Three hours later Sam was standing in his living room in his Stuart Hughes diamond suit with diamonds on the cuffs, pockets and a single diamond at the lapel pocket and on the trouser pockets with white shirt and purple and Teal tie custom made as part of the wedding colours with his Testoni world famous alligator skin shoes "Son you look handsome" Rose said as she walked into the house seeing him "We're coming with you to make sure you get there" she said laughing "You look happy Sam are you happy?"
"I think I might be too happy" he replied with the biggest grin on his face giving his Mom a hug
"Son" his Dad came into the room looking proud "Can we have a chat"
"Yep but you don't have to tell me Dad, I know I love her" he said looking at his Mom who had already broken away and was walking towards the kitchen
"Son I know you love Mercy and she loves you I have no doubt in my mind about that, what I need to know is that you understand the commitment you're making here. There are going to be times when you seriously question the decision you made today those thoughts are sent to test us son and what you must never lose sight of is your love in everything you do and say. Remember how you feel today and work through it, sometimes saying nothing says a lot and you'll know when to call on that bit of inspiration I'm telling you, treat her well always I'd be upset if I heard otherwise" his Dad said grabbing his shoulder "And I must say I wasn't impressed seeing four of your ex's standing there telling that story but I understand why you both did that and it was very brave, son never forget that I love you okay?" he asked as he got up to leave Sam with his thoughts
"I'm good to go" he shouted after about 10 minutes of quiet time, getting up ready to make his commitment and they left for the venue.
Mercy was in the hotel room flapping about some hem that didn't sit right "I asked you yesterday and you said everything was fine" Kurt shouted "Let me have a look" he said moving his finger in a twisting motion and Mercy turned around "Where?" he asked
"Somewhere there" she said pointing to the back of her dress
"How in the hell can you see that, it's fine nothing wrong at all trust me Diva you look hot, he said looking at her in her Brioni Vanquish II Bespoke gown with diamonds on the strapless boob tube top of the dress and a mix of Satin, silk and cotton materials forming 5 layers to the A-line skirt attached with a shawl and a veil with Diamonds dotted around it. The dress was Teal, purple and white and her custom made Stuart Weitzman platinum gold stilettos just worked with all the colours going through them in the diamonds and other stones on it. Her hair was pulled up and hive pleated with decor in the theme colours running through it, White Orchards tied with Teal and Purple ribbons edged with Diamonds
"Baby Girl you look the business" her Grandma said as she walked into the hotel room followed by her Aunts all fussing over the beautiful dress "You do so look like your mother" her Grandma added bring tears to everyone's eyes
"Stop stop" Mercy said fanning tears away "this is a happy day and Mom and Dad would be happy for me I know they would" she said
"You're not wrong Baby Girl but they would surely cry at this beautiful sight" Aunt Hyacinth added wiping her tears
"Looks like the paparazzi have gotten hold of the story" Aunt Janet said "Quinn said they were at the gates when she came in asking questions" she finished
"What do you know about Papa whatsit" Shirley asked her laughing
"I'm just repeating what the girl said" she replied cutting her eye at Shirley
"You better check that look Missy, you might have a husband and everything but you're still not too big to slap" Shirley said catching her cut eye
"Enough let's get going" Grandma said leading them out of the room "Jim" she shouted down the hall to the four waiting men "Baby Girl is ready" The other three collected their wives and Mother while Jim collected Mercy, Trudy walking behind them
"It's time" Kurt shouted watching Danny, Kevin, Cory and Mike line up on the right and Tina, Lea, Jenna and Janet on the left Sam stood with Blaine beside him as his best man waiting to start the proceedings and the music started as Mercy walked down the aisle as their friends sang "When I say I do' by Chante Moore & Kenny Lattimore lined up the aisle singing as she made her way to Sam
By the end of the song they were standing together holding hands and singing the last few words to each other and the congregation were clapping "Good Afternoon everyone" the Officiator said "I understand this has been a unconventional courtship, engagement and now wedding so I'm just here to say the words that need to be said for this to be accepted by the law" he said laughing with the guests "So over to you" he said pointing at Kurt
"Well folks I've got specific instructions and I always follow orders so here goes" he said looking at Mercy and Sam "Sam"
"I know everyone is just fed up of me saying this but I'm not fed up with it and I don't think I'll ever get fed up to be honest Miss Mercedes Jones is the love of my life. I was Country then Rap and I've made some dollars doing that stuff but on the day I met Mercy was the last day I sung Rap I couldn't do that style any more I didn't feel it if you know what I mean. Mercy has totally changed me without saying a word or demanding a thing I want to be a better person I want to be worthy of being with her and I want her to love me and oh my God she does that just blows my mind. I stand here today the happiest man in the world literally, Mercy has agreed to be mine and I get to, well never mind what I get to... I have a lot in my head but I guess the most important thing I need to say right now is that I love you with everything I am" he looked at her saying
"I love you more babe" she said kissing him back and stepping away taking the mic from him
"Okay it's my turn" Mercy said "What can I say about Sam, well he noticed me first because he was looking I suppose but, when it came to making moves we made them step for step together, there was just something drawing me to this man. I could see what he was, you heard the girls earlier tell you where he was with his life the day I met him, and somehow something made me see through all that and get to the heart of him. I think it was in his first few sentences to me when he said 'For some unknown reason I don't want to lie to you' not that he couldn't but that he didn't want to and, our relationship has been built on that because I feel the same way about him I love him it's unconditional, built on respect, communication, honesty, control and I don't mean that in a bad way, ambition for each other and love has grown at a phenomenal rate because of the corner stone our relationship is built on. I know some of you are finding it hard to imagine the person I'm talking about but, it is Sam the Sam I see anyway the Sam that I've chosen to make a life with, and I love you" she turned to him saying
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Family and Friends, Bride and Groom we are gathered her today to join in matrimony Mercedes Riley-Jones and Samuel Evans" the Officiator went on to complete the legal ceremony ending yet again with Sam and Mercy kissing.
