*Be-be-beep…Be-be-beep…Be-be-beep*
"Ugh…" Sam moaned. She rolled over and smacked the top of the alarm clock which read '6:30AM'. "Its way to early!" She whined. Reluctantly, she got out of bed and proceeded to get dressed for school. She slipped on a pair of plaid Bermuda's and a black Tank Top and her black flats. She then grabbed her back-pack, stuffed her gym uniform inside it, and ran downstairs to ensure herself a cup of coffee, before her step-father, Ric, drank it all.
Her mom and Ric both had to work today, which meant Sam was out of a vehicle, so she called Carly, who came and picked her up.
"Sorry if its an inconvenience Carly, I know school is the other way."
"Its no problem Sam, were going to the mall later anyway, so its better if we drive the same car."
The pair drove into the school and parked, as Carly opened the rear drivers side door to grab her book bag she happened to look up and within 2 seconds she was bent over holding her stomach, laughing her head off.
"Carly, what the hell!?" Sam asked, a huge grin on her face, but her brows were raised in confusion.
"Its…just….Jason's car….over there….she…." Carly got some words out in between laughing breaths, so Sam took what information she had, and scanned the parking lot for Jason's car. What she saw by it, she didn't find funny, but gross and appalling. There was the "Lizard" as she and Carly liked to call her, with Jason leaned back against the hood, and her on top of him, you could see her entire rear end, because she had a thong on underneath a leather mini-skirt that came, Sam estimated, about 3 inches beneath her butt cheeks. She had a hot pink Tank top on, and hot pink 5-inch stiletto heels. She was a hooker if Sam had ever seen one.
"Oh. My. Gosh." Was all she could get out. By that time, Carly had control over her laughing fit and was standing next to her friend, now in complete disgust also. She was happy to see that Jason looked less than enthused, although this went un-noticed by Sam.
She couldn't watch it any longer, Samantha grabbed her backpack, turned her head sharply and made a B-line for the school doors. Carly following closely behind.
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Elizabeth had been watching the girls out of the corner of her eye and was now satisfied. There was no way in hell that tramp was going to steal her boyfriend. She saw them yesterday at the docks. Their almost-kiss. She was sure that after Sam pulled away, they went back to his place and finished what Jason had tried to start. It made her sick. Jason wouldn't so much as think about getting into bed with her, but the first time he got the chance with Sam he jumped on it? Not if she had anything to do about it. She pulled her tongue out of Jason's mouth and got off of him. Finally letting him breathe.
"Umm…wow?" Jason managed to stutter out. "Uh, Liz what was that? As of 7p.m. yesterday you hated my guts and were 'sick and tired of my nonsense', now you show up looking like a--…wearing a revealing outfit and your all over me?"
"What a girl cant show her love and appreciation for her boyfriend?" She was offended that he would think so low of her, even if it may be true.
"Never mind, I'm going to be late for Science so I have to go." Science, the one class he had with Sam. He was looking forward to it all night, he normally didn't do his work, but stared at her the whole time, then made up a lame excuse later at lunch to copy her work. He walked into class and took his normal seat next to Patrick Drake, a linebacker on the football team, who was a total player. He saw a girl he liked, got the girl, hooked up with the girl and then dumped the girl, just to do the same thing the next week or two. Jason didn't like the way he treated women, but he didn't mind hanging out with him.
"Hey Patrick." He said as he sat down at the table.
"What's up Jase? You know I've been thinking, you and that girl Samantha McCall hang out a lot, do you think you could put in a good word for me?"
"No. And why?"
"Dude, she's freakin' hot!"
Anger built up inside of Jason. It made him furious that Patrick thought of Sam as one of his weekly's. A girl he could use and throw away when he was done with her. He grabbed Patrick by the neck of his shirt and leaned close to his face. "Don't you EVER talk about Sam like that again." His beautiful blue orbs turned to a grey, icy color, leaving Patrick stunned.
"Dude, if you want her you just had to say so, and I would've backed off, but I thought you were with the Webber chick so I……"
Jason wasn't paying attention. Sam had just walked in. Her hair caught his eye immediately. He loved how she had something different done to it every day. Her bangs were straight down onto her forehead and her hair was back in pigtails that laid across her back, the hair in the pigtails was wavy and she was wearing casual clothes, shorts and a tank top.
What was wrong? Was her hair messed up? Did her clothes not match? Her eye makeup to heavy? Why was Jason staring at her?? "Play it cool Sam." She told herself. "Uh, Jase is there a reason you're staring at me? Is my makeup dark or something?" She questioned.
"No, no. I uh, was looking at your hair, it looks good today."
"Does it not look good on other days?"
