The Whole Truth
There was a reason Mercy was the way she was with Sam at the beginning of their relationship, all that no sex till marriage thing, no touching below the clothes and all that shit, well a few reasons actually, they'd gone way past that now but she'd let him wait a few years to ease her own damn mind, and now she knew he was going to be sitting there in front of her talking about truth, trust, honesty, love, commitment all the things she really wasn't but she wanted to be, for him, she really wanted to be.
The story wasn't new much the same as most people who fell in love at a young age, they'd met in school, had a bumpy start, gone through college, university with this on off relationship and started their smooth sailing just before university finished, so for some 9 years they'd been friends, lovers, best friends, room mates, living together neighbours, dance partners and their own worst enemy.
Now Mercy had done all the most daunting things she'd thought she'd never do when she was at school, she'd moved to LA on a whim, her album had hit the ground running and she was running on gas, it had taken just over two years to fully promote the album and now she was sitting comfortable with nearly 250 million hits on Youtube, 246 million followers, 12 big packed concerts under her belt and looking forward to just having some promised down time with her man.
Sam had gone full blast into the music thing too and let off a great album and some singles that had been more than crowd pleasing, he bounced between Country and Pop, he'd been super busy touring himself, getting his face on TV and like Mercy interviews were crazy all over the place. He'd chosen the road trip route wanting to get down and dirty with his fans, and he was having a great time with his band and fans, suddenly the two year mark was nearing and, although he loved what he was doing and where his life was going right now, he needed down time, some serious time with his girl was on the cards, he was forgetting what she actually felt like
They'd kept their relationship low key when they first started out, but of course the cameras had caught them together on occasion and the public had been all for the union, so they'd gone official after about 14 months. They'd always felt comfortable enough to try the living together thing again, it was just timing that stooped them, they'd made play of it back in college but for all sorts of reasons mainly Mercy's career, they shelved it, now they were ready for it, so that was going to be their priority once they touched base again. Mercy had been looking for a place in her spare time, but she was mainly in the San Francisco area, while Sam was closer to where they intended on calling home in Los Angeles so in the end they'd agreed she'd house hunt, he'd house view and they'd do the furniture together.
Mercy knew there was a reason Sam was rushing to set up home, they were getting to the age they'd agreed to settle down, if she was honest with herself she was past ready and had been for a while, aching to get some commitment going on up in their shit, which she was sure he was all for, but there were things he really didn't know about her that would maybe make him change his mind about her being his one true love. As much as she wanted to forever keep those things to herself, she knew there was no way she could say she truly commit to someone, especially the man she loved without telling all, she was between a rock and a hard place, her instinct was to run but she'd fought so hard for this man up till now, it had to be worth it to tell the truth.
Sam had done some god awful things since he'd rocked up at McKinley in the name of getting Mercedes Jones, he'd got that face that looked innocent but underneath he was, what he'd have termed, a hoe, by normal standards anyway. He wanted Mercy from the minute he'd set eyes on her and for him nothing was going to stop him from getting her, he was willing to walk over hot coals, people, things he really didn't care. Now he was settled in his music, looking at a fat bank account, he felt the need to make what they had permanent, there was no in between for him any more, he wasn't up for leaving room for any mother fucker to step up on him, he was in the business, he knew how this life worked, he'd worked too hard to get to this point and yes, she was worth it.
His tour had taken a sabbatical for two months, he'd asked for it to be that way knowing his next line up was in Canada and that would last at least a month, Mercy was off to Ohio for six weeks in about 5 weeks time and he'd wanted to get the house sorted, break it in and get some quality time before this next big tour happened. So he'd been home for two weeks already, lots of pictures had been taken as their furniture pieces were moved in, placed, agreed via phone and the house was finally coming together.
Thursday afternoon in week three and Sam was on hot bricks, they'd spoken almost daily, but they hadn't seen each other in the flesh for over 6 weeks, it had been tough but the getting together was always worth it and this time for him was extra special, they'd actually got their first home together. he grabbed his keys and headed off to the airport to pick her up "Babe" he smiled when he finally saw her walking through checkout, the smile on her face wider than his, of course there were tears, that was always her first reaction when she saw him, it made his heart swell.
"Babe I missed you" she fell into his arms hugging at first but she didn't stay on his chest for long before her head popped up and she pulled his head towards hers demanding her kisses
"Let's go home" he said a short time later, looking around the arrival lounge as he spoke "We'll get us a crowd and I could do without that right now"
"Yeah" she looked around letting go of his neck, sliding her hand down his arm to meet his hand with hers as they interlocked fingers and walked out to the car where she grabbed his face again
"Let me get these bags in the car babe" he laughed "We're not going to get down and dirty in the street"
"We're not?" she asked laughing
"Not in the middle of the day no" he laughed more, as he opened the door for her to get in, grabbing the bags as he went round the car, put them in the boot, went back to shut her door and ran round to the drivers side, he'd just about put the key in the ignition when she grabbed his face again "I'm not even going to ask what's wrong with you, I just want you to note how much control I've got just now"
She laughed "If you've got anything to say I urge you to say it on this ride home, because I have plans once that door's shut"
"Okay" he turned the engine on, checked the road and drove off before looking back at her "We need to make time to source our puppy, you promised we'd do that asap, we're eating out tonight 9pm before you get carried away and your Mom called to say they were going to be in LA for a day in two weeks time so we need to fit that in"
"Great, can we get your parents up at the same time, have family time?"
