"Hey Sam, how was the date with Punk?" Amanda asked
"It was good, I really like him Amanda, I want to chose him but I'm afraid that dad and John will ruin it." Sam said
"Sis, I talked to both of them and told them that if you chose him they were not allowed to mess it up in any way." Amanda said
"Do you think they would listen to you?" Sam asked
"John will, daddy, I'm not so sure about." Amanda said
"That makes me feel so much better sis." Sam said
"I'm sorry but I can't help what daddy does." Amanda said
"No but mom can, can you talk to her for me?" Sam asked
"I don't know what mom wants sis, if she is on daddy's side there is nothing mom will do." Amanda said
"But can you at least ask her?" Sam asked
"Yes, I will ask her but I'm not guaranteeing anything." Amanda said
"That is fine, I love you sis." Sam said
"I love you to sis." Amanda said taking out her cellphone and calling her mom
"Hey mom, who do you think Sam should date, Punk or Nitro? Oh really ok mom you do know that that is just daddy's point-of-view right? You do know that I' m best friends with him right? Ok whatever mom, Sam isn't going to be happy but whatever you want to believe. You and Carol take care of my babies for me. Bye." Amanda said hanging up the phone
"Sorry sis, she is on daddy's side." Amanda said to Sam who was looking sad
"Damnit sis what am I going to do?" Sam asked
"Hope that daddy will listen to me." Amanda said
"Amanda, you said yourself that your not sure that dad will listen to you." Sam said
"That is why I said to hope that he does," Amanda said
"This isn't fair, I'm a big girl I should be allowed to date whoever I want to date without any interference with my parents." Sam said
"Sam, they are just looking out for your best interest, I mean they just found you, they don't want to see you get hurt, and they have heard the rumors about Punk and they don't want to take them as just rumors." Amanda said
"But you said yourself that they are just rumors, even Maria says so." Sam said
"I know that, but that doesn't mean that mom and daddy are going to believe them, they think that we are just saying that to get them to like him." Amanda said
"But this just isn't fair." Sam said
"Ok here is the deal, tell me why you don't like Nitro and why you like Punk and I will go tell daddy and John and I will go and tell them what you said and see what they have to say." Amanda said
"Ok, Nitro is hot, very hot, but we just don't have anything in common where as Punk and I have everything in common, from our favorite foods to our favorite Bands, I just don't think that Nitro and I would get along like me and Punk would." Sam said
"Now that is a good reason, I will go talk to daddy and John right now and see what they have to say about it." Amanda said
"Thank you sis." Sam said
"No problem." Amanda said walking out of the locker room
"John we have to do something to make sure Sam chooses Nitro, I will not have my daughter dating Punk." Mark said
"Mark, maybe Amanda is right, it's Sam's decision and if Sam wants to choose Punk let her choose Punk." John said
"Your only saying that, because your wife told you to leave it alone and you don't want to piss off your wife." Mark said
"You would think that knowing how mad you got at your daughter for Cody's lie, you would give her the benefit of listening to her." John said
"Thank you John." Amanda said walking into the locker room
"How long were you standing there?" Mark asked
"Long enough to know that you are still dead set against letting Sam make her own decisions." Amanda said
"Darlin, you have to look at this from my point-of-view, I don't trust Punk." Mark said
"And you obviously don't trust me either." Amanda said
"Darlin, I love you but I don't think Punk is the right choice for your sister." Mark said
"Daddy, you saying things like that and not listening to me about Punk shows that you don't trust me, I don't think that you ever really trusted me, did you daddy, not after what Cody did because you didn't trust me then and you don't trust me now." Amanda said walking back out of the room
"I told you Mark, you should have just listened to her." John said
"Let me go talk to her." Mark said as he walked out of the room to find Amanda sitting right outside of the locker room
"Honey I'm really sorry, I do trust you it's just that I don't trust Punk." Mark said
"Daddy, I've told you and Maria has told you, he is not abusive it is just what some people said if he was I wouldn't and Maria sure as hell wouldn't let anyone date him." Amanda said
"I know that but darlin' you have to give me the respect on this decision." Mark said
"Daddy you should be giving me the benefit of the doubt here, I mean you should be trusting my judgment over some rumors, but you won't even listen to me or give Punk and Sam a chance." Amanda said
"I'm sorry darlin' but on this one I just can't do that" Mark aid
"Then you don't trust me." Amanda said
"Yes I do trust you, you are my daughter and I love you but with this it isn't so easy to trust anyone else." Mark said
"Not even your daughters best friend, yeah daddy, you really trust me, I have to go get Sam, tell John I'll see him later." Amanda said as she walked away
"She's still pissed at me and saying that I don't trust her." Mark said when he walked back into the locker room where John was sitting reading a magazine
