Hey guys! Sorry about the delay in posting this, I've been a bit busy in the last week or so :)
Here it is anyway, hope you all like it.
And finally, this is dedicated to my beloved Twin, Laura, if it hadn't been for her, this idea would never have been written so thanks huni!
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One Letter Changes Everything
Summary: Resigned to the fact that Sam has lost the only woman he's ever truly loved, he decides to pack his bags and go back to New York but not before leaving Donna a letter that could change everything…
"Some air in here," Donna said as she flung open her bedroom window, not noticing that Sam was actually sat below.
Sam watched as Sophie ran off back to the party, she knew she had to get away fast so that Donna didn't see her with Sam and ask awkward questions about what she was doing. Sam stayed sat on the wall, not particularly bothered by the fact he was missing the party, his main reason for being there at that moment in time was to try and calm the stormy waters that his reappearance had created. He sat and contemplated his question to Sophie, what was he doing here? Sophie had told him that he was there as a surprise for her mother but, after seeing the way Donna had reacted when she'd seen Bill, Harry and himself in the old goat house earlier that day, he was convinced that something was not quite right about this whole situation, there must have been another reason as to why Sophie had brought him here, something she wasn't telling him.
"Somebody up there has got it in for me," Donna said as she flopped onto the bed and stared upwards at the ceiling, pointing up at it to emphasise her point, "I bet it's my mother."
"Oh, and wasn't she a ray of sunshine?" Tanya replied.
Rosie laughed beside her but Donna wasn't really interested in seeing the funny side to what Tanya had just said, she only had one thing on her mind, "I'm gonna go get them out of here," she said before beginning to climb off the bed and wander towards her bedroom door.
She ignored the protests of her back-up girls as they followed suit, climbing off the bed and following her to the bedroom, "you can't do that Donna," Rosie said as she stood with her back to the door, blocking Donna's pathway out of the room.
"Why not Rosie? I don't want any of them here, especially if their presence is going to ruin Sophie's day,"
"If you go charging in there right now, asking them to leave, people are going to wonder why you're so set against them being there tomorrow. One of them is Sophie's father remember, so don't you think it's right that they're there to see her get married, even though you don't know which one it is," Rosie reasoned.
Donna looked at Rosie before wandering back towards the window, "I'm sure you both know that everyone makes mistakes, but why on earth did all three of mine have to turn up at the same time?" she questioned before slamming the window shut once more.
Donna had no idea that Sam was still sat upon the wall beneath her bedroom window and had heard the entire conversation she had just had with her Dynamos. His heart had sunk as he'd heard her last utterance, was that all he was to her? A mistake? He had just heard her say the one thing he didn't ever want to hear her say and at the same time, she had unwittingly broken his heart for the second time, she'd unwittingly broke it the first time when he'd come back to the island after first going back to New York to tell Lorraine that he couldn't marry her and been told that she'd gone off with some other guy, he had been devastated that he'd lost her back then, all because he had chosen to keep his relationship status a secret from her, one stupid decision that had seemingly cost him so much in terms of what his future could've been like, a future with Donna. He was still paying the price for that mistake and it seemed Donna wasn't ever going to forgive for what he'd done back then. Sam reached into his trouser pocket and his fingers closed around the solid gold band that languished in there, in that instant, he realised, there was nothing left for him on this island, least of all Donna. He knew Sophie would be gutted that he wasn't going to be at the wedding but he wasn't prepared to stick about and watch her get married, knowing that he wasn't in the least bit welcome, he hated the tension between himself and Donna and he had tried to alleviate it, but she just wasn't being responsive to it. Sam sighed quietly to himself before sliding off his perch upon the wall, taking one last look at the villa that he himself had drawn upon that menu for her all those years ago, before turning his back on the villa and Donna forever.
