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Song Inspiration: Little Secret by Xscape

"Damn."

"Dude we go over this every Thursday, she's not remotely interested." Sam said, rolling his eyes at his friend Blake.

"Why do you think I come over every Thursday now? I can't believe you have her as a roommate!" Blake replied and Sam just rolled his eyes again, though he would be lying if he didn't understand Blake's attraction to his roommate. Hell, had he known six months ago what was hiding under those sweatpants he probably would have thought twice about agreeing to have a woman as his roommate.

"Shut up and you have a girlfriend." Sam retorted before looking up from the screen to see Mercedes, his roommate walking back into the bathroom from her room. She looked back at him for a brief moment with a small smile before entering and closing the door behind herself.

"You have a girlfriend too and we all know she isn't a fan of Mercedes." Blake said, causing Sam to scuff.

"They barely even talk and Mercedes is super respectful of our relationship… speaking of, P will be here soon so you gotta go!" Sam got up and picked up their discarded beer bottles.

"I never understood why you had set date nights, what are you fifty?" Blake joked before helping Sam clean up.

"She likes the consistency." Sam answered with a shrug. "See you tomorrow?"

"Definitely. Make sure to tell Cedes I said bye." Blake said before heading out.

Sam sighed knowing exactly why he had a standing Thursday date with his girlfriend but he chose not to admit it to himself or the fact that these dates didn't become consistent until after a particular woman moved into the room across the hall.

Six months ago…

"How many more candidates do you have?" Blake asked and Sam let out a tired breath.

"One, MJ is the name they left and should be here in like five minutes."

"I hope this MJ dude is cooler than the last six because none of the other guys would work."

"You and me both. I hate that Jake moved out but I'm happy he fell in love or whatever." Sam replied right as a short person walked in wearing baggy clothes and a hat.

"MJ?" Sam asked and the person nodded with a smile.

"Dude seems sketchy." Blake muttered before his eyes grew wide when MJ took off her hat revealing she was in fact a woman.

"Hi, I'm MJ or Mercedes." She said holding her hand out which Sam took with a weird smile.

"Ahh nice to meet you. You… you're looking for a room to rent?" He asked and she nodded.

"Yeah, my current place isn't going to work and I need something quick and safe." She answered and both Sam and Blake were still sporting confused expressions because she didn't seem the least bit bothered about sharing a place with a man.

"And you're okay with sharing a place with me?" Sam asked.

"Why not? I grew up with four brothers, you have a picture of you and I'm assuming your girlfriend so there's no chance of us crossing the line and honestly I can't live with a bunch of women anymore. It's too much… squealing and crying. Sure I cry but not that much, I clean and I occasionally cook, I have an amazing job and can pay in advance. I won't crowd you and will make myself scarce when your girlfriend is over." Mercedes replied hoping he would give her a chance.

Her current living situation made her skin crawl and she wasn't big on being a part of all girl groups. She was used to being around her brothers and their friends so she knew she wouldn't have an issue sharing a place with a man.

"Quick question?" Sam asked and she looked at him waiting for him to ask.

"If I were to say… be up all night screaming at the game would you get mad?"

"You're assuming I wouldn't be up screaming myself." She countered and Sam couldn't help but wonder if that was sexual or not.

"Touché, what if I wanted to have the guys over for a drink and to watch the game?"

"I'm a huge Patriots fan and I prefer beer over wine so I'd probably crash said party."

"Can you pay first and last?" Sam asked and she simply handed him a check with the appropriate amount and a sly grin.

"It'll be a week before I can officially move in but before I do… is there any way I can look at the tub?" She asked and Sam shot her a confused look before nodding and leading her to the bathroom. He turned the light on and moved aside so she could see it and he noticed the pretty smile that graced her face before she nodded.

"This tub is perfect! Do you know how hard it is to try to take a bubble bath with four other girls in the house? Absolutely no privacy, if you promise on Thursday's to never bother the bathroom you'll never have problems out of me!" She said, turning and smiling at Sam.

"Deal, I'm usually never here those days anyway. Why Thursday though?"

"It's my self care day." She answered. "I'll see you in a week roomie!"

"I'll have a key made for you and show you how to make your own alarm code." Sam said, shaking her hand and watching her walk out.

"Dude, Penny is not going to like you have it a female roommate." Blake said, shaking his head.

"She has nothing to worry about, so she shouldn't care besides she's not even my type." Sam replied with a shrug.

That first Thursday he found out just how wrong he was about what he assumed about Mercedes. Had she not worn baggy clothes he would've seen that amazing figure hidden underneath. Sam was in complete shock when he came home from work and saw her walking with a towel wrapped around her body, snuggly at that.

He could see little beads of water moving down her neck then slowly down the apex between her breasts. Breasts that weren't noticeable until that very moment, she didn't even notice him standing there staring as she scurried from her room then back into the bathroom.

He waited until he heard the door lock before moving from his current spot, he needed to get out of there but he promised a night of watching movies and he couldn't tell her that his reason for canceling was because his roommate was sexy and he wanted to rip that towel off of her to see just how blessed she really was so he did the next best thing, he lied.

He told Penny he wanted to take her out instead of staying in and she seemed pleased with the change which was great for him. Sam quickly changed, scribbled a note for Mercedes and left. He purposely kept changing dates after that and made sure they were on Thursday which worked out well… for two months. It changed when Sam came home from one of his dates with Penny and heard the sexiest sound as he passed Mercedes's room.

She was moaning.

Sam tried to move from in front of her door but he couldn't and when he heard her breath hitch then another moan he knew… Her version of self care indeed included self care. He stood and listened until she finished completely like a damn perv. He felt even worse when realized he'd grab his dick. He quickly went to his room when he heard her moving around.

