A/N: The Parents WILL be going home [soon] but 'Cedes mother said something in a previous chapter and typing this chapter it dawned on me so I decided that I would type it and let her plan it. The songs that were going to be in this chapter are Find Your Wings by Mark Harris and the other song is He Gave Me You by Stephanie Marshburn and Dion Gaskins, y'all might want to hit up YouTube and take a listen. They'll be in the next chapter. I listened to a bunch of songs until I decided on these two there is a prayer from someone who didn't have one finally I gave them one [this is their second prayer]. I'm slowly trying to bring this story to an end. ALSO Gabby threw TJ under the bus she was so wrong for that! LMAO [pats self on back]

ANY ERRORS I'LL COME BACK AND FIX.

HAPPY READING (:

Chapter 42 COMING SOON IN ABOUT AN HOUR OR LESS! THE CHRISTENING/DEDICATION!

SANTANA PRAYER IS COMPLETE! OMG! I can't wait for y'all to read this!

Stevie's POV

"Yeah, I know it's late but because visiting hours are over but tomorrow. My parents should be heading back to my brother's house to change and hopefully they can stay there awhile. Cool." I hung up the phone and in came my parents. "Hey how was y'all walk?"

"It was good."

"That's good. Well." I stretched and yawned. "I'm sleepy. I'm going to bed." I pulled the covers over me and my mother snatched them off. "Mom! Come on!"

"You aren't going to sleep we need to talk about you being an escapee from the hospital? Did Stacey help you? Sam?"

"No. It was all me."

"Why did you do that Stevie? That was the craziest thing for you to do!"

"I just wanted to see TJ in person, dad."

"Are you sure? Because we too talked to those detectives this wouldn't have to do with the person who shot you."

"No…no. When did you talk to the detectives?"

"That day they came and spoke with you we asked them and they just said were just here to talk to the person who was shot and let them identify who shot them we told them that we're your parents and they said it was some guy named Vito and the reason you were shot because of something that happened in Target. I asked Sam, when we came to visit you on that first day and he mentioned Target and that some guy got in TJ face and called him some names. Is Vito the guy who got in TJ's face? Did you really go over to that sketchy side of town to get a gun?"

"No, I don't know Vito. He's just the guy who shot me. A gun? No. No. I was just visiting a friend. That's all."

"So, who is the guy who got in TJ's face?" Dad asked me.

"I-I don't know. I really don't know who that guy is. For real the reason I broke out of the hospital was to see TJ that's all. I heard he was cussing and I didn't feel like a phone call would have driven my point home that I didn't like that at all."

"Okay…don't do that no more! You had us scared! The doctors too they said that they were going to release you tomorrow but you have to stay here another 2 more days."

"Now you tell me!"

"Well, you left alright Stevie, night."

"Night."

After hearing that my parents were trying to piece this puzzle together themselves of all this I couldn't sleep. I wondered if the detectives told them all or did they just tell them that. I got to get to the bottom of this myself.

Mercedes POV

Looking over TJ's school application when he strolled himself in the room and joined me in bed. I knew that seeing Tank would affect him but now he's talking about Tank's mother another irrelevant person to this puzzle.

"But what about Ms. Bertha?" He asked looked up at me.

"Ms. Bertha? Why didn't you call her grandma TJ?"

"She's not my grandma no more when you got with daddy, I dropped her like you dropped Tank but…but Tank know where we live at, if he know then Ms. Bertha know." I rubbed his back.

"I promise you TJ Ms. Bertha doesn't know anything about where we live at and I highly doubt that she's getting any information where she's at." I rubbed his face. "Don't worry about her. Okay."

"Okay."

"Now, tell me about your day at the park." I had to change the topic today was enough of the Tank show.

"It was fun! PawPaw was hitting on Aunt Tana, he pushed Gabby and me on the swings, and auntie took pictures too. Did she send them to your phone?" He leaned over me and grabbed my phone put in my code and went to my text messages.

"How you know my passcode?"

"I heard you tell daddy it's my birthday."

"Got us some drinks. Here you go baby, TJ, and me." Sam got in bed. "What are you guys looking at?" He took a sip of his drink and sat TJ on his lap and put his arm around me.

"TJ's showing me the pictures that Tana took of them at the park."

"Is PawPaw hand on Tana's butt?" Sam took the phone and enlarged the photo.

"Yup. I snapped that picture and sent it to mommy phone before Aunt Tana saw it." He laughed.

"Does PawPaw know that she swings for the other team?" Sam tossed up a fake ball and swing with his hands.

"I don't think so Sam and I think its best we not tell him. These are nice pictures. Did you run into Simon?"

"Yes but I didn't play with him. He came over to the little kid side and tried to tell me some stuff but Aunt Tana saw him and she sent him back to the big kid side."

