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Mercedes thanked Sam as he helped her out of his truck. She held his hand as they walked up the steps to her house. Her mind was still stuck on what Maverick had told them what Madison said earlier. A baby. Did she want another child? There was no question that she loved Sam but they have only been dating for five months. Was that too soon? She looked over at him with a smile, "You want to stay for awhile?"

"Sure." He said as held her hand, rocking them back and forth. He smiled when she opened the door and locked it behind them. He watched as she slid out of her heels and led him upstairs to her bedroom. He sat on the bed and watched as she removed her clothes and makeup, throwing her hair into a messy ponytail. She slid on a night shirt and pulled her covers back in her bed. Sam kicked his shoes off, crawling up till he met her. He smiled as he leaned against the headboard watching her straddle his lap. When she laid her head down on his chest, he wrapped both of his arms around her.

Mercedes sighed in content as he held her, "I love you so much."

Sam kissed her forehead, "I love you too baby." He whispered as he ran his hands up and down her back.

Mercedes smiled as she played with the end of his shirt. She lifted her head up when she heard the front door open, she figured it was Maverick coming in from the café. Her head turned when she heard him clear his throat.

Maverick stood at his mother's door, "Before you guys removed any clothing, can I talk to you real quick mom?"

"I'll just wait downstairs." Sam said as he unwrapped himself from Mercedes and slid out of the bed.

Maverick smiled at him when he patted his shoulder. He walked over to the bed and sat beside her, "I need to talk to you about something and I'm going to need you to listen really good."

Mercedes sat Indian style in the bed as she faced him, "I'm listening.."

"For the last year I've been going through some things that I haven't told you about...one of them involved the thing about dad and the other one was my relationship with someone." He drifted off as he looked at her clearing his throat roughly, "I..um, I dated..I dated.." He ran his hands down his face, letting out a small grunt.

"You dated Brent." Mercedes smirked at him lightly.

Maverick removed his hands and looked at her in shock, "How did.."

"After the way you acted last night, I pieced it together." Mercedes sat up a little, "Baby, you were jealous as hell. When I say jealous, I mean jealous in capitalized letters."

Maverick sighed, "I don't know why I let it bother me so much." He looked down as he played with her blanket, "I had no right in getting mad at him for something I did. I pushed him to another guy."

"You don't even know if he's dating him Mav. He said he was just a friend." She grabbed his by the chin, "Do you love him?"

"Of course." Maverick said without a beat.

"Then what's holding you back from being with him?"

"You." He said honestly.

Mercedes looked at him confused, "Me?"

Maverick nodded as he dropped his head once more, "The reason that I was so scared to tell you was because I didn't want you to disown me for liking..boys."

"Maverick.." Mercedes looked at him sadly, "You should know me better than that. I would never judge you. You love who you love and if you didn't happen to know, my two close friends are gay..so what? Don't use me for an excuse." She said a little hurt that he would think that of her.

"I'm sorry.." He chuckled bitterly, "It looks like 'sorry' is going to be the word of the year for me."

Mercedes looked at him for awhile, taking him in. She knew her son like the back of her hand and she knew that she wasn't the only thing that was holding him back, "What are you afraid of?"

"Screwing up." Maverick looked at her, "I know you probably thought it was because I was scared of what people think..but come on mom, you know I don't give a shi-crap about what other people have to say. You're the only person's judgment that matters. I'm just scared that I'm going to do something wrong and end up hurting him in the process."

Mercedes scanned his face with a smile, "Sweetheart..every relationship will have problems but you have to work hard to make sure that whatever happens, you talk it out with your significant other. That's something I failed to do with Sam when we fought."

"You guys did?" He asked clearly taken aback. They were always so happy, it didn't even seem like they would argue.

Mercedes nodded, "Remember when you didn't hear me talking about him for a week? I thought he was pretty much finished with me for what I did. It took Carson's birth to see that we needed to talk."

Maverick sighed as he played with the ends of the blanket thinking about everything she was saying.

