Jealous
13thFebruary
"I'll see you all at 8 p.m. and we'll leave from mine then shall we?" Rachel said as the girls finalised plans for the lock in at Pete's house.
Pete had come from Canada with his twin sister Paula and apart from his Light Brown high top hair, rippling muscles, drop dead gorgeous hazel eyes and handsome beauty he was a normal 23 year old who sang like Usher with tones of R Kelly making the girls swoon when he moved his dancing hips Brittany referred to him as 'chocolate perfection on a stick' and no one could argue against that description. He'd moved to Lima Hills in LA with his family about 3 years ago and met up with everyone at the fitness centre, he'd seen them a few times and then invited them to his welcome party, which was really good and the last few times he'd had a party for Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving and other things that they had attended. This party was the twin's birthday that just happened to fall the 13th Feb and the party was rocking into Valentine's Day and Pete had promised lots of presents and surprises.
"This is going to be one hell of a party" everyone smiling at Mercy's comment "What did Mike say when you told him you were going?" she asked Tina
"Not to go or this would be the end but, I told him, if I didn't go that would surely be the end of us because I don't know when he started dictating to me about my life choices" she replied "Why what did Sam say?" she asked
"He said fine" Mercy said looking upset "What did Jessie say Rach"
"He said see you there"
"So their coming?" Santana said flatly "This is going to be a crap party with all that testosterone flying around"
"It's alright for you, Brittany bats your way"
"Before you ask Puck wouldn't let me go without him so he's my friggin bag tonight" Quinn said rolling her eyes
"What I don't understand is where all this mistrust has come from" Mercy announced "Especially with Sam it's not normal for us"
"I thought he said it was fine?" Quinn asked for clarification
"He did but it was the way he said it, I wasn't comfortable with it" she replied
"Are we all thinking about the same person?" Rachel asked with her hand up in the air "Pete" she said as everyone looked on
"No not really" Mercy said a bit unsure
"I think he has a thing for you Mercy" Rachel said shoving Mercy by the shoulder
"Oh yeah well I've got a bigger thing for Sam" she said brushing it off "Did you just have a flash back moment" she asked Rachel smiling
"Ok you got that, I stopped fanning on your man a while back I think we all did" Rachel replied "And yes he's superhot, he's a superhot model and he's our friend but he's your husband and we respect that"
"Just like I respect all yours" Mercy said looking around the room
"Ok everyone at Rachel's for 8 p.m." Santana said walking away with Brittany "We'll fill Kurt and Blaine in" she said getting her phone out as they left the hair dressers.
Mercy checked her do and gave it a thumbs up after the third attempt at the stylist getting the look she wanted. Rachel, Quinn and Tina all just added a few curls here and there to get the sensual look "8 p.m." they said as they got in their cars and drove away.
Mercy was back at her house getting ready for her evening when Sam called "Hey babe I miss you" she said looking in the mirror at her sad face "I'm getting ready and I'm trying to make the effort but you're not here to make the effort for" she laughed
"Hi Babe I was just sitting here thinking about you making the effort right about now, getting my jealous on and thought I'd change my answer to your question"
"What you want to say no?" she asked smiling
"Seriously I so want to say that but I can't I love you I don't need to control you" he said making her smile
"I really wouldn't mind Sammy I'd much rather be sitting thinking about the bitch that has her hands all over you tonight" she laughed
"Don't even think that way babe you know what we have"
"Back at you Mr."
"Enjoy yourself tonight and I know Pete's going to be in his elements with you there alone, he so crushes over you"
"And I so crush over you Babe"
"Hey I got to go their calling me back I love you Mercy and I miss you so damn much 3 days yeah?"
"Ditto Babe except I love you more yeah 3 days" she said smiling as the call closed down
Mercy and Sam had been married for 11 months, well 12 coming up on the 16th Feb, they'd had a very private affair with just family and the New Directions and gone off together for 3 weeks to some unknown secluded destination and just been alone for the whole time. Sam was big in the Modelling world so getting private time was almost impossible in his life, so when news of his marriage hit the world they were as far away from it all as they could get. Pictures weren't released until they came back off their honeymoon when the world found out he had married The Miss Mercy Jones R&B Diva and 2 years running Grammy Award Winner who had shot to stardom with her first ground breaking album and the second and third were even bigger. They had both been very busy in their worlds and since coming back from honeymoon they'd maybe had 7 good weeks together and maybe 2 weekends somewhere between that over the last year. The phone and laptop were their children, bible and counsellor and that was fine for now they'd agreed a good four years like that and then they'd be ready to settle down and have their family.
