Chapter 10
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"I don't know what's up with her bro. She clearly loves you back, but she won't do anything about it." Otto was telling Sam about what Reggie had said.
"She won't listen to me, it's pretty pointless. Maybe she should just go out with Twister and be done with it." As a result of that remark, Otto grabbed him by the shoulders.
"Don't think like that. I'm not having her go out with Twist when she wants you. You've never given up before, why is this time so different?"
Sam knew that Otto didn't know what it was like for him, so he decided to explain his side of the situation in a way Otto would understand. "Because it's love. My advice is, never get involved. Take skating for example, at first it was complicated and it ended up hurting really bad, but after a while it's fine. Love is like that except it doesn't get better. It's like beefing it big time, over and over."
"Dude, that sucks. I'm sure it's not that bad though."
"Actually, it's even worse. She loves me back, but she can't let go of what I did." Sam sat on his bed and put his head in his hands. "Hopeless."
Twister burst in the room, the look on his face warned the other two he was about to blast. "Okay Squid! Get your butt over to Reggie now! She loves you, okay. You're the reason she's upset, because she's in love with you! Now why aren't you going over there and doing something about it?"
Otto looked at his best friend, wide eyed. "Dude, what brought this on?"
"Reggie doesn't like me, and the person she does like is sitting here complaining. Do I have to make you go over there or what?"
"Okay, I'll go over there. I don't think it will make much difference." Sam allowed Twister to walk him over to the Rocket house.
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"Reggie...open up." Otto pounded on the door hard. "We have someone who wants to see you."
Reggie heard the door open when she didn't reply. She knew straight away that they had convinced Sam to come and talk to her. She wasn't in the mood, though.
"Reggie, please look at me." Sam walked over to the bed, sat on it and faced the back of Reggie's head.
"Leave me alone." Reggie replied icily. "You're only here because they guys told you I was upset."
"Not true, I'm here because I want to be. Why should I leave? Because we're letting some stupid fight stop us from being together. It's stupid Reg because we love each other. I know you didn't go through all that torture just to be sitting here alone." Sam put a compassionate hand on her arm. Reggie stood up and turned around to face him her angry face being inches from his.
"You made it this way! You said that you didn't know your feelings and now you just expect me to jump into your arms like-" Sam didn't know what came over him, but he put his lips to hers. He felt her give in to the kiss for a second before pushing him back. "I guess that proves my point! Just leave Sammy, I can't talk to you now."
"Okay, but I just want you to know one thing. I know you're scared. Believe me if there's one thing I know its fear. Don't be, because I love you." Sam walked out of her room. Reggie didn't want him to leave. She didn't want to admit how much that kiss meant to her, how powerful it was.
"I love you, too." Reggie whispered after him.
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Sam couldn't get to sleep that night. He kept thinking about kissing Reggie, realising just how much he wanted to do it again. He went and sat by the window and looked up at the sky.
Reggie wasn't having any luck getting to sleep either. Sam's words had really affected her. She had gone through the torture of not knowing and it seemed stupid that now she knew, she was throwing it away. Reggie sat by her window, looking down at his house.
If you want more sleepless nights then be my guest, Reggie kept repeating Otto's words in her mind. She was awake once again, thinking about Sam.
Both of them had fallen asleep by their windows. The sun was shining, indicating that they both had to go to school and face each other. Both Sam and Reggie were getting ready quickly, in attempts to avoid each other, though when they came out of their houses, they both met in the street.
Sam stared at Reggie, she was looking back at him. He knew that only a few seconds had gone by, but it felt like an eternity. He could see Reggie was sad, like she wanted to talk to him but had no idea what to say. Otto and Twister both came outside and saw it. In unison they both cried out "Oh man!" Finally Reggie walked over to Sam, and just stood in front of him.
"I'm sorry Sam. I don't want us to fight. Can we just agree that last night never happened?" Reggie asked.
Sam knew that by agreeing, he would be pretending that he never kissed her, but he didn't want to fight with her either. "Okay," replied Sam awkwardly.
The rest of the day, Reggie and Sam were making attempts at conversation, trying to bring up what was on their minds, but hide it from each other at the same time. After school, they were all walking home. Twister and Otto gradually slowed down to leave Sam and Reggie walking in front, alone. Though niether one of them seemed to want to do anything.
"This is really awkward," said Sam. "I know I said I would forget last night, but I can't forget kissing you."
