A/N: It ends!

Cabin: 4

Mercedes looked at him, she knew he was right, she had been running. "I don't want to run… but I don't want to be hurt either and hurting you will only hurt me." She said willing her tears away.

Sam stared at her. "Then leave, for good this time. Mercedes I love you but if you don't want me, leave and we can finally be done with this."

Mercedes sighed and shook her head. "Am I that easy to let go?" She asked as tears rolled down her face. "I can't experience that hurt again… it's not me being selfish or not choosing you, it's me wanting you. I want you, I want this but I don't want to hurt you anymore."

"Easy to let go of? Honey Bee, I love you so much, if you were that easy to let go of I wouldn't be sitting here with you, trying everything within me, not to ask you that one thing I have been dying to ask you for years." He pulled her to the bed, sitting next to her. "Merce, your father was a fool. How he could let go of a daughter like you I will never know. And you are nothing like him or your mother."

'Sam I would've been at the party if I had known but you made it seem so… I would've been there and I would have said yes, I would've said yes a thousand times over. I have always loved you from the first time you did that damn impression."

Sam pulled her closer to him, wrapping his arms around her shoulder and kissed her forehead. "Merce, this can't be it for us, we can't leave this cabin without a decision. Either we will move on, and really move on, or we both give our all and be together."

Mercedes kissed him back. "We have a lot to discuss then because my job wants me to relocate to Tennessee and I know you think my job is my top priority but it's not and I can-" She started but he cut her off by kissing her again.

"Yes. Yes to all of it. Mercedes, you have been my dream girl since we were in high school and you are my dream woman now. So marry me, we've wasted enough time."

"Do you really mean it?" She asked, smiling.

Sam exhaled standing from the bed, kneeling down in front of her. "Mercedes, you and I have been fighting this thing for years. And the only thing we accomplished was ending up right here, where we belong. Marry me Honeybee. Be mine forever. I love you." He held the ring up to her.

Mercedes nodded. "Yes! Yes!" She said, wiping her eyes as he placed the ring on her finger. "I love you so much!"

Sam stood pulling her up to him. "I love you too baby." Sam couldn't explain it, explain how the moment she said yes, the sun started shining, or the pain in his heart went away. But in that moment he knew this was the best decision of his life.

7 Months Later

Mercedes pulled her shirt over her head and tossed it onto the bed frowning. "I have no clothes! Sam just tell everyone that I can't come!"

Sam came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist. Putting his hands on her stomach. "Baby you are beautiful."

Mercedes stared at herself in the mirror, looking up to Sam and seeing the love in his eyes. "Did you think when you first got to the cabin, that we would be here?"

"I knew you would be pregnant…" He teased and Mercedes shot him a look. "You were either going to marry me or have my child then marry me."

Mercedes snorted, shaking her head. "And yet we ended up Eloping and finding out we were pregnant on the same day." She leaned against him. "I may not have anything to wear, but I have you."

"You don't really need clothes, not all the time. I personally love you like this." He said nipping at her neck. "We still need to find gifts for our parents… can you believe my dad is still pissed we eloped?"

"I know, you were on the phone with him for like 30 minutes, you should have dropped the baby bomb like I did with my mom, first. She couldn't be mad when her baby was having a baby."

"I tried telling him but he was too busy yelling at me because he should've been there when I asked you… I swear that man acts like he should've married you." Sam replied, shaking his head.

Mercedes laughed. "He did say if he was twenty years younger and wasn't married to your mom…" She teased.

Sam narrowed his eyes on her. "This is why I have to stay close to you… he's trying to get my woman."

Mercedes laughed, shaking her head as she turned to face him. "Don't worry, if I would leave you for any Evans, it would be Stevie." She teased him again, hiding her laugh.

"If I have to take Stevie out, I will. I love him but I love you more." He joked before walking into their closet and grabbing a light green sundress. "Here, dinner's going to be outside so you can wear this."

Mercedes laughed standing on her tippy toes. "If you kill Stevie then your dad takes top spot, do you really want that?" She took the dress and sighed. "I suppose this will do…wait…is this new?"

Sam smiled. "Yeah, I saw it and thought you'd look good in it." He said, choosing to ignore the first part of what she said but he would kill his dad too.

Mercedes pulled the sundress on and turned to face the mirror. She had been avoiding wearing maternity clothing and Sam seemed to silently push her to the point where she needed it. "It's beautiful Sam…thank you for thinking about me."

"You know it's sexy when you show off your baby bump, right?"

She looked down to her belly and sighed. "I just…I dunno why I haven't been ready."

Sam placed his hands on her stomach. "I think you look beautiful and can't wait to give you more babies."