"Okay there are a few more speeches" Kurt said they heard from Uncles' Aunt's friends, Acquaintances with some songs before their parents got up and sung a brilliant rendition of 'Islands in the Stream' by Ray Dylan & Elizma Theron as everyone got up and danced
"Okay calm down everyone, please take you seats, we've come to the grand finale of the speeches please put your hands together for Grandma" Kurt said walking towards her and giving her a hug and the mic
"Good evening everyone I haven't got much to say and that's not because I don't have anything to say it's because of a promise I made some 30 years ago to Baby girl's parents Mr. & Mrs. Riley or Delroy & Amber as they were known to us. I promised to sing this song to their daughter on her wedding day because I sung it to them so here's fulfilling my promise to your Mom and Dad Baby" Grandma said as the music started and she sung her version of "The Man I Love" by Diana Ross Mercy couldn't help it she sunk into Sam's arms and cried uncontrollably for the first few minutes of the song and when she finished he wiped her tears kissed her and held her for the rest of the song.
There was not a dry eye in the house when Grandma finished the song to Mercy from her parent's even Sam had a wet face although his tears were for Mercy, once everyone got over the sadness of it all there were laughs, bouquet throwing, cake cutting and then the first dance "let's get this party rocking" Kurt said rounding everyone up for the first dance
"Okay the wedding dance opening up the floor of this unusual wedding Sam and Mercy will be singing their own song with the help of us all so everyone on chorus, boys with Sam, girls with Mercy and lets start this party rocking" Danny said as the music started to"4Evermore"by Anthony David (feat. Algebra) & Phonte Sam reached for Mercy, they made their way to the middle of the floor and started singing
By the time the song finished everyone was up dancing everyone who wanted to sung something
"Okay" Sam finally said, we're out of here in what 45 minutes?" he asked
"That's the plan, I need you in bed" she said smiling
"Have you had a good day babe?
"I'm Mrs. Sam Evans babe I've had the best day of my life so far hoping to get in the best night of my life"
"I promise it will be" he said as Kurt done some more of his planned stuff, leading them nicely to the end of their day in company "Goodnight folks" he shouted "we are definitely going to do some kind of knocking right now" he said as Mercy started laughing letting him pull her along with him towards the exit "let's go handle business babe" he said hugging her
They got home, locked themselves in and consummated their marriage within 4 hours, at the fifth hour they were standing packed and ready to leave for the tour, wishing they had gotten married a few days earlier to spend more time together without anyone interrupting them.
"Shit I'm still hearing you screaming and seeing your body shaking for me" he whispered as she sat on his lap in the waiting room at the airport, making her smile
"I'm gonna have to do something to get rid of that please fuck me face of yours when we get a mile high" she said
"Promise" he laughed
"It's a given" she said sliding on his lap a few times with a smile
"This is going to be a fun tour" he said pulling her on him to stop her moving
Two years later
Mercy went on to have several hit songs during the tour and Sam was there as she made her name known, well as Amber anyway. He wrote his songs and made a good living doing that and everything was going well, he even got his Dad's business sorted as agreed by his bi-annual visits, nearly two years in he walked into their hotel room to find Mercy crying "What's up Merc" he said going to her
"I need to go home Sam today, I need to be at home" she said crying
"We'll be home in 3 weeks babe" he told her scooping her up "I know it's been a long tour but it's nearly over can you hang out for just three weeks?" he asked knowing she was finding all this performing, sleeping in different beds every other week and, not having friends around hard as well as new routines, songs and fans of which she had a growing base. When she didn't respond he carried on talking "I'm here babe do you want to lay down for a while I'll come with you we can have some us time right now" he said bringing her to bed putting her on it and lying next to her hugging her in as her legs automatically wrapping around his, where she stayed for a few minutes before she started crying again. "Babe if you really need to go home we can right now" he said worried this might be something more than just being tired
"Three weeks?"
"Yeah three weeks"
"And then straight home?"
"Promise; do you want to talk about anything babe?"
