A/N: Our girl's back! She's still lost though.. lol

Chapter 12

Listen to Your Less Drunk Friend

So let me just say this, that night when my brother went all philosophical on me I really did think long and hard about what decision I needed to make and no I did not do anything crazy… at first, see what had happened was Nicole came over and…

"So tell me everything and don't leave shit out also did… Marcus talk about me?" Nicole asked as soon as she walked inside my apartment.

"It was a shit show! My ex was there and my moma was tripping, my daddy was tripping too and Marcus was just there… girl I kinda went off and told them I've been fucking." I said taking a sip of wine ignoring the look on Nicole's face.

"Bish whet? You told your moma you and Sam been dancing naked? You nasty but continue." She replied laughing.

"It just came out after Anthony sat there all smug like he didn't cheat on me, like he was touching my thigh and smiling at me and shit. I had to threaten to stab him with my fork but he was still acting like everything was kosher, like the crazy thing was Sam's reaction he was low-key with the shit and then it went left left."

"So what are you going to do? Are you going to call him?"

"I want to but my moma made a good point about him wanting somethings that I may not want right now." I said looking at my phone knowing I wanted to text him.

"Like what?"

"Shit I don't know babies, marriage… someone to start a life with."

"Oh wow… that is heavy. Damn so Marcus didn't mention me?" Nicole asked making me laugh.

"Bitch! No but I did, you know I got your back." I said nudging her before sighing. "Ima call him!"

"And say what? Like did he even break up with you or was it just him leaving so you could fix things with Moma Jones?" Damn.. we been slacking cause I didn't think of that either.

"Wait, I didn't think of that. Shittt. Come on, let's do a drive by." I said getting up too fast then realizing I might have drunk more than I thought.

"Girl no! Let's just call him and see what he doing." Nicole said handing me my phone scooting closer so she could hear.

Hello?

Ah… heyyy!

Mercedes, are you okay?

"Shit do I sound drunk?" I asked covering the phone and Nicole nodded yes before laughing.

Mercedes?

I'm here and I'm fine… how are you?

I'm good… it's been a while.

I mean you could come over and change that.

"Bitch you're drunk and I'm here!" Nicole said giving me a crazy look.

So you're drinking… call me back when you're sober and I'll reconsider that offer.

What if I don't offer it again though?

Then I won't come over.

Fine.

Fine.

Good.

Good night Ms. Jones.

Did he revert back to calling you Ms. Jones? Bitch he being petty!

"So now what because you shouldn't have called him." Nicole said.

"Bitch you told me to call him instead of pulling up!" I replied looking at her like she lost her mind.

"And when has listening to me ever been a good thing?" Oop.. she do have a point.

"Come on!" I said putting my glass down and calling an Uber. "We're about to go somewhere."

"No the hell we ain't going anywhere! You need sit here and sober up before you go and do something stupid… again."

To late.

"Girl what are you doing?"

"I can't pop up looking like this!" I replied staggering slightly and taking my oversize shirt off and grabbing a sexy pair of underwear with a bra to match then walking over to my closet and grabbing a LBD.

"Merce look I get you want some but this is not going to end well." Nicole said giving me a look that I probably should heed but…

"It'll be fine, I'm just going to show my face and then leave."

Okay sooo… this is where things get a little sticky. Everyone listen to your less drunk friend because sometimes they be knowing shit you don't know. Like…

"Are you coming?" I asked when the Uber arrived and she shook her head no.

"Nah, I'm going to sit my ass right here and wait for you to call me to come get you." She has no faith in us..

"Well you know where everything is and don't sleep in my bed naked!" I shouted before walking out with Nicole shaking her head.

Sam

"I don't think it's a bad idea for you to weigh you options when it comes to the new course curriculum, we have to change it up to keep our students intrigued." I said internally rolling my eyes because this damn meeting was lasting longer than needed.

"I agree and we should definitely expand on how we involve our TA's, we should offer the position to more than one student so that the weight is evenly distributed and their course loads aren't heavier than needed." Evelyn, another creative writing teacher replied and I just nodded because I figured if I didn't respond we could end there.

"I also feel as though having these meeting in an informal setting makes them more enjoyable, so thank you Sam for hosting." Jessica head of their department said with a smile.

"It was my pleasure." I said standing up when I heard the knock at my door. "Excuse me for a moment."

I walked over not expecting anyone else to join our meeting but also hoping it was a way to end it early, I opened the door and immediately regretting that latter and quickly moved outside grabbing Mercedes's hand and pulling her along.

