Chapter 5.
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Sam picked at his dinner with a fork. He really didn't want to eat much which was really worrying his mother as he usually ate alot. He couldn't stop thinking about Reggie's poem. Did she like someone else? Was she telling the truth when she said it was just a poem? All the questions he had no answers to. Then he thought about holding her hand. She probably didn't mean anything by it, he thought, after all we're friends.
"Sammy, why aren't you eating anything." Mrs Dullard asked.
"I'm not hungry. I had a big afternoon snack. Well, I guess I'll be going to bed now. Goodnight." Sam ran and shut the door of his room behind him. He resumed his spot by the window and looked towards the Rocket house, wondering what Reggie was thinking.
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The next day, Ray dropped them outside Laser Crates, telling them he'd pick them up later. Reggie watched him drive away again and once again took off her pants and top to reveal a red strapless top and a denim mini.
"Reg! Not again, man. What's with the new look anyway?" Otto asked her, noticing Twister was in a trance like Otto had been watching the girls on the soap opera.
"Dude! Reggie's hot again!" Twister cried out.
"Can it Rocket boy! Lets just play some laser crates." Reggie said.
"Can I be on your team Reggie? Please." Twister asked.
"Okay okay, lets go." Reggie muttered impatiently.
In the maze, Sam couldn't help but look for Reggie. He snuck around with his laser gun poised when he heard the footsteps behind him. He looked around the corner where he was hiding to see her standing there.
"I see you Sammy. I'm going to cream you."
Sam looked around. He could have run away which was the whole point of the game or tried to shoot her first, but since he had Reggie alone, he came out of his hiding place. "Don't shoot, please. Come over here, I have to talk to you."
Reggie could barely see Sam in the dim light, but she could tell he sounded serious. Together they hid behind a crate and sat down. Reggie could see Sam looked sort of nervous. She thought of grabbing his hand when he started speaking to her.
"There's something I have to tell you and I want to do it now since we're alone. The thing is....I like you. I really like you and I think it's about time I knew how you feel about me." Sam said, looking up at Reggie.
"What?!" Reggie couldn't hide the shock on her face. She couldn't believe that Sam had liked her too, after all that wondering and waiting. She wanted to speak, but no words could express how happy she was that he felt the same way.
Sam didn't like the look on her face, nor her reaction to what he said. The look on her face told him she was going to say no and possibly give some speech about how good of friends they were, he didn't want that. He felt embarassed, then looked down at the laser in his hand and suddenly yelled "Psyche!" before shooting her with the laser and running away.
Reggie stared down where the laser light had just gone out just like the light of hope in her heart. She wanted to cry, but didn't want to show Sam that he had really hurt her. She waited for her laser armour to re-activate before going back into the maze.
Sam eventually ran out of breath and stopped running. He was at his special spot in the maze where no-one ever seemed to find him. He sat down, groaning as he put his head in his hands. "What have I done?" Sam wanted to just leave this whole day behind him. He couldn't handle getting out of the maze, seeing how beautiful Reggie looked and knowing that if he hadn't said anything, she would have rejected him. The buzzer sounded, signalling that their time was up. Sam groaned again, preparing for the worst when he saw Reggie again.
The drive home was very awkward for Sam and Reggie. They were both trying to act as though nothing had happened, like they were hurting inside just looking at the each other. Sam didn't think it would hurt so much. He tried to convince himself they were better off as friends, but the truth was that he loved Reggie, and nothing would ever change that.
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Reggie didn't come out of her room for dinner, all she could do was cry. "How could he do that?" she asked herself out loud. "Why did this have to happen to me?"
She didn't want to go to the beach with the guys that Sunday, but she couldn't let Sam know that she was hurting. She wiped her blotchy eyes with a tissue and decided go to sleep and see how she felt in the morning.
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Chapter 6 will be up whenever I write it.
*Reminder* Disclaimer on first page.
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Sam picked at his dinner with a fork. He really didn't want to eat much which was really worrying his mother as he usually ate alot. He couldn't stop thinking about Reggie's poem. Did she like someone else? Was she telling the truth when she said it was just a poem? All the questions he had no answers to. Then he thought about holding her hand. She probably didn't mean anything by it, he thought, after all we're friends.
"Sammy, why aren't you eating anything." Mrs Dullard asked.
"I'm not hungry. I had a big afternoon snack. Well, I guess I'll be going to bed now. Goodnight." Sam ran and shut the door of his room behind him. He resumed his spot by the window and looked towards the Rocket house, wondering what Reggie was thinking.
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The next day, Ray dropped them outside Laser Crates, telling them he'd pick them up later. Reggie watched him drive away again and once again took off her pants and top to reveal a red strapless top and a denim mini.
"Reg! Not again, man. What's with the new look anyway?" Otto asked her, noticing Twister was in a trance like Otto had been watching the girls on the soap opera.
"Dude! Reggie's hot again!" Twister cried out.
"Can it Rocket boy! Lets just play some laser crates." Reggie said.
"Can I be on your team Reggie? Please." Twister asked.
"Okay okay, lets go." Reggie muttered impatiently.
In the maze, Sam couldn't help but look for Reggie. He snuck around with his laser gun poised when he heard the footsteps behind him. He looked around the corner where he was hiding to see her standing there.
"I see you Sammy. I'm going to cream you."
Sam looked around. He could have run away which was the whole point of the game or tried to shoot her first, but since he had Reggie alone, he came out of his hiding place. "Don't shoot, please. Come over here, I have to talk to you."
Reggie could barely see Sam in the dim light, but she could tell he sounded serious. Together they hid behind a crate and sat down. Reggie could see Sam looked sort of nervous. She thought of grabbing his hand when he started speaking to her.
"There's something I have to tell you and I want to do it now since we're alone. The thing is....I like you. I really like you and I think it's about time I knew how you feel about me." Sam said, looking up at Reggie.
"What?!" Reggie couldn't hide the shock on her face. She couldn't believe that Sam had liked her too, after all that wondering and waiting. She wanted to speak, but no words could express how happy she was that he felt the same way.
Sam didn't like the look on her face, nor her reaction to what he said. The look on her face told him she was going to say no and possibly give some speech about how good of friends they were, he didn't want that. He felt embarassed, then looked down at the laser in his hand and suddenly yelled "Psyche!" before shooting her with the laser and running away.
Reggie stared down where the laser light had just gone out just like the light of hope in her heart. She wanted to cry, but didn't want to show Sam that he had really hurt her. She waited for her laser armour to re-activate before going back into the maze.
Sam eventually ran out of breath and stopped running. He was at his special spot in the maze where no-one ever seemed to find him. He sat down, groaning as he put his head in his hands. "What have I done?" Sam wanted to just leave this whole day behind him. He couldn't handle getting out of the maze, seeing how beautiful Reggie looked and knowing that if he hadn't said anything, she would have rejected him. The buzzer sounded, signalling that their time was up. Sam groaned again, preparing for the worst when he saw Reggie again.
The drive home was very awkward for Sam and Reggie. They were both trying to act as though nothing had happened, like they were hurting inside just looking at the each other. Sam didn't think it would hurt so much. He tried to convince himself they were better off as friends, but the truth was that he loved Reggie, and nothing would ever change that.
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Reggie didn't come out of her room for dinner, all she could do was cry. "How could he do that?" she asked herself out loud. "Why did this have to happen to me?"
She didn't want to go to the beach with the guys that Sunday, but she couldn't let Sam know that she was hurting. She wiped her blotchy eyes with a tissue and decided go to sleep and see how she felt in the morning.
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Chapter 6 will be up whenever I write it.