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Baby S
Chapter Five
Mercedes looked herself over in the hallway mirror before entering the living room, Sam and his family were going to be there in another half hour. As she entered the living room, Micah looked up from whatever phone call he was currently on. "Alright man let me talk to you later." he said quickly hanging up the phone, releasing a whistle he looked at his sister and shook his head. "You need to go back upstairs and change right now young lady." he smirked at the look of shock she was sending him and smiled brightly. "You know I'm just joking but geez you guys are taking this little get together real serious." he said with a shake of his head.
"It is serious, my parents are meeting my boyfriend's parents."
"All this for a high school relationship though," he said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Seems a bit much." he flinched when his mother walked out of the kitchen and popped him upside the head. "Why'd you do that Mom?" he asked as he tilted his head back so he could look at his mother who just pointed at him. He knew that look, it meant that he had better behave himself or else. "What I'm just saying what we're all thinking?"
"No you aren't Micah." Ashala Jones snapped out as she looked at her son. "We wanted to meet the boy's parents so you better behave tonight. You're a twenty-three year old man act your age. That boy is really sweet and he's good to our daughter, your sister -so you better not mess with him." she said as she walked back into the kitchen. Micah looked over at Mercedes and sighed while rubbing a hand over his face.
"Mom's right you better behave tonight. I know you wanna mess with Sam but this dinner is really important to the both of us." Micah held up a hand and nodded his head while standing up from the sofa.
"Alright I'll behave for now." When all he got was a look from Mercedes, he laughed and shrugged his shoulders. "What? He's still dating my baby sister, I gotta put the boy through some changes."
"Micah!" Ashala Jones yelled from the kitchen.
"But Ma!"
"No Micah Jones you leave them alone." Micah's shoulders slumped at that and Mercedes couldn't resist the smile that came on her face at the sight. Sometimes her brother was nothing but a big old baby.
"I guess I'm gonna have to leave you guys alone." he snapped his fingers to show his disappointment. "I suppose there's always tomorrow." he said as he looked at his sister who just shook her head at him.
"Just make sure you behave tonight." Micah gave her a brief salute just as their father entered the living room.
"Yo Dad please tell me you plan on grilling Mercedes' little boyfriend." Vincent Jones looked over at his son and shook his head.
"Boy please, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that he's a good kid." he said waving him off, "Baby have you seen my favorite tie?" he called out as he walked towards the kitchen. Mercedes placed her hands on her hips and looked up at her brother with a smirk on her features.
"See no one's backing you now so what are you going to do."
"Wait till next time." he said as he patted his sister on the shoulder and then walked out of the room. Mercedes turned to follow him with her eyes and just shook her head. Micah certainly was pushing the issue. She guessed him walking in on her and Sam sleeping on the sofa had made him a little uneasy but really he should have gotten over it by now.
Sam was sitting in the back with his siblings when Stevie reached up and tugged on his sleeve. "Yeah Stevie?" he asked as he looked out the window and watched as their car moved closer and closer down the road towards the Jones' house.
"You sure Mercedes is gonna like this." he asked as he held up the rose that he insisted on getting for Mercedes when Sam and his father had went into the flower shop to get Mercedes and her mother three roses a piece. Although it wasn't much, his mother and father refused to enter the Jones' household without a gift for the women living there.
"Yeah buddy I'm sure she's gonna love it." Stevie settled back in his seat and nodded his head while Sam began loosening the tie around his neck.
"Good." he said with a small smile as he looked at the rose in his hands. They arrived at the Jones' home a few minutes later. Sam helped Stevie and Stacie out of the backseat while his parents went on ahead of them to go ring the doorbell. As he and his siblings walked up the drive he saw Mercedes at the door embracing his mother and then introducing herself to his father.
"Hello Ms. Mercedes Jones." his father replied with a large smile as he pulled the girl into his arms and gave her a quick hug. "I've heard so much about you and I personally want to thank you for the lovely idea you had about Disney-Potter marathons. Those are a godsend." he said with a smile as Sam's mother lightly hit on the back while smiling. Mercedes smiled up at his father and gave him a quick head nod.
"Glad I could help." she as Stevie ran up to her holding out his yellow rose. Mercedes grinned as he stopped directly in front of her and hoisted the single rose up high.
"For you."
"Why thank you, Stevie." she said as she took the offered rose, bending down she placed a soft kiss on his cheek. Sam watched as his brother blushed furiously while looking up at his girlfriend like she walked on clouds. He could hear his parents joking about him getting competition but he shook it off. Walking up to Mercedes, he pulled her into a hug and after brushing a quick kiss over her lips.
"You look beautiful." he said with a small smile as he handed her the three roses that he had picked out. Mercedes smiled at the gesture and gave him a kiss on the cheek as well while whispering thank you, then she motioned for him to come inside. Stepping inside, he was greeted by Mercedes' brother who was now leaning against the wall after welcoming the rest of his family inside. He gave Sam a nod and a small smile.
