Chapter 25: Let's Clean Up!
~Sam's POV~
My room was quite simple. It was not too small but not too big either. It was the right size for me. Mow my bed as set next to the window, which was across from the door. The closet was on the right hand side of the bed and the bathroom next to it. On the left hand side of the bed was two separate bookshelves. One was for my teddy bear and angel statue collection and the other one was for books, photos and stuff. I had a television on a small coffee table near the entrance of the door, so that I could watch it from my bed. While Paul was in the shower, I had gotten most of my clothes in the closet. With the help of Jeff, I had separated the clothes that I needed and didn't need to wash. He had helped me get rid of all the boxes that I didn't need and piled them up in one corner. Now that I was trying to put the rest of my clothes in the closet, Jeff was sorting out my teddy bear, angel statues, photo albums and books. "Sweetheart, where do you want to put the scrapbook?" Jeff asked as he showed it to me. I was standing near the closet as he stood near the bed. I looked at what he picked up and my eyes became watery. "Hey, baby, what's the matter?" he asked softly, as he put it down and walked over to where I was standing and hugged me.
I broke off the embrace and walked towards the bed and opened the scrapbook. "It's the scrapbook that my dad left me after he died," I responded softly.
Jeff came up and sat behind me, "I'm so sorry, baby."
"It's ok. I'm trying to be strong now," I said as I felt Jeff hug me from behind. "Do you want to look at it?"
"Only what you want to show me, baby," Jeff said softly, as we got comfortable on the bed. I had a full size bed to fit both of us.
"Ok, I opened the scrapbook and started to show him what my dad put in. A few minutes later, Paul walked into my room, his hair still wet.
"What are you two doing?" he asked as he sat next to me.
"I'm showing Jeff my scrapbook that dad gave me after he died." Paul nodded and looked at it with us.
About 20 minutes later, Paul said, "All right, enough of that. Let's get your room cleaned up, shall we?"
"Do we have to?" I asked.
"Yes, we do because if we don't, then you're not going to get your surprise," he said as he picked up a teddy bear.
"You have a surprise for me?" I asked as I perked up.
"Yes, I do," Paul said as he played with it.
"What is it?" I said as I got up on the bed.
"I can't tell you because it'll take the fun out of the surprise," he said as he smirked.
"Come on, daddy!" I whined.
"Nope, not tellin' ya."
"Why not?"
"Because I love watching you squirm," he said as both Jeff and Paul laughed at my shocked expression. "But if you clean up your room, just maybe I'll tell you. Maybe. I haven't decided yet."
"Then let's clean up!!" I shouted as I got off the bed and started cleaning. Paul and Jeff continued to laugh as they started to clean up.
~Paul's POV~
Adam was right. She does love teddy bears and angels. Jeff and I mainly took care of the boxes as Samantha put everything up in the way she wanted to set them up. By an hour later, everything was cleaned up. All that there was need to be done was vacuuming the floor. I went and got the vacuum cleaner and brought it into her bedroom. Samantha took her clothes to the laundry area with the help of Jeff bringing down her clothes. I stayed and vacuumed her room.
~Sam's POV~
Jeff and I finally reached the laundry area and sorted my clothes. I suggested to Jeff that he could do his laundry with my clothes and he agreed. The first load had started; Jeff and I were about to go up as we started to kiss each other. By the time we hit the living room couch, we were seriously making out. We didn't even pay attention to the noise around us, not until Paul had pulled Jeff off of me. "Ok, one rule around here. I don't mind you guys kissing, but please if you're going to make out, then tone it down, please."
"Sorry, daddy," I replied as I got up from the couch.
"It's all right, I know that you want to spend time with Jeff today, but you need to have your tutoring session today. Kellie is coming over later this afternoon to start your session today. You don't need to train but tomorrow you'll be having both, ok?"
"All right, Jeff and I are going to be in my room. Call me when Kellie gets here," I said as I led Jeff to my room. We finally got to my room; I started kissing Jeff as I closed the door. Jeff led me to the bed and we started to make out, but Jeff stopped shortly. I wondered what was wrong. "Jeff, what's the matter?"
"Nothing is the matter," he said as he straightened up.
"Something is the matter. You stopped kissing me, why?"
"I don't know. I'm trying to be more careful, I guess."
"Careful about what?" I asked as I faced Jeff.
"I don't want us to do something that we're both going to regret," Jeff said as he took my hands into his.
"But we're not going to. We're just making out," I replied as I pulled my hands out and cupped Jeff's face.