"No I'm good with three weeks" she said cosying into his warm body and eventually falling asleep.
He lay wondering what was actually going on for Mercy, she had been sad before saying she missed the family and even said she needed to speak to Trudy at one point, which she did, but she took the call outside and when she came in although she seemed happier she didn't tell him anything about the call, he didn't ask, she'd spoken to her cousin. There was that suspicious conversation she'd had with her Grandma which ended in tears and she reckoned that was something to do with a message from her parents; there were an awful lot of messages from parents who died suddenly from a car accident, Sam thought but then Grandma is our oracle brushing the first thought off. "I wonder if I should call her ask her what's going on with Mercy" he said
"Uhh" Mercy said in her sleep and Sam pulled her in tighter "Love you babe" she said smiling
"Love you more babe" he said resting his head back on her neck and eventually falling asleep himself
All too soon it was 7pm they'd missed dinner again and it was nearly time for her to do sound checks and get ready for the show "What can I get you to eat babe" he asked as he hurried to get dressed to call room service
"Can I get a burger and some salad please babe" she shouted back through the bathroom door
"Burger or salad babe"
"Both please" she replied, he ordered two the same
Twenty minutes later, Sam was sitting in the living are looking at hot burgers and cold salad and calling Mercy who was not replying, so he called her again, but still no reply, he got up to go see what was happening to find Mercy on the bathroom floor out cold
"Mercy" he shouted running to her and picking her up bringing her to bed and calling Rhonda to come have a look at her. Rhonda was the wife of one of the hands; Desmond, who had been a nurse prior to meeting Desmond and had left the job at his request because he couldn't do the distance thing, they'd gotten married 3 months after and 25 years later they were still as happy as day one.
"What happened Sam?" Rhonda asked as she entered the bedroom
"I don't know I found her crying earlier on and then I thought she'd be fine after some rest and we got up and she had a shower I ordered food and then I found her out cold in the shower room" he told her
"Does she use drugs?" Rhonda asked
"No"
"I only ask, I mean you know what floats around and it only takes one off night for someone to call on the help" Rhonda carried on
"I think I'd know if she was"
"Really, I didn't know Desmond was using until he collapsed"
Sam said nothing just quietly hit himself for calling Rhonda because if she had been a man she'd have been sitting in a heap on the other side of the room by now. Looking at Mercy just starting to stir he asked "What could have caused her to faint?"
"Any amount of things; hunger, heat, exhaustion, hormones anything" Rhonda said "but the most likely one i…"
"Where am I?" Mercy asked feeling around for Sam, when she finally saw him she smiled "What happened babe?" she asked him lifting herself up off the bed
"You fainted Mercy have you taken anything, only Rhonda here suggested you might have?"
"No babe you know me better than that, I've just been feeling tired lately and I'm starving we missed dinner remember"
"Yeah your food's in the other room" he said with a smile on his face, there were about 4 more episodes like this within the three weeks that Sam knew about anyway and when the last show was finished he was busy packing their things to get on a flight that same night to get her home as she'd asked him to do.
HOME
They got home, got a call from Bigga just to say welcome back and just pop in when they were ready "Babe don't panic but I've booked an appointment at the GP for this afternoon just to check me over you know all the fainting and crying and stuff, I think I might need something to help me through if it's depression you know" she told him
"I was just thinking of a nice way to suggest it babe, I'll come with you" he replied as he took her shoes off and made her lay down for some well earned rest "I'll wake you at; what time is your appointment?"
"Three"
"Two then yeah?"
Sam took the time to do some writing for himself as he was back home now he'd have time to play around in the studio and he had so much to say about his experiences on tour with Mercy and being married and everything his life had completely changed. He was a serious writer now, his art was doing fine and he'd been approached by MARVEL to do some animation work. Trudy's art had lifted off too and that meant she was in LA more than in Richmond, while they were away she was taking care of the flat which in essence was a place for her to stay. She was doing a lot of book work creating front covers and drawings for children's books and loving it, she'd be on the phone to Sam regularly discussing art or proposals and Mercy was fine with that long distance stuff and, the calls she knew about, but sitting there now he remembered Mercy's response to him broaching on Trudy staying over when they got married and didn't think things were going to be smooth sailing somehow now they were back.
As he started thinking about what could be wrong with Mercy he heard the door open and ran to the hall to tell Trudy not to bang the door but he was too late
"Oh you're back" Trudy said running into his arms, opened only to tell her not to bang the door
"Yes we're back" he said pulling her off his chest, confused when she pulled back into him
"Why are you so eager to let go of me?" she asked, up in his face
"Why do you see fit to greet my husband like that Trudy Jones" Mercy said from the bedroom door "And what's all that fucking banging about?"
