A/N: Sooo I have few things:

Trigger warning: She is 15 in part of the flashback but nothing happens beyond kissing. If that is going to upset you I'm sorry.

This was a hard chapter to write because I didn't want it to be drawn out but I made it work!


"I met Anthony when I was fifteen, he was Mark's best friend from college. They came down for winter break during their junior year. When I saw him I thought he was cute but I was fifteen so I literally thought all of my brothers' friends where cute. It was something different about him though… He seemed to take an interest in me."

Flashback

"Moma, pops?"

"Mark!" Mercedes shouted running to her brother and jumping on him. Mark laughed and hugged his little sister back before putting her down.

"Mercy, what's up kid? Where's everyone?" He said looking around.

"Oh… well JJ kinda of got into some trouble so they're at the school dealing with that. They should be back in a little though." She said beaming at her brother. She looked around him and saw the most handsome man she'd ever seen. He was tall with broad shoulders, dark brown eyes and a wonderful smile.

"Who's that?" She asked looking back at her brother.

"I'm Anthony, Mark's roommate." He answered smiling and hold out his hand for her to shake. She looked at him then down at his hand before shaking it. When their hands touched she felt a tingle rush through her body and didn't want to let go but Mark was looking at them so she let go.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Mercy."

"It's very nice to meet you Mercy." He said with a wink. Mark smacked him on the arm and gave him a warning look.

"She's fifteen dude back off!" Mark said stepping in between them and pushing Mercedes away. She giggled and shoved her brother before going back to her homework. They guys went upstairs to put their bags away before heading back down to raid the fridge.

"Mercy, take your things to your room please. I'm going to start dinn-" Marie started before seeing her son walking out of the kitchen arm full of food.

"BABY!" Marie shouted grabbing her oldest son and hugging him while planting kisses over all over his face. Mark tried pulling away but his mother had a grip on him so he just endured the love before she finally released him. His father followed suit giving him a hug and a strong pat on the back.

"Hi I'm Anth-" was all Anthony got out before he was pulled in by Marie.

"I know who you are baby, nice to meet you!" She said hugging him just as tightly. David gave him a nod and looked over at his daughter giving her a smile before looking back at his youngest son who was just standing there looking like he was completely lost.

"Baby girl go upstairs for a while, we need to speak with you brother who seems to have lost his mind." He said firmly. She nodded and gathered her things giving JJ a sorry look and running upstairs.

"Mark if you don't mind we'd like you to stay here with us. Maybe you can help get to him." David said. Marie took the food out of Mark's hands and nudged him further into the living room.

"I'm just going to excuse myself." Anthony said heading to Mar's room. Once he got upstairs he heard music playing and let curiosity get the best of him. He could see Mercedes dancing around and chuckled at how cute she looked. When she turned around she noticed him looking at her and immediately stopped dancing. They stared at each other for moment before either one of them decided to speak.

"Uhh… I'm sorry I didn't mean… I mean I heard the music and umm… I'm just going to go to Mark's room now." He finally got out turning away before feeling her hand on his arm.

"No, it's fine." She said stifling a giggle.

"They're going to be down there for a while so if you want you can hang out in here."

"Umm… I'm not sure Mark will like that."

"We're just hanging out, nothing else." She assured him. Anthony hesitated for a moment then took the young girl up on her offer. He figured some company is better than none. So he entered her room and sat down on her couch, placing the food he had in his hands on the coffee table. She sat down next to him and smiled before grabbing a bag of chips. Anthony couldn't help but notice how gorgeous she was, she had on a deep yellow skater skirt with a white button down blouse and her hair was in a tight ponytail. He noticed a few of her buttons were undone and caught his self looking at the bra that was peaking through.

"So what grade are you in?" He asked looking at the food in front of him for a distraction.

"I'm a sophomore." She said cheerily.

"How'd you and Mark become friends?"

"We had a few classes together freshman year and decided to move in together this year. He's a cool dude."

"Yeah, he's pretty awesome as a big brother, though we're five years apart he always hangs out with me when he comes home. Even when I was little he would play games with me and watch movies."

"What about your other brother Justin? Did you guys hang out a lot too?"

"YES! JJ and I would always gang up on Mark and torture him." She said laughing.

"One time he was showering and we kept flushing the toilet making him scream until our parent's made us stop. We got into a lot of trouble that time but that didn't stop us." She said making him laugh, she like his laugh it was cute.

"So the stories are true then, you guys pull pranks on each other a lot."

"Well… with him away now we're just happy to see him when he comes home." She said looking slightly sad.

"You miss him when he's away don't you?" He said placing a hand on her leg.

"Of course! He's my big bro. Plus him not being here, down the hall from me makes me feel a little lonely. Especially since JJ moved downstairs to sneak out easier to see his girlfriend."

"What about you?"

"What do you mean?"

"You sneak out to go see your boyfriend?"

"Ha! If I ever got one maybe."

"Why do you say it like it's not a possibility?" He asked cocking his head to the side and giving her a confused look. She gave him a sweet look and shrugged her shoulders.

"No seriously, why do you think that? I think you're gorgeous." he said looking at her smiling. She shifted a little and smiled back.

"Well thank you but still."

"Have you ever kissed anyone?"

"Well… no." She said biting her lip and looking down. He put his hand under her chin lifting it so she would look at him.

"Well, do you want to?" He asked with a sweet smile. Mercedes wasn't sure if he was kidding or being serious. She didn't understand why but she liked they way he was looking at her. He moved closer to her looking at her lips then back up at her eyes.

"Can I kiss you Mercy?" He asked.

