That Monday, they went back to school and it was recess time. Tatri
and Sam were @ there lockers, when they heard everyone talking about the
dance.
"Whoa, it's like it's the dance season." Sam said looking around her.
"Yeah, it wasn't like this last year. I guess because the dance is out of school, and it's later @ night. They had this thing last year that it couldn't go until 11. So I guess everyone's pumped about it." She told Sam. From around the corner, Simon and Devon stood there looking around the hall.
"So, should I ask her now?" Simon said.
"Ask who what?" Devon said, a little lost about what Simon was talking about.
"Ya know, should I ask Sam to the Winter Dance!?" he said.
"Oh, that thing. Yeah, why not." Devon told her. Then they saw this buy walk up to Sam and Tatri @ their lockers.
"Simon, check it out." Devon pointed in their direction.
"What's going on?" Simon said, sort of worried.
~Girls locker~
"Hey, Sam." He said. It was Christian from her French and Science class.
"Hi Christian." Sam said. And with that, Tatri told Sam that she'd be right back. She had noticed Simon and Devon @ the corner, so she went over there.
"Hey there Simon." Tatri said to him in a shaky voice.
"What are they talking about?" Simon asked, still worried.
"I don't know, but by the looks of it, it could be 50% good, and 50% bad." She said. Once Christian left, Tatri came back and told her that one of the teachers wanted to see her during the time she was gone.
"So, what happened between you and Christian?" Tatri asked Sam.
"Oh, nothing. He just wanted to know the French homework. That's all." She said as she put a folder in her locker.
"Oh, okay." Tatri said and held a thumb up to Simon behind her back.
"Looks like everything's good Simon." Devon said.
"So, go and ask her now! Before something else like this happens." Devon said pushing Simon forward. Simon walked up to Tatri and Sam calmly.
"Hey guys." He said.
"Hey Simon." Sam smiled @ him.
"Hi Simon. Well, I gotta go.and.get to class early. See ya guys." Tatri said and winked to Sam. Sam just looked back @ Tatri, and shrugged. Tatri stopped off by Devon and them 2 watched Simon and Sam. They nodded to Simon to ask Sam the question.
"So Sam, ummm...I was wondering..." he said.
"Yes?" she said as she put away another question. He figured he'd just go out and ask it already.
"Do you think you might wanna...go to." he said. She smiled towards her locker. She slowly closed it and turned around. She said to him,
"Yes!?"
"Do you think you might..wanna go to...go to the dance with me?" he finally said it! She was so shocked and happy @ the same time.
"Yes, I'd love to go with you Simon." She said sweetly.
"You would?! Great." He said. And with that, Devon and Tatri both yelled and said, "YES!" Simon and Sam heard and turned to face them. Devin and Tatri then smiled and shrugged their shoulders. While Simon and Sam just smiled and looked towards the ground from a little embarrassment.
That night, they both went home to tell their family about the news.
~Williams house~
"Hey mom, hey dad." Sam said as she sat down @ the table. Nikki said the prayer, and then Sam started to tell them. "So, guess what?!" she told them.
"What Sam." The mom answered.
"Simon and I are gonna go to the Winter dance with each other." She said happily.
"That's great Sammy. Simon seems like a really nice boy." Mr. Williams said to her.
"So it's alright if I go?" she said to them.
"Of course sweetie. You can go, so when's the dance?" she asked. Sam hesitated to answer.
"Well, it's on Christmas Eve. And it's gonna be from like 7 to.uh.11." She said to them.
"Oh...well. If you want to go, then we think you should. It's good that you're trying new things here in Glen Oak." Mr. Williams said.
"Thanks dad, thanks mom!" Sam said. The 2 parents smiled as Nikki just giggled.
~Camden house~
"Amen." They all said.
"So, mom, dad." Simon started to say. "Do you think that I could to go my schools' Winter Dance?" he asked.
"Sure, when is it?" Mrs. Camden asked.
"It's on Christmas Eve. They changed it this year. It's from around 7 to 11." He told them. Mr. and Mrs. Camden exchanged looks to each other.
