***Meeting the Family now...I hope yall enjoy my version of Sam's Family. More glee members will appear here. Let me know what yall think of the Evans family. Who do you like? Oh yeah Long Chapter...a lot of info crammed in here lol.

The rest of the ride was pretty relaxed between the two of them. Mercedes hair had puffed up at the end of her hat that allowed them to joke about it for a minute. Watching her laugh at his lame jokes made him realize just how pretty she looked with her hair out and instead of that tight bun she usually sported. He also noticed her hitting ignore on her cell phone every once in a while. From where he was he could see the name of the screen flash "Do Not Answer!" He figured it must have been Finn because each time he would call her mood would change till he made another joke to calm her down.

"Well, we're here! This is where I grew up!" he announced as he got off on the exit. Mercedes smiled as she took in the surroundings. It was something straight out of a postcard. So much green and the flowers that were blooming everywhere just took her breath away. It was as if God himself painted the town for the season.

"This is beautiful, Sam!" she stated softly. It was said so soft he almost thought he'd imagined it. He smiled as he drove past his old hang out spot before he had moved to Ohio, that was where he chilled with his friends and got into trouble. "Why did your parents ever move to Ohio?" she asked turning to look his way.

"Well we fell on some hard times and my dad was offered a job there so we relocated and then he lost his job and moved right back here and never left since. I, on the other hand, had already fell in love with Ohio so I came back my senior year and never moved back." He replied turning down another block. "We're almost there! I can smell my mom's cooking already!" he smiled looking over at her.

"So…who did you live with in Ohio?"

"Will Schuester, one of my teachers, he spoke with my parents and they were okay with it and the rest is history." He replied as he drove over a bridge. Mercedes watched as people jogged and walked their dog and others were on a boat enjoying what looked like a man-made lake. It was all too perfect.

"This place is way too pretty!" she stated again as she gazed out the window. Sam smiled at her as he turned down a residential street. "You left this place for Ohio?" she asked not looking over at him. He looked her way just as he drove over a speed bump which made her chest bounce and his eyes couldn't stop gazing back at them as he would get to another speed bump.

"And here we are! I bought them this house before I even bought my own house." He said proudly. "I wanted them to never have to worry or go through what we went through!" he pulled into a nice country style home that looked something straight out of a movie. It fit perfectly with the picturesque neighborhood that he pulled into. It was obvious that they had a lot of backyard parties and lazy afternoons on the porch swing sipping on some homemade lemonade. There were several cars parked in the driveway so she was assumed they were the last to arrive. Sam wasn't even fully parked when a slim blonde woman came outside with her arms stretched out towards them with a smile that could light up the world. "That's my mother!" Sam said with so much joy in his voice as he parked and turned off the car and ran out to join her.

"Sammy! You're home!" she stated as she wrapped her arms around him. Mercedes smiled as she stepped out of the car and stood patiently near it as she watched them embrace. "It feels like it's been years since I last saw you!"

"I was just here a few months ago!" he laughed as he hugged her tight.

"Ahh I guess…maybe you're right!" she looked over his shoulder and caught Mercedes eyes and pushed him aside lightly. "Is this my soon to be daughter in law?" she asked walking over to Mercedes.

"Ummm…" Mercedes looked over to Sam as she was pulled in for a tight hug from the slim woman. Mercedes couldn't help but laugh as she wrapped her arms around her and gave her several pats on the back.

"Uh…mom…this is Mercedes…my uh…girlfriend." He introduced. Mercedes looked at him and tried to stifle the laugh that wanted to bubble out of her lips. "Mercedes…this is my mom!"

"Nice to meet you Mrs. Evans!" Mercedes said stepping out of the hug.

"Oh just look at how pretty you are…your skin is just…oh my…I am just so happy you came! Come…come…let Sammy get your bags!" she stated pulling Mercedes away. Mercedes turned and looked at Sam as he laughed and shook his head. "You have to meet my husband Dwight and by the way call me Joan!" she rambled. Mercedes tried to keep up with her as she dragged her into the kitchen where a couple of them were waiting. "You guys…this is the love of Sam's life, Mercedes!"

"Really? Did she just really introduce me as the love of his life?" Mercedes thought to herself as she entered a room full of blondes of different shades.

"Nice to meet you, Mercedes, don't let my wife freak you out we all don't think like she does!" a husky blonde male stated as he walked over to her and gave her a side hug. "Welcome to the family, though, I am Dwight!" he stated before breaking into a laughing fit. Mercedes smiled shyly as she looked at him enjoy his own joke.

