A/N So this chapter is not some explosive happy lovey-dovey chapter! I felt this needed to happen in order to make them stronger. Hate me now and love me later! This is afiller chapter and A LOT of what happened NEEDED to happen.


"Boy if you don't turn your narrow behind around..."

"Oh great now I'm hearing ghost! This day can't get any better damnit!" He said aloud and jumping when he felt a hand on his back. He turned around and saw Mercedes standing there and feeling his self getting angry because even though he was pissed at her she looked so damn beautiful. Why are you so beautiful! His facial expression must have shown he was angry because she looked down and sniffled before running her hands through her hair.

"I'm sorry Sam. I should have known not to do that but please understand where I'm coming from… I panicked and I couldn't get those images out of my head and the thought of having another video of me out there shook me to my core. It almost broke my family apart and I will not let that happen to yours. You already lost so much and you being home has made them all so happy and you even m-more happy." She said choking up and trying to fight the urge to cry.

"It wasn't your decision to make alone, I'm in it too and my family was there behind us one thousand percent. You just needed to give us time to figure out what to do and honestly enough Stevie's plan wasn't the worst it could have worked… well not really but we were getting somewhere." He said trying to bite back his anger but couldn't.

"It was my decision to make! They weren't asking about your past marriage or if you slept around… Sam I wouldn't have been forgiven as easily as you would have been and who's to say that the video wasn't going to get leaked after that huh? Then what?"

"THEN WE HANDLE IT! This relationship has two people in it not one and if you can't realize how wrong you were for leaving then why are we standing here talking?" Sam said letting out a huff and shaking his head. He knew this is really what Rachel was aiming for, for them to argue and not be able to move past her leaving.

"Then maybe I should just go…" She said backing away and suddenly feeling hot. She shook the feeling off and looked at him but his eyes weren't telling her anything and his expression was blank. She nodded and turned to head back to the cabin.

"Mercedes I don't want you to go, we shouldn't be fighting I'm just got so angry that you didn't give me a chance to help you. Especially after finally realizing how much you have helped me all this time." He said grabbing her arm gently to stop her.

"Sam… I was just doing my job. All this isn't fair to you or your family and you're right running was the worst thing I could have done but it was the best way to protect you so I did." She said wiping her tears.

"I can see where this is heading and you can stop thinking it because I'm not letting you go." He replied pulling her into him and squeezing her gently.

"The video is still out there waiting to be released..." She said pulling away and looking at him with her head tilted slightly. Her throat became dry and she felt an uneasy feeling settle over her before it became to great and she needed some air.

"Are you okay?" He asked looking at her concerned as she fanned herself lightly, it wasn't the least bit hot outside and she seemed to have gotten over her cold.

"I just need some water." She said hoping that was the truth because she didn't know and the thought of the video was making her sick.

"Okay we can finish this conversation at the cabin come on." He said grabbing her hand and walking back to the cabin.

When they got back she sat on the sofa and he went to grab her something to drink and was happy to see there were bottled water, he grabbed her one and took it back to her but she wasn't there. He was about to panic when she reappeared with a small smile on her face and a blanket in her hand.

"Here drink."

"Thank you." She said taking the water and taking a long sip.

"Mercy, we got the video and the pictures." He said after she put the bottle down. She swallowed the water that was in her mouth before it came flying out.

"What? How? Wait why didn't you just start with that!" She said jumping up and placing her hands on her hips.

"Are you shitting me? YOU LEFT! I was mad…" He said calming down not wanting to argue again.

"I PANICKED HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THAT! I'M… I'm sorry but if you're going to sit here and punish me any further than I already have then I'm sorry but I will leave." She replied getting angry. They weren't getting anywhere and she couldn't think straight with him staring at her all mad with those damn beautiful eyes. Girl get your damn head out of the gutter!

"Will you stop fidgeting and stop saying you'll leave! You're not going anywhere because you love me and I love you and yes I'm pissed but we will work through this and we aren't leaving until we figure out something." Sam said as calmly as he could without breaking eye contact with Mercedes.

"I'm not fidgeting…" She replied under her breath.

"You are fidgeting and quit looking at me like that." Sam said shifting and trying to focus but he just realized this was their first fight and he finally understood why in all the movies he watched the people either have angry make up sex or make love for hours. He was so angry at her but damn it if she didn't look adorable when she was mad and damn-it if he didn't want to tear her clothes off her body.

"Are you going to tell me how you got everything back or are you just going to keep looking at me like that?" What the hell do you want from me?

