Celebration
Valentines Day
Messenger Conversation
"Happy valentines to my musical family" - SamcedesEvans
"Back at you Guys" - sugartieabrahams
"Something at mine tonight, red and black affair" - tikechang
"Hey Trouty birthday on Friday what's happening" - brittanalopez
"Blaine" - samcedesevans
"Dudes happy everything" - quickpuckerman
"See you all there" - klainehummel-anderson
"We're still travelling" jeselstjames
"Sorry guys, have one on me I'm too busy M" - samcedesevans
"Should never be too busy for family Mercedes it's your big one too" - quickpuckerman
"Sorry guy's happy valentines and Sam happy B'day miss you all" - samedesevans
"Skype later then as an alternative wife" - samcedesevans
"Yeah let you know what time later husband" - samcedesevens
"Love you Mrs Evans" - samcedesevans
"Love you Mr Evans" - samcedesevans
"Miss you already Diva" - quikcpuckerman
"Cry M" - samcedesevans
"Okay our turn yeah? Tike's later everyone, and out" - brittanalopez
And the group chat ended
It was Valentine's Day and as usual the original songsters were meeting up for their usual, remember this and sing off, Santana would bring Rachael down off that high horse of hers and Jessie would be there to lick her wounds. Blaine and Kurt would sing the main song from their current musical, which was always brilliant, Artie would film the whole damn thing so when everyone sobered up and got back home they'd receive a copy to cringe at. Puck would walk around drunk and dumbstruck unable to believe that Quinn had said yes to him and she was now his wife, everyone would get stinking drunk and more truths would be revealed and regrets would follow shortly afterwards.
Usually there was no room for rest as the following night they'd go straight into Mercy's birthday bash, more drinking, dancing, laughing and singing at the karaoke bar. There was always a battle of the voices about to happen between Rachael and Mercy or Santana but however it went down Rachael was always in the middle of things. The birthday cakes got smaller and the bar got bigger each year.
The 16th was always a day of reflection everyone talking about where they were in their life journey and where they aspired to be at the next meeting, it helped them to stay focused telling each other their long term plans. Guaranteed someone would pull you up on what you'd said previously especially if you hadn't achieved it but, that was what they were there for to support each other and keep them on track.
Then the 17th comes around and they'd be ready for another party fest Sam didn't really like the club vibe so they'd do something fun like skydiving, rough water rides or something adventurous with cars, boats or planes. Blaine usually organised the event and kept it top secret until the day before or as close to it as possible and everyone had to take part and fight the fear, obviously Sam loved these surprises. Routinely they'd end up at some restaurant for a meal and then back to someone's house for drinks and fun some would stay overnight and everyone return to their lives the following day. Their group sapp would come alive again as their main form of communication until the next event.
"T did we ship enough cream? you know Brittany drinks it by the carton" Mike asked 20 minutes before everyone was due to arrive
"Yea I did" Tina replied rolling her eyes yet again at his repetitive questions as she set the tray of bubbly down at the table by the front door 'There going to be here for an hour tops' she thought "Stop stressing sweetheart it's covered" she smiled walking towards him for her hug "They're here" she came out of the hug saying running to open the door for Santana coming towards it
"Hi girl" she said going into a hug with Britt following close behind "Hi Britt" she said hugging her too as both girls grabbed a glass of bubbly off the tray
"Are we the first?" Satan asked as she walked further into the house
"Yeah but we expect everyone almost together anyway" Mike said side hugging the two girls at the same time "Go through you know where everything is" he said following them through
"Mike" Tina shouted as more guests approached
"Guys" Tina said with open arms as Blaine, Kurt, Rachel, Jessie and Sam came towards them
"We met at the airport" Rachel said hugging Tina the longest, about 10 minutes later Puck, Quinn, Artie and Sugar arrived, everyone said their hellos with drinks in hand and laughter in the house.
"So sad Mercedes couldn't come Sam" Blaine said for the, what seemed like, 100th time since meeting up as Sam rolled his eyes and nodded smiling in agreement
"She's fine" he said "She'll probably call soon knowing I'm with you all"
"No I mean for hook ups and stuff and it's her birthday tomorrow isn't it?" he carried on
"Yeah we'll skype, we've sort of had to learn to compromise with our lifestyles it's nothing new we'll probably catch up in May or something and have time to do something special then" Sam informed him
"My God" Kurt spun round saying "How often do you actually see your wife?"