"Dad, the joke isn't funny if you're the only one laughing!" another dirty blonde male stated. He looked like a younger version of Sam himself, but instead of those piercing green eyes, his were a cool cobalt blue. "Hey Mercedes, I'm Steven but everyone calls me Stevie!" he shook her hand and then pulled her close to him as he spoke softly. "I am the only sane one in this family, trust me!"

"I heard that, Stevie!" Dwight stated as he down a beer and walked out to the backyard where another male stood playing with a dog. Mercedes turned her gaze to what she wanted to assume was Sam's sister as she turned and looked Mercedes from her shoes to her hair and then she smiled. Stevie looked more like Sam's twin than Stacy did. She looked like a replica of her mother with bleach blonde hair that was cut in an asymmetrical bob.

"Hey!" she said then turned back around bending to grab a drink out of the fridge. Mercedes wasn't too sure if that was what she expected but she replied anyway.

"Hey, you must be Stacy! Sam told me all about you!" she lied having only heard of the little girl on the ride there. Stacy turned, holding a bottle of Pepsi and arched her eyebrows with concern.

"He did?" she asked quizzically. Just then Sam walked in with their luggage and stared at them. "Sam, what did you tell your girlfriend about me? I hope it wasn't lies!" Sam looked at her in shock and then back at Mercedes who shrugged back at him.

"Is that how I'm greeted here now with accusations?" he asked looking at his mom. Stacy shook her head and walked over to him and gave him a hug. He wrapped his arm around her and lifted her up slightly. "I missed you too and what's this I hear about you having a boyfriend?"

"Yes I do and I would appreciate it if you didn't give him a hard time. He's outside playing with Bruno. I just came to get a drink for him." she replied as she walked past them. Sam watched as she walked out and hugged a boy just about her height and hand him the drink.

"Mercedes, let me show you to Sammy's room since you will be sleeping in there." his mother stated taking her hand. Mercedes looked over at Sam in shock then back at his mom as she dragged her once again up the stairs. "Come on Sammy!"

"Uh…we're sleeping in the same room?"

"Uh…yes sweetie! I know what you youngsters do so there's no reason to separate the lovebirds." She chimed. "Plus, you need practice if you're going to give me 5 beautiful curly haired babies with beautiful skin like yours!" Mercedes turned to look at Sam who seemed to have gotten sidetracked by her bouncing ass in front of him as they went up the stairs. Now she was starting to see what Sam meant about her putting so much pressure on Sam. She passed by a door that was closed and the sound of water was running, she stopped and knocked lightly just as Stevie was coming up the stairs. "Dani sweetie, are you alright? You've been in there for quite some time!" Mercedes looked over at Sam as he inched his way behind her grazing her ass slightly before heading towards the bedroom.

"Dani?" Stevie said as he knocked as well.

"Really Sam?" she asked and shook her head as he gave her a lopsided grin and entered the bedroom.

"I'm alright!" a woman's voice said from behind the door. Joan looked over at Stevie with the look of concern as he shrugged and went back down the stairs.

"Mercedes, Sam told me you're a doctor…can you talk to her and make sure she's alright?" she asked. Mercedes eyes widened as she forced a smile to the woman.

"I'm a therapist…I think she may need to see a general practioner or a family doctor perhaps."

"I'm fine you guys I promise!" the young woman said as she stepped out of the bathroom and placed a fake smile on her face. "I just ate something that my stomach didn't really agree with!" she looked at Joan and then at Mercedes. "I don't believe we've met? I'm Dani…Stevie's girlfriend!" she extended her hand and then pulled it back. "It's okay if you don't wanna shake it."

"Oh no it's fine, I'm Mercedes."

"Dr. Mercedes Jones, just so you know!" Joan added winking at Dani. Mercedes smiled and nodded to confirm what Sam's mother said. "She's Stevie's brother's girlfriend…you'll meet Sam when we gather around the bonfire later tonight.

"That's cool!" she smiled and nodded. "Well I'm going to go find Stevie."

"Wait for me, Dani! I want to give you some ginger tea to settle that stomach of yours okay!" she looked over at Mercedes and pointed towards the room Sam went into. "You go right ahead and get settled. No rush coming to join us, ya hear!" she winked at Mercedes again and then placed her arms around Dani as they went down the steps. Mercedes turned and walked to the room where Sam was lying back and just staring at the ceiling.

