"Do you want to actually have that hot drink we started before we left?" he asked as he threw the keys on the coffee table
"Yeah but I'll make it if you like" s
"No your fine, you get acquainted, I'll make them" He said as he carried on towards the kitchen
Mercy went to the bedroom to get her night clothes and followed on through to the bathroom for her routine as quickly as she could to get back down for her hot drink, "Can I put some music on?" she asked as she got back to the living room
"Sure it's your house too Mrs"
She went to the music centre to look at the tracks he had and found the tunes they had their 48 hours to all in a playlist called Mercy, which made her laugh "Marvin Gaye" she gasped as she looked through "got to be one of the best artists ever" she said to herself
"What was that?"
"Marvin Gaye didn't know you liked his music" she said with a giggle as she found his greatest hits collection amongst the music and put it on and started rocking "Come dance with me" she shouted through as Marvin started singing 'Let's get it one' Sam came out of the kitchen with the drinks in his hand "How about we ditch the hot drinks for some wine?" she asked
"I can do that" he said spinning round with the drinks still in hand and reappearing minutes later with wine and two glasses pouring the wine in time to get the start of 'What's going on' as he grabbed Mercy and started dancing as she had requested. She kissed him again and although he fell into it he was the one that drew back first
"What's the matter?" she asked sensing his hesitation
"I don't want to have sex with you" he said as he looked in her eyes "And your eyes are saying fuck me"
"Hopefully we're not all about sex but, do you think that's a temporary feeling or have your feelings changed?" she asked still dancing
"See that's why I know we are meant to be together, most girls would have slapped me by now" he said laughing as he pulled her in for a kiss the first one he'd instigated since her arrival "I want us to be married before we do that again I'm planning for Saturday if that's alright with you mainly because I think that's as long as I can wait before we get our mac on" he finished still looking at her
Mercy smiled before saying "Only you could ever be thinking about something like that, and that's why I love you Sam Evans" she said hugging into him "Will you hold me tonight though?"
"I plan on doing that" he said as they carried on dancing around the room now to 'Sexual healing' "So this is Marvin's night then?" he asked laughing as he grabbed the two glasses at the end of the song and sat on the couch listening to 'Ain't no mountain high enough'
"I'm glad you're here Mercy" he said once they settled down into each other "Seriously I missed you and I was so sad when I thought you'd gone" he said hugging her, she knew he had a wet face as he said it.
"I'm elated I'm here Sam and that you still want me, I forgot to mention I've been going by the name Mercy Evans since that day I have a passport, drivers licence and everything" she said jumping up off him waiting for his reaction
"It will all be true on Saturday" he said laughing "Oh we have to dance to this one" he said jumping up and pulling her to get up as 'Mercy Mercy Me' came through the speakers making them both laugh before they sobered up "things really are about to change" he said leading her to the bedroom to get ready for bed
Mercy went back to the bathroom and came out ready for bed again "You have got to be shitting me" he said rolling his eyes as Mercy stood there in a underwear set in black with the skimpiest knickers anyone could ever have and a see through overcoat
"What" she said looking shocked "it's practically a dress"
"Trust you to give new meaning to the little black dress" he laughed "Took my breath babe but still not happening" he said still laughing as she walked towards him on the bed, got in and snuggled up to him "As we lay" he said and they fell asleep to Marvin Gaye's sweet tunes
Dallas Day 2
"Babe it's time to get up we need to get to the bank as early as possible" he said nudging her
"Yeah give me a minute babe" she said her eyes still closed
Sam went to fix breakfast, put it in the hot plate and returned to the bedroom she was still asleep "Babe you've got to see Dwayne in like 4 hours we have things to do please get up"
"I don't like waking up you're going to have to do better than that" she said making him laugh
"A song" he said walking over to the dresser to get his guitar, he turned quickly to see her head peeking outside the covers and smiled at her antics of trying to get him into bed again, he laughed out loud when she rolled her eyes telling him she'd been defeated. Even though she knew he'd seen her she still put her head back under the covers, making him laugh louder "You are so faking it Mrs Evans" he said through his laugh "I have a song for you" he said sitting back down on the bed and tuning his guitar before he started singing 'Die a happy man' by Thomas Rhett she came from under the pillows to listen to him, when he finished she lingered on the kiss, gave him the eyes again, but he refused to budge
"You sing Country?" she asked
"Texan born and bred" he replied "Come on lady up, we really are going to be late" he said getting up off the bed to put his guitar back and use the bathroom. When he emerged he was fully dressed and Mercy was sitting on the bed waiting to use the bathroom "What's up?" he asked
"I'm waiting for the bathroom"
"Why didn't you just come in?" he asked, she just shrugged as she got up and went to the bathroom
"Too much temptation" she finally said laughing as she closed the bathroom door behind her and came out 40 minutes later dressed in a black dress with shoes and bag to match
"Now that's a black dress" he said grabbing her hand and going to the kitchen to grab the bags he'd put their breakfast in to take with them and out the house to the car before giving Mercy one of the bags "Your fault I told you we were going to be late" he laughed at the look on her face. They got to the bank for 11.15am Sam saw the Manager had a social chat and gave his request, the Manager raised his eyebrow and took the cheque written out by Mr. Evans looked at Mercy a few times before going to sort it out. "I purposely didn't introduce you Babe your name's Evans and I didn't want him knowing that until after it was legal" he said kissing her head as he finished whispering.
"Mr. Evans your Cheque" the Manager came out saying 30 minutes later "Made out to a Mr Dwayne Radford" he confirmed as he passed the cheque over.
