Better with music

Sam had done it again, he really didn't mean to but when he gets out there and the vibes hits he gets lost in the mood of things and it feels so good he just has to do it again. He's got a full time job Monday to Friday and they have three small children so his weekends could be better spent she thought. Sometimes, when Mercy had chewed his ear again about family time, on the rare weekends she was home, he'd make that dreaded promise to make time the next available weekend a bit of a never ending circle.

Now here he was watching her and the children going out to the fun fair he'd promised to take them to three weeks ago because she was fed up of telling the lies and making up lame reasons for why it wasn't happening.

"Mercy if you make it tomorrow as I said we can all go" he said once again "Are you listening to me?" he asked when he got no response "I said" he said spinning her round "Tomorrow, we'll do this tomorrow"

Mercy spun to look at him but said nothing her eyes slit with anger her lips pressed together for fear of saying something they'd both regret in the morning, she stood for a while collecting herself before saying "It's fine Sam you go do your thing" she said rolling her eyes "we'll be fine and then you can have a lie in tomorrow" she said her words dripping with sarcasm

"Oh just do what you damn well want, you always do anyway" he said letting her go

"Say bye to Daddy, we're going now" she said in her best fuck you too voice "Bye babe" she said as she flipped out the door not looking back to see his reaction or show him hers. Sam knew that reaction only too well, no matter what time he came in later there would be no sleep for him and she could go on for days in Diva mode, rolling his eyes. He thought about that for all of 3 minutes before taking his phone out to make his usual call

"Puck I'm ready when you are" he said as soon as Puck picked up

"Dude Mama was alright with this?" Puck asked

"Yeah sweet, I told you I've got the gift" Sam laughed his mind saying something else

"You're so lucky dude, it's having to have conversations like that, that make me glad to be single" he laughed

"She's fine" Sam said before arranging a time to collect Puck and closing the call

When time came he put his car in the garage and took out his van which housed the DJ equipment, turned the volume up on his car stereo and done his usual forget everything at home ritual on his way to Puck's. By the time he'd got there he was just a DJ out to have a banging night and make some money, they started real playing at 11 pm even though they'd been updating their music at Puck's for nearly two hours, grabbing something to eat on the way to the venue, another ninety minutes and setting everything up they started playing music at around eleven, by two thirty the club was heaving. Puck was the selector while Sam did all the mixing and they both had time on the mic, people coming up making requests and no sign of getting locked down the night just went on and on.

"Dude its five thirty already" Puck said to him

"Are you joking Dude?" he asked almost stopping his mix

"No Dude seriously its five forty three" he laughed

"Dude we got to close this shit down, Mercy is going to be pissed" he told Puck

"I thought she was alright with you doing this"

"She is Dude but out all night, she's seen with three o'clock in the past but even I think I've taken the piss" he said still mixing the tunes as Puck selected. The next conversation they had it was seven in the morning and the crowds were dying down now but by no means gone and the proprietor was nowhere to be seen

"You know the rules Dude play till they drop" Puck said laughing, Sam wasn't so happy any more

There weren't many nights that Mercy was in town, usually around night three, once the children were out the way, they'd get some them time and to be fair it was rare she was about at a weekend. Knowing she was already pissed about him playing out while she was around, he'd have liked to have gotten the argument out the way last night and have a family day today instead he'd be groggy because he'd had no sleep and she'd be pissed at him for being there but not being there or vacant as she called it.

At ten twenty in the morning he threw the items in the van with a heavy heart "do you need a place to stay" Puck shouted to him as he walk down his drive laughing

"No" Sam shouted back wishing he had an army of fluffy puppies for her to do whatever she needed to do with them

"Morning" he said when he walked into the kitchen to see Mercy and the children sitting eating breakfast

"Daddy" the two bigger ones said running up to him as Sam bent down to scoop them up and hugged and kissed them before going to kiss the baby in the high chair

"Morning" he turned to Mercy and said as she looked at him blankly, he didn't hold the stare he gave his attention to the children who had started asking him questions. Eventually he assumed this no talking thing was going to last the day as she had the children to mask things so he might as well get some sleep ready for it later