"Yeah I guess, I'll call them now" he tapped his phone into action and spoke his instructions "Dad" he said when he answered getting through all the pleasantries "Mercy's Mom's coming down in two weeks time and we thought, well Mercy thought" he looked at her smiling "It might be a good time for you guys to come down, see the house, have some family time and stuff what do you say?"
"Two weeks time?" his Dad; Dan asked
"Yeah two weeks"
"Mercy's back today yeah?"
"Yeah she's in the car, your on speaker"
"Hi Sweetheart, you alright, tired I bet?"
"Hi Dad I'm fine, yeah tired but I'd love to see you guys"
"We'll see you in two weeks"
"Thanks Dad" they both said down the phone, talking for a short while more before closing the call
"Wow" she gasped as they drive up the drive towards their new home "This looks even better than the pictures"
"I had the walls cleaned, windows are new and the gardens freshened up" he smiled
"You have been busy" she smiled kissing him "And I really do want to see it all" she grinned "But right now I just need the bedroom" her eyes playing with him "Or any room you'd care to start in" her dirty giggle came out
"Any room?" he cocked his head asking
"Any damn room" she stood outside the car hand on hip saying
"Okay" he smiled as he grabbed her hand and walked into the house
Mercy didn't hesitate she quickly followed him into the house looking around for the first time, she'd seen pictures and she'd loved those but they were no reflection on the real thing "Wow" was all she could find to say as he walked her through "You've done a great job Sam" she grabbed his face kissing him for maybe the one hundredth time since he'd picked her up
"I have a surprise in here" he nodded towards the living room saying opening the door to reveal purple flowers all over the room and a small square box in the middle of the centre table "You know this is where this is going for us so it shouldn't be a shock" he laughed as he walked her into the room
"Sam" she covered her mouth saying
"Mercedes Jones I love you, I don't need to say it, I know you know this but I do, will you do me the absolute honour of becoming my wife?" he kneeled in front of her asking
"Sam"
"You don't have to answer now, but I want to say we need to have a conversation, I mean a serious conversation, once we tie this knot"
"I'm going to say yes Sam, you know I am, I love you" she smiled "But why are we having a serious conversation after we get married?"
"Because if we can get married knowing we've got stuff going on up in here" he pointed between them "Then we can work through anything either of us bring"
"Is that even logical?" she laughed "Surely at the very latest, it should be the night before the wedding?"
"For me this is logical, and you know how my mind works" he told her as he put the large rock on her finger making her smile, he got up and grabbed hold of her "I guess we'll start in here and work our way through, we have what 7 hours yeah?" he looked at the clock on the wall giving time for lunch, and an hour to get dressed and travel for dinner
"8 I want no naps in between" she laughed as he directed her mouth up to meet his, him instigating a kiss for the first time since they'd got together "Touch me Sam" she asked looking into his eyes
"You're going to regret that request" he grabbed her lips and picked her up ready for a wild time, four hours later and they were making their way upstairs having visited the lounge, music room, den, kitchen, pool and garden house in some detail
"Can we get some food?" Mercy asked as they walked back into the house
"No gaps, dinners at 9" he reminded her, grabbing her upstairs to start on the bedrooms, they finally got dressed and went out to dinner as planned but the evening was cut short, in fact the next day was just as short it was three days before either of them came up for air
"I guess we really don't need a honeymoon after the wedding, I don't think anything could ever be as buzzed as these past three days" she sat on the bed telling him
"I'm still humming, you gonna get me to that buzz you're talking about?" he grabbed her asking
"Who the hell told me to open my damn mouth" she rolled her eyes, he laughed pulling her up to get on top of him
They found time to puppy hunt, shop for more furniture, lay in bed, and talk weddings, suddenly it was two weeks in, they were sat at the airport waiting for their parents to come in Mercy's Mom was first to arrive, of course hugs and kisses through the roof, especially for Sam she loved him like the son she'd never had.
Mercy's Dad had passed when she was 11 years old, her Mom had done a good job with her but there was a time when she'd thought Mercy was kind of lost, she was crying a lot, quiet and didn't have a single friend except for Kurt, there was also a time when even he'd abandoned her with no explanation. So Marcia was happy when Sam came into her life and she suddenly, almost overnight, became Cedes again, he was a good boy and he'd shown from the off that he was genuine about his feelings for her and so much manners, she'd fell in love with the boy too, for all intents and purposes he was her son.
