A/N: Y'all got a long post. This post….the ending! Will have your mouths on the floor! Not to mention some sweet moments in between! Also I want to shout out zeejackfor helping me with this chapter I had a scene that was on my trash page and I wanted it to fit but it didn't but he/she help me out. I just want to say thanks because zeejack inspired the jaw dropping ending from a favorite character of yours. Happy Reading!
Random Person POV
We were outside the car under the hood just trying to act normal while not being too suspicious that we were spying on this one house.
"Someone just came out of the house."
"Excuse me? Is this the home of Mercedes Jones?"
"Why who wants to know?"
"No he's…."I hit him.
"No, I'm fan and I love her work."
"Yea, this is my son house but hers also but she's not home. I don't know where she's at she ran off with her son."
"She has a son?" We both looked at each other. "A son?" We mouthed.
"Yes, she does. His name is TJ, he's 5. Who are you again? How'd you get her address?
"I'm just a fan. Thanks for talking to us. What's your name?"
"If you didn't tell me your name I'm not going to tell you mine."
"Okay, have a good one." We went back and got into the car and sat there for a while like we were putting something in our GPS yet we were still watching that lady and she was watching us.
"Yo, she watching us?"
"I know. Look she's on the phone. Roll down the window."
"Yeah so she pressed charges girl against Tank. Yeah, I know he said "momma come bail me out….."
"That's Tank's mother?!"
"So, that's Tank's mother. I wonder if he looks like her."
"Where is Tank?"
"You never met him before?"
"No, I wasn't at the dinner I arrived after she left with him. It sucks. I haven't talked to her in over 7 years."
TJ's POV
Aunt Stacy gave me a bath and got me dressed I found out that mommy and daddy needed some alone time I guess that means they're doing "it", so we're going to the store without them. We're outside and all of aunts and uncles are fussing over who I get to ride with and they all turned to me and asked.
"TJ you have to pick who do you want to ride with?" Aunt Santana asked me.
"Hmm….this is hard."
"I can give you ice-cream."
"I can buy you toys."
"I can buy you a dog."
"I can redo your room with any theme you want."
"Can you design around the solar system?"
"It's a stretch but I can try it." Are my aunties and uncles bribing me? I mean ice-cream is cool, toys are cooler but having my own dog is cooolerer yeah, I made up a word. Solar system is fun. Who am I going to pick?
"I'm going with..." I tapped my index finger over my lips and pointed to… "Aunt Rachel." I only picked her because she didn't bribe me and I want to spend time with her.
"Yay! I won. Come on sweetie. Puck can you put that in booster seat in my truck. Thank you."
"Alright no sad faces he's only riding with her we're going to same stores so we can take turns shopping with him and I call first dibs on that." Uncle Puck yelled carrying the booster seat over to Aunt Rachel's truck. I stayed back watching them fight to see who were going to get to shop with me first. For a little dude I'm in high demand.
"Hey…no I'm shopping with him first."
"No, I flip you for it."
"Hey, rock, paper, scissors." Four of them started playing rock, paper, scissors and the other 4 were going to flip a coin but a coin has two sides and then Aunt Santana started speaking Spanish. This is crazy. I'm just looking from my left to my right.
"TJ, honey come on Uncle Puck got the booster seat in." I ran over to her car as Uncle Puck just shook his head.
"I can't believe they're fighting over a kid too bad your cousins aren't here because we'd all be fighting over you guys. Aunt Rachel you can put him in or you want me to?"
"I should be able to handle it. Thanks Puck."
"Thanks Uncle Puck."
"You're welcome. Let me get back over there Santana is going el pollo loco."
"She's a crazy chicken or do you mean loco en la cabeza?"
"What did you just say?" He scrunched up his face. "Local in laca whatta?"
"Loco en la cabeza?"
"Yeah, that."
"It means crazy in the head."
"You know Spanish?" Aunt Rachel asked.
"Solo un poco."
"What that mean?" Uncle Puck asked.
"Just a little."
"Alright Puck, go over there and break them up I would like to be on the road to the beach by noon. It's only eleven o'clock." Uncle Puck ran back to them. "Come on baby." She picked me up and I sat in my chair.
"Is it secure?" She shook my chair. "Yeah it's good." She jumped in the back seat buckled me in. "Good?"
"Yup."
Rachel's POV
After making sure TJ was safely secure in his seat I got up in the driver's seat and turned on the car because it's hot and I need to cool off and I was looking at Puck trying to get the rest of them to stop figuring out the shopping arrangements with TJ.
"Aunt Rachel."
"Yes."
