Second chapter. Thank you guys for all the reviews on the first one! They helped! :))

My eyes open to Spencer and Carly sitting on the floor of her room, and I hear Freddie in the background, pacing the room and calling the hospital or something. My head feels cloudy. Carly's sitting right across from me freaking out and holding my hand while Spencer has his arm around her, trying to comfort her. I try to lift my head the tiniest bit from the carpet, to tell them i'm alright, but it drops, and everything goes black again.

The next thing I know I'm laying on an unstable bed with things being attached to me. I hear sirens and I see once again, Carly next to me, this time Freddie's next to her. I think I notice his face is puffy as well. I can't take too much in though, because in my next breath, i'm out.

Finally, I open my eyes to peacefulness. I'm laying propped halfway up in the softest bed i've ever been in, covered in nothing but white sheets. My eyes scan the room and I see there's a tv on in front of me, playing Celebritys Underwater. I look down at myself and I see my clothes have been replaced with a white gown and I have one of those stupid neetles in my arm, feeding me liquid food. I glance through the (yes) white curtains and out the window and it's light. Not evening light, but morning light. Like, I slept through the night. I'm shocked.

I jump as some nurse lady comes in. She laughs.

"I'm not going to hurt you, Samantha." she assures me, picking up a clipboard on the wall. "But some people want to talk to you." She fills some things out on the board then turns to me and smiles. "Samantha, you're going to be-"

I cut her off, "Can you leave now?" Geez this chick was annoying me. Talking to me like i'm stupid or something.

"But Samantha, I just-"

"Leave!" I shout, pointing to the door. She nodds and exits at the door. And I relax, letting out a breath.

"Samantha," the lady starts.

"It's Sam." I say harshly. These people, two girls and one guy have shown up in my room, practicly pumping me for information.

"Sam," one of the lady's corrects herself. "I'm going to ask you one more time, how long has it been since you've seen your mom?"

I give them a harsh look and Spencer looks at me saying reassuringly, "Sam, they only want to help. You can trust them."

I glace at him, not ready to snap at Spencer, and direct my attention back to these people, not saying a word.

He looks at the official looking people and asks, "Can I have a minute with her?"

They nod understandingly and leave my room. They came at noon, I hadn't even seen Carly or Freddie yet. They weren't letting any guests in to visit until this stupid thing was settled. Even Spencer was let in only when these guys showed up, and that was only because he's older.

I turn I attention to Spencer and he gives me a serious look. "Sam, you've gotta talk to these guys, they're only here to help."

"No they're not!" I shout at him, finally loosing my cool. "They're only here to put me in a homeless shelter, or juvi. Only to control me!" I shout again.

He gives me a sympathising look and asks, "Did your mom leave?"

I look away, annoyed. Now he's doing it. But I can't shake the sad feeling that fills my whole body.

"Because, if she did, I can work it out." he continues. I look down at my blanket that's resting on my lap. "You won't be going to juvi, or the homeless shelter, or where ever. You can stay with us."

Tears roll down my cheeks and I sniffle a bit. He waits and I finally speak, "Yeah. She left." I pause, then spill everything, "And, I had nothing to eat and I was running out of clothes and my power was cut off then Carly said I couldn't eat at your place anymore so I didn't know what to do, so I just-" I get cut off when I feel a hand on mine. I look up to see Carly and Freddie standing on the other side of my bed. Carly has tears on her cheeks and Freddie is crossing his arms. That's when I loose it and just burst into tears. Carly hugs me, then Freddie, and I feel Spencer's hand on my shoulder.

We stay like that for a while, we must have looked funny. It was comforting though. This was totally not like me to be this vulnerable, but I couldn't help it. These people are all I have. They're more of a family then i'll ever have. Soon, we all let go of eachother, and Spencer leaves the room, probably to spill the beans about my mom. I didn't care anymore where I ended up.

"Why didn't you talk to me?" Carly asks me after about 20 seconds of silence.

I look at the wall in front of me, not able to face her, "Because I knew you would tell."

"Well wouldn't that have been better than starving and living with no heat for a month?"

I don't say anything. I just stare at the wall with a hard face on, trying to regain myself from crying like a baby.

"Do you have any idea how scary that was for us, Sam?" Freddie asks. "You could have died!"

"You know what, shut up Freddie!" I turn to him. "I was fine. And I'll be fine! So just shut up and worry about yourself!" I look away, feeling dizzy and lay back on my bed.

"Sam, calm down." Carly says in a quiet voice. "We just care about you, you know? It was scary for us, watching you pass out like that and not knowing why."

I cross my arms and look at my legs calming my own voice, "I'm sorry, I just, you guys don't have to worry about me." I look up at both of them, "I take care of myself."

We stay there like that, in silence, soaking everything in when Spencer comes back into my room, "Sam, I've got something to tell you."

Sorry about the cliff hanger. The next chapter wont be that long away.

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