"I hope you're ready for us" they heard looking round to see Sam's parents standing there watching them all hugging
"Mom, Dad" Mercy ran up to them saying, Marcia; Mercy's Mom, and Sam followed as they hugged, kissed and talked everyone at the same time, it was clear Sam was a mix of both parents as he stood with his almost blond hair, just like his Dad's, the height and smile all coming from him too, his eyes, lips and slender build coming from his Mom
"Hey" Dan finally shouted holding his ears "One at a time" as they all came to silence and looked at him "In fact home, lets see this new place" Mercy laughing at the Sam of it all
They had a lovely weekend together, which was over much too quick for everyone and of course they celebrated the news of the pending wedding with a lavish meal and a present Sam insisted they were never going to get the time to sail in "Superstar always need retreats" his Dad laughed as he handed over the keys, before they left
Then suddenly Mercy's five weeks were up and she was off on tour again, a few weeks later and Sam was back on his tour, the only step forward they'd made was they were sure they were getting married in eight months time when they'd both have eight weeks off according to their schedules
8 Months Later
Wedding plans were more than on the way with only a week to go, they'd of course decided to go to Lima making it was easier for their family and friends, rather than shipping everyone over to Los Angeles, Sam stayed at his parents for the week while Mercy was at her Moms, they knew the arrangements before they got there, but the lake was a lot busier than it had ever been when they were living there some seven years ago, opportunities to be together were zero and frustration was through the roof.
Mercy and the Mom's found some shop to buy something from every day, while Sam spent afternoon's fishing with his Dad, evenings with the family or in some coffee shop, bar or club with Mercy and nights wishing Mercy was in his arms, he didn't moan much about it in front of her he knew she was maybe feeling worse than him. She was finding remote things to do and even happy that their parents monopolised their time, anything to stay away from their school friends, while he was smiling for every night they got home without seeing any of their friends, he had shit to get out first.
The dreaded day finally came on the eve of the wedding day when Sam got a call from Kurt "Dude stag night is all set just get here for 7 and bring Mercy, the girls have a plan too" he told a shocked Sam
"We didn't ask for a stag or a hen night"
"I know but Blaine and Tina insisted" Kurt hissed down the phone "And who doesn't have one anyway, if this wedding gets any more damn wacky"
"What do you mean wacky?"
"You two, anybody would think you were hiding from everyone for the amount of time you've spent with your so called friends"
"We're not hiding we're busy" he rolled his eyes telling him "I'll see you guys at 7 and I'll tell Mercy and pick her up" he told a now happy Kurt before he closed the call, hissing for the drama they were about to experience
Hen & Stag Night
"Hi" Quinn came towards Mercy saying, she smiled wearily noticing that Quinn eyes were still where they shouldn't be but said nothing, she'd suffer anything for tonight to go without a hitch
"Hi" she said hugging her back "Where's Puck?"
"He's around somewhere" she fanned her hand off saying, cutting her eye slyly at the enquiry
"Girl" Artie came up to her saying as everyone seemed to follow after that, saying hello seemed to last forever, as usual they had to get all the underhanded bitching out the way, Sam was surprised when some of the football team from school showed up buecause it just meant there were more people around to have random conversations with.
"Mike" he said with relief when he finally saw him appear at the door
"Sorry Dude late flight" Mike smiled hugging him, he was about the only one of the group, minus Blaine and Kurt that he'd ever felt truly comfortable around and Tina was Mercy's girl
"Miss T or should I say Mrs C?" he hugged her laughing seconds before Mercy descended
"We need to talk" Mercy whispered as she hugged her
"I'm obviously going to catch up with my girl" Tina told Mike kissing him as Mercy gave him a kiss hello and the two girls left them standing watching them walk away
"So" Mike grabbed his shoulder "I'm impressed" he nodded "She knows everything and she's still giving you the time of day"
"She doesn't know anything" Sam told him shushing him as he looked round
"What?" Mike pulled him to the side asking "Bad form Dude"
"We're going to tell all tomorrow night, we agreed"
"What if she walks?"
