Chapter 10 – Sam everyone everyone Sam
Disclaimer – I do not own one tree hill
The rest of the week smoothly as it could have gone with just Lucas and Sam she couldn't get up to much because she was grounded and Lucas knew she was becoming bored but as far as he was concerned she needed time to reflect and realise she wasn't going anywhere that Nathan and Lucas wanted her, after breakfast Lucas told Sam everyone would be at the house about 1pm and Nathan would be home at noon so he was trusting her not to do anything she shouldn't and for once Sam never she sat on the sofa watching TV until 11:30 when she got ready and heard the phone ring she tried to run and answer it but it went to the voice mail " hi this is Lucas Nathan and Sam we're not here right now but leave a message" the machine said and made Sam smile she listened to the voicemail carefully " Hi its Connie from the adoption agency we have a new-born baby here looking to be adopted call me back". Sam knew this was too good to be true she knew they'd send her back to the pound as soon as they got something better Sam decided she wasn't going to give them that chance she ran upstairs and grabbed all her stuff and put it in a bag because she was so busy grabbing stuff and putting it in the bag she didn't hear the car pull into the drive as she ran down the stairs and opened the door not looking or caring where she was going she ran straight slap bang into Nathan " going somewhere Sammy?" Nathan asked clearly pissed
Sam looked up at him with tears in her eyes she didn't know what hurt more the fall or the fact she was stupid enough to let herself think this was forever " ermm… I was just going to take the trash out" Sam lied why was she lying she didn't care what he had to say anymore
" that's not a trash bag Sammy that's your bag now if I was to go into your room all your stuff would still be there?" Nathan asked knowing the answer
" fine it wouldn't you wanna know what I was going to run happy now you know I was going to run before you both sent me back to the pound no one wants a mut when they can have a puppy" Sam yelled
At this point Lucas was behind Nathan and he was confused he pushed both of them inside and shut the door " I suggest someone tells me what's going on I left for an hour and sams ready to run again and your both yelling so someone start talking" Lucas yelled he was pissed off no one would tell him
" Sam what the hell are you talking about puppies and muts and pounds for you know you're going nowhere that you're staying right here" Nathan told her concerned
" yeah right Nathan if you think I'm going to believe that your more stupid than I thought" Sam yelled as she charged over to the phone and hit play and the message played Nathan and Lucas stood in shock.
" Sam is this what set you off? This was before we even knew you were coming to live with us Sammy we've told you countless times this is your home now and it always will be" Nathan told her as he pulled her into a hug
" and even if it was recently we'd have talked to you about it first like we did when Nathan had to go away last week" Lucas added as he joined the hug
Nathan kissed the top of sams head " you're staying for good Sammy no one's going anywhere I promise baby" Nathan told her
Sam felt like an idiot for jumping to conclusions just as she was about the say something the front door swung open " WE'RE HERE" Karen shouted
" where's my grandkid" deb called from behind her
Nathan laughed trust their family to make an entrance like that " Sam this is my mom deb , Lucas's mom Karen and his dad Keith and this is lily" Nathan told her pointing to everyone as he told her who they were
"oh my grand baby" Karen and Deb yelled as they hugged her clearly overly excited.
" can't breathe help please" Sam said as she felt the oxygen supply being cut off.
Keith laughed at he said "okay ladies enough let the kid breathe" he pulled Sam into a hug then let her go.
" I'm just gonna go upstairs and umm well I don't really know but I know you'll all want to talk about me so ill just go upstairs and gove use what 10 minutes then use can bombard me with questions about my life and ask me if I like living with the dumb and dumber" sam said in a very sarcastic manner
"SAMANTHA!" Lucas and Nathan yelled as everyone else laughed at the fact sam knew what was about to happen.