"Thank you and good day" he said as they left the bank "Let's just go look in here" he said as they approached a shop three doors up
"It's jewellery" she said alarmed
"Yep" he said guiding her in and over to the wedding ring section "Hello Mrs Jenkins we're looking for a really nice wedding ring" he said looking at Mercy with a smile "Choose one" he said walking away, for her to do her thing
"Sam do you like this one?" she shouted him from the watch counter three rows up and he came back over to have a look
"It's lovely, is it the one you want?"
"Yep" she said hugging it
"Okay could I have that engraved by Friday please?" Sam asked
"Tomorrow!" the shop keeper asked before running off to find out after excusing herself, she came back minutes later saying "No problem Mr. Evans"
"Hold on a minute" Sam said as he took Mercy back outside and showed her the wedding dress shop next door and told her to go pick something and let him know when she'd finished but they needed to be making tracks by 1.15 the latest. Before he went back into the jewellery shop to sort out his wording on the ring
He went and booked a cake and picked his suits up from the dry cleaners, spoke to the local clergy who agreed to do the ceremony at his parent's house and spoke to Noah and Artie on the phone about getting the band set up and Rachel about being their Chief Bridesmaid they all agreed before Sam told them it was happening on Saturday.
About 12.45 he got a call from Mercy saying she'd made a choice and he was going to hate her for how much it cost but he should have sent her to a cheaper shop. As he got in the door she said "I can pay it's not a problem" holding her hand up
"I know you can babe but the bride never buys her own dress" he said laughing as he took his gold card out and paid the cashier before they left the shop "Right Dwayne" he said as they walked towards the car
"I'll go on my own I don't want you involved" she said
"No way he needs to stop after this and I'm going to make sure he knows that" he said "I learned some tricks from Gino and I'm going to use them" he smirked making her laugh "After this we never speak of those people again deal?" he asked
"Deal" she said as the car pulled off on the journey he told her about the wedding plans he'd made before making the call to his parents to tell them what was happening and that the maximum guests would be ten including them. When they got to Dwayne's hotel he was standing outside waiting for Mercy, Sam pulled up right in front of him
"Hi Dwayne, jump in" she said signalling for him to jump in the back seat, which he did "This is Sam my other half" she said as Dwayne nodded acknowledgement through the mirror
"Where are we going?" Dwayne asked
"Have you eaten?" Mercy asked
"No not yet" he replied
"To eat, can you recommend anywhere round her Sam?" she asked, Sam nodded and took them on a journey
"Everyone eat stake yeah?" he asked
"Yeah" Dwayne answered
"The Abacus then, it's on McKinney Avenue and you can sight see after" Sam told them
"I'm getting the 4pm so I won't have much time for sightseeing, does Sam know who I am Mercy?" he asked
"Yes he does"
"Is it alright to talk in front of him?" he asked
"Yes" she replied
"You know I was thinking really you didn't know I existed until I turned up at your door and really if you thought you were the only surviving relative you would have spent the money on yourself I don't want you to feel like you need to be under pressure to give me anything if you don't have it. I'd much rather have a relationship with you on your terms of course and I'm sorry if it felt like I was pressuring you yesterday I just realised when you drove away that I didn't have your contact details and you could have just walked out of my life it panicked me enough for me to jump on a plane and follow you" he said before he paused "I've lost enough in my life already" he finished as Sam pulled up at the restaurant got out the car and ran round to let Mercy out opening Dwayne's door too "thanks" Dwayne said as he got out
"Shall we get all the formalities out the way first?" Sam asked Mercy
"Yes well let's order first and then talk" she told him as the waiter came towards them and took their drink and meal order "Okay, I had spent most of the money Dwayne and it was because I didn't know you existed until I saw you on the TV two days ago. I went by Mom's house, that I believed to be a crack house, that night and my friend approached you just to find out who you were, she doesn't do drugs by the way, and I saw you then. They left about 300K in total I don't know about what the police got hold of so, in fairness 150K belongs to you, we've come up with the money for you as I don't like debts" she said looking at Sam who grabbed her hand for support "And please don't refuse it it's your birth right"
"Does this mean you don't want a relationship with me?" he asked taking the cheque from her without looking at it
"I'd love a relationship with you but can we start slow and I must insist you never tell anyone about my existence or Sam's for that matter I have left that life behind and I never want it to visit me again and you must keep off the drugs too Dwayne"
"I left those the day after Donovan passed and I've never looked back 6 years now since I've not used and I have no intention of going back to that life" Dwayne said "So how did you two meet?" he asked deflecting from himself
"Casual like about a year ago" Mercy said looking at Sam as he smiled back at her
Their meal arrived they ate almost in silence stealing glances at each other until they had ate enough before Dwayne asked "Mercy did you do anything dishonest to get that money?"
"No"
"Will you be broke after giving it to me because we can split this you know" he said looking at the cheque he'd left on the table upside down
"It's only right that you get what you're owed Dwayne" she said shaking her head
"Shall we go look around?" Sam asked
"You two can, it took us 20 minutes to get here and I still have to get back to the hotel, get my bags and, get to the airport so I'll have to miss this time" Dwayne said
"We can take you instead then, no problem" Sam said looking at Mercy for approval as she nodded a yes
So after lunch they got back in the car and took Dwayne back to his hotel to collect his belongings and then on to the airport where they waited with him until his flight was called for boarding hugged and said their goodbyes and left the airport before Sam turned to Mercy "Did you think all that was genuine?"
"No way too accommodating for me he's working with the Feds I bet, trying to catch us out"
"That's what I felt too" he said "I don't want to go back to the house just now we'll book into an hotel near here" he said "We'll be going to my parent's house tomorrow for the wedding on Saturday
"Okay" Mercy said following him back to the car, they made the short jaunt to the Grand Hyatt a 4 star hotel with Spa and dining which they took full advantage of that evening. As they sat in the hotel room, TV on, music on and a film playing on Netflix on the laptop they were both bored
"What's our wedding song?" she asked
"Haven't thought about it, have you?" he asked
"I've always dreamt of most of the classical songs you know like 'Always and forever', 'Forever more' even 'Let's get married' corny eh" she said laughing
"Not corny traditional I would have said, do you want any of those?"
