A/N: So Wednesday doesn't happen in this chapter... BUT there are some sexy Samcedes interactions, some friend time for Mercedes and... DRAMA!
Enjoy!
Chapter 12
Something Fun
Nashville
"Hey pop you wanted to see me?" Dwight nodded looking at his youngest son Stevie.
"I need you to look into someone for me."
"Okay who?" Stevie asked wondering why he didn't get his usual people to do this for him.
"Her." He answered sliding a picture of a very beautiful Black woman over to him, he looked at the picture before looking back his father confused.
"Who is she?"
"A possible issue." Dwight answered. Stevie just nodded before taking the picture and walked out without asking anything passed that.
"Why your brother couldn't be this obedient I'll never know." Dwight said letting out an annoyed breath.
Monday
Sam was beyond frustrated. He looked down at the current proposal and nothing was remotely as he discussed with his client. He'd read over the paper work seven times and it still wasn't adding up, the numbers were off and he knew it wasn't his dyslexia messing with him there was actual money missing from it. Money that would short his client out of a huge payout and him out of an even bigger deal.
"Mr. Evans is there an issue with the paper work?" Quinn asked her voice noticeably laced with a hint of lust, this wasn't his first time working with her and he knew by her professional but skimpy outfit she expected something to happen after their meeting.
"These numbers are not what we agreed on and this entire section doesn't make sense because we are only splitting a portion of the assets with me getting a larger portion of the business." Sam answered feeling a headache coming on.
"I made sure it met both your and your client's specification, there shouldn't be single thing out of order in those documents." Quinn said walking over to the side of the table where he was sitting and leaning over him to see what he was referring to before he move aside. She shot him a look that he chose to ignore because he had far more pressing problems on his mind, including the texts his father was currently sending him about closing this deal.
"Are you okay?" Quinn asked moving the file aside and sitting on the table in front of him with a smirk. She moved her skirt up slightly before spreading her legs leaning back so he could have a full view.
"I'm fine, I'm trying to figure out why these contracts aren't right so if you could go revise them so that they are I would greatly appreciate it." Sam said running his hands over his face wanting like hell to get this meeting over with, he used to enjoy visiting California for these little meetings but his mind was else where.
"Sammy… don't be that way. You know we always play this game." Quinn said practically purring and he just threw his head back wishing he had brought Kitty with him. He jerked up when he felt Quinn's mouth on his neck kissing him, he backed away shaking his head at her.
"Fix the damn document Quinn." He said sternly wiping is neck off before storming out as his phone started to ring.
"WHAT!" He shouted into the phone knowing it was just his father further breathing down his neck.
"Umm… I just called to say hi but if it's a bad time I can call back." He heard Mercedes say and immediately felt like shit for not checking to see who was calling him before answering.
"Shit, no. I'm sorry… damn you're so sweet. I thought it was someone else, how are you?"
"I'm good, are you okay?" She asked and he could hear the concern in her voice.
"Just a stressful meeting. Did you get the flowers I sent over?" He asked feeling his self slowly coming down from his current state of anger and annoyance.
"Mhm, they're beautiful. Thank you."
"Your phone voice is very sexy." He said smiling when he heard the soft giggle from her.
"I don't know what I'm supposed to say to that…"
"Mmm, I could think of a few things you could say." He teased.
"Goodbye Sam." She said with a nervous laugh that made him wish he was there to see her actual reaction to what he said.
"I'll call you later." He said with a chuckle before hanging up and turning around being met by Quinn.
"Did you fix the document?" He asked and she just stared at him like he owed her an explanation.
"So that's why you reacted that way huh?" She asked rolling her eyes.
"When will the revisions be made and finished?"
"You know, I just remembered I have another meeting so I'll let you know." She replied nonchalantly.
"Quinn I don't have time for this, I need this document done today." Sam warned and she just smirked.
"And what are you willing to do to ensure it is completed today?" She asked invading his personal space and running her hand down his chest before he grabbed her hand as it came very close to his groin and pushed her away.
"Listen and listen very well, either you complete the revisions in the next ten minutes or I will pull every big client you have here and I'm sure Biff wouldn't like that now would he?" Sam challenged seeing her smirk fade and seeing the worry cross her face.
"I-I can have them complete in few moments." She said before walking back into the conference room grabbing the corrected documents from her brief case and putting the ones she purposely messed up away letting out a nervous breath as she walked out and handed them over to Sam. She watched as he looked over them documents nodding his approval before shoot her a side smile.
"Now that wasn't hard at all. Goodbye Quinn." He said with a half hearted wave as he walked out of the office towards the elevators.
Savannah
"Jones, I see you have an admirer." Anthony said just now noticing the large bouquet of white and pink peonies and a noticeable card holder but no card.
"Do you need me to do anything?" Mercedes asked ignoring his statement.
