I wanted to finish up JaSam's involvement in Kristina's attack, so this is a short chapter.

Special Thanks to robinscorpiofan and tennmom2006 for their help in the storyline. I incorporated both ideas into this chapter, so thanks for pushing me to write. The next chapter I post won't be for a while, at least until there are new spoilers. Enjoy this chapter and comments are always appreciated.

Chapter 10

Jason saw Sam walk back in Kristina's room and wanted to punch the wall in frustration. He went back to the Penthouse in hopes of Spinelli finding something.

When Jason left, Sam walked outside and slid down the wall, tearing. She wanted more than anything for him to hold her, but he was not being fair to the victim, her sister. She looked up and saw Mark standing there with coffee in hand.

"Hey, McCall. How are we doing today?" and sat down next to her

"I saw Jason"

"How did that go"

"I yelled at him and then for a moment everything seemed fine, but reality stung and I could not even look at him."

"Why are you mad at him? Because I think you got over the whole him having a different opinion"

"I understand that he can believe something else. Sometimes I think differently from him. It just hit so close to home that I am just having trouble looking at him. I want to be with him right now. I want him to hold me" She stopped "Is this making you uncomfortable?"

"No. Go ahead let everything out. This is what friends are for"

"I want him to just try and understand my side."

"Do you believe Kristina"

"Not so sure. I mean, I think I know who really did it. Because he is a manipulator and I want to tell someone, but Kristina's dad is brutal when it comes to protecting his kids. He already hates the kid."

"Tell Jason."

"Not after earlier."

"Why not"

"I don't know. I am just afraid to let him see me vulnerable. And this situation makes me vulnerable."

"Come here" and Mark pulled her into a hug and ran his hand over her back. Sam felt the hug was a little too friendly and needed to get out of there, before he had all her emotions in his hand

"Hey, I need to go check on someone"

"You want me to come"

"No." and Sam walked away

Jason and Spinelli were going over the police report on Kristina and the arrest on Ethan. Jason realized then that Kristina's boyfriend may have played a role. "Spinelli, can you find Kiefer for me?"

"He is at the school's basketball game. It starts in an hour."

"I am going to get his story"

"Stonecold, may want to hurry. The parking lot security camera shows Fair Samantha's car"

"Call me if there is any change."

Kiefer/Sam/and others

"Kiefer heard about you hot piece"

"Krissy, yeah she is in the hospital"

"Good thing your hand healed after that, or coach would not let you play"

"I know. Plus I would have been a suspect if they saw the redness and blood and stuff"

"Are they on to you"

"Nope. And Krissy will not tell. She knows my family problems, my dad and stuff"

"Kiefer?" Sam said walking around the car they were standing behind

"Oh, Sam. Is there something wrong with Krissy?"

"No, but there is obviously something wrong with you" she stepped closer

"Guys, this is Kristina's older sister Sam"

"Nice to meet you, I am the bitch that has a nasty back hand and not afraid to use it" She extended her hand

"See you inside Kiefer" and boys ran off

"What are you talking about"

"I know"

"Kristina tell you?" he stepped toward her

"No, but you just did" she saw his fists tense and his demeanor go from fake concerned to angry

"I have an advantage over you: first, you confronted Ethan earlier this week, he could be coming after you for getting too involved. And second, I could easily over power you. You are small."

"But I am not" Sam turned around to see Max

"I am not so small either" Milo came from the other direction. They had no weapons but they were scary intimidating. Sam looked around to see if Jason would come out too, but instead she heard Lucky telling Kiefer to put his hands against the car. Next she heard Dante talking to Max about giving a statement

"Jason figured you would want it handled this way for Kristina's sake" Dante said coming toward her

"yeah, he was right. Is he here?" she asked Dante

"Not sure, he called Lucky and said he would find you here and Max and Milo would be there if Kiefer escalated things. I guess he did."

"I recorded the conversation. I assume you want the recorder"

"That would be great. You are on smart and tough girl. People do not give you enough credit do they?"