"I was just listening to this on my phone and thought it was a nice alternative what do you think?" she asked taking one ear plug from her ear and putting it in his ear as he listened
"Yeah it's good sort of says where we've been and where we hope to go its good" he said taking the earphone out
"I'm really glad you like it because here comes the wedding present request" she said with a smile
"Present?"
"Yeah you know the one thing a girl wants on her wedding day from her husband to be" she said laughing before a quick sobering up "Can we sing it?" she asked
"Sing it?" he asked for clarification "And that's the one thing you need on your wedding day?" he asked before she could answer the first question
"I need you but, I'd like us to sing it" she said trying to catch him as he walked past the back of the couch she was sitting on, her hand rested on the zip front of his trouser, he stopped walking and looked at her with a smirk on his face "Coincidence really" she said moving her hand but not too quickly smirking herself "Are we really going to last till Saturday?" she asked "I dare not say the word for fear of you jumping me" she laughed "And you're going to put us through agony again tonight with this holding thing aren't you?" she asked
"Might as well suck it up tomorrow night is going to be worse, we'll be in separate rooms" he said laughing "And you'll be busy all day with preparations and things for Saturday Mom's got plans too, hen night and all" he said looking for Mercy's reaction
"Hen night I don't know anyone down here all my friends, I mean all three, are back in LA"
"Do you want them to come?"
"I'd love them to come but they'd have to be blind folded and sworn to secrecy"
"Why are they tied to our old life?"
"No but we don't know what's going on do we?"
"Call them and book the flights, let them buy their outfits in LA then they'll have nothing to leave the ranch for until they're going back to LA and who remembers where they've been when their distracted anyway"
Mercy didn't need telling twice he sat watching as she called Kurt & Blaine and informed them she was getting married, on the down low and couldn't dream of doing it without them being there. How, if they had the weekend free, she'd fly them to her and, a car would be waiting to pick them up and, they could be back home by Sunday evening if they wished. They obviously agreed to attend the way Mercy jumped up and down on the chair in excitement before she finished with "Remember tell no one, let me know the time and I'll sort everything this side, bye" turning to Sam to say "they're coming" as she hugged him "I've just got to call Unique now and that's my wedding party" she finished before she started dialling
"Unique?" Sam asked as Mercy got through on the call and invited Unique to the wedding on Saturday and ended the conversation with a promise to try because of the bar.
"I'm not inviting Quinn you might like her, not really, I don't like how easily Dwayne found me and she was the only one who knew I'd seen him" she said as she looked around to find Sam at the radio changing the station "What you doing?"
"I'm just going to have a look around and see who's around and stuff" he smiled
"So why change the station?" she asked
"I just feel better if we're connected while I'm out, I know I have your number but that might not always be the best way to contact"
"We left that life Sam" she said in a suspect tone
"Humour me babe"
"You know something don't you?"
"Not for sure I need to test it out and, before you ask worst case scenario they grab me ask a few questions and let me go"
"So don't go" she stood up saying
"If it's nothing I'll direct them to you" he said laughing as he grabbed his coat, stretched across the couch to kiss her and exited the hotel room, leaving her staring at the door
An hour later Sam hadn't returned and Mercy was pacing the floor with her phone in her hand waiting for contact. 'Surely he'd know I'd be pulling my fucking weave out by now what is he playing at, met up with friends or something and forgot time and soon to be wife I'll bet' she thought looking at her phone again for missed calls. 'Worst case scenario he's tied up in some dark room somewhere being tortured to give information about my whereabouts and he said if it was legit he'd give my details, is he giving them my details right now will they be here for me soon?' suddenly there was a ping she looked at her phone to see a message from Sam 'Ho' "What he fuck!" she shouted at the phone so now I'm a fucking hoe"
"Dedication from Babe to the one he loves, go to that safe place and this is for you 'The very thought of you' by Nancy Wilson" the DJ announced "It was barely a whisper, so don't know what your man was doing at the time" she heard on the radio and went into panic mode
"Safe place where the fuck is the safe place" she shouted to herself grabbing the keys off the table, her bag and coat from the hanger and heading to the door "Seriously Mercy where is the fucking safe place" she asked herself again, before closing the door behind her not knowing where she was actually going. She got to the car and sat thinking to call Sam to find out where the safe place was but, his whispered code came back in her head and she decided to go to his parent's house, that being the only other place she'd ever been to in Dallas. "Where is it?" she asked herself as she looked on the dashboard to see a sticky saying press, and pressed it, the Sat Nav came up with instructions to get somewhere she started the car and prayed that it was the safe place Sam had told her about before driving off following it's instructions. 40 minutes later she was approaching the gated area that looked very familiar to her bringing a smile to her face that Sam had thought of everything for her "But he's in danger" she said to herself bringing tears as the car came to a halt outside the Evans ranch
"Mercy" Sam's Mom came out shouting "What's up love?" she asked before Mercy looked up from the wheel she was crying into
"Mom I think Sam's in trouble and it's all because of me" she blurted out
"Come inside let's get you sorted and find out what's happening with our Sam"
As they got to the door Dan was standing in the doorway "What's all the noise about Rose?"