"I will need you to stay late everyday this week, the deal with Evans and Smythe is almost complete and I will need my assistant with me." He said trying to figure out if she ever mentioned a boyfriend or girlfriend.
"Anything else?" She asked.
"What happened this weekend? You never ignore my calls and you come back today with this new… vibe about you."
"I was off Mr. Rashad, you said I could take the whole weekend so I did." She answered growing tired of this interaction.
"I know that but you still always answer, just so unlike you to not care about work…" He prodded before noticing the slight discolored marks along her neck which made him frown because he was sure she was single.
"I care about my job but when I'm off the clock I deserve my alone time. You have a meeting in twenty minutes with Howard Bamboo."
"Oh great… not looking forward to that meeting. I didn't take you for a flowers kind of woman." He said plucking one of the petals off and she shot him a look.
"I'll make sure the conference room is ready." She said moving her flowers out of reach before getting up and doing just that. Anthony waited until she was out of sight before rummaging through her desk trying to find the card that came with the flowers. He sifted through all her things before finding it and letting out a triumphant laugh.
Wednesday.
He stared at the note confused before placing it back in the spot wondering if it was just a reminder for something or if she had plans for that day with someone. Whatever the case he was going to make sure she was far too busy to do anything that day even if it meant he would have to come up with stupid tasks for her to do.
"Mr. Bamboo is ready and waiting in the conference room." Mercedes said breaking him from his current scheming.
"Thank you Jones, why don't you take the rest of the day? Don't want to interfere with your alone time." He suggest holding back his smirk and she just looked at him for a moment.
"I thought you needed me to stay late this week?" She questioned.
"We'll stay later tomorrow." He answered shrugging.
"Ah, okay. Thanks… I think." She said before he just smiled and walked away.
…
Mercedes was only home for a few minutes when the heard the knocking at her door, she quickly went to open it seeing that both Kurt and Tina were standing there holding each holding a bottle of wine.
"You didn't really think we weren't waiting for you to come home right?" Kurt asked before kissing her on the cheek and letting himself in with Tina following right behind him.
"I called you and told you I was fine." She said closing the door and following them into her kitchen.
"Yes you said I'm fine and then causally dropped that you were in New York with a man you barely even knew. Then you came home so late and I might've heard a little moaning..." Kurt said rolling his eyes when Mercedes shot him a surprised look because after they landed Sam followed her home. His excuse was that he wanted to make sure she got home safely which lead to them making out at her door and some not so subtle petting.
"Okay I didn't get those details! Spill!" Tina said grabbing three glasses for them as Kurt opened one of the bottles and Mercedes just watched them work around her kitchen like they lived there before letting out a nervous chuckle.
"There isn't much to tell…" She said and based on their expressions she knew that wasn't going to fly.
"So you went over to his house for a simple dinner only to end up in New York City hours later but there's 'isn't much to tell'?" Kurt asked making her blush because she never talked about her sex life… not that she had one this exciting but still.
"We had dinner and talked…" She said grabbing the glass of wine intended for her and taking a sip.
"Hmm… and I guess marks on your neck just appeared out of thin air." Tina said and she just made a guilty face making them both start firing off questions excitedly at her.
"Guys calm down!" She said giggling when Kurt asked if she'd left marks on him too. She had but she wasn't going to tell them where or how many and if she was honest she didn't notice the marks until this morning when she was getting ready for work, she tried to cover them up but it was no use.
"So you at least made out with him right?" Kurt asked figuring an innocent question like that would get an answer.
"Yes we made out."She answered with sly smirk.
"Did you make out with and without clothes on?" Tina asked catching on to what Kurt was doing.
"I'm starving do you guys want to order some food?" Mercedes said taking another sip of her wine. She heard her phone go off and decided to use it as a way to ignore there looks they were shooting her. She couldn't help smiling when she saw it was a text from Sam asking her how her day was going which she replied letting him know she'd gotten off earlier than usual and was currently with her friends.
"Is that him?" Tina asked noticing her smile and she just nodded.
"Awfully giddy, what did he say?" Kurt asked right as her phone began to ring and he tried to snatch it out of her hands but she moved it away only for Tina to grab it.
"Mercedes Jones' phone Tina speaking how can I help you?" Tina said with a giggle dodging Mercedes as she tried to grab her phone back.
"Well hello Tina, is Ms. Jones available?"
"She certainly is, can I ask who's calling?"
"Sam."
"Mmm that's a sexy sounding name, Mercedes a Sam for you." Tina teased before Mercedes snatched the phone with a giggle.
"Hey, sorry about that. You're kind of a topic…"
"Oh really and what exactly are you guys discussing about me?" He asked his voice with amusement.
"Just… wanted to know how my weekend went with you."
"And what did you tell them?"
"That we had dinner and-"
"THAT YOU MADE OUT NAKED!" Kurt shouted before she hit him and walked further out of their earshot.