"I'm going to bed" he announced as he stood up from the children and went to their bedroom "Damn" he said when he got into the room and bed had been stripped. He thought better of asking the question he just got the sheets out and made the bed before grabbing a shower, going for the towel he grabbed several times before he realised there was no towel in the bathroom "Shit" he said rolling his eyes at Mercy's tack ticks, he grabbed a sheet and dried himself. He opened his underwear draw to find it empty and couldn't help himself he fell into her trap "Mercy!" he shouted down the stairs but got no response "Mercy!" he said walking down the stairs with the sheet around him bursting into the kitchen angry until he saw her sitting with the children baking "Mercy where are my clothes?" he asked calmly

"In your room" she replied

"My room?" he asked

"Yeah your room, I figured save you stopping out every night you could just have your own space" she said without waiting for any kind of response from him, she just started talking to the children again dismissing him

He went upstairs and looked in two of the three guest rooms before finding his belongings in the smallest room of the three and smiled to himself "What he fuck is she playing at?" he asked himself before moving his things back into their bedroom and going to bed. When he woke up it was dark "Mercy?" he asked in the confines of the room and got no answer, leaning over to the cabinet he switched on the night stand to find he was in the bedroom alone. He got up and ventured downstairs to find her

"Mercy" he went in the kitchen shouting to silence and fresh cookies sitting in the jar on the counter

"Mercy" he went into the day room shouting again empty along with the Music room and pool he checked the CCTV to see her car was still at home and went down to the Den on the off chance she'd be down there and she was "I was just getting worried what are you doing down here?" he asked she just looked at him refusing the answer "Mercy?" he asked again "Look this is getting fucking tired will you answer me when I speak to you?" he asked immediately regretting swearing in there, he knew better than that in situations like this "Sorry" he said as quick as he could "Please answer me" he changed it to, Mercy got up and started to make to walk out of the room as he watched "Mercy" he said grabbing her arm, she looked at his grip but he didn't release her "You need to speak to me, what's happening here?" he asked

"I'm no longer trying Sam I can do this on my own if that's what you want please loose hold of me" she said staring at him willing him to loose hold of her

"What do you mean on your own?" he asked "I ask again what's happening…."

"Look Sam I don't understand how you can ignore me for months and then when you get it back it's a problem" she said dragging her arm out of his grip and walking away with Sam in hot pursuit

"I don't remember ignoring you"

"This situation has gone way past talking Sam, I've been trying to talk to you for months you're not listening, you know what they say about people who don't hear"

"What?" he asked

"They feel" she said as she carried on walking "I'm not moving out, not yet anyway"

"What!" Sam shouted after her on that last comment "Mercy stop!" he shouted, she knew he'd switched by his tone and thought it best to stop at this point but she was not up for taking anything back "What the fuck are you on about not yet anyway?"

"Look Sam we're not on the same page any.."

"Fuck that we've always been on the same page, you've always been the one to have to catch up with me for fuck sake, so whatever you think this is turning into you need to get that out your fucking head like now because you, me or our children are going nowhere do you hear me"

"Sam you barely find time for me when I'm home, when was the last time you told me you loved me, took me out or made love to me, just examples and touching me seems like some sort of chore I don't want a relationship like that, we didn't used to be like that"

"Because you come home and you feel so fucking guilty about leaving the children, you spend every waking moment with them, you fall asleep in their rooms I have to carry you to bed most nights, when do you have time for me"

"You know I would if you told me you needed that you just never do"

"Neither do you" he said his hand going to the back of his neck with frustration

"You didn't even come home last night Sam, I've been home three night and you've been in bed with me once and that was to sleep, what do you expect me to think?"

"That I understand that you've been on a gig doing long days for two weeks and your fucking tired Mercy, and I'm giving you a break and allowing you some time to spend with our children before I demand my time"

"And how am I supposed to know that?"

"What?" he said looking at her suspect "Please tell me you didn't think there was someone else involved here?" he said holding his head "Mercy" he said getting angry again

"You stayed out all fucking night Sam"

"Playing music at a gig" he said gritting his teeth "You know me that would never happen please tell me you know me or I'll have to agree we're on different fucking pages" he said rolling his eyes in disgust

"I wasn't thinking about anyone else, I was thinking maybe you wanted out"

"What?" he asked unbelievingly "What would out look like?"