"We sort of agreed if we got married tomorrow knowing there was something to tell, then we'd be strong enough to get through it all" he laughed nervously "I'm sort of scared in case she tells me anything I don't know already"
"Dude you have some balls, and how you get her to go along with your shit, rocks me"
"Rocks me too Dude, the only thing I can think is that she actually loves me"
"You got that shit right" Mike laughed as he went to go say hello to everyone else "Hi guys" he walked into the waiting crowd saying, getting lost in the memories
Finally Blaine shouted time and the girls left the house for the local club while the guys settled in for gaming and drinks, surprised that the night went without a hitch and everyone seemed to be looking forward to the event. Mercy had sapped him once through the night just to tell him the girls were fun and she couldn't wait for tomorrow, promising to call him when she got in
Sam & Mercy
"Just called to say goodnight" she whispered down the phone "I've felt like a naughty school child all damn week"
"Me too" he laughed "And please don't tell me our parents think we're still virgins"
"Oh they know what their doing alright, but all gloves are off after tomorrow" she laughed
"Yeah about that, remember I said we were going to have that talk so you maybe want to look forward to the second night of our honeymoon" he laughed
"Not funny Mr. which bride do you know doesn't get it on her wedding night?" she hissed "We're already travelling straight after so that's more or less the first night wasted anyway"
"I'm so ready just thinking about it seriously, but I said this was going to happen" he warned her as silence filled the air "Alright" he smiled as he imagined her, I don't fucking think so, face "I'll accept I didn't factor in nothing for a damn week but still, it's happening"
"I'll see you tomorrow" her tone cutting the conversation abruptly
"Tomorrow?" he asked down the phone "Don't be like this babe" he begged sending her a kiss, which she sent straight back "I love you"
"I love you too" she told him, he could hear the smile in her voice
'I don't know 'bout y'all but I know about us and uh" he sung
'It's the only way we know how to rock" she joined in with him singing their groove, getting himself a giggle before they hung up the phone
If sleep had have been easy that night, Mercy might not have been the first up, she was tired, she'd been rolling around the whole night as scenarios of their so called friends coming forward to reveal her dirty little truths to Sam and her family hours before the wedding, but she'd got a plan, she wasn't going to show today until she was walking down the aisle, well except to Tina, giving them no chance to say anything before Sam and her got hitched
Sam hadn't slept a wink either, his mind was reeling about what he needed to tell Mercy tomorrow night, she'd forgiven him everything he'd ever told her but somehow being manipulative, vindictive, a bully even he knew there was no way she saw him like that. He lay there admitting to himself that was exactly what he was, and he's needing this wedding to happen before they told each other anything was his weapon against her wanting to walk. He'd always done a good job of keeping everyone at bay but now they were actually getting married would that still be the case, would their friends keep their mouths shut?
The Wedding
Their friends as was usual did the song for the wedding, they cringed them down the aisle with their rendition of 'I was made for loving you' by Ed Sheeran and Tori Kelly both of them hearing the unsaid slurs being thrown as everyone sung their bit, they took to singing the last chorus as sort of a fuck you guys we're doing it anyway type message, they knew everyone that needed to understood their response
Rachel: A Dangerous plan, just this time, a stranger's hand clutched in mine Santana: I'll take this chance, so call me blind, I've been waiting all my life
Quinn: Please don't scar this young heart, just take my hand
Girls: (Brittany) I was made for loving you, (even thought we may be) hopeless hearts just passing through, (every bone screaming) I don't know what we should do, (all I know is, darling) I was made for loving you
Puck: Hold me close through the night, don't let me go, we'll be alright, Blaine: Touch my soul and hold it tight, I've been waiting all my life,
Kurt: I won't scar your young heart, Just take my hand
Boys & (Girls): Cause I was made for loving you, even thought we may be hopeless hearts just passing through, (every bone screaming) I don't know what we should do, (all I know is, darling) I was made for loving you
(Tina) Tina & Mike: Please don't go, I've been waiting so long, (oh, you don't even know me at all, but I was made for loving you)
Sam & Mercy (Mercy): I was made for loving you, even thought we may be hopeless hearts just passing through, (every bone screaming I don't know what we should do) all I know is, darling, I was made for loving you
Everyone was their usual jolly self although there was some serious tension, with Sam keeping his mouth shut while Puck kept calling Mercy Sexy Mama even though he'd had asked him on numerous occasions to stop, the smile on Puck's face told him he knew what he was doing. The girls were on extra heat with the flirting thing and Mercy just knew Rachel had fucked her over somewhere down the line, they sat quietly letting it all happen biding her time and praying that none of them said anything before they got their chance. Then suddenly the speeches were done and their relationship was still in tact the food was eaten, the party started shortly after and they stayed just long enough to do the first dance before they were out of there on a plane, sitting in Dubai hours later
"God I'm glad that's over" he pushed the hotel room door open saying
"I'm absolutely bushed" Mercy ran across the room and flopped on the bed saying
"Me too babe but I meant it when I told you to get some sleep on the fight, because before we close our eyes tonight we're going to talk" he sat next to her saying
"Do we have to do this no...?"
"Now Mercy I don't want to make love to my wife with all this on my chest"
"You have all this stuff on your chest?"
"I do" he got up taking his jumper off saying, his face red with the heat
"Can we freshen up first at least" she huffed
"Come on" he said walking towards the bathroom, twenty minutes later they were laying on the bed with towels wrapped around them "Do you want me to start?"
"No can I?" she smiled nervously
"What you have stuff too?" he grinned cheekily "Okay you go first"
"No talking till I've finished yeah?"