"Sam?" He heard right as he closed his door. He waited a few before sticking his head out trying to mask his embarrassment and arousal.

"Yeah?"

"I just… didn't realize you got home so early… you're usually out later with Penny." Mercedes said and he could hear the slight breathlessness and noticed she looked flushed but also completely satisfied.

"Oh yeah we ended early tonight, she has an early day tomorrow, I didn't mess up your self care night did I?" He asked innocently, noticing her look away for a moment.

"No, all done actually, was about to watch a movie…" she replied softly.

"Oh yeah? What movie?"

"Lord of the Rings… there's something about Samwise that-" She started but stopped when she noticed the amused look on Sam's face.

"Go on…" he teased and she rolled her eyes but he noticed the smile that crossed her face.

"Well I was going to ask you to join but I think I'll just watch it alone." She said with a shrug and Sam chuckled.

"Sure it has nothing to do with the fact my name is Sam and you have a thing for a character conveniently named Samwise?" Sam joked and she let out a giggle.

"You simply don't compare to Samwise Gamgee."

"I'm hurt! How about tomorrow after work we have a marathon?" Sam suggested just now realizing they hadn't hung out much since she moved in.

"You sure?" She asked.

"Of course, plus I gotta scope out the competition." He answered before realizing he was flirting but if she noticed she didn't say anything.

"Okay, sounds fun. Night Sam." She said before going back into her room and Sam did the same.

Sam lied to Penny again, they had another date planned but he was home… with Mercedes watching Lord of the Rings and she was wearing the cutest pajamas. He had to stop pretending like anything she wore wasn't cute or sexy, he wanted to ask her so badly why she wore baggy clothes the first week of living there but thought better of it.

She was easy to live with and she didn't ask for much. She would occasionally cook dinner for him and Blake (more so Blake would find out that she cooked and come over to eat it all) but she mostly worked, went out with her friends and kept to herself.

They talked in passing or whenever a conversation would spark but this was the first time they officially hung out and Sam was trying hard not to say or ask anything stupid but sure enough his little head won and he asked a question that made her choke on her popcorn.

"So is your friend Santana your girlfriend?" He asked.

"What? God no! Ha! The blonde that's with her is her girlfriend, they're just my friends." She responded after getting her coughing under control.

"Oh you're not dating?"

"No, I just got out of a bad relationship so I'm staying single for a while." She answered and he could tell there was more to it.

"Do you mind me asking what happened?" Sam asked, noticing the sad look cross her face for a brief moment.

"Family members, cheating and broken promises." She replied with a soft sigh. "Sometimes shit just doesn't work out I guess."

"Is that why you moved?"

"Partially, when I lived at home my mom made sure that we had set days for self care so that's the other reason. I couldn't do everything there…" She admitted and Sam tried to stop the question but it came out.

"What couldn't you do?" He asked and noticed the slight blush before she cleared her throat.

"It's just… some things need privacy and I didn't have that because of my old roommates… umm knew what I was doing and tried to ruin my time."

"Ruin what exactly." Sam pushed watching as she raked her bottom lip through her teeth.

"Stuff and things…" She replied blushing even more and Sam figured he'd pushed enough.

"Well I won't interrupt your… stuff and things." He said, turning his attention back to the tv with a smirk.

"So tell me about this attraction you have to Samwise." He said changing the subject which she seemed to appreciate.

"Well for one he's the real hero in all of this, he got Frodo to Mount Doom and he also helped him kinda stay sane." She explained.

"Please! Are you forgetting Gandalf? He literally sacrifices himself and comes back as Gandalf the White and helps win the war." Sam countered.

"True but I wouldn't…" Mercedes started before stopping with a sly smile.

"Nah finish what you were about to say." He replied, nudging her amused.

She blushed before leaning over to his ear and Sam had to stifle a moan when her lip gently brushed against his ear as she described in great detail what she would do to Samwise. His face was completely flushed when she finished and sat back with a smile that made wish like hell he was in fact Samwise.

"Ahem… now you know my secret." She teased.

"It's… definitely a secret." He replied clearing his throat because flashes of what she described started flowing through his mind and he had to shift slightly.

"Tell me one of yours." She said getting comfortable again and he shot her a confused look.

"I know you have a fictional character that does it for you.. so tell me, it's only fair." She explained and he smirked wanting to say her but she was far from fictional and his thoughts were only recent.

"Hmm… Neytiri." He said.

"Wait… Zoe or the actual character?" She asked and Sam couldn't stop the groan that came out because it was hot that she knew who he was talking about.

"Neytiri, though Zoe is very beautiful." He answered and she nodded.

"So hypothetically if you had to choose between Neytiri and Gamora who-"

"WOAH, wait you're into Marvel too?" Sam interrupted and she raised an amused eyebrow before getting up walking down the hall only stopping to nod him along.

Sam got up and followed her until they reached her room, he hadn't been in there since she moved in and was curious to see why she wanted him to come now. She opened her door moving aside for him to walk inside and when he did his eyes grew wide.

She had an assortment of Marvel and DC posters plastered on her walls along with a few other anime characters, some funko characters and her bookshelf was full of graphic novels and comic books. He also saw a collection of albums from Broadway musicals on vinyl and a purple record player. He looked around seeing more and more of her personality before looking back at her, she was biting on her bottom lip almost like she'd just invited him into a part of herself she doesn't normally allow others.

"This is awesome." He said and the smile that crossed her face made him blush slightly.

"Yeah?" She questioned and he just nodded.

"Thanks and if there's any of my comics you want to read go for it… I saw your collection, impressive." She said,

"I still don't get the Samwise attraction but you Jones are one cool woman." Sam replied before they walked out and finished their marathon with a new found friendship.

xoxo