A/N: Hey guys! Wazzup? Been inspired to write today! It's been so long since I published a fic so here's a oneshot. As always, we'll see if it will stay as a oneshot…I'm making no promises though! Anyway, I hope you guys have fun reading this as much as I writing it! I can't ask for more than a review so go on and leave one-especially some constructive criticisms! 'Twould be nice

Warning: SOME SWEARING! I don't mean to offense anyone!

Disclaimer: Don't own anything (but the plot), especially Sam Goode, for he belongs to Pittacus Lore! I do not profit from this story as well.

Can't A Guy Dream?

John knew that there had been some sort of agreement between Sam and Six some time ago because he was obviously surprised when he found out that his human and only best friend was going to come along with them with their search. The moment Sam put his 'bags' at the back of the truck beside his and Six's 'necessities', he was extremely shocked from the action and yet jovial about the idea that the thought of asking 'how' never crossed his mind. And so, he just assumed.

Sam's reason for going along with John and Six was simple: to find his Dad, Malcolm Goode. He believed that the Mogadorians abducted his father….no, he knew, it was definite! One could say that it was just a special bond between a father and his son that made Sam think and feel this way while a lot of others would say that he was just being delirious! Either way, he continued to hope that his father was still alive out there – and he definitely can't wait for the moment when they could be together again.

When Sam left with the others to find the rest of the Nine, there was only one person, other than his mother, tying him to Paradise, Ohio. He never told John about this obviously, because he's very certain that his best friend would just laugh at him for even considering it! Those people who barely knew him would say that this other person was his stepfather – which just clearly proves how much they barely knew him at all!

For Sam, his stepfather was a bastard, no one but a drunkard who would always beat the crap out of him. He didn't know what had gotten over his mother for marrying such a man – a man such the total opposite of his father! He understood plentifully how distressed his mother was over his father's sudden disappearance because he too, felt great emptiness resulted from it, but you don't see him giving up hope and marry, like his mother did, to completely forget about it!

No! Sam Goode is much stronger than that unlike his mother. He was no coward and he is completely adamant about his father still being alive out there and he too cannot wait to be reunited with his family again, just like his son was!

Yes, Sam was positive that the moment he gets his father back and return home safely and successfully from this bloody war when it's over, her mother would quickly come running to them, finally leaving the drunkard she married, making his family complete again – Sam, his mother and father and no one else! It will be years however before this will happen – if it will even happen. Therefore, he can only hope and believe in the meantime. Yup, that and dream about the one and only EMILY KNAPP – the 'other person' tying him to Paradise, Ohio.

What's wrong with dreaming? A guy can dream, can't he? Especially someone that goes by the name SAM GOODE. Everyone else does, so why can't he?

Sam knows that he isn't like the cool guys, those like John. He's a scrawny kid and a nerd, according to people like Mark and his stepfather, but he doesn't give a damn about that and hopefully, Emily doesn't too. Besides, she did kiss him after all and chose him over that messed up ex-boyfriend of her at the time during Mark's party so that just proves that she didn't care how much of a freak he was – doesn't it? To Sam, Emily Knapp was 'the one' and he hoped that she was waiting for him like Sarah is with John.

"This is ridiculous Sam Goode!" his conscience would always tell him, remind him of how crazy he was becoming about a girl he never 'went out' with! The truth was, what he couldn't forget was their first kiss – their 'make out session' as John would call it. It was their first and even though he hated to admit it, their last.

Sam harboured feelings for Emily who had caught his eyes ever since he could remember and when he had finally caught her eyes, it was truly unfortunate that he had to leave, way, way before he could even start a 'relationship' with her. His only remembrance of her and her of him was their kiss and it was a one hell of a kiss! At least, it was so for him.

Sam wished for Emily to wait for him but there wasn't enough of 'them' for her to do so, and this, was the reason why he envied John. This was one of his secrets he's so ashamed of having – and one of those that he just could not help having.

Ha, ha, ha. You're jealous of your only best friend Sam Goode. The only one that actually was glad to have you as a friend but no, you have to go ahead and envy him Sam. Bad! Bad indeed!

The explanation to this is that John has someone like Sarah, a special someone that he knows would love him as much as he loved her. This fact stabbed Sam in the heart, because nowadays, he felt empty. Actually, he had always felt empty. He had no one! But John, he still has Sarah, and he'll always have her in both the good times and the bad. Sure he was still young, only fifteen, blah, blah, blah, but John's the same age as he was and he had already found his 'one' so why couldn't he?

All in all, this is what Emily Knapp was for. The thought of her provides Sam energy to continue doing his search along with the others. Even though he knows that he was just being ridiculous, he doesn't care. In fact, on the contrary, he was grateful! If not for this thought, every day would always be a struggle. Everyday would always be a pain in the butt! For now, Emily provides him strength to fulfill his purpose. For Sam, it's pretty much crucial to dream. Besides, anyone can dream; especially someone that goes by the name of Sam Goode; especially himself.

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