"I did not tell them that… they just assumed." She said with a nervous giggle.
"Well you are very sexy naked."
"Umm." Was all she could say because she was suddenly feeling flustered.
"Have you eaten?" He asked knowing she'd reached her boldness mark for the day which made him chuckle.
"We were actually about to decide on some take out." She breathed out hearing giggles behind her making her look over her shoulder only to see Kurt and Tina had moved so they could eavesdrop.
"Why do you go out with your friends, my treat and I know a great place." He suggested.
"Oh we've had some wine so driving is-"
"I'll have a car sent over say in an hour?"
"Oh you don't have to do that, we're perfectly fine with take-out."
"It'll be there in an hour, have fun."
"And here I thought I was in control." She teased earning an unexpected low growl from Sam.
"You are, you can show me just how much later tonight. Go get ready baby, I'll call you later." And with that he hung up leaving her both shocked and very much turned on. She turned around noticing amused looks for Tina and Kurt making her roll her eyes.
"Sooo…" Kurt said with a smirk.
"We're apparently going out for dinner." She replied still reigning in her current state of excitement.
"Wait what?" Tina asked with a wide smile.
"A car will be here in an hour to take us to dinner." Mercedes explained.
"Good thing I went shopping before coming here!" Tina said before putting her glass down and heading out to her car.
"It'll only take me about thirty minutes to run upstairs and to get ready! This is so exciting!" Kurt squealed before giving her a quick kiss on the cheek and leaving as well.
"Come on let's get ready and you can tell more about this Sam character." Tina said tugging Mercedes along to her bed room.
...
"Hi I'm here to pick up Mercedes Jones and friends." A tall man said smiling brightly.
"I'm Mercedes." Mercedes said smiling back before letting Tina and Kurt out so she could lock the door.
"Great my name is Brody and Mr. Evans wanted me to assure you that I would be your driver for the entire evening and will take you anywhere you'd like to go but only after you eat dinner." Brody said walking them to the waiting limo which made Kurt and Tina shoot her excited expressions. He held the door open so they all could get inside and before he closed the door Mercedes stopped him.
"Did he say where we'd be eating dinner? I have to check the menu for-"
"Pineapples, Mr. Evans called ahead when he made your reservation." Brody finished flashing her another dazzling smile.
"Oh, okay. Thank you." She said moving sitting down looking at Tina and Kurt confused before noticing the large bouquet of flowers making her blush.
"Seems this Sam person likes to treat you like a princess… must've been a hell of a 'make-out' session." Tina teased. Mercedes picked up the bouquet that had white callia lilies, white gardenias and light pink roses with a card stuck inside.
Looking forward to you controlling me later.
She couldn't help the amused giggle that came from her after reading the card, she knew she was smiling and refused to make eye contact with Kurt and Tina before getting her emotions under control.
"She so did more than make out with him." Kurt muttered to Tina who just nodded with a giggle.
"By the look on her face she definitely did some naked things with him."
"I can hear the both of you." Mercedes said placing her card into her purse and gently placing the flowers down beside her.
"So are you going to tell us more about your weekend?" Kurt asked and she smirked.
"Can't, I signed an NDA." She replied noticing their eyes grow wide with wonder.
"Wait, you what? What is he some high priced celebrity or something?" Tina asked suddenly finding whoever Mercedes was seeing even more interesting.
"Is he some kind of mob boss?" Kurt asked also even more intrigued by this new development.
"No and no, he's nothing like that." She answered laughing.
"Then what is he like?" Tina asked.
"Well he's intense but not threatening, he makes me nervous though…" She answered biting her lip with a sly smile.
"Nervous or horny?" Kurt asked and they all laughed. "Okay we'll refrain from asking questions if you promise to be careful."
"I promise." She said and they believed her showing her as much when they changed the subject to Tina's current rendezvous with up and coming sports caster until Brody let them know they'd arrived.
…
Mercedes knew she had too much to drink when Kurt had to help her into her apartment after they had Brody take Tina home first, she was going to regret it in the morning but their night out had turned out to be more fun that she anticipated. Kurt was the only one of the three of them that could actually handle their alcohol so he made sure to she got inside safely.
"Okay Mercy, take these and get some sleep and don't do anything crazy." Kurt said handing her some aspirin and a glass of water, she just nodded before plopping down on her bed letting out a groan when he gave her a hug.
"Night Kurt." She said hugging him back and watching him leave, she waited until she heard her front door close and the click of her lock.
She looked at the clock on her night stand seeing that it was only eleven, which was still late for her considering they left her house hours ago. She decided to go ahead and do as Kurt advised taking the aspirin, she kicked her shoes off and laid down right as her phone started to ring.
"Hello?"
"Mmm there's that sexy voice." Mercedes eyes went wide at the realization that it was Sam on the other line.