"Apparently Sam's in trouble and it's all because of Mercy that's all I've got so far" Rose explained setting Mercy down in the living room and heading to the kitchen but Mercy immediately got up and followed her to the kitchen with Dan right behind her
After Mercy cried again she started to tell Mom and Dad their story from that first night in the hotel to the 48 hours to the shoot out the money spending Sam's life with Rachel that she knew about and her so called brother following her to Dallas, finishing with them not trusting Dwayne and Sam going out on a hunch, the coded request and the ho message on the phone
"Let's clear this up first Sam wouldn't call you a hoe, he was probably in a compromising situation and pressed h instead of g they're close on the qwerty board" Rose said "Secondly; Sam will be alright your Dad will get onto that and, if even the police think their bigger than us in this state they've made a mistake when it comes to us Evans'" she finished
"He'll be back latest tomorrow Sweetheart he's got a wedding to plan and attend on Saturday" he Dad said leaving the room "They'll have a job hiding in these parts too"
"And before you ask no we are not the mafia or anything like that just a very tight community against crime and anything associated. They came in once and got our Sam and we swore no one else would get hold of any more of our youngsters and it's just been something that we Evans' have canvassed for in these parts. Nobody really knows where our Sam went and we'd have liked to have kept it that way but needs must" she said wiping Mercy's tears with her apron
Sam's Journey
Sam had picked up Mercy's phone when she went to the bathroom earlier that afternoon, just by chance he'd turned tracker on and looked for Dwayne just out of curiosity to find he was still in Dallas although they had seen him go through to get his flight, their hunches had been right he did have an agenda but, did they know about him too.
If that Dwayne bastard was going to do anything it was going to have to be quick especially if it was as he expected and Dwayne wasn't who he said he was. First off the banker's cheque would be no good to him he'd need raw cash and second they think Mercy has more than money in her possession worth more than 300K which could only be drugs. He didn't ask her because he refused for it to be true initially but, then what she said to Dwayne earlier sort of confirmed that she didn't have anything like that for him.
He knew they'd want information and if they thought he had nothing to do with anything they'd try scare tactics on him first for him to get the info to them so putting his coat on he sort of told Mercy he'd suspected something before he left but if he'd have told her everything he knew he wouldn't have gotten out the room.
So he made his usual lobby stops to get information and hand the keys in and tell the bell boy the room would be vacant within the hour when someone from the ranch would be there to collect his belongings and left the building. He walked across the avenue onto the paved area with seating and buskers entertaining for the evening and through into the park area a man approached him for a light and the next thing he saw was darkness and when he woke up her was in something moving with his head half covered, he got his phone out and texted Mercy and dropped the phone not knowing if he had called her or not "Radio" he said and pressed his speed dial and did the muffled request trying to keep his phone on his person. As he put the phone back in his pocket the car must have turned sharp after that because the next thing he knew he was in this room looking at masked faces shouting at him.
"Where am I?" he asked not really expecting an answer "What do you want"
"Q is this the guy you saw with Mercy?" A familiar voice said from behind a mask
"Dwayne is that you?" Sam asked knowing he was digging himself a whole if this shit was serious as he felt a fist in his jaw and knew there was blood flying somewhere
"It's me Sam, you know it's me, and I need to know where Mercy left the stuff" Dwayne asked
"Stuff?" he questioned "She left all the furniture, in the flat everything"
"Drugs Sam, where are the drugs?"
"Dwayne the first time Mercy's mentioned that word in my presence is today at the restaurant, I swear, she's never told me she had a problem with them, she came to me saying she'd spent your inheritance and she needed 25K to make up the money to give it back to you because now she realises she spent more than her half on the flat and stuff, I gave it to her this morning and came along to meet you"
"So you're telling me she don't have no drugs" Dwayne asked
"Not as far as I know Dwayne"
"Quinn was this the man that Mercy was with in LA" Dwayne asked again as a tall blond female came forward obviously a user
"No he's white that one was Black called Dick or Danny or something like that" Quinn said rocking in her shoes trying to keep upright "And here I was thinking you wanted me you bastard you're just like your fucking Dad, Mercy's a good girl she never touched that stuff had nothing to do with it, I bet she wouldn't even know what it looks like she's so fucking green" Quinn said laughing "She thought I was clean and a changed woman for fuck sake, get a grip D, if you're looking for a dealer she ain't it"
"That just leaves your sure fire Santana, we need to get back to LA and check her out" Dwayne said to the other man that was in the room breathing on Sam all the time with whisky breath
"What you gonna do with him?" the guy asked
"Just leave him if anybody loves him they'll find him" Dwayne said "he's my sisters man after all, how would it look if I blew him away, I'd be hurting her" he finished as they walked away from Sam and suddenly he was alone sitting waiting
"Fools didn't even take my damn phone" he said feeling into his back pocket and pulling it out again, before deciding to grab his belt buckle to undo the tape around his wrists so he got of the chair and stepped through his bound hands now in front of him, took his belt off and used the sharp tooth to rip through the tape freeing his hands "Amateurs" he said with a ridiculous laugh, grabbing his phone out of his pocket he dialled his Dad who picked up on the first call
"We're on our way Son I've tracked you"
"Okay I'll be standing outside this place where ever it is"
"It's the old miners garden their shed, not very adventurous your guys" his Dad said laughing "I assume they've gone or you're on your last call" he finished
"They're gone Dad, did Mercy get to you?" he asked "Is she okay?"
"Yeah she's fine a bit weepy but I would be if my future husband called me a hoe" his dad said laughing
"A what?"
"Check your text, bye son, in a bit" his Dad said clicking the phone off knowing Sam was going to do exactly that after that bit of information he'd just given him
Sam checked his phone messages to Mercy and sure enough he'd sent her a message saying 'Ho' he made the call and waited for the fall out "Mercy!" he said "Are you alright, you got out, I wasn't sure I'd really explained to you about the safe place or not and I left all the clues I could and I'm sorry about the 'Ho' thing my hands were tied behind my back it should have said Go" he laughed nervously "Dad's on his way to pick me up and I'll be there as quick as I can okay?" he said and took a breath "So are you okay?"
