Only Makes Us Stronger
Chapter 2
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As the little brown mustang surged onward, Sam could feel her center of balance shifting perilously to the side. With each stride her body slipped closer and closer to the hard earth blurred by speed beneath her. She clutched at the horn of the saddle desperately, but to no avail - all she could do was scream out with fear.
"Help! Help me, somebody!" She screamed.
Almost instantaneously the boy appeared from out of nowhere, his hat covering half of his face. Just when Sam was sure she would crash to the ground and break every bone in her body, the boy dove down and caught her.
"Oh m...my go...god," Sam managed to choke out.
"It's alright Brat, I've got you," he laughed softly.
"Thank you," she said shakily. After a few moments of processing what had just happened, she declared defiantly, " I am never riding a horse ever again!"
Tears came streaming down her dirty face. That was the most traumatic event that had happened to her, and she only had a boy whose name she didn't even know to thank for things not having gone much, much worse. If it hadn't been for him...
"My name's Jake, Jacob Ely but I like to go by Jake." Jake smiled as he set Sam on the ground.
He's cute...Sam couldn't help the thought.
"Wanna hang out some time?" Sam asked, biting her lip.
"Yeah." He grunted.
Sam rose to her feet and watched Jake walk away, his unusually sure and diligent walk pulling Sam in.
I can't start that! I'm sure he's already got a girlfriend! Oh please even if he didn't he would never be mine? Sam sighed heavily.
Something inside of Sam urged her towards him, almost like magnetism. Acting on the impulse, Sam ran up to the tan boy, looking up into his soft brown eyes.
"So... Do you have a girlfriend?" Sam asked innocently.
Startled, Jake shrugged his shoulders uncomfortably.
"I don't think so." He said in a low voice.
He doesn't think so? What does that mean? Heck, I'm definitely not asking him!Sam thought to herself.
Like he had read her mind, Jake leaned over to Sam, making her heartbeat so loudly she was sure he heard.
"I don't know if she still thinks of me as her her boyfriend, is what I mean," he chuckled.
"Do you mind-read or something?" Sam frowned.
"I've known you a long time," he said simply.
For the first time since waking up in the hospital, Sam felt right and relaxed talking to this mysterious boy.
A light breeze heavy with the many scents of horses whistled its way around the world. The sun beat down mercilessly on the ranch, resulting in a poignant stink of sweat. Sam, squinting at the strange light that came her way, swiftly dodged to one side as she realised that it was a truck. Not just any truck, but a truck filled Elys and that included Jake, who was the only one Sam had really seen.
Jake was coincidently the first one to get out of the truck. He walked stiffly to Sam and turned her around.
"Act as if there's nothing wrong with you," he whispered slowly.
"But there isnothing wrong with me."
"Yeah right, nothing wrong for someone who can't remember anything about the things she loved most," He laughed softly. Sam thought she detected a note of sadness in his voice.
"Things? I thought I just didn't remember that I love horses? There's another thing that I forgot about? By any chance...?"
"Come, Wyatt told us that we had to drop you off at school." Jake cut Sam off.
"In that truck with three other boys? How do we all fit in?" Sam gasped at the thought of all of them squashing up in that tiny vehicle.
"No, the others are here to help Wyatt. It's only you and me." Jake smiled.
Only you and me... His soft words rang in her ears.
"Only... *Gulp* You and me?" Sam stammered.
"Something wrong?"
"No, why would there be anything wrong? No, nothing's wrong! I promise, no need to worry." Sam said, forcing an awkward smile.
Jake eyed her suspiciously.
"Just get in." He ordered.
At School
"Hey Jake!" Rachel smiled as she waved ecstatically at Jake.
"And Sam..." She said, pulling a face before walking away with her friends
"Is she the girlfriend you were talking about?" Sam asked, hoping it wasn't her.
"Not even close. You know my girlfriend probably even better than me. At least I hope so, I'd be pissed if you didn't know her better than I do." He blurted out, trying to hide his blushing. Suddenly he broke into a grin and took Sam to her first class.
Lunch
"Jake!" Sam called.
Sam saw him rolling his eyes before jogging up to Sam with a frown.
"What?" he hissed.
"I don't feel comfortable with all these people. Jen has a math test tomorrow and is spending all her time in the library. I mean like... I know these people, but I feel so uncomfortable with them. Help me, I don't know what to do." Sam begged.
Jake shrugged and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Come sit with me," he said gently.
"With them?" Sam hissed.
"No, just with me." He was clearly uncomfortable.
As Sam and Jake walked over to the nearest table Sam spotted Rachel and her friends sitting at the table next to it. They all stared at her and sniggered.
Sam held her breath, for when she did something stupid. Just when Sam thought she would get to the table without any trouble, Rachel shot out her leg and Sam tripped over, dumping her entire lunch onto her shirt.
Sam shot Rachel an icy glare. However, Rachel didn't seemed to be affected and instead laughed and pointed at her whispering things among her friends. Sam felt every single pair of eyes on her.
Sam felt a hand on her, and upon realizing it was Jake Sam relaxed a bit.
"Are you okay?" An unfamiliar voice questioned.
But almost instantly she realised who it was...
Ryan... Where was Jake?
"Uh thanks." Sam smiled.
Ryan escorted Sam to the "Ladies Bathroom".
"You know you're not supposed to be in here you know? It's the 'Ladies Bathroom?'" Sam laughed.
"I know my facts very well, thank you very much." He chuckled.
"Now let's get out before this creates drama." He laughed, curling the 'D'
All of Sam's feelings for Jake were now gone in a flash, and she felt more and more attracted to Ryan by the minute.
"I remember when Jen, the Ely's and I teamed up and tried to put you and Jake together. You guys were stubborn but we got it in the end!" He blurted out, grinning at the memory.
Sam almost choked. "Put Jake and I together? Wait. Does that mean... Jake's girlfriend was...me?"
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