"Who is that?" I looked up in my mirror and he was pointing to the picture I had hanging off my mirror.
"Oh that's a picture…of Finn."
"Why isn't he here with us?"
"He passed away."
"Ooh…Mommy mentioned him to me once she said that when she found out that she was going to have me she thought of him and she said the song he sang to the picture of a baby she sang to me."
"Awww…that's sweet. So sweet."
"You want to know more about Uncle Finn?" I asked looking at him in the mirror.
"Yeah."
"Finn was….."
Sam's POV
"They finally pulled off?" 'Cedes asked me as she changed her clothes.
"About damn time yeah. Baby, you would have loved to have seen how they were playing games. Two groups 4 flipping coins and the other 4 rock, paper, scissors while Puck, TJ, and Rachel were at Rachel's truck.
"Did they have TJ's booster seat?!"
"I made sure of it baby. I gave Puck your car keys so he has them. You almost ready to go?"
"Yeah." She came out the bathroom and slipped into her shoes.
"Let's go."
"Wait. Um…Tank's mother got to you there."
"I know she did. I don't know why I picked up the phone. She kept calling and calling so she wasn't going to stop until I answered."
"You know she's trying to put some doubt in you more than likely she's going to make you think TJ needs his…him. Okay. Don't doubt yourself."
"I won't. Ready?" She asked as she flashed me a quick smile.
"Yeah."
"Yeah."
"Okay, let's go besides knowing my son he's probably going to have a cart full of toys."
TJ's POV
"And that toy and that toy and that toy and that toy." I pointed to them and Uncle Puck put them in the cart.
"What about these?"
"Super Soakers?! Can we have these on the beach Uncle Stevie?"
"No but we can have a water-gun fight when we get back. Put it in the cart." I'm shopping with the guys they decided that the girls would shop as one and the guys would shop as one. Cool idea but although I have adult supervision my uncles need it too.
"TJ look." Uncle Stevie starting playing around sword and I got one and started doing the same. Our sword play was interrupted by Aunt Brittany and the rest of my aunts.
"Of course y'all would be in the toy store. Y'all are supposed to be getting coolers and other stuff for the beach."
"Y'all had to get TJ his swim trunks and water shoes." Aunt Stacey said.
"We haven't gotten over there to that store yet."
"By the looks of this cart y'all weren't. TJ, come with us so we can get you some swim trunks and water shoes so your mommy won't be upset that you left the mall with only toys and not what we came for."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes, come on." I handed my sword off to Uncle Artie, Aunt Santana extended her hand and wiggled her fingers and she took my hand once I got close to her.
"TJ's shopping with us we're going to be over in the shoe store and we're getting him some shoes you guys are welcome to join us or stay here in the toy store."
"Come on girls." We turned to leave the toy store I looked back at them and they picked up with sword playing wish I could have stayed and play but I had to shop for shoes. We arrived at the shoe store.
"Know what size shoe you wear?" Aunt Stacey asked.
"No. Okay, we're going to have measure your foot.
Aunt Santana went to the front and asked for help and a couple minutes later a guy come over to us. "Who here needs help with shoes?"
"He does."
"Cool. Buddy you got all the girls huh?"'
"They're my aunts."
"Shoot wish I were you. You got some fine aunts." He clapped his hands together and pulled out that silver thing with numbers on it. Aunt Santana sat beside me and lifted my legs into her lap untied my shoes and took them off.
"Alright stand up. Straight. Alright other side. Cool."
"What size does he wear?"
"He wears a size 1 ½."
"What shoes don't come in his size or all of the shoes in this section in his size?"
"All in his size."
"TJ pick any shoes you want?"
"How many Aunt Santana?"
"3, 1 pair of water shoes for the beach and 2 sneakers."
"Okay."
Mercedes POV
On the ride I kept replaying over in my head what Ms. Bertha told me about Tank misses TJ. I wonder if she's just telling me that just so I can come back or does he really miss TJ. I don't know but this is still weighing on me even though I pressed charges I felt happy but I felt a little sad afterwards. Stop worrying about it 'Cedes, you made the right decision for you and your son but why does it feel like I did something wrong.
"I'm going to call Stacey to see where the guys are and where they are."
Stacey's POV
"TJ how about these shoes?" I held an all black and white Nike.
"They look nice."
My phone started ringing and by the ringtone I knew it was Sam. "What's up brother? Yeah we're in the shoe store. Yup the guys are in toy store okay see you soon. Bye. Mercedes and Sam just go here. You know where my brother is headed."
"Toy store." They all said as TJ continued browsing through the selection of shoes.
