Chapter 15 Chapter 15 - New Day


    Sam sat on the leather couch holding the warm cup of coffee in her hands, looking out the


    large window in front of her watching the sun rise. She took a drink from the cup smiling remembering


    thest three days. It had been the best in her life by far. Mark had proposed to Tabby when they had


    gone out forst night for Christmas Eve. She was the reason Sam was up so early, Tabby had called


    her at five in the morning to tell her the news. Sam smiled again thinking of the conversation as she


    took another drink of her coffee. She hoped it would help calm her nerves, today they were going over


    to David''s parent''s house for Christmas lunch.


    Sam was running through possible ways to get out of it, she was sure they would hate her for


    what she done to their son, and she was still sure the incident in the kitchen wasn''t going to help her


    case any. Taking another sip she sighed. Maybe she could say she was sick...no, that wouldn''t work.


    She couldn''t act to save her life and the situation it could definitely be considered life threatening.


    Maybe she could invent an imaginary friend in Indianapolis that needed her help urgently and she had


    to leave right now...but she didn''t want to leave, she just wanted to get out of the lunch. She sighed


    loudly taking another drink, maybe she should get dressed and sneak out before David woke up.


    That didn''t sound so bad, she could say she wanted to do some more sightseeing and got lost.


    Yeah, that sounds like a n, she thought but David came out of the bedroom and sat beside her


    ruining her excellent n. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek wrapping his arm around her waist.


    "Good morning and Merry Christmas" he told her resting a chin on her shoulder.


    "Dito," she said a tab bit grumpy, now she had to think of something else.


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    "That didn''t sound very good, what''s wrong Wildcat," he asked snuggling into her neck giving


    her soft kisses there.


    She couldn''t help but start to giggle. "That tickles, you''re going to make me spill my coffee and


    nothing is wrong," she told him pushing him away from her gently. He looked at her with a look that


    suggested that he didn''t believe her at all then took away her cup of coffee setting it on the table,


    ignoring her protests.


    "Confess Sam, what''s going around in that mind of yours," he told her pulling towards him till


    she was sitting on hisp with his arms around her.


    "Nothing is wrong," she lied looking at therge window, not wanting to offend him by preferring


    to be locked in a room with angry hos before facing his parents.


    David cupped her face forcing her to look at him looking serious. "Sam you really but really,


    really suck at lying and yet again I remind you that you promised to not keep me out," he told her then


    smiled kissing her. Sam smiled back as she returned the kiss,ying her arms on his shoulder.


    "So woman, what has you up so early," he told her when the kiss finally ended.


    "Oh Tabby woke me up," she said seeing a chance to avoid what he really wanted to know.


    "She was too excited to wait for a decent hour to tell me that Mark had proposed to herst night," Sam


    finished and David smiled.


    "Good hear she is excited, Mark spent half the day in the damn jewelry store trying to pick the


    right ring," he replied and sheughed pitying Mark. David gave her a hard look. "But that doesn''t


    exin why you seemed so grumpy before," he added causing her tough.


    "Don''t worry, I am fine," she told him trying to get up but he held her in ce.


    "I am not letting you get up till you tell me," he demanded.


    "Okay," she shrugged with a smileying her head on his shoulder.


    "Ah ha, I knew it," he said.


    "You know what," Sam asked confused and he smiled.


    "You''re freaking out about today, about meeting my family," he told her giving her a quick kiss


    and Sam scrunched up her nose with irritation that he guessed it. Why couldn''t she ever have any


    secrets? "You have nothing to worry about Sam. They will love you just as much as I do," he told her


    and she gave him a smile but wasn''t convinced. She got up from hisp and grabbed her coffee taking


    a drink.


    "Well I am going to take a shower," she told him trying to sound more confident than she felt.


    He got up too giving her a quick kiss on the cheek and told her to rx before he disappeared in the


    kitchen. She grabbed a change of clothes and walked into therge bathroom. She made a look of


    disgust; she loved David but hated his apartment. The architecture was ultramodern with nearly all the


    materials being metal or some type of smooth grey stone. Only three colors existed in the whole


    apartment: white, ck, and different shades of grey, it seemed so cold and unweing.


    After nearly a half hour of letting the hot water rush over her she finally dragged herself out of


    the shower. Upon her clothes sat a little stuffed animal, a wildcat, with a little red bow around its neck


    that red "Merry Christmas" on it and a small ck box between its paws. Samughed as she picked


    up the little stuffed cat giving it a little hug then turned her attention to the box. She set down the cat


    and opened the box to reveal a silver ne with a wildcat pendant. She picked it up with a smile.


    She felt something engraved; she turned it over and read. "You''re incredible Wildcat, I love you."


    Her smile grew but quickly turned into frowned and pped her forehead. She was such an


    idiot, she didn''t get him anything. Well in her defense she didn''t expect him to get her anything either,


    she reasoned with herself. She crossed her arms and exhaled in a huff. She was an awful person, a


    horrible despicable person. While she spent all this time thinking about herself, nning to get out of


    meeting her parents, David was being absolutely perfect.


