DISCLAIMER:I DO NOT OWN GLEE NOR ANYTHING ELSE.

XAVIER MARTIN-JESSE L. MARTIN

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Mercedes grabbed her purse and water bottle from out of the kitchen as she walked towards the front door. She called out for Maverick, letting him know that it was time to leave. Her, Sam, Madison and Maverick were going to look at a few houses that her and Sam picked out. The last two weeks have been very busy for her every since she came back from Miami. Between getting things at work done, looking at houses, and planning Maverick a surprise birthday party, she was exhausted. She smiled tiredly at her son when he finally came out, "Ready?"

Maverick looked at her with a smile, "Yeah." He locked the door behind them and headed to his car, "I'm driving." He smirked as he opened the door for her.

"Lord be with me." Mercedes chuckled as she got into his car.

He playfully rolled his eyes as he closed the door, heading to the other side to get in. He placed the first address into GPS and pulled out of the driveway. While he was driving, he chanced a glance at his mother, taking notice in something different about.

"Eyes on the road." Mercedes said without looking up from her phone.

"Sorry." He turned on his signal light, "It's just something is different about you."

She looked over at him, "What?"

"I don't know I just can't point it out." He kept his eyes on the road, putting his signal back on to get in the other lane.

Mercedes tugged at the shorts of her romper, staring out the window, "I'm just tired. So it's probably that."

Maverick took a another quick glance at her again. She's probably right. After twenty minutes, he pulled up to the first house, which Sam and Madison was already in the driveway waiting for them.

Madison smiled when she saw them pull up and get out of the car. She ran to Maverick first to give him a hug.

Maverick picked her up, kissing her cheek, "Hey Princess."

Sam walked over to Mercedes and gave her a hug, "I missed you."

Mercedes chuckled as she wrapped her arms around his waist, "You just saw me yesterday."

"Still too long." He kissed her on her lips, taking in the flavor of her cherry lip gloss.

Mercedes pecked his lips, moving away to get to Madison, ignoring his little pout that he was displaying. She went over and grabbed Madison out of Maverick's arms.

Madison smiled and wrapped her arms around her neck.

"Did you guys go in yet?" She asked Sam.

"No, we were waiting for y'all." He held up the set of keys, "The realtor gave me the keys for the houses. She said just let her know which one we like."

"Lets get started." Madison said excitedly.

Mercedes giggle as she sat her down to her feet, watching as the little girl tugged Maverick's hand and led him to the front door.

Sam was behind Mercedes as they walked up the driveway, smirking as he looked down, "You know I'm really, really liking your outfit."

Mercedes turned around and smacked his shoulder, "Stop looking at my ass. Behave." She gave him a warning before she walked up the steps.

Sam laughed heartily, sneaking another gland as he walked behind her. When they opened the door, he started to look around at the front of the house, immediately grimacing at it.

"This is nice." Mercedes said as she walked around the living room.

Madison nodded as she walked towards the back with Maverick.

"I think I like the other one we looked at."

Mercedes laughed as she walked up the stairs, "We haven't even been here a minute and you don't like it?"

"I mean..I'm not getting this homely vibe." He said as he kept up with her.

Mercedes shook her head at him as she continued to look around upstairs. It was nice but she kind of agreed with Sam on this one. It didn't feel right. She turned to him, rolling her eyes at the knowing look he was giving her, "I guess you're right."

"I know I'm right." He smirked when she walked passed him.

Mercedes was walking down the stairs when she spotted the kids, "What do you guys think?"

Madison and Maverick looked at each and looked back at their parents with scrunched up faces, shaking their heads.

"That's how I feel too. Lets go to the next one." He escorted them out of the first house and headed to the rest of the houses.

After looking through a few houses, the Jones-Evans clan finally found the perfect one. A beautiful three-story house in the beautiful depths of Southern California with five bedrooms, three baths, a very spacious backyard with a pool, an attic movie theatre and much more. The houses wasn't that far from their jobs and schools, which was an absolute bonus. Signing the papers was such an exciting moment for Sam and Mercedes. They were both starting a new chapter in their lives and was very excited about it. They were officially moving into their new home at the beginning of summer, giving them a chance to pack up the things out of their houses.

Sam looked at her with a happy smile, "This is really happening.."

Mercedes leaned against him, "I'm so excited." She looked around the house again, "We have plenty of room...like plenty."

"Just enough for our growing family." He wrapped his arms around her, kissing her forehead, looking out the door just to find Madison and Maverick sitting with their feet in the pool, "Do you need anything else for the party?"

