"I won't ask you to sacrifice anything, but will you marry me?"
The door was completely open by then and Pete had heard Jack's last question. Before him stood Jack holding onto Sam's hands with a pleading look on his face. Sam just stared at him confused and shocked. "What the hell!" Pete yelled as he stood in the doorframe.
Sam looked over at Pete, the man who had made her happy the past seven months. The man that she thought she had a real future with. It was a future she had settled for, he was attainable. But holding her hands was the man whom she had dreamed about up until five months ago.
Jack looked at Pete and then at Sam. He brought his hand up to her cheek and brought her face to look upon him again, "Sam, please!"
Pete charged Jack, "You son of a bitch!" He tackled him to the ground and the two started fighting, Pete however had the advantage of being on top, "You knew I was going to ask her to marry me! You selfish, overbearing son of a bitch!"
Sam pulled herself from the shock she felt. When she looked down she saw Pete beating up Jack who was barely defending himself. She then reached down and began pulling Pete off her CO. "Pete stop it! Get off him! PETE!" After struggling for a few minutes and a few hard punches later, she was able to pull Pete off Jack.
She was pushing Pete against a wall as she tried to calm him down. From behind her they heard rustling as Jack pulled himself up off the ground. "Sam, I'm sorry… Please… I need you! Marry me?" he was begging her.
Pete tried to attack him again, but he was held back by Sam this time. "You bastard! Who the hell do you think you are?"
"Pete calm down!" she tried to calm him down, but she was having a hard time. She was so confused right now; she didn't know what she wanted or how she felt.
Pete glared at Jack and then at Sam, "Are you defending him?"
She hesitated, "No, I'm not," she quietly told him.
"Oh my God! You want to say yes!"
Sam held up her hands and placed them on his chest, "No! I can't…"
Behind her, Jack's heart fell.
"You can't or you don't want to?" Pete asked her. She didn't answer him, and the silence killed Pete as his own world fell. "I thought you loved me," he dejectedly asked her.
"I do…" she didn't hesitate her answer this time.
But Pete could sense there was a 'but' hanging on at the end of her sentence. "But you love him more?" Once again, silence was his only answer. Pete looked into her eyes and saw the tears forming in her eyes. He closed his eyes and tried to decide what to do. When he opened them he knew what he had to do. Without saying another a word he turned and headed for the door that was still open. He paused in the doorframe and spoke without turning, "Good bye Sam," he sadly and quietly told her as he walked out of her life. As he left her life, Sam's tears raced down her face as she closed her eyes and tried to hold them in.
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The door was completely open by then and Pete had heard Jack's last question. Before him stood Jack holding onto Sam's hands with a pleading look on his face. Sam just stared at him confused and shocked. "What the hell!" Pete yelled as he stood in the doorframe.
Sam looked over at Pete, the man who had made her happy the past seven months. The man that she thought she had a real future with. It was a future she had settled for, he was attainable. But holding her hands was the man whom she had dreamed about up until five months ago.
Jack looked at Pete and then at Sam. He brought his hand up to her cheek and brought her face to look upon him again, "Sam, please!"
Pete charged Jack, "You son of a bitch!" He tackled him to the ground and the two started fighting, Pete however had the advantage of being on top, "You knew I was going to ask her to marry me! You selfish, overbearing son of a bitch!"
Sam pulled herself from the shock she felt. When she looked down she saw Pete beating up Jack who was barely defending himself. She then reached down and began pulling Pete off her CO. "Pete stop it! Get off him! PETE!" After struggling for a few minutes and a few hard punches later, she was able to pull Pete off Jack.
She was pushing Pete against a wall as she tried to calm him down. From behind her they heard rustling as Jack pulled himself up off the ground. "Sam, I'm sorry… Please… I need you! Marry me?" he was begging her.
Pete tried to attack him again, but he was held back by Sam this time. "You bastard! Who the hell do you think you are?"
"Pete calm down!" she tried to calm him down, but she was having a hard time. She was so confused right now; she didn't know what she wanted or how she felt.
Pete glared at Jack and then at Sam, "Are you defending him?"
She hesitated, "No, I'm not," she quietly told him.
"Oh my God! You want to say yes!"
Sam held up her hands and placed them on his chest, "No! I can't…"
Behind her, Jack's heart fell.
"You can't or you don't want to?" Pete asked her. She didn't answer him, and the silence killed Pete as his own world fell. "I thought you loved me," he dejectedly asked her.
"I do…" she didn't hesitate her answer this time.
But Pete could sense there was a 'but' hanging on at the end of her sentence. "But you love him more?" Once again, silence was his only answer. Pete looked into her eyes and saw the tears forming in her eyes. He closed his eyes and tried to decide what to do. When he opened them he knew what he had to do. Without saying another a word he turned and headed for the door that was still open. He paused in the doorframe and spoke without turning, "Good bye Sam," he sadly and quietly told her as he walked out of her life. As he left her life, Sam's tears raced down her face as she closed her eyes and tried to hold them in.
TBC