"What physically?" Sam asked
"Yeah"
"Maybe once ever say 3 weeks for maybe a night sometimes a day and a night but we maybe get a full week every 4 months and then we really go to town on it" he smiled
"And that works for you guys?" Brittany asked
"It has so far yeah"
"What about temptation?" Jessie asked
"No so far" Sam said smiling "Well none she's told me about anyway" he laughed
"So she still got you on that sleep with who you want thing?" Rachel asked
"God no we're married now" Sam said as if he were trying to get that fact through to their friends
"Krptonite" Puck laughed "I always knew there was something magical there"
"You need to get off my damn wife solider" Sam pointed at him saying
"Still jealous possessive Sam, how do you cope with her on the other side of the world all the time?" Mike asked "T's away for a night and I'm, phone me this time skype this time shit its hard"
"We talk a lot and then there spontaneity" he smiled
"When was the last time spontaneity happened?" Kurt asked
"About three months ago" Sam said sadly "She's in Australia at the moment, it's not that easy right now" he told them "And she's not based in one place so we wait" he said as the room stayed quiet
"Okay" Tina shouted across the room "Very sombre valentine's this year" she announced "Meal at Mickleby's, Theatre for 8 pm and presents at 11.45 pm. So do what you need to but we start out at 5.30 pm sharp"
"What just an hour to get sorted?" Quinn asked rushing Puck to their room
Sam didn't have much to do he had no one to impress, he sat twisting his wedding ring, thinking about their wonderful life together, or the one they had planned when this together thing started. Mercy was going to be big in the music world, that went without say so after her first album hit it big there was no going back they were threw into stardom regardless of whether they wanted it or not. Actually, he remembered, they were that bombed about it they didn't look left, right or even backwards just jumped straight in both feet and smiling widely, and travelling around the world was great for a while until he got itchy feet and needed to do something for himself. "Mercy didn't mind" he smiled remembering she was elated that I'd finally found something I wanted to call my future, so when I'd finally announced I wanted to do sound effects for video's she smiled but there was a question on her mind "Yes I'm serious about it" I'd laughed as she hugged me
"Whatever you need babe, if this is you let's make it happen" she'd said without any more questions and he had, he'd worked his was through the ranks fast, it was his calling after all, stuck in training for a year but once through that it took him exactly two years to get three promotions and now he was sitting very comfortably in his position of Video Game Sound Designer working in excess of 140K a year. The down side of course more often than not, they were never in the same part of the world for any longer than a week two if lucky, Sam's job was mobile he'd go where the script was and Mercy's sound was hitting the shops, internet and crowd at warp speed. They were both at the top of their game and three months ago Sam got another promotion, which earned them a day and a very hot night together before he had to fly off to England for a part he'd said yes to some time back. He'd just got back to their home in Los Angeles two days before he realised it was Valentines and Mercy made him promise to attend on their behalf so he was back on a plane and sitting in Minnesota at Tina and Mike's place wishing he'd carried on and gone to Australia to see his wife
"Ready?" he heard Mike shout from the main room and jumped up splashed his face with water brushed his teeth and joined them "Ready?" Mike asked again and they all left the house
Mickleby's
"Just a meal" Rachel walked in saying as they saw streamers hanging from every possible place almost fogging their sight as they walked into the restaurant "Happy Valentine's guys curtesy of Jess and I" she announced laughing
"It is" Tina laughed shuffling them in "Simple salad with some Shepherd Loaf" she said raising her eye brow
"In Mickleby's?" Quinn questioned
"Yeah actually it's been brought in someone special ordered it for us" she replied as they stood catching up on life outside their safe bubble since the last time they'd been together
"That's our little thing from us, happy Valentines" Brittany shouted looking around her circle of friends
"Yeah we remembered you guys said you liked it when we went to Scotland some time back" Santana added
"Oh there's something on your chairs so don't squash it" Mike said as they moved towards the table reserved for them, the table laden with pink, red, black and white heart shaped boxes with open tops full of sweets, mints and nibbles
"Champagne's on us" Kurt shouted as the waiter approached with bottles in both hands to fill the glasses
"Has everyone brought some part of this meal, I didn't know we were doing that, Mercy and I didn't plan anything?" Sam asked looking up concerned
"Its fine we've got another three days" Quinn laughed
"Meal's set I'm afraid, but you can have as much of it as you'd like" Tina said looking at Puck as everyone laughed
"Oohh thanks" Sugar said flatly after opening up her present to find a pair of pink snorkellers as everyone looked on puzzled at the weird presents they'd all received women in pink men in black
"Come on let's eat" Tina said smiling at their reaction
Sam sat comfortable but uncomfortable as he looked around the table seeing everyone together, glances of poor Sam being thrown around, suddenly he felt worse sitting with his friends in this situation than sitting in a room full of fans all screaming for a piece of Mercy "You alright Sam?" Blaine asked
"Yeah I'm fine" he smiled
"You're not your missing Diva" Kurt butted in
"Of course I'm missing my wife, its Valentine's Day"
"Ohh starters" Mike hummed as the waiters came in with plates of Caesar salads and that scrumptious Shepherd Loaf everyone just had to talk about. After the initial complements there wasn't much talking as the food took it's place "I'm stuffed" Mike said leaning back in his chair after the course
"I hope not" Artie announced "We didn't waste money on the next course" he announced "Happy Valentines" he held his glass up saying
"Back at you" Sam said as the conversation started up again, Santana doing her usual cuss Rachel out stuff
"Bacon Sandwiches?" Rachel asked as the plates came towards them
"Well yours isn't obviously but everyone else's burger is topped with Rare Breed Bacon usually served as part of the Bling recipe at top restaurants, yours is the non-meat equivalent" Artie announced smiling at Sugar
"Thought of everything" Sugar smiled back at him before they all tucked into their meals
Sam looked again at the empty seat next to him where Mercy should have been sitting, smiling for what she would have been making of the meal he'd got in front of him "What's up Sam" Blaine asked
"I was just thinking Mercy would be going ballistic for me eating all this grease" he laughed
"Surely you're not worried about a bit of meat?" Britt laughed at him "What she's saying your fat?"