"I think I got everything covered. Luke is coming down, the others couldn't take off but.." Mercedes bit down on her lip, "Daddy is coming."

Sam gulped loudly as he looked at her, "Y-Your dad?"

Mercedes nodded slowly, tucking in her lips when she saw the look on his face.

"Oh shit.." Sam let out a deep breath, "He's going to kill me. We've been dating for nine months, I've been sexing up his daughter, we're going to be living together in two months and I haven't even met the man yet. He's going to kill me Mercedes."

"Babe.." Mercedes tried not to laugh because he was being so serious. She leaned up and kissed his cheek, "He's not going to kill you..I think." She laughed when he got this scared look on his face, "I'm just kidding Sam. He's going to see how much I love you and he's not going to lay a single finger on you.."

Sam mumbled something under his breath, earning a chuckle from his girlfriend. He looked at her with a frown, "It's not funny."

"I'm sorry love but you have absolutely nothing to worry about." She hugged him tightly before she let go, "Now lets get out of here." She tugged his hand and led him outside.

Mercedes woke up the next morning feeling sick. She had been throwing up on and off since she has been up. She figured she had caught the bug that was going around because Maverick had it last week. Flushing the toilet, she walked over to wash her hands and brush her teeth. Once she was done, she went in her bedroom and headed straight for the closet. Today was her son's birthday and tonight was his surprise party. She had taken off of work to get the finishing touches done. Walking out of her room with the bag in her hand, she slid into his room and sat the bag down on his bed, leaving out quietly, she trotted down the stairs to start on his birthday breakfast.

Maverick rolled over in his bed, letting out a small yawn as he eyes fluttered open. Today was his birthday. Another day, another year. He thanked god for that. He usually got sad around this time too. He always wished his dad was here. This year..it was different. Don't get him wrong, he's still a little sad but his therapist has been helping him cope with his father's death a lot. He now knew that it was nothing he could do to change the past. He sat up, rubbing his sleepy eyes when he felt his phone vibrate. Moving his hand towards it, he smiled when he saw that he had a ton of texts from family and friends but his finger slid over the one from his boyfriend first.

What I'm about to say is super cheesy but I don't care..I plan on making you cry this morning. I want to wish you a very happy birthday but I also want to tell you how much I love you. Even though the last year has been shaky for us, we still made it through. Today marks two years we've been together and I don't regret anything. I love you Maverick Jones-Carter, always and forever.

"Dammit Brent." He sniffled, wiping under his eye. He sat down his phone and looked towards the end of his bed, seeing a blue bag sitting there with yellow tissue paper in it. He leaned over and grabbed the bag, moving the paper around. He pulled out a book, a laugh immediately escaping his mouth, face turning red as he read the title. How To Talk To Your Mother About Sex. He flip the page over and found a sticky note with her handwriting on it, This is seriously needed but it's not really your gift. Look further in the bag. He sat the book to the side and pulled out another box, smiling when he saw that she brought him a new phone, picking the sticky note up. Keep going. He looked at the bag again, "How much stuff can fit in this thing.." He muttered quietly, picking up the card, opening it, he started to read it out loud.

Dear Maverick,
Another year older baby boy, well you're technically not a baby anymore but you're still going to be my baby. Seventeen. My sweet baby is seventeen. Oh god I'm getting old, lol. I can honestly say, having you was the best decision I have ever made. Taking care of you on my own was not joke but I wouldn't change a thing about it. I know these last couple of months have been quite difficult for us but we have both grown from it. I guess I'm rambling and running out of room and crying. I just wanted to let you know that I love you Mav. Nothing will ever change that. Happy birthday, sweetheart.

Maverick felt the tears streaming down his face, letting out a harsh breath. He sat his things to the side and jumped up from his bed, running down the stairs to head for the kitchen. When he made it, he wrapped his arms around her, burying his face into her shoulder.

Mercedes was startled when she felt him hugged her. Figuring he read the card, she hugged him back tightly.

"I love you so much mommy." He whispered softly.

"Love you too Maverick." She whispered back, rubbing her hand down his back, "Happy Birthday."

"Thank you." He never wanted to let her go. Ever.

Mercedes rubbed his back gently, smiling when she pulled back. She leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek, "I made you breakfast."

He smiled faintly at her, wiping the last of his tears, "Birthday tradition."

"Mhm.." She absently rubbed her stomach as she scrambled the eggs. She nibbled on her lip as she turned the stove off, setting the item on the plate.