    She got dressed in an old sweatshirt and jeans walking out of the bathroom with determination.


    David smiled instantly when he saw her making her feel even guiltier. "Do you like them," he asked with


    a hint of uncertainty in his voice.


    "Of course David...but I can''t ept them," Sam told him handing the toy and the box to him.


    "Why not," he asked her confused not taking the gifts from her.


    "Because I didn''t get anything for you, and that''s just terrible of me and egotistical. I can''t


    ept them," she replied trying to get him to take them and heughed pulling her against him.


    "You being here with me is enough," he told her before giving her intense kiss.


    "Your too perfect David, I don''t deserve you," she told him feeling depressed when the kiss


    ended and he shook his head at her with a sigh.


    "My God, Sam, you turn a simple gift into such a big deal," he told her with a hint of irritation. He


    took the toy from her set it on the coffee table and took the ne out of the box.


    "But David it is a big deal, it means you took time to think about me, which was more than I did


    for you," sheined.


    "Sam don''t take this the wrong way but shut up," he told her moving behind her and put the


    ne on her then  kissing her neck softly wrapping his arms around her. "Let me give you a


    Christmas present without making it into something more than that, okay" he added. With a sigh she


    nodded in agreement forcing herself to just let it go.


    "But if it will make you feel better, I have a great idea about how you can thank me," he


    whispered in her ear huskily causing her to blush slightly.


    "Really and what might that be," she asked with a impish smile turning to face him.


    "Come here and I will show you," he replied taking her hand and pulling her towards the


    bedroom.


    The hallway to the apartment of David''s parent''s home felt like death row to Sam, each step


    forward was bringing her closer to her atrocious death. She smoothed over the skirt of her dress


    nervously wondering if she made the right choice of clothing, or if her hair should have been pulled up


    instead of left down, and so many other questions ran though her mind.


    "Remember to breathe Sam," David told her as he knocked on his parent''s door and Sam gave


    him a weak smile. His mother opened the door. She had the same color of hair and eyes as David, she


    was elegantly dressed, and to put it simple she was breathtakingly beautiful. The woman smiled at


    David but when she noticed Sam her smile actually grew.


    Next thing Sam knew the woman had swallowed her in a tight hug and gave her a kiss on the


    cheek. "Why she is beautiful isn''t she," the woman said excitedly and Sam felt her cheeks turn red.


    Was this real, did this woman actually seem happy to see her, Sam wondered confused.


    "But good heavens where is my manners,e in you two," the woman added. She linked her


    arm in Sam''s nearly dragging her into the house. "I am David''s mother Francine," the woman stated


    and Sam felt relieved that she didn''t make any mention of what had happened a couple days ago in the


    kitchen.


    "It''s nice to meet you Mrs. Andrews," Sam replied and the woman shook her head.


    "Oh please call me Frannie, Mrs. Andrew sounds so cold and distant," David''s mother told her


    pulling Sam towards a group of people. Frannie pointed to beautiful looking woman with a small girl on


    her hip scolding a little boy about something. "This is Elizabeth or Lizzy as we all call her, she is David''s


    sister and my second," David''s mother said as she stopped before the woman. Lizzy smiled at them


    handing the little girl to the man next to her.


    "This is her, the famous Sam," Lizzy asked with an excited tone and Sam felt her cheeks turn


    pink worried about that phrase "the famous Sam," just how much they knew about her?


    "Yes Lizzy this is the Sam," Frannie told her daughter and before Sam could say Oh My God,


    she was swallowed in another tight hug.


    "Oh she is just too cute," Lizzy squealed as she released Sam from the hug. "I am surprised


    after all those bitches he used to date that he actuallynded a sweet girl," Lizzie told her and Sam


    looked at the woman in surprise not sure how to reply and Frannieughed agreeing with her daughter.


    Sam shifted her weight from one foot to the other, feeling slightly ufortable, giving a quick look


    around, and not seeing David anywhere.


    "Well Sam,e there is more people waiting to meet you," Frannie told her dragging her off


    deeper into the house where two men sat arguing with each other. One Sam assumed was David''s


    father and the other his older brother.


    "Oh break it up you two," the older woman told them and they each other a re before turning


    towards them. "Nathaniel this is Sam," she told him.


    "David''s Sam," the older man asked eyeing her harshly and she felt yet another blush rise on to


    her cheeks but she had no idea why she was blushing now. As seem to be an Andrew''s tradition the


    man suddenly swallowed her in a hug even to the point he lifted her off the floor causing a surprised


    gasp to escape her.


    As he set her down her cheeks were ming red. "Pretty girl, and looks to be a nice one too,


    how the hell did my son manage to snag you," he asked her with arge smile that made Sam''s cheeks


    burn even brighter as a shy smile spread across her lips.


    "This is David''s older brother Chris," Frannie told her and Chris gave her a warm smile but


    thankfully didn''t try to hug her.