"Mark, your telling her that you don't trust one of her best friends that she knows almost as good as me is kind of like telling her you don't trust her, I think you should give Punk that Benefit of the doubt here and see how things go, if he hurts Sam then, you and I both will beat the shit out of him and I'm sure Amanda will to." John said
"I know that but I don't want it to happen at all." Mark said
"Mark, I don't think you have a choice, I mean Sam is going to pick whoever she wants to pick and it isn't going to matter what you say or do, if she wants Punk, she is going to pick him, you might as well give in to what it is she wants and let your feelings aside, she is a big girl." John said
"John, we just found her, I don't want to see her get hurt now that I've found her." Mark said
"Mark we all lost touch with Amanda for like 3 years after what Cody did, and when she came back into the picture you weren't anywhere near this protective of her, what is really going on?" John asked
"John I knew that she would wind back up with you and I knew that I didn't have to worry about anything with you because you have been there for her for years before Cody did what he did and I knew when we all found out that it was a lie that you were going to be the one person she wound up marrying and none of us cared about that but with Sam I don't know her the way I know Amanda and it scares me that something bad is going to happen to her and I'm not going to know how to fix it." Mark said
"Mark, she is your daughter, if you let her live her own life, make her own decisions she will come around and when she has a problem, she will come to you." John said
"This fatherly advice coming from a guy who has two newborns." Mark said
"Mark, I have watched my dad for years, and my Dan and Matt both have kids and I've watched them they let there kids make some of there own choices so they know what they think is right and if it comes back hard on them they let there kids figure out what they did wrong so they know not to do it the next time." John said
"John I don't think I can let her make her own decisions I mean she is like my little girl because I just met her after she was kidnapped and I don't know what to do, I want to protect her the way I protected Amanda when she was little." Mark said
"Sam isn't little though, She is a big girl and she needs to live her own life, make her own decisions, you let Amanda make up her own mind about going back out with me and now we are happily married and have two beautiful children, if you let Sam make her own decision, she will be happy to with whoever she chooses as well as with you and Linda." John said
"You know John for a new father; you are about as good with the fatherly advice as I would be telling Adam or Amanda." Mark said
"Well you learn a lot when your wife is pregnant, you start paying attention to the way your father treated you and the way your family treats there kids." John said
"Yeah I remember that." Mark said
"Good, look maybe you should talk to Amanda and Sam, your there father and they both deserve to hear why you are so dead set against Punk and they need to tell you why they think he is the better of the two." John said
"Yeah you're right, thank you John you're a really good son-in-law." Mark said
"I try my best." John said as Mark walked out of the room and to Sam's locker room and knocked on the door when Sam opened the door he said "We need to talk, is your sister in here?"
"Yeah she is here dad come in." Sam said
"Look I don't trust Punk because I haven't known you for that long due to the kidnapping and it is just really hard on me to get over the rumors because I don't want to see you get hurt." Mark said
"Well dad, thank you for that sentiment but I'm the same age as Amanda and I should be allowed to make my own decisions." Sam said
"I know that but if you could see my point-of-view on this, it is that I just can't get over the fact that there are people who say that he beat the hell out of Maria and before you say anything Amanda, I know that Maria has said that nothing happened but the reason I'm here is because I want to know why you feel that Punk is the best choice?" Mark asked
"Dad, Punk and I have everything in common, and Nitro and I don't have anything in common, I'll admit the man is hot as hell but I need to have something more then just looks." Sam said
"Oh well that is a good way to look at it." Mark said
"Yeah but I'm not ready to make my decision just yet, right now I'm saying I want to date Punk but I have one more date with Nitro tonight and I want to go on that before I make my full decision." Sam said
"Ok, at least you are giving them both a fair chance." Mark said
"Amanda, your husband gives very good advice, you should keep him around." Mark said
"I plan to daddy." Amanda said
"I'm sorry that you think that I don't trust you, I really do." Mark said
"I know you do daddy." Amanda said
"Well I better get back to my locker room before John goes through everything." Mark said
"I'll come with you daddy and take my husband out of your locker room for you I'm hungry I'll make him come to catering with me." Amanda said
"Thank you darlin'." Mark said
"No problem." Amanda said
"Bye guys." Sam yelled after them and they just waved.
Well here is my next chapter I hope you all like it. The Next chapter will be the final chapter where Sam finally picks who it is she wants to date.