She finally looked at herself in the mirror before taking a photo 'Will I do hubby?' she wrote and sent the selfie to go with it before grabbing her bag and venturing downstairs. Jumped in her car and she was off, when she got to Rachel's she checked her phone to see Sam's reaction 'I'll do you xx too sexy strip off' he'd wrote making her laugh as she tapped the door and opened it to find everyone except Rachel sitting in the living room "Where is she? Mercy asked looking around the room
"Do you really need to ask?" Santana asked
"No, you all look em.." Mercy stood considering the word she wanted to use "Abfab" she laughed
"Ok let's get this show on the road" Rachel came down saying looking just as abfab as everyone else "Why did your man come and take my man away?" she asked Quinn
"I can only think they've gone to slap the shit out of Pete as a warning before the party starts especially if Mike and Sam have given them orders too" Quinn replied
"Yep Gold is definitely our colour" Sugar said
"It's always been your colour hasn't it Sug?" Brittany commented to everyone's silence until Sugar laughed then everyone did
"Extract the Fangs" Tina said to Brittany
"Let's go before the party finishes" Santana said side eying Tina for her comment as they piled out the house
20 minutes later they were strutting into the party "ladies" a guy on the door said as they approached "I see gold which gets you all a free pass" he smiled moving to the side to let them through "Miss Jones I have a special pass for you and Miss Lopez" he said as they passed
"If it doesn't include the whole party I don't really want to know" Mercy remarked as the guy nodded "And the name is Mrs Evans" she added as the man nodding acknowledgment, not giving Santana a chance to answer for her pass
Once inside, the house had been transformed to a club, there was a cloak room, male and female toilets, several bars and a table laden with birthday cakes with horses, baseball bat and ball, a microphone, ballerina and a boy and girl in pink and blue
"How many birthdays are there?" Rachel asked "I brought two friggin cards" everyone just looked at her and carried on walking in
As they made their way towards the bar another guy came towards them "Gold pass Ladies" he said as he approached them
"Yes" Santana said holding her pass up "For all of us" she said looking at her friends
"This way please" he said directing them to a room on the right "Your pass means you can swop between parties as they give access to Miss Paula's party to the left as well" he explained "But you must all move together" he added before moving off
"Woo two parties in one" Sugar shouted "I'm in heaven"
"Hey stay close I don't like the feel of this" Santana said
"Miss Jones so happy you could make it" Pete came from nowhere saying with his arms open wide for a hug which she gave as cameras went off all over the place
"Happy birthday Pete, this is from Sam and me" she said giving him a parcel with a card on top as more photos were taken
"Thank you" he said kissing her on the cheek as he accepted "Did you have much trouble outside?" he asked
"No we came straight in your guys were good and we're early" Rachel said walking towards him giving a hug and passing over the card and gift after which they all followed her lead and did the same as his guards took the items.
"Just ask at the bar for anything you want and the games begin soon" he said leaving the crowd to welcome more people but not before giving Mercy a personal smile "Beautiful" he said as he caught her eye and she smiled
"Told you he was a rash" Quinn said just as Puck and Jessie made their presence known
"Hi Ladies" they said in a well-rehearsed chorus as the girls smiled back at them
"Ok let's get this out we didn't ask you guys to chaperone so, if you feel neglected tonight your bad because seriously this is a girls night out" Tina warned
"Yeah we've been told Sam shouted at us mega and Artie" Puck said looking a bit ashamed
"Puck I was just saying to the girls this looks a bit sus what do you think?" Santana asked him
"Very much so I'd drink unopened Lucozade only ladies" Jessie replied as Puck nodded in agreement
"Let's go see what Paula's Party's about" Rachel suggested as they all turned tail and went across the hall
Paula had men waiting all around the room no bar and a candy table with every candy you could think of and all couples in attendance "I feel like a spare part" Tina said looking at Mercy
"We'll be together T" she giggled linking arms with her
They went through the night moving from one to the other having a safe drink at Paula's and then watching the party games and excitement at Pete's until about 2 a.m. when finally Pete caught up with Mercy and the girls
"So Mercy you left Sam already?" he asked smiling
"No he's working as you know" she said back sarcastically smiling falsely
"When are we going to get it on Mercy you've kept me waiting for so long?"
"We're not Pete I'm married remember?"
"Yeah but he's a model for God sake you know what that world is, he ain't holding back"
"Well I am" she said not wanting to get into things with him
"More fool you, but you know when you finally open your eyes and see what's going on, I'll be here waiting for you remember that" he whispered into her ear before kissing her cheek
"What do you mean?" she said pulling away from the unexpected kiss
"I noticed you didn't spend much time at my party, this is his world what he faces every day drugs, drink, girls and rock and roll and you didn't want to be a part of that or is it that he doesn't want you to be a part of that?" he said looking into her eyes. Mercy dare not show any weakness but it was true she hadn't been to his shoots or met any of his work colleagues since they'd gotten serious and even got married and he was right she was keeping away from it out of fear of what she might discover, not that she didn't trust Sam he'd told her that Modelling life wasn't something he wanted her involved in he hadn't been specific about it but now Pete had said it she understood.
"I don't want to be a part of that life Pete I'm his wife not his plaything"
"Oh you're telling me you chose to have it that way?"
