A/N: this chapter is on Z and Sam because that was long overdue.
CHAPTER 17: APOLOGIES (Part-1)
Z Delgado heard a knock on her door, and opened it to the curious face of Sam, the younger one. He looked up at her, and asked her, very sincerely, "hey Z, can I ask you something?"
"yeah, sure, Sam, come in" she held the door open for him and he walked in.
"where's your roomie?" he joked.
"Sky? He's… well… he's in the shower," (me sighing) Z said, nervously.
"shouldn't you be there as well?" Sam innocently asked, not knowing what he was implying.
"why should I be in the—" and then she realized, "oh, no, no, no, no Sam what are you thinking?"
"I'm sorry, it's just… I thought married people take baths together?"
"okay, Sam, I'll explain you the whole thing later. Okay? Right now, just tell me what you want to talk about."
"Z, you're my best friend, right?"
"yeah"
"and we can tell each other everything, right?"
"yeah, of course Sam, what's wrong?"
"nothing's wrong as such, it's just that…." he trailed off, then after a pause picked up, "I at times, just lash out at Kat, yell at her, say mean things to her, and well… just do the like. Then I see the hurt on her face, and then I feel bad. What should I do Z?" he was nervous, and almost in tears.
"Sam," she realized that his situation was much worse that he was letting on. That he was feeling a tremendous amount of guilt. She placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Sam, listen to me, and listen carefully, okay?" he nodded, "sometimes, we say… do, stuff that we don't intend to. And it hurts the people we love. We never want to hurt the people we love, not intentionally, but we always hurt the people we love. I don't really know why we do it, but it's got to do something with our hormonal changes. You'll have a lot of such mood-swings; you will lash out, irritate people, at times, even say mean things and hurt them."
Sam looked upset, "yeah, you're right Z, I mean, I told her that I hated her and that maybe she shouldn't have been my mother, like I wished I was paired up with someone else instead of her."
"Sam, you shouldn't say stuff like that. You should try and control your tongue, and control your anger."
"but what if I can't? I try, I am trying, but what about the damage I've already done? What about that stuff that I've already said?"
"Sam, the easiest way is just five letters, two of which are the same ones."
"You mean I should say 'I'm sorry' right?"
"right. That's a magic word. When I was in school, the first thing I was taught were the five magic words, which were 'sorry', 'thank you', 'please', 'excuse me' and of course 'welcome'. We should use these without restraint. Sam, if you cannot put a check on your tongue, which is the first thing you should try, then say sorry. Don't put your ego between you and the people you care about. Sometimes you do something bad, but if you apologize, the person sees that you care about then enough to put your self over it, and say sorry." Z told him like a wise older sister.
"you know Sky?"
"duh"
"well, when we first met, he called me a freak and a criminal. But he realized his mistake, how discriminating and derogatory he had been and he came up to me one day and told me he was sorry. And look at us now!"
"yep, we are dating!" Sky said, and Z turned to face him, shocked, "how long have you been standing there?"
"just long enough to tell Sam that he has a really wise 'sorta' older sister and that she is absolutely right." He smiled, and added in his mind, 'and I love her'
Sam smiled at Sky and Z, they were adorable together.
"thank you Z!" he said, "do you mind if we hang out sometime? I mean we haven't since we got to Honolulu."
"sure! Sky, you're gonna come along?" Z asked, while Sam was inwardly hoping he wouldn't. He wanted some alone time with Z.
"actually I feel a little Bridgey right now. I want to talk to him about something, plus you two need some 'brother-sister time', right?"
"okay, thanks anyway Z! I'll so what you say, I'll say sorry to Kat." He said, and excused himself out of the room.
Sky looked at Z, after Sam had left, "if I had never said sorry, would you have been with me today?" he asked tenderly.
"it doesn't matter what could have been. We're together now, and that's all that matters. The important thing was that you apologized, and so did I for calling you God knows what."
"well, you called me rule-book monitor, a sort-of-weird-robot, and also machine-man." He joked, but his chuckles were suppressed by her lips, which had gripped his in a gentle kiss.
She felt something in that kiss, something that wasn't there before; not in their first kiss, not in their heated make-out session, not in their time at the beach. This was something different, something completely, and utterly beautiful.
Something.
A/N: I know there actually wasn't a scene with Sky and Z apologizing to each other, but if u guys want, I can make a memory version of the apologies. Leave it in the reviews.