"You left me out there with all that craziness going on?" she walked over and kicked him lightly. He sat up and gave her that sexy lopsided grin of his.

"That's my family alright!" he looked over at her as she sat next to him and laid back the way he was and stared at the ceiling. He smiled and laid back down placing his hands behind his head.

"Five kids, Sam!"

"Yeah…I told you!"

"She's already putting pressure on my uterus and you told her we weren't that serious!" she looked over at him. He chuckled because this was the norm for him. "She even thinks we're going to have sex in here!" Sam tensed up as the thought started to play out in his head. He could only imagine all the positions he could put her in. "Sam…stop…you've been doing well so far…don't mess it up!" she stated as if she could read his mind. "Did you bring your meds?" she asked turning his way completely. He looked at her lips as she spoke. He never realized how plump they looked. He wanted to trace them with his tongue. "What am I doing? I never kiss! Why do I wanna kiss her so bad?" he thought to himself.

"Yeah I brought em!" he replied getting up and walking towards the door. "I'm going downstairs!" he stated opening the door and walking out. He needed to get away from her because there was no meds in the world that could control the urge he had to pull her on top of him just then.

Sam made his way down the steps receiving a text message from Artie telling him to read his emails the moment he had a chance. He was on vacation for crying out loud! Couldn't this wait till Monday? But he knew if Artie was texting him that it must be something urgent, so he pulled up his emails as he made his way to the living room. In there he found his brother cuddled up with his girlfriend on the couch watching TV.

"Look at my baby bro!" Sam said as he walked over to them. His brother stood and smiled embracing his older brother.

"Yeah I'm not a baby anymore!" he smiled then looked back at his girlfriend. She got up, wrapping her arms around Stevie and looked over at Sam as Stevie introduced them. "This is my girlfriend Danielle but we all call her Dani and Dani this is my brother…"

"Sam Evans Owner of Sigs products!" she cut him off and finished smiling as she extended her hand to Sam. Sam nodded slightly impressed as he checked her out. She was very pretty and looked exactly like what he assumed Stevie's girl would look like. She had the sides of her hair shaved low with blonde hair that was dyed since her dark roots were showing. She was wearing a loose tee and some bleached torn jeans and boots to finish off her look. It was weird to Sam that he wasn't experiencing any urges at all with her although she was very pretty.

"Yeah I forgot she's a complete stan for you, bro!" Stevie added rolling his eyes. Sam looked at Stevie to see if there was any jealousy in how he said that but he couldn't find any. He still looked at the girl as if she was everything to him.

"I'm sorry but he's brilliant! Most of his software and hardware are being used on things that the ordinary person, such as you, wouldn't even know he created!" Dani continued. "I can't wait to see what the Sig2 looks like and hope you decide to go with Microsoft instead of Apple."

"Okay now I am impressed! How did you know about that?" Sam asked putting his phone back in his pocket. He figured he'd rather just call Artie in a few and ask what was going on.

"Like I said…she stans for you! And she's graduating in computer science soon." Stevie boasted. Sam watched the young girl blush and give her boyfriend a quick squeeze before looking away.

"Oh really? What are your plans after you graduate?"

"I don't know yet…Stevie wants to move to L.A. but I really haven't decided yet!"

"Well give me a ring once you graduate and I'll see if I can help you find something." Sam stated handing her his business card. "I will talk to you two later, I have an important business call to make right now." He stated excusing himself as they sat back down to cuddle again. He dialed Artie's cell phone number knowing he was probably out of the office by now.

"Did you read the email?" Artie asked immediately. "I hope you did because I really need you to talk to Sue about it!"

"No I haven't read the email…I was hoping you can just tell me what's going on!" Sam replied as he made his way out to the backyard and watched his father barbeque with Stacy and her boyfriend.

"Well seems like the Apple deal is a flush! We have to go with Microsoft!" Artie stated. Sam sighed and shook his head and began to pace as he remembered why they couldn't go with Microsoft. He prayed that Sue can work her magic on Penny to get this deal to go through or else he just wasted almost all the company's money on a product that was going to be shelved.

Mercedes finally stepped down the stairs to join everyone else after unpacking all of her things. She laughed at how domestic she felt when she also unpacked Sam's bags as well. She was happy to see the room equipped with a lazy boy that she would gladly make Sam sleep in tonight. As she stepped down she noticed Stevie and Dani in the living room and Sam's mother in the kitchen. She decided to go to the kitchen and help her out.