"I think it's more about cholesterol and blocked arteries and stuff Britt" he laughed as Britt looked back at him blankly "Anyway" he said looking back at his meal, the burgers and beer just kept coming and eventually Sam was laughing along with everyone else, the loneliness of not having Mercy around dulled by present company
"I guess we'd call this the end of a very pleasant meal" Mike announced getting up "Puck do you want to do the honours?" he asked
"Yes thank you" Puck replied standing up "Frrrozen Haute Chocolate Ice Cream" he announced "Made with eight different kinds of expensive cocoas to tickle your taste buds, on us" he smiled looking at Quinn as she put her glass up in acknowledgement of their thanks as the waiter brought the tray of deserts in
"And" Tina said stopping the proceedings "Because Sam doesn't know" she smiled at him "The 18 Karat Goblets encrusted with white diamonds and matching spoons you're eating with are courtesy of Sam & Mercy enjoy" she raised her glass saying as she went to sit down jumping back up before saying "Oh and the spoons are engraved for us to keep" she smiled making Sam smile for a while before it slapped him in the face again that Mercy wasn't actually there, looking at the spoon which simply said 'Our Leader says 'it goes all over the place' bringing a smile and a quite moment to the table
"We don't have long we need to get to the theatre" Kurt said breaking the silence and alerting everyone to the time "It's nearly 7 pm he said as if everyone hadn't looked at their time gadget when he'd announced it first time "Eat up" he ordered
"So we'll just go straight there it's a casual affair anyway" Rachel announced being familiar with that world
"I wouldn't have said any of us were dressed casually" Sugar said looking around the table
"You know what I mean" she said looking at Puck and Sam Puck sat around looking scruffy in maybe 7K worth of designer gear the only things looking unscathed on him were his trainers and his lip fuzz, Quinn was sparkling making up for it. Sam on the other hand sat draped in maybe 12K his jumper so heavy he needed muscles to hold himself up his watch took some level of consciousness to flick round as easily as he did and his modern footwear was to die for but his signature jeans left a lot to be desired gaps everywhere except where it mattered, and he did have some that showed where it mattered but those came out when his wife came out, his face worth the extra 2K he was still as smooth as virgin oil. Both guys walked around pretending or not noticing that they were drop dead gorgeous, and openly laughed at advances women made to them, they were positively dedicated to their wives. She flashed across at Mike and Artie sitting talking making her judgement on what she meant by casual Mike always looked ready to star in some kung fu film of some sort his hair always slicked back, tight fitting and black was his favourite look when it came to clothes so he was passable and his clean cut face and cheeky smile made him smooth and honest. Artie was the joker of the pack so he'd always have something outrageous on like all blue with some random orange top over it and today was no different he'd opted for brown as his solid colour and blending that in with, of all colours, the brightest green you could imagine. She looked across at Blaine and Kurt and thought nothing they were always flawless her gaze falling on the prize as far as she was concerned, his favourite look for her was all eyes on her and naked and right now he was half way there making her smile "Actually I mean perfect" she said laying her head on Jessie's arm as he kissed her head
"Come on lets go" Britt said jumping up
"I've just got to…." Sam petered off saying as he attached himself to his phone and left the restaurant "Mercy" he gasped when she picked up "Babe happy Valentine's you just finished?" he asked
"Yeah I just sat down" she laughed "You been counting the seconds?"
"Almost, everyone's here with their other halves and I'm here like the proverbial gooseberry, I miss you"
"Why because you don't have anyone on your arm?" she asked
"No because it's Valentine's and exactly 8 hours and 10 minutes to the exact time you came into the world and I can't kiss you" he moaned
"Babe we already agreed we'd make it up later in the year"
"I know and I'm looking forward to that, but this is now and I think I have a right to be at least a bit pissed"
"Did you enjoy dinner?" she said leaving that alone before she started moaning too and got him even more worked up
"Yeah I have a new spoon and goblet thank you"
"I'm just about to sit down to my meal now, I hear everyone brought something, Tina said she's put little notes everywhere for me"
"What you're having the same meal we just had?"
"I guess so it's been flown in or should I say the cooks have, as we speak"
"I should be there" he sighed
"Sam!" Blaine shouted making him look round and see everyone jumping into cars
"We're off to the theatre babe, I'll call when we get out I want to be the first one to wish you happy birthday"
"Okay enjoy babe I love you"
"I love you too babe, enjoy your meal"
"Babe, Babe" Mercy said trying to catch him before he put the phone down "Babe" she said deflated before she heard
"Yeah"
"Oh I thought you'd gone" she said a smile in her voice "Happy Valentine's" she said blowing him a kiss
"Thanks" he laughed "You knew I'd be sitting up tonight wondering why you hadn't said that" he said through his laugh
"Face time later?" she asked
"Face time" he agreed closing the call down before jumping in the car to get to the venue
The theatre was fine the play was called Gold Digger about some gold obsessed bandit falling in love with a girl and choosing her over some gold or something, all very predictable but the acting was magnificent, the musical numbers had you standing in the aisles and the energy of the whole thing made you want to talk about it after it finished. So they were outside the theatre having their impressed chat when the cars pulled up,
"All in" Tina ordered as everyone looked in her direction, seeing the cars they made their way "It's just 11 pm so we have maybe 40 minutes to kill before we do presents
Sam had made up his mind he wasn't doing presents for valentine's this year not if Mercy wasn't sitting in front of him, but he was going to go all out on her birthday they were 30 this year and he wanted that to come in and go out with a bang. He'd ordered Flowers, champagne, chocolates, and petals for her bed, candles for her bathroom and diamonds for that body of his and he was going to take all day delivering them
"So back to ours" Mike announced once they were in the cars chatting as they drove back to Mike and Tina's house
Settled around the log fire with drinks in one hand, and for most, wives in the other the subject of song came up quickly "I'm bushed, it's been a long day" Jessie announced
"It has, I guess after this we'll open present and get to be.." Sugar smiled
"I guess after this it's time for spin the bottle" Artie butted in as Santana, Kurt and Sam rolled their eyes "Joke" he laughed looking at Sam "Bad memories Dude?" he smiled Sam didn't answer he was too busy checking his phone for the time to sneak off and go be with Mercy on their face time session "Dude" Artie followed with "If you guys miss each other so much why do you put up with it?"
