Ok my last Fic provoked a bit of a controversy because he cheated and there are some real haters out there, about that kind of stuff and, make no mistake I'm totally with you all on that but; when it comes to Samcedes, no exceptions, they fight the world together always and forever that's what makes them my adorable couple.
Just so you don't mis-pronounce Nyga's name is pronounced Ny-Jah
Rebellion
Sam and Mercy have been married for just over 20 years having got married just after Sam finished university and bagged his dream job as a Coach for his all-time favourite team. Mercy had dabbled in the music business between having their children and had a few hits in the past but having spent four solid years in the business she'd decided that film was more her thing and had been successful in bagging quite a lot of parts, mostly musicals, and was quite the leading lady. The children had grown up with Mom away sometimes for long periods while Dad was home for winter and away for summers and they flipped between them for the holidays as well as grandparents and aunts and uncles much the same as their cousins. Well they called each other cousins but, they were connected only by their parent's singing club, so there were a lot of love hate relationships along the way.
Between the games, songs, films and travelling somewhere, the children had grown up and all too soon Mercy and Sam were having conversations about regrets, feelings of neglect and guilt about the happy go lucky way they had allowed the children to be reared, brought on mainly because of their guilt at having to leave them to go to work. The children had started playing the game pretty early, much earlier than their parents had realised.
Mercy, Quinn and Santana lived in close proximity to each other and had a good network set up for looking after the children, Puck, Sam and Brittany constantly argued that they were too soft with the children but, when it came to discipline the Ladies preferred to deal with things their way. Which might have worked for them but, had no effect on the children whatsoever and, no matter how many times Puck, Brittany or Sam told them this, they refused to believe it also refusing to let them deal with any situation that arose. So behind their parents backs the children were having parties, smoking, binge drinking, experimenting with sex and drugs right under their noses and they still didn't catch on until the day they got the phone call
"Mrs Evans the phone for you" one of the set hands had said as she stood saying her lines to herself ready for the next scene
"What is it?" Mercy asked irritated for having to stop doing what she was doing
"They just said they needed to speak to you" the woman replied "A Santana Lopez" she added
"Santana" Mercy said walking off towards the phone and grabbing it from the boy holding it as she approached "Santana" she said down the phone
"Mercy could you do me a big favour please?" she asked as she started to cry down the phone
"Yes what's the matter?"
"Katelyn has been taken into hospital with a drug overdose and I'm in Spain, I just got here this morning, I really won't get there in time, Britt's in Dubai and I really don't know who else to call" she sobbed "Quinn's in charge of her, I've been trying to make contact but I can't get her I'm totally panicked"
Mercy stood stunned at what Santana was telling her "Yes which hospital?" she asked as Santana gave her the information "I'll contact Quinn and keep you posted" she said putting the phone down "Jerry I'm sorry one of the children have overdosed I need to get to the hospital" she said grabbing only her bag as she left the set and made her way to the car. 'All the children were at that party, at Santana's house last night how did drugs form a part of it? by all she meant obviously 19 year old Katelyn, Quinn & Puck's two Daniel 19 and Maria 17 and their four children Dante 18, Neva and Nyga 17 and Nataly 16 at her first party. Hold up Santana went to Spain yesterday Mercy told herself, I fucking trusted them she thought getting angry with herself for the lecture she was going to have to listen to from Sam having argued for Nataly to go with them. "Hurry up Frank" she said to the driver as she pulled her phone out and made contact with Quinn who immediately made her way to the hospital
When she got there all the children had littered themselves around the private room Katelyn had been allocated, everyone in a sombre mood "What's happening?" she asked no one in particular as she walked in
"Silly question Mom, she's in hospital for god sake, obviously she's sick" Neva replied
"Girl you need to reel that in" Mercy spun round saying as her eyes focused on Neva
"Yeah" she said folding her arms in front of her, not offering an apology
"So you all playing with the big boys now drugs, sex and rock and roll" Mercy said as she looked around as Katelyn stirred "Hey" Mercy's voice changed to a soft one
"So she pumps her ass up with drugs and gets a hey and we save her ass and get a reel that in Aunt M?" Daniel asked
"And you can stop the sass with me too boy" she said looking at him "I'm seriously angry with the lot of you but, she's sick right now and her Moms ain't around so I'm pacifying, don't get this twisted as soon and she's up and I've seen the doc all you all are getting tapped"
"What in hell's name has happened?" Quinn asked as she entered the room "Mercy how did the party get so out of hand?"
"The party; I thought the party was at Satan's I've no idea" Mercy said
"She wasn't there the party was at yours" Quinn corrected
"Sorry no party at mine decorators in the den at the moment" Mercy replied as they both turned to look at the children
"You lied to us?" Quinn asked
"You are so lucky your Dad is in Memphis right now" she said to her children as Dante rolled his eyes and Neva and Nyga stood there with that I wonder what if look on their faces, which usually made Mercy smile but one of their children were laid up in bed from an overdose and this really wasn't the time for it.