"Good. Bad enough you learned about that."

"That wasn't me. Gabby told me that while we were in my room playing with my face tissue. We were wiping Chew-Chew butt."

"Again? I thought I hid those rolls from you." I took the phone from him and put it back on my night stand.

"All but 1. One was under my bed but Aunt Tana took that roll too and I don't know what she did with it."

"Hopefully she tossed it in the trash baby, what were your parents thinking getting TJ toilet paper with his face on it? That's creepy it was early this morning and the roll ran out on me I was half sleep so I got a new one when I looked down it was TJ's face looking up at me."

"What a visual? Um…let's say prayers and call it a night." I muted the TV. "Who is saying prayer tonight?"

"I think you should baby."

"Okay. Father, thank you for your covenant promise of protection. Right now I call upon the covenant I have with you and plead the blood of Jesus over my husband, my son and myself Amen."

"Amen."

"Amen. Beautiful prayer mommy." Sam kissed me.

"What daddy said mommy." TJ copied off of Sam.

"Alright lights out, no talking, or laughing we had a crazy day. Let's start fresh on a new page tomorrow."

The next day…

"'Cedes did you get TJ christened after he was born?" My mother asked me, we were looking through his photos that I uploaded online.

"No, I didn't."

"Well seeing as your father and I will be leaving in a couple of days I think you need to find a church to see if they can christen TJ I missed his birth so I want to witness his dedication. TJ is a gift from God despite how he was conceived he's blessed beyond measure." She picked up the photo that was taken at the beach a few weeks back of TJ surrounded by all of his aunts and uncles. "Maybe we can get Bishop Butts to fly in and do the christening. He christened your brother and you so why not your son."

"Mom I would love for that to happen but it is Thursday, I can't send invitations out that quick not even to mention, get a menu prepared, I have to get TJ a suit and Bishop Butts? Isn't he like grandpa's age?"

"Yes, he is but he's on vacation this week so I think he can squeeze this in this is special. I'll plan it all you won't have to do nothing. Well maybe sing. Let me pull some strings you should invite all of your friends for this. This is a joyous occasion." She picked up her phone and walked away dialing a number she patted Sam on the shoulder seeing as he was just coming in the house.

"Where is your mother off to baby?"

"She's planning TJ's christening." He kissed me. I closed out the window of TJ's photos.

"That's nice oh, instead of mailing off TJ's school application I went by the school and personally handed it in to the admission office and I lucked out because the person who deals with admission was there and he looked over TJ's application and we have a date tomorrow for TJ to go take his placement test tomorrow."

"That's great news! What time tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow at noon. I'm off to go visit Stevie you want to join me."

"No, seeing as my mother is planning TJ's christening I got to get in contact with Quinn, Artie, Puck, Santana, Blaine and Kurt, and Rachel to see if they can make it. I got to find me an outfit and you one. She wants me to sing so I have to find a song to sing, I would write one make it personal and all but short notice. Maybe you can sing a song too. Would you?"

"Of course! Our son is being christened yeah. Look for me a song too."

"Daddy where did you go at?" TJ asked coming in from outside. After TJ beat J3 he's been thinking of random games to win at so far he hasn't won any.

"Oh, I had to drop off your application at the school mommy and I decided that we want you to attend and tomorrow you have to take at test but now I'm going to visit Uncle Stevie. Wanna come with me?"

"Yup! I need to give J3 a rest he still trying to beat me with his made-up games." Sam and I both laughed.

"Alright baby, TJ and I are out! We'll be back soon."

"Where did TJ go?" I looked back to J3 who was peaking inside.

"He went out with his father J3." I got up off the couch and went to the bedroom.

Sam's POV

TJ and I arrived at the hospital we stopped off in the gift shop and I picked us a couple of snacks before heading up to Uncle Stevie's floor. I paid for the items and we took the elevator to his floor as the doors open mom and dad were sitting in the waiting room.

"Grandpa! Grandma!" TJ gave both a hug and climbed into my father's lap.

"Hey TJ! We were just thinking about you and here you are. Hey son."

"Hey dad. Mom." I gave her a kiss and sat beside her. "What are you guys doing out here? I thought y'all be in the room with Stevie?"

"He's asleep so we decided to relax out here. Sam, do you remember when your father and I first arrived here and I asked you who did that to Stevie and you didn't know."

"Yeah."

"Well you know that he talked to the detectives and we also talked to them and they told us that it was some guy named Vito. Do you know of a Vito because we think he's the one that got in TJ's face that sent your brother off the deep end?"

"It wasn't Vito, grandma it was Tank."

"TJ." I reached over and my mother and covered TJ's mouth.

"No, let TJ talk. TJ, baby who is Tank?" She pushed me back into my seat and turned to face TJ.

