DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GLEE NOR ITS CHARACTERS BUT THIS STORY I DO!

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Believe it or not, Sam slept for two days straight, his body finally shutting down on him. Even when he had to quarantine himself, he didn't get much sleep, little to none actually. A big reason to why he did so now was due to the fact that he was under the same roof as his family. The kids had checked in on him multiple times to make sure that he was still breathing, Mercedes letting them know that he was going to be alright, the exhaustion had just caught up with him.

Mercedes had just finished cleaning up the kitchen from making the kids some lunch, going into the living room and finding them both on the couch with their blankets, watching a movie, "Homework finish?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Good. I have some grading to do, so I'll be in my office if you need me. Let your Dad know that it's some food for him in the refrigerator." She told them before exiting out of the room and going down the hall, passing the guest room and heading to her office that was in the back of house.

Sam grabbed a shirt from the drawer and threw it on. Even though he was very much rested, his heart was still heavy from the conversation that he tried to have with Mercedes the other day. With him having to go back to work soon, he didn't want to leave again without any resolutions. He was done giving up on fighting for his marriage so easily. Opening the door the room, he walked out and headed to see what everyone was doing, finding his kids, Kaiser being the first one to see him.

"He has risen." Kaiser stood up and lifted his hands, "Hallelujah, the son of Mary and Dwight has risen."

Sam rolled his eyes at his son's dramatics as he paused the movie, shaking his head, "And I'm starving."

"Food's in the fridge." Clover shared as she looked up from her spot, watching as he turned and headed to the kitchen, "Mommy made chicken salad sandwiches."

"I think I've gained ten pounds since we've been in quarantine. I need to exercise."

"You can walk around the neighborhood, just make sure you have your mask on." Sam had came back from the kitchen with a plate in his hands, chopping down one of the sandwiches as he sat down in the recliner.

"I thought about that but then said nah. I'm complaining but also still being lazy because I don't want to make an effort to work out."

Clover giggled, while their father shook his head, "You never cease to amaze me, bro."

"Me either." Sam chuckled he bit into another sandwich, wiping his mouth with the napkin, "Where's Mom?"

"In her office."

Sam nodded his head as he sat back in the recliner and continued to eat, watching the movie with them when it started back up. After about twenty minutes, he got up and went to throw his trash away, letting the kids know that he would be back. He started to make his way down the hall, hearing her voice on the phone. He waited until she got off before entering, closing and locking the door, so they won't be interrupted, "We need to talk and I'm not taking no for an answer."

Mercedes sighed as she gave him a look, sitting her pen down, "Sam."

"No, just listen." He said in a hard tone, watching as she clamped her mouth shut, "Yes, I messed up. There's no denying that, but that doesn't mean that I didn't love you. It was hard, Mercedes. Just trying to wrap my head around the whole situation was just so hard to deal with."

Mercedes waited until he was done, letting out a humorless laugh as she stood up, rounding her desk, "It was hard? You want to talk about hard? I was alone. I was dealing with it by myself. You didn't want to talk about it. You buried yourself in your work as if you didn't care."

"Of course I cared." He responded with a frown in his face, feeling the anger and hurt combining into one as he looked at her, "I was hurting."

"I WAS TOO DAMMIT!" She yelled out, tears immediately starting to pour down her face, "Ten time worse because I felt that it was my fault that I lost our baby. I didn't have the one person I needed to get through it. You shut me out. You wasn't there for me."

Sam felt his tears leaving his eyes when she mentioned it and once he saw the pure heartbreaking hurt that shown in her eyes, it broke him all over again. He grabbed her by her arms and pulled her into a hug.

"Let me go." She struggled, trying to break out of his hold but his strong grip ended up tiring her out. She gave up the fight and laid her head on his chest, tears continuously coming down as she balled her fist up in his shirt, speaking lowly and brokenly through her tears, "I-I needed you."

"I know sorry will never be enough but I am." He whispered as he held her tight, closing his eyes when he felt her body shaking against his, "I'm so sorry."

