Chapter 8
Three weeks past since Sonny's dinner party and Jason and I were really getting to know each other. Instead of taking me home after class, he would sometimes take me for a ride around the city. We were not in a relationship but, everyone knew we had sparks. Carly and Sonny were pleased with their work and double dated with us a few times. I also was learning about Sonny's business and with the life I grew up with it was hard for me to judge him. We learned that Brian graduated early and moved to Texas for some corporate job. Alex and I still hung out with me and accepted Jason in my life—he was protective over me after the Brian situation. Robin, Patrick, Kaitlyn and I formed a better friendship and Theo and Kaitlyn were head over heels for each other. And best of all, I was finally satisfied with my decision to transfer.
I went up to Jason's apartment with a bag of groceries; with Brian moved out, Jason was alone and having food around was not mandatory.
"Hey, let me in. I am ready to drop everything"
"Coming, coming, coming. Alright hand me something" Jason grabbed a few bags and kissed my forehead. We headed into the kitchen and put things away. The apartment was a lot bigger than Carly's and mine, I wondered why he just didn't find a roommate.
"Jason, do you mind if I stay up here a bit until Robin's class is over." I said as I collapse on the couch dramatically
"Why are you waiting for her class to be done? And of coarse you can stay"
"Carly is having a romantic dinner with Sonny and I offered to give privacy and she accepted full heartedly, she even made me an overnight bag, which is outside your door, do you mind pulling it in here?"
Jason grabbed my bag from the hallway and put it near the couch. "I mean if you and Robin do not have set in stone plans you could stay here, you could take my bed and I can sleep on the couch."
"I do not want to impose"
"You will not be imposing, I can make dinner and I have some movies Alex bought me for Christmas that we could watch"
"So sort of like a date?"
"Yeah, a date"
"Okay, that sounds great, but one exception to your offer."
"Come on Sam."
"No just wait Jason: You will share the bed with me, or if that is weird I will take the couch, I am not putting you out."
"We will see. You should probably text Robin with your change of plans." As I went through my purse to find my phone, I looked up at Jason and realized that I hoped me chose to share the bed.
Jason made a delicious dinner and we were now starting a movie. "Why don't you pick the movies, I am not that into them."
"Well are you into me enough to at least try and watch?"
Instead of answering, Jason smiled. And I chose to take that as a yes!!!! We ended up watching a classic: Casa Blanca. Jason being a guy could care less and I was so tired I fell asleep and ended up resting my head in his lap.
As Sam slept, Jason looked down and admired her beauty, slowly brushing his hand over her hair.
"I wanted to stay awake I am sorry, do you mind if I go to bed"
"Nah, go ahead and get your stuff together and then I need to get ready for bed to."
"Are you going to stay with me, in your room tonight or is the couch mine?" I said devilishly.
"I know you are stubborn, but I will be fine on the couch. You have a good night sleep"
"If you are not going to do this my way, I might as well just stay up."
"Sam…Fine I will stay with you." She leaned in close toward him and kissed his lips and then ran off to get changed.
Rummaging through my bag, I found a note from Carly, basically stating she knew I would end up at Jason's so she packed me special clothes. This concerned me because Jason and I were not ready for that. It was some new lingerie Carly bought me, it fit perfectly and it was not to sexy/stripper like. I walked out of his room to let him change, but before he could see me I ran into the bathroom to brush my teeth and stuff.
"Sam whenever you are ready, I am done, so you can come in and pick the side of the bed you want."
"Sam, you look amazing"
"Yeah, let us just say Carly packed my bag"
"Well she did a good job, you are perfection in that" I said thank you and went for the right side of the bed and scooched myself toward Jason. He smiled and pulled me into him with his arm draping over my shoulder. We woke up in nearly the same position, I leaned in and kissed him on the lips. He woke up slowly "Hey, did you sleep well?"