"If I need to ask questions I will, I might forget" he laughed
"Minimum questions then" she smiled "Ready?"
"Ready" he lay back down looking at the ceiling waiting for her to start her confession
Mercy's Confessions
"Okay" she lay down on the bed saying getting into a comfortable position "My secrets starts from when I was in soft more year I'd met those new people in glee club and to the outside world it was a singing club that a bunch of nerds went to and sometimes they sung alright songs, but to the nerds it was a place where nerds found other nerds attractive. It was obvious there was no code, from week one Rachel had been a cougar about slutty Quinn's so called boyfriend, I referred to her as slutty because I was maybe the first to know what had happened maybe a day after the event, I'd been pillow talking with Puck
"Pillow talking?" he sat up asking
"Yeah we had a thing way before I met you" she looked at him saying
"What so you actually slept with Puck?"
"Several times" she looked at him saying "Anyway, don't keep stopping me, this could take months" she looked up at him saying "I told him he needed to join club or I'd tell Finn about everything so that's why he joined"
"You blackmailed him?"
"Yeah I did" she smiled "Stop interrupting me"
"I need to clarify sorry, I need to ask" he smiled "So is that why he thinks he has the right to call you sexy fucking Mama all the damn time?" he looked at her asking "Was he your first?"
"No"
"So what did you blackmail him about?"
"He'd slept with Quinn behind Finn and my back, I found out because I saw him give her our look and I confronted him about it, he told me the truth and I slapped the shit out of him for about a minute and then clamped up on him, cut him off for about a week" she laughed "Well anyway, I thought that was it until he came back to me about a week later telling me the bitch was history because she wanted Finn and he wanted me, the low life didn't even finished things because I found out" she laughed
"So he was with you when he went off with Quinn?"
"Yeah and the rest but I wasn't his first, I knew he was a dog, that was part of the attraction I guess"
"So who was your first?" he asked not really wanting to hear it but already knowing it
"Finn"
"I knew it" he looked at her saying "I knew he was your first, the way he always was with you, he was in awe of your singing I mean all the while, praised you for every little thing, he got so excited about everything you did, I knew it, he loved you didn't he?"
"Yeah he did and Finn was my first, but it wasn't even intentional we got drunk, slept together and promised to keep it quiet, then went about our lives being just friends I always knew he'd have wanted more" she looked at Sam saying "But then Quinn told me she was pregnant and I'm like, leave Finn alone"
"So you slept with Finn, then Puck, what happened next?" he rolled his eyes asking, wondering why he just didn't come clean, he knew all this, but it was good to fill in the gaps and to hear the reasons why
"Well then I caught Puck with Santana, in the cupboard and I flipped" she smiled "he'd lied to me to get me back and his life just carried on as usual only I was so damn mad at Snix she was becoming my girl you know?" she cut her eye at Sam s he was Santana sitting beside him "I'd told her things" she hissed
"So what did you do?"
"Well I told him I was going to tell Finn about him and Quinn, I was desperate I was fighting for my man" she looked at him trying to justify her actions "he told me then that she was pregnant and it was his baby, I asked him how he knew and he told me Finn had never touched her" she snarled "That sort of told me that shit went down more than once with those two right there, I was so fucking angry" she lay remembering "Anyway he asked me to keep it quiet for the baby's sake" she brushed her hands through her hair saying
"And you did didn't you?" he asked as she looked at him before carrying on
"Well Santana wouldn't leave him alone I told him to get rid of her but she just carried on, he just carried on, getting me so damn mad, so yeah I just told Finn everything"
"So it was you that told Finn, she doesn't know that does she, Quinn I mean?"
"Initially it was but he waited until Rachel told him before he kicked off, I sort of blackmailed him into that, telling him I'd tell Rachel about us, and Quinn who thought he was perfect would fuck him off for good, convinced him he could come back from that, her being pregnant for someone else I mean" she smiled "You think I'm a bitch don't you?"
"No" he laughed
"I don't know if Quinn ever knew, sometimes I think maybe she did because I told her how I felt about you, when you walked into school, and the next thing I know slutty was all over you like a fucking rash" she frowned "Major fuck up"
"Don't think too much about that" he kissed her cheek saying
"I do because the bitch knew, she got me so damn mad" she grit her teeth and roared with anger
"So what happened?"
"Well I just played the cards I had to play with at that point, I needed you so I played Quinn straight back into the arms of Finn, I was dropping stuff in their ears and watching it all unfold, I knew how Finn felt about that girl and I also knew how he felt about me so again I played the no code game and I went back there"
"What to Finn?"
"Yeah"
"I missed that one"
"What do you mean you missed that one" she leaned up asking
"Nothing, this is your confession, carry on" he skimmed over his fuck up saying, he really needed to confess to her he knew most of this, he'd acted on most of it, but this second helping of Finn went unnoticed
"So where was I?"
