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"Oh god..Sam stop." Mercedes cried out as she fell onto the couch.
Sam hovered over her body smirking as he tickled her sides. They have been together now for two months in a half months and Sam couldn't be any happier. He leaned down and kissed her cheek, "Okay..I'll stop."
Mercedes tried to regain her breath as she closed her eyes, "Thank you."
Her eyes fluttered open, looking at him with a small smile on her face, "What?"
"You're beautiful." Sam said seriously, moving her bangs out of her face.
Mercedes blushed at the compliment, covering her face with her hands.
"Don't do that." He whispered, removing her hands.
Mercedes leaned up and kissed him on the lips, "Sorry."
Sam was about to kiss her senseless but jumped slightly when he heard the alarm go off on his phone. He picked it up, eyes bugging out, "Shit." He hopped up from the couch, grabbing his hoodie from the table.
"What?" Mercedes asked, leaning up on her elbows.
"I lost track of time. I have to go get Madison." He tossed on his shoes.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry Sam." She sat up on the couch, "I didn't mean to distract you."
"It's okay." He grabbed his wallet and stuffed it in his back pocket, taking the time to look at her, "How about we come back here?"
Mercedes smiled, "I would love that."
"Great." He kissed her one last time before he headed out, "See you in an hour tops." He closed the door behind him and ran to his truck.
Madison sighed as she looked down at her boots, tugging on the strings of her Hello Kitty book bag that was around her shoulders. Her dad was never late. She watched as the other kids got in their cars with their parents and leave. Licking her chapped lips as she groaned for the twentieth time. Hearing a horn, she turned to see her dad in his truck giving her a apologetic look. She walked up to the truck and opened the door, stepping up on the bar to get in. She closed the door and placed her book bag on the floor, taking the seat belt and buckling it.
Sam looked at her, "I'm sorry muffin."
"It's okay." She said in a quiet voice as she looked out the window.
"No, it's not. I was late and I'm never late." He looked over at her sighing when she didn't say anything. He stopped at the red light and turned to her, "Hey. Look at me." He hooked his finger under her chin, "I promise I will NEVER be late again. Promise."
Madison searched his face, "Pinky promise?" She held out her small finger for him to take.
Sam smiled at her, hooking his pinky with hers, "Pinky promise."
Madison leaned over to kiss his cheek. She sat back down in her seat, her adorable face became confused when she notice they weren't heading in the direction of their home, "Daddy..where are we going?"
"Well, Ms. Cedes wants to see you, so we're going to her house."
Madison eyes brightened as a big grin began to spread on her lips. She turned her attention back to the road, bouncing in her seat a little bit.
Sam chuckled at her excitement. It wasn't strange for Madison to act this way when he mention Mercedes. The two had created a one of a kind bond with each other, more like a mother and daughter bond.
After thirty minutes on the road, Sam was finally pulling up into Mercedes driveway. Turning off his engine, he unhooked his seatbelt and turned to his daughter, "You ready?" He smiled when she nodded her head and opened the door.
Madison grabbed Sam's hand as they walked up the walkway. She took her small hand and rung the doorbell twice. She jump a little when she heard Reece bark, "S-She has a dog?"
"Fuck." He whispered to himself. He totally forgot all about the dog. Looking back at her, "She won't bite baby." Sam reassured her, squeezing her hand softly. Madison has had a fear of dogs every since an incident she had when she was little. He picked her up and balancing her on his side.
Mercedes told Reece to go to her room. The dog obliged, tail wagging as she ran up the stairs. Mercedes smiled when she opened the door, "Hey Madi."
"Hi Ms. Cedes." She leaned over and gave the other woman a hug around her neck.
Mercedes grabbed Madison out of Sam's arms, kissing the little girl's cheek. She back backwards into the house and walked into the living room.
"I can't get a kiss." Sam muttered quietly as he shut the front door behind him. He walked towards the kitchen where he saw Mercedes sitting Madison down on the stool.
Mercedes smiled at her as she fix her a cup of hot chocolate, putting a couple of mini marshmallows in there.
"Thank you." Madison said sweetly as she grabbed the small purple mug.
"You're welcome sweetheart." She looked over at Sam who was pouting, she giggled softly, "Would you like some?"
