Okay this chapter us dedicated to Heidie, also I'll try to add more Sam with the Elys. Oh, and I'm happy all around. So this should be good.

Sam wasn't really paying attention. She saw a bunch of graduates waiting for their diplomas patiently. She just wanted to see three of them get them and leave to got to said three's graduation party. She hummed while she waited for Nate, Adam, and Seth to get their diplomas. Pretty soon Nate was walking up to get his diplomas. Adam went next then Seth.

They sat down with smiles on their faces. They'd done it. They got through school. They were adults. Sam was happy for them. She looked at Maxine who had tears in her eyes and a smile on her lips. Then at Luke who wore a proud grin and had his arm around his wife. Kit looked somewhat proud yet, put out, like he wished he would have graduated. Jake, Bryan, and Quinn looked totally out of it like they were thinking of graduating themselves. They all had at least a flicker of a smile playing on their lips.

Sam blanked out the rest of the time. The next thing Sam knew they were on their way to the Ely's for the party. Sam hugged all three boys when she got out of the car.

"Pretty soon it'll be you S." Seth said while he hugged Sam.

"Why do you call me that if I can call you that too?" Sam asked as she hugged Adam.

"That's why. It's funny." Seth shrugged.

"Not really." Nate and Sam said at the same time. They laughed. Sam walked over to Jake, Bryan, Quinn, and Kit.

"Hi Sammy!" Bryan, Quinn, and Kit said.

"Hi guys." Sam waved.

"Brat," Jake nodded.

"Jake," Sam replied.

"So what shall we do while everyone else celabrates our brothers surprisingly graduating high school?" Bryan asked putting his arm around Sam.

"I don't know." Sam shrugged.

"Mom all ready said no horses." Kit frowned.

"How about we watch a movie on my laptop?" Quinn suggested. Everyone nodded. Then turned as a Linc Slocum pulled in with Ryan and Rachell with him. "Run!" Quinn whisper yelleed as they all disappered into Quinn and Bryan's room.

"Ryan's not bad." Sam said as she looked out the window. "But Rachell is a jerk." Jake stiffened at Sam defending Ryan.

"Whatever. What should we watch?" Bryan asked pushing some clothes under a bed.

"We could just go on youtube and watch some crap and listen to music." Kit suggested.

"Sounds good." Sam flopped down on a bed and observed the room. It was pretty clean on one side and a mess on the other. The clean side hade a football sighed by Brett Farve to Bryan. Sam assumed that side was Bryan's. The dirty side had an unmade bed and magizines stinking out from under it. Everyone piled onto Bryan's bed. "Your squishing me."

"Well, five of use on a bed maybe made for two is going to be tight." Quinn said with a smile. Jake sat up and put his back to the wall and his feet dangled over the edge. Kit, Bryan, and Quinn did the same so all their feet were dangling over the side. Sam did the same and wedged herself between Kit and Jake.

"Ely sandwich!" Quinn said and pushed Kit onto Sam who fell her chest pushed onto Jake. Sam and Jake looked at each other then seemed to realize their uncomfortable postion they were in. Sam pushed herself off Jake and Jake sat up and rubbed the back of his neck. "Akward." Quinn whispered.

"Let's listen to some music okay?" Sam said grabbing Quinn's laptop and went to youtube. "What should we should listen to first?"

Bryan grabbed the laptop and found a song. Sam and Jake weren't paying any attention while the others passed the laptop back and forth finding different songs to listen to. There was a knock on the door. "Who is it?" Kit called.

"Ryan,"

"Go away." Jake mumbled while Sam called

"Come in!" Sam looked at Jake and whispered, "Be nice."

"Hi." Ryan said in his british accent. The Elys nodded but nothing else.

"Hey Ryan. What are you doing up here?" Sam asked politely. Sam didn't trust him but she knew he wasn't half as bad as his father or sister.

" sent me up." Ryan said looking uncomfortable. "She didn't offer fo Rachell to but then again who would." No one agrued. "What are you doing?"

"Listening to music." Sam said.

"Oh, well I'll be going." Ryan waved as he walked out.

"He's scared of us." Kit observed.

"Well, alot of guys would be around you guys." Sam shrugged. They nodded with smug smirks. "What's so good about that?"

"You see when other guys are scared of you, they won't mess with your girl." Quinn smiled.

"Oh."

"We're hot so women love us. So, we have nice girls that other guys want." Bryan added.

"Whatever." Sam pulled the laptop over and picked a song.

3 hours later

Foot steps coming up steps woke Sam and Jake up from their dozes. "Guys it's bonfire time!" Seth hollered as he enter the room.

"Look at the cute kids all snuggled up!" Adam said looking at Sam and Jake. They blushed but, said nothing.

"Who is all here?" Kit asked stretching.

"Sam's family, Grandfather, Zoey, Riverbend hands, Katie, and us." Nate answered pulling Quinn and Bryan by their arms off the bed.

"So all of Riverbend ranch, and our family." Jake stertched.

"If you want to say it the short way, yeah." Nate nodded.

"Let us go than!" Quinn pushed everyone out of the room and into the hall. Everyone exited the house and went behind the Ely's house were a fire was burning.

Gram and Dallas were sitting on a bench snuggling. Bryanna and Wyatt were sitting on a log facing Maxine and Luke. Wyatt and Luke had they're arms wrapped loose around they're wives. Pepper and Ross were sitting on a log with Katie between them. Katie was talking to a standing Zoey. As soon as Kit saw Zoey he was at her side his hand finding hers. They embraced and kissed before finding a log to sit on by Maxine and Luke. Quinn and Bryan fought over a lawn chair for about a second before Bryan sat in the lawn chair next to it. Adam, Nate, and Seth all sat in huge lawn chairs and started nodding off. There was only a bench left so Sam and Jake sat there.

"Where's Mac?" Sam asked curiously.

"In the barn, looking at the horses." Maxine answered as she tore her loving gaze from Luke.

Sam watched the flames in the fire while everyone else chatted.

Sam's pov

Jake's touching me! If we were dating I bet he'd have his arm around me and I'd lean into him. Then he'd,

Snap out of it! He's your best friend! You can't like him!

Jake's pov

It's nice having Sam this close. I can smell her shampoo. Chocolate. I like chocolate. I just want to run my fingers through her hair.

Wait, she's your best friend idiot. Not happening.

Normal

Mac walked over to the bonfire carrying a lawn chair with him.

"Hi Grandfather." The Elys called.

"Boys. Hello Foresters, Greeners, Others." Mac waved as he set up his lawn chair and sat down.

"Hi Mac." They returned. "How is everyone?"

"Fine." They chorused.

"That's good." Everyone went back to their conversations. Mac started to talk to Kit. Pretty soon all the young people were just watching the flames bored out of their minds.

"You don't have to sit here. You kids can go play." Maxine told them. The Ely brothers got up and walked away Sam, and Zoey in tow. They entered the barn. Everyone sat on a bail and got comfortable.

"I'm not a kid but, I still want to play." Kit chuckled.

"You act like a kid." Zoey teased sitting on Kit's lap. Kit kissed her. Zoey returned the kiss passionatly.

"Okay, if you guys are going to be that way. There's a house full of rooms that way." Bryan teased. Everyone nodded.

"I say we take that offer." Kit set Zoey down and led her to the house. Sam's face got a horrified look on her face before pretending to shove her fingeres down her throat. Jake shrugged.

"What shall we play?" Seth asked.

"Well..."

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