Chapter 3: The Best Christmas Ever

A/N: You may notice in this story, that I used some of the names of children the Camden kids had in my other story...WOW! That made no sense at all...oh well just forget it. I changed my mind anyways. You may notice in this chapter that it's not in anyone's P.O.V. anymore so shoot me. :) Oh and the only people that will be characters in this story are Annie, Eric, Sam (18), David(18), Jake(12), Lucy(35), Kevin(37), Matt(12), Caleb(8) (their kids), Simon(30), Camrie(28) (his wife), Brandon(5), Gary(5), and Jonathan(5) (their 3 triplets). I'm truly sorry for not putting the rest of the Camden family in there...it would just be too hard. I hope I didn't disappoint too many of you. :( AND I'M SOO SORRY I DIDN'T UPDATE SOONER. MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES. :'(

Disclaimer – I don't own anything 'cept for Jake, Matt, Caleb, Camrie, Brandon, Gary, Jonathan, a pair of shoes, and the plot so please don't steal what I own, PLEASE! And, though I wish I did, I don't own Starbucks or 7th Heaven

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Julie – Thanks for reviewing...I will try to update more frequently. It's just that I'm having writer's block on my other story and it kind of messed up this one. (Long story, don't ask.)

"Ring, Ring!" The Camden phone rang. "I'll get it!" Jacob yelled to his mom, dad, and his brother, David.

Jake was 12-years-old. Mr. Eric Camden and Mrs. Annie Camden adopted him when he was just a newborn baby. He was 6 when Sam was kidnapped, and He, Sam, and David were all really close. Sam and David were 6 years older than Jacob, but age didn't matter to them. When Sam got kidnapped, he and David started to lose their closeness.

"Hey!" Jacob greeted the person on the other end of the phone. "Hi," Sam said extremely nervously. "Who's this?" Jake asked thinking it was just the wrong number. "Sam," he said. Jacob thought for a moment. "I'm sor..." A light bulb went on in Jacob's head. "You mean, my...my br...brother Sam?" Jake asked shakily. Sam started crying for joy. "Ja...Ja...Jake?" Sam stuttered. Jake's jaw dropped open and the phone slid out of his hands. That happened just as David was coming down the stairs. He saw his little brother with his jaw open and ran over to him. "Jake...Jacob! Say something!" David demanded. Jacob tried to talk pointing towards the phone and breathing heavily, "My...our...Sa...just...pi...ck u...p the pho...ne." "Hello?" David said obeying his little brother's commands. "Da...ve...vid?" Sam asked with his heart pounding. David knew who it was; he tossed the phone up as if it were burning on fire. Then, he caught it and started to talk. "Sam, where are you?" David asked hardly able to get the words from his mouth. "I'm in Glen Oak!" Sam said excitedly. "I want to see you!" David said. "Where do you live?" Sam asked. "Mom, Dad, Jake, and I live in Redding," David said. "It's about 5 miles away from our old house," David continued. "Okay, how do you get there?" Sam asked. "Are you at the airport?" David asked partially ignoring Sam's question. "Yeah," Sam said. "Okay," David said excitedly, "don't move...stay exactly where you are. I'm coming to see you." "Great," Sam said in pure enjoyment. They hung up the phone without saying goodbye like always.

Jake and Sam went to go and find their parents to tell them the GREAT news. "Mom, Dad," They called. When Annie and Eric were downstairs they continued, "Sam's not dead," David started. "He just called," Jacob continued. "We're going to the airport to see him!" David practically screamed. Annie fainted at the scene, and Eric caught his wife of 39 years.

When Annie woke up, they were all in the car awaiting to see their brother, whom for the past six years they hadn't seen. "Eric, where are we going?" Annie asked. "I had the weirdest dream," she continued, "I dreamt that Sam called home." "Annie, honey, he did call, and we're on our way to the airport to meet him!" Eric said impatiently. "S...Sam's a...alive?" Annie said barely managing to get the right words out. Eric nodded with a huge grin on his face.

Jake and David were sitting in the back seat. They could hardly believe that their brother was alive. Well, David could, but he couldn't believe that he was going to see Sam. David and Sam decided that they would meet at the Starbucks.

As the car got closer and closer to the airport everyone's hearts started to pound harder and harder.

Sam sat inside of Starbucks with Martin who hadn't seen Sam's family in over 5 years. Martin was kind of anxious too, but Sam's joy spread throughout the airport. You could tell he was happy, nervous, and anxious, all at the same time.

Sam looked up from the magazine he was reading and saw an all too familiar face. He got up and ran towards the face. "David," he yelled. Tears started streaming out of David's eyes. David closed his eyes and bit his lip. Sam looked at his brother's tear streaked face and hugged him. It was amazing at how identical they looked when they always looked so different before. They hugged each other for what seemed like forever. Then, Annie cut in somewhat rudely and hugged Sam.

The meeting was really hard on Sam because Sam was just reminded of how much he missed. He didn't get to be there to watch his family grow up. Samuel Camden was thought to be dead for the last 5 years. He was alive though, and he couldn't have been any happier.

Sam picked up Jake and hugged him tightly. "I missed you," Jake cried. "I missed you too, Jake," Sam said.

They went home and "caught up" making everyone's pain even worse, but they wanted to know about Sam's life, and Sam wanted to know about his family. And, finally, they could hopefully celebrate the first happy holiday for the Camden family in over 6 years.

What's in store for the Camden family next? Will Lucy, Kevin, Simon, Camrie, Matt, Caleb, Jonathan, Gary, and Brandon come into the story. Find out next time...

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