Maverick thanked her before he quickly began to devour his food.

Mercedes sat dirty dishes in the sink, washing them clean. She dried her hands off before she picked up her cup of tea, hoping the herbal essence would sooth her stomach, "What are you going to do tonight?"

Maverick licked the syrup from his lips, picking up his juice shrugging, "Probably just going to go to the movies.."

"That sounds fun."

Maverick nodded with a smile as he got up and sat his things in the sink. He walked over to Mercedes and hugged her again, "Thank you for everything."

"You're welcome baby." She patted his back, "Go get dress for school." She watched as he nodded and headed up the stairs, hearing her phone ring, she picked it out of her robe pocket, "Hello?"

"Hey Merce..I was just calling to let you know that me and San were on our way." Quinn said as she balanced the phone and placed Carson's car seat in the back.

"Okay.." Mercedes breathe out.

"Are you still feeling sick?" She asked as she closed the door, opening the hers to get in.

"Yeah.."

"Well I made you some soup and.." She drifted off looking over at the bag from the pharmacy, "I brought you some meds too. Can't have you sick for tonight."

Mercedes smiled, "Thanks Q."

"You're welcome. I will there in twenty. Love you."

"Love you too." She hung up the phone and sat it on the counter. She waved and told Maverick to have a good day when she saw he walking out the door.

Mercedes reluctantly watched as Quinn and Santana finished up the outside decorations. Quinn had warmed her up a bowl of soup and told her to sit. Seeing that they were finished, she gave then a warm smile, "Thanks guys."

"You're welcome Merce." Quinn said as she plopped down on the couch.

"You've been overworking yourself Mercedes. Stress can cause you to feel sick too. I know your stressed especially since you had this idea of moving in with Sam." Santana folded her arms across her chest, ignoring the glare she was sending, "Look, I know you're still kind of pissed at me for what I said to him but I don't regret it."

"You don't get it Santana." Mercedes sat up in her chair, "I'm happy, okay? I get that you want to protect me but you don't have to do that anymore." She said softly, her eyes never leaving hers, "I'm happy and it's not an idea that Sam and I are moving in together, we are."

"And there's a possibility that you're pregnant too." Quinn piped in, pulling the brown bag out of her purse that contained four different pregnancy tests, "I brought you these.."

Mercedes and Santana looked at her in shock. Mercedes didn't think that was the reason she was sick but now that she really thought about it..it was possible. Her and Sam always use protection up until a few weeks ago.

"Is there?" Santana asked as she looked at her friend.

Before Mercedes could answer, the screen door slid open, showing her younger brother, Luke.

"Hey ladies." He smiled brightly.

Quinn placed the bag back in her purse.

Luke looked between them suspiciously, "Did I interrupt something?"

"No." Mercedes said, smiling a bit at him, "Glad you could make it."

"You know I'm always going to be here." He walked over but kept a distance, "Are you still sick?"

"Not that kind of sick.." Santana muttered under her breath.

Mercedes shook her head, "It's not contagious."

"Okay." He gave her a hug, taking in the backyard as he did so, "This is going to look so dope when it gets dark."

"Mhm." Quinn said as she looked over to see that Carson was still sleeping, "Can't wait to see it."

"Yeah..can't wait." Santana said as she looked at their work, she turned back to them and smiled briefly, picking up her purse, "I'll see y'all tonight."

"Thank you again San."

"You're welcome." She said softly before she walked out.

Luke looked over at Quinn, noticing her looking at him, "What?"

"Nothing.." She looked towards Mercedes, tapping on the bag.

"Now?" Mercedes asked dreadfully.

"Right now."

Luke looked between them, "Okay, is this code for some freaky shit? Because I actually like Puck and Sam and I would ha-ouch." He rubbed the back of his head, glaring at his sister when she hit him.

"Shut up." She glared back at him before she got up and went to get the bag, "Luke, you cannot and I mean cannot tell anyone about this." She held up the bag, "Not until I know for sure."

"What the hell is in it.." He asked as he looked through the bag, hand immediately stopping on the box, he looked at her with wide eyes, "Oh shit..you're pregnant?" He asked excitedly.

"I don't know yet.."

He shoved the boxes in her hands, "Well go find out. I need to know if I'm having another niece or nephew."