"I don't know Sam I was .."

"Just stop Mercy, this shit is getting me fucking mad just stop, so you think the loves gone is that what your telling me; no don't answer me" he said holding his hand up in front of her "that's what your telling me, why?" he said pacing about his eyes almost closed and his face red with anger "because I like to DJ in my spare time?" he asked but Mercy said nothing "when you come home and want time with the children, I finally get some me time to do what I want, while you get reacquainted and what; I'm in the wrong?" he said looking at her for a reaction "I'm not like you Mercy I can be all about you, the music and our children because all of it matters to me"

"But Sam I didn't…"

"You don't even know what it's like for me coming last in your damn life all the while, I'm the one you come to when everyone else has sucked the fucking life out of you, I'm expected to put you back together and send you back to them; I'm the one the children come to when their hurting, hungry or tired, I'm the one who keeps this house going so you all have somewhere homely to come back to and I'm the one that promised that I'd do all that without a grumble because I love you" he said coming to a natural pause

"Sam I'm sorry"

"We always get the this point where I'm shouting and your sorry maybe because you don't want to deal with my damn truth but I'm going to prove to you that our love is as strong as it ever was" he said walking away leaving Mercy standing there. That night Sam slept in the children's room for most the night going to bed when he was satisfied Mercy was sleeping just to prove to her how much she'd hurt him.

Early the next morning Sam was on the phone to Dad Jones "She's kicked off big time about me doing the DJ thing, it's the only thing I do outside the family and I guess I'm going to end up giving it up so that she can see more of me, when she's around"

"Have you thought about just doing it while she's away?"

"That's not how it works Dad when you're in demand you just have to go or get out the race and we're good you know"

"I really don't know what to tell you Son, I mean when we played our music she never stopped dancing around the house singing and it got worse when you guys got together she wore our music library out" Dad laughed as he remembered "Maybe that's it bring back the memories for her I don't know" he finished

"Dad that's brilliant idea, we talk better with music yeah?"

"Yeah but I don't know how you're going to get my music over there" Dad said

"You can buy online and download now Dad I'll just google it and build a playlist for her" Sam said excited

"A what list?"

"No problem too much information" Sam laughed "Dad you're a star, we'll speak later bye"

"Good luck Son bye"

He went downstairs to make breakfast for his family but first downloaded 'Secret' by Seal Ft. Heidi Klum and put it on repeat as he cooked up a storm Mercy walked into the kitchen and heard the song "Oh this is my jam I love music first thing" she smiled at Sam no trace of the conversation the night before in the air, making him smile "is that your phone?" she asked looking at the pod as Sam nodded a yes "Can I start it again?" she asked

"Yeah sure" so she did

Rocking as she walked around and singing along as he made the children their breakfast cereals looking at him when she sang bits he was looking too and they smiled. Both remembering how they kept their relationship a secret in the beginning and how real it was for them how they knew then they were end game. The fun of doing things behind the Glee families back and in front of their faces sometimes

"You just got on that tilt and Ride?" Mercy asked smiling

"I'm on it" Sam smiled

"Remember how much we loved each other then and we thought that was love in its entirety" she asked

"It was, I still love that way" he laughed "about you that is" he added

"Oh I think I love more and different too"

"How different?"

"I guess it's more intense more I don't know if what I'm saying is possible from remembering where we were then but deeper much deeper you know"

"I guess I'd agree, I mean I know nothing can come between what we have"

"Staying out all night might do that trick Sammy Evans no repeats please"

"I'm genuinely sorry about that and it won't happen again not while you're here anyway

"Daddy Breakfast" their eldest shouted as Sam held the box in his hand doing nothing with it while he was having the conversation with Mercy

"Impatient Much?" Sam said making Mercy laugh

"I wonder where he gets that from?" she asked

"You" they both said together making them both laugh

"You got this on repeat?" Mercy asked after a while

"Yeah" Sam said taking it out of the pod as it had done it's job "Can we go out for dinner later will you get the sitter in?" he asked "Yesterday was kind of a wasted day and I need some time"

"Yeah sure" she smiled as he left to get ready for work, coming back down 30 minutes later to see Mercy and the children in the music room ready for sing time

"I'm off I'll be back about 6 pm and we'll be out for say 7.30 is that ok?" he asked as he went towards them giving the children a kiss and a pat before holding Mercy to him "I miss you" he said kissing her at just the right depth to make her know he meant it before leaving the room and in turn the house.