"I missed him and I shut the door potty mouth" Trudy replied
"Well I'm marking that fucking card like now, seeing as it took you so long to come hug me; your damn cousin, I don't need, want or agree with you hugging my man like that again ever and next time we will roll" she said walking towards Sam, he kissed her forehead as he pulled her to him. "I need the loo" she said walking towards the bathroom
"I didn't think what you said just was appropriate Trudy and if you say anything like that again I will tell Mercy, the only reason I didn't say anything just is because I know you have anywhere else to stay at short notice, but don't test me" Sam said pointing his finger at her while she smiled
"Oh you'll get used to me Sammy boy I'm a predator" Trudy said as Mercy came back out the bathroom
"Trudy you have till the end of the week, girl you've been in LA for over a year now living on air and earning enough I want you out of here by Saturday, Sam and I have a family to start making, you being here is some serious blocking girl you needs to go"
"Family making I'm all for that babe" Sam said as she jumped on his chest
"Food babe I need food" she said, he turned walking with her attached to the kitchen, she kissed him noticing Trudy watching
Trudy had become accustomed to having Sam at the other end of a phone for two years, she had called him all hours of the day and night and he had never made her feel like she was intruding he had time for her. She had cried to him when her gallery work had not been purchased and he had given her the 'you are better than they can see' pep talk to get her back on her horse. He had made arrangements for her to stay at their house and although she was supposed to stay in the guest room she chose to sleep in their room because she felt safe in there. He'd spoken to the businessmen when she didn't know what to say and even held a conference call in her aide which got her a massive contract, he liked her and no one could tell her different. Grandma Jones had spoken to her on several occasions, when she used Sam's name as if he were her husband and Danny had spoken to her one day when he caught her doodling Sam and Trudy on a sheet of paper but, Trudy knew that Sam loved her and she was going to have him.
"What's for eats?" Trudy went into the kitchen asking as Sam picked Mercy up to leave
"In the fridge help yourself we're off out" Mercy replied as they walked past her to their bedroom they were ready and out the door with minutes to spare for her appointment "Don't wait up" Mercy shouted as they left the apartment, Trudy slammed the fridge door in anger
"I'm guessing I'll be fine now I'm home Sam, I just had the need to be home, I was exhausted" she said as they went into the surgery
"We just want to be sure babe" he assured her in as they checked in for her appointment, they were called within minutes. Sam explained to the GP what had been happening with the fainting, adding mood swings he dare not mention and sweating at night which she didn't think were related, Mercy relayed she was constantly bloated, her need to eat and the change in her singing voice
"Well I'm sure after two years of singing my body would be telling me I need a rest too, when was you last cycle with all this change in your life?" The GP asked
"Regular as clockwork I had my last one on the 24th of last month" she told him
"So we can rule pregnancy out then" the GP said as Sam looked up
"Babe you didn't have a period on the 24th, 25th or 26th last month because I remember you wore those emeralds that weekend and well memorable nights for me anyway but definitely no period" he said
"You're right babe, the emeralds from Pandora, I don't know how I didn't notice that"
"So let's rule that out then shall we" the GP said giving them a test to do
They went to the bathroom "Girls Sam" Mercy said pointing at the sign on the door
"Babe at this point I really couldn't give a fuck about any signs except the one on that stick" he said seriously following her into the bathroom "Use this disabled one" he said pulling her in
"We've only ever had one conversation about babies, what are you thinking?" he asked as she prepared the stick for the test and sat on the toilet
"I'm thinking did we talk about this" she told him with a nervous laugh, as Sam stooped to her face level
"I'm sort of scared I mean it's another life I'll …. I mean we'll be responsible for" he said holding her hand just before she went to pee on the stick
"What?
"Life changing stuff babe, I just need a minute"
"We've got two minutes after I pee"
"Okay" he said letting her hand go, she wet on the stick and put it on the back of the toilet while Sam started the count down
"So what are you feeling?" she asked
"That I love you so much right now, that our lives will change forever, do I want to let you travel round the world alone, do we need a bigger house, is LA the place to raise children, will my wife still love me after birth pain, will I faint at the birth, am I man enough to protect you both all sorts" he said
"Those are thoughts Sam what are you feeling?"
"Happy, complete, loved, a part of something special, like a man shall I go on?" he asked with the biggest smile on his face
"What if I'm not, what if it's something else?" she asked
"Like what?" he said concerned
"Cancer"
"Why would you say something like that Mercy?" he said getting up as she stayed sitting on the toilet
"Because that's what I've been thinking Sammy for about 6 weeks now, no way did I ever think pregnant I don't know why but I didn't"
"So why didn't you speak to me about it?"
"How do you tell the one person in the world you love that something like that might take you away from them?"
"And?" Sam asked knowing there was more
"My Mom got cancer when she was 28 and I'm nearly 28 and it might be hereditary you never know"
"So when were you actually going to tell me this?"
"This morning before I came for tests and then Trudy came before I woke up and then we had to come here and Sammy I'm really praying this is a pregnancy because as much as you couldn't live without me I couldn't die knowing you were going to love someone else" she said with tears in her eyes
"Babe the only other person I'm ever going to love as much as I love you is our baby or babies" Sam said going back down to hug her "But Babe we need to communicate better I can't help if I don't know right?" he asked "And the cancer thing we can deal with that if we need to but, the big C is not taking my baby away from me, do you hear me?"