    "It''s nice to meet you Sam," he told her politely and she replied with the same politeness then


    Nathaniel gave him a p on the back of his hand on his shoulder.


    "Why can''t you have married a girl like that," he barked at his son. "Instead of that bitchy ice


    queen you got. I bet Sam here know how to treat a man right," he snapped giving Sam a sly wink


    making her burn red again. Both men started to argue back and forth and Frannie rolled her eyes


    dragging Sam off.


    "Never mind them, Nathaniel just really doesn''t like Christina, well honestly no one really likes


    her," the woman told her as they reached the kitchen. "Would you mind helping me dear," she asked


    putting on an apron. Sam nodded and epted the apron nervously. "You know Sam, no one here is


    going to reproach you, so it is alright to rx," the woman started and Sam chewed her lip nervously,


    not sure what to say.


    "I don''t know exactly what happened to cause David toe back a broken drunken mess but


    it doesn''t matter anymore," she finished and Sam felt a pang of guilt and confusion.


    "How can it not matter, I hurt your son. Now I am here and everyone seems so epting and


    willing to take me in as if nothing happened at all," Sam asked really not understanding how any of this


    could be real. The woman smiled at her taking Sam''s hands in hers.


    "Sam love isn''t easy. It is a beautiful thing that is equally painful as it is fulfilling. It will tear


    through you leaving you empty and barren before hopefully it fills you with happiness and a sense of


    completion," Frannie exined.


    "Yes you hurt my son but I can also see you love him too, just like he loves you. I have never


    seen him happier when he is near or talks about you. Even when he was heartbroken and he would


    mention you his whole face would change. The fact that you''re standing before me and even dared to


    ask why is proof enough that I need that you feel the same about him," she finished and Sam smiled at


    the woman happily and thanked her.


    "Don''t mention it dearie, now let''s get to cooking before those men out their start grumbling,"


    Frannie told her as they prepared lunch.


    After that Sam stopped worrying about the angry mob that apparently wasn''ting for her


    blood and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon. David''s father proved to be a horrible flirt, who seemed to


    enjoy making her blush almost as much as David did. In fact the two started a contest to see who could


    make her turn the brightest shade of red but Nathaniel took every moment he could topare her to


    Chris''s wife, who in the end was ring hatefully at Sam for it.


    It surprised Sam when she realized she didn''t care at all that the woman hated her, everyone


    else seemed to like her. In Lizzy''s case quiet a lot since Sam didn''t mind helping her with her children,


    Sarah and Peter which seemed to give cause for Lizzy to start calling Sam her sister, which honestly


    Sam loved. It had been by far the best Christmas she had in a long time.


    Now two more days had passed and Sam sat on the ck sofa staring out the window


    watching the morning pass once more feeling depressed. Her Christmas break was nearly over and


    she would have to return back to Illinois in a couple of days causing her to be horribly torn. She didn''t


    want to go back and leave David. Just the idea made her sink into depression even more. Here she


    was perfectly happy but she loved school and she didn''t want to just throw the year away. She took


    another drink from her cup and chewing on her bottom lip lost in deep thought.


    "You''re looking way to serious too early in the morning," David teaseding into the room and


    sitting next to her wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his chin on her shoulder.


    "What are you doing up so early?" She asked him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.


    "I can''t sleep," he started then stretched out on the couchying his head in herp, "Without


    you next to me." He gave her a wink and she chuckled and shook her head at him.


    Feeling it was the perfect time to mention what was bothering her she told him, "well then you''re


    going to have a problem when I have to go back to Illinois soon." David looked at her confused.


    "School starts up in a couple of days...and I have to go back. I have put in a lot of effort these months. I


    can''t throw that all away." He frowned and was quiet for a moment and she set down her coffee on the


    small table next to her and brushed his messy hair out of his face. He turned getting up and smiled at


    her. She was just to ask him what was up when his lips crashed against hers fervently catching her by


    surprise.


    "I will just have to go with you," he said after the kiss ended and she felt her heart race


    wondering if he would actually drop everything and go with her.


    "You would really do that? I mean what about your job and the apartment," she asked surprised.


    He shook his head and gave her sexy smile leaning in closer. "You should know by now I would


    do that and more Wildcat," he began with an impish smile. "I can do my job from anywhere, my dad


    only needs to fax me all the records I need and the apartment will still be here when wee back," he


    told her bringing his face closer to hers. "There is no way I am letting you out of my sight again," he told


    her with a matter of fact tone and she felt her familiar blush creep on her face as she giggled quietly.


    He got up from the couch and picked her up off the sofa.  "What are you doing," she asked him


    teasingly.


    "It''s too early to be out of bed woman," he told her giving her a sexy smile.


    "I am already too awake to go back to sleep David, not to mention I already have had my


    caffeine dosage for the morning," she told him and he gave her a naughty grin.


    "Who said anything about sleeping," he replied carrying her off to the bedroom. She felt her


    blush deepen as she wrapped her arms around his neck think how much her life had changed from her


    normal routine but smiled as she realized this was her normal routine now.