"Yes I did and I don't appreciate you trying to sow seeds"
"I'm not sowing any seeds Mercy I'm telling it how it is now, if you were with me I'd never leave you alone for a night let alone days, weeks or even months that's neglect, what is that damn man thinking?" he asked almost angry
"He's thinking he's got his wife to come home to" she said getting up and leaving him sitting there
"I'm going to try again, you'll come running to me when he breaks your heart, and I'll fix it" he shouted after her
He tried a couple more times and at one point Mercy thought she'd slap his face if she wasn't standing in his house and Sam might have been disappointment at her for doing that to such a public face. By the end of the night her hand was tingling to slap any man that said anything to her and so was Sugar and Tina's
"These rich bastards are just so rude" Tina said as they left the venue to everyone's laugh
"T we are the rich bastards" Kurt said as Blaine tapped him for swearing
14thFebruary
Mercy heard her phone ring, she thought, as she got into the car but she was so busy talking she missed the call and then forgot about it and by the time they got back to Rachel's had a few proper drinks and literally crashed, clothes included, it was the morning. She jerked out of her sleep not quite knowing why at first but then she heard Sam's tone ringing on her phone
"Babe" she sleepily said into the phone "I'm not up yet we had a bit of a drink fest when we got back and I didn't get home" she said
"Morning babe" he said down the phone "I'll call back in a couple of hours" he said putting the phone down as Mercy lay in bed looking at the dead phone
"Mercy" she heard making her jump out of her slumber "Mercy" she heard turning to see where Tina's voice was coming from
"What?" Mercy asked as she looked at Tina holding up the phone as if someone was saying something she didn't need to hear on it
"Come and talk to this man"
"I'm talking to no man unless it's my husband first thing in the morning" she said looking at Tina "And he's just put the phone down on me" she added
"Count yourself lucky" Tina said pointing to the phone "Apparently we need to look at NZQ channel"
"Why?" Mercy asked sitting up "Shit the party what have they done" she said fully alert as she skipped off the lay low with the others now fully awake in hot pursuit
Tina found the station and they sat waiting but saw nothing "Get youtube up" Santana suggested as Rachel went to work typing in Pete's party and the date and the clips came up
"God this is like totally about us" Quinn said "There were lots of people at the damn party"
"Yeah but we knew Pete was only interested in Mercy we should have protected her more" Rachel stated as the door knocked and Artie came wheeling in
"Morning babe" Sugar said going for a kiss and a hug
"This is a fit up Mike I was with the girls, Kurt, Blaine, Puck and Jessie all night" Tina shouted through the phone "Oh... ok" she said looking at the girls to say "He's telling me it's a fit up" she said finally smiling
"Ladies deliveries in the kitchen" Blaine came out of the kitchen saying with a smile
Rachel came out and kissed Jessie and said "Thank you"
"Thank you" Quinn said jumping on Puck's chest "We need to go home" she said
Tina came out with a box and sat, with Mike on the line, crying for a full 10 minutes before she opened it
"Tomorrow" Blaine said taking Kurt with him
"We're following that" Brittany said heading towards the door dragging Santana
Sugar an Artie just left after she picked her present up "Plenty more at home" he said she waved as she left on his wheelchair "Hello and Goodbye"
Mercy got a box with a note in it 'Go home' the note said "I got to go girl instructions from Hubby and you know me" she said grabbing her coat and her bag. She drove the 10 minute journey had a shower and sat waiting for Sam to call her back on the hour he called back
"I guess you got my pre-present" he said smiling
"Well I'm home"
"Yeah I saw all that shit on the TV although we promised to never do this I just thought you could do with a bit of me this morning and, no I'm not being jealous, I need my wife bad so I want you to relax and just listen to me and don't get freaked but I had Greg put some things round the house for you last night" Sam said as he started singing his version of 'Hold that thought' by Chuck Wicks as Mercy did what he sung to her and imagined it. She found the first clue on the bed as she went to lay down and wondered down to the kitchen as it said to find cookies
"You're going to want one of these" the Cook smiled as Mercy went and grabbed a cookie "Not that one this one" she said pointing at a specific cookie which Mercy picked up and read the clue at the back off. Leaving the kitchen eating her cookie and moving towards the Den
"Somebody loves you" her maid said waving around a piece of paper at Mercy, still with the phone attached and listening to Sam sing, she took it off her and read it and heading back towards the study to claim her prize. She walked into the study to find the Butler standing waiting
"Your last clue" he said handing her a sheet of music
"What?" she said puzzled 'Thank you for the music and the room in which you make it' "he's in the music room?" she asked as she left in hot pursuit again. She opened the door and could hardly catch her breath as the white Concert Grand piano took precedence in the room with her initials on it "Sam I.."
