I arrive at Brian's and I waste no time knocking on the door. He knew that I was coming, so he left the door open. I get inside and as soon as I spot Brian, I go straight towards hims giving him a tight hug. I start to sob because I am so fucking scared.

"Shh. Sammy, it's gonna be okay." He says softly to me.

I whimper in his tight hold. I look up at him, slowly. "Bri, I'm fucking scared."

Brian rubs his hand lightly across my cheek and brushes my hair behind my ear. He then wipes my tears away with his thumbs. I then look up at him with a small smile on my face. I look into his eyes and see lust in them. He then moves forward and crashes his lips against mine. I hitch because I was not expecting that, but I kiss him back as soon as I regain my focus on Brian. His moves his tongue on top of my bottom lip asking for entrance. I quickly let him in knowing that I wanted him.

We break from the kiss, both gasping for air. I stare at him and smile. "Bri, I-" He cuts me off.

"Sammy. I want you to know that you're safe. If Ricky ever tries to hurt your, I will stop him. You don't deserve to be treated this horribly, especially in college!" He stops. His voice is now full of anger. "God dammit! Why doesn't he just grow the fuck up! He's in fucking college!"

I jolt away from him as soon as he raises his hands up, but I return when he calms down. "I uh. I'm gonna talk to him tomorrow if I feel like going back."

Brian stares directly into my eyes. "Babe, I don't want you to go back if you don't feel safe."

"Brian, I feel safe. He just caught me off guard today. I need to talk to Joey too. I need to know why he ratted us out." Brian clenches his fist because he now knows that someone, and that someone being my friend, told Ricky. "Calm down please." I hug him again and I can feel his body relax with my touch.

"Sorry Sam. I just want you to be safe."

"I understand, but I wanna see how far this goes before I get anyone to help me out."

Brian sighs. "You're an adult. I'm sure you can handle your situations on your own. Promise that you'll tell me if things get worse."

"Brian." I take his hand and wrap my pinky around his. "I pinky promise." We both giggle. Brian gives me a light kiss on the forehead and gets up.

"Are ya hungry?"

"Not really. I still need to look for a job." We sit in silence for a moment and I begin to think of places that are hiring. I jump up in excitement when I remembered that Spencer's, in the local mall, is hiring.

"Do you think I can get a job at Spencer's?"

"Well." Brian stopped whatever he was doing to turn and face me. "You've worked in a bookstore before as a cashier and you had to check inventory a lot of time working there. I think you can get a job a Spencer's easily."

"Oh my God! I wouldn't mind working at Spencer's. It's actually store I like." I sit back down and text all of my friends about my potential new job. This sudden burst of happiness suddenly made me hungry as well. I then remembered Zoey talking about a double-date earlier today. I wouldn't mind that because me and Zoey haven't talked in some time.

"Hey Bri?"

"Mhmm." He muttered as he was getting out some milk. "Well, me and Zoey have been talking. And she has a boy friend and stuff, and we were talking about have a, ya know." I paused and walked closer to him. "A double-date date. Her and her boyfriend with you and I. So, do ya wanna do that?"

"If it makes you happy babe, then of course! Plus, I haven't seen Zoey in a while as well."

I squeaked in excitement while jumping and I gave him a hug. "Thank you Bri."

"No problem. Want me to get ready?"

"Uh, let me just call Zoey to see if she is still ok. We just quickly talked about it this moring." Brian nodded and I took out my phone to call Zoey. I dial her number and after a numerous amount of rings, she finally picks up.

"What do ya want bitch?" She chuckles

I chuckle back because I know that she was just joking around. "You know that double-date we've talked about earlier today?"

"Yea."

"Brian said we can do it tonight if you're still willing to."

"Of course Sam! I'll go and get ready."

"Ok, seeyah then!"

"Later!" I hung up the phone and went on the search for Brian. I spot him in the bathroom screwing around with his hair.

"Hey Bri, I need to go to my house to pick out something to wear. Dress nice please." I see him nod through his reflection and I leave.

-X-

"ZOEY!" I shout as I enter the house.

"Yea?" She asks coming down the stairs with just a dress on, she didn't do her hair and makeup yet.

"Oh, you're almost ready, good. I'm gonna go pick a dress." Zoey nods and I go upstairs.

I didn't want to wear something too fancy, I still want to look nice though. Zoey is wearing a simple, short black dress. I still didn't know where we're going, but I wanted to dress similar to Zoey. I finally picked out nice red dress. It wasn't too fancy, but it was nice enough to eat at a fancy resturant.

I take off my clothes that I wore today and just tossed them somewhere. I then slowly slipped on the red dress. After it is on, I walk over to the bathroom to do my hair and makeup. I decide to curl my hair and put it in the nice bun, but I still leave some down on the both sides. I don't curl my bangs, I straighten them.

I look at the mirror and sigh because I have to redye the blue in my bangs, but I will save that for another day. I walk down stairs to see Zoey on the couch. As soon as I sit down, Zoey's boyfriend, Drake walks in.

"Hey baby" He says huskily as he gives Zoey a hug. He then turns around to face me. "It's nice to see you again Samantha!" He then lowers himself down and gives me a more friendly hug. Drank and I have met before, we have been friends since Zoey and him started dating 7 months ago.

"Hi Drake!" I say as we let go of our hug.

"So, where are we going to eat?" Zoey asks, addressing both us. Drake shrugs.

"I don't know, how about an Italian restaurant?" I suggest. "How about Gigino Trattoria?" I know that there aren't a lot of good Italian restaurants down south, but this one is alright.

"I'm down." Drake says.

"Sure, that sounds fine." Zoey says.

"Ok, let me just text Brian and tell him to come to the apartment." They nod and sit back on the couch to watch TV. I sent Brian a text explaining what's happening and then I go to sit on the couch with Zoey and Drake.

Finally, I feel my leg vibrate because I rested my phone there.

"On my way." That's all it took to make me smile. Hopefully he gets here soon, this is gonna be a good night.