"Yes, are you okay?" she said with a laugh cry
"I shouldn't have called you, I can't talk to you like this I need to see you, hold you, I'll be there as fast as I can" he said clipping the phone off, she was crying and he couldn't handle it, he felt like his heart was breaking
20 minutes later his Dad turned up with the cavalry, although they knew he assailants had gone "They wanted to warn me about treating Mercy right" he said laughing "When they realised she was going to hear about it all they run" he said still laughing but, looking at his Dad's face he knew Mercy had said something and he was in for a talking to before his head hit the pillow tonight. He got in the car and welcomed the quiet journey home "Dad I know you want answers but can I deal with Mercy before we have that conversation please?" he asked when they got to the ranch
"I'll give you an hour" his Dad said as they got out the car and walked towards the front door, where Mercy and Rose were waiting
Sam and Mercy went down by the stables to have their conversation "What happened Sam was it as we expected?"
"Yes it was Dwayne and his goon but there was that Quinn there high as a kite said you didn't know she'd always been on stuff you were so green" he told her as she gasped in shock
"Quinn? I don't believe it she's working with him?"
"Yeah I convinced them, so did Quinn actually, that you know nothing about where any drugs are I think that's what they're after and they mentioned someone called Santa as the next mark"
"Santana, she could be actually she was my hairdresser but I could never trust her, that Bastard always knew I'd been there before I got home. Her place was always busy too just like a fucking crack house but with a business front. Good luck to them and I'm sure Dwayne knows I want nothing more to do with him" she finished
"Which brings me nicely to my parents being mad as hell in the house, how much did you tell them?" he asked
"Everything verbal diarrhoea I'm afraid sorry" she said making him laugh "I was so fucking scared for you I just told them everything and asked them to help you"
"Okay let's go face the fire" Sam said grabbing her hand
"Hold up" Mercy said dragging him back to her "I need some love, less than an hour ago I thought you were gonna die give me something" she said as he threw his arms round her and kissed her deep much deeper than she expected "You want me don't you?" she asked teasingly when he let her up
"I'm glad you just can't work out how much babe and I'm sorry I made you cry"
"There you go with that sexiness again" she said laughing "Is it all over now babe?"
"I hope so but I'm not phased if it isn't their not up to much" he said giving her a peck before releasing her, holding onto her hand as he walked towards the house "You stand in front just in case they want to throw things" he said pushing her through the door first to her silent protest.
"Drink anyone?" Rose asked
"Yes please Mom chocolate times two" he said as his Dad came into the kitchen and sat down
"Okay Sam talk" he said
So Sam went through the story filling in the bits from his adventure that Mercy didn't really know or say like about the baby and Rachel's drug use and stuff as they sat listening to his life in LA "Have you had tests done Son, both of you really" Rose asked
"I have" Mercy said "But I always used protection he was nasty but he respected that I wanted that"
"I have but I had relations with Rachel on a planned appointment basis, she was mainly used for deals, so my needs were minor and another pregnancy was not on the cards and to be honest I was pleased about that" Sam replied
2am in the morning it seemed his parents were satisfied with the story, all the gaps had been filled in after 4 hot drinks and one strong ones, cookies uncountable and a Cheese sandwich in between "You might as well stay" his Mom said as they got up to leave
"It's our last night of cuddles we need to be home" Sam said to Mercy's sad face
"Is that cuddles or sex?" Dad asked
"Cuddles Dad, we wanted to save sex until the wedding night our choice" she volunteered
"I'll allow a night of cuddling" Dan said with a smile to which they put their cups away and went up to bed
"Night clothes in the bathroom cupboard Mercy help yourself" Rose said when she went in for a hug
Dallas Day 3
The next morning Sam was woken up by Mercy "Babe busy day my friends are coming in at 1 and I want to get my dress and everything while I'm in the area"
"Just another half hour Babe I'm fucked, I've had blue balls all damn night for the second night running what with last night's pink string, or was that your description of panties and, the night before little, or should I say none fucking existent, black dress, I'm ready to blow"
"Come on babe wedding tomorrow then all your balls will be sorted" she said dragging him up with the sheets
"Okay, okay I'm up" he said running to the bathroom "I'm bursting" he said as he ran making her laugh only to come out the bathroom a few minutes later naked with the beginnings of a boner "What did you say we had to do today babe" he said bouncing towards her as she turned to look at him to be faced with his hips near her face startling her
"Sam" she said moving her head out the way "Cheat" she said with a smile pushing her tongue out in a licking action making him jump in response as she re-crossed her legs and wiggled on the bed making him smile
"You still want me then?" he said
"I still so want you Mr Evans" she said as he spun round and went back to the bathroom coming back 20 minutes later dressed in jeans and T-Shirt with cowboy boots and plaid shirt looking fine "Is that my Man" she enquired proudly making him blush as they linked hands and went down for breakfast
After Breakfast they went into town and collected the rings, dress, after dress, suit, arranged delivery for the cake and picked up Kurt and Blaine from the airport before making their way to the ranch scenic route just in case although looking at them Sam would have guessed not. They had been polite enough when Mercy and he picked them up shaking hands and hugging even but, they had done nothing but knock the shit out of each other's arms since getting in the car with big smiles and wide eyes as they spoke to Mercy. They were suitably impressed when they got to the ranch again provoking knocks and wide smiles
"What is it with all the knocking and smiles with them Mercy?" he asked when they had shown them to their room to freshen up and explained to his parents that they were gay
"They think you're adorable Sam, they may even try to turn you" she laughed "No not really they just think your fit that's all"
"Fit?" he asked looking at his unhidden muscles
"As in fanciable" she whispered
"Shit, Mercy your standing behind me for the next two days" he said laughing at his parents reaction "It's not an affliction you two it's a feeling from birth and their Mercy's friends play nice and respect them please or I might have to shout and I don't want to be doing that to my parents" he finished "Treat them like the yang to Dani and Brittany" Sam said laughing