"Ok so now on top of everything else we have lies" Quinn said looking around the line of children, hers looking down as Mercy's phone rang
"Santana" Mercy said as she answered the phone "Still waiting for the doc but we're in the room with her Quinn and I apparently the party was at mine but at yours really; drink, drugs and rock and roll" Mercy tutted "She's in and out not fully awake yet but all the others are in here they said drugs but we haven't established what yet" she relayed before saying bye
The doctor came in and told them she'd taken MDMA known as a club drug or more commonly Ecstasy and that she'd had a close call, some dealers try to sell it as the safe drug which is a myth" he said
"She could have died and you would have stood around and let that happen for what?" Quinn said losing her temper at the ease with which the children were accepting the information as if they already knew it "Can you hear what the doctor's saying?" she shouted as they all nodded heads still down except Dante
"Aunt Quinn no disrespect but Katelyn made her own mind up about taking that just like the rest of us I don't think it's fair that we take the flack for something she did to herself we all knew the risks" he announced
"So wait, who took this stuff?" Mercy asked as the Doctor stood waiting to carry on his delivery of his finding
"We all did except Naty" Maria volunteered
"And it's not the first time we all do it all the time hell we're adults" Nyga offered
"Adults; do you know that that stuff can damage specific neurons in the brain. In humans, recently studies show that long-term, heavy MDMA users suffer cognitive deficits, including problems with memory, is that what you want?" Quinn asked
"Ok we're all here to make sure Kate is fine let's just get through that and then we can deal with everything else after" Mercy suggested as everyone went back to silence, just listening to the doctor finish his assessment of Katelyn before he left
"Hey guys" they heard as some lay sleeping while others listened to music in their earphones and others just stared
"Kate" Quinn gasped as she found her eyes
"Your awake baby" Mercy said hugging her in as she sat right next to her bed "Straight off I'm gonna tell you that was such a stupid thing to do but, I know your Moms re gonna go for gold so I'll leave it at that" she said hugging her again
"I'm so sorry" Katelyn said to Mercy and Quinn before looking around at the others "Sorry did I get everyone in trouble?" she asked as everyone looked on, relieved that she was alright
When they got home Mercy made the relevant calls to Santana and Sam and then sat and listened to Sam rant on about the children's behaviour and threatening to come down heavy on them and telling her she wouldn't like it, and she knew she wouldn't. Eventually he slowed down and she was able to bend the topic to them, she got a few laughs out of him and some dirty talk and she felt she's left him in a good place as she finally got back to reading her script for the film.
Two weeks later and Santana and Brittany had rushed back home to deal with Katelyn's incident, getting her help and a lot of shouting, after some serious reassurances from Santana, Brittany went back to Dubai for her show. Puck had grounded Daniel and Maria for a month and given Quinn strict instructions about what they should and shouldn't have. Sam had spoken to all their children individually over the phone and the girls were left crying while the boys sulked for at least a week. So another month was over and except for school the children had no activities together unsupervised. Then when the Even's clan thought it was all over their Dad had called them and told them that they still hadn't actually been grounded but, they could only go to their Aunts houses and he'd review that in a month.
"Mom everyone's coming round this afternoon we're just having a bit of a jam to celebrate Kay being 100% low key no drink, drugs but maybe some rock and roll" Neva announced
"There better not be we've just had the den done" Mercy shouted back six weeks after the Katelyn event
That Afternoon Mercy heard the music pumping from the den and decided to go work in her studio for concentration, the children had grown up listening to their parents when they get together and had almost mimicked their evenings in, so they made virgin cocktails, flopped on bean bags and sang every now and again. Mercy sat listening as the children jammed smiling as Daniel and Dante sang a clean version of 'Go Flex' by Post Malone reminded of their fathers. The girls followed with their version of 'Write on me' by Fifth Harmony led by Katelyn she sounded alright but maybe Maria should have took the lead on that she thought before smiling to herself "It's their jam" she said to herself getting back to her work.
A while later she was jolted from her thoughts by Nataly singing her version of 'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift "is that my baby singing about boys" she said not sure how to feel about that as she heard Neva joining in the song with her "They sound good together" she said raising her eyebrow. Then the boys came in with their rough stuff she could barely follow as they thugged through a clean version of 'Champions' by Kanye West, Travis Scott, Big Sean and Gucci Mane Dante, Daniel and Nyga going hard about it. Mercy imagined them all dancing around actually pretending this stuff made sense to them and laughed at herself "Maybe it does" she said "Work"
About an hour after that Mercy heard Dante and Nyga singing 'Bacon' by Nick Jonas and smiled at their need to always come back with something just like their Dad, she finally decided to get them something to eat "Guys what do you all want to eat?" she asked as she entered the den to find everyone sleeping and decided to clear up a bit for all the juice bottles laying around. Mercy smelt alcohol as soon as she started into the room and went round smelling cups and bottles to establish that this was the case the children had been drinking. She got straight on the phone to Santana and Quinn and they were round within fifteen minutes, they searched the den for alcohol "What are we going to do?" Mercy asked as they stood looking at the sleeping children with large empty bottles around and half empty cups in sleeping hands.