"I am proud and happy to be carrying this one, and to give you more, I don't want you to think that I am not. I guess I am just scared…everything happened so quickly and now look at us." She said smiling.

Sam nodded. "It's going to be great, we're going to be great and so is this little bean."

Mercedes sighed happily. "I know, let's go before your parents send a search party."

Mercedes made her way down the stairs and smiled when she saw her mother and Sam's parents. Mercedes was grateful to her mom and the Evans. She still had that gnawing fear of ending up like her father, but she had a support system and it made the tough times easier. Sam, made it easier through the tough times. Hugging her mother, then moving to the Evans, she smiled. "How are you guys?"

Patrice Jones smiled. "I am great and you are glowing. You look amazing. Isn't she Mary?"

"Yes! Our grandbaby must be growing nicely there." She said as they fussed over Mercedes.

"There's my wife!" Stevie shouted running over to Mercedes and kissing her on the cheek. "You're glowing girl!"

Sam came down the stairs eyeing Stevie. "Don't make me hurt you little brother…you can still come up missing."

Stevie rolled his eyes at his brother before grabbing Mercedes' hand and leading her to the patio. "You know whenever you're ready to leave him I'll be waiting." He whispered, making her laugh.

Sam moved between them. "Excuse you, I can take care of my wife thanks."

"Yeah, keep lying to yourself. She should've been mine, be happy I was too young." Steve teased.

"Neither of you deserve her." Dwight chimed in, winking at Mercedes before Mary hit his arm.

Mercedes blushed. "I think I'm good for now." She said, smiling at Sam. "But if anything changes, you two are definitely on the top of my list."

Sam shook his head. "No, no and no. She doesn't have a list because I am the list."

"As long as I'm on top of it." Stevie said, shrugging.

"So when are you two going to take your trip? Mercedes is due soon." Mary asked.

"We're actually waiting until after she gives birth, figuring we could use a little time away afterwards." Sam answered.

"Shoot. I was hoping they would slip up and tell us what they're having." Patrice said, earning a laugh from the couple.

"Let's eat." Mercedes said, smiling at Sam. They had been keeping the gender of their child until they were ready to tell everyone and Mercedes wanted to have time to just have it be the two of them knowing.

Patrice eyed Mary and nodded as she looked back to Mercedes. "You know." She said, grabbing her plate. "We can't possibly get things for the baby if we don't know what you are having."

Mary smiled leaning in. "It's almost cruel when you think about it, making us wait like this."

Sam laughed, shaking his head as he put Mercedes plate in front of her, kissing her on the forehead. "You and I both know they are not gonna stop asking."

Mercedes glanced at Sam. "What? So you want me to tell them?"

"No! I want you to be strong. They slick is all I am saying." he laughed while walking to make his own plate.

Mercedes leaned back listening to everyone talk about the baby and how excited they were. She let her hand rest on her stomach as she watched Sam and Stevie argue over something else.

"You hear this? It's your family. They are crazy but your life will be filled with love." She whispered to her stomach. "I can't wait to introduce you to them all. Though be careful with your Uncle Stevie…he might try to kidnap you to win me over." She joked, shaking her head with a smile.

"What has my beautiful bride smiling over here?"

"I'm smiling because I'm happy and feel so loved, plus this little thing is moving like crazy." She answered.

Sam placed his hand on her stomach and couldn't help grinning when he felt their baby wiggling around. "Wow, this feeling… I can't wait to hold em." He said looking up at her and smiling. "You're going to be the best mother baby."

Mercedes felt tears forming. "You think so?" She asked and Sam nodded.

"We are both lucky to have you." He said kissing her gently. "Think we should put them out of their misery?"

"We could…or we could have a little more fun with them…I mean this is the biggest secret we can ever have over them." She smiled looking at her family.

"What did you have in mind?"

Mercedes chewed her bottom lip. "Ahem." She cleared her throat as everyone looked over to her.

"Sam and I are so glad to have family dinners like this because we want our child to experience this. This love, this feeling of having people in their corner. It's the best feeling in the world. This child is going to be damn lucky to have all of you."

Sam eyed his brother. "Well, most of you."

Stevie laughed. "Please, you love me. Now make me Godfather so when I take Merce from you I can say, "I am your Godfather it's the same thing as your dad." Or something like that."

"You're not the Godfather Stevie and stop trying to steal my wife."

Mercedes rolled her eyes. "We just wanted to let you know that we love you all."

"Okay you love us, now can you guys finally tell us what you're having?"

Sam smiled and looked over at Mercedes. "Okay we're having-"

Yep we're ending it on a cliffhanger!