"Well, do you really want to go?" Mr. Camden asked.
"Yeah, I do." He replied.
"Well then, I think that you can go." Mr. Camden said looking @ Simon.
"Thanks dad." Simon said eating his dinner.
"Anyone special you think you might want to go with?" Mrs. Camden asked, trying to find out who that girl was, which was why he wanted to go so badly.
"Well, um, I asked Sam to the dance." He said looking @ everyone. "So we're gonna go together."
"Well, I think Sam is a very nice young lady. I hope you guys have fun." Mr. Camden smiled. They all ate their dinner and talked about everyone's day.
The next day @ school was like any other. Classes were the same, did work, got homework, teacher didn't change overnight. You could say that school was almost the same everyday. It was after school when Sam was @ her locker. Simon went to go find Devon and would meet Sam back @ her locker. While Tatri was held back in English to talk to their teacher about the assignment she turned in. While Sam was @ her locker, she was taking out and putting back in different books and folders. Then out of nowhere, these 2 hands covered her eyes and a voice said to her,
"Guess who?" she could tell it was a guy's voice. But not Simon, because she could tell Simon's voice any day.
"Who is this?" she asked, somewhat confused of who it would be.
"It's me." The voice said. He took his hands off of her eyes, and put it down by his side. Through Sam's mirror that she had put up in her locker, she had seen who it was. And when she looked in her locker, her eyes widened with disbelief. She spun around so fast and said,
"David?" she said.
"Yep, it's me Sam!" he said hugging her. "So have you missed me?" he said to her.
"Woa, woa, woa, what are you doing here?" she said shaking her head, still in disbelief.
"What do you mean what am I doing here?" he said back to her.
"Hey." Tatri said walking up to the two of them. "Anything wrong?" she said in a loud voice, worried that this guy might be bothering her. And with that loud voice, whatever students that was in the hallway @ the time turned around towards her.
"Who's this?" she asked suspiciously.
"Well, aren't you a pretty young lady." David said to Tatri as she just stared @ him. "But not as pretty as my Sammy." He said touching her shoulder. "Okay." Tatri said looking @ the two. Sam jerked her shoulder back and said, "I'm not yours David." Sam said angry.
"Of course you are, ever since we were kids."
"No I wasn't-"she got cut off by him.
"Yes you are, you just forgot or something." He said. And by this time, almost everyone in the halls was looking towards them. Simon then turned the corner to see what was going on. He stood there for a minute, thinking about who this might be talking to Sam and Tatri.
"I've never gone out with you. And I never will." Sam said getting even angrier. "Don't you get it?" she said. And without thinking about what Sam said, David responded with,
"So, this Winter Dance. Since we're going out, how about I take you?" he said in a normal calm voice.
"No, how about you don't." Sam said.
"Well." he paused to think. "Why not?" and with that Simon came up walking in front of Sam and blocked her from David. He said to him,
"Because I am." Simon told him firmly.
"Oh I get it; you paid this goof ball to trick me." David said. Simon just turned his head to the side and said to David,
"Look, she obviously doesn't want to talk to you. So why don't you just get lost." Simon said.
"Fine, I'll go for now. See ya later Sammy." David said as he turned to walk away.
"I'm sorry about that guys." Sam said quietly as Simon turned around to look @ her.
"Eh, there ain't no show here people." Tatri said loudly as she waved everyone to go away.
"Who was that guy?" Simon asked worried.
"He's David. He used to go to school with me ever since I moved to Patterson when I was little." Sam explained.
"And this should mean." Tatri said.
"From the first year I went to school with him, he always thought that I liked him. That I liked him enough that we went out. But I never even liked him. And never would go out with him. But he just wouldn't get the picture that I didn't like him. So he went around thinking I did. About a year or 2 ago, he and his family moved. I don't know where to, but I know he moved." She said. "But I guess I know where he moved to know." She said looking in the direction that he walked off into.
"Don't worry." Simon said to her. "I'm not gonna let that guy bother you." He said caringly. They smiled @ each other.