"Hold that thought" he sang
She got closer to the piano and put her hand on it as if it was a priceless fragile trinket "It's beautiful" she said walking around it and sitting on the chair before opening it up "My first song is going to be for you my love" she said as she started playing the piano and singing 'So into You' by Ledisi as he listened on the phone
"That was beautiful and new" he said surprised
"Oh I've been knocking that version around for a while I'm still not sure more so since I've just sung it to you, too emotional don't you think?"
"No it's beautiful and Happy Valentine's Day"
"Thank you babe and your present is on its way" she said going upstairs to throw some things in a bag for an overnight visit
"Ok I'll wait for it" he laughed
Four hours later Mercy was in Memphis waiting for a cab at the airport about to give Sam his present, she quickly got a cab and sat back to take a breath before telling the driver her destination "The Sheldrake please" she said letting out the biggest breath. She'd been pissed at Pete last night for what he had said but when she finally got to thinking she agreed with some of it she was scared to go see Sam at work for fear of what she might find, he'd never given her any reason to think anything was wrong but he hadn't gone out of his way to include her in that part of his life either and there must be a reason for that well today she was going to find out all about his life in fact she had 2 days free and she was going to make the presence of Mrs Sam Evans very well known, and fuck it if Sam had nothing to hide he's just be happy to see her
"Hello Mr. Evans' room number please" she asked at the desk
"Sorry we can't give that information out Miss" the receptionist said
"It's Mrs. Sam Evans actually" she said throwing her passport in the counter "And here's my pass" she said putting her Diva attitude all out there
"Sorry Mrs Evans its room 735" the receptionist indicated as she pointed to the lift and said "7th floor and to the right Mrs Evans"
Mercy got to the door to hear very loud music coming from it and knocked the door anyway and pushed it open "Happy valentine's" she heard before she saw anyone "Come on in love" the ginger haired man said beaconing her into the suite
"I'm looking for Sam" Mercy got out between taking in the activities around the room, there were people on the couch kissing, someone using drugs through rolled up money, the familiar smell of weed old and young and naked girls running around looked like they were playing tag or something "I'm looking for Sam" she said again unsure if anyone could hear above all the music noise
"Sam haven't see him for a while check the rooms, you been shipped in special?" the guy asked
"No" Mercy said pulling away from him
"Can I help you?" A grey haired older man came up to her saying
"I'm looking for Sam" she said again
"Last I saw him he was in the kitchen straight ahead but, if he's not there check his bedroom and close your eyes when you go in, second door on the right" the guy said
Mercy moved fast but slow she felt vulnerable and the only protection she knew was Sam she needed to find him, she almost ran to the kitchen and stood in the doorway scanning the surprisingly large kitchen to find he wasn't there. She braced herself and walked back towards the second door on the right and rested her hand on it before turning the knob and taking a deep breath "Knock and close your eyes" she whispered to herself do you really want to know this Mercy Evans think, you can walk away and go back to your perfect life do you really want this" she thought standing there with her eyes closed
"That room's private lady" a woman said to her as she opened her eyes
"What?" Mercy asked
"That room's private it's not part of the party, stupid over there pulled the sign off" she said pointing to a blond girl "She's pissed coz he knocked her back harshly a few times" she smiled "He's a dish though" she smiled
"What's happening here?" Mercy asked
"Oh it's a Model dorm sometimes we go on gigs and because of damage they just throw us all in one place, pisses the top Models off" she said pointing to the door Mercy believed Sam to be in "Some got other hotels he was unlucky" she said as she danced off
Mercy knocked the door but there was no answer as the girl turned and smiled "Still gonna try yeah?" she said which pissed Mercy off
"Sammy" she said through the door and within seconds the door sprung open as Mercy turned to smile at the woman she was speaking to
"How the fuck did you do that?" she asked as Mercy waved her wedding ring in front of her just before Sam grabbed her into the room and shut the door again
"Happy Valentines" she said holding her hands in the air
"Babe" he said keeping hold of her as he found her lips and refused to let go falling back onto the door as he drunk her in "What are you doing here?" he finally asked when he came up for air
"Valentine's present" she said pointing to herself
"Babe there's all sort of shit going on outside this door I can't believe you just walked through all that for me"
"Truth" she said sliding down off him "I went to that party last night and yeah Pete was like a little bug in my ear telling me that you were living that life out there, what did he say drugs, drink, girls and rock and roll and I got jealous and decided that he was telling the truth. You've never let me meet any of your work colleagues or visit you on these gigs and I wanted to see for myself or even catch you out, and don't ask me what I was going to do when I caught you because I hadn't thought that far ahead and the option of leaving never entered my head" she said before taking a breath
"I hear your truth babe but, you know none of that will ever be true yeah"
"I'm sorry babe I don't even know why I allowed that bastard to get in my head like this"
"That's sort of where I was before you came in, I was thinking I can't do another gigs like this I can't even go to the toilet in peace these tricks are all over me and it's irritating and, this morning I might have gone there I ain't gonna lie to you babe. When I came in and saw that news plastered all over the TV like that I hit the fucking roof I'd gone past jealous" he said making Mercy laugh "But then somewhere deep in here" he said pointing to his heart "I knew there was no way that was what he was making it look like and, when I spoke to you first thing this morning I just knew it was all crap"
"That's the one truth I have Sammy that you love me and only me as your wife that is" she smiled
"I'm glad you know that babe and I hope you know that your my truth too, I have no need to look at any other woman"
"So back to presents" Mercy said making Sam laugh "It's almost too loud in here to get our groove on can we go somewhere else?"
