that, but he knew he needed to put it all on the table. "I never should have made you feel guilty about your career, because you never did that to me, and again I'm sorry. I support you baby, in all you do. And I only want the absolute best for you, always." He was very sincere in what he was saying, and he hoped she saw that.

Everything Sam was saying was everything she needed to hear from him. Mercedes could feel the anger that she'd felt disappearing from her heart. This was the man she married, and she was so glad to see him back again. "I accept your apology Sam and I know that this was a lot for you to deal with, and with my tour happening, the timing was horrible, but we can't let this make us act this way. I love you Sam and I only want the best for you." She gave him a warm mile, but then it faltered realizing that she still needed to apologize to him for the things she did. Grabbing his hands in hers, she looked into his eyes, "I need to apologize to you too Sam." She took a deep breath, "When I called you, I did that on purpose, and made you listen to me flirting with my dancers." She could see the change in his eyes, "I know what I did was wrong, and I'm so sorry. I was just so mad at you, and I allowed my frustrations to cloud my logical behavior."

Sam took his hands out of hers, this was the one thing that happened between them, that really upset him. "Mercy, I know you were mad at me, and I understand that completely, but what you did hurt me to the core. What you did was use every insecurity I had and threw them right into my face." His voice was calm, and he refused to yell but he had to let her know how much she hurt him. "I would never do that to you, no matter how mad I was."

She was sobbing at this point, the hurt in his eyes was the worst, because she knew she caused it. "Sam, I'm so sorry, I know what I did was wrong, and I wish I could go back in time to change that, but since I can't, all I can do is beg you to forgive me, and know that it will never happen again."

Sam knew she was sincerely sorry for what she did, and with everything he did, he really didn't have that much room to hold it against her. He pulled her in his arms, "Stop crying baby, you know how much I hate seeing you cry." He wiped the tears from her eyes, "I know you were angry, and I'm sorry that I pushed you to that point."

"That's no excuse Sam…" She interrupted, "I was wrong."

"Yes you were…" He agreed, "but so was I, and if I wasn't such an ass to you, then you wouldn't have reacted that way. So we were both wrong, and we both realize it."

All she could do was nod and agree with him. They were both wrong and now that they were acknowledging their wrongness, she knew they were going to be able to move on from this. "Sam, can we move on from this please? Because I am so tired of fighting with you. I miss talking to you."

Sam moved her onto his lap, "That's exactly what I want to do babe. I miss talking to you too. I think we have argued enough for a lifetime."

Mercedes leaned up and kissed his lips sweetly, "But babe, if we don't argue…. how would we ever get the chance to make up."

Sam noticed that glint in her eye, and knew what that meant. He pulled her in for a deeper kiss, "You know what Mercy, you're absolutely right."

With that one kiss, it turned into something heated rather quickly, and neither one objected to that at all. They continued to make out for quite a while, before Sam knew what he had to do. Kissing Mercedes lightly on the lips Sam got up, extending his hand to her, and once she accepted it, he led her into the room.

Once inside, Mercedes wrapped her arms around his neck and kissing and sucking on his neck, leaving her mark behind.

Groaning at the feel of Mercedes kissing his neck Sam hissed as she marked him. Turning his head, he captured her lips, licking and sucking on her plump lips.

Mercedes smiled softly as Sam stopped her in front of the bed, and they stared at each other for a minute. She was looking into his eyes, and she was rendered breathless at how gorgeous he was, "You are beautiful you know that." She had never called a man beautiful, but that was the only word she could think of to describe him. With everything that had gone on between them, it was as if she was seeing again for the first time. She missed him, and she was going to enjoy being with him again.

"No Mercy, you are beautiful." Sam wanted to say more but the words wouldn't come. His eyes continued to trace her face, burning every feature into his brain. This feeling between them was so intense, and he wanted to remember every detail about this moment. He blinked in surprise feeling her tug on the hem of his shirt.

She reached down to the hem of his shirt, and pulled it up. She smiled as he lifted his arms to make it easier for her to take it off.