After a moment of complete silence, Mercedes chanced a glance at him again, "What are you going to do?"

Maverick shrugged, "I have to create a plan to get my boyfriend back and let him know how I feel."

She smiled before she leaned over and hugged him, "I love you sweetheart. Never forget that."

"I love you too." He kissed the side of her head before he stood up, "I'm going to head to bed."

"Goodnight." She waved at him before she laid back down in her bed.

Sam walked back up the stairs after Maverick came and told him that they were done. He saw Mercedes laying back in her bed, "Hey.."

She turned her head to the sound of his voice, "Hey.." She gestured for him to come to her. When he did, she wrapped her arms around him, kissing him softly on the lips.

Sam smiled at her, "I'm going to head home. I'll give you a call in the morning, okay?" He kissed her lips once again before he hug her.

"Okay.." She pouted as she gave him one last hug before he left. She turned and buried herself in her quilts.

Beth placed her headphones as she sat at a table in the courtyard outside of the school. She has a free period off and she was about to work on her paper that was due at the end the week. She grabbed her bag of Doritos and bottle out of her purse and sat in front of her.

Maverick was walking down the hallway when he caught a glance of Beth sitting in the courtyard. He changed his direction and walked towards the door, opening it, he walked to her and touched her shoulder.

Beth jumped when she felt someone touch her, she pulled out her headphones and looked over at her friend, "You scared me."

Maverick laughed, "I'm sorry." He took a seat in front of her.

"It's okay." She tucked her hair behind her ear, sitting down her pen as she looked at him, "What are you doing out here?"

He lifted up the pass, "Bathroom but I saw you here and I wanted to talk."

Beth smiled at him, "I'm so going to snitch on you." She laughed loudly when he saw the look on his face, "I'm just kidding.."

"Ha, not funny." He glared at her before he turned serious, "I finally told mom."

"You did?" She asked excitedly, she stood up and ran around the table and hugged him, "I'm so proud of you."

"I really couldn't have done it without you." He told her honestly. Beth was one person that Maverick could trust with his life. They basically grew up together and had this brother and sister relationship since they were little. When he wanted to talk about something he couldn't with his mother, he went to her. And one of those things just so happen to be his secret relationship with Brent.

"Yes you could've, you just needed someone to give you a little push." She said as she sat beside him, grabbing her bag of chips and opening them.

"I'm going to miss you next year when you're gone."

Beth turned to him, "You can always call me for anything Mav, you know that." She tapped him on his nose just as she use to do when they were little.

Maverick nosed crinkled up, "Yeah..I know."

"Good." She popped a chip in her mouth, munching hungrily, "What's going on with you and Brent?"

Maverick said as he stole a chip from her bag, wincing when she slapped his hand, "Um..we kinda broke up."

"How do you kinda break up?" Beth asked with a confused look on her face.

"Well, we broke up because he thinks I haven't came to terms with being gay and he thinks I have a thing for Kelsey..but that's not it, I'm just scared that I'm going to hurt him."

Beth drank some of her water from the bottle before she spoke, "You're not going to hurt him..you love him too much."

Maverick sighed as he looked at her.

Beth pinched his cheek, pausing for a moment when she looked behind him, "Speaking of the devil." She muttered quietly.

Brent had an off period and he decided to go outside to take a breather. This whole situation with Maverick was stressing him out. Of course he loved him but for the last year, he was sick of him not knowing what he really wanted. When he opened the door, he immediately regretted it when he saw Beth and Maverick.

Maverick followed Beth's line a sight, he let out of sigh as he stood up, "Please don't leave.."

Beth gathered up her things from table, "I'll let you two talk." She left them along, hoping and praying that they didn't kill each other.

Brent sighed as he turned around and faced him, "What do you want?"

"To talk." Maverick said quietly.

Brent decided against his better judgement and walked over to the tables deciding for once to leave his stubbornness behind. He sat his book bag on the table and sat down.

Maverick was glad that he didn't walk away from him. He sat down in front of him, "First, I want to apologize for my behavior last night. It was uncalled for."