He put his hands on top of mine and left them there. "I know that we're making out, but I've got something to tell you, Samantha." He only called me 'Samantha' when he needed to have a serious talk about something.
"What is it?" I asked softly.
"We've been dating for almost two months now and I love you so much, more than I can ever say," Jeff started to say.
"And I love you too. What's this all about, Jeff?"
He looked up at me with tears in his eyes, "I have to say this to you now, especially at a time like this, but."
"But what? Are you going to break up with me?" I asked as tears started to form in my eyes.
"No, no, nothing like that," Jeff whispered.
"Then what is it?"
"I'm just trying to express how I feel for you, Samantha. I just want you to understand that you are the only one for me. I know that we're young and there is something that I have to tell you right now."
"Just say it please," I choked as tears came down my face.
"I need to be going home for a while because my mother is sick and my father is having a hard time taking care of her. He asked me to come and help him. I'm taking some time off for the next month to take care of my mom. Matt is going with me. I won't be seeing you for a month. I don't want you to think that I left because I don't love you," Jeff said as tears came down his face.
I looked into his eyes and I could tell that he was torn. "Oh, Jeff." I pulled him towards me and held onto him. He broke down as soon as I put my hands around him. I held onto him until we heard a knock on the door. "Come in."
Paul had come in and saw us holding onto each other. "What happened?"
"That's something that Jeff should tell you."
"Look, Kellie is here for the tutoring session," he said as I nodded and pulled Jeff back.
"Baby, I need to go, but we can talk more later, ok?" He nodded as I had got up and gathered my schoolbooks and met Kellie in the dining area. Kellie saw how I looked but didn't ask what had happened.
"All right, let's get started on your school work. Did you finish your homework from yesterday?"
"Yeah, I did. It's right here," I said as I took out my homework"
"Ok, great. Why don't you go ahead and open your history book and read the next chapter while I check your homework?"
"Ok," I said as I got my history book and started reading the information. Three hours later, the tutoring session had finished, "All right, you're done for the day and you know your homework assignments and I'll let you have some time on doing your homework this week. Just have it ready for me on Monday nest week," Kellie said, as I looked up at her wide-eyed.
"You mean it? I don't have to turn it in tomorrow?"
"Yeah, turn it in to me on Monday. I recently talked to the school board and they said that you're already ahead of your class. You're almost done, so take your time on the homework assignments," she said as she smiled.
"How far along am I?" I asked.
"Well, you're at least a week ahead of your class, so we can take our time and everything. The school board had a meeting with Vince, your mother and myself and we were discussing that maybe I can just tutor you on your days off instead of having my traveling with you," Kellie sad as she put the last book in her bag.
"You mean that?"
"Yeah, and I worked it out with Paul and got everything straightened out. So I'll be seeing you next Wednesday."
"Wait a minute, does that mean I turn in my assignments next Wednesday, not Monday?" Kellie thought about it, "That's right. So that means I'll be seeing you tomorrow, and Friday. Then you'll give me this week's homework next Wednesday. So that gives you plenty of time to do your homework."
I looked at Kellie with big eyes and then squealed, "Thank you so much Kellie!!!"
"You're welcome, sweetheart. Now I have to go, so I'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning," she said as she got up from her seat.
"What time are we meeting tomorrow?"
"Let's set it up for 9 am?"
I groaned, "Why so early?"
"That's not early, young lady!"
"It is for me," I whined.
"Oh, stop whining. I'll see you tomorrow at 9 am. And I expect you to open the door when I get here, not Paul," Kellie said as she left through the door. I dramatically groaned as Paul laughed at my antics. I'm sure that Kellie heard his laughter.
I cleaned up my homework and headed for my room. As I put my books and notebook on my desk, I sighed heavily as I started doing my homework that Kellie just gave me. I jumped up when I felt someone's hands on my shoulders. I looked up, "Jeff, you scared me."
"Sorry about that. But could we talk for a few minutes, before you do your homework?"
"Yeah, sure," I said as I led him to the bed and sat down. "So wanna tell me what's going on?" He nodded wordlessly and began to tell me what happened. By the time he finished, we were in tears. I pulled Jeff towards me and held onto him as he cried for his mother. His mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor and didn't have much time left to live. He talked to matt while I had my tutoring session and found out that Vince had given him that time off and that he would be leaving on Sunday to North Carolina to meet Matt at home. I continued to hold him and allowing him to cry. We stayed that way until Paul came into my room, telling us that dinner was ready. Jeff had told him what had happened with his mother and he understood. Jeff went to use the bathroom to clean up. Afterwards, we headed downstairs hand in hand to eat dinner.
