Chapter 4

Sam entered the apartment an hour after his soccer practice had let out. He was carrying two bags of groceries and had stopped to pick up pizza for dinner because he remembered the note on the fridge that morning telling him and Jennifer that Dean and Eli would be working late.

He could hear voices coming from the back room as he entered the kitchen and began putting the groceries away. He ignored them. He knew that Jennifer was the only other person home and she and Daniel were no doubt arguing again.

God, he hated that guy. He was a controlling jerk and major bully. He had shoved Sam around a few times in the hall when he and Jennifer had first started attending Staten Spring High. He had only stopped when he had found out that Sam was Jennifer's cousin and the two had started dating.

Sam shook his head as he continued putting away the canned goods into the almost bare kitchen cabinets and placed the pasta on a different shelf, trying his best to ignore the raised voices coming from his bedroom.

It was a few minutes later when the loud conversation seemed to have died down that Sam grew worried.

Sam reached into the bag putting away the last and most savored item by Dean-pie. He placed it on the second shelf in the fridge. It wasn't a full pie, just a slice in a box. He figured Dean would appreciate it after a long day of work.

He had just tossed the bags and placed the pizza in the oven to keep it warm until dinner, and was preparing to go for a walk, planning to wait the couple in his bedroom out, when he heard Jennifer scream.

Sam turned and rushed down the hall to his bedroom stopping when he got to the door. It was locked. "Jen," Sam cried banging on the door. "Jennifer are you okay?"

Sam could hear whispered voices behind the door but couldn't make out what they were saying. He banged on his bedroom door again. "Jenny?" He was preparing to kick it in when the door flew open. An annoyed Daniel stared back at him.

Sam pushed past the older teen and into his room. He watched as Daniel clenched his fist and set his jaw at Sam brushing past him.

"Jen, are you alright?" Sam asked ignoring Daniel's reaction to him at the door.

"She's fine," Daniel barked at him.

Sam glaredsilently at Daniel for a moment before turning back to Jennifer. "Jen?" Sam asked.

Jennifer nodded stepping in between the two teens when she saw Daniel take a step toward Sam. "I'm fine, Sam. I just fell."

Sam frowned and turned his attention in the direction that Jen was staring. He looked towards the foot of her bed to see a crushed model of New York City. Jennifer's history project from a month ago.

"You fell?" Sam asked suspiciously looking at Daniel.

Jennifer could sense the tension rising in the room and quickly moved to diffuse it. "I fell Sam. I tripped over my bookag and crushed my model. I'm just glad it was already graded."

Sam gave a slight nod not overly convinced but he let it go.

"But you're okay?" Sam asked.

Jennifer nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."

Daniel and Sam glared at each other for a moment before Daniel turned to Jennifer. "Look Jen, I'm going to go."

Sam resisted the urge of telling him that was a good idea and focused on keeping the vomit down as Daniel kissed Jen goodbye in an overly mushy display of public affection.

"Just do me a favor and think about what I was saying." Daniel said when he was in the hallway.

Jennifer nodded. "I'll think about it." she said quietly.

Sam waited for Jennifer to return after walking Daniel to the door.

"Do I smell pizza?" Jennifer asked smiling trying her best to change the subject when she saw the look on Sam's face.

"Jen?" Sam started.

Jennifer shook her head. "Sam, please don't. I'm fine and I'm not going to talk about it so please just drop it."

Sam sighed and took a seat on his bed. He reached beside him grabbing a green folder that was sitting next to his pillow.

"Are these the English tests?" he asked half smiling.

Jennifer nodded as she began cleaning up pieces of her broken model.

"Yeah," she told him. "I wasn't sure how many copies you needed so I made ten."

Sam opened the folder and smiled.

"By the way, I got the note you left in my locker." Jennifer told him. "What's so important I had to make sure that I was free tonight?"

Sam looked up from the folder? "Tonight?"

A/N: So you know I have something big planned. It's worth the wait trust me. :) Review in the meantime and tell me what you think. Next update is a couple of days away :)