Chapter Two

"So Sam, tell me about your family." Washington asked. Sam glanced over at the clock. Just twenty minutes, twenty more minutes and this stupid session will be over.

"My current family?"

"Yes. How do they make you feel? How do they play a key role in your like?" Wow, where to start.

"Well, my mom is pretty understanding. I mean, when I was going through a hard time and was basically being a bitch to her, she let it slide because she knew I was just angry. That and she supported me and helped me, not just through this, but through everything." Washington wrote something down on her clip board and nodded.

"Who else?"

"Well, there's my brother Mason. He's basically my body guard and best friend. We've been through a lot together, a lot more than we should have, and even though he's over protective, he means well." There was so much more she could say, about the both of them, but that would take too long. She could honestly go on forever, but she didn't want to be here longer than she had to, so she cut the speeches short.

"You say you and Mason have been through a lot. Are you talking about the abuse?" Washington asked.

"Well, not just that, other things too. ...But mainly the abuse."

"When did the abuse start?"

"For Mason, it started when his mom died, when he was ten. For me, it started about two months after my mom got married to him."

"How old were you?"

"Fifteen."

"Do you and Mason ever talk about what happened?"

"...Not really." Washington checked the time and quickly wrote something down on her clipboard.

"Well, that's all the time we have for today. Try talking to Mason about the abuse, it could help clear things up." What the hell is it going to clear up? That Braedon was a bastard? Yeah, they knew that already.

"Okay." After signing herself out, she left and headed for the parking lot where Danny was waiting for her this time. She held her hands up.

"I'm ready to party after a long, depressing therapy session!" She said.

"Really?" Danny asked. She put her hands down and gave him a look.

"No." He sighed.

"Let's just go."

The music was loud, the bass was pounding from the speakers and people were enjoying themselves. It seems the party was in full swing. It wasn't a crazy party, it was just a graduation party, which you would expect to be crazy, but it wasn't. Danny, Sam, Tucker and Mason would never go to a party where they knew there would be trouble. It was just a harmless little party to celebrate their escape from Casper High.

It had been about an hour since they've been at the party, and Mason and Tucker were the ones who were on the dance floor, and by dance floor, they meant living room floor, but still counted as a dance floor. They stepped aside to get a drink, and they examined the scene as they sipped.

"This party sucks." Mason said. Tucker gave him a look.

"How?"

"Well, I snuck out to parties when I lived with my dad, even though he beat me after he found out, but they were awesome parties. ...Yet again, we did some illegal stuff... So, I guess this party isn't that bad since you guys are actually good people." Tucker raised an eyebrow.

"What kind of illegal stuff?" Mason sighed.

"I'm not proud of it at all, but I did drugs." Tucker was about to say something, but Mason quickly cut him off. "But, that was the only time I did it and I haven't even gone near any kind of drug since." Tucker raised his cup to his lips.

"I'm learning a whole new side to you I didn't know was there." Mason exhaled and crushed his cup while looking around the room.

"Trust me, you're gonna wished you never knew it at all when you find out the whole story." As he looked around, he noticed something; Danny and Sam weren't down here. Come to think of it, it's been a while since he last saw them. "Where's Danny and Sam?" He asked Tucker.

"I think they're upstairs." Mason threw away his cup and made his way upstairs. All of the doors were open except one, and he bet he knew who was behind it. He knocked first but didn't even wait for a response before opening it. Danny and Sam were sitting across the bed from each other, and Sam gave Mason a look when he entered.

"What's going on up here?" He asked.

"Nothing. Just talking. What, you really think we'd sneak away during a party just to do it?" She asked, annoyed.

"You're a teenage girl, I don't know what you're thinking." He looked over at Danny. "But you're a teenage guy, and I know what you're thinking." Danny rolled his eyes.

"I doubt that." He said.

"Mason, we're fine. Go back downstairs with Tucker, okay?" Sam said. Mason huffed before closing the door and making his way downstairs. He didn't have to hang around Sam all the time, he trusted her. Sam rolled her eyes and looked at Danny.

"That is the overprotective leach known as my brother." She said.

"Oh please, you love him."

"Unfortunately."

"Right," He yawned and fell back onto the bed. "So, how's therapy?" He asked.

