A/N: So back at it another week 9 days and counting before I leave for Missouri I can't wait! Hope you all had a good weekend I did crazy how the week flies by look tomorrow is Tuesday then it's back you know the days of the week. Let's go!

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Mercedes POV

"I can never get tired of this part TJ is picking them up and putting them down look at me go in Sam who knew? Let me rewind that again. Good Sam! Go Mercedes! Go TJ! Wait Stevie went in too?! Morning baby am I too loud want me to turn down the TV."

"No it's fine." I reached over to the night stand to retrieve my phone to get the time. "It's ten o 'clock shouldn't you be at work?"

"No, I shouldn't be I know I didn't discuss this with you but I took a leave of absence football will always be there but this is where I need to be with you I'll return one day but that isn't priority getting TJ home is. I got an update too he is in Maryland. That's right Maryland….that is over two thousand miles away you would think after we found those house listings that he wouldn't go there Tank isn't too damn bright. Puck updated me with the minutes from the meeting Deja wrote them down on this tiny strip of paper."

"That can't be the meeting lasted for a good 3 hours and she was able to get all that was said on torn piece of paper? What does it say? Baby why is you writing down the 1 through 26 A-Z?"

"Deja wrote the message in code! She had that much time on her hands, 20, 1, 14, 11, 7, 15, 20, 20, 15, 4, 9, 5. Where are you going? You are not going to stay here to help me figure out this message?"

"Sam baby as much as I would love to your baby girl is hungry feels like she's pulling on the umbilical cord and you know that message probably says, "Tank Got To Die", want me to bring you something or you going to come down."

"I'll be down after I figure out this message."

"Okay." I put my robe on and slippers and headed to the kitchen as I got closer I heard music. "Morning JJ, what is that you are playing?"

"Good Morning Cedes this is a song that J3 and I wrote called Tank Gotta Go actually titled Tank Gotta Die we just changed it for release."

"Release, what? When did you all have time to record a song? Have I been up in the bedroom that long?"

"Umm no not really we're going to record this song later on today take a listen of it and tell me what you think about the song?" JJ turned up the volume bobbing his head to the music. "Listen here goes my favorite verse."

J3 spit first followed by JJ then there was a cameo verse. "Is that PawPaw?"

"Yes, he was with us when we recorded and he said y'all boys don't know anything about rap and he did that, dynamite too sharp I'm too hard broke it all down for you I'm PawPaw the old geriatric I'll put you in a casket six feet under that is where you belong cause if you live to see another day you'll cause some more harm I beat your ass once I beat your ass twice if I get another chance I beat you until it's the end of your life you don't deserve the fame your name is trash step to me I'll all my sticks in your ass! How you like it?"

"It's nice it really is. Is that the whole song?" I opened the cupboard door and stood there. "Okay, Alex J what do you want baby girl."

Alex J: Bacon, eggs, pancakes, French toast, hash browns, and down it all with some orange juice that should hold me over until lunch.

"Hell yeah we even are even thinking about doing a music video if Santana got the prayers, Denise got the TJ shirts, we got the music. Enough of me what did you and Sam do yesterday."

"Sam and I watched home videos felt good to go back and watch what our lives were before this wish I could hit rewind on my life right now and go back to that day or back to the week I kept TJ home when Tank found out it was his school so I could plead my case more to Sam about home schooling we wouldn't be going through this, it still haunts me from time to time."

"What still haunts you?"

"The last day I took TJ to school I can't shake that question he asked, mommy am I coming home I told him yes, why did he ask that question JJ? I just want to know I just want to know. Did Sam tell you about my dream?"

"You mean nightmare the one you had that you were married to Tank…."

"What is this I hear about you being married to Tank the devil is a lie." "Sit down I'll fix you some breakfast got to keep your energy up for my grandbaby, morning JJ where is Stacey?"

"She is still asleep morning mom."

"Mom I just had a dream TJ was in it he we was asking where daddy was and he told me I was married to Tank. I know I woke up screaming then Sam told me about his dream where he went to rescue TJ and how TJ was excited to be back home and how I wouldn't let TJ out of my sight that he told me, "mommy I don't need you to help me in the bathroom daddy taught me how to aim", yeah."

"That is something TJ would say, here you go baby my specialty, TJ's favorite bacon, eggs, pancakes, French toast, hash browns, and down it all with some orange juice Alex J is happy over that get to eating Mercedes and feed my grandbaby when I pulled up I saw that Sam car is still out there. He is not going into work today. Where is he?"

"No he took a leave of absence until TJ comes home he's upstairs decoding a message from the meeting." I sighed pushing the food around my plate.

"Any update on TJ's whereabouts now? Your father told me about a watch that Alex J purchased him something along the lines of a GPS and sends out a sound if he's in danger. It kept me up because if that watch does that why didn't you Sam or anyone in his watch get a call?"

"Mom the watch has a defect which sucks because but we have GPS as long as he keeps that watch on him we good." Mom took a sip of her coffee. "Mom what are you thinking about?"

