Chapter 2

The school year started out pretty boring for Sam. She was missing Jake as she normally did while he was gone, but Bryan and Quinn still took her out sometimes on the weekends.

Sam finally met Debi, Quinn's fiancée. He had brought her along one weekend. She was taller than Sam with strawberry blond hair. Sam liked her wit and she seemed a perfect match for Quinn. When he teased her, she gave it right back to him.

Upon seeing her strawberry blond hair, Sam had raised her eyebrows in Quinn's direction with a teasing grin on her face.

"It's not really blond," he laughed.

"Uh huh," Sam teased.

Debi got a worried look on her face until Quinn bent down and whispered in her ear. Then she nodded in understanding.

"Quinn's always liked blonds," Sam told her. "I believe I told him he'd end up with one and he swore I was wrong."

"He's always had a mommy complex," Bryan teased, earning a dirty look from Quinn. Sam snorted.

"Of course, your favorite blond isn't at Darton High any longer," Sam grinned at Quinn.

"I thought I was your favorite blond," Debi looked up at Quinn.

"You are sweetheart," Quinn assured her. "Sammy's being funny. Or at least she's trying."

Sam slugged him, surprising Debi.

"Be nice to me Sammy or I won't give you free passes to the upcoming museum exhibit," Quinn told her.

"What exhibit?" Sam wondered. They were at a restaurant and had just sat down. "Wait, you actually know what a museum is?"

"Har, har," Quinn grouched as Bryan and Debi started to laugh.

"I have two tickets to opening night," Quinn said. "I had thought to give them to my favorite future sister-in-law, but…."

"Vanessa didn't want them?" Sam quipped, causing the other three to laugh.

"I'll have you know, I didn't offer them to Vanessa," Quinn pretended to pout. "Just you."

Sam looked at him, tilting her head as she studied him. "What's the catch?"

Bryan snorted and Quinn grinned. "No catch. I just thought you'd like them. You told us how you went to museums in San Francisco."

"You lived in San Francisco?" Debi asked.

"For two years," Sam nodded. "I got hurt and my family sent me there since we didn't have much medical facilities here at the time."

"Now we're here," Bryan grinned.

"Yes you are and once again I owe you guys," Sam leaned over to kiss him. She blew a kiss to Quinn across the table. Debi smiled softly at the three of them. Quinn had made it known how much he cared for Sam, thinking of her as a member of the family even before she became engaged to Jake.

"So when are you two getting married?" Sam asked Debi.

"I still have school," Debi answered. "So maybe a year or so."

"I understand," Sam said. "I still have this last year of high school then four years of college."

"Do you really think you'll wait that long, Sammy?" Bryan asked.

"Do you really think Jake will want me gone to college after we marry?" Sam had a question of her own.

"I can't see it," Quinn shook his head.

"No, me either," Bryan said.

"He sounds a bit controlling," Debi murmured.

"No," Sam shook her head. "He just won't want me far from him once we get married. Jake knows he can't control me."

Bryan and Quinn burst out laughing. Sam giggled.