" I suggest you apologise now Sam if you ever want to see the outdoors again! And enough of being rude and the sarcasm Samantha you're in no place to argue after earlier don't you agree?" Lucas said to her in an answer me back and you'll get the spanking of a lifetime tone
" sorry but can I at least go get changed?" Sam asked
" go but be back down here in 10 minutes ill be up there if your now" Nathan told her as he smiled at her
As Sam walked upstairs leaving everyone else downstairs she heard Karen and Deb defend her " Nathan Lucas that's not fair she was joking no0t being rude stop being so hard on her" , Sam had a feeling she was going to like Deb and Karen.
"mom Deb honestly if you were us you'd understand she ran the first night she got here , skipped classes and went to run when she heard the voicemail from the adoption place we applied for before we got Sam she doesn't get that she's all we want but we're slowly getting her to open up, we love her too much to give up" luces told them honestly
" she reminds me of you Nathan when you used sarcasm as a defence so give her time she'll get there" Karen told them.
As the adults chatted amongst themselves Sam came back down for a bottle of water and asked " Nathannn Lucasss" she said in kids voice dragging out their names
"what do you want Sammy?" Lucas asked suspicious
" can I go out for a while please! I'm so bored and jack asked me if I wanted to go over please" she said giving them the puppy dog eyes
"no Sammy sorry kid but your grounded and you know that" Nathan told her
" ugh I hate you both" Sam yelled as she stomped upstairs
" love you too Sam" they both yelled after her
While everyone started a conversation and started dinner Karen snuck off to see Sam she knocked on Sams door and waited for sam to tell her to come in " come in" sam yelled.
" hey kid your dinners almost ready just thought I'd come tell you and maybe have a little chat since we barely got to talk earlier considering you and your dad's had a fight, so Sam how's life" Karen asked her
" thanks and hmm let's see I'm not used to the whole family thing and for about the thousandth time Lucas and Nathan have been referred to as my dad's and I think I like it but I'm just not believing its forever y'know I've been passed around so many families and not one have kept me so when I heard the message I panicked and do what I always do and run and that's why their pissed at me and plus the fact my past isn't the best or the easiest to talk about" Sam told her honestly with emotion and tears in her voice
Karen was shocked at how much Sam had opened up to her " well Sam if you ask them they are your dad's and you may think im saying this because Lucas is my son but that adoption message was way before you came into their lives and they love you more than they ever thought they could love anyone, maybe you should tell them this when we leave hm?" Karen said
" yeah maybe your right" sam told her
As everyone sat down to dinner and chatted about everything in general what Karen had said to Sam was still playing on her mind so she decided to talk to Lucas and Nathan when everyone left.
When everyone left Sam was supposed to be in bed as Nathan and Lucas sat on the sofa with a beer, Sam came back downstairs and said " hey guys can I talk to you?"
" of course you can Sammy come sit beside us" Lucas told her
Sam sat in-between them and she immediately felt safe she took a deep breath and said " I'm sorry about earlier and I just ran because I was scared and I get why you guys are pissed and I just wanted to say I'm sorry I'm still getting used to this you know, everywhere else I've lived it's been all about the money but then I come here and you guys don't give a shit about the money"
" okay we understand Sammy but you got to talk to us not run okay or else we can't sort it, and we know your past wasn't the easiest Sarah told us we could look at your file but we haven't we'll wait till you let us in and tell us okay?" Nathan said as he and Lucas both pulled her into a hug
" Nathan's right kiddo you need to tell us what's up not run cause we love you okay" Lucas said to her
"okay" Sam said as she felt safe snuggled in-between them
Soon enough Sam fell asleep and Nathan carried her up to bed " goodnight baby girl daddy loves you" he whispered as he kissed her forehead and headed back to bed to Lucas
" I think we really got somewhere with her Nate" Lucas said to him as he snuggled himself into Nathans arms and kissed him
"I know im so proud of her it must have took a lot, goodnight Luke I love you!" Nathan said to him as he drifted off to sleep
"goodnight Natey always and forever" Lucas yawned and fell asleep