"I know how you feel. I hate us fighting, especially when...." Reggie stopped, she felt nervous at telling Sa, she loved him. They just stood out front of the Rocket's house trying to handle the awkward silence. "Well I'll see you later then."
"Reggie wait." He held out his hand. "Can we stop fighting." Reggie shook his hand in agreement, but didn't let go afterwards. They were both smiling at each other. Reggie could feel her heart beating fast and loud, she was sure Sam heard it.
Sam eventually let go, and walked towards his house. He knew that it was probably the perfect opportunity for him to say something, but he wanted to know when Reggie was ready and didn't want to set her off again.
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That night, Sam couldn't get to sleep. Eventually he gave up trying and sat by his window, looking up at the sky. Even that reminded him of Reggie because of the pattern on her pyjamas. He couldn't wait to see her, she had to know what he was feeling. Sam didn't know what he would do when he reached her house but he opened his window and climbed out, he would see Reggie no matter what.
Reggie had the same idea. She had nearly ripped her sheets to shreads from tossing and turning. Like Sam, had been looking at the sky and she knew she had to see him, no matter how inappropriate the time. She snuck out of her house into feeling the cool night air. She walked out into the street and spotted Sam walking in her direction.
They both stopped, finally knowing what the other was thinking. Reggie ran over to Sam and hugged him. She looked over at his house. "Can we talk in your room, I don't think we want the whole street to see this." She ran and climbed through his window before he could reply.
Sam climbed in after her, seeing her sitting on the floor with her head rested against his bed. He went over and sat beside her. "So, I guess we both had the same idea."
Reggie embraced Sam, resting her head on his chest. "I'm so sorry," she whispered, sobbing. "I was scared. You were right."
"Aren't I always?" Sam was trying to lighten up the sitation a little, but his smiled faded when he saw Reggie crying. He started stroking her hair, trying to soothe her. "Reggie, please don't cry. I'm sorry-"
Reggie put a finger to his lips to silence him. "Please don't apologise," she whispered. Reggie put her hand to his cheek. "I love you, I always have." Then she kissed him, expressing all the feelings she kept bottled up inside for months. She couldn't believe how powerful it was she thought her heart would explode. Whatever feelings she had, they had grown from that kiss.
"I love you too, Reggie. Please, don't cry." He tilted up her chin, looked her in the eyes and wiped her tears.
Reggie smiled, glad that Sam and her had finally worked things out. She slipped her hand into his, so their fingers intertwined. Reggie couldn't help noticing how perfect they seemed to fit together. Sam kissed her again. He liked kissing her, it was so gentle yet so passionate and most of all, it proved that she loved him back.
"Reggie, when I moved here, I didn't think I'd meet someone like you and even if I did, I would never have expected anything." Sam felt Reggie give his hand a squeeze and then sandwich it between both of hers.
"I'm not going anywhere." Reggie rested her head on his shoulder. "Promise me you won't either."
Sam pulled her onto his lap, promising her that he wasn't going anywhere and watching as she fell asleep in his arms. "I know how you feel, because I feel the same way. I'll always be here for you." Sam kissed her forehead. Then, because he had no more worries, he closed his eyes and slept.
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Sam woke up to find that he hadn't been dreaming. He smiled at Reggie, thinking about how pretty she looked when she slept. Looking at his clock, seeing that they had to get ready for school. Reggie woke up, smiling.
"Good morning Sammy." Reggie greeted him with a kiss. "Good to know I wasn't dreaming. Though I guess I have to get ready for school now."
"Guess so." Sam answered, though niether of them made any attempt at moving. "Lets skip the school part and just stay like this." Sam pulled her into a tight hug.
Reggie squirmed free. "I think I'd rather show everyone that I love you. I'll be back soon." She planted a few kisses on his cheek before leaving to get ready.
A few minutes later, the four friends met on the street. Sam smiled at Reggie and grabbed her hand, showing the other two they worked things out. Reggie couldn't control her happiness and broke out in a huge smile.
"About time!" Otto exclaimed. "Explains where you were this morning." Sam and Reggie were only concentrating on each other, so they didn't hear him. "Well, better go before we're late to school." Otto and Twister started walking off, Reggie and Sam decided to walk behind them.
"I think he's happier than we are." Reggie commented, rolling her eyes.
"Not likely." Sam kissed her. "Nobody could be happier than us right now."