"I think I'm going to put Katelyn into rehab" Santana replied
"I don't think one binge drink session equates to rehab Tan" Quinn replied
"You know I've been the buffer for these between Sam and them all their lives they don't know or care how much flack I've had to take for them to have an half decent life well I'm done I'm not going to be the buffer anymore I'm going to let him at them and they can deal with his shit, I'm done talking"
"I agree" Quinn said "Puck will be back next week and I'm leaving this to him too"
"Britt's fangs are already out we're at our wits end with this girl"
"Cuppa?" Mercy asked
"Yep" Quinn and Santana said together as they went to leave the den
"Pictures take pictures" which they did before they left the den of sleeping children and went to the kitchen sitting talking, drinking their hot drinks and generally feeling helpless about the situation with their children as Quinn started singing her version of "Waterfalls' by TLC which Mercy and Santana joined in shortly after
"Is that really where we think this is going?" Mercy asked tears in her eyes
"If we don't stop it now, it could" Quinn replied
"Britt would kill me" Santana added
"Ok so it's agreed for real their Fathers, and Britt should have full say in what happens next?" Mercy asked
"Agreed" they both said as everyone took a breath
They said nothing to the children that day and watched, took photos and listened to coded conversations for the next three weeks before Britt came back from dubai and Santana sat her down and told her everything that had happened since Katelyn had come out of hospital. Brittany listened to everything Santana had to say asked questions about her actions and clarified what Santana wanted done "What you want me to totally deal with this no interruptions or disagreements?" Brittany asked shocked
"Totally my way hasn't worked she needs a firm hand"
"Ok" Brittany said looking very serious
"Britt's got Katelyn locked the fuck down" Santana relayed to Mercy over the phone, as she sat in her office scanning the next edition of Satan her glam magazine as her staff waited for the final go ahead
"Sam's back in two weeks I can't wait, you up for a coffee after work?" she asked
"Yeah I'll call Quinn" Santana said closing the call down
"Quinn" Santana shouted through the phone "What the fuck is going on there?"
"Puck's back and these two are getting it they've come to my fucking office for protection can you believe these children" she laughed "I've left them in the conference room with him and I know for a fact Daniel is crying already he's so damn mad but I dare him to face up to his Dad" she laughed
"We're going for coffee after work you in?" Santana asked
"I'm so in, I'm staying out of this one"
"That's what we agreed" Santana replied before closing the call down
Coffee at The Bean
"So how's it all going how are you bearing up?" Mercy asked Santana
"Really I just want to jump in and save her, I keep thinking she's going to lash out, but she never does and I think she makes Kate feel like that could happen maybe that's all part of the authoritarian thing but shit she's scary when she's angry" she laughed "She has her on curfew from school so she has to get in for 4 p.m. or she has chore punishment and she stripped her bedroom and taken her phone" she said with a sad face "I went in her room the other day and she was just looking out the window like orphan Annie, I wanted to cry" she said as a tear came to her eye "But I trust Britt to get her back on track" she said at the end with small smile
"And really for Katelyn it's no joking matter I mean she nearly, well, we all know what nearly happened to our girl and that is not acceptable" Quinn stated as Mercy nodded in agreement
"Did you tell Britt you followed her to her dealer or should I say their dealer?" Mercy asked
"Everything" she said "Even the blow job everything" Santana said crying some more
"Puck came back today" Quinn announced, changing the focus
"No" Mercy said holding her hands over her mouth "God what did he do?" she asked
"He sat me down I gave him all the information showed him the recording, he got so mad I thought he was going to burst and then he went out for a long while when he came back he had Dan and Ria with him and they went into the study" she said looking at both women as she spoke "Puck said he had a few choice words with them about drugs and their behaviour and they talked about punishment" she smiled "Well apparently Ria didn't think it merited any punishment because she didn't OD as she called it, and then all hell broke loose" she said as everyone's eyes widened "Well apparently Ria wasn't listening to any of it so she attempted to walk out of the study and he grabbed hold of her. Dan apparently went ballistic, because of his Dad grabbing her, and took a swipe at him. Puck restrained him and Ria ran off ending up at my office" she said moving in closer "They came to me for fucking protection, can you believe that, I wanted to say fuck off go take your shit but, we don't speak to them like that do we so, I just simply said you need to speak to your Dad I've asked him to deal with this" she laughed