Mercy spent her day just how she liked to spend it when she was at home doing things with the children, lucky for her the older two where on holiday from school and she had every waking minute. Sam understood her guilt thing and although she didn't realise it until he threw it in her face yesterday she really didn't see how much restraint he used standing back and letting her have that time. He was demanding on her time when she was home in the beginning she could barely get out of bed until they had their eldest and then there were jealous arguments at times, he really had learned to share her with them and for Sam that was a big thing. The day rushed past with a few calls from Sam to make sure everything was going alright and the children were behaving and before she knew it the sitter had arrived and it was time for her to start getting ready for her evening with Sam, she was looking forward to it as she realised it had been some time since they'd actually sat in a room where the children weren't the focus and just talked, she had a moment when she didn't know how to feel about that before excitement crept in. Mercy set about making the effort to dine with her husband "I hope the Pap are not out there we need time" she said loud enough to make her look around at who she might be talking to before smiling to herself and climbing into the bath. She was disturbed by Sam a while later

"Can I join you?" he asked taking his clothes off before she got she chance to reply

"Yeah" she laughed as his foot was in already "Is it warm enough for you?"'

"I don't know how you have it so damn hot my tackles having a hard time" he laughed lowering himself in

"Don't be such a baby" she laughed as she lay on his chest when he settled

"Oh I found another song for our memories" he said grabbing his trousers to get his phone out and pressed the protect button on the bath before dropping it in the pod at the side of the bath "Dare you to think about this time" he smiled as 'You Were Meant For Me' by Lalah Hathaway started playing

"Senior year too easy" she laughed as she rocked her hips in the bath making the water move "We'd just got together again and I'd told you for about the six thousandth time how much I loved you but I was leaving school and you weren't and you wanted me to be who I was supposed to be and all that. God I cried when I had to go"

"You never told me that"

"How was I gonna tell you my heart was breaking more than yours and I'd said we were splitting?" she looked at him to say "OMG then all that Britt stuff, fake weddings and shit and I still couldn't hate you" she said hitting his chest lightly "Random who I won't discuss she said side eyeing him

"I was being all macho like nothing hurt me, if they'd have really known me that year they'd have known I was on just as much a downer as Britt and we were trying to save each other" he laughed

"Was that when Evan came to life" she laughed

"Yeah" he laughed "I needed you bad then but Britt and Blaine and to be fair Miss T were good friends then they took care of me, oh and we had that gun go off"

"Well I did hear Miss T took care of your lips, I know Britt took care of your dick, what did Blaine take care of?" she laughed

"Broken record Mercy, where were we?" he laughed

"I was very much still in love with you working through some anger, hurt and stuff, I've never been out of love with you if I'm honest" she smiled up at him kissing him lightly on the lips "And yeah all I ever said was that I was alright"

"That's all I ever said too, You're my heart you know that don't you?"

"I think I did know that, I just tried to lose sight of it for a while" she said turning to look at him

"That might have been my fault" he said kissing her "I'm sorry"

"Come on get washed off" she said jumping up "it's a forty minute drive to the restaurant" she said as Sam stood up with her and they grabbed their towels

Travel to and from the Restaurant

Thirty minutes later they were both dressed and sitting in the car ready to go "I have another song" Sam said as they pulled off

"Did you do any work today?" she asked smiling

"Pleasing my wife is work" he smirked before taking out his phone and he base box

"Prepared" she said raising her eyebrow at him

"Very" he replied clicking his phone on and letting 'One Moment in Time' by Whitney Houston flow out with a smile on his face

"Aarrhh Sam, Whitney" she said kissing him full on the lips "We've had a lot of moments together" she said holding her hands up in the air and rocking as the singing started as she sang along with the tune "Starting with our first kiss" she said

"First?" he asked sitting up

"Yeah Tilt and Ride" she reminded him

"Oh yeah" he laughed "Just checking"

"When we found real love, us living together and turning that third page in our book, getting married, our family and everything in between, everything" she laughed

"Which one sticks out for this tune?" he asked

"Oh definitely our pre-wedding nights the whole two years really, those third page days were so beautiful, I really missed you after those first days and God I thought I loved you back then"

"You thought?"