"It still sucks."

"Whatever, you'll get over it." She raised an eyebrow.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"That you don't accept anything new in your life."

"Maybe it's the fact that I'm talking to a stranger about my abuse." He sat up, a stern look on his face.

"What are you getting mad at me for?"

"That you're assuming too quickly and disregarding how uncomfortable therapy makes me."

"I talked to you already about this! Can you just trust me on this?" She responded by kicking him off the bed, where he landed on his side with a yelp. "What, you're abusing me now? How's that gonna help?" He asked as he stood up. She got off the bed and pushed him into the wall as she passed him and walked out the door.

"You're an ass." She commented as she exited the door.

"I'm not the one who physically hurts the other!" He shouted out as he chased after her. She pushed through the people in the crowd to get to the front door where she exited, but Danny caught it before it could close. "Sam, wait!" He followed her until she stopped at her car. "Sam, I didn't mean it."

"Then you wouldn't have said it." She answered simply.

"I was just angry, and you always end up attacking me when I'm angry. It doesn't really make any sense," Sam's expression turned to a confused one.

"I do?"

"You never noticed that?"

"...I guess not."

"Look... I'm sorry."

"I am too." Mason and Tucker stuck their heads out of the front door, spotting Danny and Sam outside.

"Everything alright?" Mason asked.

"We're fine," Sam said.

"You say that a lot."

"Whatever." She said as she rolled her eyes before directing her attention back to Danny.

"Look, just come back to the party with me." He said.

"I don't like parties. Hey, you can stay with Mason and Tucker... just don't do anything crazy."

"Like what?"

"I don't know, don't have sex on the patio or something."

"I don't even have sex with you on the patio."

"Mainly because we don't have one." She retorted. She started to walk backwards to Mason's car since she didn't have hers with her tonight. She was sure Danny or Tucker would drive Mason home. "Seriously, don't let me ruin your fun. I'll just drive home." She said as she reached the car.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. Go on inside before I hit you with the car."

"Okay then," He watched her drive off before heading inside. When he walked in, Mason and Tucker were waiting by the door way.

"What happened?" Mason asked.

"Nothing, she just wanted to go home." Danny said, causing Mason to raise an eyebrow. "I get it, you're rooting for us to break up."

"That is false! I don't want you guys to break up, you're like, the perfect couple."

"Now, that is false."

"What are you saying?"

"Your sister beats me. That is not a perfect relationship." Mason shrugged.

"Maybe you deserve it."

"Why, thank you." Mason nodded towards the party.

"Come on, let 's get back to the party."

"And get crazy." Tucker added.

"No sex on the patio." Danny added on. Mason looked back at him.

"Don't tell me what to do." Danny sighed.

"No wonder Sam hates parties."

As Sam drove home, she realized how harsh she was on Danny. Maybe she could go and get a movie for them to watch later on just to spend time with him. She drove to the nearest store, hoping maybe they would have a good movie. She entered the store, turning down the aisle that had CDs and DVDs, searching for a descent movie, only something in the corner of her eye distracted her. She looked down the aisle to see a man with long, dark hair, dark eyes, tall and a good built. He reached up to get a DVD with those big, rough hands. Sam knew those hands too well, it was the same hands that beat her and Mason.

It was Braedon.

She was so shocked she could barely move, it was hard just to direct her attention back to the shelf in front of her. Hopefully he didn't see her, maybe she could just walk out without him spotting her. Though as she placed the movie back and turned to leave, he approached her.

"Fancy meeting you here," He said as if they were old friends, yet they were quite the opposite.

"Shouldn't you be somewhere else, specifically, prison?" She asked.

"I took a deal, I didn't get as many years that I should have." He was obviously here just to intimidate her. He wouldn't make a scene here, that would bring him back to jail, and that's somewhere he didn't want to go again. He could obviously sense her fear, with the way she was looking around in a panic. "Where's Mason now, Sam?" He taunted, knowing he was the one who always protected her.

"Go to hell." She fled the aisle as quickly as she could and exited the store, not stopping for anything or anyone until she got to her car. She got into the driver's seat and locked the car, pulling her knees up to her chest, not able to fight the tears forming in her eyes. Braedon was back and out to get her, and she knew what came next.

Pain and torture.

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