"Why this company is selling faulty watches? If that part of it didn't work something else is going to stop working like the GPS I'm just saying be thankful y'all tracked him there my mind is telling me is going to go. What are you guys going to do from there?"

"TANK GOT TO DIE!" Sam shouted causing all of us to jump. "Baby you were right that was the message and tomorrow marks a month since TJ's been gone, a month. A month?! TANK GOT TO DIE!" He picked up stabbing the watermelon. "He got to die! He…will die. Puck!"

TJ's POV

Today marks a month since I've been kidnapped and I'm ready for this whole thing to be over they have to take precautions to not get recognized and every place we go where there is a lot of people they have excuses. Someone snapped a photo Tank and them didn't spot them but I did pray they upload it to twitter or IG so I my photo can get passed around today they took me to the park seems a little crowded being a school day."

"Damn seems a little bit crowded being a school day and all of that might have the day off alright now we're at the park now I want you to make some friends but if any of these snot nose kids ask you, what is your name you better say Jackson if not I'm going to beat your ass right here and I dare someone to stop me. You got it; now get your ass away from me." I turned around and he shouted my name getting the attention of everyone in the park. "JACKSON! Okay just wanted to make sure you heard me! Your name is Jackson!"

"Damn the doofus must want everyone in this damn park to know your name." With my head down I kept walking until I bumped into someone. "I'm sorry."

"Hey come back here." I stopped looked and kept walking. "Wait for me." I stopped so he could catch up he extended his hand. "I'm Billy and this is my brother Joe. You are new around here? Aren't you?"

"What kind of question is that Joe? You know he is new you never seen him before." Joe walked around me looking me up and down. "You look like that boy that was taken from his school in California are you him?" I wanted to say yes so bad but I didn't I felt Tanks presence behind me. "Hi."

"Hi and to answer your question no, he isn't him you know everyone got a twin his name is Jackson I know you heard me shout it look Jackson I don't you playing with these two boys they are a bad influence. Y'all run along actually TJ I-I mean Jackson let's go, you come on." The remainder of the week was okay they didn't take me out much but I got a surprise on Sunday when Tank told me. "You are going to school got you all set up here is the thing and you know this I should even have to tell you."

"Don't tell no one who I really am." I took a bite of my food spitting it on the plate. "Yuck! Who made this nasty chicken! I'm not going to eat this can I get some real food."

"TJ it's not chicken! It's salmon cake you might hurt someone feelings saying that. Eat your food." I knocked my plate on the floor. "Why did you do that? That is perfectly good food get your ass upstairs."

"Good! I don't have to eat that nasty slop you call chicken." I mumbled once I upstairs I closed and locked my door. "Don't tell anyone who I really am easier said than done. Dear God please send mommy a dream for me to tell her I'm okay. Amen."

First day of school...

"Jackson over here you can eat your lunch with us that is the kid I told you about the one I met on the playground over the weekend. Jackson this is Benny where are you from you talk different."

"I'm from California." I covered my mouth. "Sorry I just belched excuse me." They picked up their SpongeBob lunch boxes whispering to each other it had to be about me I opened my SpongeBob lunchbox to see what I had. "A nasty kabob lunchable I asked for a sandwich. What are you guys whispering about? That is a gateway."

"A what only gateway I know is a computer we were whispering about you, after you left the park I went home and looked at this photo that I printed off." He handed me the picture. "And I swear that this boy is you that would make you the son of Mercedes Jones do you know that they held this big vigil for her son all of his family spoke even his cousins Logan called him his brother, Gabby his boo, Ian said he will always be in his coloring book, JT said he'd always remember the park where he taught you about it then his mother took the mic from him."

"Did TJ's mommy and daddy say anything?"

"No, to distraught my mom was bawling her eyes out then she tightly squeezed me when the news reporter said hug on your kids. Did your mommy do that to you Benny?"

"Yeah, she did. Are you sure you aren't him? Y'all look alike too much so for it to not be you."

I sighed. "Okay I'll tell you guys the truth. I am…" The end of the school day arrive waiting for me outside was Tank. "Hi."

"Hey my son!" He pulled me in hug. "How was your first day at your new school? Did you like it?"

"Bye TJ!"

"Didn't I tell you not to tell no kid your real damn name! Do you want to get your old man locked up huh? You just want to see me suffer? Haven't I suffered enough?! First Mercedes didn't tell me she was pregnant because she drugged me then throughout the damn pregnancy didn't want me to shit for her saying she can do it on her own, didn't want me to drive her to the hospital told me to stay away from the delivery floor and then she does the most disrespectful shit and not put my name on the birth certificate and name you after me. I'm suffered and I'll be damn if I suffer because of your ungrateful ass, I'm not going to hit you because I got these folk looking at me but when you get home your ass is mine and tell someone else your got damn name I'm just gonna beat you like you never been beat before think I marked you last time put the damn seatbelt on. Who are the fuck are you looking at?"

A/N: Basketball returns tomorrow! Can't wait! Until y'all see me drop my next chapter iamJLS