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THE END
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"I don't know what's up with her bro. She clearly loves you back, but she won't do anything about it." Otto was telling Sam about what Reggie had said.
"She won't listen to me, it's pretty pointless. Maybe she should just go out with Twister and be done with it." As a result of that remark, Otto grabbed him by the shoulders.
"Don't think like that. I'm not having her go out with Twist when she wants you. You've never given up before, why is this time so different?"
Sam knew that Otto didn't know what it was like for him, so he decided to explain his side of the situation in a way Otto would understand. "Because it's love. My advice is, never get involved. Take skating for example, at first it was complicated and it ended up hurting really bad, but after a while it's fine. Love is like that except it doesn't get better. It's like beefing it big time, over and over."
"Dude, that sucks. I'm sure it's not that bad though."
"Actually, it's even worse. She loves me back, but she can't let go of what I did." Sam sat on his bed and put his head in his hands. "Hopeless."
Twister burst in the room, the look on his face warned the other two he was about to blast. "Okay Squid! Get your butt over to Reggie now! She loves you, okay. You're the reason she's upset, because she's in love with you! Now why aren't you going over there and doing something about it?"
Otto looked at his best friend, wide eyed. "Dude, what brought this on?"
"Reggie doesn't like me, and the person she does like is sitting here complaining. Do I have to make you go over there or what?"
"Okay, I'll go over there. I don't think it will make much difference." Sam allowed Twister to walk him over to the Rocket house.
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"Reggie...open up." Otto pounded on the door hard. "We have someone who wants to see you."
Reggie heard the door open when she didn't reply. She knew straight away that they had convinced Sam to come and talk to her. She wasn't in the mood, though.
"Reggie, please look at me." Sam walked over to the bed, sat on it and faced the back of Reggie's head.
"Leave me alone." Reggie replied icily. "You're only here because they guys told you I was upset."
"Not true, I'm here because I want to be. Why should I leave? Because we're letting some stupid fight stop us from being together. It's stupid Reg because we love each other. I know you didn't go through all that torture just to be sitting here alone." Sam put a compassionate hand on her arm. Reggie stood up and turned around to face him her angry face being inches from his.
"You made it this way! You said that you didn't know your feelings and now you just expect me to jump into your arms like-" Sam didn't know what came over him, but he put his lips to hers. He felt her give in to the kiss for a second before pushing him back. "I guess that proves my point! Just leave Sammy, I can't talk to you now."
"Okay, but I just want you to know one thing. I know you're scared. Believe me if there's one thing I know its fear. Don't be, because I love you." Sam walked out of her room. Reggie didn't want him to leave. She didn't want to admit how much that kiss meant to her, how powerful it was.
"I love you, too." Reggie whispered after him.
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Sam couldn't get to sleep that night. He kept thinking about kissing Reggie, realising just how much he wanted to do it again. He went and sat by the window and looked up at the sky.
Reggie wasn't having any luck getting to sleep either. Sam's words had really affected her. She had gone through the torture of not knowing and it seemed stupid that now she knew, she was throwing it away. Reggie sat by her window, looking down at his house.
If you want more sleepless nights then be my guest, Reggie kept repeating Otto's words in her mind. She was awake once again, thinking about Sam.
Both of them had fallen asleep by their windows. The sun was shining, indicating that they both had to go to school and face each other. Both Sam and Reggie were getting ready quickly, in attempts to avoid each other, though when they came out of their houses, they both met in the street.
Sam stared at Reggie, she was looking back at him. He knew that only a few seconds had gone by, but it felt like an eternity. He could see Reggie was sad, like she wanted to talk to him but had no idea what to say. Otto and Twister both came outside and saw it. In unison they both cried out "Oh man!" Finally Reggie walked over to Sam, and just stood in front of him.
"I'm sorry Sam. I don't want us to fight. Can we just agree that last night never happened?" Reggie asked.
Sam knew that by agreeing, he would be pretending that he never kissed her, but he didn't want to fight with her either. "Okay," replied Sam awkwardly.
The rest of the day, Reggie and Sam were making attempts at conversation, trying to bring up what was on their minds, but hide it from each other at the same time. After school, they were all walking home. Twister and Otto gradually slowed down to leave Sam and Reggie walking in front, alone. Though niether one of them seemed to want to do anything.
"This is really awkward," said Sam. "I know I said I would forget last night, but I can't forget kissing you."