"Went back to Finn"
"Yeah so sorry about that, but that game was about getting my man back" she flicked her hair off her face saying "Of course I used my female charms on Finn, well blackmail really, ensuring he helped get her away from you" she laughed "he was such a prude, he really didn't want to sleep with her he thought he'd got a thing for Rachel by then"
"So you set up that whole Mono thing?"
"The whole thing" she smiled "And I actually talked him into finally sleeping with her"
"Props" he smiled "But why?"
"Because Rachel was all for the Slutty and Sam relationship, or Barbie and Ken as I fondly called you guys" she laughed "So that part of the plan went well but while I'm plotting to get Quinn away I didn't see Miss Lopez coming at all, I think I said something like 'When did that happen?' or something it was that fast" she laughed
"It never really happened, but it did" he smiled
Mercy sat waiting for more but he didn't give it "My confession?" she asked
"Carry on" he smiled
"I slept with Satan" she told him and silence fell on the room as she waited for his response
"Why?"
"I'd heard the whispers that she was lady fab but as far as I knew she was still with Puck, we sort of fell into it but I did kind of set that up" she looked across at Sam's not so happy face "I'm not a lesbian"
"I know your not, but you could be bi-sexual"
"I'm not, I'm straight Sam" she giggled "I needed the evidence that she was lady fab I needed to bring her down a few pegs, first she'd taken Puck, then just as I'd talked Finn into dropping Quinn and being with Rachel, I find out she'd gone and slept with Finn behind Rachel's back, she was a hoe"
"The story was she'd took his virginity"
"That's the story Finn and I concocted after the event, I asked him to keep me out the picture and get me hooked up with you" she smiled stroking his face "Anyway I finally outted her to the school rag"
"That was you?" he asked shocked
"Yeah sorry that was me" she frowned
"Then Rachel went after Puck because I'd thrown Quinn at Finn again, she was super pissed at me about that, I think Kurt might have let that thing about Puck and I slip, not on purpose I don't think" she stopped to think about it "No not on purpose, but I guess she didn't know that he was sleeping with nearly everyone, she did that to get at me but I'd already got a really big thing for you I really didn't care" she smiled at him "And then of course we got together after that and all the drama sort of stopped"
"And that's it, that's your confession?"
"Nearly"
"What's left?"
"Well then there was Brittany" she looked at him guilty
"Please tell me you didn't sleep with her too?"
"Of course I didn't" she laughed "I stole Lord Tubbington for a damn week, she stayed home looking for him the whole time and I eventually put it in her head that if she binned you, he'd come back, told her he'd left because he thought she loved you more, she believes in that shit" she laughed
"Mercy" he laughed holding his chest
"Then there was Penny, did you ever wonder where she actually went?" she looked at him serious in her eyes
"What did you do?" he sobered up asking
"I got Tina to put some oil in Sue's ear about her sleeping with the students and suddenly she was gone" she smiled "Sue liked me in the end, she did that for me" she kissed him saying "And then there was Lentil" she rolled her eyes
"What?" he looked into her eyes asking
"She fucking got me didn't she?"
"How?
"Finn finally fell in love with her, had his minute of confession and told her every damn thing" she giggled "That bitch had me over a barrel" she rolled her eyes saying "When Finn passed she finally let me know it and of course, I thought it was all over she'd outed me, but then we had New York" she smiled at him "I guess she knew I was only there for a short while, but I don't think she banked on you leaving too and even I thought things were all over then"
"My leaving had nothing to do with Rachel or Finn"
"I know but that's probably why she let it slide and didn't say anything, because she'd seen her opportunity, me leaving and everything, and then as luck would have it, she got that big break that came up for her, she was thinking on a different level, she wanted some rich actor type that was taking her places I guess and she forgot about little old you" she puckered his lips to kiss them "Then she failed didn't she and shit hit" she laughed "She came back at me with a vengeance throwing all my damn history at me, some stuff I didn't even know Finn knew, threatening to tell all, and I sort of run scared for a while until I saw your face and I couldn't totally break up with you so I asked for the heal her heart thing"
"She must have been pissed about that?"