"What's up Sam." Sam gave him a nod in return while staying by Mercedes' side.
"Hey man." he said.
"Have to say I'm glad you wanted your parents to meet Mercedes." shrugging he pushed himself off the wall while Sam frowned openly at his words.
"What's that suppose to mean?" he asked immediately frowning at Mercedes' older brother. When he had met the Micah Jones earlier that week, he hadn't been so sure about how he felt but now he was pretty sure that he didn't care for the guy. Micah sighed and looked over at Mercedes who was glaring at him as well.
"I didn't mean anything geez, I'm just saying that in high school kids don't normally go through all of this meet and greet stuff. Usually happens after college or something." he said with a shrug while shaking his head. "See Cedes, I try not to start something and it happens anyway." Mercedes and Sam both gapped at him as if he had grown two heads.
"Well what you said-."
"You were trying to imply that-."
"What's going on here?" They all turned and saw Mercedes' father Vincent Jones standing in the hallway looking at them. "Micah I thought I told you-in fact I think both your mother and I told you to leave them alone." he snapped out angrily. Micah just frowned at that and walked out of the hallway barely resisting the urge to push his father out of the way. Vincent followed his son with his eyes and then turned back to Sam and Mercedes. "Glad to see you again." he said extending his hand towards the boy. "And don't mind him, he's always been a little high strung." Sam just nodded his head and shook Vincent's hand.
"It's nice to see you again, sir." Sam said as he shook Vincent's hand. Mr. Jones just smiled at the boy and then turned and motioned towards the living room.
"My wife's setting the table right now-."
"Oh I better go and help her." Mercedes said, a second later she was moving in the direction of the kitchen while Vincent led Sam into the living room. Sam sent a small smile at his brother and sister and moved to sit down when he caught Vincent off the side by himself glaring at him. He frowned at that but before he could do anything else Vincent stood up.
"I'm gonna go see if Mom and Mercedes need some help." Vincent gave his son a brief nod and then settled down in the easy chair closes to the fireplace while Sam settled down next to his father.
Mercedes was moving the dessert cake off the counter so her mother could start filling the serving trays with food but stopped when Micah came into the kitchen. He sent her a small glare and then walked up to their mother. "Is there anything you need me to do?" he asked, Mercedes watched him a bit longer before lifting the cake up and heading out of the room. As she was getting the dessert table together, Micah strolled into the room with a tray filled with the good silver.
"We really are breaking out all the stops, huh." Mercedes frowned at that and turned to look at him.
"Would you just stop it." she snapped out angrily as she glared at him. "I mean really it's getting old, Micah. And the Evans don't deserved it, especially Sam." Micah looked up at her then, his hand frozen over one of the place mats with a fork in his hand.
"Look Cedes, I'm sorry but you guys are really pissing me off too. Did you ever think about that?" he asked as he slapped the fork down and did the same with the salad fork, spoon and knife. "I mean come on you treat that guy better than me."
"It isn't like that Micah, you've been stepping out of line all afternoon."
"Looking out for you shouldn't be considered stepping out of line." he said with a shake of his head. "Besides you know me. . .you know I'm just messing with the guy. Hell, I told you that I would."
"Messing with him, what you said at the front door was too much and you know it."
"What?"
"I think it was you implying that you were surprise that Sam would even introduce me to his family."
"High schoolers don't do that, I was just surprise." he said with a shrug. "The way you two took it, I didn't mean it like that damn sis. I thought you knew me better than that." he said looking at his sister. Mercedes sighed at that, she could tell she had hurt his feelings.
"Well what about yesterday when you said that line about black men." Micah waved her off and shook his head while putting the rest of the silverware out. "Well?"
"You know I don't care about that interracial stuff-how long did I date Stefanie again?" he asked raising an eyebrow at her. Mercedes tucked her head and looked away from him. She had forgotten that her brother dated a large number of white girls over the years. "You forgot about that didn't you." he said coolly.
"It might have slipped my mind cause you certainly aren't acting like someone okay with me dating out." Micah opened his mouth to say something else but stopped and shook his head. Moving around the table, he placed the rest of the silverware down.
"We should probably finish this conversation later, maybe when the people being discussed aren't here." Mercedes looked up at him and nodded her head. Although she wanted to get everything out in the open now, she didn't want to push the conversation just in case Sam or his parents overheard them.
"Fine."
"Good." he said as he headed back into the kitchen. Mercedes immediately busied herself with getting things together, she kept herself so busy that she didn't see Sam entering the dining room. He walked over to her but stopped when he saw what mood she was in.
"Mercedes?" he called as he looked at her, she jerked around and placed a hand over her heart, breath out a sigh of relief.