"I hear you" she said moaning into his chest
"Times up" he said eventually nudging her off his chest and getting up to grab the test from behind her as she stood up and pulled her clothes back up "Ready?" he asked as he closed the lid and sat on the toilet, pulling her onto his lap
"Three, two, one two stripes" they said together "6 weeks" Mercy noted
"Congratulations Mommy"
"Congratulations Daddy" they said to each other and then went in for a celebratory kiss
"I'll expand on that when we get home" he said
Obviously the practical things that Sam talked about needed to be sorted so the first thing they did after the week long celebration was look into buying a family home, they eventually found one in Beverly hills they both liked and went about getting it decorated to their specifications with the goal of moving in before the babies were born, proving difficult with tours and baby sickness.
Five Month Pregnant
"Are they all coming in at the same time this afternoon babe?" Mercy asked a tired looking Sam
"Babe I wouldn't mind coming in this morning please come back to bed it's Valentines Day" he laughed
"Happy Valentines Insatiable you" she said walking back towards the bed "I never want to have to say no to you babe" she said as she sat on the bed waiting for him to pull her into it
"Give me that Valentine wet"
Mercy had done the opposite to most pregnant women instead of putting the weight on and blooming she had dropped so much weight off Sam took to calling her Bella, she was not amused, her sex drive had sky rocketed, not that she had issues in that area but, Sam wasn't complaining in fact her body had become accustomed to his need. Due to a short tour she had missed her 20 week scan but one had been booked for early afternoon and they planned on giving pictures of the scan for the family and friends that were coming up to see them later this afternoon for the weekend
"Trudy I told you to knock the fucking door" Mercy rolled her eyes saying, looking at her Cousin standing in the doorway of their bedroom "Please, tell me again why haven't you fucking moved out yet" she asked. She'd moved out that Saturday as Mercy had requested and for about 2 months they could breath. Then one evening she came to their house bruised saying someone had lay waited her, beat her up and now she didn't feel safe of course Mercy let her stay, but it seems Trudy had been playing the victim card ever since; now she was standing in the doorway of their room watching Mercy straggle her husband.
"You love me really" Trudy said taking her time to leave the room as Sam and Mercy lay still attached both of them looking at her to get out
"Get the fuck out" Mercy finally shouted at her, jumping up off Sam, to lock the door after Trudy's departure "That girl is getting on my last nerve"
"Bella I know she's your blood and all, pardon the pun, but she's all kinds of wrong she needs to leave as soon as possible" he said "How do you walk in on people making love and keep a conversation what was she waiting for an invitation?" he asked
"I know she's got to go Sam, but while Grandma's alive I have to be seen to care about that bitch"
"What's the story with you two anyway?"
"I really don't know you know, I think it has something to do with her mother I remember her vaguely but to what I remember she never had much time for Trudy as a child she was always with us you know Mom, Dad and me and Uncle Danny was a different man then he had girls all over the place he just wasn't ever at home and Trudy and I liked each other" Mercy said as if she was really trying to remember
"Well you don't now"
"What did she say Sammy?" she asked rolling her eyes
"Never mind her let's get back to getting it on" he said trying to shift a conversation he knew had already gone too far
"Remember our first wobble in Texas, if I were you I wouldn't test that wobble again especially with a hormonal, pregnant bitch you getting me" she said, bad mood fixed
He pulled the sheets back and swung his legs out of the bed pulled on his sweats and sat on top of the bed before calling her to him "Babe promise me you'll listen before you react" he said looking her in the eyes
"I'll listen first babe, I promise" she said sitting on the bed next to him
Sam told Mercy about the events since they had returned how Trudy was coming on to him how she professed to be a predator and literally how she never stopped, how any opportunity Trudy got to be with him alone were filled with innuendos. He finished saying "I never said anything because I have no interest in her and I thought if she saw that she'd just stop but coming into our bedroom when she can hear from outside what's going on, we're not quiet, I think she's upped the game"
"Okay so what you're saying is that the bitch has been making a play for you since when?" Mercy wasn't waiting for Sam to answer the question she got on her phone "Uncle Danny, oh could you get Uncle Danny for me please?" she said waiting for about a minute before shouting down the phone "You coming up here today Uncle, good get a one way ticket for your daughter" she said and put the receiver down "I need to get out of here because if I see her smile once more these babies won't have much of a life chance and I love my babies" she told him, he followed her to the bathroom, showered they got dressed and left the house while Trudy was in the kitchen.
"Where you all going?" Trudy asked to a slamming door "Well at least there's no more sex in my house with my man" she laughed
They planned to have lunch, then go on to have the scan, ending the outing with a visit to their new house, they'd brought it in Beverley Hills a 6 bed 4 bathroom two story house with picket fence and everything just needing a family dog and the 2.5 children, which they had since decided was going to be 4 children.
"Should we move the party to our house tonight?" she asked as they sat in the waiting room at the surgery
"Could do if you wanted we were moving in on Monday anyway"
"Yeah, how would that work?"