"Not really, you're a good actor, you made her feel special enough, and I think the plan was she'd have you" she laughed "So I had the last laugh because I knew you'd always be mine" she smiled "And I guess that's it for me" she turned on her side ready to listen to his confessions
"Well you'll be pleased to know I still love you" he turned to kiss her saying "I wonder if you'll feel the same after this" he lay back down saying looking up at the pattern on the ceiling
"You know I love you hubby"
Sam's Confession
"I guess the best place to start is always the beginning" he smiled feeling her looking at him
"I guess" she giggled laying on her back to look at the ceiling too
"Okay so I guess my story starts at Finn" he paused
"What you slept with Finn?" she sprung up to look down at him asking
"No, Mercy no, that is so damn wrong, no I didn't" he laughed
"Sorry carry on" she lay back down saying
"I overheard him talking to Shane in the changing rooms not long after I came to school, I was so pissed off because we'd had a conversation about you a few days previous and he'd sort of told me I wasn't good enough like he was your Dad or something, so when I found out it was because he'd actually still got a thing about you I went for Quinn" he smiled "I knew he liked her he'd told me as much and I knew he hadn't gone there yet"
"I guess you got a shock?" she laughed
"Well yeah because she wasn't a virgin" he laughed "So that joke was kind of on me, it was only when I was talking to Mike after we'd hooked up I got to know she'd actually had a baby for Puck" he giggled at the mess up "She eventually told me about that and if I wasn't too interested before I was even less after that revelation, I was kind of relieved when Finn took her off my damn hands to be fair, she was so fucking clingy"
"You could just say thank you" Mercy looked at him smiling
"Thank you" he smiled
"Enter Santana" he looked back at the ceiling saying "Obviously she was a fuck off to Quinn originally but then I found out that she was sleeping with Puck behind your back, I think Quinn told me that, and well I fucked her for Puck doing that to you, he still had her on the side she was still in denial"
"I didn't know that, I thought Puck had stopped messing about by then"
"No him ad Santana were on the low" he laughed "shortly after that everything came to a standstill because well Finn had played the game and got you to come to prom with me I was over the moon" he raised his hands making a sailing motion "Until he had a fight with Rachel's date and I was landed with Rachel again, I was not a happy chap"
"But we still got together" she smiled
"We did, so I was good, I let that fuck up slide" he smiled "And that was an up and down year for me, for us, I was gutted but I forged on, and I didn't do anything while the possibility of us being together was out there" he turned to tell her
"Yeah it was an up and down year" she smiled looking back at him "So what happened next?"
"Well I got friendly with Brittany didn't I?" he told her before looking back up at the ceiling "Yeah we became real good friends" he huffed "I knew" he said
"You knew what?" she turned to ask
"About you and Santana, Brittany told me I think she thought I knew"
"Brittany Bitch" Mercy smiled 'Butter wouldn't fucking melt' she lay thinking
"Yeah I confronted Santana about it, I wanted to slap those fucking razors out of her damn hair but I had to be smart about it" he laughed "She stood there telling me, she'd slept with you and how much you loved it, what she'd done and I was past pissed, I waited for my opportunity" he laughed "When she went to off to do that commercial I so sank into the love of her fucking life, and yeah she felt it, I know she did" he said getting a glow off remembering Santana's anger "She was hurt at the time but she soon got over it when she met up with that Dani girl and things got hot for them"
"Oh Dani I forgot about her" Mercy laughed "I sort of set that whole thing up she was working at the diner I went to from the studio when I was on that first recording contract remember?"
"Yeah" he leaned up looking at her waiting for the connection
"She told me she was going to New York for a month or something and I told her to make sure she hooked up with my dear friend Santana, I told her all about her, she was a pussycat" she laughed "I did that because of Brittany and you, she got over you way too quick, she needed to respect the quality" she laughed
"Brody's a friend from Texas and although I had nothing to do with him and Rachel getting together I always knew what he was and what he did for a living"
"What do you mean, what did he do?" she jumped onto her knees asking
"Everyone knew he was a fucking gigolo"
"I didn't" she held her cheeks saying trying to stop the biggest laugh coming out
"How did you not know, Santana has a problem keeping wind in, let alone big gossip like that?" he laughed
"But a gigolo though" she finally burst into laughter "Only she could have fell for an actual gigolo" she rolled around laughing hard as Sam watched her
"Okay" he chuckled "It wasn't that funny when Finn came down and smashed his ass up, even wreaked the hotel room he was in, he had to pay out big time for that"
"Poor... Brody was it?"
"Yeah Brody" his face changed to serious again "I played with that Penny woman I don't even remember wondering where the hell she'd gone" he laughed "Then there was Rachel, the nightmare"
"I know about that one you told me about her already" she rolled her eyes saying "In fact I think I set that shit up" she smiled
"I didn't tell you everything" he sat up saying raking his fingers through his hair
"What you mean you lied?"
"I didn't lie, I just didn't tell you everything"
"What didn't you tell me?" she sat up asking
"Don't blow Mercy, your not supposed to be talking remember"
"Oh now it's not alright for me to talk?" she looked at him hard saying, rolling her eyes at his sulk "Okay" she flung herself back on the bed saying, staring at the ceiling, trying hard not to let the tears that were threatening to come, out. If there was any girl in glee she'd have not wanted to be one of Sam's conquests it was Rachel, that's why she'd gone the heal her heart route with her because no way was that going to happen, that bitch had taken enough from her as it was. Finn, he belonged to her before Berry came along and took his heart, then she's snapped Kurt from under her nose while she'd been busy getting Santana back for shit, and she didn't even know when she took, or tried to take, her career from under her damn nose. She'd taken a piece of Puck, kissed Santana, flirted with Quinn even and now here her husband was laying in their honeymoon bed telling her, he'd fucked Lentil
"We had a fumble on her bed a couple of times, it could have gone further, I guess I was missing sex" he looked at her saying "But it didn't, well I went under the clothes, but I touched her once down there and pulled away when you came to mind" he grabbed her hand "I didn't give her any pleasure, I didn't get her off or anything" his eyes already begging for forgiveness "And I know I should have said at the time you gave me plenty of opportunities, I was maybe scared because I thought it meant I was having feelings for her and I knew it would hurt you to hear me say that"
"And this isn't hurting?"