"I know how you feel. I hate us fighting, especially when...." Reggie stopped, she felt nervous at telling Sa, she loved him. They just stood out front of the Rocket's house trying to handle the awkward silence. "Well I'll see you later then."
"Reggie wait." He held out his hand. "Can we stop fighting." Reggie shook his hand in agreement, but didn't let go afterwards. They were both smiling at each other. Reggie could feel her heart beating fast and loud, she was sure Sam heard it.
Sam eventually let go, and walked towards his house. He knew that it was probably the perfect opportunity for him to say something, but he wanted to know when Reggie was ready and didn't want to set her off again.
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That night, Sam couldn't get to sleep. Eventually he gave up trying and sat by his window, looking up at the sky. Even that reminded him of Reggie because of the pattern on her pyjamas. He couldn't wait to see her, she had to know what he was feeling. Sam didn't know what he would do when he reached her house but he opened his window and climbed out, he would see Reggie no matter what.
Reggie had the same idea. She had nearly ripped her sheets to shreads from tossing and turning. Like Sam, had been looking at the sky and she knew she had to see him, no matter how inappropriate the time. She snuck out of her house into feeling the cool night air. She walked out into the street and spotted Sam walking in her direction.
They both stopped, finally knowing what the other was thinking. Reggie ran over to Sam and hugged him. She looked over at his house. "Can we talk in your room, I don't think we want the whole street to see this." She ran and climbed through his window before he could reply.
Sam climbed in after her, seeing her sitting on the floor with her head rested against his bed. He went over and sat beside her. "So, I guess we both had the same idea."
Reggie embraced Sam, resting her head on his chest. "I'm so sorry," she whispered, sobbing. "I was scared. You were right."
"Aren't I always?" Sam was trying to lighten up the sitation a little, but his smiled faded when he saw Reggie crying. He started stroking her hair, trying to soothe her. "Reggie, please don't cry. I'm sorry-"
Reggie put a finger to his lips to silence him. "Please don't apologise," she whispered. Reggie put her hand to his cheek. "I love you, I always have." Then she kissed him, expressing all the feelings she kept bottled up inside for months. She couldn't believe how powerful it was she thought her heart would explode. Whatever feelings she had, they had grown from that kiss.
"I love you too, Reggie. Please, don't cry." He tilted up her chin, looked her in the eyes and wiped her tears.
Reggie smiled, glad that Sam and her had finally worked things out. She slipped her hand into his, so their fingers intertwined. Reggie couldn't help noticing how perfect they seemed to fit together. Sam kissed her again. He liked kissing her, it was so gentle yet so passionate and most of all, it proved that she loved him back.
"Reggie, when I moved here, I didn't think I'd meet someone like you and even if I did, I would never have expected anything." Sam felt Reggie give his hand a squeeze and then sandwich it between both of hers.
"I'm not going anywhere." Reggie rested her head on his shoulder. "Promise me you won't either."
Sam pulled her onto his lap, promising her that he wasn't going anywhere and watching as she fell asleep in his arms. "I know how you feel, because I feel the same way. I'll always be here for you." Sam kissed her forehead. Then, because he had no more worries, he closed his eyes and slept.
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Sam woke up to find that he hadn't been dreaming. He smiled at Reggie, thinking about how pretty she looked when she slept. Looking at his clock, seeing that they had to get ready for school. Reggie woke up, smiling.
"Good morning Sammy." Reggie greeted him with a kiss. "Good to know I wasn't dreaming. Though I guess I have to get ready for school now."
"Guess so." Sam answered, though niether of them made any attempt at moving. "Lets skip the school part and just stay like this." Sam pulled her into a tight hug.
Reggie squirmed free. "I think I'd rather show everyone that I love you. I'll be back soon." She planted a few kisses on his cheek before leaving to get ready.
A few minutes later, the four friends met on the street. Sam smiled at Reggie and grabbed her hand, showing the other two they worked things out. Reggie couldn't control her happiness and broke out in a huge smile.
"About time!" Otto exclaimed. "Explains where you were this morning." Sam and Reggie were only concentrating on each other, so they didn't hear him. "Well, better go before we're late to school." Otto and Twister started walking off, Reggie and Sam decided to walk behind them.
"I think he's happier than we are." Reggie commented, rolling her eyes.
"Not likely." Sam kissed her. "Nobody could be happier than us right now."
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THE END