Raising his arms Sam bent down so that Mercedes could pull the shirt over his head. He watched as she dropped it to the floor, her eyes dark with lust.

Mercedes started kissing down Sam's chest, flicking his nipples with her tongue. She made her way all the way down his chest, kissing every inch of his skin. When she made it to his pants, she unbuttoned his pants, "Why don't we get rid of these…" She giggled.

Quickly pushing off his jeans Sam quirked an eyebrow, "It seems one of us is over dressed." He looked down at his boxer briefs and over at Mercedes. "I think I need to change that." Fingering the straps to her sun dress he ran his fingertips up and down her arm, watching the goose bumps form on her silky skin. "So damn soft…" Spinning Mercedes around, Sam unzipped her slowly, kissing the soft skin as it was exposed to his touch. Letting the dress fall to the floor he bent down, taking her shoes off, pressing kisses along thighs and legs. Standing Sam took a deep breath, Mercedes was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, and he was so glad she was his wife.

They were standing there in just their underwear, and it was something so sexy about the way they undressed each other, but not rushing anything, it was as if they both wanted to prolong this moment, and Mercedes knew that was true for her. She never took her eyes off of him, when she started to remove his underwear, and when he was standing before her fully naked, she licked her lips, smiled, "Like I said, beautiful."

Something about Mercedes undressing him had Sam turned on even more, but the look in her eyes and her calling him beautiful made his cheeks turn red. Taking his time Sam began to remove her lacy bra and panties, whispering softly in her ear. "You're perfection, pure perfection." Touching her gently he worshipped her body with his eyes as he pulled the last barriers away, leaving her bare to his eyes and touch.

Sam was so gentle with her tonight, they were taking things so slow, and she didn't mind that at all, it was an amazing feeling having him touch her the way he was. She moaned as his fingers grazed her skin as he removed the rest of her underwear. With every touch, she felt tingles all over. Her body was yearning for more, "Please Sam, I need you baby…" She knew she sounded desperate, but she didn't care, Sam was all she wanted, all she needed.

"You have me Mercy…you have me…" Sam helped her on the bed, kissing her slowly, savoring the taste of her lips. The need to burn her scent and taste into his brain had Sam kissing and licking his way ever so slowly down her body. Giving her breasts the proper attention had his dick harder than ever. Mercedes's nipples were hard as he swirled his tongue around them, biting gently on the sweet tasting buds. Moving lower Sam dipped his tongue in her navel, licking the tiny dent. Mercedes' mewls and whimpers of pleasure made the journey down her body and to her glistening mound even more satisfying. "Open up Mercy" Spreading her legs wider Sam settled between her thighs, pressing kisses to her inner thighs. Sliding one finger up and down her wet pussy lips he collected her juices, licking his finger he moaned, "Fuck you taste good." Gently opening her folds Sam licked her from top to bottom and back again, humming at her sweet taste. Wasting no time, he began to flick his tongue over her clit, teasing the sensitive nub. Slipping one then another finger into her tight pussy he began to pump to the rhythm of the flicks of his tongue on her clit.

Sam gave Mercedes everything and more of what she wanted, his tongue was magical, and he had her speaking a language she had never spoken before. She gripped the sheets, as Sam continued to devour her pussy, "Oh Fuck baby…right there, don't stop…please!"

Flattening his tongue Sam gave her long licks, between full mouth kisses on her pussy, shoving his tongue as far as he could into her core, licking her walls.

She had her fingers through his hair, and was grinding her hips in his mouth. She could feel herself about to fall apart, "I'm about to cum baby…shit!" Before her words were out good, her body began to shake, and she was screaming his name out, "Sam!"

"Cum Mercy, cum on my tongue." Pulling his fingers from her pussy Sam sucked hard on her clit, as her juices began to squirt into his mouth. French kissing Mercedes' pussy Sam lapped up every trace of her creame, his dick twitching hard from the taste of her sweet juices.