Brent licked his lips as he listen to him, cursing himself from letting the memories from last night in the restroom flood through his mind, "It was uncalled for but I couldn't expect anything less from you."

Maverick smiled as he scooted closer to him, "I was acting like a jealous monster and I'm sorry."

"It's okay." He said as he looked at him.

Maverick nodded as he sat his arms on the table. He looked away from him as he moves his hand and took ahold of Brent's, intertwining their fingers together, "I love you Brent and I'm never going to stop. I know you're still pissed at me and I understand but I'm asking you to please don't give up on me."

Brent looked at their conjoined hands, feeling all types of emotions running through him, "Mav, I would never give up on you. Never. I just want you to figure out if you want me or not. Because the last year, I feel like you just don't know if you do."

"I do. I know what I want and I want to be with you and only you." He turned to him, "This time apart really made me see things clearly. I don't want to ever lose you. "

Brent looked at him with a smile tugging on his lips, "Really?"

Maverick nodded, "Really. I know words will not prove anything but I will show you starting now." He stood up from the bench and walked over to one of the pots, picking a yellow daffodil out, he walked back to the table and handed it to him, "I promise from this day forward, that the only thing I will be doing is making you happy. Will you take me back as your boyfriend?"

Brent laughed at how corny this was but he wouldn't have it no other way, "Of course." He leaned up and planted a small kiss on his lips.

Maverick couldn't help but smile against his lips, "So I don't have to worry about whats a face?"

Brent pulled back with a smirk, "Chris has a girlfriend. So no, you never have to worry about him."

Maverick let out of sigh of relief, "Good." He kissed him again, hearing the bell sound, "We should get to class."

Brent stood up from the table and grabbed his bag. He grabbed Maverick's hand with his and the couple walked to their next class together, earning a couple of stares along the way.

Mercedes was walking into the restaurant to meet up with Quinn and Santana for lunch. It has been awhile since she has seen them and it would be nice to catch up. Seeing them already at the table, she smiled as she walked up, "Hey loves."

"Hey." The both smiled at her as she walked around and gave them hugs.

Mercedes sat her purse down in the chair beside her. She thanked the waiter as he came and took her order, "How are you guys doing?"

"Good, just busy taking care of Carson." Quinn said with a smile on her face.

"And I'm trying my best not to cut my boss with a some of the tools at work." Santana said with a frown. Santana was one of the top nurses at a local hospital in the area. She loved her job but her boss was a pain in her ass.

"If you do, I'll defend you in court." Mercedes said as she let out a small giggle.

"Duly noted."

Quinn looked at her, "How are you?"

"I'm doing fine..better that I have been actually. Maverick and I are still trying to mend our relationship but we are doing really good."

"With the relationship that you two have, it should be back the normal in no time." Quinn said.

Santana nodded, "Definitely." She sipped some more of her wine, "How are things between you and Lisa Rinna?"

Mercedes rolled her eyes at her, "Sam..Santana, his name is Sam."

"I know his name Cedes, I just refused to call him that because his lips are the size of a fish, just like your ass is the size of Pluto."

Quinn laughed at her friends. It was never a dull moment with them.

Mercedes glared at Santana one last time, "To answer your question, we are doing really good."

Santana smirked as she looked her up and down, "I can tell..you are getting thicker."

Quinn snorted at her, "That's true.."

Mercedes felt her face heat up with embarrassment. She was grateful that the waiter came back with their food. She thanked him when he sat her plate down, "There is something else I want to talk to y'all about though.."

"What is it?" Santana asked as she squeezed some ketchup on her fries. She smacked Quinn's hand when she stole one her fries. When it finally registered to what she said, Santana eyes snapped towards her, zeroing in on her stomach, "You're pregnant?"

Quinn looked at her wide eyed, voice rising,"WHAT?"

"No..you guys calm down." Mercedes said lowly, noticing the attention that they were grabbing, "l'm not pregnant.."Mercedes looked at them warily, "But would it be a bad thing if I was?" She moved her fork around in her salad as she anticipated for their answers.