"Get off my back Dude" Sam said getting up and leaving the room as everyone looked on, he was frustrated that there was only two minutes to go before it was 11.45 and Mercy hadn't texted to set up the session yet
"Leave him" Mike shouted to Blaine as he went to go see him "Let them have their time, it's hard enough for him as it is" he said as Santana got up to go mix cocktails
"Presents" Sugar shouted "It's seconds to 11.45 she said looking at her phone
'Sam' flashed up on his phone and he quickly pressed a reply
'Here'
'Now' and suddenly their phones were alive with each other's faces on and smiles were bigger than the screens "Sorry about that babe lots going on here, Happy Valentine's" she smiled "I didn't get you anything we promised birthdays this year right?" she asked
"That's right babe Happy Valentine's" he said smiling back at her "I'm so missing you" he said as they heard singing coming from the main room at Tina and Mike's
"You guys are singing and stuff tonight?" she laughed
"Artie suggested spin the bottle and I was up and out of there" he laughed "Can you believe it's nearly 6 years since we got hitched?" he asked
"Seems like only yesterday, and no I wouldn't want to go back to all that clinging, crying, jealous stuff so I'm grateful for today" she laughed
"I was more remembering all the messy, tasty, screaming stuff to be honest babe" he laughed
"Now that I've never stopped loving" she laughed "I miss you babe just making me laugh, I so miss you" she said staring at his face through the phone "We need to find a track and get on it, we've gone way past that 5 year thing we talked about"
"We'll get on track babe, promise"
"Promise?"
"I promise" he smiled "How was your meal?"
"It was actually very nice, I nearly slapped the chef when he asked me if I wanted a meat substitute do I even look like a substitute kind of person"
"No" he smiled
"I mean I settled for no other that the Mr Samuel Evans how dare he ask me about substitutes" she said making him laugh before she laughed "It's not funny" she said through her giggle "It isn't" she tried again, almost a cry coming out
"No it's not funny babe" he said eventually slowing down and even stopping his laugh, as they gazed at each other "Something missing right there, you feel that don't you?" he asked making mention to their physical contact, that hug that would have been instinctive for both of them right then
Mercy's Birthday
"So?" she asked looking at him knowingly as she asked the question
"Wha… ooh Happy Birthday my heart, I guess you'll get my presents all through the day"
"Thank you babe" she smiled blowing him a kiss "I can't wait"
"I'll just quickly get some people together to pass their message on" he said walking towards the main room now the singing had finished "Group shout out guys" he said once he got in, switching his phone view to see the room instead of him while everyone waved their happy birthdays and valentine's randomly, everyone worse for wear.
"We'll speak in a bit once I've opened my present" she smiled when he finally turned the camera back to himself "Bye Babe love you"
"I so love you back babe, bye and Happy Birthday" he said blowing her a kiss
"I still have the biggest lips" she laughed
"I agree if you're counting the four together" he laughed
"Clear winner I rest my case, bye"
"Bye" he said as the connection broke
"Guys" Mike smiled, clearly under the influence and in happy mode "We're taking a ride" he said standing up "Follow me" he said bottle of Whisky in one hand, glass in the other "Bring your glasses with you" All but Kurt, Sam and Artie grabbed their glasses as everyone followed as ordered
"Where we going?" Sam asked conscious that he was due to call Mercy back after she opened her first present
"You'll see" Mike told him smiling still
An hour later and they were still on the road, some had fell asleep, some still drinking, Artie still recording, Kurt arguing with Blaine and Sam was waving his phone around trying to get a signal to speak to Mercy. Eventually everyone was asleep brought back to the here and now when the coach came to a jerking stop "What?" Jessie jumped up saying alerting Rachel to something happening "Where are we?" he asked looking out the window
"Where are we?" Blaine asked as he looked out the window as Sam stirred "Sam where are we?" he asked him as Sam opened one eye
"On a coach Dude" he said stretching as he spoke and then looked at Blaine looking through the window "Project Utopia" he said jumping up with a big grin on his face "Dude" he said excited "We're at Project Utopia it's like the city on the sea" he knocked Blaine saying as everyone stood or sat looking at him behaving like a kid in a candy shop "Its Utopia" he said grabbing his jacket to go out and have a closer look
"Project Utopia?" Jessie asked
"Yeah you know the city they modelled off the James Bond movie" he told them still excited, as Blaine stood open mouthed looking at the site "Are we getting on?" he asked eyes still focused on one of his big bucket list dreams "It's fine if we've just come to look, I wish Mercy was here" he said finally looking at Blaine as he spoke before stepping off the coach
"Sir we're moving in a bit" the driver told him as he stepped down onto the ground
"Fine I just need to get some pictures" he said taking his phone out to take them
"We're going on the ferry Sir to get on it"
Sam was near to bursting he took a few pictures of the spectacular vision on his phone and sent them to Mercy telling her he wished she was there with him and, apologising for having so much fun on her birthday, before jumping back on the coach. 25 minutes later they were on the move getting closer to Utopia "I only have one more thing on my wish list now" he told the group as they got nearer and he started telling them about the City in the sea. Everyone was in night mode the travelling had taken it out of them but Artie insisted they have a drink when they boarded and chatted for a long while. Sam hadn't been able to get hold of Mercy all the way over and had grabbed a lap top and connected when he finally got there, after about an hour of ranting about the City Mercy finally got a word in
"Thanks for the present babe, I loved my pamper and the bath was to die for" she laughed "I can't get in my bed for the petals she laughed showing him a picture of her bed as she pulled the covers back
"I wish I was getting in there with you babe"
"What's this?" she asked picking up the box that had been revealed when she pulled the covers back, opening it to find an 18 Karat Gold Pandora bracelet with four Gold charms on it, a heart showing four chambers wrapped around a Taaffeite, an S which obviously stood for Sam with an emerald in it, an M for Mercy; with a diamond set in the middle and a microphone in solid gold "It's beautiful Sam, thank you" she sat on the bed heavily saying tears springing from her eyes
"What's up babe?" he asked concerned at her crying
"I'm just missing you babe" she half smiled "Do you like your present?"