"Well I didn't think it was possible to love you any more but, as I said I do" she smiled kissing him "And your thought?" she asked

"That day you came back to Lima after your first tour and you looked at me with those fucking eyes, agreed to turn to that third page, I just knew I had to spend every moment I had in this world with you especially that first time making love" he laughed

"You weren't a virgin?" she asked told him

"No, but I'd seriously never made love to anyone before you, I'd had sex, fucked even but made love definitely a first I was as sacred as you" he laughed

"You didn't show it" she laughed settling into his hug and making the last five minutes of the drive in memory "I love you babe" she said just as the car pulled up and they got out to have their evening of conversation and good food. Several hours later she gasped "Gosh Sam it's 11.30 you need to get up for work in the morning" Mercy said rather alarmed they had got carried away in conversation that much "I'm sorry babe" she said making to get up

"It's fine babe, I can be a bit late in tomorrow no problem" he said making her sit back down for more conversation, finally the last ones in the restaurant they requested a taxi and the bill and left for home.

"Thank you babe I had a great evening" she said

"Me too so thank you" he said hugging her in as they drove home in silence "Main holiday weekend this weekend should we go to Lima see the Grandparents and stuff?" he asked before thinking "I might have to come back on Sunday night because I might be doing a gig on Monday night sorry" he said as he felt her tense in his arms "You can stay the extra day if you want or the week and I'll just come back after the gig" he dropped in as a compromise

"Why did you have to end a perfectly good night by saying shit like this?" she sprung up off his chest saying "Damn you Sam" she said throwing her bag across the car and going into a sulk

"A simple I don't want you to would have sufficed" he said picking her bag up and putting it back on the seat before carrying on to say "Look Mercy, I get that your pissed that this thing has started to invade on our time, honestly if I was doing it on my own I'd have jacked it in a while ago but I made this commitment with Puck and seriously the money's not bad I mean last weekend I made 3k for that one session and to me that's not a bad little earner. More important than that though is that I actually enjoy doing it, I mean I live for the children and you and when you're not here I thank God for the Nanny but I don't take our life for granted" he paused to gauge her mood "I guess what I'm trying to say is outside our family life it's the only thing I do, and it's the only thing I do with another adult, I think it's unfair of you to make me feel guilty about wanting some adult interaction"

"I'm an adult" she snapped back at him

"A very beautiful one too babe but you're not here three weeks of every four and yes we talk on social media and stuff all the time but it's not the same as having you here" he smiled

"What is this funny?" she asked turning herself fully round to look at him

"Not funny but even this communication is unusual for us and I just love that we're getting to do something normal"

"What argue?" she asked

"I know you don't think so babe but it is a normal healthy part of any relationship"

"I don't want a normal relationship Sam I want an extraordinary relationship with the love of my life" she said as her eyes narrowed

"With me?"

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" she asked past angry now

"Clarification because you know I'm normal right?" he asked with a smile

"Don't do that"

"Don't do what?"

"Try and make me laugh while I'm angry I'm serious Sam" she said slapping after him meaning to miss

"Are we going to Lima?"

"Yes but you're not coming back for that gig"

"Mercy; don't make me pull rank here because, if I started restricting you, that would be some serious shit and you know I will go there"

"Why do you always get to fucking win, every damn time you pull rank, why do you do that, can you not just fight fair for once?"

"I always fight fair I always give you the opportunity to be reasonable, considerate compromising, but you always come out Diva and unfair and you give me no choice" he smiled

"Compromise then" she said defeated "I'll come back with you" she said rolling her eyes

"Now that compromise I like" he smiled "I have another memory" he said taking his phone out again and pressing play as 'Missing You' by Pam Hall came blasting out

"Oh my Dayz" Mercy let out as she started rocking to the music, Sam smiling as her face distorted to a serious vibe she was feeling as the beat took her away "Sam" she said hugging into him on the back seat of the taxi "How could yo ask me that" she laughed "Thanks for reminding me of my super fuck ups"

"I aim to please" he laughed "I know it but, what's the memory for you?"