"What time are the artists coming?" Rose asked Sam
"In about 30 minutes" he said looking at his phone "But Noah, Artie and co should be here any minute and everyone can meet before the wedding" he said leaving the kitchen with Mercy in tow, he heard the knock at the door but was too engrossed in getting Mercy alone he didn't respond. As they got to the porch he swung her round "Mercy I just got the urge to.." he said kissing her deep and hard, his hands roaming all over her and she did the same
"Sam! Noah and the others are here" his Mother shouted
"Damn" he said pulling away from her "They're going to see my Boner and gear us" he said
"I'll stand in front" she said "Lucky my Knickers are between my legs they're soaked" she said turning to see some people coming towards them
"Noah, Artie, Rachel, Dani, Brittany, Sugar, Loren" Sam said as he pointed to then and they gave him half a hug as he didn't let go of Mercy to hug them "This is Mercy my wife to be, thanks for coming" he said smiling
"Nice to meet you Mercy" Noah said "You got a boner Evans?" he asked as he gave Mercy a hug followed by Loren, Sugar, Dani, Brittany and then she bent down to hug Artie as Rachel stood back
"Rachel was it?" Mercy asked as Rachel nodded "Heard you were the brains of this outfit" she said smiling
"I am"
"We need to talk later" Mercy said giving her a wink as Sam sat back in the two seater couch on the Porch pulling Mercy down with him "that must have hurt" she said to him as she slammed down
"Grab a seat guys" he said to everyone as Noah & Loren found another two seater, Sugar sat on Artie's wheelchair and Brittany and Dani sat in a tangled pile on the beanbags in the middle while Rachel sat awkwardly on a stool. They sat talking for a short while before they heard that the artists have arrived along with the bridesmaid dress and the cake "Time to set the music up guys" Sam said jumping up and pulling Mercy up for her to go get make up tests done "See you in an hour babe or two" he said kissing her much lighter than he did earlier
Don't forget we're singing tomorrow" she said walking away as he watched
"Fuck" Sam said as she swung her way up the stairs to go do her practice run on her make up and hair
"Ain't love a bitch?" Artie said as Kurt and Blaine found them on the patio
"Hi" Blaine said as Kurt waved
"Everyone this is Kurt & Blaine Mercy's friends, they went round saying their names and shaking hands or hugging
"Oh Rachel do you need a plus one we've just met a lovely guy on the van outside, he's driving the make up artists" Kurt said walking off towards the front door and returning moments later with the said guy "Everyone and Rachel this is Jessie" he said pushing him towards Rachel perked up a bit to everyone's keen eye and the conversation continued
"Hope everyone's stopping for dinner?" Sam asked and everyone agreed. About two hours later Mercy came back to the porch where life seemed to have stopped
"What's happening babe no singing, I expect to hear singing in the country" she said as she walked back into the room with her little black dress with beaded front bodice gathered at the bra front clip frayed out over her full boobs and tied at the neck with a single strap at the back and the curve of the low back dress resting on her plump bottom the whole dress hitting just below her knee, as if that was the area Sam wanted covered and, the highest heels he'd had ever seen her in
Sam got up to greet her as the other looked on "babe you look eatable" he said kissing her and laughing in her mouth at the end of the sensual kiss she'd just laid on him "Guys my fiancé, please" he said as Artie, Noah, Dani and Jessie ogled Mercy with no words
"A song" Loren nudged Noah saying as he jumped up and grabbed his guitar and came out playing 'My Eyes' by Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Sebastian as Artie and Sam started singing until Sam flopped back down in the chair and brought Mercy down with him hugging her in and decided to just listen
"I love the way you look tonight" Sam sang to her when the lyrics came up "And you can feel what I don't want to take out of you" he said making her laugh "this time tomorrow you're gonna be my wife and you are so going to get it for doing this to me" he said pressing her hard against him
Once Noah and Artie finished the song everyone was clapping and asking for more "Save your song for tomorrow guys this is it the wedding party total so we need to entertain each other" Sam's Mom said "Dinner's up come on" she finished with
So at 7.30 everyone was sitting for dinner, laughter, conversation and words of wisdom passed over from the other couples to Sam and Mercy. They went through all the when did you two meet questions and because their friends knew about David and Penny they had to be even more economical with the truth but, they got through it talking about chance meetings a few times years ago and sparks and then finding each other again through the radio song and everything until Dinner finished 2 hours later and they went back to the patio.
"Sam someone's here to see you" his Mom came out to say he jumped up dragging Mercy with him as his Mom turned to everyone else "What we could do guys is set up for the official bit and get two tables out ready for the caterers tomorrow and remember it's like 10.50pm now and you all have to be up for like 7 in the morning for an 11am wedding" she reminded them as she put drinks and snacks out for them to eat "And I'm told we're in for a treat tomorrow the bride and groom are going to sing" she announced as she walked back into the house
"Penny" Sam said as he walked towards the door shocked at seeing her standing there "How did you know where I was and how did you get in?" he asked
"I came to see my Uncle Will, he lives …"
"The Schuster's are your family?" Sam asked
"Yes imagine my surprise to hear that Sam Evans my boyfriend until 3 days ago was getting married I called Rachel and she confirmed it" Penny said "I suppose this is her?" she asked looking at Mercy
"Yeah this is Mercy" he turned to her saying "Sorry Mercy this is Penny my ex"
"Sorry what are you saying sorry to her for, it was my fucking heart you broke, and for what? I didn't even come here for this" she said cutting her eyes at Mercy before looking back at Sam
"What did you come here for?" Mercy asked, more pissed at the look she'd just given her than anything else
"To give Sam one last chance to take me back" she said staring at him as if Mercy wasn't standing at his side
"Sam" Mercy said getting his attention as he stood trying to work out what the hell was going on, he looked at her and smiled awkwardly before turning back to look at Penny
"We had this conversation three days ago, I told you I was in love with Mercy had been for over 9 years now, I'd have hoped you'd have respected the fact that I told you up front, as I said then I'm sorry for messing you about and you said you understood we were over, what are you doing here?"