"What present?" he asked "It's not my birthday yet" he smiled
"No, but you were getting hacked off at having to watch everyone weren't you? I guess I thought if you had something to keep you occupied you wouldn't notice all that so much" she giggled
"You thought right babe, thank you, this is amazing but, I still miss you"
"I wish I could be there babe" she smiled "You're going to miss the sing off, if we sit here any longer" she looked at him saying "And I'm getting emotional again"
"Okay I'll go but I'll speak to you when you finish tonight"
"Fine" she smiled taking a deep breath "I have something to look forward to" she looked at him saying trying hard not to cry again and freak him out "Bye my love, don't forget I love you"
"Bye Babe I love you too" and she was gone
Sam walked back into the communal area to find everyone sitting about "What's up?" he looked around asking
"We were all ready for bed and Mike told us Mercy's put something on for us tomorrow so we thought we'd sing her a song tonight before we go to bed and maybe celebrate with her songs on the fly through the day" Santana told him
"Don't like it" he smiled "Nobody sings Mercy's song like Mercy maybe we could sing her a song in the afternoon, not one of hers, she'd love that" he grinned "And sorry she's just gone to bed" he lied
"Fine" Santana said cutting her eye at Sam for saying that, he laughed for the Mercedes of it all, as he imagined her sitting watching them do one of her songs thinking 'Hell No'
"I guess it's bed then" Jessie said wiggling his eyebrows at Rachel
"Goodnight" Sam said going off to find room 5, he sat on the bed willing the afternoon to pass, where Mercy was, so he could call Mercy straight after her matinee show. He sat looking at his ring spinning it round on his finger as he thought about his life, being spent waiting, both of them really waiting, "What are we waiting for?" he asked himself, having too much to think about he lay down, put the TV on for background noise or distraction and fell asleep. He jumped out of his sleep some 5 hours later grabbing his phone to see a message from Mercy 'You didn't call, asleep I'm guessing; Goodnight babe' his initial reaction was anger, with himself for missing her call then contentment crept in as he realised he'd had one of the best nights sleep in a long while, lasting for a record 5 hours "Result" he said punching the air, before quickly getting dressed to go on his adventure, he'd made up his mind he wasn't going on this couples thing he was going it alone today 'I'll meet you guys for lunch 2 pm' he messaged them and he was gone
He spent some time with the crew getting to know the ins and outs of the city, learning there were only spaces to cater for 16 guests so they were very privileged. Mega interested to learn about the different levels and what they had to offer before he went and checked out the Casino Square, Oasis and Grand Atrium, checked out the launch pads and booked the power boat and jet skis for later that afternoon for the group and then went below to see the submarine deployed.
'Sam Lunch' he got the message and realised he'd spent over 5 hours wondering around the first two floors of the city and made his way back to the rest
"Shopping is amazing here" Quinn announced as he approached them sitting in the hotel lobby
"Everything's amazing here" he added as everyone turned to look at him "Guys did you get a song for Mercy she's free in about forty minutes?" he asked as he grabbed a chair in the Lobby
"Lets eat first yeah?" Puck suggested forever thinking about his stomach
"Whatever just hurry up I've only got two days to get round this baby" he said looking around the room they were in "I was down with the crew earlier looking at the workings and stuff and I booked some activities for us later so get your costumes out folks" he announces
"It doesn't even feel like it's in the middle of the sea does it?" Sugar asked
"No that's because it's designed for minimum motions even in rough water" Sam said excited, going off into some technical detail that left everyone clueless "Sorry" he smiled when he realised there were blank faces looking back at him "I forget sometimes"
After lunch the group sang a song for Mercy, as Sam held his phone for her to watch and then said her thank you for her before leaving them to themselves, to have his conversation with his wife "Sam don't you think it's a bit rude to be there and not join in anything babe?"
"Don't they think it's bad form to keep rubbing their togetherness in my damn face?" he asked her back his anger showing "I'll call you back" he said flicking his phone off as he got in the lift, damning himself for laying that on her, pressure building in his head. He hadn't ever gone three whole months without her and he really didn't think being around their friends was going to affect him like this but he was just so jealous of everything, everything a look, smile, touch comment everything , he didn't want to see his friends together. He stood on the top floor having a heart to heart with himself, 'what's going on Evans, you love those guys' he thought flicking his phone open to call Mercy back "Mercy" he said when she answered "I'm sorry and I'll apologise to the guys" he breathed "Three months is a long time"
"Are you alright Sam I'm worried about you"
"Don't worry about me babe, we'll have time out tomorrow I don't think it's helping having to phone you, it keeps you on my mind, and I need you there but I guess my brain needs to stop for a bit, I'm going to get rat faced tomorrow" he laughed
"You sure your alright?"
