Hit and Run
Chapter One
Sami was shaking uncontrollably and her teeth were chattering loudly. She was oblivious to the sympathetic looks people were shooting in her direction. All she could think about was the horrible accident that had happened earlier that night.
She curled up in a little ball on the chair. She had ran out of her apartment in a tank top and that was all she was wearing now. The hospital was so air-conditioned that it was causing little bumps to appear on her bare arms. She wished that her mom or dad was there. She needed them to be there, to tell her that everything was going to okay.
Sami remembered the way Lucas had jumped in front of that car and how he had probably saved Will's life. Now he was the one in the hospital.
Sami Brady had a lot of reasons to dislike, maybe even hate, Lucas Roberts. But if there was one person in her life she needed, it was Will. And the fact that Lucas saved her son changed everything. Once she thought about it, she realized how much she depended on Lucas.
She recalled what had happened at her grandmother's funeral. She had raced over to the freshly made grave, crying her eyes out. Lucas had went over to her. She confided in him that she was afraid of losing everyone that mattered in her life.
"You'll have me." he had said, his voice soft and intense. It had cut into her, reminding her of all the reasons she wanted to be with Lucas and all the reason she couldn't be with him at the same time. Then he had to go and tell her he cared about her for more reasons than just Will. Instead of telling him that she cared about him too, she had recoiled and started being a total bitch to him.
She moaned softly, banging her head against the back of the hospital waiting room chair, "God, if you let both of them live, I'll never argue with Lucas again." then she went back to thinking about all the terrible things that had happened that night.
**Flashback**
"You are the biggest loser I have ever known in my whole life," Sami yelled at him, "I still can't believe you did that to me tonight."
"You had it coming." Lucas shot back angrily, "You were trying to frame my mother for murder. Are you going to tell me that you wouldn't do the same for Marlena?"
"My mother is not on the suspect list for murder." Sami hissed, "And she wasn't found standing with a bloody knife over Cassie's body."
"Don't even try that," Lucas shook his head in disgust, "It's obvious that she was set up. You were probably the one who did it, which means that you killed Cassie. You're probably the killer and you're trying to get my mom to take the fall for you!"
"How can you even say such a stupid thing?" Sami retorted, "I'm not the one who chases people around with axes and knives in hockey masks!"
"I already explained that." Lucas said.
"It was a pretty stupid explanation." Sami countered, "I still can't believe my dad bought that. He should have locked you up for the rest of your life for trying to kill me!"
A startled gasp from the other side of the room caused them to turn their heads in surprise.
"Will, what are you doing here?" Lucas asked. He shot Sami a dirty look, as if the whole situation was her fault.
"I was in my room, trying to do my homework." Will lowered his eyes because raising them once more to look Lucas square in the eye, "Dad, were you chasing mom around with an axe, trying to kill her?"
"No, Will, it was all just a big misunderstanding." Lucas assured him. Will didn't look convinced.
"Sweetie, why don't you just go back into your room and finish up your homework?" Sami smiled thinly, still too upset with Lucas to give her son a real smile.
"I can't." he protested, "You're always out here, yelling at each other and I hate it! Why can't you guys just be in love like all my friends' parents are? Maybe if you hate each other so much, then maybe you hate me too."
Sami started to object but Will ran out of the apartment. Lucas and Sami both hurried after him. He sprinted down the stairs to their apartment and his parents raced after him. Will reached the exit to the apartment complex and pushed the door open. Lucas was close behind him and Sami was trailing behind Lucas.
"William, come back here right now!" Lucas called but Will ignored him. Will darted out into the street without looking one way or the other. Sami stopped dead in her tracks and watched in horror as Will turned to look straight into the headlights of an oncoming car.
"No!" Sami screamed at the top of her lungs as the driver of the car desperately tried to slam on their brakes. She thought the car was going to crash into her son. Then she saw the flash of black racing out to push her son out of the car's path. Sami watched in horror as the car smashed into Lucas, sending his body flying. He finally landed about three feet away from Will. Will had hit his head on the hard pavement and had become unconscious.
Sami rushed over to her son, tears streaming down her face. The right side of Will's face was already beginning to swell up but other than that he was fine. A woman came over and told Sami that she had called an ambulance. Sami thanked her, then remembered Lucas. She turned her head slightly and saw his lifeless form sprawled out on the street. She crawled over to him and checked his pulse. He was still alive but his pulse was getting weaker by the second.
The paramedics ended up having to put Lucas on life support as soon as they arrived at the scene. That was when Sami finally realized that the driver of the car must have driven away from the accident.
**End Flashback**
"Samantha!" her father's familiar voice echoed in her ears and she rushed over to him, flinging herself into his arms for comfort. She didn't even notice that Kate was standing behind Roman.
"I got a call from the station about a hit and run and I couldn't believe it when I heard who the victim was." Roman told his daughter, letting her cry into his shoulder, "What's happening in there?"
"I don't know." Sami wailed, unable to stop the flood of tears, "They haven't told me anything yet. It was so awful, daddy, and I'm so scared."
"But only for Will of course." Kate spoke up, her voice thick with rage, "You'd probably be happy if you heard that my son was going to die."
Sami jerked away from her father and pushed past him so that she was looking Kate straight in the eye, "Lucas just saved my little boy's life. You have no idea how much I want him to wake up. He doesn't deserve to die, especially after doing something right for once!" she said the last part in her usual, sarcastic tone, unable to help herself.
"This is all your fault." Kate hissed angrily, "I don't know how but you are the reason that Will and Lucas are here tonight. If you ask me, you should be the one in the hospital bed d-"
"Shut up, Kate!" Roman's voice rang out through the large hospital waiting room and he immediately lowered his voice, "This was nothing but a terrible accident. Sami was not responsible. The only one that was partly responsible is the bastard who hit Lucas." Roman's voice became tight with determination, "But I am going to track them down and make them pay for this."
Sami opened her mouth to reply, but she closed it when she noticed a man in a white coat coming towards them.
"Are you here for Lucas Roberts?" the three nodded wordlessly and the doctor continued, "I have some news about his condition."
"Well, what is it?" Kate demanded anxiously.
"Maybe you should sit down." the doctor's voice was so grave that Sami automatically did what she was told for once, "As hard as this is going to be for you, it's going to be even harder for Lucas."
Sami hoped that meant that Lucas wasn't going to die but she wasn't sure. She sucked in her breath and squeezed her eyes shut, praying that what the doctor was going to tell them wouldn't be as bad as it sounded like it was going to be.
