Chapter 40: Spending Time At Home

~Sam's POV~

Jeff had woken me up to let me know that the guys were coming over soon. I was in the shower when I heard Jeff greet the guys. I took the quickest shower possible because I wanted to spend time at home. After the shower, I combed out my hair, dried myself up and put my clothes on. I went outside after I put my hair in a towel and saw the guys chatting on the beds. "Hi, guys." They all looked at me and smiled as they greeted me.

Paul asked, "You almost ready, babydoll?"

"Yeah, I am. I just need to pack up my clothes and dry my hair," I said as I put my pjs in my bag and looked around the room. I double-checked my bag and everything was there. I went to the restroom and got my makeup kit and other essentials and went back to my bag and put it in. I zipped up my bag and looked at the guys. It seemed like they were watching me. "Did you guys watch me the whole time?"

"Yes, we did," Mark said as he smiled. I stuck my tongue at him as I went to the restroom to dry my hair and I heard them laughing. I combed my hair as soon as I finished drying my hair.

I was still combing my hair as I walked out and said, "Are we going to do anything before going home?"

"Are you hungry?" Paul asked.

"A little," I said as I put my brush in my bag.

"We'll stop by someplace to get something to eat and then head home," he replied.

"Ok, I'm all ready now," I said as I looked at all of them.

"All right, let's get something to eat," Paul said as everyone got up and headed out the door. Jeff and I got our things and left. We were all chatting as we headed down to the lobby. When we did, Jeff and I checked out at the front desk and met the others outside by the parking lot.

"We're here," I said as Jeff and I saw the guys standing around, chatting.

"Let's get out of here," Paul said. We all walked over to where we had parked. "Ok, here's what we are going to do. Mark and I are going in one car and Adam, Jeff and Samantha are going in the other. We'll follow you to the restaurant. Adam, just go to the Denny's that's closest to your home, all right?"

"No problem," Adam said as Jeff and I nodded in agreement.

"Great, let's go home. I'm sure that Samantha can't wait," he said as he looked at me, smirking. I smiled happily and nodded. "Thought so," he said as he smiled at me and laughed as soon as I stuck my tongue at him. We put our things in the trunk and piled into the cars. We got to the restaurant about 20 minutes later and parked the cars. We all went into the restaurant and were seated right away since there weren't that many people there. The waitress took our order and left to get our drinks. "So, Samantha, have you and Jeff decided anything for the wedding yet?"

"Not really, we're still talking about where we want the wedding and how many people to invite. So it's like hard to determine anything right now."

"What about the dress?" Mark asked.

"Well, I've talked to mom about it and she's going to help me look for a dress this week when I have time off. So I won't be able to go back to the states until Friday."

"Have you decided who you are going to ask to be your maid of honor?" Adam asked.

"I'm thinking of asking Chrissy but I want to ask mom, too. I don't know yet."

"What about you, Jeff?" Adam asked.

"I'm going to ask Matt to be my best man and as for the tuxes go, that'll wait until later on," he said as we laughed.

"You guys know that if you need any help you, you can ask us, right?" Paul asked.

"Yeah, we know, but I don't know how you guys are going to help out with the girly stuff," I said as I giggled and they laughed.

"I'm not sure if I want to know," Mark said as he laughed.

"Same here," Adam said.
~Paul's POV~

"I might not want to know either, but since she's my baby girl, I'm going to help out in any way I can," I said as we made eye contact. I immediately noticed that her eyes welled up when we looked at each other.

"I love you, daddy," she said as she got up from her seat and walked over to hug me.

"I love you, too, babydoll," I said as I pulled her onto my lap.

"Hey, Paul, you're making me look bad," Adam said as I smirked at him. I knew what he was talking about and decided to tease him about it.

"Whatever do you mean, Adam?" I said as Samantha giggled. I looked down at her and she knew what I was doing.

"You know what you're doing and don't you dare tease me about it," he replied.

"I don't know what you're saying, buddy," I said.

"You said that you were willing to do anything to help her and Jeff's wedding because you're her surrogate father," he said.

"Look, Adam, it's true. Joking aside, I'm sure that Samantha agrees with me when I say that we know that you will be there for her during their wedding," I said.

"Adam, Paul's right. I know that you will help me and Jeff with our wedding in any way you can. You're my brother and. you're the best brother that a sister can have," Samantha replied as she got up from my lap and went over to Adam.

"I love you Sami," Adam said as he got up and hugged her.