Mercy smiled at him "Exactly what the song says husband, knocking you back all the while all the other crap Britt, Tina, Random, Rachael all of it, I kept throwing you at them and then crying like crazy about it but" she said waving her finger at him "I saw sense and I actually found the guts to tell you with some of this song" she hugged on to him

"And what did I say then?"

"You said you loved me refused to play my game any more and asked me to marry you" she turned to look at him to say

"I remember it different" he laughed

"How different?"

"You flipping that switch total like going into me like everything was all my fault with all of them and the randoms like you never demanded that happen, you even had the cheek to throw Rachael in my face" he laughed

"But you soon calm my shit down didn't you husband" she smiled "What was it again?" she asked

Sam started singing the song "Sitting here in this chair waiting on you to see things my way but not a word do you say you wont even look my way" he sang as Mercy smiled at the memory of Sam shutting her up with that kiss and coming out singing it before telling her they were end game and she needed to get ready because they were turning a page

"Have you got that on your Phone?" she asked as Sam done his quick search on Youtube and set the song to play Mercy snuggled in with her memories as Rose Royce's 'I wanna get next to you' sang out

"I still need to be next to you Mercy" Sam said as the song came to a close kissing her forehead as she looked up and smiled

"I need you next to me too Babe always" she said kissing him on the lips, minutes later they were back outside their home

"Bedroom" he demanded as he opened the car door for her to get out and paid the driver and led her straight upstairs

"I guess this next one is me really but, I used to sing it to you all the while so I guess you'll understand it" he said setting his phone up for the next song "Why are you standing there?" he turned to ask as Mercy looked at him questioningly "Strip" he commanded

"What?" Mercy asked shocked

"Strip, bath, bed" he laughed "God Mercy has it been that long?"

"No I just..." she started saying but thought better of it and did what she was told

Sam stood watching her as she undressed, her body telling him what she wanted and him determined not to do anything the same, as his next tune started playing 'The Man who can't be moved' by The Script "I play this because this is my story, I fell in love with you back then and I stayed in Lima until you came back for me, because I was sure in my heart that we were meant to be and, I prayed hard that one day you would see that to, I promised that if you did I'd make it my life's work to be who you needed me to be" he said looking at her standing naked in front of him "And I'm still not moving" he said getting up to grab her hand and walk towards the bathroom.

"I don't want you to move babe" she said as she stepped into the bath to sit and watch him get undressed before stepping into the bath to join her "I love the way you love me babe and I don't ever want that to change"

"I came into this hard babe and I'm still feeling that way" he said hugging her in as he sat behind her

"I'm feeling that babe" she smiled

"Glad you remember what this feels like"

"I remember that song you sang me that summer you came back, telling me you were going to fight to get me back and shit so sexy, You took me to the lake and sung it and seriously I fell in love with you all over again" she said searching on his phone to find 'Making Memories of Us' by Keith Urban and pressed play as Sam smiled

"I still play this, its still very much what I always want to say to you" he laughed "You were stubborn even back then, because it still took you an eternity to see things my way"

"I always saw things the same as you I just fought it because I thought you were playing me"

"Playing you?" he said rolling his eyes "And please don't come with all that fine ass stuff"

"You are" she laughed

"We are"

"You're right we are" she said pushing herself up "Bed"

"What?"

"Bed please" she smiled

"Yeah your right I'm dead on my feet" he said getting out the bath himself, evading Mercy's fucked off look, drying himself off and jumping into bed naked "Goodnight babe" he said turning his back to a still sitting on the dresser chair Mercy

"Goodnight babe" she said smiling as she leapt off the chair and jumped on the bed "Are you gonna kiss me or what?" she asked

"Both" He turned around saying with a laugh

"Your in for it tonight husband" she said clicking on the pod as 'Feel like making love' by Kid Rock sung out making him laugh "Hard and fast but very very long" she smiled going in to claim her prize.