"Hi!" She said sweetly. Why me…

"Mercedes not that I'm not happy to see you but what are you doing here? How did you get here… did you drive in this condition?" I asked and the look on her face told me I asked too many questions far to quickly.

"I got an Uber, are you going to invited me inside?" She asked walking back towards my door a little faster than I expected. I caught up with her just as Jessica opened the door giving me a confused smile then looking at Mercedes who was giving a look that was going to cause some issues.

"Everything okay out here?" Jessica asked.

"Yes, I just need a moment with Ms. Jones." I replied and the look Mercedes gave me said so much and when she started to laugh, and it wasn't a laugh that implied joy, I knew the shit was about to hit the fan.

"Oh she's a student? Why is she here?" Jessica asked her professional voice returning and there was hint of something else but I didn't have time to delve into it.

"Aren't students allowed to speak to their professors outside of class?" Mercedes asked.

"Of course, it's just this is his home and you being here is very inappropriate, dressed like that… people might think something negatively about the two of you." Jessica replied almost talking down to her. Ugh… she doesn't like that, this about to get bad do something!

"It's fine, we're just going to finish our conversation and I'll be back inside." I said moving in between them both and waiting for Jessica to go back inside. I turned and gave Mercedes a knowing look which she countered with the cutest smile making me let out a breath.

"You shouldn't have come tonight Mercedes."

"Oh, I'm Mercedes again… is she your new girlfriend? Hey if she is it's cool I mean it's not like we're together right… right?" She said shaking her head and I could tell she was embarrassed. "I'm just going to call Nicole and tell her she was right, sorry I interrupted your night."

"Wait, I'm in a staff meeting. That woman is head of my department and you showing up here obviously drunk is an issue."

"She doesn't want to just be colleagues with you otherwise who ever else is in the 'staff meeting' would've came looking for you too." She said walking away leaving me standing there and sure enough Jessica reemerged and walked over to where I was standing.

"Everything sorted?" She asked and I looked at her for a moment taking what Mercedes said into consideration.

"I think we can end the meeting for tonight." I replied looking back and seeing Mercedes get into a car.

"Well I took the liberty of sending Evelyn home so maybe we can get some drinks or something to finish off the rest of the conversation." She asked and I sighed.

"I don't particularly like drinking when I'm discussing work, which is why I was drinking water."

"Well we could just get drinks and not talk about work." You know at some point we're going to need address your aloofness towards the opposite sex dude.

"No thanks, good night Jessica." I said letting out a sigh and walking back inside allowing her to grab her things first before locking up grabbing a beer.

Three Months Later

"With finals coming up, there won't be any outside work beside your final papers. Now we will start pulling prompts and this means no one will have the same paper, you are not allowed to get any assistance from anyone else. So this row please come up and pull your prompt and write down which one you have on the board please." I said looking at all my students before looking at Mercedes who was chatting with Mr. Puckerman. Kinda sucks having such an attractive student, especially one you've seen naked not acknowledge your presence doesn't it?

After that night, I tried to contact her but she would never respond and whenever we were in class she made sure to only answer questions that were directed to her… admittedly I made her answer plenty of questions which seemed to piss her off more than anything. I made sure to put in just enough prompts leaving her without one so she would have to talk to me after class.

Mercedes

"So how long are you two going to keep eye fucking each other until one of you give in?" Noah asked and I shot him a look.

"I am not eye fucking that man besides… after embarrassing myself I just took it as a sign that maybe I should sit my ass down for a minute because clearly I'm a crazy when it comes to dick." I responded looking at Sam again and fought the smile that wanted to form. Why must he be so fine.

"So because YOU went over there drunk you're icing him out? Why not explain that you were just embarrassed and didn't know how to address you popping up like you did." Uh-uh why he being logical he know I don't thrive on logic.

"Explain what? I accused him of being with someone else without even figuring out if he had actually broken up with me to begin with and it's not like he quickly eased my mind in that moment." I replied as we both got up to get our prompts.

"Seems to me it's a lot of miscommunication and you need to stop acting like a three year old and deal with it, even if it means you two aren't… whatever you two were at least there won't be any real animosity."

I just nodded because deep down I knew he was right and would have to face the music eventually but for now I was perfectly content with be a coward for a little while longer, when I reached the bucket there wasn't any papers left. I lifted the bucket to make sure there weren't any that had fallen but again nothing. Looks like you're going to have to talk to him.

"Sa- Mr. Evans, I don't have a prompt." I said cursing myself from almost saying his first name.