They didn't know how long they stood there in each other's embrace and in this moment, they didn't care. They were hurting still and the feel of the other brought a painful comfort. Truth in fact was, Mercedes had a miscarriage six months ago. It was something that turned the couple's world upside down. When it happened, and after she returned home form the hospital, Sam was standoffish from her. Whether intentional or not, it made her feel like he faulted her for it. He busied himself with work, and put more attention into their children, while he distanced himself from his from his wife. He didn't realize that by him not being there comforting her, it led her to have depression, heavy guilt and resentment. From Sam's point of view, he was hurt and couldn't bare to see the pain she was in. He wished he could've did more to prevented this, spent all his time trying to figure out where he went wrong. The only thing that broke them apart was when they heard a knock on the door, followed by the voice of their daughter, "Mommy, can I come in?"

Mercedes removed herself from Sam, clearing her throat and wiping her face, answering with a shaky voice, "G-Give me a second baby, I'll be right out."

"Okay."

Another thing too, the kids didn't know about the baby. They were waiting until after the first trimester to surprise them, but then when Mercedes miscarried, they didn't want them to be upset.

Sam waited until he heard the footsteps walk away before he began speaking again, "Mercedes, I love you so much. I can't change the past, I just can't but we can make us work."

"We tried everything Sam, including counseling." She shook her head as she turned away, heading to the door, "I don't think we can be fixed."

"You may not think we can, but I do and I promise I'm going to do everything to get you back." He said with so much conviction in his voice, watching as her hand paused on the handle for a moment before she unlocked the door and opened it, walking out. He was determined to make this right.


Three days later, Kaiser held the bowl of cereal in his hands as he walked up the stairs, heading for his sister's room, "Do you want to watch another movie?"

"No."

"What? You never turn down a movie." He walked fully into her room, seeing her looking at something in her hands. He headed over and took a seat, finding that it was a picture of them with their parents at her party two years ago. He sat his bowl on her table and turned to her, "Clo..."

"Do you ever wonder what happened? And why they won't tell us?"

"All the time."

"Do you think Daddy cheated?"

"No." He looked at her in disbelief, shaking his head, "Dad isn't like that. He wouldn't do that to Mom."

Clover sighed deeply as she ran her hands over her face when she felt herself getting emotional. She was at a lost and so confused by it all. All she wanted was for her family to be together and happy, "D-Do you think they are going to get back together?"

"I really hope so, Clo." He told her, seeing her put her head down, he sighed as he patted her shoulder, "All we can do hope for the best."

Clover nodded as she wiped her face with her sleeve, sniffling as she reached over to grab some tissue to clean her nose.

Kaiser saw how hurt she was and it hurt him that he couldn't give her the answers she needed. Trying to lighten the mood, he joked as he spoke, "You're the only one who I'd let my cereal go soggy for."

Clover giggled as she continued to wipe the tears from her eyes, looking over at him, "Sorry."

"It's okay." He shrugged as he leaned forward and hugged his little sister, "And it's going to be okay, I promise you."

Clover nodded her head as she hugged him back, pulling away when she saw their father standing at her threshold, "Hey Daddy."

"Hey Bug." Sam greeted, concern across his face when he noticed how red her face was with present tear stains, "What's wrong?"

Kaiser was about to tell him what was wrong but she beat him to it, causing him to look at her strangely at the reason she gave.

"It's nothing, just had something in my eyes and Kai helped me get it out." Clover sent him a small smile. She didn't want him to know the truth because she had plan to get her parents back together brewing in her mind...or so she thought, "What are you up to?"

"Actually, I was looking for you two." Sam said as he came into the room, closing the door behind him, "I want to do something special for Mom, so I'm going to need y'all help."

Clover smiled brightly from where she was sitting, "Of course, what do you need?"

Sam took a seat on her ottoman, looking at them as he began to tell them the plans that he had. The approval came when he saw the smiles on their faces.