"No it just looks good today."
"But today especially. Did you not like it yesterday or the day before?"
"No, it was fine."
"Fine…not good, just fine? Was it greasy? Or dry-looking?"
"No, it ju…."
"Forgive him. He's been putting his foot in his mouth all morning. What Jason means to say is that you're hair is gorgeous all the time, it was just especially noticeable today because the way you glowed as you walked into the room. It was like a ray of sunshine. You must be extremely happy about something, whatever it is I hope it works in your favor." Patrick cut in, trying to sound smooth so as to get on the lady's good-side.
"Thanks Patrick. And actually, I'm not in a good mood this morning, but I'm happy you noticed me glowing, I noticed you when I walked in too. You weren't exactly glowing though." She flirted with him. Not because she was interested, just trying to be friendly. Sam walked to the table behind her and placed her bag down, waiting patiently for Carly. Her friend walked in at 2 minutes past the bell on the dot. As usual, late. But that was Carly for ya'.
"Well, now that Carly has entered, we can begin the class." The teacher said, her words glazed with sarcasm. "I have some good news. The school has approved our class for a field trip. Anyone want to take a guess at where to?" A few hands went up. "Patrick?"
"The Playboy mansion?" He asked hopefully.
"No." The teacher answered, giving him a glare. "Robin?"
"A Museum?"
"Nope. Anyone else?" The room was silent, and the teacher was getting some very annoyed looks, so she decided to quit the game and tell the kids. "Were going camping."
There were a mixture of groans, confused and bored looks, and eye-rolls.
"Woo-hoo" Carly said "Just what I always wanted to do."
Sam hit her playfully, and raised her hand.
"Sam?"
"How long?"
"4 Days, 3 Nights. You'll be bunking with one person, of your same gender, and will need to bring a swimsuit, hiking shoes, and your personal necessities. We leave Friday. Now I will pass around your pop quiz I printed out yesterday."
This earned more groans and eye-rolls.
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"Finally!" Carly exclaimed as the final bell for the day rang. "Time to shop!"
Sam rolled her eyes. If the world had a shopping medal, Carly would win hands down. There was nothing that girl loved more…other than getting gifts or controlling Jason. Before Sam came to town 6 years ago, Carly was the only girl in Jason's life, and it took forever for Carly to let her have a relationship with him. Actually, it took Sam getting into her face and telling her to shove her pride down her throat because Sam wasn't going anywhere, and she would have a friendship with whomever the hell she wanted weather Carly approved or not. The day those words exited Sam's mouth became the day she and Carly were inseparable.
As the two walked down the halls towards the double doors that would take them to the parking lot. They spotted a familiar face among the students getting things from their lockers.
"Well, well. It looks like our school has earned its very own hooker! To what do we owe this honor fair Elizabitch?" Carly sneered.
"Shut up Carly. I've seen some of the junk you wear, you have no room to talk."
"Believe me I do. Wow. Nice shiner! What did you do to deserve that? Forget your place on the food chain?" Carly giggled, then linked her arm in Sam's and walked away. Leaving Liz bubbling over with anger.
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They had been to a total of 13 stores by the time Carly dragged Sam into "PacSun". "If we need swimsuits for the trip, we may as well get new hot ones!" Was the excuse Carly gave Sam as to why they should enter the store.
They went to the swimsuit rack and grabbed a few bikinis. Sam tried on a solid black one, a rainbow striped one, a hot pink one with black hearts, and a Zebra printed one with red outlining. The hot pink was horrible, as was the rainbow, but both the black and Zebra made her look "downright sexy", or so Carly said. She picked the black one, much to Carly's disappointment. She had said that the Zebra one was wild, but in Sam's opinion it wasn't a swimsuit you wore in front of your science class. Carly bought a Violet colored suit with black outlining and a black heart on one of the breast areas. She also bought one of the Zebra suits, which confused Sam because she hadn't even tried it on.
When they left the store, Carly said her stomach was growling at her. So she and Sam decided to grab a snack at the food court. While they were eating their cookies, two little girls, about the age of 13 they guessed, walked up to them giggling.
"Can I help you?" Carly asked, trying not to be rude.
"Can…Can we have your autograph?" One of the little girls asked.
"Sweetie, Carly isn't famous…." Sam started
"Carly? That's Taylor Swift!" The other girl responded quickly. "Don't try to fool us, because its her, were big fans, we know."
"Who is Taylor Swift?" Carly questioned Sam
"I don't have a clue." Sam sighed.
"Ok. Girls I'm not this Taylor person. Here, I'll show you." Carly pulled out her drivers license and handed it to them. The girls gave sad expressions, and said they were sorry. Leaving Carly and Sam bewildered.
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After their shopping spree, Carly dropped Sam off at home, where she immediately went upstairs to wash the 3 bags of clothes she bought. After, dinner with her family, she did her English homework and then went upstairs to go to bed. She dozed off quickly, and found herself having the most wonderful dream….
"Sam, I love you. Its never been Elizabeth. She was a distraction, a way for me to mask my feelings, because I was sure you didn't want me. You're to good for me. But I cant hide my feelings any longer. I want to be with you, and hold you every day, and look into your eyes and tell you how much you mean to me. I want to…"
Sam placed a finger over Jason's lips. "Shhhhh.." She blinked slowly and inched her face closer to his. "I want all that too, I love you Jason, I want…."
His lips came crashing down on hers. Her knees buckled and she took him down onto the floor with her as she fell. They parted a few moments later, both gasping for hair. As they went to kiss again, the window to her room broke, and a rock rolled onto the floor.
She woke up dazed, and heard something coming from the wall where her window was. She shook her head trying to make her eyes adjust to the darkness. Sam saw a shadow by her window, and quickly got out of bed and scurried to her dresser, there, she pulled out a handgun and a flashlight. Her parents didn't know she had the gun, but Jason always felt the need to have her protected, and had given it to her. Slowly, she walked to the window and turned on the flashlight. What she saw shocked her.
"Jason? What are you doing here? Its midnight!"
"I didn't know where else to go." She looked into his eyes and saw sadness, confusion, and fear. Wait, fear? That alone made her skin crawl. This was serious. Jason never got scared. She opened the window, took out the screen, and took a step back so Jason could come in. He looked down at her, and his eyes widened. She looked down also and realized that she was only wearing a t-shirt and underwear. She ran back to her dresser and stuffed her gun and light into the drawer, and pulled out a pair of pants, hurriedly putting them on. Then, she sat down on the bed, and patted the spot next to her. Jason walked over and sat down. It was silent for a while.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Sam asked.
"No."
"Okay."
More silence.
"I killed a man tonight." He hung his head lower.
"I figured." a tear slid down her cheek, and she looked away as she wiped it off. "Is there any evidence tying you to it? At all?"
"No. I may be new Sam, but I'm good at my job."
"Ok." She responded.
They sat there, not knowing what to say.
"Your probably tired. You should go to bed." Jason said.
"And you?"
"I'm gonna' go for a ride."
"Ok."
Sam crawled to the side of her bed and got under the covers. Jason gave her a tiny smile and got up to walk out. He was about to go through the window…
"Jason?"
"Yea?"
"Stay."
He gave her a puzzled look and stood there. But when she pulled down the covers on the left side of her bed, where she wasn't laying, he nodded, took off his shoes, and got in. More silence floated around them, and they both felt extremely awkward. He was still scared, Sam could see it. She moved closer to him.
"Its gonna' be ok. I promise."
"You don't know that. Sam I killed someone. I shot them in the head and watched them fall to the ground. It wont be ok." That was it. Realization finally kicked in, and he broke down. Tears slid down his face. Sam moved even closer and wrapped her arms around him, they both sat up, and he put his head on her chest. She played with his hair with one hand, and held his in the other. Tonight would be a night that would play in her mind forever. She would never forget it. Not because the guy she loved was in her bed, or because he just told her he committed murder. No. Tonight, Jason Morgan had cried.
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The sun shone through the window, and onto Sam's face, she woke up and realized she couldn't move. Not understanding, she looked under the covers, and saw arms wrapped around her stomach. Then she remembered what happened last night. She slowly untangled Jason's fingers, and slid out of bed. She brushed her teeth and threw on some clothes. She then did her routine morning run down the stairs for coffee. Today though, she got two cups. Ric was going to ask, but decided not to. He knew his step-daughter was a coffee freak and reasoned that she didn't want to make a second trip down the stairs. When Sam returned to her room, Jason was sitting up in the bed staring blankly at the wall.
"Morning." Sam said smiling.
"Hey, morning." Came the reply.
"How are you feeling?"
"I would probably be a lot better if you shared your coffee." he joked.
She handed him a cup and he had it down within seconds.
"There's a spare toothbrush in my sink-drawer and I found a change of clothes for you in my dresser from when you and Carly slept over a couple weeks ago, they're on the bathroom counter." She told him.
"Thanks. And thanks for letting me stay over."
"Not a problem, you can repay me by giving me a ride to school."
"I have the bike today."
"Even better." She smiled widely and Jason saw mischief in her eyes.
"I know that look…." He began.
"What do you say we leave a bit early for school?" Sam interrupted him.
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"95? That's the best you can do?" Sam questioned.
"If I go any faster I'll get a ticket Samantha." Jason told her.
She sighed. "Fine. But you owe me. We need to head back to school."
They pulled into the parking lot and Sam sadly let go of Jason's waist. She handed him the helmet she borrowed and gave him a hug.
"Thanks for the ride." She smiled.
"No problem. I had fun. I like taking you for rides." "Umm…on the bike." "The motorcycle I mean..Uh."
Sam laughed. "I know what you mean Jason." She punched him in his arm then ran to catch up with Carly, whom she saw walking up the school steps.
Elizabeth had just gotten out of Courtney's yellow convertible. She saw and heard everything. The hug. The comments about the ride. That was the last straw. Sam McCall would pay for putting a breach in she and Jason's relationship. Oh, she would pay.
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"Why, Miss Benson, you're on time today. What a revelation." The science teacher snorted.
Carly rolled her eyes and sat down next to Sam, who just grinned.
"I have some news. My second science class will be coming with us on the trip, which means we're going to need a second chaperone. Mrs. Quartermaine has graciously offered her services, so tomorrow if I'm not there to tell you what to do, you will do as she says. Today you will be assigned tent-partners for our trip that begins tomorrow. Afterward, I figured we'd go out to the open field outside and practice setting the tents up because I very highly doubt many of you know how. Ok..
Patrick and Lorenzo, Lulu and Robin, Jason and Lucky, Courtney and Emily, Samantha and Carly, Milo and Matt. Max and Maxie will bunk by themselves."
Most of the students seemed happy with their tent-buddies. Especially Sam and Carly. Heaven help them if either were paired with Courtney or Emily. They would have died. Jason was extremely annoyed that his mom was coming with them, but he was actually even more annoyed that the teachers 2nd class was coming…Liz was there. He should be happy that his girlfriend was coming. But he wasn't, and he was almost sure he knew why…
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The bus ride to the camp site took forever. Carly insisted on sitting with Jason, while Sam sat with Maxie. She didn't mind, she was quite fond of Maxie, and since school started they became very good acquaintances.
"So…" Carly said.
"So?" Jason replied.
"So are you going to make your move this weekend?" Carly smiled like an angel.
"What move?"
"Your move on SAM!"
"Keep you're voice down!" Jason exclaimed, glaring at her. "I told you no. I'm with Liz."
"You don't love her."
He kept silent.
"See, I knew it, you don't love her! But you love Sam! Dump the Lizard and ask her out."
"I cant Carly."
"Why the hell not?!"
"She doesn't want to be with me." He said bitterly.
"You don't have a clue what you're talking about. ALL she wants is to be with you!"
"No she doesn't."
"And you know this how?"
"I tried to kiss her."
"YOU WHAT?! Oh, Jason! Was it magical? Was it beneath the stars? How far did you take it? Details, I need details!" She said excitedly.
"Did you not hear me say I 'tried' to kiss her?"
"Oh, that part must have slipped my mind."
"I'm not surprised."
"She didn't let you kiss her?" Carly was confused.
"She pulled away." Jason said, saddened as he thought about it yet again.
"Well she probably didn't want you to be unfaithful to Liz. You know how Sam is. She makes sure other people are happy even if it means sacrificing on her part. She knows if you would've kissed her you'd feel guilty as heck and she didn't want to put you through that." Carly hoped she was right.
"Whatever Carly lets drop this." Jason said sternly. Just then they pulled into the camp site.
After all the tents had been put up and everyone had their stuff arranged. They were given 2 hours to explore and do what they wanted until it was time for their first evening hike. Most of the group went swimming in the lake, or just hung out by the tents to talk. But Carly and Sam decided to go site-seeing. Jason agreed to come along.
"Are we ready? Times a wastin'!" Carly said.
"Yea just let me go get my camera out of my suitcase. Ill be right back."
"Hurry up!" Carly said annoyed.
----ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMP SITE----
"Is it done?" Elizabeth asked Matt, a grin spreading on her face.
"Yes it is. Now, if you don't mind I'd like my payment please."
Elizabeth took his hand and led him to her tent.
----RETURNING TO JASAM/CARLY-----
Sam unzipped the door to she and Carly's tent and quickly headed to where she laid her suitcase, she unzipped that too, but suddenly stopped before she reached for her camera, she began to back slowly away from the Black Moccasin that was starring at her, its body in a position to strike at any moment.
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Sorry it took me a while to update! Been busy here at home. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Did I surprise you with Liz and Matt? I'm wondering weather I should let Sam be saved or bitten? I haven't decided yet. Ill try to update the next chapter quickly. Thanks for reading!!!!
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