"I tried to get a room earlier on but there was nothing now you're here it's worth trying for a suite" he said picking up his phone to make the call. Twenty minutes later they had finally secured a suite some 10 miles away at another hotel, Sam threw his things in his case sent a text to Ralph, his Manager, and opened the bedroom door to take the long walk out of the building
"Sam" a guy shouted as he came out "Drink?" he asked as Sam shook his head "No intro for the one that got it away?" he laughed
"This is my wife Mercy" Sam shouted back stopping most of the party except the music
"You're married?" the guy asked
"As I said this is my wife Mercy, where have you lot been?" he said again smiling "Tomorrow I'm out of here" he waved as Mercy smiled at the man before Sam grabbed her hand and continued towards the door
"Is that Mercy Jones the R&B singer" a female voice shouted across the room as Sam spun round in the direction of the voice to find it was the woman that was pursuing him earlier, so he carried on walking but, Mercy stopped
"Well yes but no that's my stage name right now I'm Mrs Sam Evans" she said making Sam smile at her jealous coming out
"I only asked" the woman said
"I only told" Mercy said looking at her for longer than was necessary
"Babe" Sam said almost in her ear while grabbing her round the waist
"Yeah babe step off" the tall blond girl with her hair in a ponytail and legs up to her shoulders obviously a size zero like all the girls in the room and most men for that matter
Mercy wriggled out of Sam's arm as he rolled his eyes pre-empting what was coming next "Did you just tell me to step the fuck off" Mercy asked walking towards her as the room went silent even the music stopped this time
"She's high take no notice of her" the woman who Mercy was talking to earlier stepped forward and said
"I can get her higher if she wants" Mercy said
"We'd all want to see that but I'm afraid you'd be wasting all your effort she won't remember a thing tomorrow" the woman said as Mercy flashed the girl off and turned back towards Sam
"Yeah walk bitch" the girl said as Mercy swung back around and delivered a punch that rocked her and made her fall to the floor
"Now you fucking crawl bitch" she said to the woman lying on the floor as Sam grabbed her hand and marched her out the apartment
"Why are you so…" he got out before Mercy turned on him
"And don't even ask me that because I know that bitch was all up on your ass before I got here and she needs to know who's got the upper hand and she will fucking remember that tomorrow" Mercy sassed
"Yeah" he said pinning her up against the wall in the hall by the lift "I was going to say why are you so fucking hot right now" he smiled kissing her deep interrupted by the lift arriving
15thFebruary
They could barely keep their hands off each other all the way to the hotel, where they locked themselves in and made good use of the unexpected night together "Babe I got to get up come on we got to get back across town for 6 a.m." Sam said waking Mercy up after what seemed like a minutes sleep
"Seriously" she asked still sleeping
"Seriously babe" he said laughing at her expecting it to be a joke "Come on" he said jumping off the bed and taking the covers with him
"Sam" she shouted as she curled up for the sudden cold
"Up" he said leaving the covers at the bathroom door, Mercy sneaked up to go get the covers and he grabbed her, picked her up and put her under the shower "Up" I said
"I've had like a minutes…" she said as she felt Sam's mouth on her making her shut up and smile "I could have done with that in bed" she said when she came down from her high
"I could have done with that all day but work calls" he laughed as they washed off, got dressed and called for a taxi before leaving the suite "But hold that thought for tonight" he whispered as they stood in a full lift for descent
They took the 50 minute drive to Sam's place of work for the past 3 weeks "You can come to my changing room with me but I'm afraid I don't think you can come on set when their flicking" he said "But I get lots of breaks so I won't be gone for too long" He was doing a Summer mag spread for Venture and he'd been on some really cool locations, for which Mercy had only seen pictures of sunsets, dawns, him and stuff but to actually be on set she was excited about getting to know his world "play the game" he said to her as they entered a green door
"Morning everyone this is Mercy" he announced
"Finally the woman who caught the big trout" someone Mercy recognised to be Carmen turned round saying "Sorry I didn't realise" she said going in for a hug "Mrs Evans nice to see you again" she said as everyone else went into whisper mode
"No wonder you got the day off tomorrow" Nicole shouted across making everyone laugh
"25 minutes to lift off, Sam I can't believe you're not ready" Charlie the photographer shouted
"Charlie hold up" Nicole shouted running after her
"Charlie?" Mercy asked spinning round to look at Sam "Charlie fucking Darling" she spat out staring at him, Sam didn't even bother to roll his eyes with her looking straight at him, he just looked around the room long enough for Mercy to check herself and remember this was his place of work
"Where's your dressing room?" she asked with a false smile as he pointed her in the direction
"Mercy whatever this is going to be could we leave it until we get back to the hotel these walls are like paper?" he asked as they walked quickly to his dressing room
They got in the room as Mercy threw her bag, turned to him pointing her finger at him, her face on fire with anger but her voice came out small and through clenched teeth "You know I'm thinking all kinds of shit specifically the reason you wouldn't tell me you were doing a three week shoot with Charlie fucking Darling and yes I can leave this till you get back because I have to get the fuck out of here before I lose you your damn job and that sounds appealing to me right now" she said going up in his face before she grabbed her bag and walked back out the door across the communal changing room and out the door into the street. She was so mad tears came to her eyes as she stood outside the studio, wondering where to get a taxi from and how the hell she was going to get back home tonight, why she was contemplating spending her anniversary alone and in fact what the hell she was mad at her husband for. She made to go back in thinking I need to slap that bitch from here to eternity and fucking back again, that's what I should be doing instead of running away he's my husband with her hand on the door "You've had you wobble go back in there and get your husband on your terms" she told herself opening the door to see Sam standing on the other side of it
"What are you doing?" she asked
"I'm leaving this shit ain't worth my marriage, I think I've told you that before"
"And that bitch ain't worth your career" she smiled "But please don't tell me what to do any time today"
"Why what you gonna do?"
