A/N: For those of you who want to take a 5 second break to kick for JOY that Sam kicked that baby out of her! This is for you! Standup pick your favorite leg, pick any leg, bring it backwards and quickly bring it forward and as high as your leg can go and say, "HE KICKED IT OUT! HE KICKED IT OUT! HE KICKED IT OUT! HEEY! THROW SOME KICKS IN THERE FOR STEVIE TOO! HUP! Now go tell 3 people about my story. [Currently listening to: He Turned It – Tye Tribbett] Let me stop! Lol. J/P. [This is a/n was bought to you by zeejack comment "leg kick" did it for me and I typed this, this is how my mind is at 2:57 AM] Jones family is here minus 1 or 2. Will they pop up in the next post? Who knows?
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Tank's POV
After I kicked out Vito last night I didn't feel like sleeping not because I threatened him. I know his ass isn't going to snitch I felt like a fool 5 years and I never thought to ask that bitch what my son name was. I just thought it was TJ. TJ = Tank Junior.
"Thaddeus Joshua Evans-Jones, Thaddeus Joshua Evans-Jones. So damn pissed."
"TANK! WHERE ARE YOU AT?!" I don't feel like answering my mother she'll find me. "Tank what are you doing out here?"
"Getting some air. Why the fuck else would I be out here?"
"Look, where's Vito?"
"He left." I got up and walked inside the house with her on my ass.
"What you mean he left? Call and get his ass back we need him to help us to get TJ back."
"Look, I don't want any sorry ass man helping to get my seed back. Did you know TJ's name is Thaddeus Joshua Evans-Jones?"
"Yeah, I saw that shit last night. We can change it. We're going to fake a birth certificate and I got this lawyer who owes me a favor so he's going to work out something with us."
"Cool."
"Where's that address?"
Sam's POV
She's not pregnant. That's all I keep thinking about after she left to get the things for TJ's card for Uncle Stevie I headed to my office to do some work and watching this press conference but I'm not really paying any attention it. I was about to go over to check the spy app website to see if Tank's been using that other phone when I saw TJ run in out the corner of my eye.
"Daddy."
"Yes, TJ." I removed my headphones he was pulling me by arm.
"Mommy is crying some people outside are making her cry!"
"What people? Who is outside?"
"Just come on!" Pulling me by my hand we ran to the top of the stairs and there she was hugging her mom.
"Who are they?" TJ asked me peeking from around me.
"TJ mommy is crying because she just seeing her parents for the first time in 7 years. Come with me." I went down the stairs and stood back and watch this reunion that was years long overdue before my eyes. Hell I'm not ashamed to say it I shed a few tears myself.
"So, why is mommy sad?"
"Mommy isn't sad. Those are happy tears. Very happy tears."
"It's been so long. 7 years I've waited to hold you and hug you. I don't want to let go but I have to because your father is itching to get to you."
"Daddy."
"Cedes my baby girl." He pulled her into a hug. "I'm complete. I'm now complete." Then someone who looked like her daddy hugged her.
"Uncle Julius!"
"I wouldn't miss seeing my niece. Come here girl!" He pulled back and to take a good look at her and then went back in for another hug. "You are still beautiful."
"Thank you Uncle Julius."
"Little Sister!"
"JJ! If you don't look like daddy."
"That's the first thing you say to your brother after not seeing him for 7 years."
"It's true though." He pulled her into hug all of this hugging hell I wanted to be join in and be hugged too and as if clockwork Mr. Jones pulled me into one.
"Sammy son. How have you been?"
"I'm doing fine sir. How have you been?"
"Good."
"Samuel!"
"Now, what's up with you calling Mrs. Jones? What did I tell you to call me years ago?"
"Mama." I smiled.
"That's right!"
"Wassup JJ, Uncle Julius."
"Where's TJ?" 'Cedes asked me as I was hugging her brother and then uncle I returned and stood beside her I pointed to over where TJ was playing what seemed like to be a doggy bag.
"TJ! Come over here, munch. What you over there playing with?"
"This dog that dog looks like the one that bit the guy that was eating a hot dog."
"Guy eating a hot dog? What's he talking about?" Uncle Julius asked.
"Last night we had movie night with the family and it got a little out of hand. Puck switched the DVDs but it proved to be a good move."
"Oh, you're talking about when Rachel got dragged by those dogs?" JJ was hitting me on my shoulder laughing.
"Yup."
"Oh, I haven't watched that clip in years but I got to see it again that's when she was doing uh..uh.."
"Broadway Bitches." TJ said.