"Well we still need to work out visitation and responsibilities and everything for the baby" she announced
"What!" Mercy and Sam said at the same time
"The Baby" Penny confirmed as they looked at each other, Sam's heart broke for the hurt in Mercy's face
"We used protection every time, I'm careful" he told her "It's not mine"
"I guess I'll leave you guys to deal with this" Mercy said letting his hand go to walk away for them to talk
"Mercy" he said grabbing her to come back to him "Nothing's going to be discussed without your input, I'm not choosing her and a baby over you, we'll have to work out rights and stuff, but first I want to see the test result" he said holding his hand out for the stick
"I haven't got it on me, I don't carry those things around with me I can bring it tomorrow" Penny told him
"You can do one now, young lady" his Mom piped in, she'd been standing at the living room door listening to the conversation "Come with me" she said walking over to them and pulling Penny with her. Twenty minutes later they came back to the living room with red faces and the stick with one line on it "She lied" his Mom said, Sam took a breath and hugged Mercy
"Get out" he spat at her watching her walk to the door, open it and walk out without looking back
"Where do you want these last two tables Mrs E" Noah asked as he walked into the hall they all looked round at him "What?"
"Nothing" Sam said
"As long as they're up they can do with them what they want when they get here tomorrow" Rose said as Sam and Mercy followed Noah back out onto the patio and down the steps to the grassed area.
"You're going to have to let her go if you plan on helping Sam" Noah laughed telling him
"You don't even know our struggle my man" he laughed
"I'm going to bed" Mercy said as soon as he let her go "I've got to be up at silly o'clock in the morning and I'm getting married in the morning" she sang hugging him from the back "Goodnight all" she shouted letting him go to go to bed.
"Hey" he said walking after her "Who did you think was going to be satisfied with that after today's performance?"
"What performance?" she asked smiling
"The dress, hair, make up and what are you wearing to bed tonight?"
"Nothing, I'm going to be rolling around naked on your bed" she said as she went in for a kiss, he took the kiss but came out of it with his eyes rolling
"You are killing me" he said as she went in to kiss him harder "You know we're going to make a baby tomorrow night don't you?"
"I'd hoped" she said walking away
"Hey Babe" he said walking towards her "have you done vows?"
"No have you?"
"We should don't you think?"
"Yeah I'll try tonight"
"I will too" he said smiling "In the morning I'm be the one in the suit with the biggest smile" he shouted as he watched her walk away. The girls followed shortly after leaving Noah, Artie, Kurt and Blaine on the porch all starring at Sam "Don't even start guys; I know how serious this is what we're doing, I know how hard I had to work to get her, I know I'll get killed if I hurt her and I know she'll kill me first if I do" he said "Anyone got anything else to say?"
"No I guess you've answered all the questions" Noah said so they sat quietly finished their drinks and went to bed themselves
Dallas Day 4 (Wedding Day)
"Rise and shine guys I'm getting married today" she shouted to Rachel, Sugar, Dani and Brittany as they lay about on the kitchen tops still half asleep
"Too much wine last night" Sugar admitted as they started to move slowly
"Caterers will be here in about 30 minutes so we'll need to eat and vacate like now" Rose said bringing hot food from the cooker to the table on plates "And artists will be here in like an hour so get bathed and everything ready for them ladies"
"God the house will be full by what 8am?" Loren asked
"Ladies I'm going to sound test the set now so be warned" Noah said walking through the kitchen not waiting for a response before he left
"You two have a song I hear?" Sugar asked Mercy
"Who told you that?"
"Me I'm afraid I thought it was common knowledge sorry" Rose said sheepishly
"Yeah we hope to, if we don't get cold feet" she told Sugar turning as she heard the door bell "Action stations" she announced before the caterers descended, the girls left the kitchen for the brides room
40 minutes later Mercy was looking at pushed up hair dos and painted purple nails stockings and strappy shoes on all her bridesmaids and Mother-in-law "I'm so excited" she said bouncing on the chair "Get the dresses on" she commanded as everyone ran to their dress to put on as ordered. After much comments and complements all the wedding party except Mercy stood waiting for inspection by Mercy and all passed and left her with Kurt to put her dress on "I'm getting married" she said for the umpteenth time
"I know Mercy" he smiled rolling his eyes "And here's your something Blue, old and borrowed" giving her his classic blue horse shoe broach, pinning it to the inside of her shawl. Giving her a kiss as he let her walk in front of him leaving the room to everyone standing outside gasping at the sight as she stood in her Strapless sweetheart soft tulle fit and flare wedding gown with lace appliqué dropped waist bodice, sparkling crystal and cluster scattered beading decorated bodice and gathered tulle skirt, back corset, chapel length train, with removable spaghetti and halter straps.
Sam had stayed in the cabin in the far field with the guys and although they had gone to bed reasonably early they were all late getting up and rushing around to have showers, shaves and haircuts. He was standing in front of the mirror struggling with his tie when his Mother walked in with the most beautiful purple dress on and make up flawless with his Dad behind her. "Struggling with the tie Son?" he said walking up to him and helping his with it "There's a knack" he said patting his shoulder "Jacket on" he instructed and Sam was ready, stood there in his Black Brunico suit made of 170's wool and silk fabric that uses thick and thin yarns to create a casual feel yet a formal appearance, with Purple inlay, tie and shoes.
