Mercedes awoke in a dark room. She tried to move but pain shot through her. She looked next to her seeing Sam asleep in the chair next to her. She smiled slightly seeing him sleep so peacefully. She felt her stomach and immediately began to panic.
"Sam, the babies where are the babies."
Sam awoke looking over to Mercedes. He turned the lamp on and held her hand.
"Cedes I need you to calm down."
"Sam where are the babies."
"They are up in the NICU. All four are doing fine as of right now. I went up to check on them a little bit ago. Kurt and Blaine are up there now. Unless they have traded shifts. I wanted to be here when you woke up."
Mercedes looked up as a Doctor walked into the room. "Hi I am Dr. Sloan and I will be treating you today. How are you feeling?"
"Sore." Mercedes said. "Can I see my babies?"
"I want to check your incision. Make sure you are healing. I will have someone bring you to them I don't want you walking. A C-section is harder on your body. So you will take a little longer to heal."
He lifted her gown and checked her stomach. "Healing nicely. You should be able to go home in a few days. I want you to try and move as often as you can it will help you heal. I will have the nurse come in and when you are ready she will take you guys up to the NICU.
Mercedes nodded and looked over to Sam. "What do they look like?"
"Beautiful. Sam came out 5 pounds and Finn was 4 pounds 7 ounces. Both Lillian and Amelia came out at 4 pounds three ounces. Their lungs were developed and other than arriving early there were no immediate concerns."
Mercedes began to cry and Sam stood hovering over her. "Baby its ok. What's wrong?"
She shook her head. "It's just my hormones. I'm so emotional."
The door opened and a nurse walked in. "Who is ready to go see their babies?"
Mercedes wiped her eyes and smiled. "I am."
Nothing could compare to the love Mercedes felt as she walked into the NICU. Kurt hugged her and Blaine did the same. Kurt wiped his eyes.
"They are so beautiful Cedes. I want one."
"Mercedes you need to watch Kurt. He is already plotting on how to kidnap Lily."
"We bonded. She grabbed my finger and tugged it I think she wants to come home with Uncle Kurt."
"Yeah ok. Where is Santana and Rachel?"
"Ummm. Speak of the devil."
Kurt pointed towards door and saw the Nurses stop Santana who was carrying four teddy bears and a bunch of boy and girl balloons."
"Ma'am you cannot bring all those in here."
Mercedes looked at Kurt. "Kurt please go save her."
Santana shook her head. "Oh you did not just call me ma'am. I am here to see my girl's babies now you let me through or I will cut you. I have razor blades all up in my hair."
Kurt ran to her side. "She is kidding. We are just so excited. Can she leave them at the nurse's station until we leave?"
The nurse nodded taking the gifts from Santana. Santana and Kurt walked back over to the babies.
Santana hugged Mercedes. "Cedes girl your babies have all your beauty and thankful none of trouty's."
Sam laughed. "Hahaha. So where are Quinn, Artie, Brittney, Tina, Mike and Rachel?"
"They are finishing up the nursery. I just couldn't stay away. They are so freaking adorable."
XXXSAMCEDESXXX
Mercedes sighed as she rocked Finn in her arms. After spending two weeks in the NICU they had been home for a month and she and Sam were getting a routine down. It was quarter past five, which meant Finn was up ready for his bottle and a song. Next up was Lily who wouldn't sleep unless Sam sang her "isn't she lovely". Then SJ was up followed by Lia.
Sam walked into the nursery hearing Mercedes sing "Lean on me". She smiled up to him. "I am really wondering if singing to them every night they were in the womb was a good idea. We can barely keep them sleep without music."
"Who are you telling? I went through just about all of our glee songs in the last month."
"I am going to miss this."
"When do you go back to work?"
"Two weeks. I have to start recording my newest album."
"Well I think it's going to be amazing. I am married to one of the most talented women this world has to offer."
Mercedes smiled as she placed Finn over her shoulder and began to burp him. Someone knocked on the door and Sam looked at his phone.
"Ok who is that? Its 5:30 in the morning."
"That would be either Santana, Kurt or Rachel. Seeing how its 5:30 my money is on Rachel. She and Finn have really bonded. Let her in and can you bring up a bottle for Lily she should be up soon."
Sam nodded and headed down the stairs. A minute later Rachel and Kurt walked into the room. Rachel grabbed the purell off the dresser and cleaned her hands before reaching for Finn. "Gimmie my baby."
"Hi to you too Rachel."
"Sorry hi Mercedes, how are you?"
"Tired. But amazingly good."
"Oh he is just the most adorable baby. I love him so much."
Lillian began to cry and Kurt smiled widely. "Oh my baby is up. Don't worry Uncle Kurt is here."
"Kurt she needs to be fed and changed."
As if on cue Sam walked in with a three bottles followed by Blaine and Santana. Rachel smiled. "Ok so we are all off today and I know you two haven't had that much me time since your parents left two weeks ago. Go to sleep or a movie I don't know just go. We have this."
"I don't know guys. They are really fussy in the mornings. And they need to be sung too."
Rachel laughed. "Man how will we ever sing to your children? You do remember we were in the same glee club right."
Mercedes sighed. "Ok but Finn loves slow songs while Lily is all about show tunes. Lia doesn't like rap but Sj loves it."
"Thank you guys. We are going to go before you change your minds."
Sam began to pull Mercedes out of the room. Mercedes stopped "Ok but don't forget to burp them. They will be really angry if you don't."
Sam pulled Mercedes into their room and kissed her deeply. "Have I told you that I am so in love with you right now?"
"No you haven't. I know you might want to go out but I would really just love to sleep."
"Ok we can sleep but I need to talk to you first."
Mercedes sat on the bed. "Ok I am all ears."
Sam sat next to her. "Ok so my meeting with my manager turned up some interesting things yesterday."
"Ok."
"I have been asked to do a spread for this new men and women's line. I get to fly out to Paris for two weeks. I get to work with Pamela Barns."
"What?"
"What?"
"Sam when were you going to tell me about this?"
"I am telling you now. This is a big deal. The commission on this deal is huge. It's a six figure commission."
"Ok so let's not even talk about the fact that you are working with a woman who was named one of the sexiest women in the world. Sam we have four young kids I can't fly with you to Paris."
"Cedes I didn't ask you too."
"Wow."
"What? What did I say?"
"Sam you know what nothing. Go. Go to Paris and have a good time. And I will sit here taking care of our children while trying to work on my album."
"See I knew you would understand."
Sam kissed her walking into the bathroom and shutting the door. Mercedes folded her arms.
"Oh hell to the naw that did not just happen."