"Just know if the worst comes to the worst I can work longer to financially support us until you become CEO of your own animation business" she said laughing as she tiptoed up to kiss him on the lips "Sorry babe"
"Sam" Charlie shouted through the door not really looking around for him "You're up in five"
"I've got to go get ready babe I love you"
"Bring your guitar" she shouted after him making him look back at her "I love you more" she smiled "Sam, remember that"
Sam wasn't altogether too comfortable about giving Mercy the reigns on his place of work but Charlie wasn't his boss and fuck her if she never wanted to work with him again anyway, furthermore if she got off going at Charlie instead of him he was all for it he wanted love tonight not war, and if all else failed she was Mrs Sam Evans and for him she could, within reason, do what the fuck she wanted, he was gonna back her however this went.
He got his face done and grabbed his clothes which were hardly anything he generally modelled underwear and he was out in the studio being told what he needed to do by Charlie Darling, he was in the middle of setting his pose up with her moving things around when he noticed Mercy sitting in the corner behind the fixed camera and smiled at her. Surprisingly she sat quietly all through the shoot until the break as soon as Charlie called break she appeared in front of him "You're so professional Babe" she smiled before going in to kiss him
"Who's this?" Charlie asked
"This is my wife Mercy" Sam said not really introducing just giving a response, Mercy didn't turn to acknowledge the question either
"Can we get some time babe" Mercy said as if Charlie hadn't spoken
"Excuse us" Sam said not really looking away from Mercy as he spoke, surprisingly it was Charlie that walked away
"Grab your guitar babe you need to hear this, she'll be listening but, I don't care I've got to tell you" Mercy smiled Jennifer Hudson's 'If this isn't love' she said as Sam grabbed his guitar "I promise to never be jealous about anything you do ever again because I know you value my heart" she said kissing him before she started singing as Sam played her the song, she really got into it ignoring the people coming into the studio to listen to her song for Sam as she playfully danced around him touching him and sending air kisses until at one point he abandoned the guitar and danced around her for a chorus stood in awe watching as she reached the crescendo and grabbed his guitar to help with the finish
"I love you Sam" she said as she fell into his arms and he landed a kiss on her that made her blush when she came out of it because they really did just make love in front of everyone, he smiled on seeing her face
"Wait for me" he whispered to her making her smile
The second half of the session went smooth although it had been nearly 13 hours since they'd walked in that morning. Charlie didn't introduce herself to Mercy again but when Sam went to get dressed Mercy saw her opportunity and went to see her
"Charlie can I tell you what I'm feeling?" she asked "Total honesty" she smiled "I love my husband, you know the one I have sex with, and I'm being this amicable because his job is important to me" she smiled "I want you to feel guilty and know you can't do whatever the fuck you want with my husband I should kick your ass for coming onto a 19 year old, you hag but hay, I got the man so no hard feelings, yes bitch he told me" she said as she slapped her face "that's me taking my kiss back" she said "And that's the replacement"
"Get out before I call the police" Charlie shouted
"Yeah you try that shit again and the police will be your only option" she responded as she left the studio
Mercy met Sam at his dressing room door "I was just rushing to come find you before you got yourself in trouble" he laughed before looking at her again "I see I'm too late are you ok?" he asked walking towards her
"I'm fine babe I need to get into home mode, I need some Country" she smiled
"You got all of me when we get back" he smiled "And we've got the whole day tomorrow before you're off for a month"
"Can we grab something on the way in and just be babe I need you close all of a sudden" she said grabbing for him as he pulled her in and stood hugging her for a while
"Are you alright babe what happened?" he asked rubbing her arms as he spoke
"Nothing babe I guess it's being away for a month" she said hugging him "I want to change our life Sam I know we agreed 4 years but this is so hard babe"
"Hey I have your heart to take care of so we'll seriously look at this when you get back I think we have about 5 days then" he smiled, not wanting to show Mercy the pain in his heart about the situation "And I've got 2 days in 2 week's time so I'll be out to see you" they stood together for an age before Sam eventually said "come on lets go back to the hotel and get this food thing going I'm starving" as they grabbed hands and left the building.