"Promise"
"Okay so here starts the no speaking thing then until one minute past twelve tomorrow night, enjoy yourself babe and I love you" she said giggling
"Your remembering back in school aren't you?" he laughed "One past midnight and I love you back" he said closing the call down and taking a breath before he went back to the guys cap in hand to find Quinn and Rachel singing their version of 'Don't Leave' by Snakehips & Mo he sat on the nearby couch and watched the show as everyone got up and done their thing ending with their interpretation of 'Touch, by Little Mix he couldn't lie he was laughing by the end of the night and he woke up the next morning with a massive headache and a smile, his smile left when he looked at the empty pillow next to his
16th
After breakfast they put their presents on and went snorkelling, and even done some song time as well as other water sports having lunch on the secluded beech, the guys went off when they got back on board and played golf, while the girls went for a pamper session and hair do's as they were all dressing up for dinner on their last night on Sam's expensive birthday present.
So we have an extra day together then if you've already had your birthday present?" Blaine asked smiling
"I guess" he smiled
"Do you want me to plan something?"
"I guess" Sam replied thinking he'd already had his ultimate present and what the hell could top that
"We're here till about 6 pm" Tina told them
"I'm going to get as much of my tour done as I can this evening guys and finish it off in the morning so If I'm not there for breakfast forgive me" Sam said "But I do plan on getting totally rat faced tonight so if anyone wants to join me, Oh and I expect Mercy to call at midnight" he laughed "Those are my only two priorities" and soon after dinner he started drinking his mission started
"Bite the bag" Kurt announced once everyone had drunk a relaxing amount of alcohol later that evening, as the game started the music got louder and the voices followed, Artie couldn't join in so he just videoed everything ready for the memory file, 11.45 and Sam seemed to jump out of crazy
"Mercy" he said making Blaine laugh
"You scared you're going to forget to think about her one day and she'll leave you bro?" he laughed
"Not at all every time I think about sex her name pops into my damn head and I'm thinking like a mother fucker right now" he laughed
"Poor Sam" Blaine said rubbing his back
"Not poor me poor Mercy when I finally get hold of her" he laughed as he took his phone out to make that call, checking the time to see it was early . He managed to wait another 2 minutes before he went out the room to make his call "Mercy" he said taking a breath for hearing her lift the phone
"Sam" she breathed "Wasn't that the longest 24 hours ever?"
"Ever" he laughed
"And I was supposed to be calling you, if I remember rightly?"
"I was bursting"
"I thought you'd be too drunk to talk"
"Never, doesn't matter what I'm doing once you get in my head your there until I get my fill, talking about fill..."
"I know, I was going to mention that side effect of drinking for you but I thought I'd let you miss me some more" she laughed
"That's cruel Mrs Evans" he laughed with her looking at his watch
Sam's Birthday
"Happy Birthday Mr Evans, my Husband, my love, my heart, my other half, soul mate, end game and even Friend , I hope you have the best day ever" she said blowing him a kiss through the phone "I miss you so damn much" she said a cry in her voice
"Don't babe you'll start me off, we didn't ever think this was ever going to get this hard did we?" his voice broke saying
"I'm predicting it's going to get harder, we chose this babe"
"I know and I'm nearly in a place where I can start getting more time to be with you but right now its..."
"We know what it is babe, lets not" her voice broke as he spoke "happy birthday babe, I've got to go"
"Okay" he wiped his face saying "I love you babe and thanks"
"I love you back babe and bye"
"Bye" he said and clicked the phone off before his upset got out of control
By the time he got back to the main room only Brittany, Tina and Artie were still awake and only Tina was anywhere near sober "You alright Sam?" Tina asked as he got closer obviously evidence on his face that tears had been shed
"Yeah I'm fine, this shit gets hard sometimes" he half smiled
"Happy Birthday Sam" Brittany shouted across "I'd suck your face but I'm married now" she carried on
"So am I Britt" he told her not very impressed "I guess it's bed for me" he followed with
"Birthday song tomorrow then, you haven't really been with us this time round 3 months is a bit long dude, you can go mad keeping it all in you know?" Artie laughed
"Goodnight guys" Sam said rolling his eyes
Later that morning Sam roused to his phone ringing and knew it could only be Mercy and why was she calling, he jumped up out of his sleep and grabbed his phone flicking it on "Mercy what's up babe?" he asked with some urgency
"Nothing urgent I just wanted to give you your second present" she said
"I have more than this?" he asked looking around his lavish apartment, each apartment had it's own floor with all the things you'd expect of a 7 star hotel "You spoil me" he said laying back in the bed "Do I need to lay down for this?" he smiled asking
"No you know that's not happening until we meet again" her voice telling him he needed to know that if he didn't
"I know babe it's just first thing" he said rolling his eyes
"Okay you ready?" she asked "This is from how we were feeling last night" she told him before she started singing her version of 'Highs & Lows' by Emeli Sande as he lay there listening to her telling him that they were going to have both highs and lows but they were always going to be together and in love
"You're right babe end game" he smiled "Thank you" he said sending her a kiss "I love you and that was the best wake up I've had in a while"
"Okay birthday boy I'll leave you to it, breakfast with the guys and I'll call you later" she told him as he pushed his bottom lip out in a sulk
"I so wished you were here babe"
"Bye babe" she said hearing the signs
"Bye babe and thanks again" he said before the call closed "Breakfast" he said jumping up to get dressed and head upstairs for food. It was his birthday today and although he didn't dress shabby as a rule he thought he'd make the effort today and look smart, he'd had his usual morning ritual and walked into his wardrobe thinking about his choices when he noticed a blue clothes bag, he hadn't brought in hanging, Smiling at the Mercedes of it all he took the hanger out. Liking what he saw and even more pumped that Mercy was imaging him in them he put them on, grabbed his watch and phone and made his way up for breakfast. He was happy when he got upstairs and saw the guys standing waiting for his happy birthday song, seriously he hated that stuff in general but this was like his siblings singing to him and he loved them.
