A/N: HEYYYY! Sorry it's been son long! I was kinda stumped on how i was going to finish the flashback and jump back to the present so I kinda pieced this together in hopes to shake a few things up. Bare with me, the next chapter will be... fun lol

The Next Day

When Mercedes woke up she had six missed calls from Shane and a few texts messages. She opted to just call him instead of reading the messages.

Why didn't you answer when I called?

I was asleep! Why are you so snappy?

Why the hell was Tank there? You text me at three somethin talking about he was there and now we need to talk. You fuck him?

Hold the hell up! You need to check how you're speaking to me because I have no issues ending this call right now. The fact that you could even fix your damn mouth to accuse me of cheating on you with Tank of all people is beyond insulting!

What do you expect me to think? I know you have a thing for him…

WHAT! I do not! I can't stand his ass. I wanted to talk about the fact that he told me you told him about us and then had the nerve to come onto me and accuse me of flirting with him and playing whatever game he thought I was playing. You would have known that had you not left like a fucking thief in the night.

Yeah… I told him but I didn't expect him to come running to you after. I left you a note, something came up and I didn't want to wake you. Baby, look I don't want to argue especially not after last night. Let me make it up to you? I'll come over and make your favorite foods, we can watch a movie and just cuddle.

So you're not even bothered that your boy came on to me? That he kissed me? That he tried to take my robe off?

You didn't say he did all that! Why hide the kiss from me?

You didn't ask! You didn't even say anything when I said he made a pass at me. Look, this isn't going anywhere so bye.

Cedes, don't han- *click

Mercedes was beyond pissed! How in the hell could he possibility think she would even sleep with Tank? Hell why would he even accuse her of that, she made him wait three years and now after one time she was just going to spread her legs to any man? Where the hell did he have to run off to and why hadn't he explained that? She decided she was going to find out where he went and why it was so urgent for him to do so. She got dressed and decided she was going to pop up at Shane's since he suggested coming to hers. She knew that she was going to seem crazy but she had a gut feeling something was up and she'd be damned if she got played. She took a deep breath and headed to her car to make the trip to his place, when she reached her car she saw one that looked just like his. She shook her head telling herself that it wasn't his and that it could be anyone's car. She stood a little longer before giving in and going to look at the car to see if the sticker she'd put on it was there. She tried to look as casual as possible walking to the vehicle when she reached it she saw the "MJ" sticker on the bumper and knew it was his. She looked around to see if anyone was in it but it was empty. She felt her self backing away from Shane's truck and heading back to hers but she stopped and turned around to see which building it was parked in front of, if he was there he had to be in one of the buildings. She saw it was across from Building G and treid to think if she knew anyone that lived there but couldn't think of anyone except her lab partner Monica. Fucking Monica, that slutty bitch! She thought to herself as she headed to her apartment, they had met over there once and Shane needed to Mercedes' key to get into her place so she told him to meet him over at Monica's. That was months ago… she started walking faster and getting angrier the closer she got. Had this motherfucker really come over to her house, fucked her then went to Monica's after? Had he been there ever since he left her last night? She approached Monica's door and began banging on it and shouting his name.

"SHANE! YOU BETTER NOT BE IN THERE!" She said hitting the door hard. She stopped for a second to try and see if she could hear anything. She heard shuffling around but nothing else. Right before she started to bang again the door flung open and Monica stood there looking like she had just rolled out of bed. Mercedes looked past the woman and saw his jacket laying on the floor. Without even thinking she pushed pass Monica and began looking for Shane.

"You bitch! I know you're in here I see your little funky leathers man jacket on the floor!" She shouted.

"Umm.. Shane isn't here and I didn't say you could come in, so leave." Monica said behind her causing her to turn around so hard she made her self dizzy. She didn't know what happened or how she gotten Monica on the ground but she was on top of her slapping and punching her repeatedly until she felt herself being lifted off of her. She knew it was Shane and for some reason an evil laugh escaped her while she tried to turn around in his arms to turn the blows on him.

"Calm down Merc-"

SMACK

Mercedes threw her head back smacking him and making him drop her, when she regained her posture she turned and jumped on him causing him to hit the wall. She saw so much red and just started punching him as tears started to fall down her face. How could he do this to her, how could he say he loved her and then sleep with this hoe. Shane was able to grab her arms and stop her from hitting any longer, she fought against until she couldn't any longer. She just fell to the floor crying.

"Why would you do this? Why did you do this to me?" She asked softly before standing up and leaving. She was embarrassed and didn't want to give him or Monica the satisfaction of seeing her crying. She ran back to her apartment stamming her door so hard she knocked a picture off the wall. She let out a scream and fell on her couch crying until she went numb. She just wanted to forget the past day and half, she wanted to take it all back, she wanted to go home.