Mercedes thought for a moment she was going to pass out, as Sam continued to eat her pussy through her climax. She always came hard with Sam, but this time was way more intense. She fell into a fit of giggles when he finally came up for air. "Oh My God baby, you were like an animal!"

Licking his lips Sam crawled up her body, planting kisses and little nips along the way. "You taste so good; you make me greedy for your honey."

She laughed, and then pulled him down for a deep kiss. Tasting herself on his lips was one of the sexiest things ever. "I taste good on your lips."

"You taste even better on my tongue" Shifting to get comfortable Sam licked his lips, slapping her ass once she was across his lap. "

Mercedes kissed Sam again, rolling him on his back and straddling him, "It's my turn to have some fun too."

"By all means, do what you want…" His voice trailed off at the feel of her lips against his skin. "Shit…"

She smirked and started kissing down his chest, all the way down to his hard cock. She licked her lips and dove right in, licking up and down his shaft. She massaged his balls as she slid his cock fully in her mouth, she missed the way he tasted.

Sam's eyes rolled to the back of his head, "Fuck…your mouth feels good wrapped around my dick." Mercedes' soft hand on his balls combined with her mouth on his cock had him thrusting his hips.

Mercedes was so glad she didn't have a gag reflex when she took him as deep as possible. What didn't fit, she stroked with her hands, and feeling him getting harder in her hands turned her on so much. She could feel him ready to cum, and she was not going to stop until she had him shooting his seed in her mouth. "Cum for me baby, just let go for your Mercy."

The head of his dick hitting the back of Mercedes' throat drew a loud moan from him, "FUUCCKK!" It was taking everything Sam had in him not to fuck her mouth like he would her pussy, but there was no way he would ever hurt her. Keeping his thrusts shallow he held Mercedes head tightly. "Suck my dick Mercy…" Sam could feel his balls tightening letting him know he wasn't going to last much longer. His back arching off the bed, Sam growled as he flooded her mouth with his cum.

Mercedes made sure to take every drop of him that he offered to her, "You taste delicious…" She smirked as she stroked him back to life. She liked seeing the look of satisfaction on his face, it made her feel so powerful and sexy. "So I guess you liked it huh?"

"Like is too mild of a word, for what you made me feel." Sam smirked, "Mercy you got one hell of a gifted mouth, but I've known that for quite a while." He smirked as his dick twitched and hardened once again as Mercedes continued to stroke him.

Mercedes giggled, as she saw his dick getting hard yet again, she straddled his lap once again. She guided his dick to her entrance and then slowly sank down on it. Her eyes instantly rolled in the back of her head, and her breath hitched as he filled her to the hilt, "Oh God yes…."

"Damn…you're so tight…" Sam grabbed her hips, steadying Mercedes on his lap. He slapped her ass, "Ride me…ride this dick" Watching her breasts bounce up and down as she slid up and down on his cock made Sam harder than ever. His eyes moved to her face, she was so beautiful, he needed to be closer to her. Sitting up he wrapped his arms around her hips, his forehead pressed against hers as he thrust up into her.

She wrapped her arms around Sam's neck when he sat up, they were looking each other in the eyes, and everything about this felt so intimate, this was the closeness that she was missing. She continued to slowly move up and down on his dick, her moans getting louder, and louder. "Yes Sam, right there…Oh fuck I'm close baby."

"Cum for me…come for your baby…" Sam could feel her walls tightening around his cock. Reaching down between them he strummed her clit, "Let go Mercy, cum for me…"

She held on to him as tight as she could, as her body began to shake out of control, and she was screaming so loud. She was spraying his dick with her juices, as his name was rolling off of her lips, "Sam!" She loved that he was making her feel this amazing.

Not slowing his thrusts Sam continued to pump into Mercedes through her orgasm, hearing her call his name was always a major turn on but this time it was more.

Sam was still thrusting inside her, so she knew he wasn't finished. She climbed off him, and laid on the bed, with her legs spread wide open, "You like what you see baby?" She smirked and motioned for him to come to her.