The night slowly wore on and before Donna knew it, it was gone midnight and most of the revellers had gone off to bed, to get their beauty sleep before the wedding. Soon enough, the only three people still up were Donna, Tanya and Rosie. Thankfully, she hadn't seen Sam, Bill or Harry since their unwelcome appearance earlier that evening, she still wanted to get rid of them but had no idea of how she'd be able to persuade them to go and at the same time, avoid people questioning why she didn't want them to be at her daughter's wedding. A sharp thud against the bar pulled Donna out of her thoughts as she turned around, "I think Tanya's had a tad too much to drink, don't you Rosie?" she questioned, giggling slightly at Tanya slumped over the bar.
"I think so, who's going to carry her up?" Rosie replied.
Donna put down the glasses that she'd just collected from the tables down onto the bar, "I'll carry her," she said as she wandered towards Tanya and wrapped one of her arms around her shoulders.
Donna wrapped one of her arms around Tanya's waist and positioned the other underneath her knees before lifting her off the barstool and heading off in the direction of the guest bedroom that Tanya was sleeping in for the duration of her stay.
Once they'd managed to get Tanya up to the guest bedroom, they undressed her, with great difficulty and wrapped her svelte frame in the silk dressing gown she had brought with her. Donna and Rosie stood by the door and watched as Tanya slept on, "do you think she'll be OK?" Donna questioned.
"She'll be fine Donna, she always is, I'll come and sort her out in the morning, don't you worry," Rosie replied.
Donna put her hand up to her mouth and unsuccessfully tried to stifle a yawn, "I'm going to go and turn in myself, leave the cleaning until morning, night Rose," she said as she leant across to kiss her cheek.
"Night Don, sleep tight," Rosie said as she followed Donna out of Tanya's guest bedroom and made her way to her own bedroom.
Donna quietly made her way towards her own bedroom and slowly slid open the door, closing it softly behind her. She flicked on the light switch and immediately, it illuminated her small bedroom, casting its light upon an envelope that lay upon her bedroom floor. Donna looked down at it, slightly surprised and curious as to who it was from. Her curiosity got the better of her eventually as she bent down to pick the letter up, she saw her name on the front and immediately, she knew who this was from, she'd recognise his handwriting anywhere but why was he writing to her? She sat herself down upon her bed, removed her shoes and crossed her legs underneath her before she opened the envelope, sliding her finger underneath the lip and wriggling it about so that the paper came apart. Out of the envelope fluttered a solitary piece of paper, into her lap. Donna cast the envelope aside and picked up the piece of paper inside, unfolded it and began to read.
Donna,
I'm so sorry for all the trouble that my arrival on the island has caused for you, I thought I was doing the right thing by turning up completely out of the blue like that, after hearing your conversation with Rosie and Tanya earlier this evening, I've realised that there's nothing for me to stay here for, its quite clear you don't want me here so I'm going back to New York and this'll be the last you'll hear from me.
I know I could've gone without even saying a word to you but there's just a couple of things I need to say to you before I go back to The Big Apple. I want you to know that I even after you said you never wanted to see me again after finding out about Lorraine, I came back for you, I thought you'd be waiting for me but when I arrived, the guys I spoke to said you were off with someone other guy, so you see, I loved you back then and, I'm going to be honest with you here, I haven't ever stopped loving you. Not a day has gone by since we split up all those years ago when I haven't thought about how things could've been for us, if things had been different.
But, as I said, you made your feelings quite clear to me earlier this evening but I just had to get all this off my chest before I disappear out of your life for good.
I love you Donna Sheridan, now and forever.