"No" she laughed "Is that all?"

"Yep. I will take care of everything, especially because Kristina is my sister"

"Thank you" and Sam walked off back to her car.

When she looked up she saw Jason leaning against the hood of her car.

"I was wondering if you wanted to order some Chinese and maybe talk?"

Sam went up and hugged him "I am sorry, for acting irrational and not being objective"

"It hit close to home on two accounts. You do not need to apologize. I need to, I was insensitive to the situation and I had no evidence to back it up or another witness"

"Forgiven. I did not want this to ruin us, because I love you and I know you have your opinions and I have mine." She rubbed the tears away "So you said something about Chinese?"

He laughed "I did. Are you up for it, or do you want to see Kristina?"

"I think I need a break from all of that, at least for tonight. And I could not think of a better way to spend it."

"I'm glad. I drove here with Max and Milo. Want me to drive?"

"Yeah. We can go to my place. I cleaned like a crazy women when my mom told me to take a breather from the hospital. I surprised myself on my cleaning abilities"

"I love you" and he placed a kiss on her forehead.

They got to her apartment and she ordered the Chinese. They sat down with candles and ate on the floor surrounded by pillows. "This is perfect" she said opening the many cartons of Chinese food

"You are perfect" he smiled

"So I figured I should tell you about my past."

"Only if you want to"

"I do, and you want me to too. Before you say anything I am doing it more for myself. When I had my first flashback it was when I saw Kristina at the hospital. And then went I went home, I had this horrible nightmare about it. I wanted to call you so bad, but I was afraid because when your first found out, we were angry and hurt by each other."

"I regret not listening to you."

"Past is the past. I am telling you all of it now." Sam moved toward Jason so her back was against his chest. She was unsure if she could look at him and be able to get it all out. Sam explained every detail, more than she had told anyone, even Mark. She held back the tears but a few got passed her and Jason wiped them away. Every now and then he would rub her shoulders or arms. When Sam was done she turned around, her face red with tear stains.

"I wish I could have known."

"It is fine. It got me to confront my feelings and my past."

"So it helped?"

"Yeah, in some way it did. It was scary, because it left me vulnerable to you."

"It is okay, to show another side to you, I have seen it before"

"But, this time is different. I still own my independence. You know, what I just want to lay in your arms"

"That sounds perfect" and they stood up and got into bed where Jason held Sam close to his body, for comfort and safety.

The next day they both went to the hospital to check on Kristina. Jason waited outside and talked to Sonny about what Sam found out, he was furious. Sam explained Jason and her abuse story to Kristina in hopes of her admitting the truth. Kristina did admit she was mad a t Ethan so she pointed fingers but refused to tell her who actually did it. Sam mentioned that Kiefer threatened her and Kristina broke down in tears. Sam left the room and asked for Michael to go in and talk some sense into Kristina about how telling the truth is so much better then secrets referring to his secret. Kristina finally called Lucky in to give her true statement and he told her Kiefer was arrested for talking about attacking her. She then knew she made the right choice in telling the truth and asked to speak to Jason.

"You were right about telling the truth"

"I should have not pressured you"

"Just do me a favor and never hurt Sam. She has been through so much and I would hate to see her be upset again. She told me that you know about her abuse, and I just wanted to thank you for understanding and not judging her. It is hard to open up to people."

"I will protect Sam with my life and make sure never to hurt her again, to the best of my ability."

"That's all I ask. Could you do me another favor"

"Sure"

"Could you tell Ethan that I am so sorry and when he is ready I would like to talk with him and apologize?"

"I will. You get some rest."

"Sam, are you going to stay?" Jason asked

"I think I am going home for a much needed bath."

"Alright"

"Or you come over and we could open up the Jacuzzi?"

"Are you sure?"

"Positive" Sam said and they went back to her place for some afternoon delight of hot tub and other extra-curricular activities!

Thanks for reading.

P.S. Do not worry, I am working on a way to show Sam who Mark really is--I hinted in this chapter!!!