"Well we could get everything move to the hotel closer to us, have the meal there or at home and then have a little after party at ours, stroke house warming, they'd all just go back to the hotel to sleep and we'd have our house to ourselves"
"You know I chose us time, make it happen husband" Sam didn't need telling twice and he had very little time to make all this happen, he called the hotel and booked like for like rooms at a hotel in Beverley hills, called the caterers, booked the venue, redirected the transport and sent messages to all their guests. He called the new house and had the head chef ensure snacks, drinks and everything was set up for the evening for around 25 guests and cars were made available to get them to hotels at the end of the evening, just in time as the GP called
"20 week scan at 21 weeks Mrs. Evans" the Paediatrician said making Mercy feel guilty
"Yeah it was either, putting this back a week or, disappoint 14 thousand fans and maybe a lawsuit and we decided to wait one week" Sam bit back
"Okay" the Paediatrician said wide eyed at Sam's response "Let's see if everything here is alright then" concluding Sam's tone meant pissed as he squirted the gel on Mercy's stomach and moved the ultrasound across her baby bump "Oh clear as day you have a set of twins kicking around in there looking healthy and do you need to know if the children are male or female?" he asked before he looked up to see them both crying at the sight
"Yes we do" Mercy said
"This one here" the doctor said explaining to the parents "Is a Boy see" he said as he showed the obvious genital for confirmation they nodded excitedly, "and this one laying at the back here is a Girl because genital exposure is missing" he said laughing. Sam hugged him in saying thank you so many times before he let him go and hugged Mercy for the longest while before he asked for 4 copies of the scan, before they left the surgery.
They picked up their outfits for later, went shopping, visited the alternative restaurant they'd booked, before they made their way to their new house in the Hills. They'd booked out the Polo Lounge restaurant in Beverley Hills for the family get together meal. They had been married for nearly 3 years and except for social media and Sam's six monthly visit to the family business, they hadn't really seen any family since the wedding, so this link up was well overdue.
So it was an hour before everyone was due to arrive at the hotel, Trudy was calling off Mercy's phone 'Where are you girl everyone's due in like an hour and you're not dressed' she texted as Mercy rolled her eyes at the message and carried on her conversation with Kurt on the land line "Kurt I got to go this girl is blowing up my phone" she said putting the phone down on him and calling Trudy "You need to get all your things together, you're leaving today" she said as she picked the phone up "We're moving out of there today, it will all be locked up tomorrow, your dad is coming with a ticket home for you" she said and put the phone down before Trudy could say anything, knowing her phone would be blowing up again any time now
"Babe watch those stress levels with the little ones please" Sam called seeing her face after the call as he moved the couch yet again at her instruction to afford more light on her face for the two minutes of daylight she would actually sit on the damn thing each day "Is this it?" he asked as he sat on the couch in its new position
"That's great babe" she finally said, he let out a breath of relief and a smile for her
"Okay Bella upstairs and dressed please I know you" he said pushing himself up of the sofa and across the room to where she was standing "My girls and ass better come back after this birth or I will not be happy" he said hugging her in as they walked up the stairs
The house was typical for the Hills, six bedroom, four bathrooms with, on-suite Master bedroom, 5 bedrooms sharing two bathroom, and a downstairs bathroom for guests as well as the pool and large living spaces, den, games room, music room with office everything at hand.
So at 7.15pm they were dressed and getting in the car ready for the short journey to the venue to check it out before their guests got there "Nile assures me this is the best eatery in the area and I asked him to get the children's pictures put on the dessert plates" Sam said as they stepped out the car him grabbing Mercy to ensure she stepped out safely. Mercy took her phone out and asked their butler get a cab to swing by her apartment and pick up Trudy and her luggage, and then sent Trudy a message telling her to be ready because the party had moved "You caved in then" Sam said looking over her shoulder
"Grandma …"
"Yeah spoke to you, I know" he said laughing
"She slapped the black off my ass actually" she said laughing
"Tell Grandma to leave that ass alone the little bit that's left belongs to me Bella" he laughed as they went through the door into the impressive restaurant "Liking this" he commented as they stopped laughing and turned into professionals.
"Good Evening Sir, Madam" the doorman said guiding them in
"Could you do a glass of bubbly on arrival please?" Sam asked
"Yes Sir" the doorman said speaking into his headgear, once in the actual Polo Lounge the Chef brought the cake with the picture of the babies on it for their approval, as expected Mercy cried for people eating her babies and Sam did his thing to calm her down and make her see reason. Calming Bella down had become an art form for him, he needed her and the babies to be safe so, they had picked a happy topic, which was sex and he's say or do anything to get her smiling again, right now he was talking his ass off, Mercy's cry eventually turned into a watery giggle and his job was done, she had gone to the bathroom to freshen up so he went to see what was happening in the kitchen.
