Sam stared down at
her now soggy cheerios, she swirled her spoon in the milk, sighing Sam
got up and walked over to the kitchen sink and put her bowl in the sink,
she was in a horrible mood. Sam looked up when she heard footsteps coming
down the stairs, Sam sighed when she saw Brooke.
Brooke smiled softly at Sam and waved
at her, Brooke got a confused and hurt look in her eyes when Sam disregarded
her usual morning greeting, there was something different about Sam today.
Brooke didn't even need to bother to wonder about what was wrong with Sam,
she already knew... Harrison was what was wrong with Sam. Brooke sighed
tiredly, lately her and Sam had been arguing over the stupidest of things
and it was all because Harrison, they both liked him and that one thing
was tearing them apart. It was really sad, Sam and Brooke had just started
to become a real family and now this had to happen...
"Look Sam..."
Brooke said slowly, she didn't really
know what to say, all she knew was that the silence was becoming defeaning
and she needed to do something to change that.
Sam rolled her dark brown eyes, she
grabbed her backpack and slinged it over on her left shoulder.
"Don't even."
Sam stared at Brooke for a few more
seconds before walking out of the house, I hate this! Sam thought
to herself once she got outside, contary to what Sam made everyone think,
she didn't hate Brooke, or she at least didn't before... before Harrison
got in between them. Sam had given up everything to be with Harrison, and
then Brooke after knowing how she felt went after after Harrison anyways...
She started this, her own fault.
Brooke sighed sadly, it seemed to
be that this was one problem her and Sam were not going to get through,
Brooke grabbed her backpack and walked out of the house as well. Brooke
looked outside, trying to see where Sam was, Brooke finally caught sight
of Sam half way down the block, groaning Brooke climbed into her car and
sped off in the different direction for school.
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School sucks, Sam thought
as she walked out of her first class, school and the people in it suck,
Sam
walked over to her locker and shoved her books into her locker, she hadn't
seen Harrison or Brooke yet, but yet was the keyword.
"School sucks!"
Sam said finally out loud.
"I feel your pain Sammy,"
Harrison smiled at Sam, and walked
over to her and leaned on a locker, Brooke had given him the heads up that
Sam was pissed off, but for some reason she wouldn't tell him why.
Sam looked up and groaned when she
saw Harrison, she went back to her locker, and felt her eyes freeze at
a picture of her and Harrison, she immediately advanced her eyes to her
math book that was lodged in the corner of her locker, right now Sam didn't
want to think about Harrison and how much she was falling in love with
him.
Harrison eyed Sam, she was acting
distant and he didn't like that.
"So Brooke told me that you were
mad..."
Sam slammed her locker-door loudly,
Sam whirled around and stared at Harrison.
"Oh did she now?"
Harrison stared at Sam suspiciously,
he raised his eyebrow up in questioning.
"Okay now I know she was right.
What's wrong? You seem to be avoiding me..."
Sam sighed, she didn't really want
to have this conversation with Harrison, she particulary didn't want to
have this converstation... EVER.
"And why would I be avoiding you?
Now if you'll excuse me..."
Sam pushed past Harrison and proceeded
to walk to her next class, but she stopped when she felt Harrison's hand
wrap around her arm.
"What do you want?"
Sam asked quickly then she had meant
to.
Harrison was instantly taken back
by Sam's anger, he let go of her arm, and stared into her eyes.
"What did I do? Why are you so damn
pissed off at me?"
Harrison crossed his arms across
his chest, waiting for an answer.
"You should know..."
Sam stopped briefly, a part of her
told her to just drop it, but then the larger part of her made her continue,
if she never told Harrison this, he would continue forever to keep breaking
her heart and not ever knowing it.
"I don't want to share you with
Brooke!"
Harrison got a look in them... Brooke...
This
was about Brooke, of course, he should have known. Harrison took in a deep
breath and went to say something but he was cut off by Sam.
"I shouldn't have to, you know?"
Sam closed her eyes.
"I gave up everything and I got
nothing."
Sam turned to leave, deciding she
couldn't take the silence any longer, she couldn't wait around and hear
what Harrison had to say... she didn't want to think about what he would
say in response.
"Sammy,"
Harrison bit down on his bottom
lip.
"Right now I can't choose, I don't
know who to pick, please don't make me do this."
Harrison looked up.
Sam whirled around once she heard
Harrison's pleading voice, she stared him in the eyes, not believing the
words she heard, she felt like she had been slapped in the face... You
will NOT cry!! Sam ran her fingers through her hair slowly and then
she shook her head.
"You're not going to have to, because
I'm no longer a choice now..."
Harrison shook his head furiously,
NO!
Harrison felt his inner voice screaming at him, don't let her go!
It screamed, tell her you love her! It pleaded with him.
"Sammy, please..."
Harrison stopped short.
Sam turned around, determined that
this time she was not going to let Harrison John stop her from leaving,
she was NOT going to let her heart rule her, she didn't live life by her
heart's wishes, she always let her mind do the choosing and this wasn't
going to be any different...
"Sam!"
