One week later Sam is talking to Carly on the phone. She is still trying to wrap her head around what happened between Freddie and his mom.
"I'm telling you Carls I've never seen him like that before. It was almost like he was possessed" she said chuckling slightly. "Well Sam I can't say I blame him…I mean his mom has never been all that nice to you. I mean you remember all the different names she used to call you."
Sam thought back to when she and Freddie were dating. Marissa had many names for her and a lot of them were actually very mean. As she continued to think about it, Marissa seemed to have been against her and Freddie for a long time. But even at that Sam wasn't sure that Marissa deserved not being able to see Jason.
"Sam…Sam are you still there" Carly asked snapping Sam out of her thoughts. "Yeah I'm here…sorry. I was just thinking that you are right about Marissa" she paused for a minute "but even with everything she's done and for as bad as she has treated me…I'm still not sure she shouldn't be able to see Jason" she said. Now it was Carly that was speechless.
"Carly…hello Carlotta are you there" she asked. "Did I really just hear what I thought I heard…are you on his mom's side" she said surprised. "No I'm not on her side, I mean she's been mean and denigrating to me, but I just think that this is a bit too much is all. I just think that this may have gone a little too far is all" she said. Just then Jason woke up from his nap "hey…I have to get going, I'll talk to you later Carls…bye". "Bye Sam" Carly said as Sam hung up the phone.
Sam went upstairs and got Jason out of his bed. "Hey there Jason…did you enjoy your nap" she cooed at him. Jason smiled at back at her, whenever he did that, it melted her heart. Sam sighed and found herself thinking about Marissa and the fact that she would be missing out on everything with Jason if this ban continues. As much as it pained her, she knew she couldn't let this continue, Jason needed to have is grandmother in his life as much as his grandmother needed to have Jason in hers.
Later that night after putting Jason to bed, Sam came back downstairs and sat next to Freddie on the couch. "Hey babe…can I talk to you about something" she asked him. "Of course…what is it" he asked. Sam took his hands in hers "We need to talk about your mom and letting her see Jason. I don't think it's fair to either her or Jason to keep her from seeing him" she told him. Freddie was somewhat taken aback by her statement "Sam, I agree it's not fair to either of them, but I also can't just sit back anymore while she treats you like she has been" he told her. Sam was about to respond but he cut her off "Sam she has to get it through her head that the way she treats you is wrong. I don't want her to miss out on anything with Jason, but I also don't want her to continue treating you this way. You deserve so much better than that" he said putting his arms around her and kissing her. Sam knew all to well that Freddie wanted what was best for her and that not letting his mom come over and see Jason really was hurting him, but the next step had to be his mom's.
A month later.
Freddie is in the kitchen working on dinner when his cellphone rings, looking at the screen he sees the call is from him mom. He hits answer "Hi mom" he says. "Hello Freddie…I-I wanted to call and talk to both you and Sam. Actually I was wondering if I could come over and talk to the both of you" she said, her tone sad. "Well Sam's not home yet, but she should be home shortly. I will have to ask her, but if she's ok with it, then so am I" he responded. "I'll call you back after I talk to her…ok", Marissa didn't respond for a moment "Ok…I'll wait for you to call Freddie" she finally responded. "Bye mom…I'll call you soon…love you mom" he said getting ready to hang up. "Love you too Freddie…all of you. Bye" she said and then hung up.
About 20 minutes later Freddie heard the front door being unlocked and open "Hi babe I'm home" she called as she walked in. "In the kitchen baby…I need to talk to you about something". Sam walked into the kitchen and gave Freddie a quick kiss on the lips "what did you want to talk to me about" she asked him. Freddie hesitated a moment "ahh…well…my mom called just a little bit ago and she wants to come over and talk to us" he told her. Sam had a skeptical look on her face "she called you or did you call her" she asked him. "She called me…I was actually pretty surprised when I saw her name on my caller ID…wait Sam why would I call her" giving her a questioning look. "No reason" she responded quickly. "Sam" Freddie said. "Ok…Ok…well I didn't think you would let this whole her not being able to come over or see Jason last this long. I just figured that you would call her before your mom called us" she told him.
Freddie looked at her "Why would I cave first? I was the one who banned her. I was the one who told her that she had to start treating you with the respect that you deserve. I stood up to her for the first time in my life" he paused for a minute "and you thought I would cave in on something so important to me, to us" he said. "Freddie…I…I just know how close you and your mom are, and I just didn't think you would keep it up this long" she told him. Freddie sighed "you're right my mom and I are close, but you are my wife and you are more important to me than even my mom" he told her.
Sam smiled at her husband "that's good to know" she said kissing him on the lips. "So your mom called and wanted to talk to us" she said. "Yeah…I think she is finally coming around on how she treats you at least I hope she is and she did sound like she was sort of miserable. I think we should at least call her back and have her come over to at least see what she has to say" he said. "Ok…sounds good to me" she told him.
About twenty minutes later Marissa arrived at their house and walked up to the front door. She was about to knock when Freddie opened the door. "Hello mom" he said closing the door. "Hello Freddie" she turned to Sam "Hello Sam" she said as she walked into the living room. Sam looked at Freddie and they were surprised to hear her say Sam instead of Samantha.
Marissa cleared her throat "I wanted you to know that I have been thinking about what you said Freddie and you were absolutely right. I have not been treating Sam with the respect that she deserves and I am sorry" she said and then turned to Sam "Sam I hope that you can forgive me for the way I have been treating you all these years. I am very sorry and I wanted you to know that I am going to start showing you the respect you deserve both as Freddie's wife and as Jason's mother" she paused for a moment and then continued "if you guys wouldn't mind I would like to see Jason" she asked.
Sam and Freddie looked at each other and nodded. Sam got up and went upstairs and a few minutes later returned with Jason in her arms. "Look Jason, its grandma Benson" she said taking Jason over to Marissa, as she handed Jason to her she noticed that Marissa had tears in her eyes.
Both Freddie and Sam walked into the kitchen and let Marissa have some time by herself with Jason. Sam looked over at Freddie "well that was certainly a surprise" she said. "Yeah it was…I think she's finally gotten it through her head that she has to change" he said. "I think she has, but that wasn't what I was talking about" Freddie looked at her and was about to ask her what she meant when she continued "When I handed her Jason she had tears in her eyes…she really missed being able to see him" she told him. "I know, I saw that too. I just hope she's really changed, because I don't want to have to do this to her again" Sam turned and looked out into the living room where Marissa was playing with Jason "me too Freddie, me too" she said.