~Sam's POV~
My room was quite simple. It was not too small but not too big either. It was the right size for me. Mow my bed as set next to the window, which was across from the door. The closet was on the right hand side of the bed and the bathroom next to it. On the left hand side of the bed was two separate bookshelves. One was for my teddy bear and angel statue collection and the other one was for books, photos and stuff. I had a television on a small coffee table near the entrance of the door, so that I could watch it from my bed. While Paul was in the shower, I had gotten most of my clothes in the closet. With the help of Jeff, I had separated the clothes that I needed and didn't need to wash. He had helped me get rid of all the boxes that I didn't need and piled them up in one corner. Now that I was trying to put the rest of my clothes in the closet, Jeff was sorting out my teddy bear, angel statues, photo albums and books. "Sweetheart, where do you want to put the scrapbook?" Jeff asked as he showed it to me. I was standing near the closet as he stood near the bed. I looked at what he picked up and my eyes became watery. "Hey, baby, what's the matter?" he asked softly, as he put it down and walked over to where I was standing and hugged me.
I broke off the embrace and walked towards the bed and opened the scrapbook. "It's the scrapbook that my dad left me after he died," I responded softly.
Jeff came up and sat behind me, "I'm so sorry, baby."
"It's ok. I'm trying to be strong now," I said as I felt Jeff hug me from behind. "Do you want to look at it?"
"Only what you want to show me, baby," Jeff said softly, as we got comfortable on the bed. I had a full size bed to fit both of us.
"Ok, I opened the scrapbook and started to show him what my dad put in. A few minutes later, Paul walked into my room, his hair still wet.
"What are you two doing?" he asked as he sat next to me.
"I'm showing Jeff my scrapbook that dad gave me after he died." Paul nodded and looked at it with us.
About 20 minutes later, Paul said, "All right, enough of that. Let's get your room cleaned up, shall we?"
"Do we have to?" I asked.
"Yes, we do because if we don't, then you're not going to get your surprise," he said as he picked up a teddy bear.
"You have a surprise for me?" I asked as I perked up.
"Yes, I do," Paul said as he played with it.
"What is it?" I said as I got up on the bed.
"I can't tell you because it'll take the fun out of the surprise," he said as he smirked.
"Come on, daddy!" I whined.
"Nope, not tellin' ya."
"Why not?"
"Because I love watching you squirm," he said as both Jeff and Paul laughed at my shocked expression. "But if you clean up your room, just maybe I'll tell you. Maybe. I haven't decided yet."
"Then let's clean up!!" I shouted as I got off the bed and started cleaning. Paul and Jeff continued to laugh as they started to clean up.
~Paul's POV~
Adam was right. She does love teddy bears and angels. Jeff and I mainly took care of the boxes as Samantha put everything up in the way she wanted to set them up. By an hour later, everything was cleaned up. All that there was need to be done was vacuuming the floor. I went and got the vacuum cleaner and brought it into her bedroom. Samantha took her clothes to the laundry area with the help of Jeff bringing down her clothes. I stayed and vacuumed her room.
~Sam's POV~
Jeff and I finally reached the laundry area and sorted my clothes. I suggested to Jeff that he could do his laundry with my clothes and he agreed. The first load had started; Jeff and I were about to go up as we started to kiss each other. By the time we hit the living room couch, we were seriously making out. We didn't even pay attention to the noise around us, not until Paul had pulled Jeff off of me. "Ok, one rule around here. I don't mind you guys kissing, but please if you're going to make out, then tone it down, please."
"Sorry, daddy," I replied as I got up from the couch.
"It's all right, I know that you want to spend time with Jeff today, but you need to have your tutoring session today. Kellie is coming over later this afternoon to start your session today. You don't need to train but tomorrow you'll be having both, ok?"
"All right, Jeff and I are going to be in my room. Call me when Kellie gets here," I said as I led Jeff to my room. We finally got to my room; I started kissing Jeff as I closed the door. Jeff led me to the bed and we started to make out, but Jeff stopped shortly. I wondered what was wrong. "Jeff, what's the matter?"
"Nothing is the matter," he said as he straightened up.
"Something is the matter. You stopped kissing me, why?"
"I don't know. I'm trying to be more careful, I guess."
"Careful about what?" I asked as I faced Jeff.
"I don't want us to do something that we're both going to regret," Jeff said as he took my hands into his.
"But we're not going to. We're just making out," I replied as I pulled my hands out and cupped Jeff's face.