For the next 2 days Sam tried to look out for David in between classes and before and after school. When she did see him, he'd wave to her and smile like they actually were going out. All she could do was just turn away and roll her eyes. On Thursday they had a small assembly in the gym, being the last day of school until Winter Break begins.
~Camden house~
After dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Camden wanted to talk to everyone, so they all went into the living room. With that, their parents started to tell them something.
"Well guys," Mrs. Camden said. "We have some good news!" she said putting her hands together. "Since it is the Christmas time, Mary, Matt, and Lucy are going to come and stay for a few days here." She said.
"Cool." Ruthie said.
"Matt and Mary are coming tomorrow night. And Lucy Kevin and will be coming on Saturday night. They'll all be staying her until next week Thursday." Mr. Camden said. "So, you guys might have a tight fit in the house, but we'll do." Everyone got excited about the family coming back. Except Matt's wife, who was going to stay with her side of the family for Christmas. After that, the kids were able to do whatever. So they all went upstairs and just hung out in their rooms. After about a half on hour, Ruthie came downstairs to get a drink of water. When she stopped by the front door and looked out the window.
"Come down everyone!!" she yelled. Then everyone ran down to see what was happening.
"What, what is it?" Mrs. Camden asked.
"Look!" she pointed to the window. Mr. Camden pulled over the shades that were blocking the window. And then they all saw snow falling down.
"It's never snowed like this in Glen Oak." Simon said.
"That's true. It's amazing." Mr. Camden said.
"Looks like we'll finally have a snowy Christmas." Ruthie said with a smile.
The next day, Devon went over to Simon's house. While Sam went over to Tatri's. Then the 4 of them met up between Simon's house and Tatri's. From there they decided that they'd just walk around. Go see what everyone was doing.
"It's beautiful." Sam said. "It's never snowed like this before. I've never really seen it like this." She said walking beside Tatri and Simon.
"You've never seen snow before?" Devon asked.
"No, not really. Only on the Big Island, where there's snow all year. I went snowboarding up there. But not like winter season snow." She told them.
"Well, it's never snowed like this before. But I'm glad you're here to see it!" Tatri said hugging Sam. They walked around the neighborhood for a while and saw little kids getting on their sleds and riding down small hills of pilled up snow. While their dads tried to shovel the snow blocking their driveways or doors. It was like a little sitcom show. Nice and pleasant. After that, they found a nice area near the park where they started to meet up with other people from school. They started to make snow men, while some of the girls made snow angels. Sam and Tatri did a snow angel together. Tatri did hers first, and Sam pulled her out. So that there was no hand print when she got out. Then Sam did her, and Tatri helped her out. Then Tatri went over to build more snowmen, while Simon walked to stand next to Sam.
"Isn't it just great? I've always wanted to make an angel." She said.
"Yeah, it is nice. But, if I wanted to see an angel, I don't have to look @ this angel. I'd just have to look @ you." He said sweetly. Sam blushed and smiled towards him. They walked together to where everyone else was, and stayed there for a while. Sam and Tatri left around lunch time because their families were planning on having lunch together @ Sam's house. So they told everyone goodbye, and started to walk home. Devon and Simon then hung out for a while.
"So, what was up with you and Sam?" Devon asked.
"Nah, nothin really." He told him.
"Come on, you 2 look pretty cozy next to each other that close." Simon laughed.
"Devon, if anything would happen, or did happen, I wouldn't tell you."
"Well, why not?!" Devon seemed offended.
"Because A, it's my personal life. And B, you'd probably blab to everyone in school!" which was true, Devon was known to talk to a lot of people around gossip season.
That Saturday, Tatri, Simon, Sam and their families went down to the church to help set up for the Christmas service that they would be having on Sunday. All the families brought lunch and ate with the other families. Of course, kids with kids and adults with adults. That day, Sam got to meet everyone else in Simon's family.
"Hey guys." Simon said as he walked up to his family with Sam @ his side. "This is Sam everyone." He started to say. "Sam, this is Mary, Lucy, Kevin, and you already know Matt." "Hi everyone." She said smiling. "It's nice to meet you Samantha." Mary said as she shook her hand. "Oh, please call me Sam." "Hi, I'm Lucy. And this is my husband Kevin." She said as Sam shook both their hands. After a while of small talk, Lucy, Mary, Ruthie, and Sam went to go talk off to the side.