"I've got 2 hours sleep Mercy I've got work" he said as she climbed back on him for the 4th time

"You mean you'll have less time to think about songs" she laughed "Last one for tonight I promise" she got out before he flipped her over and stopped to find his song on the pod

"Okay we're gonna get foreign up in here" he said pressing play to let 'Tonight (I'm loving you)' by Enrique Iglesias & Ludacris out "No point in sleep tonight" he told her as he went about taking care of his business

"Has this argument finished?" he asked 90 minutes later when they lay breathless

"I was never moving out Sam"

"I know that I told you that wasn't going to happen"

"I felt you wanted in" she laughed "And I'm sorry that I said that about you not loving me you do with everything you are" she said air kissing him too tired to move "And I love you right back just as hard"

"Yeah I felt that too" he laughed "I've got to find some energy to get up and go to work today"

"Daddy" they heard at the door as they both shuffled to get clothed with Mercy getting there first and pulled the door open as Sam stood behind her "Daddy I wet the bed again sorry" S J said crying

"Hey it's okay we can sort that out" Sam said hugging his son "Go to Mommy she'll make you feel better" he said passing him on to Mercy aware that she might be pissed at him calling for him instead of her "it's my fault I didn't tell the sitter to wake you up" he said smiling at Mercy

And that was the perfect end to the perfect night for them as the house got back to busy with the demanding children for breakfast. Sam got ready for work and finally left the house three hours later, after joining in with sing time and kissing his wife and children bye.

Holiday Weekend

"Hey" Sam said as he saw his Dads' heads bobbing along up in front of them, waving his hand

"Hey" Andy his Dad, waved back with a big smile on his face

"Guys" Denny Mercy's Dad, said as they both grabbed one of the moving children, bending to pick them up

"Hi you two" Mercy's Dad said looking at Mercy and Sam and kissing D J in Sam's arms before hugging them

"Couldn't bring your Mom couldn't take all that water sinking the planes" Sam's Dad laughed

"Ditto" Mercy's Dad said

"You know they heard that?" Sam asked making the two of them look round before laughing, When they finally got home Sam and Mercy realised the Dad's weren't joking the floodgates opened for the longest time before anyone talked about food

"It's been too long" Rose; Sam's Mom said

"Much" Marcia; Mercy's Mom finally got out

"Look at Young Samuel he's at school and everything" Rose said while patting their second grandson on the head before hugging him yet again

"Andrew was what 3 months last time we saw him?" Andy said "I need to see my name sake more than every six months" he smiled at Sam and Mercy

"I need to see mine every damn day" Denny said covering his mouth for the swear

"I think it's even more important to keep to SJ, AJ and DJ when we're here this could get confusing" Mercy suggested as everyone laughed

"What I want to know is when we're going to get an RJ and MJ ?" Rose asked

"Do they call girls Junior?" Sam asked

"If" Mercy said holding her hands up "If we ever have any more children and we're blessed with a girl, she is going to break the mould and have her own name"

"That's not fair" Marcia said

"I've been bullied three times already so no it stops now, I'm taking control"

"I'm sure I've got control of that" Sam smiled

"And as his Mother I demand a child be named after me" Rose announced "With Marcia in the middle somewhere" she added after seeing Marcia's screwed up face, as Sam stood looking like the cat that had the cream

"You all know we're off for the day on Monday coming back on Tuesday yeah?" Sam asked as they settled for dinner

"Yeah we got plans" the Moms said almost in unison

Monday

It came around so quick and Mercy was nervous, maybe about being in a crowd, with who she was but Sam was going to be there and she definitely wasn't giving him an inch for the night they'd spent the day in bed and Puck had called him wondering where he was. They'd jumped straight out of bed into the shower and this was maybe the second record of getting dressed they'd ever done, the first being when Sam's parents came home early one evening when they were having one of their x-rated make out sessions back in the day, Mercy laughed out loud at the thought

"Mom and Dad's house" Sam smiled knowingly

"Yeah" was all she said too focused on doing her hair to say anything else

"Do you want to go back to bed?" he asked

"I dare you" she smiled and yes she knew better than to dare him to do anything but the opportunity was there and was she going to miss it, I think not.