"TJ! Don't say that word. It's bad."
"Bitches?" He said it again and Mercedes covered his mouth with her hand and shook her head
"Yeah, that one."
"TJ this is granny, granddaddy, Uncle JJ, and Uncle Julius. Say hi."
"Hi. You made my mommy cry." He pointed at them and they laughed.
"TJ its happy tears, baby. Happy tears."
"That's what daddy said but how can they be happy."
"Trust me they are."
"Are you gonna give your Uncle JJ a hug?" JJ got down on his knees and TJ went over and hugged him JJ picked him up. "Sis thank God you pulled TJ. You know I've been seeing your face everywhere?"
"Where have you seen my face at Uncle JJ?"
"Granny and Granddaddy house they got your face everywhere and by everywhere I mean everywhere. They even got shirts."
"No."
"Yes, we do." Julius said pointing to his shirt. I wasn't paying any attention when I first saw them.
"Mommy look it's me!"
"I see baby."
"Granny you got me a shirt?"
"Oh, he called me granny! The sweetest sound to my ears! He said it over the phone but this gosh!" Seeing Mom react to TJ calling her granny for the first time was the best ever she melted and more than likely her heart swelled just like mine did when he called me daddy. "I sure do baby and I got Mercedes one and Sam one as well."
"Thanks mama."
"Why did you ask them that? I left mine at home on purpose now she probably has one for me too. "JJ said. "TJ my nephew you have a lot to learn trust me."
"Okay. I wanted to wait until I sat down to ask this but this has been nagging me since I knew you were born, TJ, tell granddaddy, what does TJ stand for?"
"Granddaddy my name is Thaddeus Joshua Evans."
"I knew that it was Josh- - -Evans?!"
"Evans-Jones…Evans-Jones is his last name."
"But you've been calli…"
"It's Evans-Jones. Um…let's go into the living room and continue this family reunion."
"So, what made you decide to surprise visit us?" I asked as they made themselves comfortable.
"We decided to come see you it's been 7 years and you reached out to mom I thought it was long overdue."
"And to give the people a church a break from your parents now they are the ones people are running away from. They forever shove their phones up in people's faces. Showing off TJ."
"Mom. Dad. Really?"
"Yes, 'Cedes. Mom got me backed in corner after Bible Study not even to mention she held up the 10 items or less line."
"Mama…Tell you didn't?"
"I did. I wanted to show of my grandson."
"Mom you had 1 item." Julius held demonstrated with his hand signify that he was overly pissed that she had just one item.
"The ladies behind me didn't mind. They are my morning shopping crew besides they always did that to me it was time I returned the favor."
"But I agree with you all coming here. She didn't want to call you guys. She thought that you might have changed your number or that you didn't want to talk to her."
"No, Mercedes it was none of that we always wanted to talk to you but you change your number and we had no way of getting in contact with you. It wasn't until Tank called us out of the blue that made us start worrying because he said that you had kidnapped TJ." I rolled my eyes.
"Huh? He really said that?"
"Yeah, we had it out on the phone, your mama got hood but enough of that. We got TJ gifts. JJ go to the car and get our bags."
"Now I'm trying to get to know my nephew."
"You can get to know him when you get back besides I want to squeeze his cheeks send him on over to me."
He kissed his teeth. "Fine." TJ went over to Mama and she smothered him in a hug. "Mom, geez. I'm going to let her be. This is her first grandchild and all. Uncle JJ come with me."
"Right there."
"Need my help?"
"Sure, come on Sam. Dad you coming to?"
"No, I'm going to stay right here and talk to my grandson."
"Okay."
"Be right back babe." I kissed 'Cedes and headed outside.
Mercedes POV
TJ is running off at the mouth asking his grandparents questions and they over literally over the moon. I decided to break away from his little Q&A to get us something to drink.
"Where are you from granny?"
"We're from Lima, Ohio that's where your mommy was born and raised."
"I was born here in California; on June 27, 2015 I weighed 7lbs 5oz."
"How you know this?"
"Mommy told me. I have a good memory." He tapped his head.
"That he does." I placed the tray that had cups on it and pitcher of lemonade down. "Daddy and mom you want me to pour you a glass?"
"Child sit down we, can get our own drink."
"Granddaddy, why you name mommy, Mercedes?"
"Your grandma did that. She's name after my favorite her favorite actress Mercedes Ruehl."
"Right. 'Cedes what made you come up with the name Thaddeus? Joshua I get but Thaddeus?"