"And how's Puck been?" Mercy asked
"I haven't really had catch up with him just yet, it's been about the children so far" Quinn replied
"Seriously I'm almost scared to let Sam lose on the children, I mean we all know he's Mr Extreme about me let alone the children I'm expecting Avatar up in my house times four" she said as everyone laughed except her "Seriously Neva and Nyga are him, they know what's coming before it comes, and they play that way, if that wasn't bad enough Dante and Nataly look like me so he's never been comfortable telling them off, and shit Neva is pure fuck you diva" she said flopping back in her chair "Avatar and I just had the Den done"
"Sam's a pussy cat" Santana said
"Yeah he is" Quinn said tapping Mercy's shoulder
"Sam's a pussycat because I ask him to be, I'm asking him not to be this time and I'm scared for our children
"You know what if it makes them stop doing these silly things I'm all for it" Santana laughed "Phone T Britt" she said taking her phone out
"Phoning Rachel" Mercy said taking her phone out
"I got Kurt and I'll do Sugar while I'm at it" Santana said
They all made their calls to update and catch up set up a skype session had a moan, cry and laugh for about 30 minutes before closing things down and heading back home "When's Sam back?" Quinn asked
"Two weeks" Mercy replied as they went left each other to go back to their homes
Two Weeks Later
Dante, Neva, Nyga and Nataly had heard about the punishment for their cousins, and although they didn't make fun of them they knew their Dad would come up with something more fun for them to do he always did the opposite to what people expected. In any event whenever faced with any sort of decision he always confided in Mom and she'd always pick the road more travelled which covered them totally, they were good. So when Sam walked into the house they were ready for him "Hi Dad" the girls sang out as he approached going in for a hug as the Boys stood back waiting for them to finish to take their usual fist punch and man hug which Sam gave, Mercy stood on the stairs watching
"How's Katelyn?" he asked
"She's a lot better Dad she'll probably come round later" Neva said
"I got to go see your Mom" he said as his eyes locked onto Mercy standing on the stairs, almost running to get there "Babe" he said picking her up "I missed you" he managed to get out before he kissed her as the children watched. He didn't look back he carried her upstairs, went to their room and locked the door for three hours "So what's going on with the clan?" he asked once they'd satisfied themselves. Mercy went through everything showed him clips of events, overheard conversations, disrespect and went into great detail "So what did you do?" he asked rolling his eyes for the still smiling children he'd just left downstairs and the results Mercy was going to try and tell him she'd accomplished
"Nothing just gathered the information" she said looking at him through her mirror
"They got away with all that?" he asked getting up off the bed to get closer
"No; I've come to the conclusion that my way isn't working so, I need to let my Jake loose and see you ride this dragon" she laughed
"What" he said almost excited "I'm doing this? You mean I have total control over their punishment for all this?" he asked
"Yep" she said almost laughing more with nerves than finding anything funny
"Are you planning on blocking me?" he asked
"No this one is all yours"
"Ok" he said bending down to kiss her on the forehead "I still need you Mrs Evans, but I'll wait if you want"
"Oh I want, but not to wait" she smiled "You've been away for 6 weeks Coach and you know what six weeks of no exercise can do to a person" she laughed as Sam picked her up and carried her back to bed.
Approximately 90 minutes later, Sam called the Butler and gave him some instructions to be done immediately as he came out of the closet "Ok; here goes shit" he said as they left the bedroom, with Mercy's hand in his, to face the children
"Guys we need to talk" Sam said when he put his head round the Den door and saw all the children obviously waiting for their talk, they all turned to look at him as he spoke "Not in here in my study now and, leave your phone's in here" he said sternly making all of them jump. He never raised his voice to them for fun, he believed very much in talking but, in truth, Mercy had always been the one to correct the children she'd thought his methods were cruel and he didn't agree with the fluffy way she always ended up dealing with things. "This room looks nice babe" he said to Mercy as he watched the children file out of the room "Could you lock it up please" he said as he followed them across the hall to his study and shut the door excluding Mercy from the conversation.
"Ok" he said as he sat in his chair, behind his desk, and looked at Dante "Speak to me Dante, what's going on for you?"