Growling when she climbed off his lap he quickly caught onto what Mercedes wanted. Licking his lips, Sam grabbed her legs, throwing them on his shoulders. Rubbing his cock head against her clit before sliding back into Mercedes's tight pussy Sam thought about how much the woman lying beneath him meant to him, and that made him want to pleasure her more. So he rolled his hips, burying himself deeper within her tight walls.

Mercedes could not stop the scream that came out of her mouth when Sam entered her again, the pleasure was so amazing. "Oh my God baby! Fuck you feel so good! Harder baby harder." She knew she was going to cum, yet another time, and she was not complaining.

Keeping his strokes hard and deep Sam looked into Mercedes's eyes. God I love her, and the thought of losing her… Blocking every thought from his mind but how good his woman felt beneath him Sam quickened his thrusts. He was not going to focus on the negative, only on the fact that they were here now, and he loved her with all his heart and soul. The familiar tightening of his balls signaled his upcoming release. "Cum with me Mercy…I know you have one more in you…" Pinching lightly on her clit Sam groaned with satisfaction as Mercedes fell apart again, covering his cock with her cream. "Fuck Mercy!" Sam could feel his muscles tensing up like steel as he released stream after stream of cum deep within her body.

Hearing Sam urging her to cum, along with his quickened pace as he thrusted inside of her, her letting go was inevitable. She closed her eyes as she felt her the butterflies in her stomach, and her body began to shake once again. She was cumming so hard, "Sam…FUCK!" She was done, she had no more in her. When Sam came, she was glad that he was able to get his release as well, that made her feel so satisfied. She was holding on to him so tight as they came down from their sexual high together. All she could think about was how bad this argument was, and how now they were here. This was how she wanted their marriage to be, not fighting about silly things, and doing childish things to one another. She loved Sam, and he loved her, that's what was important. She looked over at Sam, and he had his satisfied look on his face, and that always made her smile. "Baby, I love you, please remember that always."

Sam knew they were going to be okay, but being back in her arms gave him a sense of relief that he needed for his own piece of mind. He never wanted things to get this intense between them ever again. He smiled hearing her declare her love to him. He rolled over to face her, and cupped her face in his hands, "I love you too baby, always and forever. This fight was bad, and I don't ever want to fight like this again, but if we do, please don't think that my love for you will ever falter or waver, because that will never happen." He leaned in and kissed her deeply.

She felt everything he was saying in his kiss, and she knew that they were going to be okay. The kiss was getting heated again, but then Mercedes remembered that she had something to tell Sam, so she pulled away from the kiss. "Wait babe…"

Sam was a bit confused as to why she pulled away from him, "Is something wrong Mercy?"

She caressed his cheek, to reassure him that all was well, "Everything is fine baby, but I need to tell you something." She knew he would be happy to hear the news, and she was actually excited to see his reaction. "Um, you know how we got JC as a compromise for starting a family right?"

The confusion was still evident on Sam's face, "Yeah…" He wasn't sure where this was going, but he was going to let her speak.

"Well…" She continued, "What I didn't want to do, is going to happen anyway. I'm going to have to cut my tour short…" She looked at him to see if he was figuring out what she was trying to tell him.

He narrowed his eyes at her, "Mercy…are you trying to tell me that you're…." He couldn't get the word to come out of his mouth. He didn't want to be overly excited if she wasn't that thrilled about the idea.

She smiled at him, and put his hand on her stomach, "Yes Sam, I'm pregnant. You're going to be a daddy." She could see the hesitation in his eyes, and she needed him to know that she was happy about this as well. "And I could not be happier, we're going to be parents!"

Relief washed all through Sam's entire body hearing that Mercedes was just as excited about this as he was, "You're happy about this?"

"I am baby, I told you I would be."

"Even if you have to cut your tour short?"