"Hi… I didn't check who called I just answered."
"Is my little baby drunk?" Sam teased hearing the slight slur in her voice.
"Just a little."
"I bet I could ask you just about anything and you would answer it."
"Mmm maybe but don't take advantage." She replied with cute giggle that caused a stir inside him.
"Never, how was dinner?"
"I was kidding about not taking advantage of me but since you asked, it was amazing and thank you for treating me and my friends. They think you're some type of mob boss or something like that." She answered giggling again.
"Well in that case, what color are your panties." He joked.
"Blue."
"Mmm that happens to be my favorite color, I bet they look sexy on you."
"I bet you'd like them off of me more." She replied cheekily and Sam couldn't help groaning at that thought which seemed to ignite something in Mercedes because what she said next was very much unexpected.
"Do you want me to take them off?" She asked and he groaned again because he did.
"Such a little tease, get some rest baby." Sam replied chuckling when he heard her huff.
"Maybe I don't want rest." She teased.
"What do you want?"
"I want your hands to do what mine currently are…"
"Mmm baby don't tease me." Sam breathed because he'd been hard since talking to her earlier and he had half a mind to fly back to Georgia just to do everything she wanted him to do lucky for him he heard her steady breathing followed by a soft snore that let him know she'd fallen asleep.
"Goodnight." He said know she didn't hear it and hung up with a light chuckle.
…
Tuesday was a blur for Mercedes, she didn't remember mustering up enough strength to get to work on time or even how she'd been managing to deal with Anthony's sudden need to crowd her but she felt herself slowly growing more annoyed as he continued to prod her about yet another bouquet of flowers being sent to her.
This time the note didn't make any to since to her, it simply said I'll make sure my hands do what yours would've. She admittedly felt extremely turned on by the note but was still trying to rack her brain as to what he was talking about, that is until she finally checked her call log and sure enough she'd talked to him last night and couldn't reform what was said.
"Jones!" Anthony said taking her from her thoughts.
"Huh? Sorry what did you say?"
"I said we're going to need to have lunch her tomorrow because of all of the work we need to get done." He said internally smirking because that meant she would be stuck here all day and he was going to try to get what information he could get out of her about this mystery person sending her flowers.
"I can't, I have a lunch engagement but I can take a later lunch to ensure what needs to be done is completed." She said noticing his slightly annoyed look.
"No, it'll be easier if you just stayed here so every minute is accounted for and we can make a dent in these final contracts." Anthony rebutted shaking his head.
"Mr. Rashad I really can't-"
"It's not up for discussion, if you leave for lunch tomorrow don't come back." He said harshly and she shot him a confuse yet shocked expression because she wasn't sure where this hostility was coming from but she didn't like it.
"Excuse me but in my on-boarding contract there is a cute little clause as you like to call it where my lunch hour is exclusive to me and me alone." Mercedes said not seething and based on the look on Anthony's face he was shocked that she fought back this hard. Ever since that little weekend break she was different and it had only been now two days.
"Jones…" Anthony said his voice laced with anger.
"And another thing my personal life has nothing to do with you, so stop asking leading questions about why someone may or may not be sending me." She snapped before grabbing her things.
"We're not finished here." He said after her.
"Then fire me because you have going over the same damn documents and I've said it multiple times that everything looks good!" She replied giving him a chance but he just nodded her off and she rolled her eyes before heading to the elevators so she could go home. When it opened there was already someone on it, someone she didn't recognize but it wasn't like she knew everyone in the damn company so she just shrugged it off.
"What floor?"
"Oh, sorry garage please." Mercedes answered with an apologetic smile.
"No worries we all have long days right?" The man asked and she couldn't help but look at him because he looked familiar.
"Right." She said after a few moments and he just smiled.
"So I wouldn't be a gentleman if I didn't offer to escort you to your car, it's late and I'd hate something to happen to such a beautiful woman." He said when they reached the garage with a warm smile.
"Thank you but there's security besides I noticed you skipped your stop so, thank you again." She replied politely.
"Well since you put it that way maybe I just wanted to muster up enough courage to ask you to dinner."
"Oh… umm that's awfully kind of you but I'm…" She started before trailing off not sure how to finish that sentence.
"You're what sweetheart?" He asked and that familiarity came back to her.
"I'm seeing someone, it's new but still thank you for the compliment of asking." She said before walking away with him smiling after her.
"Game on brother."
Soooooo... there's a lot happening. Firstly we meet Stevie. (Eh) We meet Quinn... (she'll be back too) Anthony on some creeper shit. BUTTTT drunk Mercedes is a little freaky lol!
1. We don't like Dwight agreed?
2. Anthony is TRIPPING but for why?
3. What's the verdict on Stevie?
* Here's a little hint into the next chapter:
-The title is Something New
-She will experience something new. *coughs* and it will be sexy as hell *coughs*