Mercedes awoke to an empty bed. She looked at the time. 3:30 in the morning. She walked into the nursery seeing Sam in the dim light of the lamp near the rocking chair. He was holding the mask onto Lily's face singing "Melt with you". They took turns giving her, the breathing treatments. She had been improving with the medication and they were able to take her home. Mercedes was still upset with the way things were but she decided to put her feelings to the side and enjoy the time she and Sam had together.
Sam looked up and smiled at her. "She was a little fussy during her treatment so I figured singing to her would calm her down."
Mercedes walked over to the cribs to see the other three babies still fast asleep. "Glad the breathing machine didn't wake them."
"Me too. I don't know how you did it while I was gone?"
"Kurt and Rachel are here a lot. Santana too."
"We are lucky in that way."
"I guess."
Sam looked at her sadly. "I know we haven't talked much about what happened in Paris."
"That is because every time I try to talk to you about it you shut down."
Sam placed a sleeping Lily into her crib and sighed turning on the baby monitor. He walked out of the room shutting the door and followed Mercedes to their room. She sat on the bed and Sam sat next to her.
"I know you want to know what happened while I was there and I want to tell you but first you have to promise me you will listen to the whole thing without interrupting."
Mercedes looked at him sighing and nodding.
Sam rubbed his temples as Mercedes got scared, he was acting weird and she wasn't sure she wanted to hear what he had to say. He exhaled kneeling next to her.
"When we got to Paris we were doing this shoot. It was supposed to be romantic and fun or something like that. Pam was supposed to pretend to be all over me and it worked for the shoot. But then in the middle of the take she kissed me. And I am pretty sure they have pictures of it."
Mercedes felt tears sting the back of her eyes. She wanted to speak but was afraid of what she would say to him. She bit her lower lip as she continued. "After that we went back up to our rooms and that was it. but a couple hours later she knocked on my door and I let her in. she tried to kiss me again saying she had feelings for me but I told her how much I loved you and respected you and made her leave. I swear to you nothing happened other than that."
"Why are you telling me this now Sam I have tried to get you to talk to me for a week and nothing? So why are you talking to me about this now?"
"That call I got last night was from my manager. Someone leaked the photos of the kiss and her leaving my hotel room. I wanted to tell you about what happened before you saw anything."
Mercedes stood from the bed. "Did he send you the link or the pictures?"
Sam reached for his phone and turned it on handing it to her. Mercedes gasped as she saw the picture of Sam kissing Pam on the cheek. She scrolled down to see Sam and Pam kissing. Her hands wrapped around his neck. Mercedes threw the phone down wiping her eyes.
"You want me to believe nothing happened?"
"Nothing happened. Baby look at me it was all innocent."
"You kissed her on her check before she left your room."
"I was being nice trying to make her feel better."
"And at the shoot when her tongue was down your throat were you being nice then too?"
"Cedes baby come on it was nothing."
"No! Sam it was everything. You left me here so you and she could."
Sam ran to her grabbing her arms and turning her towards him. "No! Cedes I knew you needed to work on your album and we had help here. I went to Paris to do my job nothing else."
"IF that was the case why didn't you ask me to go with you? Why didn't you take us with you?"
Sam was silent and Mercedes rolled her eyes. She folded her arms as Sam fell to the ground. "I love you more than anything or anyone I have ever loved in my life. You gave me those four amazingly beautiful babies. I wouldn't trade my life with you for anything in the world. We have been together a long time and I would never do anything to intentionally hurt you."
Mercedes stared at Sam moving away from him. Crying came from the nursery and Mercedes turned and opened the door. Sam followed after her.
"Are we going to finished talking about this?"
"There is nothing to talk about. You told me your side and now my children are waking up ready to eat."
"Our children."
She looked towards him and sighed. "Yeah so they are. You into the nursery while I go get the bottles."
Mercedes walked down the stairs and Sam exhaled loudly walking into the nursery. She was angry and he couldn't blame her he just hoped he could prove to her that he was sorry.
Kurt walked into the studio as Mercedes finished her latest song. Dejon her manger gave her two thumbs up and she walked out. Kurt smiled at her.
"From what I have heard I think you have got another hit on your hands."
Mercedes hugged him. "If you give me a minute we can head out. I just have to grab my stuff."
Kurt nodded waiting patiently for her. As they walked out of the studio Kurt stopped her.
"Cedes you know I love you right?"
"Kurt stop I just can't right now."
"You need to talk about it. Sam says you refuse to talk to him."
"I talk to him."
"Not about anything that matters. You sleep in the nursery and avoid all conversations. I read that article and I saw the photos. I believe Sam didn't do anything with that girl. He loves you."
"Whether Sam loves me is not what is in question here. He went to Paris with that woman and he kissed her."
"She kissed him."
"SO he should have known better. Why did he let her in his hotel after she had already kissed him?"
"Because he is a man. Sweetie men are not over thinkers. He saw her and probably thought she wanted to apologize. As a man he is subject to women's manipulation as much as any other man."
"Kurt what do you want me to do? Between making time at the studio and taking care of four kids I don't want to turn around and fight with my husband. I just want to go to lunch eat and go back to my babies."
Kurt nodded as they walked to their favorite little bistro. She and Kurt were seated and had begun ordering when the flashes started. Mercedes looked around wondering what was going on before she noticed camera's all around them.
"Mrs. Evan's how do you feel about your husband's extracurricular activities?"
"Mercedes is this your new Beau?"
"Ms. Jones are the rumors true did you leave your husband?"
Mercedes looked at Kurt with tears in her eyes. "This is why I'm angry. He did this to me."
She stood up grabbing her purse. "Come on Kurt."
They walked out of the Bistro and hailed a cab. Mercedes exhaled a sigh of relief once they were safely on their way home.
"Kurt this is my life now. Everyone in the world knows what happened and everyone is drawing their own conclusions."
"And what is yours? Do you think he cheated on you?"
"I told you I didn't. But he didn't ask me to go either."
So stop punishing him for something he didn't do."
Mercedes looked at him and wiped her eyes. "I don't want to talk about it with him because I don't want him to tell me that he enjoyed it or that he felt something too. Maybe he doesn't want to be with me anymore and I wouldn't blame him. You know what those article said about them? That they fit together. That they looked like the perfect couple. She is who someone like him belongs with."
"Mercedes Jones-Evans you have never had a problem with your looks. You have always been the most confident person I knew. You are the reason I came out and was proud to be just who I was."
"That was different that was glee and this is the real world. And the real world has rules. Someone like him shouldn't be with someone like me. I should never have married him."
"Cedes you don't mean that. I have never seen you as happy as you were when you married Sam. Talk to him. Let him know that you and he are a united front and that you guys will work through this together."
Mercedes knew Kurt was right. She was just so stubborn. But she had to decide did she want to lose her pride or her family.
As the cab came to a stop she smiled sweetly at the driver handing him her fare. Kurt took her hand in his. "Do you want me to come in with you?"
"NO I need to talk to Sam alone."
She looked at Kurt rolling her eyes. "You weren't going to come in for me you were going to come in for Lily."
"I haven't seen her since yesterday I don't want her to forget about me."
"Kurt she is a baby."
Kurt gave her puppy dog eyes and her chest heaved. "Fine but don't blame me if Blaine gets upset."
They both exited the cab and Mercedes ran up the three stairs to unlock the door. As she shut the door after Kurt she walked into the living room hearing laughing. Her purse dropped to the floor as Kurt let out a sigh. "Oh hell."
Mercedes balled her hands into fists as she looked from Sam to Pamela.
"Sam what in the hell is going on?"