"Sam, listen to me and listen carefully", Austin said as he lifted her chin with his finger, he saw the tears in her eyes and wiped one away as it fell down her cheek, "Just because you're having his child doesn't mean you need to stay with him."
"Austin, I love you and you love me, we've established that but sometimes in life you don't get happy endings", Sam said as she took off her apron, "Rhonda, I'm off, I think I might just catch a bus into town and meet up with some friends."
"I can give you a lift, I have to go into town anyway to pick up my father now that he's being released from hospital", Austin offered.
"Okay", Sam said in a cautious tone, as though afraid her husband might see her catching a lift with Austin.
The two walked outside the diner and Austin opened the door to his car, a red mustang that had been well taken care of. Sam sighed as she sat down, she was too tired to be bothered to think about Ted.
"Ted's not going to be happy if he catches us", Sam explained as her seatbelt clicked into its buckle.
"Yeah, well if Ted lays another finger on you I'll pound his face in", Austin told her and she smiled, just a little, not quite reaching her eyes, "Why do you think so poorly of yourself to think you deserve someone like that."
"Well, I just, I don't know, my whole life I was just scum for everyone else and he said he loved me and I thought that if I believed him, well maybe I could forget about you and be in a relationship with somebody who loved me", Sam said.
"You deserve so much better", Austin muttered as his grip on the steering wheel.
"Yeah well maybe you should have thought of that before you ran off to play USC football and left me behind here! I never even got accepted into Princeton, I've been stuck here the whole time!" She yelled as she folded her arms.
"I'm sorry okay, I told you that already in the diner", Austin said as they stopped at a red light.
"I'm sorry", Sam said in a whisper, "I'm sorry for yelling at you and blaming everything that's gone wrong on you, I shouldn't have done that, it's just, I've been so emotional lately and…"
"Sam, I understand you wanting to blame it on me, heck, even I blame myself, I think that maybe if I had been a stronger person and gone to you the night of the game instead of walking away, maybe, just maybe…", He trailed off before continuing at a barely audible volume, "That would be my child."
"Austin, you deserve to be happy, I shouldn't be so selfish and blame all of this on you, you can still be happy if you want and hey, I'm having a baby, a perfect little person that I created so I'm not entirely unhappy", Sam said as she hugged her stomach and Austin parked the car, the two sat in the vehicle in a soothing silence before Sam spoke again, "Do you-do you want to feel it kick?"
"Um, okay?" Austin smiled slightly as she grabbed his hand and placed it on her belly, a small thump against the wall of her womb was directed towards his hand and the two of them smiled.
"Do you think may Sam, there's a chance we could be together", Austin asked and Sam looked away.
"What would I do? Ted would kill me, and I'm not joking", Sam told him and he nodded his head in understanding, "I'm scared, I do and don't want to go back to him, he can be a good man some times and he acts like he loves me and cares for our baby but other times…"
"Hey, it's okay you can tell me", Austin said as he wiped away her tears.
"The other night, for example, I started crying because of the hormones and he attacked me saying he wanted to give me a real reason to cry", Sam explained as she rested her head on Austin's shoulder and felt his muscles tense.
"Son of a.."
"Austin! But the thing is, I know he does love me somewhere deep down, he's never cheated on me and he's told me how much he loves me and he's the best I can do anyway, even if he does hit me and besides, once this child is born we can be a family and he won't be so aggressive", She explained.
"Do you really want to risk your child's life with him?" Austin asked with concern in his eyes.
"It's his child too", Sam replied as she rubbed her stomach and got out of the vehicle, "Anyway, thanks for the lift but I have to go now."
"Wait", Austin said as he proceeded towards her, "Do you have a place to stay, cause if you don't you can stay with me."
"No, I'll be fine, but if it makes you feel better, I'll text you when I get home", she smiled as she walked off into the city.
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Sam walked around the city centre, the sun had set hours ago and the shops were beginning to close. Her feet ached from having walked around for so long. She wasn't ready to go back and see her husband, not yet, but she knew she had to anyway so she sat quietly on the bus as it pulled up at its final stop for the night.
She walked slowly along the path that would eventually lead to her house. Her shoes hung from her fingers as her bare feet welcomed the coolness of the cement. She walked towards her house and noticed a car parked out the front. She hadn't seen the vehicle before but assumed it was probably just one of Ted's friends.
She walked in through the front door and didn't notice anybody in the house as she placed her coat up on its hook. She heard muffled noises coming from the bedroom and so walked slowly towards the slightly cracked door before she pushed it open further to reveal her husband passionately kissing another woman. Ted and the ditsy looking blonde both stopped and looked at her upon noticing her presence.
"Look, Sam, it's not what it looks like!" Ted pleaded.
"That what is it! Looks to me like you were just about to get into it with some random blonde girl", Sam yelled as the girl inspected her nails.
"Okay, so what if I do, it's none of your business, besides, who gave you the authority to speak to me like that", Ted said as he slapped her across her face, Sam winced slightly at the pain as tears fell down her cheek.
"I'm out of here, you can have her!" Same yelled as she began to storm out the front door before feeling a hand roughly grab her arm and pull her back.
"You're not going anywhere!" Ted yelled as he pushed her onto the couch.
"The hell I'm not, I thought you loved me, that was the only reason I was with you, clearly though you don't so I'm leaving, it's over Ted!" Sam replied as she walked out, this time being fast enough that Ted would not be able to grab her and pull her back again. p
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Austin turned on his bedside lamp as his phone began to ring, playing the default tune and waking him from his light nap.
"Hello?" He asked, his voice portraying the fact he had only just woken up.
"Hello? Austin? It's Sam…can you come pick me up?"
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Hey everyone!
What do you all think? I thought it was pretty good, anyway please leave me reviews!
I will be updating Horseback Cinderella next and after that I'll be updating Asleep.
I'm also thinking about doing a fanfic for Raise Your Voice (Has anyone seen that movie) if I have time, let me know what you think if I do, but I'll have to see if I have time, aside from schoolwork and my orchestra, and I'm also writing an original novel which I will probably upload to Wattpad when I have a few more chapters.
Cheers!
~Toffeelola
