Sam's POV
With the girls finally in bed for the night, I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee. I needed some caffeine to do the paper work from the restaurant. I heard a knock on the door. I hurried to answer it. The face I saw shocked me… "Carly…Freddie?" The two of them are back together…no…
"Sam…I'm only here as support. I'm not with her. They are." He said pointing to the guards.
"Come in…Quietly…" I mumbled
"Sam…I know how much I've done to you…you were my best friend and I knew you were in love with Freddie but I took him away anyway…I am so sorry…then I took your daughter…wow, way to be a good friend there…I am a horrible person, then I made sure you had the worst husband in the world…I set you and Kyle up it was so easy too…Sam…I am so incredibly sorry…" she had tears coming down her face
"Are you really?" I asked shivering at Freddie's hand on the small of my back
"I am…I want my best friends back…I want my kids back…" she was sobbing uncontrollably now
"We need to go now Ms. Shay." The guards told her
"Goodbye Sam…Freddie…" she walked out the door
"I can't believe that just happened…" I sighed
"Do you forgive her?" Freddie asked
"It will take time…especially with the girls but…I think I'll be able to." I sighed standing up
"Mommy…" I small voice said from behind me
"Beth, baby why are you awake?" I went and picked her up
"Bad dream…"she wiped her tears "My daddy used to make them go away before he was mean." She said still not seeing Freddie
"Do you want daddy to make them go away now?" I asked her and she nodded
"Freddie?"
"Daddy?" she voice shook
"Baby girl…I'm not here to be mean…I love you so much Princess, and I'm so sorry for what I did…can I be your forever daddy now?" he carefully asked
"Daddy!" she reached for him crying
"I'll go check on Maddie." I said as he followed me up to the girl's room
"Daddy?" I heard Bethany say
"Yes Princess."
"I missed you…"
"I missed you too Angel." He kissed her forehead and laid her in bed and started humming a song.
"Is that?" I started
"The song that we had our first kiss to." He gave a small smile
He sang Bethany to sleep and we came back down stairs and sat on the couch with me. "So…what does this mean now?" he asked
"I guess we change to a new custody agreement…I mean…it makes sense…right?"
"No…I meant with us…" he said "I love you Sam…I've always loved you and I know you love me too…"
"I can't Freddie. I've been hurt by too many to let you in."
"Sam, please…I love you so much…I've missed you like crazy…" He begged
I looked into his eyes and before thinking I pulled him close and kissed him, with a passion I could deny… "Sorry…" I said when I pulled back breathless
"Don't be." He said pulling me in for another kiss
"Freddie stop…I can't do this…"
"You just did." He said
"And it was a mistake. I have two daughters asleep upstairs."
"So do I!" he said
"And we are down here making out? What if they wake up? And see they're mother all over the man who abandoned them? Beth may be better, but Maddie knows nothing about you except the very little he loved someone else speech."
"I abandoned them!? You were the one who left not me!" he defended
"But you did nothing to keep me when I was with Kyle! I dated Kyle to fill the void of missing you! And Kyle was worse! I hated him! He hurt me both emotionally and physically but it's not like anyone cared!" I yelled and fell in a heap on the floor crying
"He hit you?" Freddie asked kneeling beside me
"Yes…I can never be with anyone because of the scars…the bruises…everything…" I sighed.
"Take your shirt off." He ordered
"Excuse me?" I said
"I want to see where he hit you. It's not like I haven't seen your gorgeous body before."
"Okay…" I slowly peeled my shirt off being left in only my bra. I revealed the scars on my back.
"I'm gonna kill this guy." He mumbled softly stroking the scars
"Freddie, I'm fine…really. It's been almost 5 years."
"And you are still hurting." He said.
Freddie's POV
After Sam and I finished talking about all that's happened I made out a bed on the couch. I assumed Sam would go up to her room, but instead she curled up next to me on the couch. "What are you doing?" I asked
"I don't want to be alone…the girls sleep with me normally, but they are sound asleep in their beds…" she mumbled
"Want to go to your room then? More space." I told her.
"No funny business…seriously." She told me getting up
"I know. Let's go." We walked up to her bedroom and I saw a wedding photo of her and Kyle smashed on the floor
"Sam? Why are all these still here?" I asked looking at all the pictures
"I haven't slept in here since he left. I packed his stuff and threw that picture at him." She said picking up the broken remains
"Where do you sleep?"
"The chair in the girl's room…"
"Let's get this cleaned up." I told her
"Tomorrow…I want to sleep." She begged
The next morning I got up before Sam woke up and I cleared out her bedroom. Every picture everything that was Kyle related. I put it in a box and she could decide what to do from there. "Daddy?" Bethany said later while I was in the kitchen cooking breakfast
"Good morning Princess!" I said
"Did you stay here?" she asked
"Mommy needed me so I stayed on the couch." I said
"Oh…okay…" she said as Maddie and Sam entered the room
"Morning girls!" I said tossing a pancake on a plate
"Pancakes!" they all 3 cheered
"Mommy always burns them." Maddie said
"One time! And your never gonna let me live it down!" Sam tickled her daughter.
The girls laughed and played while I quietly watched out of the corner of my eye while finishing breakfast. I wanted this life…
"Breakfast!" I called placing the plates around the table.
We ate breakfast and Maddie stared at me the whole time wondering about me…
"Girls go get dressed for school." Sam said
Once they were dressed and ready for school Sam walked them out to the bus stop while I cleaned the kitchen.
Suddenly I heard a horrifying noise…the squeaking of tires and a crash and metal twisting all around. I ran out the door and saw smoke everywhere… "Sam! Maddie! Bethany!" I screamed…but there was only a cloud of black smoke filling the air.
Cliffhanger! What'd ya think?I have the next chapter mostly written so if ya give me a few reviews I'll post it either tonight or tomorrow! Until then why don't you leave me a review! Have a wonderful evening!