"Mercy I've watched you all through school, college and now your career, I know Rachel's your enemy, I've seen her play she's wanted everything you had, she knew you and Finn had been there I guess Puck maybe pillow talked it to her at some point and when she fell hard for him I guess you as the other threat for her became her target. She just went about doing to you what you'd done to him I guess, on a grander scale, and I guessed the fact that she knew we loved each other she saw me as her ultimate revenge or something, but I promise you nothing other than the start of a petting session and a few kisses happened"
"Are you telling me the truth?"
"That's not a question is it, I wouldn't lie to you, not today, as I said I never lied I just didn't tell you"
"Give me some time on that one" she kissed him before getting up, he knew she was hurt, it made his heart sad for doing that, but he needed stuff off his chest
"Mercy" he jumped up, pulling her into him so her back rested on his chest "We'll be okay won't we?" he bent down to kiss her neck as he spoke
"We'll be okay Sam" she grabbed his neck lifting her head to give him access to her neck as she lay her head against his chest "Should we get something to eat?"
"If you want"
"I want" she pulled away from him saying, Sam rolled his eyes for her pissed off action wondering why she didn't believe him, he needed to know what was bothering her, they'd both revealed things but to be fair except for her second time round with Finn he knew everything anyway in a round about way. He'd fucked through the glee club in her damn defence and she hadn't blinked an eye at his revelations and now a touch of Berry's boobs and she was getting all jealous
"Mercy, tell me what's going on for you here, I can't fix it if I don't know babe" he grabbed hold of her, to make her listen and respond to him "Mercy" he repeated when she didn't answer him
"Nothing to fix I'm just digesting everything" she shook his hand off her arm and carried on walking
"Something's wrong, talk to me" he replied as he watched her making a drink noting the banging of the glasses getting louder as she clinked the decanter against her crystal glass filling it with brandy and throwing it down her throat "Mercy what's wrong?" he asked again as he watched her pour another glass "Stop it" he grabbed hold of the full glass forcing it out of her hand, spilling most of the contents before putting it back on the tray
"What I can't drink now?" she asked picking another glass up to fill it
"You can do what you want, but you don't drink" he took the second glass off her saying "Mercy talk to me" he pulled her face round to look into his eyes "Please" he asked as he watched her face break into a thousand pieces "Babe" he hugged her as she cried "I'm sorry" he pulled her to him
"It's .. it's not … you" she sobbed "It's us" she finally got out as he stood wondering what the hell she was on about "It's just the relief I think of you knowing the whole damn truth" she looked up at him saying "I don't want us to ever keep anything away from each other again Sam" their eyes connecting telling each other without words that this was a promise moment
"Listen" he smiled "Our song" he jumped over the couch to go turn the radio up, going back to stand in front of a laughing Mercy as they stood naked, towels discarded listening to their tune on the radio"There's always that one person, that will always have your heart, you'll never see it coming 'cause you're blinded from the start, know that you're that one for me, it's clear for everyone to see, oh baby, ooh you'll always be my boo" he sung taking her in his arms as they moved around the room, smiling as they listened "Do you remember girl, I was the one who gave you your first kiss, 'cause I remember girl, I was the one who said put your lips like this, even before all the fame and people screaming your name, girl I was there and you were my baby" as they fell into their kiss dancing as they forgot everything that had been said
"That's our first real kiss since we got hitched" she smiled "It's not the last is it?" she grabbed his lip asking coming out singing "Yes I remember boy, 'cause after we kissed, I could only think about your lips, yes I remember boy, the moment I knew, you were the one, I could spend my life with, even before all the fame, and people screaming your name I was there and you were my baby" as they danced breaking out and getting their grove on
"Fresh start?" he asked "I promise"
"Fresh start" she nodded agreeing "That's two promises"
"I don't know bout cha'll, but I know about us and uh, it's the only way, we know how to rock" they sung at each other
"I'm ready to be your wife hubby, I love you"
"I'm actually ready to take my wife, I love you right back" he laughed "Are you ready for this new reformed Sam Evans?"
"I think the reformed Sam Evans needs to be ready for the new unleashed Mrs Sam Evans" she laughed flinging them both on the bed as she did so "I'm about to be a bad girl" her eyes promising
The End