"Well, mom, I wasn't going to name him after him so I thought of another person that would have been with me when I had TJ so, he's named after Sam. Sam's middle name is Thaddeus. So Thaddeus he was named. Joshua was a given, he was going to be named after daddy and JJ and Evans-Jones was something I thought of."
"I like Evans-Jones because I thought TJ was already an Evans y'all got to get married first and I must give my blessing."
"And mine too, granddaddy."
"Good choice besides I like Sam anyway I don't know what you saw in Tank."
The front door opened and in came Sam, JJ and Uncle Julius with the luggage. They had enough luggage to stay awhile like months.
"Baby what room you want to put your parents in?"
"Look, he's asking for her input Joshua."
"I know look at that."
"Um…you can put them in the room on the second floor the one that has the great view and um JJ and Uncle JJ can have the rooms on the third floor because I haven't cleaned the other rooms yet."
"Y'all had guest before we got here?"
"Yeah, sort of like New Directions family gathering we have those from time to time and we needed that these last couple of days."
"What happened?"
"I'll tell you later. You and daddy."
"Here go the gifts you got for Sam, Mercedes and TJ, I'm going on upstairs to take a nap. I'm sleepy. What floor am I on? This a big ass house."
"3rd floor Uncle Julius. You can take the stairs or the elevator?"
"Elevator?"
"Yeah, for Artie we want the house functional for all. I can take your bags there for you Uncle Julius."
"Nah, just show me the way to the elevator."
"Okay the elevator is around the corner to your left."
"Thanks. I'll see you guys in a few."
"I'm heading up too not for nap just to get settled in. I'll be down after I'm done."
"Okay."
"So, what do you got for me?" TJ was peering into the bags I got up off the couch and pulled him back.
"What for daddy to come back?"
"He calls Sam, daddy?" My father asked me and my mother was frozen in her position with some chips in her hand until she finally spoke up.
"Are you going to answer your father so I can hit play and resumed the position I had previously?"
"Yes…TJ calls Sam daddy and while I'm telling you this he calls also Sam's parents grandma and grandpa."
"I'm good with that. You baby?"
"Yeah, I'm fine with it. TJ can call dirt daddy anybody can be daddy but Tank I'm just happy it's Sam and you and I will have mother daughter talk sometime later so I can get caught up with everything like how this cutie got here because I'm curious."
"Arf".
"Sam, can you get the dog?"
"Sure."
"Totally forgot about Chew-Chew over there." Sam handed the doggie bag to my mother and she opened it up and out popped Chew-Chew and he was wearing a TJ face t-shirt.
"Chew-Chew say hi to TJ."
"Mommy he's licking me."
"That means he likes you."
"Can we get a dog?" He asked rubbing Chew.
"No. Let's see what granddaddy and granny got you."
They got TJ a little bit of everything, clothes, shoes, underwear, socks, cups with his name on it, a wallet dad gave him that had inside $1000 for every birthday my parents missed, a bible with the initials TJE this has my mother all over it, video games of which he don't need any more of because with a father who plays video games and uncle too he's set for life, but the thing that was the most confusing out of all the gifts they gave him was.
"We also got him something for his bathroom." I'm thinking it was a monogrammed towel with his initials. No. It wasn't even that.
"Here." She handed TJ the roll and he gave it to me.
"Mom this is toilet paper."
"I know it's not just any toilet paper it's TJ toilet paper!" I looked over at my Sam and we both gave searching looks.
"See it has his face on it." She opened it up and sure enough there was my son's face on toilet paper.
"I can wipe my butt with my face! Cool! Mommy I need to use the bathroom!" TJ took the roll from me running upstairs.
"He loves it! I got some for you and Sam as well."
"Er…Thanks Mama".
"Whew! I'm tired. Honey you ready to go upstairs for a little nap so we can be refreshed for later."
"Yeah, what room again?"
"The room at the end of the hall on the second floor."
"Okay. We'll see you guys later."
"Okay mom and dad." We smiled as they headed up the steps but once they disappeared out of our sight we just stared at the toilet paper with TJ's face.
"TJ toilet paper. I've seen and heard it all. Toilet paper."
"Are we supposed to use this?"
"Baby I don't even know hopefully not. TJ made his entrance out of there and that's the first and last time his face will be down there. The next time a face is being wiped out of me you and someone else will be holding my legs back telling me "'Cedes I can see the head push", and at the rate we're going that might come sooner than you think."
"True but there's going to be two faces down there."
"Two faces?" I asked him
"Yup."
He made the peace sign licked between his fingers. I rolled my eyes and shook my head."You are so dirty."