"Oh man, what are they telling her?" Simon asked worried that his sisters might say something bad to Sam.
"So, what do you think of our brother?" Mary asked.
"Simon, he's really great." Sam told them.
"Great you say, hmmm" Lucy said.
"Yeah, Simon's the only guy from school that I feel comfortable around. He's not like most boys, which is good."
"Ruthie, would you say that the two were made for each other?" Mary asked in a humorous way. Sam smiled and Ruthie said,
"Well, does peanut butter and jelly go together?" she said in a forward way.
"Well Sam, I think that you might just be the girl for Simon." Lucy told her.
"I hope so." Sam said quietly and smiled.
The church had looked beautiful once the first family walked in. The church service went really well, and everyone seemed to like it. The service that most families liked was the Christmas once. It brought everyone together and everyone to a place where peacefulness was. The next day was Monday, the 24th. Which meant it was the Winter Dance day.
~William's house~
"So, are you ready for tonight?" Mrs. Williams asked Sam while they had lunch.
"Yeah, I guess so. It'll be fun, I can tell already." Sam took a bite of her sandwich she made.
"As long as you have fun tonight," Mr. Williams said. "then I'm happy for you."
"Thanks dad." Nikki kept rather quiet during lunch. Not saying much. This made Sam suspicious about what she was up to. So later on after lunch, Sam went to Nikki's room to ask her what she was up to.
~Nikki's room~
"So, what do you know that you're not telling me?" Sam asked from her doorway.
"Oh, nothing Sam." She said with an obvious smile.
"Hey." Sam said walking in the room. "That's my Three Plus c.d. When did you take it from my room?" Sam asked as she picked up the c.d. from the table.
"About 2 days ago, you were out or something. So I just went in and took it. I didn't think you'd mind." She said.
"Well, next time please ask. Cause sooner or later I would have noticed and accused you and probably go nuts on you. But can I have it back?" she asked. That was one of her favorite c.d.'s she got from Hawaii.
"Yeah, sure. Here ya go." Nikki said giving her sister her c.d. back.
"So, I'll ask you again, what are you not telling me?" Sam said getting right into her face.
"I told you, nothing." She said calmly.
"Hmm...right." Sam said walking out of her room. Just after she saw Sam walk out the door, she got up and went downstairs to use the phone. She called Ruthie, and talked to her for a little bit.
~!phone call!~
Ruthie: hello? Nikki: hey, it worked! I didn't say anything about tonight, and Sam's totally over it. I'm guessing she's dying to know what I'm hiding from her. Ruthie: good, just don't tell her just yet. She'll find out sooner or later. I mean, it's not something you can keep a secret. She'll have to do it tonight anyway. Nikki: Okay, well, let's hope that this night goes well. Cause we can already tell they totally like each other. Ruthie: yea, I'm sure it will. Okay, I'll talk to you later. Bye Nikki. Nikki: see ya.
~Camden's house~
As Simon paced the living room, he saw Robby walk in.
"Something wrong Simon?" he asked.
"Yeah, tonight."
"What about tonight?"
"I'm nervous." Simon said.
"Why, it's only a dance." He said sitting down on the couch.
"Yeah, but it's with Sam. And it's in a couple of hours. What do I do?" he said worried.
"Simon, its hours away. You'll be fine, just chill for a while." Robby said as he turned on the TV.
"Chill, got it. Chill." Simon repeated. Still walking around in the living room, Ruthie then stood in the doorway to the living room.
"Nervous about tonight?" she asked smoothly.
"Ruthie, this isn't the time to be teasing me." Simon said to her.
"Well." She said in a snippy way. "Just if you were wondering, tonight'll go well. Sam doesn't suspect a thing about.you know what." She said winking to Simon.
"Okay, thank you. Now go. You're making me even more nervous." Simon said.