"I love you, too Adam," she said as they held each other for a few moments. The food came when Samantha went back to her seat. We stayed there for about an hour and a half eating and chatting away until we finally paid for the meal and headed home. During the car ride, I could tell Samantha was telling Adam to hurry up and drive home.
~Sam's POV~

When we got to the driveway, I was the first one out of the car and headed up the porch and grabbed they key from under the flowerpot. I looked back and saw the guys laughing at my eagerness. They knew that I couldn't wait to get home. I opened the door and walked in. The first thing that I smelled was the lingering breakfast that mom must have made.
~Paul's POV~

We followed her right into the house and found her standing in the foyer taking in the feeling of being home. All of a sudden, we heard her squeal and saw her running up the stairs. We laughed as we saw her run up the stairs. Once we were all in the house, we all headed towards the living room, but before we could actually relax, we heard a crash. I was the first one up the stairs with the others following suit. We got to her room and found a tall bookshelf on the floor and it looked like it was leaning against the bed. "Samantha? Where are you?" I asked. I heard soft crying and said, "Samantha?" I got closer to the crying and found Samantha on the ground curled up.

I managed to get the bookshelf to stand up on its own and I heard Samantha softly say, "Daddy, hold me."

"I'm right here, babydoll," I said as I gently picked her up and sat down on the bed with her in my arms. "Are you hurt?" I asked as I stroked her back.

"No, I'm just scared," she replied as she sniffled.

"As long as nothing hurts, you'll be fine," I said soothingly.

"Want some chocolate and strawberry ice cream?" I heard Adam ask.

"Yes, please," she said softly.
~Sam's POV~

"What did you say?" he asked coyly even though I'm sure he heard me clearly.

"I want some ice cream please," I said a little bit louder and with a small smile.

"I'll be right back," he said as he left the room.

I sat there in Paul's arms as I waited for Adam to come back. Adam always brought me ice cream whenever I felt scared. I looked up as soon as Adam had come in and I shot up from Paul's arms and went to Adam. "What's the magic word?"

"Please," I said as I tried to reach for the ice cream.

"Here you go," he said he gave me the bowl. I sat down next to Paul as soon as I got it and started to swirl it around until it became smooth.

"Babydoll, what are you doing?"

"Making it smooth," I said as I continued to mix it with my spoon.

"She does that all the time. She doesn't like it as I gave it to her, it has to be smooth."

"Why do you keep doing that?" Paul asked.

"I don't know. I just like it like that," I said as I started eating the ice cream

"So what do you want to do now that you're home?" Mark asked.

"I don't know. I definitely have to do my laundry and pack some clothes," I said.

"How much clothes do you have?" Paul asked.

"You don't want to ask her that," Adam said.

"Why?"

"Because I love shopping for clothes," I said as I looked up at Paul.

"You mean that all the clothes you have at my place is not enough for you?" he asked.

"No, it's not."

"Let me see your clothes here," Paul asked. I got up and showed him my closet. I simply shrugged. "I can't believe that you have that many clothes."

"You haven't seen everything," I replied as I showed him the other side of the closet that was full of shoeboxes.

"You have got to be kidding me," Paul replied.

"Well believe it. she's a shopaholic that can't be stopped," Adam said as I giggled. Paul, Mark and Jeff simply looked at me and laughed. We basically enjoyed the rest of the day chatting away, watching movies and taking pleasure in each other's company. As time went on, we had to head back to do Raw that night. Jeff and I went into our locker room to get ready for the show but we took our time since our match wasn't until later that evening.

"Jeff, are you hungry?" I asked as I looked up from my script.

"No, why do you ask?" Jeff asked as he untied his shoes.

"I am. I'm going to go to catering to get something to eat, ok?" I asked as I got up from the bench and put my script on my bag.

"All right," he said.

"Do you want anything?"

"No, that's ok. You coming back afterwards?"

"It depends on who talks to me," I said, smiling.

"Oh, boy. If you're not back in an hour, I'll meet you there, ok?"

"Ok, I'll talk to you later," I said as I left the locker room. When I got to the catering area, I saw Paul and Mark chatting; I decided to join them as soon as I got my food. "Hi, daddy, Mark." I put my food down and sat at the chair in between Mark and Paul.

"Darlin', how you doing?"

"I'm fine. I just looked at the script and I'm not really doing anything except to valet tonight," I said as I started to eat.

"Yeah, Paul and I were just talking about the script. It's going to be a good show tonight," Mark commented.

"Yeah, it is." The show went off without a hitch and of course we won. It was a hardcore match since they were against Paul, Edge and Christian. It was a grueling match between all of us. I did do my signature move on Paul and helped out whenever I could. Now we were heading out to a fast food joint and head back to the hotel.