Sam was just sitting on a lounge chair, outside on her deck of her apartment, marveling at how beautiful and bright the stars were tonight. The moonlight glinted off the water of her hot tub.

She sighed contentedly and leaned all the way back in her chair. She closed her eyes and concentrated on her breathing.

No sooner had she closed her eyes than the images came back. They played in her mind like a slide show....A slide show she couldn't stop no matter how hard she tried.

The calm waters and white beach sand, the house they had owned in Hawaii. Finally returning home from Hawaii to find that her brother, Danny, was dead. Herself, living in grief for months, and HIM helping her cope. Herself in a hospital bed, hitting HIM as he was trying to hold her, after he told her her baby girl was stillborn. And finally their breakup. The HIM she was referring to was none other than Jason Morgan. The man that she had once loved so much, and who had also broken her heart.

Sam opened her eyes. Shaking her head, she got up and went inside. She hated this. Her life had gotten so off track, and she didn't need to be reminded of it every time she closed her eyes.

Your happy now. Sam reminded herself sharply. Lucky's sweet face came into her mind.

This actually made her smile a little. Sure she felt guilty sometimes. Really the only reason she had first hooked up with Lucky was because she was hurt and wanted to get back at Jason and Elizabeth. Jason was only with Elizabeth because she had given him what she couldn't, a child of his own.

But she had grown to like Lucky. Not as much as she had loved Jason, but enough to enjoy him. Besides, it wasn't like Lucky wasn't using her, too.

Just as Sam was about to sink into the couch, she heard a knock at the door. She went to go answer the door. On her way to answer the door she glanced at the clock. It read 10:39p.m.

Sam looked at herself in the mirror quickly. She looked plain in a thin long sleeved shirt and jeans.

When she was satisfied, she opened the door.