"Nothing's going on for me, Kate got high blacked out and everyone else is to blame" he said staring back at his Dad
"Neva" Sam said indicating he was asking her the same question
"I'm not involved, I don't do drugs and I don't accept any blame" she said as Sam raised his eyebrow at her response
"Nyga, what do you have to say" Sam asked
"I tried it once a while ago, and well every teenager tries it, I didn't think it was for me and I left it alone, I had nothing to do with Kate's OD" he replied
"Natty" Sam said looking at her indicating she needed to speak now
"I've never done any of it I was there because Mom gave me permission to party with these guys" she smiled
"Ok so none of you are using drugs you say so what about the drinking?" he asked
"Everyone has a drink every now and again Dad there's no crime in that" Neva pipped up
"That's the second answer you've given me that I don't like, you're on muddy ground young lady"
"Why are you dealing with us anyway?" she asked
"Go sit over there" Sam said pointing to the couch on the left hand side of his desk "And don't speak again until I tell you to" he knew Miss Diva was going to be the difficult one so, he was ready for her
"The drinking?" Sam turned his attention back to the other three standing in front of him
"We had a drink Dad we gave Natty a taste just a taste and we're sorry it won't happen again" Dante let out, seeing the situation could get serious the way their Dad was talking, as Nataly and Nyga held their heads down afraid to look up and see the disappointment in their Dad's eyes
"Natty tell me the truth about the drugs" Sam asked her making her look directly at him
"We all tried it the same time Kate did we don't know why she blacked out we were all really scared and then Dante said she might die get her to hospital so we did" Nataly reeled off "But they all said they'd used it before and it was safe" she added as Dante looked at her disbelieving the shit she was piling on them
"Verbal fucking diarrhoea" Dante thought he said under his break but his Dad heard him
"What did you just say" Sam shouted at him standing up
"Sorry Dad I was thinking out loud, sorry" he replied quickly
"I haven't even started yet what about the disrespect you guys have shown to your Mom; lies, parties with alcohol, singing with swears in the house, out past curfew with no call, I heard you actually pushed your Mom" he said pointing at Neva
"That was an accident Dad and I did say sorry a few times" she replied
"But you've all said sorry a few times I understand and yet still I've had complaints about the same behaviour even the next day so your sorry means nothing to me I'm afraid" Sam said before pausing "Den's locked by the way" he slipped in
"Locked?" Nyga asked
"Yep locked for 6 weeks so far" Sam said
"Our phones are in there" Nyga came back with
"Actually every electrical gadget you own is locked in there and that goes for all of you for 6 weeks" Sam informed them "And your car's are to be left in the garage for 6 weeks too, you can walk to school and be back home by 4 p.m. every evening no after school activities, your cousin's won't be visiting" he paused "Your summer Europe trip is cancelled and your season ticket is wasted this year" he said
"Dad we've already planned and paid for the trip" Neva sprung up saying
"Sit down what did I say to you!" he shouted at her
"Don't talk to her like that" Nyga told his Dad
"I beg your pardon?" Sam asked "Don't talk to who like what?" he walked around the table to stand in front of Nyga to say noticing that Dante moved a bit closer as he did that "I'm coming real with my shit, because yes I'm damn mad that you guys felt you needed to use drugs, drink alcohol and shit but you know what, if that's how you all want to live your lives, after what your Mom and I have sacrificed to give you the life style you don't appreciate, that's your bad, just know it won't be done with our hard earned cash anymore" he said looking at them all "But how dare you all think you can treat my wife with contempt, talk to her like shit and then stand here defending Neva because I choose to speak to my daughter how I see fit" he spat out focusing on Nyga for his last words "So don't get this shit twisted I'm taking all these things away from you because of the way you've treated my wife, we brought them and we're taking them away. You want to pump yourselves with whatever do it but, don't use anything we brought to do that" he said going back to sit down
"But Dad I told her after she did it not to do it again" Dante replied
"Yeah you did didn't you was that after you all went to the Den to laugh about it" Sam said with a smirk "Yes you were taped and I've seen all the binge drinking, swearing, smoking everything you just stood there and blatantly told me never happened so, what you gonna tell me now?"
"Sorry Dad" Nyga stepped forward to say
"Well as I said it's not cutting it so here's my deal, as well as everything I've said so far I'll provide you all with three meals a day so you're doing home lunches and you can sleep in your rooms but you must tidy them yourselves and they will be inspected and one untidy room, late arrival, missed meal or disrespect will add another day to everyone's punishment" he paused "Now get out of my sight; except you Missy" he said looking at Neva as the rest of them left the room
"So there's no crime in having a drink every now and again you say? He asked when Dante shut the door behind them
"No I've seen you and Mom drink and all adults do really" Neva replied
"There's the key" Sam jumped in saying "Adults; so you think you're an adult yeah?"
"A young adult yeah" she said all her Diva on show, any other situation and Sam would have found this funny
"Well young adult who's sleeping with boys too, you have extra chores; washing your own clothes, and not in our laundry you're old enough to lay with lads you need to be responsible enough to look after your personal things so, I'll allow top clothes and bedclothes in the laundry but everything called smalls you wash, is that clear young adult?" he asked
"Yes Dad" she said sheepish and red faced for him knowing about her bedroom business
"Oh and that boy; gone" he said when she looked up "Now get out" he said as she flipped off the couch and left the room hurriedly.