"Stacey actually got them back actually… I don't know how but Jane was involved. We figured out it was Rachel and she saw you leave and took matters into her own hands." Sam replied finally sitting next to her. She moved slightly and looked away making him angrier. Now she doesn't want to be near me? Mercedes just nodded and let out a deep sigh, had she just stayed then they wouldn't be sitting here awkwardly looking at each other.

"God damn-it Mercedes." He said before cupping her face and kissing her hungrily then deepening when she let out a soft moan. She moved over and straddled him running her hands through his hair recapturing his lips with hers.

"Now is not the time!" Sam jumped and had to quickly catch Mercedes before she fell off of him. She looked at him wide-eyed and confused before slowly removing herself from his lap.

"I… umm… sorry. We should probably go back to your dad's?" She said standing up and running her hands through her hair.

"No, we're going to figure this out first. We went from being connected to being completely stuck and I don't know about you but I don't want this to be our end." Sam said shaking his head and breathing heavily.

"Okay, I don't want that either. So what do you want to do about this?" She asked.

"We're going to do what Stevie said but with a twist. We're going to call out the person who put us in the messed up situation and then we're gonna come back here and I'm going to make love to you." He said nodding his head agreeing with his course of action. It was a solid plan and it cleared up everything.

"Also you're fired." He said standing up and crossing his arms looking at her sternly before continuing.

"You're moving out of the guest house and moving into the main house with me or we could… we could move here?" He said the last part nervously and hoping she understood what he was really asking her.

"You're firing me? Why are you firing… wait what?" She stopped and realized what he really just said to her.

"Look, I know I came in here guns blazing and me storming off was very childish. I'm sorry for exploding the way I did but baby we can't let anyone break this because we have something really good and I want to keep going. I love you, I'm in love with you and I don't want to be anywhere you're not." Sam said running a finger along her cheek.

"What about your house? You have shows and you-" She was cut off by him kissing her senseless before pulling away and leaning down to be eye level.

"I don't want it, I don't need it. I have everything I want right in front of me." Sam said looking deeply into her eyes.

"Sam…" She said looking back at him with watery eyes. "I can't let you do that."

"You aren't letting my do anything, I'm choosing this for me and for us. I know it's crazy and I know it's sudden but I don't see me with anyone else."

"Okay but there's something I need to do… before we can move forward and I need you to trust me when I say I'll be back." She said calmly.

"You're wanting to leave after I just bore my heart and feelings to you?" Sam said standing up and shaking his head.

"This is what I get for listening to ghost!" He said through gritted teeth and growing angrier at her confused but slightly entertained expression.

"Ghost? Are you feeling okay?"

"Don't, don't try to change the subject and don't you dare think that I'm just going to let you..." This time his words were cut off by her kissing him and she didn't stop when he tried to pull her away. She kissed him until he understood and believed that she would indeed come back, when she finally needed air she pulled away and took in a shaky breath.

"I'm coming back… I just need to do this one thing and I promise I will never run again. I've been running from this one thing for far too long and its time I have a little chat with Anthony." She said hoping she sounded as confident as she tried to tell herself she was but the look on his face when she mention Anthony let her know that it wasn't going to be easy to convince him to let her go do this alone.

"Hell no. You're not going to see that bitch alone."

"He's harmless, he wouldn't hurt me… physically." She said biting her lip.

"Harmless? HARMLESS? So him recording you while you two have sex is harmless?"

"OH HELL TO THE NO! Your crazy ass ex did the same the only difference is mine didn't show the WHOLE FUCKING WORLD! How dare you!" Mercedes spat back.

"Oh so now you're defending him! Defending what he did to you all those years ago? Why all of a sudden do you need to see him? Did you even want to divorce him huh or are you still holding out hope that he'll come back?" Sam shouted before instantly regretting what he said and then trying to back peddle.

"I didn't mean it like that… no I just meant… ah...baby I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked that. That was stupid of me and..." He stopped when he saw her eyes grow cold and remembered that was the same way she looked at Anthony when he showed up at her parents.

"Well..." She started clearing her throat and taking a deep breath. "Mr. Evans, since you relieved me of my duties I think it's best I go home."

"Mercy don't do this."

"Mercedes. Only people who care about me call me that. I will be out of here as soon as I can get a taxi. I has been my pleasure working along side you these past years. I hope you nothing but the best." She said rolling her shoulders and maintaining eye contact, she refused to cry not after what he just said to her.

"I'm going to get my things… and to answer your question, the only person I actually could see myself marrying for true love and not because I was scared if I didn't they would leave me just broke my heart." She said walking out of the room.

"Shit!"

Sam waited for her to come out of the room but she didn't until her cab was there. He tried like hell to get her to talk to him and he tried to convince her to stay but he knew he was beating a dead horse.