Harrison raised his voice, but didn't
dare to move, he couldn't, he couldn't feel anything but his heart, his
heart telling him NOT to let Sam walk away from him, not just when he got
her... NO!
Sam shook her head and started walking,
keep
walking... Sam reminded herself, don't break down, be strong...
walk away... do not look behind you... live your life in no regrets...
Harrison felt his heartbeat start
to race up, he felt the feeling of frantic enter his body, Sam was going
away, she was walking away, No, Harrison don't let her leave, choose
Sam! Brooke is the past! She's leaving! We'll lose her forever, she's everything
to us! Harrison tried to block out his inner voice, but he couldn't,
the voice was echoing and it was too loud.
"No don't go Sam! Sam please!"
Sam stopped in her tracks, she slowly
turned around and stared at Harrison, he was still in the same place he
was before, Sam automatically saw the look of fear on his face, Sam wanted
to turn around and leave, but her body wouldn't let her turn around, and
her heart was pulling her closer to Harrison.
Harrison sighed with relief as he
saw Sam walking closer to him.
"Sammy..."
Sam stopped only a few inches from
Harrison, she stared into his deep and meaningful eyes, God how she could
get lost in those beautiful eyes, Sam bit on her bottom lip.
"Harrison, I love you..."
Sam stopped for a second and then
continued.
"But you being with both me and
Brooke is driving me insane, I can't handle it. I don't want to share
you with anyone, I- my heart belongs to you Harrison, it always has, it
just took me a very long time to see that, I need you to make a choice."
Harrison swallowed down his fear,
pushing his inner voice, he stared at Sam, god she was so beautiful...
no he couldn't think abou thtis right now; Harrison nodded, indicating
that he understood what Sam was telling him.
"I know Sam, god do I ever know,
just give me some time to think it over?"
Sam shook her head, how silly was
she to think that Harrison would choose her...
"Just forget it..."
Harrison grabbed Sam by the wrist
lightly, keeping her in place.
"No Sam, a few hours. Give me a
few hours, I - I need to figure some things out before I choose, please
Sam, I need a few hours, and I need to know that you will wait for me,
just for a few hours, will you?"
Sam stared at Harrison, she wanted
to say no, she wanted to say no she would not wait! Afer a few seconds,
Sam nodded slowly.
"Yeah of course Harrison. Look I
really have to get to my next class."
Harrison nodded quickly.
"Thanks Sam, see you later."
Sam smiled softly.
"Yeah, later."
Sam turned around and walked off
to her next class, which was history, a few hours everthing was going to
be different; Sam walked into history class, she looked up and smiled when
she saw Lily and Josh waving for her to come over.
"Hey guys."
Sam walked over to Lily and Josh
and sat down in the seat they saved for her, it was a daily routine for
them, Josh, Lily and Sam always sat together in whichever classes they
had together.
"Hey Sam."
"Hi Sam."
Sam smiled and pulled out her history
book, Josh looked over at Sam and noticed the look on her face.
"Hey Sam, what's wrong?"
Sam looked up and sighed, it was
so typical of Josh to see that she was in a bad mood, lately her and Josh
had grown close and became friends, maybe it was because of his relationship
with Lily, or just because he wasn't hiding behind popularity anymore.
"I think I made a horrible mistake."
Lily snapped her head up from her
history notes and stared at Sam; Josh looked at Sam confused.
"What do you mean you made a mistake?"
Sam blew the hair out of her eyes.
"I made Harrison choose between
me and Brooke."
Lily glanced at Josh for a second;
Josh shook his head.
"Who did he choose?"
Sam bit on her bottom lip, and looked
up at Josh.
"He hasn't chose yet, he said in
a few hours he will, but what if he choose Brooke? What if he thinks Brooke
is better then me?"
Josh shook his head, laughing, not
of humor though.
"Then he's an idiot."
Lily nodded.
"And no matter what, we're still
here."
Sam grinned.
"And that is even more depressing."
Josh and Lily laughed and Josh wrapped
his arm around Sam's neck, nudging her.
"You're so funny."
Brooke, who was sitting at a desk
a few feet away from Sam, Lily and Josh, stared at the scene that laid
out in front of her; Not only did she see bonding moment between Sam, Josh
and Lily, she overheard that in a few hours Harrison would finally be making
his choice, he would be making his choice in who he liked more. Brooke
knew that this day would eventually come, but now that it was only a few
hours away, Brooke was starting to get nervous.
It her VS. Sam, and she didn't know
who the winner would be. Before Brooke knew she would have been the winner
in less then a second, but now... now was different. Harrison was in love
with Sam, which meant that she didn't have her hold over Harrison, like
she used to, Harrison was in love with Sam and not her...
"I don't lose."
Brooke muttered underneath her breath,
she was Brooke McQueen... and she did NOT lose, especially to Sam McPherson;
Brooke didn't want it to result to this, but it had... unfortunately this
had turned into a war... and Brooke did NOT lose.
"Of course you don't Brookie, but
just to make sure you win, I can help."
Brooke looked up to see Nicole smiling
at her, Nicole Julian was a mastermind in getting what she wanted.
"I do not lose."
Nicole nodded.
"And we'll make sure of that."