He put his hands on top of mine and left them there. "I know that we're making out, but I've got something to tell you, Samantha." He only called me 'Samantha' when he needed to have a serious talk about something.
"What is it?" I asked softly.
"We've been dating for almost two months now and I love you so much, more than I can ever say," Jeff started to say.
"And I love you too. What's this all about, Jeff?"
He looked up at me with tears in his eyes, "I have to say this to you now, especially at a time like this, but."
"But what? Are you going to break up with me?" I asked as tears started to form in my eyes.
"No, no, nothing like that," Jeff whispered.
"Then what is it?"
"I'm just trying to express how I feel for you, Samantha. I just want you to understand that you are the only one for me. I know that we're young and there is something that I have to tell you right now."
"Just say it please," I choked as tears came down my face.
"I need to be going home for a while because my mother is sick and my father is having a hard time taking care of her. He asked me to come and help him. I'm taking some time off for the next month to take care of my mom. Matt is going with me. I won't be seeing you for a month. I don't want you to think that I left because I don't love you," Jeff said as tears came down his face.
I looked into his eyes and I could tell that he was torn. "Oh, Jeff." I pulled him towards me and held onto him. He broke down as soon as I put my hands around him. I held onto him until we heard a knock on the door. "Come in."
Paul had come in and saw us holding onto each other. "What happened?"
"That's something that Jeff should tell you."
"Look, Kellie is here for the tutoring session," he said as I nodded and pulled Jeff back.
"Baby, I need to go, but we can talk more later, ok?" He nodded as I had got up and gathered my schoolbooks and met Kellie in the dining area. Kellie saw how I looked but didn't ask what had happened.
"All right, let's get started on your school work. Did you finish your homework from yesterday?"
"Yeah, I did. It's right here," I said as I took out my homework"
"Ok, great. Why don't you go ahead and open your history book and read the next chapter while I check your homework?"
"Ok," I said as I got my history book and started reading the information. Three hours later, the tutoring session had finished, "All right, you're done for the day and you know your homework assignments and I'll let you have some time on doing your homework this week. Just have it ready for me on Monday nest week," Kellie said, as I looked up at her wide-eyed.
"You mean it? I don't have to turn it in tomorrow?"
"Yeah, turn it in to me on Monday. I recently talked to the school board and they said that you're already ahead of your class. You're almost done, so take your time on the homework assignments," she said as she smiled.
"How far along am I?" I asked.
"Well, you're at least a week ahead of your class, so we can take our time and everything. The school board had a meeting with Vince, your mother and myself and we were discussing that maybe I can just tutor you on your days off instead of having my traveling with you," Kellie sad as she put the last book in her bag.
"You mean that?"
"Yeah, and I worked it out with Paul and got everything straightened out. So I'll be seeing you next Wednesday."
"Wait a minute, does that mean I turn in my assignments next Wednesday, not Monday?" Kellie thought about it, "That's right. So that means I'll be seeing you tomorrow, and Friday. Then you'll give me this week's homework next Wednesday. So that gives you plenty of time to do your homework."
I looked at Kellie with big eyes and then squealed, "Thank you so much Kellie!!!"
"You're welcome, sweetheart. Now I have to go, so I'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning," she said as she got up from her seat.
"What time are we meeting tomorrow?"
"Let's set it up for 9 am?"
I groaned, "Why so early?"
"That's not early, young lady!"
"It is for me," I whined.
"Oh, stop whining. I'll see you tomorrow at 9 am. And I expect you to open the door when I get here, not Paul," Kellie said as she left through the door. I dramatically groaned as Paul laughed at my antics. I'm sure that Kellie heard his laughter.
I cleaned up my homework and headed for my room. As I put my books and notebook on my desk, I sighed heavily as I started doing my homework that Kellie just gave me. I jumped up when I felt someone's hands on my shoulders. I looked up, "Jeff, you scared me."
"Sorry about that. But could we talk for a few minutes, before you do your homework?"
"Yeah, sure," I said as I led him to the bed and sat down. "So wanna tell me what's going on?" He nodded wordlessly and began to tell me what happened. By the time he finished, we were in tears. I pulled Jeff towards me and held onto him as he cried for his mother. His mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor and didn't have much time left to live. He talked to matt while I had my tutoring session and found out that Vince had given him that time off and that he would be leaving on Sunday to North Carolina to meet Matt at home. I continued to hold him and allowing him to cry. We stayed that way until Paul came into my room, telling us that dinner was ready. Jeff had told him what had happened with his mother and he understood. Jeff went to use the bathroom to clean up. Afterwards, we headed downstairs hand in hand to eat dinner.