"You and Sam have only been dating for few months.." Santana said as she looked at her with seriousness stressed across her face, "I mean you barely know each other and you're thinking about having baby.."

Mercedes looked away from her, kinda hurt that she would put it like that. Yeah, they've only been dating for a couple of months but they are completely in love and they did know each other.

Quinn saw the look of hurt on her friend's face. She reached over and grabbed her hand, chancing a glare over at Santana, "What she's trying to say is that..don't you two want to enjoy each other before you take on a responsibility?"

"No I meant what I said Quinn. And might I add that you don't even live together but you are thinking about having a baby." Santana added.

Mercedes shook her head as she stood up, "Um..thanks for lunch, I have to get back to work. Tons of paperwork." She forced a smile before she briskly walked away.

"Mercedes.." Quinn called after her. She sighed as she sat back in her seat, glaring at Santana, "You did not have to say it like that San. You hurt her feelings."

"I'm sorry Q but it is too soon for her to think about having a baby with him." She scooted her chair back and pulled out some cash from her wallet, tossing it on the table, "I'll see you later." It wasn't like she didn't like Sam, she just wanted to protect her sister from everything. She didn't want her to go through hurt anymore. And if that meant that she had do it by coming off as a bitch, then she would.

Sam sighed as he undid his tie. It had been a long day and he wanted to do nothing else but relax. He walked to the kitchen and grabbed himself a water out of the fridge and headed to the living room. Toeing off his shoes as he popped the undid the cap, he plopped onto the couch, taking comfort in his cushy seat. Mercedes had called him earlier and told him that she would pick Muffin up from school and now they were upstairs doing homework. He could detect that there was something bothering her by the sound of her voice. He was going to talk to her as soon as she came downstairs. He took a sip of the cool liquid just as he heard footsteps against the hardwood floor.

Madison walked around the couch with a smile on her face, "Hi daddy."

Sam smiled at his daughter, "Muffin." He opened up her arms so she could give him a hug. When she crawled onto his lap, he wrapped his arms around his little girl and kissed her forehead, "How was school?"

Madison shrugged, "It was okay." She laid her head down on his chest.

"Where's mama?" Sam asked curiously when he noticed her came downstairs by herself.

"She had homework from work." Madison said innocently, "She helped me with mines and now she doing hers."

Sam chuckled at her, patting her thigh, "How about you watch some TV and I'll go check on her?" He pinched her cheek when she nodded and climbed from his lap. Sam stood up from the couch and headed up the stairs. He opened Madison's door to her room and saw her sitting in the bed staring out the window with her paperwork beside her, "Hey.."

Mercedes turned to him, "Hey."

Sam walked further into the room and sat down beside her. He gave her a kiss on the cheek before he pulled back, "You want to tell me what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong." She looked away from him as she picked up her paperwork, "I have to finish this."

Sam took the papers out of her hand and sat them on the floor, turning his body towards her, "Talk."

Mercedes frowned at him, "Why did you do that?"

"Because you're trying to avoid what's wrong with you, that's why." He folded his arms across his chest, never breaking eye contact, "Talk to me..please."

Mercedes huffed as she got up from the bed, grabbing her purse from the nightstand. She walked passed Sam and headed down the stairs.

Sam looked at her retrieving form confused, "What the hell?" He jumped from the bed and followed behind her. He saw her hugging Madison before she headed to the front door, "Mercedes.." He yelled after her as he ran behind her.

Madison jumped when she heard her father's voice, her eyes followed him as he ran outside behind her mama. She got up from the couch and ran to the door, peeking her head out to see him talking to her.

Mercedes sighed as she saw Sam following her. Truth was..she was still hurt from what Santana said. Mercedes may was tough on the outside but on the inside, she was the total opposite.

Sam walked towards her car, grabbing her wrist before she could open the door and wrapped her into a hug.

Mercedes sighed against his chest and after a moment, she told him everything.