"Gee, if this one date makes you crazy, just think what others will make you." She said and headed back up stairs.
"Whoa, it's like it's the dance season." Sam said looking around her.
"Yeah, it wasn't like this last year. I guess because the dance is out of school, and it's later @ night. They had this thing last year that it couldn't go until 11. So I guess everyone's pumped about it." She told Sam. From around the corner, Simon and Devon stood there looking around the hall.
"So, should I ask her now?" Simon said.
"Ask who what?" Devon said, a little lost about what Simon was talking about.
"Ya know, should I ask Sam to the Winter Dance!?" he said.
"Oh, that thing. Yeah, why not." Devon told her. Then they saw this buy walk up to Sam and Tatri @ their lockers.
"Simon, check it out." Devon pointed in their direction.
"What's going on?" Simon said, sort of worried.
~Girls locker~
"Hey, Sam." He said. It was Christian from her French and Science class.
"Hi Christian." Sam said. And with that, Tatri told Sam that she'd be right back. She had noticed Simon and Devon @ the corner, so she went over there.
"Hey there Simon." Tatri said to him in a shaky voice.
"What are they talking about?" Simon asked, still worried.
"I don't know, but by the looks of it, it could be 50% good, and 50% bad." She said. Once Christian left, Tatri came back and told her that one of the teachers wanted to see her during the time she was gone.
"So, what happened between you and Christian?" Tatri asked Sam.
"Oh, nothing. He just wanted to know the French homework. That's all." She said as she put a folder in her locker.
"Oh, okay." Tatri said and held a thumb up to Simon behind her back.
"Looks like everything's good Simon." Devon said.
"So, go and ask her now! Before something else like this happens." Devon said pushing Simon forward. Simon walked up to Tatri and Sam calmly.
"Hey guys." He said.
"Hey Simon." Sam smiled @ him.
"Hi Simon. Well, I gotta go.and.get to class early. See ya guys." Tatri said and winked to Sam. Sam just looked back @ Tatri, and shrugged. Tatri stopped off by Devon and them 2 watched Simon and Sam. They nodded to Simon to ask Sam the question.
"So Sam, ummm...I was wondering..." he said.
"Yes?" she said as she put away another question. He figured he'd just go out and ask it already.
"Do you think you might wanna...go to." he said. She smiled towards her locker. She slowly closed it and turned around. She said to him,
"Yes!?"
"Do you think you might..wanna go to...go to the dance with me?" he finally said it! She was so shocked and happy @ the same time.
"Yes, I'd love to go with you Simon." She said sweetly.
"You would?! Great." He said. And with that, Devon and Tatri both yelled and said, "YES!" Simon and Sam heard and turned to face them. Devin and Tatri then smiled and shrugged their shoulders. While Simon and Sam just smiled and looked towards the ground from a little embarrassment.
That night, they both went home to tell their family about the news.
~Williams house~
"Hey mom, hey dad." Sam said as she sat down @ the table. Nikki said the prayer, and then Sam started to tell them. "So, guess what?!" she told them.
"What Sam." The mom answered.
"Simon and I are gonna go to the Winter dance with each other." She said happily.
"That's great Sammy. Simon seems like a really nice boy." Mr. Williams said to her.
"So it's alright if I go?" she said to them.
"Of course sweetie. You can go, so when's the dance?" she asked. Sam hesitated to answer.
"Well, it's on Christmas Eve. And it's gonna be from like 7 to.uh.11." She said to them.
"Oh...well. If you want to go, then we think you should. It's good that you're trying new things here in Glen Oak." Mr. Williams said.
"Thanks dad, thanks mom!" Sam said. The 2 parents smiled as Nikki just giggled.
~Camden house~
"Amen." They all said.
"So, mom, dad." Simon started to say. "Do you think that I could to go my schools' Winter Dance?" he asked.
"Sure, when is it?" Mrs. Camden asked.
"It's on Christmas Eve. They changed it this year. It's from around 7 to 11." He told them. Mr. and Mrs. Camden exchanged looks to each other.
"Well, do you really want to go?" Mr. Camden asked.