"Mercy please just stay, I'm sorry for what I said… it was just out of anger." Sam pleaded but she gave him an impassive look before closing the cab door and didn't look back.

Three Weeks Later

"Mercedes, you need to call him. You need to talk to him because he had every right to be mad about you wanting to see your ex."

"I thought you invited me over here to see me not to lecture me about Sam."

"Hey, I never said I wasn't going to talk about him, I just said I wanted you to come over and talk to me while your grandmother and mother went shopping." Her grandfather Frank said giving her a sympathetic smile, Mercedes had been back for a few weeks and wouldn't even answer Sam's phone calls or text. When he came down she refused to see him and much to her parents dismay anytime he was brought up she would shut down or go into a crying fit. Marie sent her to see her grandfather because she knew he could get her to talk freely and not cry if he mention Sam, they all needed her to come to her senses but she was as stubborn as they come.

"What on earth are you cooking?" She asked scrunching up her nose and shaking her head in disgust.

"I'm making your favorite… its just roast. You feeling okay?"

"Oh yeah… I'm fine how long will they be gone?"

"I'm not sure, now tell me again why you needed to speak to that Anthony boy? Isn't he the one that did all that shit to you?"

"Yes and I just needed to talk to him for myself… I needed closure before I moved forward with Sam. I didn't want to have that hovering over me forever… you know?" She said sitting down at the table watching her grandfather move around the kitchen slowly but with convection.

"I heard a lot of 'I's' in that statement that's for sure, why couldn't Sam go with you? You said it would effect your relationship but you didn't give him a chance to help you… yet again."

"I thought you were my granddaddy? Since when did you get on the Sam train?" She asked rolling her eyes and getting annoyed.

"I am and you're still my little princess but it's time you grew up and realized that you are dealing with a man and not a boy. Anthony was a boy pretending to be a man, Sam is a man protecting the woman he loves and wants to be with forever. Do you understand the difference and did you even talk to him?"

"Yes… I did."

"And?"

"Well..."

Flashback

Mercedes sat waiting patiently and nervously tapping her foot while trying to rack her mind about what was about to happen. She hadn't spoken to him alone for year and now she was going to trying finally stop running from her past. When she saw Anthony approach she felt her nerves go on high alert and her pulse began to race.

"You can do this." She said to herself before letting a deep breath.

"Hey there gorgeous." Anthony said leaning in to hug her but she moved away and shook her head no.

"Can you just sit so we can get this over with please?"

"So, it's like that? No love for your ex-husband?"

"Look, I just want to know why… why did you do that to me, to us?"

"Did what? You're the one that let it blow up the way it did and now look at you. Your ass is all over television but I must say after all these years your body still looks… delicious. Do you still taste good?" He asked smugly making her cringe when he reached for her hand.

"This was a bad idea I should have never came here." She said as she started to get up but he grabbed her hand forcing her to sit back down.

"You know your mother raided my place after I moved out when I was living with your brother? Did you know she had me registered as a sex offender? I can't even get married again because of you! I saw you a few years ago at one of his concerts, I tried to talk to you but some woman wouldn't let me. You ruined my whole life and now you think you get to leave because you didn't hear what you wanted?"

"Anthony, you recorded me, you took pictures of me, YOU SHARED THAT VIDEO OF US TO YOUR FRIENDS! How is any of this my fault? I loved you and you played me like a fool, you thought marrying me would make those things go away but guess what! It still haunts me to this day… having your first time recorded and then to know the person who did it was the same person who was telling you they loved you. Do you know how damaging that is for me? Knowing that other people have seen me losing my fucking virginity? You took away the sweetest moment and exposed it for your own personal reasons, you owe me a damn answer! WHY DID YOU DO IT?!" She replied trying not to draw to much attention their way.

"Seems to me you like it."

"What happened between me and Sam was not the same! We didn't know she was going to do that and we damn sure didn't know she would release it for the world to see! Sam and I were both consenting adults and we love each other equally. There was no ploy to get my clothes off so I could be another conquest… we made love."

"And we didn't?"

"I don't know what that was but it wasn't love."

"You still love me and you know it. I can see it all over your face and I bet if you never found out about the recording or pictures you'd still be my wife and I would be with you every night. I saw the pictures… looked like he was doing good. Tell me gorgeous who was better?"

"This… this isn't going anywhere! This was pointless you just want to further antagonize me, you're a piece of shit and you know what? You're not worth me trying to figure out why… you did it because you could and because you wanted to do it. I forgive you."

"Wait what?"