"It's none of her business if we have a baby or not." Sam said angrily as he listen to how Santana gave all her reasons for them not having a child, "Yeah, we've only been dating for awhile but I love you and I know I don't want anyone else but you."

"I know that Sam." She said quietly, "Maybe she's right..maybe we need to wait until we are stable enough to start a family."

Sam grunted lowly, "Whatever you want to do, is what we are going to do. It's your choice. If you want to wait..that's fine but if you don't." He smirked lightly, "We can always, always practice anytime of the day."

Mercedes shook her head at him, letting out a small laugh, "Okay." She laid her head down on his chest, "But I think Santana is right. What we have is brand new and I want to explore it more before we start expanding our family."

"I'm okay with that." He smiled at her warmly before he pulled her back into a hug, "I love you so much."

Madison slip on her house shoes and jacket and walked down the steps. She saw her daddy hugging Mercedes so she ran and joined in on the hug.

Mercedes looked down when she felt a smaller pair of arms wrap around her. She smiled at her, "How much did you hear?"

Madison eyes went wide when she realized she was caught. She started to smile guilty, "I'm not getting a brother or sister any time soon." She patted their hands, "It's okay, Maverick will do for now."

Both Sam and Mercedes laughed loudly at her. Sam shook his head at her, picking her up, "I promise when the time is right, you will get a sibling."

Mercedes nodded, holding out her pinky, "Pinky promise."

Madison wrapped her pink around Mercedes' and leaned in rubbing their noses together.

Sam smiled at his girls, grabbing Mercedes's hand as the other balance his daughter, "Lets get inside." He led them back into house, making a mental note in his head to talk to Santana.

Santana removed her gloves from her hands and threw it the garbage. Before she left out the room, she squirted some sanitizer in her hand and headed to the front desk. Rubbing her hands together, "Kelly can your print me out some release papers for Mrs. Banks and make sure Dr. Klein sign off for them?" She grabbed one a the peg boards from the counter.

"Sure thing Santana. And by the way, there's someone here to see you." She said as she pointed to the man that was in the waiting area.

Santana quirked a brow and turned around. Seeing Sam standing, she immediately knew what this was about and she was going to stand by what she said, "Can I help you?"

"Yeah..we need to talk." He said in an eerily calm voice.

Santana rolled her eyes as she walked towards him, "Follow me." She led him into one of the break rooms and sat down in a seat, she gestured for him to sit down.

"I'm fine standing."

She shrugged, "Fine by me. What do you want trout?"

"I want you to not worry about what Mercedes and I are doing with our lives."

"Excuse me?" Santana looked at him with a scowl, "Don't fucking tell me what I need to do."

Sam looked at her with an anger stricken face, "Mercedes is my girlfriend Santana, whatever decision we make is just that..our decision."

"Look, I'm just trying to protect my sister okay?" She stood up angrily, "I don't want her to make a decision that she may regret. Who knows, you may be all sweet and nice now but you look like the type that would up and leave her when things don't go right and I'm not going to see her go through anymore heartbreak."

Sam was taken aback by what she was saying. He didn't think she had the right to judge him because she didn't even know him, "Santana with all due respect, you don't fucking know me. I love Mercedes with all of my heart and I would never, never do anything to hurt her. I know you feel the need to protect her but that's not your job anymore, it's mines. I know you're just looking out for her and have been doing it for years but you can stop now." He looked at her.

"Fine." Santana said as she walked out of the room.

"That's all you're going to say?" Sam watched her as she left flipping him off in the process, he let out a harsh breath. He turned around and headed out room. He knew this wasn't going to be easy but he had to let her know that he could take care of his.

A/N. Finally Mercedes and Maverick talked, it was very much needed too. Maverick and Brent are back together, yay! If you could think of a ship name, let me know. Do you think Santana was being too harsh? Madison and Samcedes is my ultimate trio, hands down. Don't worry about Samtana, they will be the best of friends. It's definitely about to get good and there will be a time jump for the next chapter. Have a WONDERFUL and SAFE weekend, :)