"Happy Birthday" they shouted in unison after they finished singing his song
"Thanks" he said shyly as Sugar made comment
"Sam I am vulgar" she laughed
"Sugar" Artie said looking at her disapprovingly for her comment
"What?" she smiled "it's a complement" she told them "Mercy's dressed her birthday boy in about 25K and he looks obscene" she said as he stood looking at them draped in his Isaac Sellam grey crocodile leather jacket, bespoke Versace diamond studded grey jeans, bespoke Versace gold embroidered medusa T-Shirt with maybe about 30 diamonds splashed across the chest of it sparkling up the word Evans, his Dolce and Gabbana grey sneakers and his Ressence timepiece draped on his arm like a bangle
"Birthday boy" Quinn went up to him saying as she planted a kiss on his cheek "My sister's a lucky girl" she whispered to him
"I'm the lucky one" he said loud enough for everyone to hear
"You both are" Tina said as she hugged him "Happy Birthday my brother" she smiled hugging his face "You know our girl would be here if she could be don't you?" she asked
"I do" he smiled as he hugged and fist bumped everyone before breakfast started, of course his breakfast was all about his sweet tooth lots of cakes and stuff and then Mike talked him into doing a gym session almost straight after "I feel like eating breakfast again now" he laughed afterwards. They did other stuff for the morning, had lunch and finally it was time for them to leave Project Utopia
"Sorry I couldn't get around with you bro I was under orders this was strictly your experience" Blaine said
"Who's orders" he asked
"Everybody's" he laughed "We had to agree that before we signed up for wherever this was"
"Yes bro and we've done our bit so I'm afraid tonight it gets full on because we're back to how we usually are, singing about everything and emptying that damn bar" Puck said grabbing his shoulders as he spoke "And it's our last night" he said almost in his ear
"Fine" he laughed as Mike jumped on his back
"Dude your such a sad sack when your lady's not around" Mike told him "I wonder how you breath"
"Sometimes with difficulty but I have a phone" he laughed as they stood waiting for instructions on leaving the city in the sea "But this" he said looking around "Best present ever, it doesn't get any better than this" he said looking up "Except I've been constantly wishing I was doing this with Mercy" he laughed
"See what I mean?" Mike asked him
"I 'm not phased Dude I know she's the centre of my world"
"So she should be Dude" Mike smiled at him
"We're boarding" Satan shouted as everyone looked toward the gate opening
"Gosh we're helicoptering it back" Artie said "I must say guys this years video is so sober I think we're losing our edge" he laughed
"It's been great, I've enjoyed myself" Brittany announced
"It's been pleasantly different" Jessie added "I for one was getting fed up of Satan and Rachel's drama"
"Hey you said it but I agree with it Jess one hundred percent" Quinn added, as they boarded and 5 hours later they were back sitting in Mike and Tina's living room bags and cases around their ankles as they took five before removing them to their rooms
"Dinner in about an hour and then a big sing fest yeah?" Blaine asked
"I guess" Sam said his heart getting heavy as he thought about playing gooseberry again, he grabbed his bag anyway, like everyone else and went to his room for think time, he didn't notice everyone look at each other as they grabbed bags and followed him up
He got in his room, dropped the bags and leaned heavy on the door "What a fucking birthday" he said rolling his eyes as he slid down the door hitting the floor with a thud.
"Is that any way to treat a 25K birthday present" he heard looking up to see Mercy standing with a towel wrapped around her at the bathroom door
"Babe" he sprung up saying tripping over the case to get to her "God babe is it really you?" he said as he grabbed out for her and she went to him
"Sam" she said once she'd taken his kiss "Can we sit?" she asked as he guided her to the bed and they sat down
"Sounds serious" he said looking at her face
"It is" she smiled "This is so hard for me" she carried on as Sam grabbed her hand
"We can deal with anything babe" he assured her
"Well you had a song first thing this morning and that was to signify how we met all those years ago, I hope I brought that back for you" she smiled
"You did babe" he smiled
"So we'll count that as the first 10 years" she giggled
"Okay" he said still unsure of where this was going
"So then we spent like 25K nearly on get up for you and that was to signify the fact that we've progressed from where we were back then sitting in Lima broke, with a dream and unsure about our future" she looked up at him saying
"Okay"
"And so I hope you take this third present as a symbol of where we are today, the fact that it means where we thought we were in year ten and definitely in year twenty, need to rethought is like scary for me" she breathed "I'm..."
"Mercy you've lost me" he sat staring at her saying "I don't understand what are you saying?"
"I'm... Happy birthday Sam" she stood up saying dropping the towel to the floor as Sam gasped at the sight of his wife finally standing there naked in front of him as his eyes focused on hers a smile coming to her face at his ready face appearing out of nowhere
"You're beautiful" he said grabbing her and pulling her to him, stopping at an unfamiliar feeling "Mercy" he said pushing her away from him to see what he was feeling "Mercy" he said again his ready face changing to 'Oh my god' face as he pulled her back to him and touched her stomach again "We're pregnant" he smiled
"Yeah what are you thinking" she stood waiting for his reaction
"I'm thinking we're pregnant"
"Three Months" she smiled as he got up to kiss her
"I know" he said holding her face and looking into her eyes before taking her lips again "Best birthday ever" he said finally pulling her down onto the bed with him, intimacy was careful but urgent and it was well over that hour before they emerged from the bed
"This would have been present enough Mercy" he smiled as they lay in the bath soaking and he held her belly
"I know, but you had that on your bucket list and I didn't want anything to be higher on the list that our baby"
"I want to meet this little one, and I'll love it more than I love my own life Mercy, but I'm sorry your still the highest person on my list" he told her kissing her nose "Do those guys know?"