"Tank is fake-daddy. He used to hit mommy and that's why we came to live with daddy. Daddy I'm thirsty."

"I'll take TJ to get something to drink you can explain this Tank person to your mother. Let's go TJ."

"Daddy you want something?"

"Uh…I'll take one of those lemonade's mommy had from Chic-fil-A a large."

"Okay." I watched them walk away because I didn't want to face my mother let alone answer these questions I don't feel like answering. She hit me on my knee to get my attention.

"Sam, they been gone for a minute you can stop looking. So, is this Tank person?"

I sighed. "Mom, I really don't want to talk about that right now. I'd rather you, dad and I talk about it with 'Cedes once her family leaves and they're leaving in a couple of days I just came by to talk to Stevie."

"Fine I want to have this conversation now but I'll wait until Mercedes is with you. I'm going to the cafeteria to make sure your father gets no food." She got up and started walking away and stopped. "Does 'Cedes family know?"

"They know, mom."

"Okay." I got up the chair and I started walking around not paying any attention to where I was going when I bumped into someone. "I'm sorry."

"It's cool, man. Do you know what room Stevie Evans is in they gave me the wrong room?"

"Who are you?"

"Oh, I'm Lucky." I shook his hand. "You are?"

"I'm his brother Sam. Did Stevie call you or you just showed up?"

"He called me. Can you show me to his room?"

"Yeah..follow me." I led him down the hall I spoke to Nurse York, who is TJ's favorite nurse now because she snuck him back there to see Stevie. I knocked on his door and we walked in. Lucky went first.

"Lucky…what up…Sam what are you doing here? I thought that would come by later or tomorrow."

"Uh no I was out, I had to drop off something for TJ and I went back home to see if 'Cedes wanted to come with me but she's busy with her mother I ran into your friend in the Lucky in the lobby."

"Okay, Sam can you come by tomorrow like at noon."

"I can't. I have something planned at noon. I'm here now. Can we talk alone? Then you can discuss about whatever you want to with Lucky and I'm out your hair."

"Lucky can you give us some time."

"Sure."

I waited until I heard the door close and then I went to check to make sure Lucky had went back to the lobby. "Stevie who the hell is Lucky? Tell me you aren't trying to get back at Tank again Stacey and I talked you off of that idea once. Are we going to have to do it again? Are you trying to get revenge?"

"No, I'm not. I'm just trying to figure out how he, Tank that is know my address so I called Lucky last night that's the guy I was going to get a gun from."

"Is he in a gang?!"

"No, no he's not. He knows Tank how I don't know and I think he knows Vito too. Also last night after mom and dad came back from their walk they asked me why I broke out of the hospital and I told them TJ but they started questioning about the night I got shot they think that Vito was the one who got in TJ's face. I don't want them to know that it's Tank."

"Well…too late."

"You told?!"

"No, TJ let it out. Mercedes family and I talked about this remember yesterday you busted in my room while I was handling some important business."

"Yeah, that was some important business you were handling but…let me stop. Yeah. So…"

"Mom, wanted to talk about it now in the waiting room I don't. I've had enough of the Tank show for the last 2 days I want a Tank free day to enjoy without hearing his name so when Mercedes parents leave to go back home in a couple of days, we'll sit down with our family and talk about it."

"Good. I know Mercedes hasn't seen them for 5+ years, but there's a visit... and there's a VISIT you know what I mean. How is it there with them?"

"It's good. Actually her mother redid our backyard I can't wait for you to see it and she's planning TJ's christening."

"When is his christening? I want to be there for that. Will I be the godfather? Who is the godmother?" I patted his shoulder.

"Mercedes and I haven't even talked about that. I found out about that when I came home from dropping of TJ's application to this private school. The day more than likely Sunday, time I'll get back to you on that. I'm going to go scoop up TJ and keep mom and dad away from your room enough time so you can talk to Lucky and once you get done, you call me and tell me. Even if I don't answer you call me and ask him if he knows how Sarah knows Tank. Alright bro. I'll go back out to the waiting room and I'll send Lucky back in."

"Okay." I went back to the Lobby and Lucky was just standing there. "Hey you can go back there now."

"Thanks."

"Is Stevie up?"

"No, he's still sleep." I grabbed a chair pulling it up to the table sitting down. "This my lemonade?"

"Yup."

"Thank you."

"So, Sam when are you Mercedes going to enroll TJ in a school? The school year is quickly approaching."

"I know I dropped off his application at school today and he has a test to take tomorrow at noon for placement and then after that comes the interview process and then we'll go from there. Y'all going to be busy on Sunday?"

"No, hopefully they can release Stevie by Saturday. Why?"

"Well, Mercedes mother is planning TJ's christening and of course grandparents got to be there. The details are still in the works."

"Of course! We wouldn't miss it for anything."