"I must have miscounted, meet me in my office after class and I'll draw you up one." He replied and I narrowed my eyes at him to which he return with a blank look.

"You can just give me one now." I said and felt the rest of class looking at me and his eyebrow rose while the corners of his lips turned upward slightly.

"I could but that would imply that I have enough time to spend on you while I clearly have a class full of other students." Sneaky bastard.

"I am one of those said students correct?" I said stepping closer to him giving him a look.

"Yes, Ms. Jones but you aren't the only one." He retorted and for some damn reason that Sam Smith song popped in my head. Just don't say something stupid and embarrass us aga-

"Hmm… ain't that what Sam Smith said?" I asked placing a hand on my hip and tilting my head slightly. I felt my eyes grow big when he stood and make quick strides until he was right in front of me looking at me intensely. Bite him. You know what ignore me this time… I'm tripping.

"I will see you after class and don't you dare try to run away." He whispered and I had to shake off the sudden rush heat that flowed over my body.

"Just give me a prompt please." I replied and he just gave me a look before walking away. So we can we low key admit this is mad sexy? No? Okay that's what I thinking…

I went back to my seat letting out an annoyed breath, feeling eyes on me from the other students who had watched the encounter while Sam stood back in front of the class discussing how the papers would be a large portion of our grades and that for the rest of the term that should be our only focus.

"Alright we'll end there and Ms. Jones meet me in my office so that I can give you a prompt." He said looking directly at me and had to look away from his glare. I looked a Noah who was trying to hold in a laugh and I hit him before gathering my things and walking out towards his office. I got there before he did and thankfully so because I needed a minute to figure out what I was going to say also it didn't hurt that it still gave me a chance to make up an excuse so I wouldn't have to be alone with him for too long.

"Whatever scheme you're plotting it won't work." I jumped slightly at how close his voice sounded and before I could turn around I saw his arm reaching pass me and unlocking his door. I ignored the tingle that rushed throughout my body when his hand lightly brushed my shoulder, he nudged me forward with a slight push and when I walked in he followed closing the door behind him.

"So my prompt please." I said hoping it would get me out of there sooner.

"What are you doing for Christmas break?" He asked completely ignoring what I just said and I shot him a confused look.

"I- I don't know, I'm most likely spending it with my family like I always do, what does that have to do with my prompt?" I asked and he just looked at me for a moment before nodding and letting out a sigh.

"Come with me." Girl… where we going? STAPPP!

"Come with you where?"

"My cabin." He responded. Wait so he want us to come with him to his cabin… in the woods? Girl… I mean it could go one of two ways, it could be extremely sexy and romantic or it could be like that movie Chris Hemsworth was in and we die. Bitch really?

"We haven't talked in three months and now you want me to go to the woods with you?" I asked raising an eyebrow at him and he just smirked moving closer to me and I felt stuck before I felt myself being pushed back until my back hit his desk.

"Who's fault is that?" He asked nipping at my lips making grow warm all over.

"Yours." I responded and he chuckled shaking his head.

"I wasn't the one that came over to your place drunk in a sexy black dress and then getting mad when the outcome you expected didn't happen." Not him checking you.

"Clearly we remember that night differently." I quipped looking at his eyes noticing they were darker. "What are we doing anyway, this push and pull… what is it?"

"If you stop playing games, we would probably figure that out but you like to play games Mercedes and I don't." He replied placing a tender kiss to my neck making me shudder slightly before moving up to my ear biting it softly and slipping and hand under the hem of my shirt lightly caressing my skin.

"I..I'm not playing ga-games, I just… mmm." I started but was quickly distracted by his hand moving further up my shirt as his lips latched onto mine. It felt so good to feel his plump lips against mine again, I wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him closer as he adjusted so that he was in between my legs before he lifted me and placed me on his desk.

"Let me take you on a proper date then." He said in between kisses.

"We… we need to figure out wh-what-" Damn his lips feel so good! Mhm and his hands feel like fire.

"Sam, I was thinking we could-" We both jumped when we heard the voice and Sam looked over his shoulder before saying shit. Oh hell… this is about to be some a whole problem, close your legs girl.

"I see we need to have a formal meeting regarding this situation." Jessica said furrowing her brows at me before shooting Sam a look.

Should've listened to your moma.. and Nicole.

Soooooo... they seriously need to talk, like seriously! Also Jessica will be an issue.. for now lol Nicole will be dropping some major truth bombs on our girl but fully expect Mercedes to well be Mercedes lol until next time XOXO!