"You scared me, Sam."
"I didn't mean too, what's wrong?" Mercedes just shook her head but he reached out and latched onto her hand. "Come on now, you know if you don't tell me all I'm gonna do is worry about you."
"Nothing really me and my brother got into about what he said to you earlier."
"He's really starting to tick me off." Sam replied with a shake of his head. "I keep waiting for this nice guy, the one you told me about but all I keep seeing is him." Mercedes placed a hand on his arm and sighed.
"He's just being overprotective."
"Sure." Sam murmured as Micah strolled back into the room with a serving dish in hand. He gave them a look and rolled his eyes.
"Trying to push up on the cook." he asked. Sam just frowned and sent him look before looking back at Mercedes. He didn't like the phrase Micah had used at all, he may be pretty but he certainly wasn't stupid and he understood exactly what Micah was getting at.
"I guess I better go and let you guys finish up in here unless you want me to do something." He said looking directly at Mercedes cause he certainly didn't want to leave her in here with her brother. Mercedes nibbled on her bottom lip before looking at Sam and then her brother. She was pretty sure if Sam remained in the room, he might just get in a fight with Micah which was something she certainly didn't want.
"No I think we can handle, baby."
"Okay," he leaned down and gave her a quick kiss. "Until later my vitra." he said with a wink as he walked out of the kitchen. Mercedes felt her face warming up, like it normally did when Sam spoke to her in Na'vi, until her brother dropped a bucket of cold water over the moment.
"What in the da hell did he just say to you?" Turning around, she looked at Micah and shook her head.
"It's an endearment-."
"In what language?" Micah said as he sat the serving dishes down on the table while looking at his sister, waiting on her to answer his question. Mercedes sighed and shook her head as she glared at Micah.
"Why do you have to be so difficult? Sam hasn't done anything to you, nothing to make you act like this."
"All I did was ask you what language."
"It's Na'vi."
"What from that dumbass movie Avatar," he blew out a breath and rolled his eyes as he looked at his sister. "Figures, he think talking to you in that language was cool. Seems to me, he's trying to make his own Avatar."
"Micah what in the hell is that suppose to mean?"
"Oh come on you saw the movie. The white man comes in and hangs out with the natives and has an adventure and along the way he picks up a native girlfriend for said adventure." Mercedes' mouth dropped open in shock as she looked at him.
"I can't believe you just said that." Micah looked at his sister and shook his head just as their mother entered the room.
"Is everything ready?" their mother asked them bluntly, her eyes sending Micah a look. He frowned and glanced back at his sister who was still glaring at him. "Mercedes?" Jerking her head up, she looked at her mother and gave her a small smile.
"Everything's ready mom."
"Good now you two wait until our guests or seated by sitting down." They both nodded their heads as Mrs. Jones stepped out of the room to tell everyone else that dinner was officially ready.
The dinner for the most part went well, Sam and Mercedes' parents seem to get along just fine and Micah was politely civil during the whole exchange. After dinner, Sam's siblings headed upstairs with Sam and Mercedes to watch some television while their parents remained downstairs. Micah for the most part had disappeared. Sam and Mercedes settled down at the head of the bed while his brother and sister laid at the foot of it. They were both watching some type of live action show on Disney, so Sam and Mercedes felt they could talk without them really overhearing cause they certainly weren't listening. "What do you think they're talking about?" Sam asked as he looked over at Mercedes, while reaching down for her hand.
"I don't know." she said with a shrug.
"So you mind telling me, why you kept shooting your brother harsh looks all throughout dinner." he asked lowering his voice just in case Stacie and Stevie started to open up. Mercedes sighed and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"I rather not talk about it. But rest assured I told him about himself."
"Are you sure?" Sam whispered into her hair as he held her close to him. Mercedes just nodded her head and sighed.
"Positive besides I don't want to dwell on Micah and his problems, let's just enjoy this." she said as she smiled up at him. Sam nodded his head and reached behind him to shift a couple of the pillows resting there.
"You know I was wondering when do you wanna tell the others about us dating." he asked hoping that she tell him they could. He knew she was nervous about others finding out and questioning him about why he decided to be with her and not someone like Quinn or Santana. Mercedes played with his hands a bit before sighing. "Come on you know I would love to shout about our relationship from the mountain tops."
"Ohio doesn't-."
"Shh!" he said with a smirk. "I know know that but still I want to tell the world."
"Sam," she said as she shook her head as she felt her cheeks heating up. He smiled at that sound cause he knew that meant he was actually breaking her down. "Fine we can tell them when school starts again."
"Great." he said pumping his fist. Placing a hand beneath her chin, he lifted her up and gave her quick kiss. "Thank you baby. I promise you won't regret this." he said with a smile before kissing her again. "Now if only we could fix the Micah problem."