Mercedes' POV
"Can I trust you in there with them? I'm telling you TJ more than likely got a full cart of toys and they're still in there and by they're I mean Artie, Puck and Stevie."
"I highly doubt it. They're adults. Where's Kurt and Blaine?"
"They're in the grocery store getting some snacks and then they'll come over here."
"Okay, baby, I'm going to the shoe store. You behave in the toy store!"
"I will!"
They better not come out that toy store with a bunch of toys. I went to the shoe store they were at and TJ was walking in a pair of Jordan's. "They comfortable." Brittany asked him.
"Yeah."
"You want them?"
"Yeah."
"Cool."
"Hey guys."
"Mommy." TJ ran over to me wrapping his arms around me.
"Hi baby."
"Damn his mother fine too. This kid is lucky." The sales rep said he did a double take and started freaking out. "Y-Y-Your Mercedes Jones?"
"Shh…don't want to cause a scene but yes I am her."
"Can I have an autograph, a photo, can you tell hell to the no?"
"You can have all of that." He pulled out a sharpie and lifted up his uniform shirt
"You can sign my shirt." I laughed and did what he asked, I took the photo and gave a him a hell to the no."
"Oh, man I'll never forget this moment."
"I know you won't."
"Where's your faux-huahua?"
"In storage."
"Okay well I was just helping your son with his shoes let me get back to work. Want to try on these next?"
"Yeah."
Sam's POV
'Cedes was right. This cart is filled to the top with all toys and they're playing with swords. I snapped a few photos and took some video too.
"Guys."
"Hey. When did you get here?" Artie asked
"I got here when Batman lost to Iron man. What are you guys doing?"
"We're testing to see if these are safe for TJ, never know with toys nowadays." Stevie started juggling some balls.
"Okay. Well, I'm going to the front to get me some games and then we're out. Oh get that super soaker right there for me and then let's take this home so Mercedes or the girls won't know and we can go meet up with Kurt and Blaine I'm sending them a text now to cover our ass." I pulled out my phone and sent the text.
"So our plan is buy all of this, you get some games, and meet up with Kurt and Blaine."
"Right."
"Wait that's not going to work." Artie said.
"Why not?
"Because they drove here."
"Darn it! I already sent the text."
"Wait I got it. We can tell them we're coming to get the food and drinks and whatever else they got and we're going home to pack it up so when Mercedes, Quinn, Brittany, Rachel Stacey, Kurt and Blaine get done shopping and head home he can go directly to the beach and maybe we should stay a few days because it's already 12 o'clock."
"Good plan Puck. That's our plan but we still need coolers."
"We'll hit up either Wal-Mart or Target because we need chairs."
"Right. Come on guys." Everything that was in the cart we got I got my games and we met Blaine and Kurt and the grocery store.
"Wait…what's all of that in the trunk?"
"Bags."
"Y'all did some serious shopping." Blaine said.
"Yeah."
"Open the trunk so I can put the groceries back there."
"Uh..back seat."
"Okay." We started putting the bags in the backseat when Kurt decided to see what we got.
"These are toys! Y'all bought all toys? Does Mercedes know?"
"Apparently she doesn't because all of this wouldn't have left the store. How much y'all spend on all of this?"
"Oh…a few thousand." I scratched the back of my neck.
"So, what we're y'all excuse?"
"Yeah."
"Y'all got a water gun in there for me though?" Blaine asked.
"Yeah."
"Good. Just making sure that I have one."
"Okay. Let's load these last few bags so y'all can unload them I know that's what y'all going to do."
"Kurt or Blaine don't matter who can you make reservations for 5 rooms on the beach. We decided to stay a few days."
"Okay. How many days?"
"Make it 5."
"Okay." We loaded the last of the bags and Puck and I headed home Artie was rolling with Stevie to get the coolers and chairs at Wal-Mart and we're going to meet them there.
Mercedes POV
"Oh, I love those sandals."
"Hey. Where's Sam, Artie, Puck and Stevie?" I asked Kurt and Blaine as they joined us.
"Oh, they're on their way back to the house."
"Why? We were going to me up here?"
"Well, Sam and the fellas purchased a bunch of toys?" Kurt whispered the word toys so only I can hear but with a 5 year old that's not easy to do.
"Toys?!" TJ started jumping up and down.
"You're joking?"
"Nope, the whole trunk was full."
"Let me call him." I got my phone out and called Sam.
Sam's POV
Got the toys hidden great now Artie and I are on our way to meet up with my brother and Puck. We pulled into Wal-Mart parking lot and as soon as we got out of the vehicle my phone rang.