"Mercy..." She heard Shane say softly. She shot up and ran to him ready to slap him again but he stopped her. He grabbed her hands and pulled her into him and hugged her tightly until he felt her soften. She didn't want to be crying in his arms but she was, she was broken and couldn't make herself pull away. She felt him pick her up and walk her to her room and lay her down before laying next to her cuddle her while she sobbed.

"Why? Wasn't I enough?" She asked pulling away from him. She didn't leave the bed but she didn't want his grimy hands on her.

"Cedes, it's nothing like that… I fucked up." He said sitting up and looking at her back.

"No shit. Why did you even come here last night? If you were getting some you should've just let me be… I trusted you! I gave you my whole body and then you turn around go fuck Monica!" She replied feeling her anger come back. She had a slight headache from crying and need some ice for her hand that was hurting.

"Mercy, I really don't know what to say. I got scared when you started showing me how much you loved me it scared me and you were always so kind and there when I needed to talk to someone. I started feeling like wasn't good enough and when I came over to talk to you I ran into Monica and she was just throwing it at me. I gave into weakness and since you were firm on waiting until marriage I didn't think we would go as far as we did last night. I went to tell Monica that we had to stop and she said she was going to tell you if I had. I panicked..." He said. Mercedes looked at him not believing a word he was saying.

"Just get out, You come here with some tired lie and think I'm just going to crumble at your words. WHAT YOU DID DOESN'T EXCUSE THAT YOU PLAYED ME FOR A DAMN FOOL!" She said pointing at the door.

"Baby, don't do this, let me show you I'm sorry. Let me prove to you I can make up for what I did. Give me a chance." He said walking over to her. She stepped back and shook her head. She wasn't about to be one of those women who forgave so easily. She wasn't going to be played for a fool again.

"Leave and don't call me, don't text me just keep doing all the shit you've been doing. I don't deserve this and you don't deserve me." She said with her head held high, her heart was breaking but she didn't let him see it. He tried to speak again but she held her hand up and pointed to the door.

"I'll make up for this. I promise." He said before leaving. She went to the door and locked to before sliding down it and crying.

The Present

Mercedes picked herself up off the floor and refused to allow Tanks words to dampen the day she had and the night she was going to have with Sam. She went over to her computer to finish working and saw she had a new email.

Hi! My fiance and I are absolutely in love with your work and would love to hire you as our photographer! I know this is going to sound crazy but we're getting married in two weeks and we understand that last minute means higher cost and we're willing to pay! Please let us know if you're able to do it!

Thanks,

Keith + J

She smiled at the email and let out a small laugh, she loved when couples said that cost didn't matter. She never abused it but it made it easier to quote and she shot them an email asking about date, time and venue so she could quote them properly. After sending over the email she turned her music up and began tackling editing the past engagement she had done and got totally lost in her work. She took her glasses off and rubbed her eyes, she looked at the time and it was 7 o'clock. She looked for her phone and saw she had a few messages from Sam.

Hey, had to stay over but I'll be there around 7:30- S

I know you're probably knee deep in your editing but I want you to take a break before I get there. -S

Headed that way. -S

She smiled at the messages and figured she had enough time make somewhat of an effort to look nice. She hurried to her room and changed into a simple dress and let her hair down, then to her bathroom to freshen up and put her contacts in then spraying a little perfume on her body. She knew he liked how she smelled because he would always try to sneak and smell her neck. She looked at herself in the mirror somewhat pleased with how she looked, she shook her hair and let it fall naturally before winking at herself then returning back to her computer. Right as she sat down she heard Sam shuffling outside her door and went over and opened it.

"Hey Merce- wow you look great. Did that for me?" He said smiling at her and looking her over once more.

"Funny how you think everything is about you Evans." She replied biting her lip and smiling. She moved aside so he could enter and caught him inhale and heard him groan before walking towards her kitchen.

Mhmm.. that smell good! What is it?" She asked snaking her way in between him and the counter so she could look in the bag. Sam wrapped his arms around her, resting his chin on her shoulder before planting soft kisses on her neck. She felt so amazing against him and his hunger for food quickly faded as a new hunger grew. She turned around giving him a sweet look and placed her hands on his face pulling him in to a deep kiss. Gently nibbling on his bottom lip then sucking on it before her tongue entered his mouth and began dancing with his. Sam let out a soft groan before pulling away and taking a step back.

"Let's just go straight to dessert." He said grabbing the second bag and taking her hand in his and heading to her room.

SOOOOOOO... That flashback though? Let's just say Mercy is pretty feisty lol The next chapter will go there but not in the way you're expecting. I fully intend on throwing in a curve ball lol