Thirty minutes later they were back in the shower starting all over again "Don't dare me" Sam laughed but she knew if she did he would so she let it slide people were waiting for music "Don't go too far tonight babe I really don't know what goes on, on the floor and with you being who you are I need you close"

"Ok" Mercy said thinking that was the plan anyway

"I know I just needed you to know I wouldn't be thinking you were clingy" he laughed

"Ready" he finally said "And you are too Pretty" he smiled at her saying as they made their way out the house into the van and to Puck's

"I feel like a groupie" she laughed

"As long as you know which group you belong to" he laughed

"Dude what the .. oh Hi Mercedes" Puck said when he came closer to the van "You've come to see what he's up to?"

"Yeah I'm hoping to dance me feet off tonight" she replied as Sam laughed

They got there and Sam and Puck went into auto mode unloading the equipment sound testing, mixing and finally Sam stopped to say "I'll get us some drinks yeah?" as he grabbed her hand and went off to the bar

"Carol" he shouted before he actually got to the bar "This is my wife Mercy, when she puts her hand up we need our usual" he laughed

"Hi Mercy, I'm the boss around here when anyone listens and, Sam didn't say his wife was no less than the Mercy Evans" she said looking at Sam disgusted as she shook Mercy's hand

"She's the famous one not me, I don't live off her back" he replied

"To hear the crowd talk you two are the famous ones too" Carol laughed "Five minutes and your up"

"Yeah" Sam said giving Puck a signal about something "Where you gonna be babe?" he asked her

"Is it alright if I sit here it's not far and I can talk to Carol and stuff?" she asked

"Yeah fine" he said looking at Carol "I'll kill if anything happens to her" he said making Carol and Mercy laugh "I'm not joking" he said straight faced

"I'm afraid he's not" Mercy said looking seriously at him

So ten minutes later the event started and Sam's head was in the decks while Puck was frantically sorting through a laptop, she watched as Sam sweat for doing his thing, smiled when the crowd took to the music or enjoyed a mix he'd set up 'He's good' she thought as she listened wondering why this was a side of him she'd never taken the time to know about before. "This is to someone special " Sam said over the mic as 'Don't let me down' by The Chainsmokers ft Daya played out as Mercy sat on the chair initially rocking to the music but the beat got hold of her and she had to get up and dance, as Sam looked on every now and again smiling. When it finished she ordered them more drinks and had one herself to cool down. About 40 minutes later when she heard another dedication she didn't waste time rocking on the chair she was up dancing as 'Perfect Strangers' by Jonas Blue ft JP Cooper played, she moved harder this time aware Sam was watching her, looking at him every now and again . About an hour after that she sent more drinks to the DJ's as she sat talking to Carol and some of the other barmaids a small crowd of workers had gathered around her asking questions about her music and getting into the business and stuff and before she knew it another 3 hours had slipped past, she'd glanced at Sam maybe four times in that time and was just thinking maybe he'd get her back for that when they got home as she looked at him to judge his mood, to find he smiled at her, "Ok" he mouthed as she nodded a yes and smiled back. She looked round to see Carol waving her arms around trying to get someone's attention

"What's up?" Mercy asked her

"They need to finish at 4 am tonight and that's everyone out at four I've not extended the licence" she smiled "Sam will be pleased" she looked at Mercy to say "Tell him 3 am when he looks at you again he's only got eyes for you" she laughed

Not long after Sam looked at her and she signalled by putting three fingers up and then doing a scissor action as he nodded acknowledgement "Can they get their last drink please Carol?" she asked as Carol sent them over

Twenty minutes later Puck did an announcement "Last one to the best looking woman in the place that looked like she was already taken" he laughed looking at Sam, who was only looking at Mercy as he let the mix fix itself before letting off 'This girl' by Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 burners as they both jumped around enjoying the music to almost the end when Sam couldn't hold it any more he left the stage and found Mercy

"What did you think?" he asked excited

"I think I'm a horrible wife for not paying attention to my very talented DJ Husband and I think it should be part of my duties to listen to you play at least once during my home times sessions allowing" she announced

"I knew you heard me better when I said it with music" he laughed kissing her

The End