"Hi baby."
"Sam did you buy all of those toys?!"
"No, baby…uh yeah."
"What?!" She yelled as I pulled the phone from my ear and slowly placed it back. "I'm waiting."
"It's for the beach."
"A slinky?" She asked laughing.
"Okay…we went overboard."
"Overboard? Sam Evans you are crazy."
"I know, I'm crazy about you and TJ we're at Wal-Mart so we're getting the last of the items Puck and Stevie came here so they have a few things picked out it's going on 2 o'clock we should be done soon and then we can pack up and head to the beach."
"Alright. That man is crazy." I heard her say before she ended the call.
Random Person POV
"Yeah, I saw Tank's mother. Although I saw a kids bike. She got a kid? Did I get any info? Yeah. She pressed charges against Tank for what I don't know but I'm going to keep lurking around and maybe I can get some more information to you guys I took a picture of his mother, you want me to send that to you guys. Alright. I'll email it because I took it with my camera. Alright. I'll call you tomorrow."
TJ's POV
Finally after shopping for clothes, shoes, other necessities and the most important thing on my list toys we're packing up and heading to the beach it's now 4 o'clock. Daddy showed me all of the toys I had in my cart was in his basement and I was shocked they got them all even a bike and I didn't even ask for that but I got it. Mommy wasn't too happy but I was.
"Okay we have everything packed?" Daddy asked the uncles.
"Yeah, we're all packed and everything so we're good to go."
"Okay. Who is going to lead us out?"
"How about you since you're the family man now."
"Okay. I'll lead. Come on TJ." Daddy put in my booster seat he got him one for his truck he told mommy that switching booster seats from car to car wasn't going to work for and he buckled me in. Mommy came out with some snacks and daddy was waiting for her by her door and he opened the door for her and she got in and then finally he got in.
"Finally we're off to the beach."
Sam's POV
Finally we're off to the beach I know we should have planned this a little bit more better but I think we did good considering that we only had a couple of hours to get ready but it too longer. TJ's in the backseat watching a movie and I'm holding hands with the love of my life. 4 hours on the road we finally made it to our destination and it was dark when we arrived but TJ was asleep and Mercedes was sleeping too. I turned off the engine and rubbed her arm.
"Baby, we're here wake up."
"Already?"
"Yeah, I told you a few miles back that we were only 50 minutes away. I guess you couldn't hang." She unbuckled her seatbelt and stretched.
"Neither could TJ he was knocked out sleep a few minutes into the drive." I got out and got TJ out of his booster seat I waited for Mercedes because she kicked her shoes off and was having a time trying to reach them.
"Baby just turn, and face me and I'll put them on." I handed TJ over to her and I grabbed her shoes off the floor and slipped them on her feet hit once she had her shoes on we met up with the gang I hit the lock button as we walked inside to check in. Finally we checked in and I made sure Mercedes and TJ made it to the room safe and then I headed back with the guys to get the luggage and other things we bought. I dropped our bags off first so Mercedes could change TJ's into his PJ's and I help the others with their luggage after about an hour of helping out I headed back to our room I kicked my shoes off as I entered and tossed the key on the dresser and went out on the balcony watching the people walk up and down the beach with flashlights and listening to the crashing of the waves as they rolled over one another I sat down in the chair next to 'Cedes stretched out my legs.
"Tired?" She asked me rubbing my shoulder.
"Yeah. Long day next time we decide to come to the beach. We're preparing a week in advance no a month. This was still a good idea but shopping and packing all in one day."
"It was worth it though."
"Yeah it was."
"Yeah, let's go to bed. I need to catch my Z's."
TJ's POV
I sat up in bed and I looked over at mommy and daddy and they we're cuddled up I think they call it spooning, jumping off the bed I went to the window and pulled back the curtain. I pulled out the chair from the table stood on the chair so I could see over the balcony.
"Wow! The beach! Cool! People out there already? You can drive on the beach? Ewww he got a hairy chest."
Mommy and daddy finally woke up and daddy gave me a bath and mommy took her shower in the other bathroom and daddy took his shower we got dressed and we went to Aunt Stacey's room because that was the meeting spot was for that day and we headed on out to breakfast after breakfast it was back to the hotel for some beach fun.
"Babe here's your beach bag."
"Thanks."
"TJ, what shorts you want? Blue or Red?" Daddy held up my options he was wearing blue so I picked blue too we finally had everything ready to head out onto the beach I carried my little chair and daddy carried his and mommy's we found a spot that didn't have a lot of traffic and set up base there.