"Yes, yes I would." He said as he took a seat by his daughter, watching Mercedes pour him some in a bigger mug. He thanked her when she handed it to him.
Madison wiped chocolate mustache away from her mouth with the back of her hand, letting out a small burp. She giggled covering her mouth, "Excuse me."
Mercedes laughed at her as she leaned against the counter, "What are you two doing this weekend?"
"Nothing really." Sam shrugged.
Mercedes thought for a minute before she looked at Madison who was looking at her, biting on her bottom lip. She smiled at her, "How about you and I have a girl's day?"
Madison squealed loudly, "Really?" Mercedes nodded, earning Madison to jump out of her seat and run over to her. She wrapped her small arms around her waist, "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome sweetie." She ran her hand down the young girl's ponytail, looking over to Sam who was pouting twice as hard.
"Then what am I suppose to do?" He asked, a little hurt that he wasn't invited.
Madison looked over to Sam, "You can do whatever boys do daddy. Duh." She said matter of factly.
"First off little squirt, I'm a man not one of those booger picking boys in your class." Sam smirked when they both scrunched up their nose, "And second..Ms. Cedes is my girlfriend."
"But she likes me better." Sticking her tongue out at him.
"No she doesn't." Sam folded his arms over his chest, playfully glaring at her.
Madison unwrapped her arms from Mercedes and mimicked her dad, raising an eyebrow at him, "Yes she does. Don't you Ms. Cedes?" She looked back at Mercedes with bright, wide eyes.
Mercedes smiled at the banter between them, "Okay, lets settle this." She folded her hands together, "I like both of you equally." She laughed when they sighed in unison, "But I'm going to spend the day with Madison.." Madison smirked at her sulking father, "You got to learn to share Sam."
"Yes daddy. You always tell me that sharing is nice."
Sam blew out a dramatic breath, throwing his hands up in the air, "Fine. I guess I'll watch football or something." He rolled his eyes when they gave each other fist bumps. He spent the rest of the evening pouting like a five year old.
The next day the weather decided it wanted to act crazy. It was raining and was below fifty degrees, but that wasn't going to put a damper on the plans Mercedes had for her and Madison. She opened the door to her car and threw her hood on. She went over to the passenger side and helped Madison out the car. Grabbing her hand, the two ran to the front door of the nail shop. Mercedes thanked the lady when she greeted them. They walked over to all the polishes, "So what color are you getting?"
Madison looked up at all the pretty colors but one caught her eye immediately. She stood up on her tippy toes and grabbed the pink polish with silver specks of glitter in it, "I like this one."
"That's super pretty." Mercedes smiled at her, turning her head back so that she could find her a color. She usually went with neutral colors but she wanted to try something different. She picked up a powder blue color and looked at it.
"That's pretty." Madison said.
"You think I should get it?" Mercedes asked, smiling when the little girl nodded. She grabbed her hand and led her to the chairs.
After they finished with their nails, Mercedes paid the woman and they walked out the door. She was happy that the rain eased up a little bit.
Madison smiled as she looked at her nails, "Thank you again Ms. Cedes."
"You're welcome baby." She placed the hoodie over Madison head, "Do you want to go get some burgers?"
"Mhm." She grabbed Mercedes hand as they walked down the strip to the nearby burger joint. Madison let go of Mercedes hand and pulled the heavy door opened for her.
Mercedes giggled at her, "Thank you madam."
"Welcome. Will it just be the two of you?" The hostess ask as she grabbed two menus.
"Yes." Madison answered.
"Right this way." She smiled as she led them to one of the booths, waiting for them to sit down to slide them the menus, "Your waiter will be right with you."
"Thank you." Mercedes said as she opened her menu. Looking over at her date, "Do you know what you want?"
"Yes." Madison said as she closed hers. She saw the waiter come and ask for their drinks. Ordering herself a lemonade she shrugged off her jacket, leaving on her long sleeved sweater, "Ms. Cedes?"
"Yes?"
"I-um, I just want to thank you again for today. I had so much fun." She smiled sadly at her, tucking some of her loose strands behind her ear, "My mom never did anything like this with me."
Mercedes heart broke when she heard her statement. Had that bitch been so self absorb that she didn't pay any attention to her own daughter? That pissed Mercedes off. She stood up from her side of the booth and went to sit by Madison, pulling her into her side, "I'm glad that I could help you have fun and I promise I will always do that."