"Mhmm." She said feeling herself being pulled close. Her mind began to race she was about to have her first kiss and with a college guy! She felt so rebellious and cool and sexy… hmm that's a new one- sexy. She looked into his eyes and felt herself getting lost in them, he was very handsome.

"I need you to say yes." Anthony said deeply still holding her chin.

"Yes."He smiled and kissed her softly. Her lips were soft and sweet, he kissed her again before pulling away. Mercedes touched her lips after wondering how something so gentle could feel so good and leave her wanting more.

"Did you like it?" He asked knowing what the answer would be.

"Yes." She replied honestly and giggling a little. He laughed at how cute she was about the whole situation.

"Like what?" Mark said looking at his sister then his best friend wondering why he was in her room and not his. Mercedes stiffened and looked back at her brother before standing up.

"Nothing dude, just joking around with your little sis. She told me some funny stuff about you guys." Anthony said standing up as well and gathering a few snacks off the table.

"Hmm… better be." He said looking at Mercedes intensely.

"Dude, chill. Let's go check out that game you were talking about." Anthony said coolly shaking his head. Mark eased up a little and flicked Mercedes nose before swiftly leaving her room. Anthony gave Mercedes a wink and mouthed "later" and left the room. She let out a deep breath and did a little dance before heading down stairs.

"Mercy." She heard Mark say stopping her mid-step.

"Yeah?"

"Come here." he said pulling her back into her room.

"What?" She asked pulling away from her brother.

"Stay away from Anthony. I'm only go to say it once." He said in a low tone.

"What are you talking about? We were just-"

"Don't look at me and lie, you were never good at it. I'm telling you as your older brother, to stop whatever it is before it gets out of hand." He said almost pleading with his little sister to understand that he wasn't trying to be mean.

"Mark, nothing happened and not will happen. Okay?"She replied feeling bad about lying. It was an innocent kiss she didn't think anything past it.

"Okay… I'm going to hold you to your words Merce." He said not fully believing her but giving her the benefit of doubt. He said walking out her room and back to his. She stood there for moment then shook off her nervousness and told herself it was just one kiss, nothing more. She went down stairs and started helping her mom with dinner. Everyone except JJ came and ate dinner, they talked about Mark and his schooling as well as Mercedes' accomplishments in school. They joked about small things and every so often Mark would catch Anthony and his sister share glances which he would then shoot one to the both of them to cut it out. After dinner ended everyone went their separate ways, Marie and David retiring for the evening, Mercedes going to finish her homework and Mark and Anthony deciding to head out for a while.

"Psst."

"Psssst. Mercy."

"Huh?" Mercedes sat up and looked at her clock and saw it was three in the morning.

"What are you doing in here?" She said looking around and seeing her door was shut.

"I just wanted to give you a good night kiss." Anthony said moving closer to her. She smiled at the thought of kissing him again but remembered what her brother asked her.

"As nice as that sounds, I can't. I'm sorry but you have to leave." She said hoping she sounded convincing. She felt him move closer and bit her lip but she didn't move away.

"I can respect that as long as you're sure." He replied running thumb across her lips.

"I-I … umm… guess it couldn't hurt but this has to be it." She said shocking herself a little. She felt his hand caress her face before leaning in and kissing her. This time it felt different, less gentle more firm but in a good way. She kissed him back enjoying this new found sensation before feeling his tongue run across her lips making her jump back before he pulled her back into him.

"It's okay, I'll show you how to do it." He said before kissing her again and slowly willing her mouth open with his tongue. He made sure to go slow introducing her to his tongue and his taste while enjoying hers. After a few moments she got the hang of it and was enjoying kissing him, she felt him pull away and kiss her cheek, then her jawbone and then her neck. It tickled at first but then it started to feel good he started nipping at her shoulder and she giggled trying to push him away.

"I think that's enough..." She said still giggling. He nodded and stood up.

"Night gorgeous." He said before walking out of her room.

"That took a while." Mark said looking at his friend.

"What? I went and got some water too." He lied sitting down on the floor and grabbing the spare controller.

"Dude, I swear if you were in there with Mercy again, I'll beat the shit out of you."

"Chillllll. I wasn't. I seriously went downstairs and got some water." He replied feeling the force in Mark's words.

"I'm not playing, I know how you treat women you're "interested" in and she will not be one of them. Plus she's still a kid."

"She maybe a kid to you but she's old enough to decide on those things and you have to let her do so." Anthony said cockily.

"What did y'all do?" Mark said pausing the game and standing up walking towards the door. He had no problems waking Mercedes up this late and didn't care she had school in the morning. Anthony grabbed his arm forcing him to stop.

"Dude, it's not like that okay? She got a little flirty earlier and I didn't make it clear with her that it wasn't okay. Then she kissed me-"

"My sister kissed you? The same girl who still covers her face when she sees clowns?" Mark asked getting angry. He wasn't sure if he could believe what his friend was saying.

"It was innocent, that's why when you heard me ask if she liked it. She said it was her first kiss or something. I was just entertaining it so she didn't feel bad, you know? I didn't want her to feel like a loser or something." He said lying through his teeth but he knew he had to save face.

"Mercy kissed you." Was all Mark could say before shaking his head. He knew she had lied to him earlier but he didn't think she would lie about this. Maybe during his time away she had changed a bit. He looked at his friend one more time before deciding to let it be for now.

"Bro, it's fine. It's just some school-girl crush. Let's finish this match so I can finally show you how it's done!" He said tossing the controller and feeling victorious of his lying skills. He had no intentions of doing anything with her while she still under aged so the lie wasn't a full lie just a half one. He had big plans for Mercy and couldn't wait to explore them.


Sooo? I promise it gets wayyy more juicier! This is only the first part!