"Mommy can I go into the water."
"Not yet. You need sunscreen come here." Mommy put the sunscreen on my back shoulder arms, and legs.
"Now?"
"Not yet wait for daddy. Close your eyes." She put the sun screen on my face. "Okay you can open." Daddy finally showed up he was getting Uncle Artie's beach wheelchair out of the truck. "Here come daddy and Uncle Artie now."
"Has he been itching to get into the water?"
"Yes, I told him to wait on you."
"Ready?" He asked me as I quickly nodded my head.
"Yes, daddy."
"Hop on my back." Daddy squatted as I jumped on for a piggyback ride to as he ran into the water. "Let's go!"
"SAM WATCH MY BABY!" I heard mommy yelled in the distance.
"I WILL!"
"Okay, TJ every time a wave comes let's jump it. You ready. Here it comes" All of my uncles except Uncle Artie was jumping waves but I looked back and Uncle Artie was in the water he had a water wheelchair and Uncle Blaine was helping him.
"Daddy where are you going?"
"I'm going to get mommy to join us."
I looked back and daddy was pleading with her finally she agreed.
"Samuel I don't know why I agreed to this. Come on it'll be fun." Daddy said.
"You having fun baby."
"Yeah. Mommy jump waves with me."
"I'll jump waves with TJ and that's it."
Mommy jumped a few waves and then it happened daddy pushed mommy in the water. "Not my weave! SAM!" He as too busy laughing not knowing that mommy was a few inches away from him. "Come back here!" I didn't know mommy could run that fast next thing I know I got scooped up by Uncle Stevie and we ran out into the ocean. We had a blast for these few days and then it was all over we packed up and headed back home Uncle Kurt and Uncle Blaine went to Ohio and got my cousin and my other aunts and uncles went back to their everyday lives they called every day.
1 week later…
TJ's POV
Daddy was taking a nap and I was playing with one of my many toys I got last week when mommy knocked on my door.
"Hey baby."
"Hey mommy." She came in and sat down on my bed and watched me play for a little while.
"TJ, stop playing right quick mommy wants to talk to you. Get up here." I sat on the bed Indian styled.
"Baby, I want to have a talk with you about your daddy?"
"You mean Sam?"
"No your real father. You miss him?"
"No, I hate him!"
"TJ."
"What?" I said in annoyed tone.
"Excuse me young man. You need to change your tone and what have I told you about hate."
"I know. I know." I sighed. "Hate is bad word. It's like a damn broken record."
"What was that?"
"Nothing." I folded my arms and pouted.
"Okay…you need to change your attitude right now or I'm going to change it for you."
"And if I don't?"
"Thaddeus Joshua Jones you better not be getting smart with me, I'm not one of your little friends I'm your mother. Understand?" I stayed silent giving mommy my mean face. "You better fix that face of yours right now or you're going to have a reason to have that look." Mommy was giving me her serious I'm not playing you better get your act together and you're going to get it face. "Now, the reason I wanted to talk to you was because I think that we should go home."
"You made a promise! You said we were never going back! I don't wanna leave!"
"TJ, he's your father and he misses you, grandma told me."
"He don't miss me! He's bullshit! I fucking hate him! I hate you mommy!"
"Woah…What was that?! Thaddeus Joshua Jones, apologize to your mother."
"But.."
"No buts, apologize, now." Daddy said in a stern voice, I was heavily breathing as tears started fall. "Apologize."
"Sorry." I said through clench teeth.
"That's not good enough. Say it right." I looked over at daddy and his serious face was worse than mommy."
"I'm sorry mommy."
Sam's POV
After TJ apologized, Mercedes ran out of the room crying and he was still sitting on his bed huffing.
"I'm going to go check on your mother and when I get her calmed down you and I will have a long talk and by a long talk I mean a very long talk. You are punished for 5 days. You want to know why you're punished for 5 days because that's how old you are 5 years old we do not disrespect mommy. You hear me." He just nodded his head wiped his eyes. Here take this box put all of your toys in and you better not play with them while putting them in there. Just put them in there."
I left his room and peaked in to make sure he was doing as I said and he was. I went the room and Mercedes was crying while lying on the bed as I kneeled in front of her.
"My baby said he hate me." She told as she cried into the pillow.
A/N: TJ. TJ. TJ! Why did you say that to your mommy? Hopefully y'all enjoyed the reads. I'm going to be taking a break not from typing the story but right now because I've been typing since six o'clock yesterday evening. Also that trip scene that's what my family does random ass trips just wait until the last minute to go somewhere. Smh...