"Need any help, Mrs. Evans?" Mercedes asked as she looked at her seasoning some chicken. She looked up at Mercedes and smiled warmly.

"Call me Joan, Mercedes, and yes please! Wash your hands and put on an apron!" she instructed pointing to where there was a spare. Mercedes smiled and walked over to wash her hands at the sink behind her. "You will definitely need the apron to protect that cute outfit you have on! I saw the way Sam was looking at you and I can predict some baby making in the near future." She sang and wiggled her butt. Mercedes had to pause and hold in her laughter at how blunt this woman was about her and Sam having sex.

"Uh…Mrs…I mean Joan…Sam and I haven't…uh…" she felt uncomfortable having this conversation with a woman she had only met moments ago. She dried her hands and made way to the apron and tied it around herself before sitting on stool and chucking some corn. "We've only been seeing each other a couple weeks!"

"Oh dear lord, Mercedes! Please do not tell me that you are one of those ninety days probation girls!" she stopped seasoning and walked to the fridge and pulled out some onions and bell peppers for Mercedes to cut.

"We're just taking things slow!"

"Listen, don't listen to that bald headed man, Steve Harvey!" she stated shocking Mercedes. "Oh I know Steve Harvey, I watch his show and I love him on Family Feud but the man doesn't know diddly about love. He's been married 3 times! Are you going to listen to him or me, who's been married to the same son of a biscuit, hunky man out there for thirty years?" she asked. Mercedes leaned back and looked at Sam's father and smiled. He was definitely a fine piece of man but Sam's mother was beautiful as well. "Don't look too long or I might have to cut you!" she stated pointing the knife at Mercedes and then laughing. Mercedes laughed nervously as she took the knife and began to cut the bell peppers.

"You might have a point there, Mrs. Evans…I mean Joan."

"Listen, I know everyone thinks I am crazy obsessed with love but how can I not be when I am surrounded by it daily. I just want my kids to be happy and in love. I'm happy that they all are now." She shook her head and began peeling potatoes.

"Sam and I aren't there yet…like I said we've only known each other a couple weeks." She lied. They barely knew each other more than 3 weeks.

"You're special to him, trust me! He hasn't brought a girl home since that Quinn girl. And I know he wouldn't just bring a random girl to meet us. Trust me, he loves you he just doesn't know it yet!" She added. She was right on one thing that Mercedes wasn't random but she could see how disappointed she would be in Sam if she knew that she was only his therapist.

"Maybe in time, we'll get there!"

"I'm going to tell you something I always tell my Sammy boy over there." She leaned forward causing Mercedes to pause and lean as well. "Love knows no time and time shows no love!" Mercedes paused and allowed that to marinate and then smiled at her. She looked over to where Sam sat on his phone outside pacing, seemingly on a business call and rubbing his head in frustration. "Look at my son over there just begging for attention and love. I know you can give him what he needs. I can see it in your eyes." She nodded in agreement with herself and then smiled. "You should go and give him a nice kiss and show him some appreciation and love! Make a believer out of him!" Mercedes eyes widened as she looked back at Joan in horror. How was she to explain that she couldn't kiss him? "Go ahead, we don't mind PDA around here!" she stated handing Mercedes a towel to wipe her hands and shooing her out of the kitchen.

"Um…okay!" Mercedes said to herself as she slowly walked over to where Sam was still pacing. She turned to look at Joan who in turn gave her two thumbs up and stood to watch it all happen. She passed by Dani and Stevie who were pretty much making out on the couch and then she was behind Sam. He was on the phone and didn't notice she was behind him till she stepped in front of him. "Sam?"

"Artie…gimme one second!" he stated placing the phone on mute and looking down at Mercedes who seemed nervous about something. She looked behind him and bit her bottom lip and looked up at his eyes. "Is everything alright, Mer…" she cut him off by inching up and grabbing each side of his face and placing her lips on his. She was about to move back when it finally registered to him that she was kissing him, but he pulled her back into him. Placing one hand on the small of her back he pushed her into him and closed his eyes as he enjoyed the feel of her plump lips on his. He was just on the verge of slipping his tongue past her parted lips when she finally got loose from his embrace and then walked away. Mercedes left him standing there dumbfounded as she walked back over to a cheering Joan. She couldn't deny the feeling that she received once their lips touched and he grabbed her. God, could she really be crushing on her patient now?