Chapter Sixteen
Sam awoke the next morning in her bed. The first thing she noticed was Jason wasn't next to her. That's when she smelt the wonderful smell of coffee. Sam got up out of bed quickly and stretched before walking down to the kitchen. When she got into the kitchen she couldn't help but smile at the sight before her. Jason stood over the stove, warming a baby bottle while holding Melanie as her head lied on his shoulder. Melanie soon noticed Sam in the doorway though and began to squirm and whine.
"Hold on you. The bottle's almost ready," Jason said as he tried to stop her from moving.
But Melanie would not stop whining. Jason took the bottle, which was now warm and turned around to go sit on the sofa, when his eyes caught Sam's.
"Hey," Jason chuckled, "Now I know why she tried to get away from me."
Sam laughed as she put her hands out to Melanie, who happily let her mom take her. After she got Melanie comfortable, Sam took the bottle from Jason, "Thank you Jason, but I can feed her."
"Okay. Well, did you want to go to Kelly's for breakfast? Greenlee, Carly and Sonny can come if you'd like."
"Not really Jason. I was hoping we could just order in," Sam replied, but before Jason could get a word out, she said, "Better yet! I'll make breakfast!"
Jason looked at Sam like she was crazy, "Can you really cook Sam? Carly always said you were a terrible chef."
Sam nodded, "I was, but when I got to Pine Valley my Uncle Jack taught me and Greenlee. Here take Melanie and I'll go get started."
Jason watched as Sam walked off and then said to the baby, "I'm scared to Melanie, really scared."
"I heard that!" Sam shouted from the kitchen.
Half an hour later, Sam had the table made up and breakfast done. Melanie was asleep, leaving Sam and Jason to talk.
"So, mister Morgan, what do you have planned for today?" Sam asked, playfully while watching Jason pick through his food, she added, "It's safe Jason. My uncle is a really good cook."
Jason looked at her thinking to himself 'but he's not the one who made it'. He took a small bite out of the 'southwestern eggs' as Sam had said they were, and then looked at her, "Sam, this is really good."
Sam smiled, "Now you know better than to doubt my cooking abilities."
Jason laughed, "I don't have anything to do by the way."
They continued on with their conversation even after they had finished breakfast. Just as Sam was about to clean up the table, Melanie began to cry.
Jason stopped Sam, "I'll take care of this, and you go to Melanie. She needs her mommy."
Sam said a quick thank you and went over to her daughter. She gently picked her up out of the bassinet and began slowly rocking her back and forth while singing, what Sam guessed, was Melanie's favorite song, "Isn't She Lovely", her version of it.
Sam didn't stop until Melanie had calmed down, which was as soon as she heard her mother singing. Sam didn't even realize Jason had come back into the room. He sat on the sofa, awestruck by Sam's voice.
Sam laughed at Jason, "Why are you staring at me like that?"
Jason snapped out of his trance, "Your voice is beautiful."
"Thanks Jase," Sam replied.
"Really Sam, you should really try to become professional."
Sam laughed again, "No thanks. I just want to sing for my little girl. It relaxes her."
Jason put on a puppy dog face, "What about me?"
Sam giggled as Jason
pulled her close to him, "You know I love you. I'll sing for you
anytime."
Jason smiled at that and kissed Sam softly.