"Hey, you wasn't saying that this morning, we play dirty." We started making out on the couch when we heard someone loudly clearing their throat and coughing.
"Ahem… Ahem."
"Hey Bro."
"Am I interrupting something? Y'all were going at it like y'all don't have guest in the house."
"No, JJ you aren't interrupting that can be resumed later."
"Y'all some freaks. Anyway I see mom gave TJ his toilet paper." He picked up the roll laughing and tossing it in the air.
"Yeah, are we really supposed to wipe our ass with this?"
"Do what you want to do with it? You should have seen me the first time I was up in their bathroom and I just dropped a number 2. I pulled up my pants went back down to the kitchen and got me a handful of napkins. Nah, I'm not wiping my ass with my nephew face. Speaking of my nephew, where is he?"
We heard the flushing of the toilet and then heard him yell. "This is so cool!"
"That answer your question JJ."
"He's 5 that's cool for him not for me. Sam, where are you going? I thought we were going to watch Broadway Bitches DVD?"
"We are I just have to go up to TJ's room and make sure he doesn't clog up his toilet."
I began cleaning up and JJ got him something to drink and sat back on the couch looking at me. "Why are you looking at me so hard?"
"It's been 7 years the last time I saw you I can't even remember that's why I'm looking at you so hard. I missed you. Sis sit, down. I'll clean it up for you. I haven't talked to you in 7 years and you are going to clean when I want to have one on one." He took the tray out of my hand and sat it back on the coffee table. "I was out here not too long ago looking for you."
"You were looking for me?"
"Yeah, J3 and I were out here."
"J3? Where is he?"
"He'll be here tomorrow he had to stop off and get grandpa."
"Grandpa's coming out here?"
"Yup, he can't wait to see his only granddaughter and now he has a great-grandson. He doesn't know about TJ, that's his little surprise but, yeah, I was out here and I found the address."
"How did you find my address?"
"Oh, it's ways to find folks address. Trust me, very easy. I went by your house J3 and I and we saw this lady in yard she was just yapping on the damn phone and I approached her and I acted like I was a fan and I asked was this your house she said, yeah and that you ran off with TJ at that time I didn't know I had a nephew. That day I found out."
"Why didn't dad and mom tell you about TJ?"
"I guess they were still wrapping their heads around it anyway she just told your information to me. I could have been anyone and she just told me. I was concerned for you but when I knew of TJ it made me concerned even more then I asked her what was her name she didn't tell me because I didn't tell her mine, J3 and I didn't pull of right away we acted like we were messing with the GPS and then she got a call, she was talking to someone all loud and said, you pressed charges against Tank a week later I went back to the house alone a few days later could have been a week I returned to your house and this time Tank was there and he was boasting about how the charges didn't stick, you left him and I said it must've been for a good reason."
"Wait? The charges didn't stick?"
"No, he said they didn't Mirandize him. What were those charges?"
"I-I don't want to say. They didn't Mirandize him?"
"No. They didn't according to him he could be lying I mean this is Tank we're talking about. Has he tried to make contact with you?"
"Yeah, he's called my phone once and I ran into him at the store."
"And he didn't hurt you? Where was TJ? Better yet, where was Sam?"
"Sam was in San Diego on a business trip, you know he's the OC for the Chargers."
"Yeah, I know that. Newly hired OC, great pickup by them. So who was here with you?"
"Just Stevie."
"Where was TJ?"
"At Target with Uncle Puck and Tank and his crusty ass mother spotted him and TJ and they had this huge blowout."
"So, where is Stevie?"
"The hospital."
"Is he sick or something?"
I bit my lip. "No, he got shot…."
Sam's POV
I decided to give 'Cedes and her brother some alone time to talk and catch up besides I wanted to see TJ's face swirl around the toilet and go down the drain instead he got tired of wiping his butt and flushing so I decided to get a new Guinea pig to test out TJs toilet paper.
"You ready?"
"Ready."
"Wipe Chew Chew's butt, toss TJs toilet paper in the bowl."
TJ hit the flush handle! "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" He yelled as we stood over to toilet watching his face swirl about.
"Daddy this is fun. Let's do it again."
"Okay, take square of TJ's face wipe the dogs butt." I was in mid wipe of the dogs butt when we were interrupted.
"SAM! TJ!"
"Baby."
"Mommy."
We quickly stood up and TJ was in front of me and I was behind him and the dog was behind me she moved TJ to one side and me to the other side and pointed to Chew Chew that had TJ's face toilet paper sticking out his crack. "I want an explanation for this. Why does Chew Chew have TJs face toilet paper sticking out his crack? She folded her arms looking at me.
