HEllo guys! i know i ud cause i was sick today and had to get tested for strep throat! Yeah i don't have it! thank god!

Anyways so obviously i had some time to write! And i know it's shorter than all the others...

But it has to be this way for the others!

So hope you enjoy!

Ch 11 –Taking it slowly-

It turns out Sam and Jake didn't make out at all when Sam pulled him into the house. They were about to when Sam realized what she was doing.

"Wait Jake…" Sam muttered, pushing him back a little, "We can't…do this so fast."

Jake sighed, "I know, you're right" he muttered, "We should just take it slowly…"

Sam nodded her head. "Yeah…" she said a little out of breath. Why was she feeling this way? She shouldn't like him this much so fast… Sam's thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of her cell phone. "One sec…" Sam said jumping off the couch and running up stairs.

"Hello?"

"Hey Sam" came Ryan's voice.

"Oh hey Ryan!" Sam said into the phone.

"Yeah…Umm could you possibly meet me in like 10 minutes, right after dusk?" he asked, his voice sounded shaky, and Sam had to wonder what's wrong.

"Um sure…but what's wrong Ryan? Are you okay?" asked Sam.

"I'll explain it all there…Look Sam I got to go…I'll see you in a minute." Ryan said.

It sounded like somebody was coming up the stairs to Sam. "Okay bye." Sam muttered hanging up the phone.

She went over to her door and looked down the hall way, just in time to see her parents door close. Sam rushed down stairs, almost running into Dallas.

"Whoa there little cowgirl, haven't seen you in a while, how's the farm been without us?" he asked, as he gave her a hug.

"Trust me, not as good without you guys here!" Sam laughed. "Um where's my dad?" asked Sam looking around.

"Oh he and Bryanna went up stairs, she looked upset about something…" Dallas explained.

Sam sighed, "Oh okay, where'd Jake go?"

"He had to go home, he said he would see you tomorrow." Dallas muttered, as he walked out into the ranch yard.

"You know what Dall, I think I'm going to go for a ride…Give Ace a little exercise…" Sam said as she brought Ace out of the pasture for yet another ride.

"You want me to tell your dad for ya?" he asked as she swung herself into the saddle.

"Thanks Dall, I'll be back in an hour!" Sam said giving him a small smile, before letting Ace out into an easy lope. For some reason, Sam had a bad feeling when it came to this talk with Ryan. She couldn't put her finger on it, but something was defiantly wrong.

Ace sensing her uneasiness side stepped, almost causing Sam to fall.

"It's all right baby, just a feeling" Sam whispered to him, sending him on a way.

Sam arrived a few minutes later, noticing that Ryan was already there. Jumping down off Ace, Sam easily ground tied him, and walked over to Ryan who was sitting on a rock.

"What's goin' on buddy?" asked Sam as she sat next to him.

Ryan turned to look at her. "Sam I need your help."

Sam looked at him, and began to get nervous again. "Ryan's what's going on?"

Ryan sighed, and stood pacing around.

"Ryan just tell me!" Sam insisted, getting sick of him walking back and forth.

"Look," He said turning to stare her in the eyes. "My dad…he's trying…he's trying too…"

"Ryan!" Sam said standing up and gently grabbing his hands. "Whatever's going on just tell me…Now what's your father trying to do?"

Ryan sighed, "My dad's trying to capture your horse!"

Sam jumped up. "What?"

"I know," Ryan explained, "I didn't find out until I got home from school today! He was talking with Flick…"

"Flick?" Sam interrupted him. "Isn't that guy suppose to be in jail? I mean he practically tried to kill me!"

"He never had to go to jail," Ryan continued, "Anyways, I heard him and my dad talking about that horse of yours, they were saying something like they're gonna get him this time."

Sam was having a hard time trying to breath. The Phantom was everything to her, if something happened to him she'd…'Stop it Sam don't think like that…Blackie's going to be fine…He is fine, he's probably safe and sound right now with his herd!' she told herself. "Ryan were they still at the ranch when you left?"

"Yeah, my dad has to leave today for a couple days, he's going to like Kenford or something like that," Ryan muttered, "I didn't know what to do when I heard what they said, so I just ran to my room and called you…And I guess now we're here trying to figure out what were going to do about this."

Sam sighed, running a hand through her hair. "What are we going to do?"

Ryan looked at her and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry Sam…I wish I could say anything to make it all better…" He said looking at her.

Sam nodded her head, "Nah it's okay Ryan…"

"Look," he said lifting her chin so she was looking him straight in the eye. "I promise you I'll help you as much as I can to get my dad off your horse's back."

Sam smiled. "Thanks Ryan."

"No problem Sam," He said smiling at her, "Look you better get home, it's getting kind of late…I promise I'll call you the minute I hear anything!"

Sam nodded, giving him a quick hug, "I'll see you tomorrow Ryan."

Ryan nodded, before walking towards his car.

Sam sighed as she remounted Ace. 'Great as if things couldn't be worse enough, now I have to worry about Slocum finding the Phantom.' She thought.

By the time Sam got home, everybody was ready for dinner.

"Daddy!" Sam squealed as she ran into the house. She ran and gave him a hug as though she'd never see him again.

"Aww I missed you too baby doll." He said kissing the top of her head.

"Tell me how the trip was!" Sam said as she sat down in the kitchen chair.

Dad smiled sitting down across from her. "I will, but first tell me about this Jake Ely and you thing, I've been hearing so much about…"

Sam turned to look at Bryanna, who looked just as shocked as Sam. "How did you…how did you know?" asked Sam.

"This is a small town Sam…I heard it from Clara." Dad explained looking at her with amusement.

Sam smiled at him, and began to explain the whole story.

That night, Sam lay in her bed thinking about what everybody had told her, and what would happen in the future. What's going to happen with the Phantom…Jake…Her family…And a new baby brother on the way…and her friends…Sam sighed, she didn't know what was going to happen with anything…and to tell you the truth, that scared her, a lot…

End ch11

Hey guys! Okay now...how did you like it? I realzied last time i had Jake a little out of character, and i kinda wanna put them back in character...

Anways ch 12 is due thursday or maybe even tommorow who knows...

NExt ch just wanna give u guys a heads up...I'm going into the begining of Sam's jr year...Don't worry you'll still get everything that happened, they're going to be lots of flashbacks so don't worry...this is just gotta happen for everything else to take place you know? Anyways i hope you guys don't mind it'll be out sometime soon promise!

please review...and thanks to all the reviewrs from last ch!

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