It was five days later that they finally made it back to LS. As Carly stopped the Ruiner in the De Santa mansion driveway, both her and Johnny were shocked to see an Imponte Phoenix with a gold eagle on the vented hood.
Sam was back.
"Mom! Dad! We're back!" Carly called as they entered the house. They heard two people talking upstairs and knew instantly that Sam was playing Righteous Slaughter 7 with Jimmy.
''I don't think that he even noticed that we were gone.'' Carly says, smiling to herself. Jimmy would never completely change and Carly knew that.
He wouldn't be himself if he did.
Sam came to the stairs, presumably to go down and get something but froze when she came eye to eye with Carly.
"You didn't ask." Sam said, referring to how Carly had taken the Ruiner without asking.
"You were in Canada." Carly said.
"And I was only a CB away the whole time." Sam replied. Carly knew she had a point. "So then, how was your time acting as me? I heard all about it. You were in my car and were dressed like me and picked up a hitchhiker like me. Was it fun?" Sam says.
"Yes but to be honest, I prefer being me. Your life is just too chaotic, Sam." Carly replied, creating a little laughter from Sam. She'd certainly settled in with the family and by the looks of her North Los Santos high school uniform, had no plans on leaving any time soon.
''Did I ever tell you how I got expelled from North LS high?'' Carly asks.
"The word is still around. You got shot and when you came back, you completely trashed three classrooms and wrote swears on all the whiteboards." Sam replied, having heard the story. Everyone had been shocked to hear that she was Carly's sister through adoption and she had instantly grown quite a crowd of followers. "I've become quite popular thanks to you." She said.
''You're welcome. I was barely 16 then and Ava made that school a living hell for me... until I switched her hair spray with black spray paint.'' Carly says, laughing at the memory of the bleached blonde cheerleader running around screaming frantically.
"Yeah well someone messed with me-" Sam was interrupted by Jimmy who for once had actually left his room.
"She freakin killed this student and dragged the body in the class he was supposed to be in! That's what word is!" Jimmy said, Carly's eyes wide in shock.
"I'm not to be messed with, lesson learned." Sam said.
''I would've loved to see that. Hey, are Mom, Dad and Tracey home? We have something that we need to tell everyone.'' Carly says, her fingers entwined with Johnny's.
''Tracey should be here soon. Look, about Uncle T... he broke out of jail, Carly.'' Jimmy says.
Carly smile disappears, replaced by a panicked look.
"He's going to kill us when he finds out." Carly said, thinking of Trevor's reaction when he hears that they're engaged.
"Yep he is. But not before I shove a shotgun barrel up his ass." Sam said, bringing a little comfort to Carly. If Trevor did show up, Sam knew how to handle him properly.
''Why is Trevor going to kill you two?'' Michael asks after he and Amanda walk in, followed by Tracey. They had only heard the last few seconds of the conversation. Michael was able to move his recently healed arm again, having had the cast removed yesterday.
Carly and Johnny both simultaneously put their hands in their pockets, hiding the rings.
"I think you better tell them Carly, they'll never stop asking otherwise." Sam said, Carly looking down slightly as she too agreed that if they didn't find out now, they were guaranteed to find out later.
Carly and Johnny let their hands out of their pockets, revealing the rings to Michael, Amanda and Tracey.
Without warning, Tracey ran over and hugged Carly so tightly that Carly was having trouble breathing.
''Trace... you're squeezing me... can't breathe.'' Carly manages to say before Tracey lets go.
Michael was the next to hug Carly, lighter this time. While they were doing this, Sam jumped from the stairs onto Johnny, gripping on to his back.
"What? Can't I hug my future brother in law?" Sam asked as Johnny tried to get her off. He thought Carly was small, Sam was tiny. How the hell did she manage to drive? Trevor had said she could also fly a helicopter on a basic level and the first vehicle she'd taken control of had been a train so she could drive them too. How the hell did a four foot eight, fifteen year old girl manage that?
''Alright, little sister. Give him a break.'' Carly says, carefully pulling Sam off of Johnny. Sam and Carly hug each other.
''I thought that you were tiny.'' Johnny says, Carly shrugging her shoulders.
''Before I met Sam and compared to the rest of my family, I was.'' Carly says, walking over to Johnny and standing on her tiptoes to kiss him.
"Now, you're small and I'm tiny. You still have to tiptoe to kiss this big lump of biker here though." Sam said
"There are two things I love most in the world. Carly here, and my bike." Johnny said as they released from the kiss. Jimmy of course had disappeared by now. Tracey was in the kitchen, Michael was on the sofa and Amanda was still in the hall with the lovers and Sam.
"Sam... have you ever had someone like me and John?" Carly asked. Sam looked down at the stairs.
"I'm just... I guess I'm not the type for it. No one has just turned out to be the right one yet." Sam said. She knew she'd find someone someday. That day just hadn't arrived yet.
''You'll find that person someday, sis.'' Carly says after turning back to Sam and they hug.
''You never told me how you met Johnny.'' Sam says after they let go.
''I got busted by the cops during a bar fight when I was 14. There I was, waiting in the cell when the next thing I knew... Johnny had been arrested too.'' Carly says.
"Now the question is, where are you going to be? Carly lives here but Johnny here needs his horny balls medication which is Carly's-" Sam said.
"Hold it there!" Carly cut in, knowing what Sam was going to say next.
"Yeah but he doesn't hold it in one pla-" Sam was insistent to embarrass the two and it was working.
"Stop there. Just I ju- oi shut up." Carly said, struggling to find words as her cheeks turned faintly red. ''We delayed the sheriff from reaching Alderney and now that we have the $250,000, we just need to find the perfect place... and install a security system since Trevor's going to find out sooner or later.'' She says.
''I've already fucking found out!'' They all heard from the still open front door.
''T... Trevor, no!'' Carly screamed. She was stopped by Trevor charging forward into Johnny, knocking him to the stairs.
Trevor's fist was hitting the side of Johnny's face over and over again. Michael ran to them and got Carly out of the way but both stopped at the sound of a gunshot.
"I've said it before and I'll say it again. Make one wrong move and I'll shoot you. And when you get home, I'm gonna punch your momma in the mouth!" Sam said, the mention of his mother infuriating Trevor even more.
"Johnny!" Carly cries out, running over to Johnny and helps him sit up, blood running down his face.
''I'm alright, sugar.'' Johnny says before standing up, charging at Trevor and knocks him down, hitting him repeatedly.
Johnny stopped as Carly ran outside with them, observing his handiwork. Trevor was also bleeding heavily, his nose once again broken and out of shape. His right eye seemed to be bleeding.
"I don't care that my daughter is in there and with you... she's Sam De Santa now. Next time, I'll kill you all!" Trevor said before limping back to his Canis Crusader.
"He's not happy." Carly said as Sam walked up and stood beside her.
"Well... I said it before and I'll say it again. There is no way, no way that you three will get along. I'm going to punch our daddy in the mouth." Sam said before returning inside. Carly didn't move as she knew Sam wouldn't actually hit Michael.
''I... I'm not even...'' Carly says, putting her head in her hands. There were some days that she felt like she was losing her mind.
Johnny puts his arms around Carly, cradling her close to him. It wasn't long until Carly wrapped her arms around Johnny and they held onto each other.
"As much as I love being in these arms, your blood is going into my hair." Carly said, Johnny instantly letting her go.
"Jesus christ I am bleeding, I'll clean myself up." Johnny said, returning inside. As he went up the stairs, Carly turned around and pointed to the sky with her middle finger, directing it at Trevor before following Johnny inside.