"That's good well, TJ and I are going to roll out and head back home and have some fun. Y'all coming by the house tonight?"

"No, seeing as we picked up enough clothes and hopefully Stevie will be out of here by Saturday we're good but when he's released we'll bring him by."

"Cool. TJ tell grandma and grandpa bye and you'll see them later."

"Bye Grandma. Bye Grandpa." He gave them both a hug and kiss and we left the hospital.

Mercedes POV

So my mother is going to plan TJ's christening I'm really looking forward it I already called the ND family and they'll be able to make it that was the easy part. The hard part is selecting a godmother and godfather.

"It shouldn't be this hard." I dropped the pen down on the piece of paper where I wrote on one side godfather and the other side godmother. I've done my own personal process of elimination, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, used TJ's age and every person who I stopped on the number 5 I crossed out, and each person that I eliminate I added them back on to the list.

"Hey baby." Sam looked over at my paper and sat down on the edge of the couch.

"Confused about who TJ's godparents should be?"

"Yeah. I don't want to leave no one out. They all love him when we got here they just embraced TJ with their love, I mean they didn't have to but they just did I remember when I heard TJ call Artie, Uncle Artie." She laughed. "That was so sweet and TJ bonding with them and the relationships he's formed with their kids although he has a love/hate relationship with Gabby I know he loves her too. I just can't decide. I've done been through two packs of paper already." I picked up the trashcan that was overflowing with balled up paper balls.

"Wow. I think since you can't decide I should." Sam picked up the pen and wrote down on the paper under the column for godfather all of the guys and godmother all of the ladies. "Done."

"Sam."

"Let them all be, where is the rule that says you can't have 6 godfathers and 5 godmothers? You said it yourself they all love him. Godparents are picked just now to tell them but before we call to tell them. What song have you picked to sing?"

"I've decided to sing, He Gave Me You and for you I decided that you can sing, Find Your Wings, because TJ will reach for the heavens with a father like you."

"That he will and it starts tomorrow. You call the ladies, I'll call the guys but first I'm going to start with your brother."

Sam's POV

I searched all over the house for JJ until I found him outside walking around the grounds.

"JJ!" I ran over to him. "I searched the whole house for you and here you go."

"Oh, I just wanted to walk around the property since I'm going to be living here just get myself acquainted with everything also I made some calls for security guards for us to interview. Wassup."

"That's good. I wanted to talk to you right quick. You know your mother is planning TJs' christening."

"Yeah, she told me. She already found a church and got Bishop Butts to fly in to perform the christening. She's going all out. Seeing as she wasn't a witness to the birth of grandson. This is the next best thing."

"It is. Well you know 'Cedes and I have to pick godparents and she was confused on who to pick so we picked, you. Will you be one of TJ's six godfathers?"

"Of course! Wow! Six?!"

"Yeah. She couldn't decide so it's on all of y'all, you, Puck, Artie, Stevie, Blaine, and Kurt. Where is the rule to say that you can't have as many godparents as you want besides you all love him and that's all we ask from you. Can you do that?"

"I can do that and more. Thanks Sam." He gave me a hug.

"No problem. Now I got to call the other 5 to inform them." I shook my phone and headed in the opposite direction to call Blaine, Kurt, Puck, Artie, and my brother. All of them were happy to be TJ's godfather along with the ladies were thrilled to be his godmother. The ceremony is set for Sunday at 3 PM, New Solid Rock COGIC. I think I need to bring a cushion.

Stevie's POV

"So, what happened hours after I got shot?"

"Tank and Vito came back by my place together I asked Vito why was he knocking on my door like a madman, he wanted to flush you out my house. I told him that you were hit 3 times and he said that you were dead, Tank was upset because he drove over to my house for nothing and Vito said that you didn't see him and they were going to get TJ back. Tank then asked for your address and I gave it to him."

"Why?! He came by my house!"

"How did you know that?"

"I have surveillance up!" I opened the laptop and showed him the screen capture.

"That's them. Shit! Is everything intact at your place?"

"Yeah, everything is fine just that he knows. Did anything else happen in those days?"

"Yeah, Vito came back alone saying that Bertha was verbally assaulted at Target and she wanted him to handle something and he thought that he killed you and I told him nah, that you were living and he something else to say."

"What is it?"

"He goes onto say that TJ is Tank son he found that TJ isn't named after him after 5 years he learns his son name is Thaddeus…"

"Thaddeus Joshua Evans-Jones?"

"Yeah, how you know?!"

"That's my nephew!"

TJ IS GETTING CHRISTENED - Y'ALL WANT SANTANA TO SAY A PRAYER in Chapter 42?! Drop a comment!

A/N: CHAPTER 42 IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS. (: Her parents are still there! They'll be leaving by the next post! Hopefully! (: