Hi guys! Here is another short chapter... I even have half of the next one already written. This is mostly just some filler. The next chapter, Andy and Sam will be alone in a cabin away from the real world...
Traci was the first person to wake at the Swarek home. She crawled out of Jerry's grip, and tiptoed out to the living room. When she didn't see Sam she made her way over ti his room, wondering if he was even home. When she peeked inside, an instant smile formed over her lips. Andy was laying on his king size bed, curled up in a ball. Her hair was messy and still in a lose ponytail. She had pulled the blankets up to her face to shield the sun for getting to her eyes. Traci looked up to the source of the sunlight and found Sam. He was fast asleep in the rocking chair that sat in front of the window. He had moved it closer to the bed, but still kept his distance. Track noted he was still in his jeans and shirt from last night.
She closed the door quietly and went back to the kitchen. She quietly made a bowl of cereal and found a TV show to watch. After a half hour she set her bowl down and that's when she saw Andy's cell phone sitting on the coffee table. She looked towards the hallway, double checking for any signs of life. When she heard none, she quickly turned it on and entered her 4 digital pass code.
Andy had 15 missed calls, and over 50 new text messages. She viewed the missed calls first; 12 were from Luke and 3 from her dad. Then she moved to the texts. Mostly
all of them were from Luke. Traci opened the thread and read the first few that came up.
I can't wait for our little arrangement to work out. I can have my sex slave and a happy wife to do all the house work, and Jo to keep me company.
Tell Sam he can kiss you goodbye, because there won't be much left of you when I'm done.
You are such a stupid whore Andy. Did you not think I wouldn't figure out about your slumber party with Swarek, track and Kerry? You better not be talking or I'll give you something to talk about.
Just then, Traci made a realization. How did Luke know that Andy was over here or that she came over with Jerry? The only explanation was that Luke was watching this house. Traci quickly and quietly got up and went back into Sam's room. She crouched down next to him and tried to wake him up.
"Traci?" Sam slowly arched his back and sat up straight. "What's wrong?" Sam looked over quickly to Andy.
"She's fine, come with me." Traci pulled Sam out of the room. Once they were in the living room, Traci picked up Andy's phone, unlocked it and showed the text message to Sam.
"What am I reading?"
"Andy's phone; a text from her favorite person."
"He is going to get himself killed. I swear to god."
"Notice anything relevant?" Traci folded her arms.
"That he's a dick?" Sam turned the phone off.
"He knows we are all in your house. She made no plans to come here and neither did we. But somehow he knows we are all here."
"Wh-" as the realization slowly hit Sam he moved to sit down. "How am I gonna get her out of here now?"
"I have a plan." Traci smiled. "But we need Andy awake."
"I went to her place last night and packed up some stuff for her. Clothes and her girly things... and some other things." Sam shrugged his shoulders remembering last night's raid at Andy's apartment.
"She will appreciate that." Traci smiled warmly. "Let's get everyone together." Traci moved to get Jerry and Sam went back to his room.
Sam watched her for a moment, knowing how peaceful she looked made waking her up that much harder. He pulled the two pill bottles out of the drawer and placed them in his bag by the door.
"Andy..." Sam brushed the hair away from her eyes. "Hey honey,"
"Sam?" Andy muttered back.
"Hi." Sam smiled. "I've been instructed to wake you up for a meeting in the living room."
"What?" Andy sat up a little bit. "Can't I sleep?"
"In a while you can get more rest." Sam helped her stand. He smiled at how amazing she looked in his sweats.
"Okay." Andy rubbed her eyes and rolled her neck.
Andy followed Sam out to the living room. She found a place on the couch and curled her legs underneath her. Sam noticed that it was her normal position for the nights when they hung out. He knew she was entering a relaxed mode; the pills still somewhat affecting her.
"It has come to our knowledge that Luke knows we are all here and I can only gather that he is watching this house particularly."
"How do you know that trace?" Andy stood up. Panic rose to her face.
"Let's not jump to any conclusions." Sam put his hands on Andy's shoulders and tried to push her back down on hte couch.
"But Sam," Andy started to talk.
"We saw his car out there earlier this morning." Traci added in, but totally making this fact up trying to cover her tracks for snooping on her phone. Andy marched over to the door and looked around frantically.
"Who drives that silver car, Sam?" she asked.