They did as planned grabbed their food, got back to the hotel and locked the outside world out as Sam, sang 'I wanna make you close your eyes' by Dierks Bentley as promised, her need for Country fulfilled before he did exactly what it said in the title the way he knew how to
16thFebruary
Sam woke up to a warm feeling and Mercy's head bobbing up and down on him "Wow babe that's beautiful" he said grabbing her head and pushing it down to accommodate his feeling "Babe I'm.. I love you" he finally got out as he exploded
"Happy Anniversary" she popped her head from under the covers to say laughing "That was your first present part one" she said getting off the bed to click on the Pod as 'Everything to Me' by Monica played and she stood singing her version of the song to Sam "That was your first present part two" she smiled
"That's a cheat maximum two presents there was nothing about parts one and two" Sam laughed
"Nothing was said so it wasn't a part of the rules" she laughed
"Ok one more and that's it" he said sternly
"But you're not even out of bed yet I've got breakfast and everything"
"One more Mercy and that's it we agreed, no extravagance"
"Ok" she sulked
"But it can only be a present if you say it's a present" he smiled making her smile
"Come clean up and get your breakfast" she said taking his words literally, Mercy took him to the bathroom and showered him with benefits, fed him his breakfast with bubbly and juice, "You need to get dressed babe" she announced then she made sure he was fully dressed before she dealt with herself and about 11.30 a.m. they were ready and headed out
"Where are we going?" he asked as they drove further out of town than he expected
"I don't want to say it but I guess this is present number two" she smiled
"Ok"
About 30 minutes after that they stopped at a small helicopter base "We're here" she said excitedly
"Helicopter, please tell me we're not going to fly these babe" he laughed nervously
"We're not going to do anything babe you're going to" she laughed
"Whatever it is, it's not going to happen if you're not involved, this day's about togetherness, remember?" he asked
It was Mercy's turn to look and sound nervous "Sam I, well you know how I am with heights, I can't do this" she said
"You fly all the time"
"Yeah but this is sky diving" she said
"Fucking sky diving you want me to plunge to my death and you're not willing to be with me so much for love" he laughed sarcastically
"Why are you questioning my love?"
"Because I could die alone up there and then what? You're sending me to my death and you blatantly want to sit back and let this happen, that's not love"
"Sam" she said spinning him around to face her "You know I love you more than life itself"
"Then come up there with me we live together or die together" he said staring at her until she broke and agreed to go up
'God that was hard' he thought as he gave the pilot a nod "Let's go get changed" he said happier than he was a few seconds ago
They did all the necessary safety stuff and within the hour they were in the helicopter on their way up and being strapped to two professionals for their decent. Mercy held onto Sam as if her life depended on it with her eyes closed obviously praying for safety bringing a smile to Sam's face. This was something he'd always wanted to do he was so buzzed about it he thought he was going to wet himself but getting Mercy to agree to do it with him was priceless and they'd remember their first anniversary for this not the times they spent apart before and after it. "Are you ready" the instructor shouted above the engine noise as Sam nodded and looked at Mercy
"Don't let me go Sam" she said
"I won't but you've got Jack behind you" he smiled
"And if I die you must make yourself die" she said making them all laugh
"No one is going to die" Jack said shaking the safety equipment one last time, giving the thumbs up for ready
"Babe" Sam shouted "Happy Anniversary this is present one" he laughed as Jack jumped off the edge with her attached as Mercy screamed a constant scream longer than any note Sam had ever heard her hold as he realised he was in the air too
As he landed on the ground his mind was on Mercy and how she was, he did as instructed but couldn't help looking around to find her "Where is she?" he asked in a panic when he couldn't find her
"She's fine she'll be here in a few minutes, Jack took her for a bit of a sightseeing to get rid of her scared" Dan informed him as he went about taking the parachute off him
"Oh my God that was just so much fun" he heard her say and spun round to see a beaming Mercy standing there while Jack took the parachute off her "Sam" she shouted across the field waving as he waved back. Sam just about said thank you to Dan before setting off in her direction, she grabbed hold of him while jack was still taking the thing off her they really didn't care
"I'm sorry about all that before the jump I couldn't think of any other way to get you up there" he laughed
"What you planned this?" she asked
"Yeah, they phoned the house for confirmation while you were out and I changed the jump to two" he said smiling
"Thank you I loved it" she said hugging him "I've done all my firsts with you"
"There are a few more we need to get done so don't close the book just yet" he laughed "And I've only had one present so far" he smiled "Come on we got to get back to the hotel by 2.30 p.m."