"There's nothing to fix, I just think he's being overprotective."
"And annoying, don't forget that." Sam said, Mercedes covered her mouth with her hand to cover up her giggle but it escaped anyway. "You have to admit that."
"I do, he's certainly got out of line tonight and I plan to correct that once you all leave." Sam smiled at that and sighed.
"I wish I could stay for that, you know it sort of gets me hot when you get in your "Hell to the no," mood." Mercedes just smiled at that and nodded her head. "So you have to promise to tell me about it later on."
"I'll try to remember every detail."
"That's all I ask." Sam said just as his father's voice called up to them.
"Sam, Stevie. . .Stacie, time to go." Sighing, Sam squeezed Mercedes to him while brushing a kiss over her temple.
"I guess we better head on out." he said as he stood up from the bed and then held Mercedes' hand as she moved off her bed and unto the floor. "You know you shouldn't have your bed so high cause-."
"You better not call me short again." she said with a small smile as she remember the look on his face when he saw the small set of steps that allowed her to get onto her bed with ease. Sam just tilted his head to the side and shrugged his shoulders.
"Well if the short joke fits." he joked while laughing as Mercedes gave him a light slap on the air while shaking her head at him.
"I don't think you're short Mercedes." They both turned and saw Stevie standing near them, his eyes fixed on his brother while sending him an evil glare. Mercedes and Sam shared an amused look, right before Mercedes bent down and gave Stevie a huge hug."
"Oh thank you sweetie."
"You're welcome." he said as strongly as someone his age could say. Mercedes released him and sent Sam a small smile.
"He's so sweet." Sam just rolled his eyes and pulled a reluctant Stevie away from his girlfriend as Stacie raced over to give Mercedes a hug of her own. Once that was finished, Sam leaned over and gave Mercedes one last kiss.
"I'll see you later baby."
"Okay bye." she said as she followed them downstairs, as they entered the living room they saw Mr. Evans shaking Mercedes' father hand furiously.
"Thank you so much for the help." he said with a large smile. Mr. Jones just smiled back at him and nodded his head.
"It's no problem, William. I'm just glad I could help." Sam looked between the two men and the focused on his father who was beaming from ear to ear. When Mr. Evans saw his children, he smiled at them and grabbed hold of his wife's hand. "I guess we better get going." Mr. Jones nodded and walked over to the front door.
"Maybe we can do this again sometime." Mr. Evans nodded his head and smiled as he and his wife walked out the door.
"Just call us or send a message through Sam." he said before patting Mr. Jones on the back, "Ashala you made a lovely dinner."
"Thank you William." Sam watched his parents head out of the door and then turned towards Mercedes.
"I wonder what that was all about." she shrugged her shoulders but gave him a quick kiss.
"I guess you'll find out soon enough, see later."
"Later my Vitra." he said as he led his siblings out the door. Mercedes watched as her parents closed the door and faced their two children.
"We're gonna go ahead and go to bed, goodnight." Their father said and then he led their mother up the stairs. Mercedes shuddered as she heard her mother giggled.
"I did not need to hear all that." she murmured with a shake of her head, turning around she saw Micah sitting on the sofa silently. "I hope you're over your attitude now." Micah just nodded his head and looked at her.
"Quite." he supplied with a shrugged of his shoulders. "I'm sorry for what I said earlier, I guess I don't want what happened to a friend of mine to happen to you." Mercedes sighed at the look of sadness on her brother's face.
"Micah what are you talking about now?"
"I had a friend who started dating some white guy back at college and it turned out he was using her to find out what it was like to be with a black girl. She was really hurt after all that happened and I just don't want that to happen with you."
"Sam's not like that, Micah."
"If you say so but I'll just have to see but I promise to let you guys enjoy your little relationship after all it's only high school." Mercedes didn't like the way her brother worded that sentence but she let it slide. If he was really worried about her because he saw someone close to him get hurt then maybe she should give her brother the benefit of a doubt. "I just want you happy, Cedes and if Sam does that for you now then I'm cool but if he ever hurts you-." he trailed off and shook his head from side to side as if he didn't even want the thought in his head.
"Sam won't hurt me, Micah. In fact the only person that has hurt me recently is you. What you said today really was hurtful."
"I know I'm sorry for that, Cedes."
"Don't you ever talk about my relationship with Sam like that again. I'm really sorry about your friend but my relationship with Sam is something different. I could see you acting that way if I were dating that guy but I'm not. Why don't you try to get to know Sam before you start tossing out judgments like that." she said as she walked towards the stairs to go to her room.
"It won't happen again, Mercedes." Micah said as he remained seated on the sofa. She nodded her head and started going up stairs but paused turning around she fixed her brother with a look and then said.
"And for the record, I love it when he speaks to me in Na'vi. It's sexy."