Madison sniffled, "I-I just wish.." She broke off brokenly.
Mercedes rubbed her back, "You just wish what baby?"
Tears were freely flowing as she bit down on her lip, "I just w-wish that you were my mom." She said quietly.
At the point Mercedes wanted to kill Nicole for her hurting this little girl. Mercedes saw Madison as her daughter anyways, so what harm would it do to her to have a real mother figure in her life? Leaning down to wipe her tears, "It's going to be okay. I'm here for you and you always can come to me for anything. Whether it's for homework or having late night tea parties with Mr. Snuggles and company." She pinched her cheek.
Madison smiled at her, "I love you so much." She gave Mercedes a side hug.
"I love you too." She kissed they her forehead. The waiter came back to take their orders. Once their food came out, the two enjoyed their delicious burgers and the spent the rest of the day shopping.
When they came home, Mercedes had helped Madison take her bath and got her dressed in her pajamas Sam had packed her. She had brushed the little girl's hair and gave her two French braids. They were sitting side by side on the couch wrapped in blankets watching one of Mercedes favorite movies, The Princess Diaries. She heard the doorbell ring so she got up knowing it was Sam. She opened the door and smiled at him, "Hey babe."
"Hey." He leaned down and gave her a long kiss, "I miss you today." He murmured across her lips, kissing her again.
Mercedes laughed at him, pushing his shoulder, "I missed you too. Come in."
Sam walked into the house and saw Madison curled up in a blanket watching the TV intently, "Hey muffin."
Madison smiled as she jumped off the couch and ran to him, "Daddy!"
Sam picked her up and kissed her cheek, "Did you have fun today?"
She nodded excitedly, holding out her hands for him to see, "I got my nails done."
Sam gasped as he picked up her hand, "That's so pretty baby." She beamed at him, "How about you go finish watching the movie while I talk to Ms. Cedes." He sat her down to the ground and watched her go back to her spot. He turned and followed Mercedes into the kitchen, "She didn't give you too much trouble did she?"
"Of course not." Mercedes said as she sat in one of the chairs. She played with her fingers, still contemplating on whether or not if she should tell Sam about what happened with Nicole and what Artie had found on her. She watched him grabbed a bottle of water off the counter and opened it. Sighing as she came out of her thoughts. She'll tell him..just not now, "Um Sam.."
"Hmm."
"Um.." She coughed a little sitting up in her chair, "Madison and I talked today and she cried a little."
"What? What happened?" He asked as he sat down his water.
"She just was telling me how your ex never really took her anywhere and I think she just got a little emotional."
Sam sighed. He really did hate Nicole for treating Madison like shit. He still doesn't know how that judge even let her go live with a person like that, "I-I know..and it makes me so mad that I couldn't do anything about it."
"It's not your fault." She tucked in a piece of her hair, "Um there's also another thing." She bit down harshly on her lip.
"I'm listening."
"When we were coming home.." She took a deep breath and talked real fast, "Madisonaskedmeifshecouldcallmemom."
Sam looked at her confusedly, "Can you say that a little slower please?"
She sighed, "Madison asked me if she could call me mom and I told her she would have to ask you because I don't want to overstep my boundaries and make anyone uncomfortable." She stood up from her seat and walked towards the refrigerator.
"Hold on." He stood up also, following behind her, "I know Madison adores you and she is lacking that kind of love from Nicole but I don't want you to feel uncomfortable and obligated to have to do it because you're dating me."
Mercedes turned to him, "I know it hasn't been long but I love that little girl in there and I would already do anything for her." She came closer to him, about to admit something that neither one of of them has said out loud yet, "I-I love you Sam and if I'm going to be with you, then I'm going to be with Madison too. She's like my daughter already Sam."
Sam wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her with all he could muster. Teeth dragging along her bottom lip, tasting her mango flavored lip gloss, "I love you too Mercedes Jones." He whispered before he reconnected his lips with hers.
Mercedes kissed him with every ounce of passion she had. Pulling back, "Lets go watch the movie." She grabbed his hand and lead him to the dimmed room. For the rest of the night, the trio spent the night together right there on the couch.
A/N. Did you like it? We get to meet the parents soon & some bonding between Maverick and Sam! As always, thank you for your continuous support :)