"Andy, please come and sit down." Sam said calmly.
"Oh god." Andy's breathing picked up. "He knows..."
"Sam," Jerry motioned.
"Yeah, I got it." Sam walked over to her. "Come with me."
"Sam?" Andy said in a shaky voice. He led her to the bed room and sat her on the bed. "Please," she searched around the room with her eyes. "Don't send me with him."
"Andy, hey," Sam sat on the bed. "He isn't going to come in here."
There was a knock on the door as it began to slowly inch open. This caused Andy to grab on to Sam's arm and become hysterical.
"I'll do anything you want Sam." Andy cried out quickly.
"Andy, honey, it's just me." Traci walked through the door.
"Is he here?" Andy asked.
"Sam, the plan is that you are going to leave. Let him suspect that you are alone. Park on the other street, we will get her to you." Traci took control of the situation, ignoring her friend's question.
"Okay. I can do that."
"Jerry is calling Oliver to do a quick drive by and pretend to stop to see if you are home. Hopefully this scares Luke into leaving."
"Where are we going to go?" Andy questioned. She still had a tight grip on Sam's arm. "I won't go with him, don't leave me."
"Andy, you will be with Sam. He is gonna keep you safe."
"Wanna go on a road trip McNally?" Sam smiled.
"Like in a car? Driving away from here?" Andy smiled.
"How else would we go, silly!" Sam stood up. "Why don't you go to the bathroom and get your things you brought over last night."
"Okay." Andy smiled at Sam and then at Traci. Once Sam had left the room, Andy hugged Traci. "Thank you." She whispered. Andy knew that she'd have to explain this whole scene to Sam later.
"You'll be safe until we figure something out."
"How much does he know?"
"Not enough. So you better start talking to him."
"Okay. But what if he doesn't understand or what if-"
"This is Sam. Sam cares about you so much. I promise that you'll feel safer and better once you talk to him."
"Okay." Andy walked towards the door.
The plan worked brilliantly. Traci and jerry walked with Andy through the neighbor's yards and met up with Sam on the next block over. Once Oliver confirmed he scared away like he picked up Traci and jerry for a ride back to their own homes.
Andy settled into the passenger seat. Sam had turned the heat up and got ready for a long drive.
"Where are you taking me?" Andy pulled his jacket over her like a blanket.
"It's a secret place." Sam smiled. "Sarah had bought a summer cabin, it's out in the middle of nowhere by a lake. You can't swim now, but you'll get some sleep and we can hang out together."
"Sleep sounds so good." Andy smiled at the thought.
"We have about an hour and I half before we get into town. I'll stop at the one store they have and pick up some food."
"Okay." Andy yawned.
"Close your eyes and get some rest." Sam laid his hand on her knee. "We have plenty of time to hang out later - three full days with me!" Sam laughed.
"Thank you Sam." Andy closed her eyes and let the gentle movement of the car pull her back into a deep sleep.
"Don't mention it, McNally." He looked over at her.
By the time Sam reached town, it was coming around to noon. He pulled into a parking spot at the local supermarket. Killing the engine he looked over at Andy. She had somehow curled herself into a ball, head resting against the door just below the window, Sam's jacket was hugged close to her body.
"Andy?" Sam rubbed her arm.
"Hmmm." Andy responded, but didn't move at all.
"I'm gonna be right back, just going to get us some food."
When no response can out of her, he got out and quickly moved inside the grocery store.
He had a list; a mental list.
He grabbed necessities that Sarah said they didn't have stocked.
Meat, chicken, chees, milk, bread. She had texted him the night before with what they
had stocked and where the key was hidden. He grabbed everything he could think of needing while also grabbing stuff that Andy might also want.
For example, he knew about her secret love for pizza and chocolate. He grabbed the ingredients to make a pizza and some of her favorite candy bars, ice cream containers
and some of the juice she likes. And lastly, some alcohol. Just in case Sam needed some
therapy of his own.
Returning to his truck, he found Andy in the same position as before. He smiled knowing that she was getting her rest.
Sam left Andy asleep until he had unloaded the groceries and their travel bags. He contemplated having a shot or two before he woke her up again. Even though he knew full well what the situation held, he needed Andy to talk to him about it and tell him what exactly was going on. The next 72 hours were going to be long and tiring.