Sam sat at his desk for a while reflecting on what just happened, surprised at himself for how calm he was in all this, when he heard the door click open and looked across to find Mercy standing there almost like she was waiting for her telling off "Babe, please, come in and lock the door" he smiled holding his hand out for her "I need to be dealing with your needs not all this mess I'm sorry" he said delivering a kiss to her when she got to him
"What are you sorry about?" she asked as he pulled her onto his lap
"The children, the stress everything" he replied "You know I was mad about all the drink, drugs and sex things before they stood in front of me and I suppose that's what got me started but, when it came down to it, I was more angry about the way they've been treating you and I told them so got all up in Nyga's face about it actually and well, truth, it made me realise that I'm still a bit possessive about you, well not possessive but, I guard you even against our children is that a bad thing?"
"No I do the same for you with them because remember it's us against the world and they are in it babe"
"I don't know what I feel just now I think I've been lenient but well you may not" he half smiled
"This was your call Sam I'm behind you 100%, sing it out" she ordered
"God a song about how I'm feeling" he said putting his thinking face on as a light came on and he grabbed his guitar to sing his rendition of 'Love Someone' by Jason Mraz to his wife before taking her right there in the study
"I thought you were going to sing about how you felt about disciplining the children" she said when she was resting in his arms
"No; I felt like I was doing my duty and as I said I was fair but we'll see and I'm up for keeping my word and stepping it up if they fuck around" he laughed
Week Three
"Dad could we at least have our phones back?" Nataly asked obviously sent by the older ones to soften the heart
"No sweet, I told you all, six weeks and don't let the others take advantage of you like this" he said hugging her before she left
"Ok Dad but Neva said to ask for an hour if you said no" she responded
"And the answer is still no sweet so tell Neva I said that she's not to use you" he said turning her round to show her the door "And tell them they've added another day" he said easing her out the room
"Daddd" she whined as she left the room
In the following weeks Neva was caught with her boyfriend in the garden, Dante was seen smoking on his way home from school one lunch time and Nyga came in openly drunk from apparently school one evening. Making the total time 6 weeks and 5 days of punishment
Six Weeks and 6 Days
"So" Sam said as he stood at the front of the desk in his office the children standing in front of him as Mercy sat in his chair behind the desk rocking, with sad eyes for the look of neglect on the children's faces, grabbing Sam's attention more than once, as they smiled at each other periodically "Where are we now any lessons learned?" he asked looking at all of them before his eyes fell on Nataly
"I've learned to appreciate what Mom and you do for me, not just taking me to school sometimes and giving me gadgets and things but, just being my parents I know you love me because after feeling what not being loved feels like for 7 weeks I understand your value" she said crying "And I love you I really do and I don't want you to be upset with me like this again I promise to change and do better" she said falling into Dante's arms having nearly all of them in tears already, Mercy turning to wipe a tear away for her baby.
"Go sit down Sweet" Sam said and she did as told "Dante" he said
"I've actually learned to listen to this lot, I'm guilty of leading from the front and at times I guess that's not been a good place for me to be. I've not been a good big brother I've allowed them all to do things because I see things through my own eyes, things have been very Dante focused" he said "I've learned that as the oldest I have a responsibility to support you in growing us up by leading by your example, of all of us I've had the most instilled by you both and I'm supposed to be handing those morals down not watering them down so, I'm sorry to you both and to my siblings for not being that example and I promise to do better"
"Go sit with Natty, Tete" Sam said giving him a smile, Sam looked at Neva but said nothing and neither did she "Neva" he finally said with a smile
"Firstly I've learned that I'll get nowhere in life if I carry on sassing so, I'm going to try and curb that" she said looking at her Mom who diverted her eyes from her so she had to refocus on her Dad who had actually asked the question "I've also learned that I need to think before I open my mouth and I need to use my head for the right things. I've spent a lot of my time this past 8 weeks locked in my room talking to no one and really just engaging for food and, I suppose at first, in my head, I was cutting you all off thinking I could live on my own but, not talking to you all was one of the hardest things I've ever tried to do and I realised I love my family, and really I wouldn't want to do anything to mess it up. I want everyone here to be proud to call me a member of the family and in pursuit of that I promise, drink, drugs and sex will be something that will be explored again, if ever, after I'm married I value this bootilicious body you gave me" she said making everyone laugh
"Thank you for sharing that Nene" Sam said smiling at her, nodding for her to move towards the couch then turning his attention to Nyga "So that leaves you Nyga" he said
"I'm not complicated I never have been I'm straight up sorry, I say it better with song but I guess this is not the time" he said smiling "The one thing I'd like to get across right here now is that I'm really sorry for getting in your grill like that Dad I just felt Neva was under threat and I reacted and truth, at that time I really didn't care that you were her Dad she's my sister" he said finally looking at his Dad "But on checking myself, hand on heart I, know there is no way you'd have done that so, I was flat out of order and I promise never to step up to you again"
"Ok" Sam said watching Mercy shuffle on the chair again "We just want one promise from you guys and that is no more drugs, alcohol and unprotected sex" he finished
"I promise" Dante said with his hand on his heart
"I promise" Nyga, Neva and Nataly said together seconds later, hands on hearts
"Ok Clan, glad that's out" Mercy shouted from her seat at the back
"Hey never lose sight of the fact that your Mom and I love you more than we love ourselves" Sam said as they had a family hug "But remember not as much as we love each other" he laughed as Mercy dug his ribs "No seriously" he finally said "Don't let me hear you've disrespected your Mom again, I will break shit off"