"Get down the front Son with you boys, I'm going to fetch Mercy" he said as they walked through the garden, leaving Sam with the boys while he carried on to get Mercy
"Mercy you look beautiful sweetheart I'm so proud to be your Dad" Dan said as he looked at her standing in the mirror waiting
"Thank you" she said kissing him as he got close
"Let's go" he said holding his arm out, and she grabbed it
"We're going to sing Dad but I don't know when" she said
"Do it as your vows that lot down there are going to sing you down I think" he said smiling "Present" he nodded making her smile
As they reached the patio doors Artie and Blaine started singing "Spend my life with you' By Eric Bennett & Tamia as Rachel and Dani followed them singing too, for the chorus Puck, Loren, Brittany and Jessie joined in it sounded beautiful. Mercy didn't know when but somewhere between opening the patio doors, hearing the song start and taking the first step her nerves kicked in, she could do nothing but shake as she got to the steps almost going dizzy at the first step. Talking to her inner self wasn't working, she could feel herself going into full blown panic mode and there was nothing she could do to stop it, she grabbed hold of Dan's arm in a bid to tell him to stop but, he smiled at her as his head moved to look ahead telling her with unspoken words to look, she felt something melt as he looked ahead to see what he was looking at and saw Sam standing there waiting for her and, everything fearful went away as she went to the man of her dreams
"You look beautiful" he said as he took her from his Dad, with the biggest smile on his face as the song came to an end.
Sam: Can I just spend my life with you, Mercy: Can I just see you every morning when
Both: I open my eyes, oohhh
The ceremony was short with the general stuff said, just as they wanted "Sam and Mercy will be saying their own vows" the Minister said giving them the floor
"Actually we're going to sing them" he laughed "Mercy and I met under should we say restricted circumstances when all we shared was secrets and songs, yeah we've seen through a lot of songs, some have saved our lives in the past so we take them seriously" he looked at her saying "Songs mean so much to us we couldn't let such an important occasion go past and not link it to a song so here goes" he finished looking at her for her contribution
"As Sam said songs have saved our lives in the past, what he didn't tell you is that we don't usually sing them we listen to them and singing in public is like a first for me, so I'm super nervous but I'm doing this for love, so here goes" she said looking at Sam as the music "The Rest of Our Lives"by Tyrese & Brandy started
Sam:
Eyes wide shut, but deep down I knew you were the one, I was hanging on by a thin, thin thread, cause in the past, I had those who got in my head, but you made it worthy to see, what it really could be, and I wouldn't trade it, the love I've been given, this girl, I promise, It's worth more than diamonds, and money couldn't buy it, now that the past is the end, girl, it's time to begin
The rest of our lives
Mercy:
Love just don't come easy, you gotta work hard, you gotta work smart, so when you're done, it's amazing, I smile inside of the love you give to me, and I feel your loyalty, so I give it back daily, now that my heart is yours, we'll share forever, and Sam (Mercy) :I wouldn't trade it, (the love I've been given) this girl, I promise, It's worth more than diamonds, (money couldn't buy it) now that the past is the end, girl, it's time to begin, the rest of our lives
Mercy:
Boy, it's always been my dream, to raise a family, oh yes it is
Sam:
And baby there's no future, without you here with me, oh, I can't wait for you to have my baby
Sam: I love you
Mercy:I love you
Sam: Let's go half on a lifetime,Mercy: Yeah Sam: there's no me without you, Mercy: YeahSam: just promise me one thing
Sam (Mercy):
I wouldn't trade in this love, I wouldn't trade it, the love I've been given (No, I wouldn't trade it baby), this girl, I promise (Just waking up on the side of, you is the best part of my day), It's worth more than diamonds, money couldn't buy it, we've been through it all (Been through it all), thank God we made it (Yes, we made it baby), they counted us out (Counted us out)
But were still (standing here)
Mercy:
Now that my heart is yours, we'll sharethe
Sam:
Rest of our lives
Everyone applaud them, the ceremony was over shortly afterwards, followed by meal, speeches, cake cutting and more singing before Sam and Mercy left to consummate their marriage legally
As they sat in the hotel room he was first to speak "Mercy we're legitimate, we're alive, we did it and dare I say we're free" he said doing a punch in the air
"I know can you believe we came through everything and actually got what we wished for?" she said sitting on the bed nearly naked as they waited for the bath to fill
"All that drama was like a lifetime ago, so we draw a line all the people that need to know do and that's it, a new life with our family I promise you" he said taking his clothes off too
"We changed our whole life Sam" she said walking to the bathroom
"I know" he said with the biggest grin "I'm feeling human again" he followed her saying
"That's it" she almost shouted as she spun round and grabbed his chest
"What?" he asked grabbing her round the waist
"We need a song"
"What do you suggest?" he smiled pressing her against him, telling her talking needed to stop and soon
"A little Less Conversation?" she asked laughing
"What Elvis?" he smiled "I've had so many songs in my head for you over the years, we've come through 'Secret lovers', spent so many mornings in 'As we lay', my broken heart is mended, I guess the image I want to keep is us sharing a bath that first time you singing to me, that's our song, our moment 'The very thought of you' and it saved our lives"
"Lucky for you" she said putting her phone in the pod, making him smile as their song rang through the speakers "Shall we?" she asked grabbing his hand as the rocked to the tune for a while, before stepping into the bath, she lay on his chest singing the last bit of the song, recreating the moment
"I'm so fucking hard for you right now" he said he pulled her face to meet his, when she'd finished singing
"Definitely our song" she laughed through the kiss
"Seriously the only thing in my head right now is the very thought of you, I have no intentions of letting you go, ever" he smiled "We're going to make our baby tonight are you ready?"
"Yes I am so ready"
The End