"Yes, best night I have had in a while." I said softly
"I'm glad" and then he kissed me, which turning into a passionate kiss, where he was soon on top of me. We heard a knock on the door and stopped—but it was sort of a good thing, neither of us, were ready for the next step. Jason rolled onto his back and I jumped up, "Uh, I'll get the door. Do you have a robe or something?"
"No, why don't you take a shirt from the top drawer. Sam, we should to talk?"
"Thanks, umm I'll be right back" before I left I kissed him softly on the lips.
I unlocked the door to see Brian standing there. "Hey there Sam, am I interrupting anything?"
"No, nah no, Carly invited Sonny over and I became homeless- hence the pj's." He just laughed as I rambled, trying to avoid the awkwardness.
"Do you want me to get Jason?"
"Actually I came to pick up my furniture. But I would not mind saying a quick hello"
"Okay great, but I want to say something first—what happened between us, I handled it wrong and did not give you a chance to explain yourself. I have done so many things in my life that were just as bad (in a different way) and should not have been so quick to judge. I am so sorry and I hope we can get past that and perhaps be friends…"
"I would really like that Sam. I never meant to hurt you and…" I interrupted him and said he did not have to explain. Brian went to hug me but Jason was walking toward us, so he stopped. I felt bad for him, so gave him a quick squeeze "Don't be a stranger". As I left the room, I gave Jason the 'I'm sorry, don't be mad' smile.
I was in the bathroom, getting my stuff packed and getting dressed. Instead of interrupting and scaring Brian off, I waited and partially eves dropped.
Jason/Brian Talk
"So you and Sam, never saw that coming." Brian began
"Yeah, are becoming really good friends, we will see where it goes from there" Jason said with a smirk
"Well I am here to pick up my furniture and then move it to NYC where I got a promotion plus it is close to my family. But, I also want to talk about what happened with Sam, I mean if you are comfortable with it"
"No, go ahead." Jason said a bit uneasy
"Well the thing with the football team, they needed someone to pull a scam on the teacher, and I figured Sam could have helped. But what no one knew is that I gave it up within the first two days of meeting her—I realized that it was her past and bringing up that side of her is what she ran away from. I never meant to go along with it—because I began seeing her in a new light, actually began to fall for her.
"Why didn't you defend yourself that night?"
"Because she would trust you over me, Carly has all the faith in the world of you and Sam and her nearly think alike. Except I think Sam is a bit more street smart" Brian said laughing
"I see. You should tell Sam, she deserves the truth." Jason said
"Jason, you and her are happy, I bet everyone but you two see how much you like each other. There is no need to stir the pot and bring up the past to question it. I just wanted you to know, that I would never intentionally hurt a woman, in fact I have become involved with a great girl and I have to admit there are some similarities between her and Sam. I guess the girl that I want is like Sam, but Sam deserves someone like you"
"Thanks, but if you are not going to tell her anytime soon, what should I do with this information?"
"You decide, do what is in her best interest. Oh is it possible to pick up the furniture later—I still need to rent a U-Haul?"
"Yeah, is around three okay?"
"Perfect, see you then. BYE SAM" Alex yelled
When Brian left, Jason was dumbfounded. Telling Sam would re-hash the past and I like where we were heading. I am falling for Sam, whether I like to admit it or not. She has to know—but I cannot be the one to tell her.
Sam quietly walked out of the bathroom, "Is the coast clear" noticing something was off with Jason, she walked up to him and stroked his arm "Hey, what's a matter; you can tell me what is wrong"
Instead of talking he gave me a long hug and then walked to his bedroom, shutting the door behind him. Sam was not sure what to do, so she went and gathered her things and left.
Hope you are enjoying the story. I have two different versions for the next chapter, I am leaning toward the version when Jason handles the situation wrong because I have an awesome apology note from Jason written already. Let me know what you think and thank you to all who are reading and a major thanks for the comments!
Oh and check out my other story: The Visitor...Chapter 2 is up!!!!