"No, well Tina knew I was going to be here and they all probably did by the time you all got back, but no only we know about this one" she said rubbing her belly
"Can we announce it?"
"Yeah"
"Come on lets go, I think I'm going to be doing all the singing tonight to make up for the weekend and celebrate us" he smiled as they got dressed and went to meet the masses "Short night tonight guys" he announced as they walked towards them and everyone jumped up to go greet Mercy "Hold up" Sam said before they got to touch her "Careful guys , I hope we have non-alcoholic wine here so we can share our good news"
"Stop it Sam nobody's that quick" Brittany laughed "Even I know that now"
"No joke guys we're three months pregnant" he said as everyone looked between Mercy and him, Mercy nodding confirmation to Sam's comment before all the congratulations and kisses came
"Shit we've got juice maybe" Tina said in panic mode looking at Mercy
"It's fine T I'll drink water" she said hugging her in
"Not too tight Tina" Sam told her not letting Mercy go as she went through all the hugs and stuff "I'm not even explaining why she's not going anywhere with any of you so don't even ask, you will be offended" he said not smiling
"It's your birthday and you haven't done any songs this time round so tonight is yours and we'll do the drinking" Jessie announced
"I'm fine with that, she's still not going anywhere" he replied
All through dinner Sam and Mercy were in conversation, he didn't waste a single minute of their time together, they were sat sharing food , kisses and constantly connected in some way and he kept touching their bump as he spoke, everyone could see finally they were happy.
"Come on" Rachel finally shouted much the worse for ware with her high alcohol intake already "Get this show on the road Sam"
"Okay" he jumped up saying as you might guess right now everything I do tonight is for my beautiful wife and our unborn child" he smiled "Actually something's just come to mind so this one is all about , life being so perfect for me right now this is what love feels like for me this second" he grabbed his guitar and called Puck Blaine and Jessie up for instruments as he sung his version of 'Rhythm Inside' by Calum Scott as everyone danced around enjoying his version, clapping when he finished as he turned to kiss Mercy
"I know you know how I'm feeling Sam" she dirty laughed, making him blush
"Better get this over with quick" he smiled at her before turning back to the crowd "This next one had to be country for my girl, while we're apart there's certain parts of our conversations we close down because it's sometimes just too hard to cope with and now, I guess right now I can fully say it all because I can act on it" he laughed "So Mercy this is for you" he said as he started strumming his version of 'In Case You Didn't Know' by Brett Young as everyone sat around rocking to his song "I love you babe, and I miss you so damn much it hurts most the time" he pulled her up saying
"I know it hurts babe and I love you much more" she said kissing him before hugging into him and staying there until they were ready to let go
"Come on guys you're the entertainment" Sugar laughed at the silence
"You better finished your show" Mercy told him pushing him to turn around
"Not before I do this" he said pulling her in again for a longer, deeper kiss "I love my pregnant wife" he smiled
"This last one's to talk about the pain we're going to go through because we love our life but a baby changes everything and that means some hard sacrifices, time isn't our friend right now so Babe" he turned to Mercy saying "I can guarantee one or both of us is going to hurt tonight but it's necessary because it's not just about us any more" he strummed his guitar seeming already angry about that situation as he started playing his version of 'Let's Hurt Tonight' by One Republic as the guys joined in, Mercy sat looking nervous, Sam's guitar hitting some angry notes and everyone sitting listening feeling the pain they were in already "The shows over" he threw his guitar down saying when he'd finished as he picked Mercy up and they went to their room, everyone assumed to have their difficult conversation
They went in and locked the door "Could we not have waited until tomorrow?" Mercy asked
"It's 12.05 celebrations are officially over, this is important"
"There was no need for the drama" she laughed
"Oh I just didn't want to be singing all night when I still got my main present left to unwrap" he told her as he stood taking her clothes off
"So we're not going to talk then?"
"Well not about our baby no, you'll take time off, I'll make time off and we'll deal with our family, what's to plan everything after us just takes one step back" he laughed "Now stop the talking" he said as her bra dropped to the floor and be bent down easing her out of the rest of her underwear, fascinated by her baby bump as he examined the new shape of her body. "My turn" he finally said as he took his clothes off while she stood watching and their birthday celebrations began
The next day they were all up and back to their lives all over America, Sam and Mercy back to LA to talk to their agents and plan their new lives and their electronic chat life was back in action
Messenger Conversation
'Hey Mom and Dad everything alright down there' - suartieabrahams
'Fine thanks got back alright' - samcedesevans
'You're drinking that tea I told you yeah' - klainehummel-anderson
'We are' - samecedesevans
'Don't forget you need to discuss your birth package as early and possible get everyone on board' - quickpuckerman
'And please remember to give the baby your milk Mercy not Sam's' - brittanalopez
'LOL I think we've got that Britt' - samcedesevans
'Squid soup my Grandma swears by it' - tikechang
'Anywhere near me with that stuff and you'll be hearing some swearing alright' - samcedesevans
'Very entertaining guys, our turn, the birds are safely in the nest? check Britt, and out' - jesselstjames
'Fuck you Lentil' - SantanaLopez
The end