"Yeah, I do." He replied.
"Well then, I think that you can go." Mr. Camden said looking @ Simon.
"Thanks dad." Simon said eating his dinner.
"Anyone special you think you might want to go with?" Mrs. Camden asked, trying to find out who that girl was, which was why he wanted to go so badly.
"Well, um, I asked Sam to the dance." He said looking @ everyone. "So we're gonna go together."
"Well, I think Sam is a very nice young lady. I hope you guys have fun." Mr. Camden smiled. They all ate their dinner and talked about everyone's day.
The next day @ school was like any other. Classes were the same, did work, got homework, teacher didn't change overnight. You could say that school was almost the same everyday. It was after school when Sam was @ her locker. Simon went to go find Devon and would meet Sam back @ her locker. While Tatri was held back in English to talk to their teacher about the assignment she turned in. While Sam was @ her locker, she was taking out and putting back in different books and folders. Then out of nowhere, these 2 hands covered her eyes and a voice said to her,
"Guess who?" she could tell it was a guy's voice. But not Simon, because she could tell Simon's voice any day.
"Who is this?" she asked, somewhat confused of who it would be.
"It's me." The voice said. He took his hands off of her eyes, and put it down by his side. Through Sam's mirror that she had put up in her locker, she had seen who it was. And when she looked in her locker, her eyes widened with disbelief. She spun around so fast and said,
"David?" she said.
"Yep, it's me Sam!" he said hugging her. "So have you missed me?" he said to her.
"Woa, woa, woa, what are you doing here?" she said shaking her head, still in disbelief.
"What do you mean what am I doing here?" he said back to her.
"Hey." Tatri said walking up to the two of them. "Anything wrong?" she said in a loud voice, worried that this guy might be bothering her. And with that loud voice, whatever students that was in the hallway @ the time turned around towards her.
"Who's this?" she asked suspiciously.
"Well, aren't you a pretty young lady." David said to Tatri as she just stared @ him. "But not as pretty as my Sammy." He said touching her shoulder. "Okay." Tatri said looking @ the two. Sam jerked her shoulder back and said, "I'm not yours David." Sam said angry.
"Of course you are, ever since we were kids."
"No I wasn't-"she got cut off by him.
"Yes you are, you just forgot or something." He said. And by this time, almost everyone in the halls was looking towards them. Simon then turned the corner to see what was going on. He stood there for a minute, thinking about who this might be talking to Sam and Tatri.
"I've never gone out with you. And I never will." Sam said getting even angrier. "Don't you get it?" she said. And without thinking about what Sam said, David responded with,
"So, this Winter Dance. Since we're going out, how about I take you?" he said in a normal calm voice.
"No, how about you don't." Sam said.
"Well." he paused to think. "Why not?" and with that Simon came up walking in front of Sam and blocked her from David. He said to him,
"Because I am." Simon told him firmly.
"Oh I get it; you paid this goof ball to trick me." David said. Simon just turned his head to the side and said to David,
"Look, she obviously doesn't want to talk to you. So why don't you just get lost." Simon said.
"Fine, I'll go for now. See ya later Sammy." David said as he turned to walk away.
"I'm sorry about that guys." Sam said quietly as Simon turned around to look @ her.
"Eh, there ain't no show here people." Tatri said loudly as she waved everyone to go away.
"Who was that guy?" Simon asked worried.
"He's David. He used to go to school with me ever since I moved to Patterson when I was little." Sam explained.
"And this should mean." Tatri said.
"From the first year I went to school with him, he always thought that I liked him. That I liked him enough that we went out. But I never even liked him. And never would go out with him. But he just wouldn't get the picture that I didn't like him. So he went around thinking I did. About a year or 2 ago, he and his family moved. I don't know where to, but I know he moved." She said. "But I guess I know where he moved to know." She said looking in the direction that he walked off into.
"Don't worry." Simon said to her. "I'm not gonna let that guy bother you." He said caringly. They smiled @ each other.