The original family get together had been timely because it had fell on their three year anniversary, they had met in that night club on that valentines night, talked through the night into his birthday, become official on the 16th and by Mercy's birthday she had officially met everything he had ever kisses or dipped in and she still loved him. They weren't meeting up with everyone for their anniversary as everyone had end of year stuff to take care of, so they'd thrown that in the pot and now they also had the house warming as well as the news about the twins, it might start off civil but it was going to end with a bang.
"10 minutes Bella and they'll be here, you ready?" he asked through the bathroom door
"I'm coming Sam just one minute" she shouted back frustrated, as she came towards the door raging "Could you just leave me the fuck alone for like a minute, let me breath for Christ sake, I got Trudy on my fucking back trying to get in your trousers, I got you on my fucking front trying to think for me, why are you pushing me? you been pushing me all damn day" she said looking up at him with angry eyes "And stop calling me fucking Bella do you see me drinking fucking blood"
"Hey; you're doing a damn good job at sending all of my blood into my head, and the way you just went at me you bit that fucker off, these mood swings are killing me babe, but I'll own them for our babies" he said going in to kiss her "I know you don't mean that babe and I love you"
"You always get me back with the love thing don't you" she said smiling up at him "I love you more" she said kissing him back "Sorry babe"
"Put him down" Puck shouted across the room, as he walked with Quinn on his arm, they had hit it off at the wedding and although Puck was aware she'd been Sam's love slave for a while after the first hit he found out she had children. Definitely something missing in his life and he couldn't have them anyway so a ready made family was right up his street, he was loving life and spending less time at the studio. "From us" he said putting a gift and cards in Sam's hand "Happy everything" he said as Quinn hugged Mercy saying hello to Sam as she did that, before walking away to speak to others in the room
"Hi Both" Brittany and Santana came in with linked hands waving: sometime between fuck you Sam and happy wedding day these two had hit it off, Mercy thought it was crazy but they professed that men were really no good to them emotionally, physically or mentally. "Happy Valentines and everything that follows" Brittany said as they double hugged Mercy and slapped Sam on the back, giving Mercy their cards
Kurt and Blaine came in giving air kisses and passing comments about the hotel and its fineries, bearing gifts and making everyone laugh
Mercy's Uncles and Aunts came in rattling on about the hotel being too nice and now the restaurant being top class and moving to LA in their old age, remembering to say hello to Mercy and Sam as they walked around talking with their drinks in hand.
Grandma came in on the hand of Pastor Johnson, he'd made the trip because Grandma had made him feel guilty for not being able to do the wedding ceremony years back
Mom and Dad monopolized the hugs once they crossed the room standing to the side only for Grandma, once she got there
Mike and Tina came in talking to Jenna and Kevin hugged Sam and Mercy said a few words and moved on
"Mercy" Trudy came in saying as everyone looked towards the door she was coming through "That was not funny throwing me out of the house like that" she said as Grandma rolled her eyes
"Seeing as you need to get our business all out here, I don't think it's funny you throwing yourself all over my husband like that, you know that shit ain't happening on my street" Mercy said looking straight at Trudy before looking across to say "Sorry Grandma but, the girl needs to know"
"What the …" Trudy got out before grandma interrupted
"Trudy I told you before about leaving Sam alone, I know your father told you twice and I also know Sam told you himself. You're coming home with us when we leave because, truth be told, I wouldn't trust you with my pet dog and Mercy need no stress with the baby and all" she said looking at Trudy hard to finish by saying "And that's the end of this" Trudy stood frustrated and quiet, while everyone looked on disappointed in her
"Dinner is served" they heard as everyone went over towards the Polo Lounge, conversation was rife as everyone caught up with life, love and the pursuit of happiness. It was 9.45 before desert was served and everyone got a look at the large cake that was already cut into slices small plates of cake were served and it was Trudy who first noticed the picture on the plate
"Mercy girl is this your baby or should I say babies?" she asked
"Yep girl you should it's our babies, we're having twins" Mercy said turning to look at Sam
"A boy and a girl we were told today" Sam announced as everyone cheered
"Why didn't you say?" her Aunt Janet asked
"Well we wanted to go past the 20 weeks you know be sure" Sam said hugging Mercy
"Happy Valentines Everyone" Mercy shouted grabbing her orange juice for the toast
"Happy Valentines" Everyone shouted back as those that wanted to exchanged kisses
The dinner went by with hardly any itches, Trudy was being kept on a tight rope, by her Dad surprisingly, and at the end of the night she shared the hotel room with Grandma "Hopefully you'll learn something from this" she'd told her before they left the venue
By the end of the week all celebrations were over and everyone had gone back to their homes, work or play
4 months later
"Babe I'm just calling to say..."
"Babe, I'll call you back" Sam replied
"No babe I don't think..." she got out and the phone was dead "Damn" she looked at the phone saying, he'd had a meeting in Texas he just couldn't put off and actually on D day they were both stressed about it. She'd made calls every hour just to check in and the last call he'd told her to make it in two hours because he was going in to do his presentation, but the pains had come and right now she needed him home, well back at the ranch, he refused to leave her at home alone. They were due in hospital for 3pm today, everything was packed and ready to go, parents were on standby, car was ready and everyone was on tender hooks, then two days before the prospect of this big deal drops in their lap and they couldn't pass it up, they needed the expansion, they agreed it was important and put the time back to 5pm to accommodate it.
