Sam rolled over in bed and opened her eyes. At the sight of Jake Ely, she sat up quickly, realizing that they had fallen asleep. "Omigod!" She whispered, gathering the sheets around her. "Jake!" She whispered loudly again, throwing a pillow at him.
"Hmm?" Jake mumbled, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. When he opened his eys to see Sam next to him he pushed the covers off of him and searched for his boxer shorts, "Oh no." He looked at his alarm clock, 5:00 am. His dad would be up by now and his brothers were supposed to be up by 5:30. He stumbled around his room, trying to find the clothing they had "disregarded" the night before. After 15 minutes, Sam had come up short and was now wearing one of Jake's flannel shirts and a pair of his track shorts.
"'We won't fall asleep'" She mimicked what he had said the night before.
Jake rubbed the back of his neck, "I know and Im sorry. Are you made?" he asked with a smirk.
Sam walked up to him and placed her hands on his chest, "Im furious." She kissed him quickly before turning to the door.
Jake followed closely behind her, taking the lead at some point. They had walked down the hallway and descended the stairs without being noticed. They both held their breath as they passed the kitchen where Maxine was making breakfast. Jake motioned for Sam to go while his mom had her head in the fridge. As soon as Sam had closed the front door behind her, Maxine stood upright, "Jake? Is that you?" She asked, coming around corner into the hallway.
"Yeah mom. I was just looking for dad." Jake lied.
"Oh, he and Wyatt went up to Willow Springs early this morning to help Bryanna with something. He told me to tell you to feed the horses, he didn't have time this morning."
Jake smiled, they had gotten away with it, "Okay mom." He grabbed his boots and was about to head out the door when his mother's voice stopped him.
"He also said to make sure you feed Ace as well." Jake gulped before he turned and faced his mother. Her mouth was set in hard line, "We'll talk about this when you're father gets home."
Jake nodded grimly before turning and shutting the door behind him. He made his way out to the barn. "Sam?" he called out.
"Yeah?" She called, just finishing with tacking up Ace. She ground tied her mustang before wrapping her arms around one Jacob Ely. When he didn't return the gesture, she asked him what was wrong.
He rubbed the back of his neck, "They know."
Sam let her arms droop. "Shit. They know? That means dad and Bryanna know. You know what that means, don't you?" She teased half heartedly.
"Im so dead." He sighed.
"Yep." Sam nodded. After about 5 minutes of silence, Sam spoke, "I better head home and face the music." She gave him a quick kiss, which he deepened.
"Just in case your dad locks you away forever or decides to toss me in a ditch somewhere." he attempted.
Sam forced a smile, "Bye Jake."
"Bye Sam."
Just before she steered Ace in the direction of home, she looked down at her boyfriend, "No regrets." She simply stated.
"No regrets." He agreed.
He watched her lope towards home and looked back at his house and decided to take longer than usual doing his chores.