"Yes Sam, I can come back to the tour, and actually I will just be postponing the international leg of the tour. My national leg would be coming to an end when I would have to stop, so it's fine." She took his hands in hers, "Everything is going to be fine."

He smiled bright, "So we're having a baby?"

She nodded, and smiled, "Yup, we're having a baby."

Every emotion that Sam was feeling came bursting out of him, and he jumped up on the bed, "WE'RE HAVING A BABY!" He was jumping up and down saying it over and over again, causing Mercedes to laugh so hard. He finally calmed back down, when he felt a little pain in his shoulder, and he remembered that he was still injured. He was not going to let that to dampen his spirits though, this was a huge moment for him. He laid back next to her, and pulled her in for a passionate kiss. "I love you so much Mercy."

"I love you too Sam." She replied in between kisses.

"You have made me the happiest man in the world." He touched her stomach again, it was something he needed to know, "When did you find out?"

Her smile faltered, she didn't know how he was going to react to hearing how long she kept this from him, but she knew she had to tell him the truth. "About a week ago…"

His eyes widened, and he knew instantly that when she called, that was the reason she was calling him. "So when I had my set back, you were going to tell me weren't you?"

She nodded her head, "I wanted you to be more motivated."

He sighed, knowing he screwed up big time, "Mercy, I'm so sorry…"

"Don't Sam…" She put her finger on his lips, "We've already apologized, and forgiven each other, so now we just focus on the future...deal?"

He kissed her fingers, and smiled, "Deal." This was another reason he loved Mercedes so much, she was not going to let them dwell on the negative, when they both said their "I'm sorry" and forgave one another. She was all about leaving the past in the past, and he appreciated that. "So now that you gave me your news, I guess I will give you mine."

She sat up with her brow quirked, "What news?"

"I'm finishing this tour with you." He smiled, hoping that she would be excited about this.

Her mouth flew open, "Are you serious?" This was what she wanted all along, and to hear him say he was coming made her heart melt.

"I am serious baby; I want to do what we talked about. I want to watch you from the side of the stage, and then meet you in your dressing room after the show, butt ass naked!" He shot her a wink.

She giggled and blushed at the thought of her sexy, naked husband waiting for her after every show, "That's all I ever wanted baby!" She pulled him in for a deep kiss. "You have made me the happiest woman in the world."

"That's what I always want to do baby, and if that is what it takes to make you happy, then I'm going to do it."

"But what about your therapy?"

"Kevin agreed to the original deal, and just meet us on the road two days a week."

Mercedes was more than relieved to hear that Sam was still going to stick to his physical therapy, because like him, she also wanted him to get back on the field where he belonged. "This is going to be amazing baby, I'm so happy." She kissed him again, "But, I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted, and I need my rest. I do have a show tomorrow night."

Sam smiled and nodded, "Yeah you do need your rest, and I am pretty tired myself." He was about to get comfortable and go to sleep, but he felt Mercedes eyes on him, "What?"

She knew her husband better than anything, and she could tell something was wrong with him, and he was not telling her. She looked at his face and realized what was wrong, "Did you bring your pain medication?"

"Yeah I did…"

"So, you need to take them."

"How did you even know?"

"Sam, I have been looking out for you since high school, and I know when something's wrong with you."

That garnered a laugh from him, "That you do…" He got out the bed, went to his suitcase, and grabbed his medicine. He got a bottle of water, walked back to the bed before taking the pills. He looked at Mercedes, "You happy now?"

She smirked, "Yup." She leaned over, giving him a small peck on the lips, "Now, get some rest." She turned over and closed her eyes, "Oh and Sam…"

"Yes Mercy?"

"I love you."

"Forever and Always Mercy."

He cuddled up behind her, and they peacefully fell asleep, knowing that all that drama was behind them, and they had an incredible future to look forward too.

A/N: So there you have it, and I hope you enjoyed the rekindling of Samcedes relationship. Up next it will be a small time jump, fun on tour with the happy couple, doctors visits, and a few friends make a visit. Let me know what you think, good, bad, or indifferent.