Mercedes walked down the stairs with her phone in her hand. She had just got text from Sam to meet him downstairs. She really went back and forth on whether or not she was going to go, not wanting a repeat of their last interaction but something was telling her to do so because she had some questions that needed answering. First to why she had been finding Daises, which were her favorite flowers, at every inch of the house, her now coming up on a trail of them that led from the bottom of stairs, down the hallway, and now stopping at the threshold of the guest room. She stepped into the room and immediately paused when she took in the familiar setup, déjà vu hitting her from years prior. Her eyes went to his when he spoke with a bouquet of Daises in his hands, getting the only confirmation she needed to let her know she wasn't tripping.

"I wanted to recreate our very first date. The one were we both were broke college kids, just trying to make it through." He started as he watched her eyes scanned the floor, "No glitz, no fancy meals, just the young, naïve and bright eyed Sam and Mercedes, who enjoyed the small things."

Mercedes smiled as she took in the set up he had made in his room, sitting her purse and the bouquet of Daises he had brought her on his bed. She have known Sam for a year, they met at Freshmen Orientation and had became fast friends. The two experience a lot of firsts together in their first year of college and over that time, it was something more brewing between the two. Over the summer, they talked almost every day and even visited one another, but sophomore year was the year that changed them from being friends to them being a couple.

Sam had turned the floor in his dorm into something that one could only imagine. With dimmed lights and music playing in the background, he had his beanbags pushed together, along fake candles surrounding them, sandwiches, chips, fruit and water. He made it somehow look like the most elegant thing ever.

Sam took her hand and helped her down to sit next to him, "I know it's not much, but..."

"Sam stop." Mercedes smiled as she looked at him, "It's perfect, even better than what I imagined."

Sam smiled back at her, feeling his cheeks heat up. Yep, it was indeed their first date but he couldn't stop thinking about how he was going to make her his wife one day. And he did. He had proposed to her month before she had became pregnant with Kaiser at the end of their senior year.

"This doesn't make up for anything, but I want you to know how serious I am about us." He sat the flowers down before grabbing ahold of her hand and pressing a kiss to it, thankful that she didn't pull away, "I should've been there for you, there's no excuse for that. I'm really, really sorry, Cedes."

Mercedes stared back at him, seeing the sincerity in his eyes. She loved this man so much, and the hurt that they've been through hasn't been easy. The thoughtfulness warmed her heart and not only because of this set up, but for the past couple of days, she had been noticing some things from their past around the house. And another question that she did have was answered and that was why her kids was no longer calling her Mom and Mommy, and not giving her a straight answer on why.

"For the time being, Dad is going to be Mr. Evans and you're going to be Ms. Jones to us." Clover giggled at the expression on her mother's face, shrugging before walking away, "You'll know why soon."

"We can start completely over." He started as he now held both of her hands, "We can date for how ever long we need to and you make me earn that privilege of calling you my wife. We go at your speed, Cedes because I'm willing to do whatever to get the only girl I have ever loved back."

At this point, the tears fell without a warning. She wanted this to work, she truly did, no matter how many times she said it wouldn't. She couldn't let go, more like wouldn't, of him. This was their do over. She wiped her eyes and looked at him, "If we do this, I want to really do this, Sam. I want us to relearn each other, be more open, and just be there. Everything that we did wrong, yes we because I've made mistakes too, we correct it." She offered, watching as he nodded his head in agreement. She took her hands from his, only to lift them up and go around her neck. She had kept her ring and wedding band on there and she took it off. She placed them items in his palm and closed his hand, her eyes holding his, "I want these back at some point, so take care of them."

Sam smiled at her as he nodded his head, placing the rings in his pocket, "I promise."

Mercedes smiled back at him for the first time in a long time. She leaned forward, stopping for a moment before gently placing her lips on his before removing them, wrapping her arms around him for a hug as she laid her head on his chest.

Sam hugged her back as he kissed the side of her head. This was step in the right direction and he was going to make sure that he did everything in his power to keep it that way.