Bonjour! Sorry for the wait! Thankyou for all the great reviews! As I said, I was moving house this weekend and guess what? I'm living next to one of my teachers! Boy, things are going to get awkward! Anyway, enough about my problems, what about Sam and Tom's? That preview clip didn't look like they were being very friendly to me (episode 28) But I'm glad that finally casulaty have decided to address the subject of Sam and Tom's failed relationship. Hope you can follow this chapter; I tried to do something different than usual but its a bit complicated. Anyways, here's chapter 12!
Sam's POV:
Darkness
Blackness
It was dark, and black.
But what was it?
Where was it?
Where was she?
What had happened?
Tom's POV (Present):
He was tossing and turning in his bed. It was one of those dreams that feel so real, like they're actually happening. In his dream he could see a silhouette of a figure, floating. But that was all the rest was darkness. It was filled with darkness and blackness. A shaft a light streamed through from above the water and illuminated the water for a brief second. He glimpsed a face, Sam's. He shot up in bed, sweat pouring down his face. He turned and reached for Sam, but his hand was met with an empty space...
2 Hours Before:
He arrived back to his house and settled Sam on the sofa. She was still slightly scared and 'out of it'. He went into the kitchen and put the kettle on.
"Sam, tea or coffee?" When he didn't get a reply he poked his head round the door and saw Sam staring outside.
"Sam?"
"What.. sorry, yes umm, tea please."
"Okay. What were you looking at outside?"
"Oh, that. I just wanted to go for a walk." She replied, thinking it perfectly reasonable to want to go for a walk at nearly 11 o'clock.
"Sam, its dark and it's late. Can't we just have a walk tomorrow?" He moaned.
"I'll only be gone 10 minutes, 20 at most." She saw his face soften, and used that to her advantage. "Please, I just need to time to clear my head. I was just going to down by the river, nobody will be there, I'll be safe."
"Okay, but only 20 minutes. Would you like me to stay up and wait for you?"
She could see he was tired, so replied, "No, go on. Get some sleep and I'll be back soon." And she was gone, into the night.
Sam's POV (Present):
The deeper she went, the darker it got. Not that it made a difference. Dark is dark- there are no shades of it. The darkness was pulling her down, and she couldn't stop it. The further away from the top she got, the heavier she felt she was becoming. A black shape obsecured her vision, and suddenly that weight was lifted. Tom was pulling her from the water, to the surface. He got to the bank and dragged her onto it. He checked to see if she was conscious, but she hadn't been for quite a while. He could at least see her breathing, even if she was barley. He lay her down and began to pound on her weak chest, once, twice until he reached thirty. He stopped only to breathe into her mouth, in the hope it might give her some more air.
"Come on Sam! Breathe!" He pounded again but nothing was working. He lay down on her chest in defeat.
But then, a small twitch. Her finger moved, he was sure! He began to breathe into her mouth again, and continued with chest compressions. She began choke, so he hit her hard in the chest once, to dislodge the water. It spurted out of her mouth, and she began a violent coughing fit.
"Hey, it's okay, just breathe." He murmured into her wet hair, as he pulled her into his arms.
"Its okay, it's going to be alright." He rocked her back and forth, trying to calm her.
When her coughing finally subsided into heavy panting, he decided to move her.
"Come on, you need to get to hospital Sam." When she protested, he quickly interjected, "Oh no Sam, you are going to hospital whether you like it or not." With that he picked her up into his arms and began to carry her into his car. He lay her down in the back, knowing that she wouldn't be able to hold herself up in the front seat.
He arrived at the hospital in 10 minutes; now was not the time to be worried about speeding. He knew that Sam wouldn't want to be admitted; she hated any fuss. He looked over at her, and decided she could stay in the staffroom for now. He gently picked her up, and hearing soft moan, he whispered, "Don't worry, its all going to be alright."
He locked the car before carrying her into the ED. He did a quick search, and was thankful that no one he knew was there. He opened the staffroom door, thankful that it was empty. He heard the door open behind him, and then a voice.
"SAM!?" Zoe shrieked.
Crap. Tom had forget to tell her that he had found Sam...
Okay, first things first. I can not take create license for this chapters title: Don't You Worry Child as it was named after a song. Nor can I take full creative license the Sam water/drowning scene as it was based on S8E12 of One Tree Hill when Brooke drowns.
Just realised that the part in bold before I started this chapter was written about a week ago so some of it may be wrong. But never mind that! Loved last Saturdays episode and hope that this means that relationship might get rebooted again- and from the looks of that episodes 26-38 spoiler clip, it looks like Tam is certainly on the mend! And while we're on the subject of spoiler clips, it look like both Sam and Tom have got some interesting storylines!
As always, please review and feel free to PM me. Thanks for reading! *Just looke at reviews and realise I have got 50! Yay!
Hannah xx