"TJ explain it to your mother. Why does Chew Chew have your face in his crack?"
"It wasn't my idea. It was daddy's."
"TJ! You were supposed to be on my team. This is the second time that someone was supposed to be in my corner but turned on me. Why?"
"One word, 2 syllables, mom-my, sorry daddy besides that's mommy I'm not playing look." He walked over and stood behind Mercedes.
"Sam, I'm going to need you to clean all of this up and remove the toilet paper from the Chew Chew crack. TJ come downstairs and help me set the table."
"Okay."
"Let me take this and hide it from y'all. The both of y'all won't be having me calling a plumber."
TJ's POV
Daddy got in trouble! I guess that means he won't be getting any tonight. Don't tell my mommy y'all. (:
"I got the plates and you do the napkins." Mommy handed me the napkins and I followed her to the table.
"Mommy."
"Yes."
"Are you happy that your mommy and daddy are here?"
"I am. I'm so happy I missed them so much."
"I'm happy for you too mommy." I placed a napkin on the table and mommy set all the plates down and took the napkins from me. Uh-oh what did I do. "Am I in trouble?"
"No, baby you aren't just, you like seeing me happy. Don't you?"
"Yeah, all of the time! Happy mommy is nice, mean mommy no so much."
"What's wrong with mean mommy?"
"She's not fun, she makes mean faces and folds her arms and don't blink."
"That's called love and I got a lot of love for you, baby."
"I got a lot of love for you too mommy."
Mommy and I finished setting the table and I went into the living room to work on my letters seeing as when I'm good I can do what I want to but bad equal's letters and writing numbers. This is torture. I gotta start being good. "Working on your writing I see?"
"Yeah, Uncle JJ." He sat beside me looking over top of me I guess he was checking my writing.
"No, you wrote that letter wrong."
"I know. I have a hard time writing my S's."
"Try this air write it. Copy me." Uncle JJ started air writing it and I copied off him. "Yeah, that's it. Say swirl."
"Swirl."
"Cool, now write it.
I picked up my pencil and wrote my S's again. "I did it! Mommy! I wrote my S's write! Uncle JJ taught me! Thanks Uncle JJ."
"No problem."
After Uncle JJ taught me how to write my S's it was time for dinner we had to wait a little while because Chew Chew peed and daddy sat in it which mommy said was Chew Chew payback for daddy wiping his butt with my face, hey it was fun until she showed up. Dinner was good I learned somethings about mommy and Uncle JJ. Uncle Julius is cool, he says he's an old cat and tells the funniest stories. Uncle JJ reminds me a lot of Uncle Puck and Uncle Stevie which means I already like him. Granny already adores me and Granddaddy says he wants to take me to the playground so he and I can play. I wonder if mommy will let him take me there. Crossing my fingers and here's hoping. After dinner granny said she would do the dishes and give me a bath and that mommy and daddy could go to their room. I wonder what they're up to.
Sam's POV
After dinner while I was removing the dishes from the table, Mama told to put them down that she would wash them and sent Mercedes and me to my room. I mean that would be cool if I was getting some but 'Cedes put that off for a while when she saw me wiping Chew butt with TJ's face I was grounded from it.
"Sam, it's only 2 nights. You can last without it."
"Only 2 nights. 48 hours, 172800 seconds. Let me stop thinking about it. You know Puck asked me about this." I shook my left.
"What did you tell them? Hopefully you told them what we agreed on."
"Yeah, I told them that this was our commitment ring that we're committed to each other I'm to you and you to me."
"Good. I don't want them to know that we ran off and eloped I want to do it right, I want you to ask my dad for my hand, ask TJ for my hand then maybe you and TJ could go get a ring, Kurt and Blaine or even the girls, find the perfect proposal location and you get down on your knee and ask me, Mercedes Renee Jones when you walked out of my life x amount of years ago I thought I lost my true love forever it took a dumb ass to not cherish you the way that I've always cherished you and I'll forever will. I'm down on my knee because I have to ask you this question, and then TJ comes out with a little suit, tux or something and he says something like…daddy asked for my blessing and I said yes, now mommy it's your turn to return the favor. Daddy, here's the ring and then you can say Mercedes will you marry me. I would bawl if it happened exactly like that."
"Why does that sound so familiar?"
A/N: I'LL BE BACK AT IT AGAIN! ABOUT TO HIT THE SHEETS and catch these zzZZZZzzzZZZzz's!