Mercedes raised a brow at him, holding the items to her chest as she walked into the house and headed to the bathroom. She opened up all of the boxes and sat on the toilet. Once she finished peeing on all of them, she sat them on the counter before she washed her hands. Taking a deep breath as she waited for the ten minutes to go by. She really wished Sam was with her for this but she didn't know how he would react. Well that was a lie..she did know how he would react. Hearing the timer go off, she looked down at all four sticks that was displaying the same results.

Sam helped Madison out of the truck, handing her the present that she picked out for Maverick. Closing the door back, he grabbed her hand and led towards the front door.

Madison blew out a breath a she carried the bag. She wanted to give her brother something special for his birthday, so she worked really hard on his gift. She smiled when she saw Luke open the door.

"Hey you two." He shook Sam's hand and pinched Madi's cheek.

"Hey man." Sam smiled at him.

Luke moved aside to let them in, "Everyone's out back." He picked up Madison, smirking at Sam, "And there's someone here who wants to meet you."

Sam gulped loudly, clearing his throat repeatedly as he shifted on his feet, "O-Okay." He followed behind him as they walked to the back, pulling the screen door open, he was immediately meet by a crowd, majority filled with friends of Mav. He took in the backyard in appreciation. There were clear lights wrapped around the trees, balloons tied down the the tables, plenty of food, and a DJ. He smiled when he saw Mercedes. She was practically glowing.

Mercedes was talking to Brent when she saw Sam and Madi come out. She excused herself and made her way to them with a smile, "Hey baby." She leaned up and kissed his lips.

"Hey." He breathe out happily, "You look absolutely gorgeous."

"Thank you." She smiled shyly at him, looking down when she felt someone wrap their arms around her, bending down to her level, she hugged her, "Hi baby girl."

Madison kissed Mercedes on the cheek, "Hey mama."

"It's looks amazing out here."

"Yeah, you can thank Quinn and Tan for that." Mercedes said happily as she stood up.

Sam internally rolled his eyes at Santana's name, "I'll give the devil probs." He winced when he saw Mercedes glare at him, deciding to change to subject, "How did you get Maverick to not come home right away?"

"I ask him to pick up a few things for me in Inglewood." She tighten Madison's ponytail up for her, getting a beautiful smile back in return.

Sam was about to speak until he heard someone clearing their throat behind him, he turned slightly, seeing an older gentleman, who he was guessing was Mercedes's father.

"Daddy." Mercedes smiled warily at him, "This is my boyfriend Sam and his daughter, Madison."

Madison looked at the man with smile, sticking out her small hand for him to shake, "Hi.."

Xavier smiled down at her, "Hello there. Aren't you beautiful." He took her hand and kissed it before shaking it. He turned to Sam, "Samuel?"

"Just Sam..is fine..or Samuel..whatever you decide is good." Sam rambled out, cursing himself for being scared.

Xavier chuckled at him, "You're a funny man." He placed his hands in his jean pockets, "I'm just going keep this short Sam because you seem like a great man from what I've heard from my kids. Mercedes is my little girl, no matter how old she is. She seems happy and I want her to stay like that. It's been awhile since she's been really happy. Don't screw it up or I would hate to have to get rid of you."

Sam pulled his collar back away from his throat, "Yes sir. You have my word."

"Good."

Mercedes heard a car pull up in the driveway, "Okay you guys, it's time." She hushed everyone as she walked towards the backdoor, closing it behind her. She walked through the kitchen, meeting him just in time in the living room, "Thank you so much for getting this for me baby." She grabbed the boxes out of his hand.

"You're welcome mama." He smiled as he handed her the last of the boxes, "What's in it anyways?"

"I ordered something for the house..but we can talk about that later. You need to her ready for the movies and before you do, I need you to let Reece out back." She sat the boxes down on the couch.

"Okay." He called for the dog, smiling when she came right away. He slid the door open and immediately jumped when the lights came on.

"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAVERICK!" They yelled, clapping for him.

Maverick stood there in shock, not knowing what to say. No wonder no one was picking up their phones. They were all here. He turned to his mom who had a guilty smile on her face, "Y-You.."

"I did." She smiled as she walked towards him, "Happy Birthday." She kissed his cheek.

"Thank you." He hugged her tightly, just as he did this morning. He pulled back and turned back to the crowd, hearing the music starting to play, he went and greeted everyone.

It was now after eleven and the party was still in full swing. Xavier checked out at about an hour ago and Luke was still trying to hang but he didn't make it. Quinn had set up an screen where they could watch a movie on outside, which half of them were doing anyways.