"Ok" they said Neva the loudest
"BBQ tonight and, if it went well, all the local cousins should be there as well as parents so this is the test for you all" Mercy announced
"Entertainment's on us" Dante announced
"Fine" Mercy said "But it has to be stuff we understand" she laughed as Sam grabbed her hand and led her out the room
"Get the house ready for guests" he instructed the children as they left
About an hour later Mercy got a call from Quinn "Can we meet?" she asked all secretive, Mercy was peaked
"Sam I'm going to meet the girls for a coffee and a chat for an hour" she announced as he stepped into the shower
"Wait up Babe I'll drop you off I want to catch up with Puck so I'll take you to them and then you and Quinn can do your thing, is that ok?" he asked
That's fine babe" she said picking at her hair some more
Coffee at the Bean
40 minutes later and Quinn and Mercy were jumping in Quinn's car to meet Santana
"Hey" Santana said already sitting as the others approached
"Hey" Mercy and Quinn sang as they did their order
"So how do you think it went?" Mercy asked before she sat down
"Well Britt had the you're not my Mom thing with her at one point which was so hurtful but Britt came back at her with the everything you see here is mine so, if you don't want me you don't want what's mine so I suggest you get out" Santana said as Mercy and Quinn covered their mouths
"So what she's gone?" Mercy asked
"No, she cried like a baby apologised and she's been going to her sessions for the past 4 weeks" Santana smiled "I think Britt's words really got to her, she said she's got no one else just us" she smiled "I think we've turned a corner a nice one and sometimes I can see our Kate back again" she said falling back into the chair "What about you?" she asked the others
"God as you know World War Three had nothing on our house riots, at bedtime, refusing to eat, sleep, flinging around insults, not washing themselves everything and then one day Puck took Dan out with him, just to the local school and, seriously, he came back a changed boy. Puck said he let him talk to some real dysfunctional kids and after listening to their stories about their family life he made him tell his and he genuinely felt ashamed for disrespecting what they had, taking it for granted you know" she smiled "Somewhere through that he found the old Dan, the one that was responsible for his little sister and, dare I say, I think right now we're in a good place" she said grabbing Mercy's hand as Santana and her waited for Mercy's revelations
"Well Sam took full control, Neva tried to come out Diva for a long while, talking about not trusting anyone in the house because we'd filmed her and threatened court action and stuff, Nyga getting super protective about his sister and fronting up to his Dad, poor Nataly not able to tell her Dad a single lie got them into deeper trouble and well Dante played it cool and became a yes man suddenly but they all made me cry in the end how humble they were" she laughed "And Sam defended me to the hilt such a turn on" she said rolling her eyes
"Did we do the right thing?" Quinn asked
"Well it's the only thing I'm going to do from now on" Santana said laughing
"I love my man being a man" Mercy added "I think we've learned a lesson in this too" she offered
"Lesson?" Quinn asked
"Yeah we are not alone" she said as everyone nodded in agreement
"Yeah I think I enjoy going home now" Santana added as they all laughed, finished up their drinks and parted company, Quinn taking Mercy back to hers for Sam and then everyone getting dressed for a fun family night
The BBQ
Two hours later Sam and Mercy emerged to a patio ready for a feast along with a small stage with drums, guitar and keyboard on it and just about room for maybe two people up front "Good Job" was all Sam said
Puck, Quinn, Santana and Brittany turned up with the children and after some catching up the children started their show as the cook started the BBQ and pretty soon the party was in full swing when Dante, Daniel and Nyga decided to up the tempo and do their take on 'Make my love go' by Jay Sean & Sean Paul everyone was up dancing and the parents stopped to watch as the girls started formation dancing to the song getting a clap for their efforts when they broke it up
"Ok this one's from us guys to the parents" Dante announced "Actually it's from us Kids to our parents" he said as everyone started paying attention
"Yeah we" Nyga said pointing to the children around the room "Understand now that you just want better for us and as much as we think what we have is the best your trying to tell us there is better but, we can only achieve that better by being better people and responsibility is part of becoming that better" he said looking at Daniel
"We have the job of carrying on what you guys built, your legacy to us, to pass on to our children and so on, we want you to know we get it and , we respect it" Daniel said as he started on the Drums, while Nyga played the keyboard and Dante took it live with the guitar as they sung
"Chasing The Sky" (Adapted)
(feat. Jussie Smollett, Terrence Howard & Yazz)
Dante (Neva & Nataly)
Open your eyes to what you love to hate you're up in the sky but you ain't flying straight,
where do you go when you can't go home? (Cause you sold it, and you lost yourself in you are just no more)
Take every piece, every piece of me whatever you need, my mind is changing
And I can't hide no, but you know where I'll be Mother
All Children
And I know I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it, But now that I can see it, damn right I really made for this
Chasing the sky, (trying to fly) and now I see, just why you had to be so hard on me
You'll hear my roar they'll feel your legacy, fear of the sky, no choice but to fly, so high, so high, so high
Daniel (Katelyn)
Blood is supposed to be thicker than water is, nowadays we can't even stomach the thought of it
It's like we can't even get along, who right and who in the wrong? Too busy pointing fingers like it's politics
I tell you shut up, you tell me be quiet, too much dysfunction cut up like we at a riot, kicking and punching
Ain't nobody here to mediate it and you would think that we wasn't even related
Nyga (Maria)
Why are we even throwing blows in the first place? We fight at cook outs, picnics and birthdays
I tried to give the benefit but in the worst case you keep on talking smack, you end up with a hurt face
and we tried everything, now it's time for plan B If Bloods and Crips can reconcile, why can't we?
