Circumstances Change- Chapter 1

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Her heart was beating a hard, fast staccato as she stared at the closed set of darkly stained, huge double doors. She wanted to- no NEEDED to run as fast as she could through the doors to what awaited her on the other side, yet at the same time her feet seemed to be cemented to the floor because she didn't want to go forward.

She felt like she was floating. Was this a dream or was it real? As she took charge of her body and began to walk towards the double doors they seemed to get further and further away, out of reach. Then she realized that a hand had clasped the upper part of her arm and was dragging her away from the doors. As her eyes began to follow the pale hand up the arm to see who its owner was the shrill ring of the telephone made her jump---

Sam's eyes snapped open and she stared through the dark recess of her room at the ceiling. He heart was still going a mile a minute. It took her a few seconds to comprehend there was something she was supposed to be doing.

Then she heard it, the ring of her cell phone, which she has conveniently forgotten in the other room. 'Ringgggg, ringgggggg'

She went to roll off the bed and as she landed on her knees on the carpeted floor and her hand clipped the coffee table, she realized with a pain yell that she was actually on the couch in her house.

' Damn,' she thought, 'Have I really spent so little time here recently that I've forgotten the set-up of my own apartment?'

Rushing over to the table by the door she hurriedly picked up her cell phone, raked her hair back from her face, and answered with a breathless "Hello?"

"Hey Sam, its me."

"Oh hey, Jason" her heart melted into a puddle of mush once she recognized his voice. She was trying to sound non-chalant, but with waking up so confused, it didn't really work out.

"I just walked into my house and was treated to the last thing I wanted to see- Spinelli, AND Maxie, on my couch, waiting for us. Now because I'm here are you're- where are you, anyways? I though you would've come straight here after I dropped you off at the office."

"Uh, yea, about that. I stopped by my place to change my clothes, and I must've fallen asleep on my couch while looking through some paperwork."

"Ok, I'm on my way to get you, because I have Maxie talking about something or other in my ear- " now that Jason mentioned it, she could hear Maxie talking in a loud voice, obviously trying to get Jason's attention "- and after dealing with Carly, I can't deal with her."

"Um, ok." She smiled at the though of Maxie making Jason run out of his apartment. Poor Jason, she thought, we just got back from the island and he just doesn't get a break.