"I forgive you. I can't keep letting what happened between us hold me back from what I want… from who I want, so I forgive you but I will never forget what you did or what you said here today." Mercedes replied finally feeling a weight being lifted off her and looked at the confused look on his face and she understood then that this conversation was never going to get to where she wanted it and knew it was time to let go.

"Good bye Anthony." She said standing and walking away.

"You know she contacted me? That chick that's in love with your dude?" Anthony shouted after making her stop and turn around.

"What did you say?"

"She wanted to know about you and if I had anything that would help keep you away."

"I'm assuming you gave her exactly what she wanted? You know I never did anything to you for you to treat me this way!"

"I never said I gave her anything but she did give me something… here." He said taking a flash drive out of his pocket and handing it to her.

"What is this?"

"Your freedom from the both of us. Look Cedes… I know what I did was really low down but I really did love you, it's just hard seeing you with him knowing what we had." Anthony said sincerely. Mercedes looked at him for moment before giving him a hug, she wasn't planning on doing it but she knew he was being honest.

"Thank you."

"You know, I never wanted this to happen… I wanted us to have it all but I was caught up in all the bull shit and wanting to make a name for myself that I hurt the one person who never deserved it. I got angry after that day when I was basically told if I ever looked your way I would be murdered. I know what I did was wrong and I can't believe you forgive me but I thank you for doing so. You won't hear from me again and I made sure that crazy chick got what she deserved… I have a friend that works in jail she's currently serving time. Her name is Santana and she promised to make her life a living hell for her stay and the last I time I checked she was put on bathroom duty… she has to sing and clean with a tooth brush." Anthony replied with a half smile.

"Oh wow… thank you… I guess."

"I may have been your first husband but I wasn't meant to be your true husband. I'm sorry and if you get the chance tell the lady thank you for stopping me for speaking to you those years ago. It would've been worse because I would have been speaking out of anger." He said kissing on the forehead then walking away, leaving her standing there wondering who he was talking about and the only person who came to mind was Mary.

End Flashback

"So was it worth it?"

"What do you mean? I no longer feel burdened by that incident any more."

"But was it worth it or was it an excuse?" Frank asked his grand-daughter a little more firmly this time.

"I guess in a way yes it was worth it because I feel like I can move forward now."

"Then why the hell are you still here and not with him? He did his part, he came to get you, he's tried talking to you but you wouldn't see him. What did he do so bad? What accuse you of still loving that boy? Cause were I'm sitting it sure seems that way, I wouldn't want your grandmother talking to any of her ex's that did her wrong without me present and I damn sure wouldn't want her to go alone and pregnant."

"I don't love him though… wait huh? I think you're starting to lose it a little, I'm not pregnant."

"Yeah and a hen don't lay eggs. You need to call him and soon because you're going to regret it if you don't." He said placing a plate in front of her and watching her expression closely. Mercedes looked at the food but couldn't make herself eat it, it was her favorite meal and yet all she wanted to do was push it away.

"What's wrong? Feeling queasy?" Frank asked with a chuckle.

"Who's queasy?" Janis asked coming in with Marie and Katherine in tow. Mercedes took a small bit to prove she was fine and immediately regretted it. She felt the herself fighting the urge to run and throw up the small bite. Her mother and grandmothers were both looking at her with questioning expressions, she gave them a small smile before taking a drink of water to help with the uneasy feeling that continued to grow.

"See… perfectly fine." She said trying her hardest to sound sure. Katherine shared a look with Janis who just nodded and let out a laugh before walking over to give her husband a kiss.

"Call him and do it today." Janis said to Mercedes taking her plate away from her knowing it was only going to make her fell even more sick.

"I already called the boy." Katherine said handing Mercedes some orange juice and crackers, which she gladly took and ate with great ease.

"What do you mean you called him? Why is everyone on his side! I d-don't understand wh-why you're n-not on m-my side!" Mercedes asked as she began to sob again. Janis and Katherine both rolled their eyes and shook their heads while Marie tried to soothe her daughter. Frank was the only one who noticed the knock at the door and quickly went to answer it and once he did he just shook his head and laughed.

"You better be ready, that's all I'm going to say."


SOOOOO...? I already know y'all mad but she needed to do it guys! I needed her to get past this one thing! Yes it's a short chapter but the next one will be so worth it! Like I said we're reaching the end and SAMCEDES i E! There will another time jump but nothing too big and as promised Rachel's is being tormented by one Santana Lopez lol Wasn't expecting that conversation with Anthony to end as well as it did but closure was needed and I never said he was a completely horrible guy just an asshole who play our girl! Okay he's still the worst lol