For the next 2 days Sam tried to look out for David in between classes and before and after school. When she did see him, he'd wave to her and smile like they actually were going out. All she could do was just turn away and roll her eyes. On Thursday they had a small assembly in the gym, being the last day of school until Winter Break begins.
~Camden house~
After dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Camden wanted to talk to everyone, so they all went into the living room. With that, their parents started to tell them something.
"Well guys," Mrs. Camden said. "We have some good news!" she said putting her hands together. "Since it is the Christmas time, Mary, Matt, and Lucy are going to come and stay for a few days here." She said.
"Cool." Ruthie said.
"Matt and Mary are coming tomorrow night. And Lucy Kevin and will be coming on Saturday night. They'll all be staying her until next week Thursday." Mr. Camden said. "So, you guys might have a tight fit in the house, but we'll do." Everyone got excited about the family coming back. Except Matt's wife, who was going to stay with her side of the family for Christmas. After that, the kids were able to do whatever. So they all went upstairs and just hung out in their rooms. After about a half on hour, Ruthie came downstairs to get a drink of water. When she stopped by the front door and looked out the window.
"Come down everyone!!" she yelled. Then everyone ran down to see what was happening.
"What, what is it?" Mrs. Camden asked.
"Look!" she pointed to the window. Mr. Camden pulled over the shades that were blocking the window. And then they all saw snow falling down.
"It's never snowed like this in Glen Oak." Simon said.
"That's true. It's amazing." Mr. Camden said.
"Looks like we'll finally have a snowy Christmas." Ruthie said with a smile.
The next day, Devon went over to Simon's house. While Sam went over to Tatri's. Then the 4 of them met up between Simon's house and Tatri's. From there they decided that they'd just walk around. Go see what everyone was doing.
"It's beautiful." Sam said. "It's never snowed like this before. I've never really seen it like this." She said walking beside Tatri and Simon.
"You've never seen snow before?" Devon asked.
"No, not really. Only on the Big Island, where there's snow all year. I went snowboarding up there. But not like winter season snow." She told them.
"Well, it's never snowed like this before. But I'm glad you're here to see it!" Tatri said hugging Sam. They walked around the neighborhood for a while and saw little kids getting on their sleds and riding down small hills of pilled up snow. While their dads tried to shovel the snow blocking their driveways or doors. It was like a little sitcom show. Nice and pleasant. After that, they found a nice area near the park where they started to meet up with other people from school. They started to make snow men, while some of the girls made snow angels. Sam and Tatri did a snow angel together. Tatri did hers first, and Sam pulled her out. So that there was no hand print when she got out. Then Sam did her, and Tatri helped her out. Then Tatri went over to build more snowmen, while Simon walked to stand next to Sam.
"Isn't it just great? I've always wanted to make an angel." She said.
"Yeah, it is nice. But, if I wanted to see an angel, I don't have to look @ this angel. I'd just have to look @ you." He said sweetly. Sam blushed and smiled towards him. They walked together to where everyone else was, and stayed there for a while. Sam and Tatri left around lunch time because their families were planning on having lunch together @ Sam's house. So they told everyone goodbye, and started to walk home. Devon and Simon then hung out for a while.
"So, what was up with you and Sam?" Devon asked.
"Nah, nothin really." He told him.
"Come on, you 2 look pretty cozy next to each other that close." Simon laughed.
"Devon, if anything would happen, or did happen, I wouldn't tell you."
"Well, why not?!" Devon seemed offended.
"Because A, it's my personal life. And B, you'd probably blab to everyone in school!" which was true, Devon was known to talk to a lot of people around gossip season.
That Saturday, Tatri, Simon, Sam and their families went down to the church to help set up for the Christmas service that they would be having on Sunday. All the families brought lunch and ate with the other families. Of course, kids with kids and adults with adults. That day, Sam got to meet everyone else in Simon's family.
"Hey guys." Simon said as he walked up to his family with Sam @ his side. "This is Sam everyone." He started to say. "Sam, this is Mary, Lucy, Kevin, and you already know Matt." "Hi everyone." She said smiling. "It's nice to meet you Samantha." Mary said as she shook her hand. "Oh, please call me Sam." "Hi, I'm Lucy. And this is my husband Kevin." She said as Sam shook both their hands. After a while of small talk, Lucy, Mary, Ruthie, and Sam went to go talk off to the side.