My love always
Sam xxx
Donna finished reading and almost immediately, her grip upon the paper slackened and the letter fell onto the bed. It was only then that she felt her tears creating a salty path down her cheeks. She couldn't believe he'd overheard her conversation with the Dynamos earlier that evening, it seemed kind of ironic to her that while she'd been trying to concoct a plan to get rid of the three guys, one of them had already been planning to make their getaway. Maybe she had been a bit harsh on him since his surprise arrival on the island, it had been the shock of seeing her three past lovers turning up on the island that had caused her to act so harshly towards all of them, but especially Sam. His reappearance had stirred up quite a few memories in her, things that she thought she'd forgotten. Deep down, she knew that Sam wasn't her mistake, her behaviour towards him since that morning had been the only mistake. Donna wondered how long that letter had been sat upon her bedroom floor, surely he actually knew that there wasn't going to be another ferry docking in Kalokairi until Monday? Whether he did or not was completely irrelevant to Donna now, the only thing that mattered to her now was finding Sam and apologising for the way she had behaved towards him and Bill and Harry today. She also needed to tell him something, something that she knew would change his mind about leaving the island…
Donna climbed off the bed and made a dash for the door, not even bothering to put her shoes back on, there was no time for that. She quietly climbed down her stairs and practically ran through the reception area into the courtyard. She began to slow down as she saw the vast expanse of golden sand and sea, now glittering wildly in the dead of the night. Donna saw Bill's boat floating lazily upon the water and looked around for any sign of Sam but she could see none. Eventually, she sat herself down upon a patch of sand, digging her feet into the mass of gold particles that lay there. It was in the dead of night that Donna truly appreciated the beauty of the location in which she had chosen to live and set up her business, she looked around the beach, empty, as she would've expected it to be, everyone else on the island was probably tucked in their beds, sleeping soundly, or in Tanya's case, a drink induced stupor. She knew the island of Kalokairi like the back of her hand but there was something about this particular beach that set her heart racing everytime, all of a sudden, she remembered, this was the beach upon which she and Sam had shared their first kiss and then later that same evening, made love. The recollection of these particularly special memories caused another wave of tears to overcome Donna as she rested her head against her knees, crying over her lost love once again. "God Sam, I love you too," she murmured in between sobs.
Little did she know that the person who could've been on the receiving end of that utterance had heard it from his hiding place behind one of the leafy trees, he hadn't gone, having remembered that there wasn't going to be a ferry docking at Kalokairi again until Monday. Sam stepped out from the shadows of his hiding place and walked up behind her, she didn't notice him approach as her head was once again resting against her knees, he leant forwards and pressed a soft kiss to the back of her neck, causing her head to rise from her knees at the contact, she turned around and a grin appeared on her face when she realised it was Sam, "Sam!" she exclaimed, "your letter…I thought you'd gone."
"I was planning to," he replied as he moved around and sat himself down next to her, "but not only did I realise that there wasn't going to be a ferry to get me back to the mainland at this time of night, there wasn't going to be a ferry docking here until Monday." he said, Donna laughed slightly, he couldn't leave the island now even if he wanted to. He turned her head to face him and cupped her face in his hands, using his thumbs to wipe away the tears that she'd cried barely minutes before. "Did you mean it Donna, when you said you loved me too?" he finally asked.
Donna's gaze met his and she smiled at him, "of course I did Sam, I guess it took reading your letter to make me realise that the only mistake that's been made was me acting like a complete bitch to you, Bill and Harry when you arrived, I'm sorry Sam,"
"You don't need to apologise, just kiss me now and we'll forget all about it,"
Donna smiled at him before leaning across and pressing a soft and gentle kiss to his awaiting lips. She pulled away and smiled at him before he pulled her back towards him, sinking his lips onto hers, more passionately than before. Once again, they pulled away, "stay with me Sam," Donna murmured.
Sam looked at her, "are you sure you want this?" he questioned, not wanting to force her into anything she didn't want.
Donna nodded, "I'm sure," she replied, "come on, we'd better be going, especially as Sophie's getting married later on today."
Sam nodded back as he stood up, brushing the sand off his trousers before offering Donna his hand. She gratefully accepted it, entwining her fingers around his as she stood up. Without warning, Sam wrapped an arm around Donna's waist and scooped her up in his arms, "Sam!" she exclaimed, "what are you doing?" she questioned before nestling her head into the crook of his neck to stifle the giggles.
"What does it look like, I'm carrying you to your sleeping quarters. Plus, you've got no shoes on and I wouldn't want you to catch yourself,"
Donna giggled quietly into the crook of Sam's neck as he carried her away from the beach and across the courtyard, in the direction if her bedroom. They both had only one thing on their minds, rekindling the love they had shared twenty one years before.
Comments please :D Not sure when the next one will be up, haven't even written it yet!
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