They made the journey and were back in the suite by 2.45 p.m. with a puzzled Mercy and a smiling Sam talking about the jump and their feelings
"Should I be getting ready for something?" she asked as they sat on the couch
"No"
"Packing?"
"No"
"Scared?"
"No"
"Undressed?"
"Maybe later" he said with a cheeky smile
Mercy could tell something was up Sam was bouncing around like a playful kitten and sitting on his hands as well as hesitating when he spoke always a dead giveaway that something was coming but what could be bigger than a sky dive, she smiled at the suspense. 'It's probably some jewellery, another broach or a bracelet, no I had a set for my birthday, he wouldn't get this wound up over flowers and chocolates unless the chocolates were in the shape of him and he was going to sit back and watch me eat them slowly sucking, licking'
"Mercy you doing that shit without me"
"What?" she asked him
"You're in a fantasy, I can tell by the way your moving"
"I was just wondering what my second present was" she smiled
"Us making love wouldn't be a present babe it's a given"
"Yeah but this was chocolate shapes of you and I was sucking and …."
"Ok I get it stop" he laughed "We don't have time" as the door knocked
"Who's that, food?"
"Food's not a person" he laughed as he got up to answer the door letting in the Masseuse, nail artist, makeup artist, hair stylist, musician and food "We'll start with light lunch while they set up" he said handing her a glass of champagne as the waiter set the table in their suite
"Is this present number two?" she asked excited
"I'll tell you when"
They ate their meal, had a 90 minute massage, they both had manicures and pedicures, then after a soak Mercy had her hair and makeup done while Sam soaked
"I'm so relaxed now babe I could just go to bed" she said after the 5 hour session
"Well not just yet babe you need to get dressed" he said kissing her exposed neck "You look beautiful babe" he smiled
"I feel beautiful babe"
"This next bit is your present number 2"
They left the hotel shortly after arriving at BB King's Blues Club for food and music, both of their favourite past times after bed "Yes" Mercy gasped when the car stopped outside "I know already this is going to be a great night thanks Babe" she said kissing his cheek noticing he wasn't being very tactile today
"I know I'm using restraint" he said
"What?" Mercy asked with a smile
"Me not kissing on you all day, I'm waiting for tonight"
"Ok" she said as the door opened and they entered the venue
They had a lovely meal and at 10.30 they were escorted to a booth to watch the show "Sam its Pete, the entertainment its Pete" she said agitated
"Yeah and" he stopped to ask
"You know he has a thing for me and I know he's not backwards in coming forward I don't want this day to be spoilt can we go somewhere else?" she asked
"I thought we'd discarded this jealous thing?"
"We have"
"So who are we running from again?"
"No one"
"And you know I will bring it, if I have to" he smiled looking all devilish
"You knew didn't you" she said suspiciously
"He wanted to make me jealous, he made you jealous now it's time for him to suck some of that shit up" he said as they walked in and were shown to their seats at front and centre no less, where Sam moved his chair so they were sitting side by side instead of facing each other and hugged up "Play the game Mercy, play the game" he smiled
"You know how I love my games" she whispered in his ear, provoking movement and soon after the show started
"Good Evening Ladies & Gentlemen it's me Pete Holly bringing you some sweet soulful heartfelt tunes this evening and … wait is that Miss Mercy Jones I see in front of me, I am privileged tonight" he said waving at them as they waved back "Still with husband I see?" as Sam waved his hand smiling "I tried so hard to get this woman from this man" he said to a laughing audience "My first song has to be to you Miss Jones" he said totally disregarding Sam. He spoke to his musicians and came out singing 'Jealous' by Labrinth looking at her and him at times. When he finished he just looked at Mercy and then at Sam all loved up "I'm done you win" he said to Sam
"Sorry man but you were never in the running" Sam said walking up to him and shaking his hand "Oh and she's laying under me all night, every night"
"Yeah man I get that" Pete replied
"Oh could you dedicate the next one to us too it's our wedding anniversary, first year" Sam said walking off as everyone was still clapping
"Ok" Peter said as Sam gave him a look of warning "Guys that was really unfair of me to do that to these guys, their out on their anniversary celebration. I was going to dedicate this next one to the Man himself but I'll do that and I'll pass it on to these two down here Mr.& Mrs Sam Evans on their first anniversary, congratulations guys" he said as the music started and 'When two are in Love' by Prince came out of his mouth
"Thank you" Mercy Mouthed as Sam nodded his head in appreciation for the song
"I'm still jealous" Pete said making them all laugh, and they enjoyed the rest of the evening.
As they got in the lift Sam grabbed hold of Mercy by the face "Rough tonight babe" he warned
"Very" she smiled going into their kiss
The End