I guess I'm ratchet like my mama and my papa I'm chasing the sky and I ain't talking 'bout the vodka, let's fly
Sam, Puck & Brittany (Mercy, Quinn & Santana)
Far from a perfect man (The fights and the lies, I guess you'll never) understand
A mother and father who wanted for you (much more than) Life is a slight of hand (if you hate it today)
But my love for you, is the one thing that is true
Dante, Daniel & Nyga
Going out alone, I can't even trust all the people here inside my home and if you were my brother, then never let it get so wrong
Maria, Katelyn, Neva & Nataly
That you turn your back on what we were turn your back on we, on your family, no
All (Dante& Nyga)
Said I know
I said I didn't need it, I said I wasn't built for it but now that I can see it, damn right I really made it for this
Chasing the sky, trying to fly and now I see Just why you had to be so hard for me
You'll hear my roar they'll feel your legacy fear of the sky, no choice (but to fly, so high, so high, so high)
"That was great guys" Puck said as everyone clapped
"Time to calm it down a bit now" Sam announced a short while later at 11 p.m.
"Ok" Dante responded putting the music on and turning it down before going over to his Dad
"Are you happy Dad?" he asked making Sam spin round to look at him for asking such a strange question
"Honestly Son" he said thinking before he spoke "I have four rebellious teenagers stuck here on a regular with my wife who's much too soft on you all and, I'm sort of not comfortable with that but, on the whole I'm happy you've all made promises and I have to believe you all mean them because I love you all"
"We're going to look after Mom Dad, trust us" he smiled "Rebellion done I promise" he laughed "Remember I was born in the south and what's our word?" he asked
"Our bond" Sam laughed
"She's in the kitchen" Neva came over to say
"Who?" Sam asked
"Mom, you've been looking for her the past few minutes I've been watching you so, she's in the kitchen" she smiled
"Dad" Nyga shouted as Sam made to step off towards the kitchen and threw him a rose "That's for Mom tell her we've got her back, even against you" he laughed as Sam caught the flower and carried on walking
"Babe" he said when he finally got to the kitchen door to see Mercy standing at the sink with the cook and went in to hug her. She turned and smiled at him but carried on talking to the cook about something as he stood hugging her from behind, suddenly she turned and kissed him
"That's from Natty" she said
"This is from Nyga" he said giving her the rose "They say they've got your back"
"That's good to know and that's fine as long as you have everywhere else" she said before kissing him hard
"Promise I've got that and everything else" Sam smiled "Babe I'm going to take time out, I need to be here to help with these lot, because they're a handful" he said, kissing her before she could respond "And I don't need you to tell me what I'm not going to do"
"What you say that for?" she asked pulling away from him as he pulled her back
"You've been rebelling for nearly 20 years with those children, don't to this, say that, be this well, now I want to be that full time Dad you always never wanted me to be, and stop rebelling I have ways of punishing people I love" he smiled
"If you're going to be home full time I definitely need to get my diva out, you know how I love punishment"
"I know you love that punishment babe" he laughed kissing her on the lips
"Get a room" they heard just as he spun her round to get a full kiss as they looked up and saw the children watching and laughed
"Hey you need to respect the kissing, you guys wouldn't be here if this didn't happen" Sam said as Mercy nudged him
"What?" he asked her "Most of these guys are having sex already, they know what this is" he laughed
"Yeah Mom don't be such a prude" Neva said as everyone laughed
THE END
I'm finished studying for a while now so I could do with some idea's for stories to keep my mind active long or short and thank you all so much for your feedback - keep it coming