Mercedes stood at the door, "Okay y'all. Music needs to be turned down, don't want the neighbors calling the cops." She smiled when they said okay, closing the screen door, she headed up the stairs. She opened up the door of her room, spotting two familiar blondes laying in her bed, "You guys still up?"

"I'm finally hanging mama." Madison smiled brightly from under the cover.

"That's because you consumed about two pieces of cake and a big bowl of ice cream that Luke gave you."

Mercedes shook her head at them giggling, she laid down beside her, "At least you're not bouncing off the walls."

"Mhm." She leaned up, removing the covers off of her, "I'm going to go get some water." She trotted out of the room.

Mercedes looked over at Sam, thinking that she needed to talk to him, "Babe, I need to talk to you about something."

Sam looked at her, "What's up?"

"You know how I've been sick for the last two days." She waited until he nodded, biting down on her lip, "Well this morning, Quinn brought me some soup to help me feel better but she also brought something else.." She drifted off, hoping that he would catch on.

"Okay..."

She leaned over and grabbed the sticks out of the draw, holding the face part to her chest, "...she brought me these."

Sam eyed the sticks, a little clueless at first but it finally hit him, "Did you take them?"

Mercedes nodded, "Yeah.."

He turned his body towards her, "What did they say?" He asked nervously.

Mercedes had a blank expression on her face, "Well..basically, the question is..how do you feel about being a father again?" She asked with a wide grin spreading across her lips.

"Seriously?" He asked excitedly.

Mercedes nodded, showing him the tests, which all had a pink plus sign on it, "I'm pregnant."

"We're going to have a baby?" Sam asked as he felt tears starting to fill up in his eyes.

Mercedes leaned over and hugged him tightly, letting out a watery laugh, "We're going to have a baby."

Madison walked back up the stairs rubbing her eyes, she stopped for a second when she heard crying. Walking back to Mercedes's room, she saw them hugging and crying to each other, "What's wrong?" She asked softly as she climbed back into the bed.

Sam wiped his face as he looked at his daughter, gesturing for her to come here. When she was in between them, he started to talk, "Remember when I told you that when the time is right, you're going to have a sibling?"

Madison nodded, "Yeah..I know daddy."

"The time is right Madi." Mercedes said happily.

Madison looked between the two of them, trying figure out if they were toying with her emotions or not. She looked down at Mercedes's stomach, "I'm getting a brother or sister?"

"Yes baby girl, mama is pregnant." Sam said energetically.

A huge happy grin broke across her face. She wrapped her arms around Mercedes stomach, kissing the clothed area, "I'm going to be big sister."

"SERIOUSLY?" Maverick yelled as he stood at the door. When they nodded in agreement, he walked over and hugged them, "About time."

Mercedes couldn't help but cry. This was all she ever wanted was to be happy. And now, she was. She has a wonderful boyfriend that came with an amazing daughter, her son was in a much better place than he has been in awhile, they were all moving in together in less than two months, and to top it off, she was now carrying some precious cargo in her stomach that her and Sam created out of love.

Sam wiped her tears, "I was going to wait to do this but I think this is the perfect time." He pulled the black box from his pocket and opened it up, "I love you so much baby. I feel like I met my soulmate. These last couple of months have been amazing. You accepted me for my flaws and all. I know that there's not another person out there for me and I wouldn't even want to look." He sniffled, "I guess what I'm trying to say is...Mercedes Renee Jones, will you do the honor of becoming my wife?"

At this point, there wasn't a dry eye in the room. Emotions was running on top of each other. Mercedes covered her mouth to stop a very joyous sob out. She nodded her head for what felt like the thousandth time that night, "Yes.."

Sam smiled happily as he removed the beautifully diamond cut ring out of the box and slid it on her finger.

Mercedes placed her hands on the side of his face and kissed him. One peck...two pecks...three pecks.

"This is seriously the best birthday ever." Maverick said as he wiped his eye, "So happy."

Madison hugged him, "I am too."

Mercedes pulled them into a hug, "I love both of you so much. This is literally going to be the start of something beautiful."

That night. No one got a wink of sleep. Maverick enjoyed the rest of his birthday, happily announcing to his friends that he was going to be a big brother. That night, Madison didn't move away from Mercedes's stomach, telling her sibling all the things that they were going to do together. That night, Sam was not laying next to his girlfriend..he was laying next to his fiancée. That night, Mercedes was full of emotions. If you would've told her nine months ago that all this would be happening to her, she would've laughed in your face and called you a liar.

A/N. If I don't update by next week, you guys have an AMAZING and SAFE Thanksgiving. :)