Sam sat tapping his hand on the table waiting for a response from the investors, he needed to make a call, he needed to get home and he needed this deal closed "So gentlemen do we have a deal?" he finally asked breaking the silence in the room
"Can we get a day?" Mr Price asked
"Twenty four hours" Sam agreed getting up to close the meeting "Sorry gentlemen as I said my wife's D day today on our twins, so I need to get ready" he said shaking their hands "Same time tomorrow?"
"Yes" Mr Price said as Sam left the office, leaving instruction for his PA to deal with the guests
"Mercy" he said when he finally got hold of her "What's up babe?"
"I'm getting pains babe"
"Pains?" he shrieked "Are you on the way to hospital?"
"No I haven't told Mom and Dad I want you here"
"Babe we know the risks tell them, it's easier for me to meet you guys there"
"I want you here babe"
"Bella I want to be there, but to wait for me to get there to come all the way back over here, come on, don't make me call them"
"And you'll be there?"
"Of course I'll be there" he laughed "We're having our babies"
"I'm on my way" she told him as the phone cut off
He called the car, and made for the hospital, while on route he called her car and asked the driver to keep him updated on what was happening, 30 minutes later they were all in the hospital "Bella" Sam shouted at her screaming at full lung capacity
"Don't you dare tell me to shut up" she told him her voice almost demonic, making him back off "Shit" she said looking down at the floor "My water" she cried before the screams came again
"Lay down babe" He grabbed hold of her saying
"I think this is our cue to leave" Dan said grabbing Rose and making for the exit "This is your time son" he smiled "Good luck"
Sam face twisted in pain as Mercy finally got hold of his hand and dug her nails in, he expected blood "I thought you didn't need blood?" he asked as they looked at her grip on his hand
"Don't make me laugh" her face broke saying before another more intense pain came and took her back to that place "My god Sam" she screamed as he grip tightened again. Everything sort of went in slow motion after that for a while, the next sure thing they knew was they herd a baby cry and suddenly everything went back to normal motions and although there was pain it was a different kind of pain
"Your daughter" they heard, then what seemed like seconds later "Your son" they couldn't help but smile at each other as they heard the words "Would you like to meet your children?" the voice said, they were in a bubble
"Yes please" Mercy told the voice as their stare moved from each other to the bundles of joy coming towards them
"Wow" they said smiling at each other for that word finding it's way to their lips again
"Any names?" the midwife asked
"Willow" Sam said looking at their daughter in his arms
"Wiley" Mercy said looking at their son in her arms
"Nice names" the midwife commented "you might want to try and feed them in a while"
"Yes that would be good" Mercy said as they took the twins away to clean them up "Can the Grandparents come in yet?"
"Sure" she replied
The families came from all over the place to meet the babies, so the next twenty four hours were hectic, they were eventually making their way home on day three with their babies, the house still full but they found their way to the nursery with the twins and sat basking in their family "We need a lullaby" Sam announced as they lay on the floor with a baby each on their chest, talking
"Please don't suggest a nursery rhyme" Mercy looked at him begging "I can't sing a rhyme every night"
"It can be whatever we want it to be" he smiled "Country?" he suggested
"Which song?"
"I don't know"
"Get your phone out lets google" she said as he did just that, listening to songs, searching and disagreeing "It has to mean something Sam" she finally shouted frustrated
"Calm down Bella, it doesn't have to be today, mind the baby" he said pointing to Willow on her chest
"Sorry" she told him lightly rubbing the baby's back
"Wow" he said looking at her
"What?"
"Wow, I said it when I met you, we said it when we met them, something with wow in it" he smiled as he searched "I've found seven" he told her as they went in to listen to them
"It's going to be this one Sam" she smiled when she heard the opening notes
"Yeah it's going to be this one" he smiled picking Wiley up off his chest and putting him in his cot, before picking Willow up and doing the same "Come here" he held his hand out saying to Mercy "This ones definitely a family song" he pulled her to him saying, starting the song again as they rocked together singing
"Betcha By Golly, Wow" by Dionne Warwick
Sam: There's a spark of magic in your eyes, candyland appears each time you smile, never thought that fairy tales came true
But they come true when I'm near you, you're a genie in disguise, full of wonder and surprise
Both: And betcha by golly, wow, you're the one that I've been waiting for forever, and ever will my love for you keep growin' strong, keep growin' strong
Mercy: If I could I'd catch a falling star, to shine on you so I'll know where you are, order rainbows in your favorite shade
To show I love you, thinking of you, write your name across the sky, anything you ask I'll try, `cause
Both: Betcha by golly, wow, you're the one that I've been waiting for forever, and ever will my love for you keep growin' strong, keep growin' strong
"I thought you meant a song for the babies?" she asked when they finished
"It is as well, you're all my Wows"
The End