"Oh man, what are they telling her?" Simon asked worried that his sisters might say something bad to Sam.
"So, what do you think of our brother?" Mary asked.
"Simon, he's really great." Sam told them.
"Great you say, hmmm" Lucy said.
"Yeah, Simon's the only guy from school that I feel comfortable around. He's not like most boys, which is good."
"Ruthie, would you say that the two were made for each other?" Mary asked in a humorous way. Sam smiled and Ruthie said,
"Well, does peanut butter and jelly go together?" she said in a forward way.
"Well Sam, I think that you might just be the girl for Simon." Lucy told her.
"I hope so." Sam said quietly and smiled.
The church had looked beautiful once the first family walked in. The church service went really well, and everyone seemed to like it. The service that most families liked was the Christmas once. It brought everyone together and everyone to a place where peacefulness was. The next day was Monday, the 24th. Which meant it was the Winter Dance day.
~William's house~
"So, are you ready for tonight?" Mrs. Williams asked Sam while they had lunch.
"Yeah, I guess so. It'll be fun, I can tell already." Sam took a bite of her sandwich she made.
"As long as you have fun tonight," Mr. Williams said. "then I'm happy for you."
"Thanks dad." Nikki kept rather quiet during lunch. Not saying much. This made Sam suspicious about what she was up to. So later on after lunch, Sam went to Nikki's room to ask her what she was up to.
~Nikki's room~
"So, what do you know that you're not telling me?" Sam asked from her doorway.
"Oh, nothing Sam." She said with an obvious smile.
"Hey." Sam said walking in the room. "That's my Three Plus c.d. When did you take it from my room?" Sam asked as she picked up the c.d. from the table.
"About 2 days ago, you were out or something. So I just went in and took it. I didn't think you'd mind." She said.
"Well, next time please ask. Cause sooner or later I would have noticed and accused you and probably go nuts on you. But can I have it back?" she asked. That was one of her favorite c.d.'s she got from Hawaii.
"Yeah, sure. Here ya go." Nikki said giving her sister her c.d. back.
"So, I'll ask you again, what are you not telling me?" Sam said getting right into her face.
"I told you, nothing." She said calmly.
"Hmm...right." Sam said walking out of her room. Just after she saw Sam walk out the door, she got up and went downstairs to use the phone. She called Ruthie, and talked to her for a little bit.
~!phone call!~
Ruthie: hello? Nikki: hey, it worked! I didn't say anything about tonight, and Sam's totally over it. I'm guessing she's dying to know what I'm hiding from her. Ruthie: good, just don't tell her just yet. She'll find out sooner or later. I mean, it's not something you can keep a secret. She'll have to do it tonight anyway. Nikki: Okay, well, let's hope that this night goes well. Cause we can already tell they totally like each other. Ruthie: yea, I'm sure it will. Okay, I'll talk to you later. Bye Nikki. Nikki: see ya.
~Camden's house~
As Simon paced the living room, he saw Robby walk in.
"Something wrong Simon?" he asked.
"Yeah, tonight."
"What about tonight?"
"I'm nervous." Simon said.
"Why, it's only a dance." He said sitting down on the couch.
"Yeah, but it's with Sam. And it's in a couple of hours. What do I do?" he said worried.
"Simon, its hours away. You'll be fine, just chill for a while." Robby said as he turned on the TV.
"Chill, got it. Chill." Simon repeated. Still walking around in the living room, Ruthie then stood in the doorway to the living room.
"Nervous about tonight?" she asked smoothly.
"Ruthie, this isn't the time to be teasing me." Simon said to her.
"Well." She said in a snippy way. "Just if you were wondering, tonight'll go well. Sam doesn't suspect a thing about.you know what." She said winking to Simon.
"Okay, thank you. Now go. You're making me even more nervous." Simon said.
"Gee, if this one date makes you crazy, just think what others will make you." She said and headed back up stairs.
