(Here's the 10th chapter for "The Futures of Sam and Me". Thanks to luigifan2234, The Time Traveler, and tsrock for reviewing. Now, for those replies.)
luigifan2234: Great songs. I haven't tried them yet, and I don't think I will, but maybe. And BTW, you sent me the same review 3 times. Can you not do that again? Only press the "submit review" button once, and I won't be reading the same review twice or three times.
The Time Traveler: Thanks. Hope you like this chapter.
tsrock: I see what you mean. Sorry you thought it was boring. I was hoping this was gonna be exciting or somewhat in-between. I'd like you to check out chapter 8 because I want to see what you think of that chapter.
(Quick A/n: Alex, Clover, Brittney and Jason are gonna be in THIS chapter.)
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Sam came out to the pool in her green bathing suit with her beach towel around her shoulder. She set her towel down on her beach chair and began to apply sunscreen to her body. When she was done doing that, she dove into the pool and began swimming around like a fish. I came out a few hours later with Chad in my arms.
"Look, Chad, little dude," I said, pointing at Sam with my index finger.
"There's Mommy in the pool,"
Chad was pointing at Sam with his little index finger like how he was when Sam took him out to my track.
"Yeah, dude. That's Mommy out in the pool,"
Sam looked over one of the edges of the pool and noticed me and Chad. She swam to an edge of the pool and placed her arms on it.
"Hey, sweetheart!" Sam said to me and Chad.
"Do you think he's ready to do this yet?" I asked Sam.
Sam thought about it for a minute.
"No not yet; Maybe when he's about 2 1/2, Chad can learn how to swim,"
"Can't argue with that," I said to Sam.
"Speaking of swimming, gimme the phone; I gotta call Clover, Alex, Brittney and Jason," Sam said to me.
"Don't worry, sweetie, I'll watch Chad."
I was relieved inside as I ran inside the house to get a cordless phone for Sam. I found one on the couch, then I walked back outside and gave the phone to Sam. When I got outside, Sam had climbed out of the pool, dried off, and playing with Chad.
"Here's the cordless phone, Sammy," I said, giving Sam the phone.
"Thanks, Mathew," Sam said to me and began to dial Alex's number.
The phone rang 6 times, but nobody answered the phone.
"Hmm, that's odd," Sam said as she hung up.
"What's odd?" I asked.
"Alex is not home," Sam answered.
"She must still be looking for a boyfriend,"
Just when Sam was going to dial Brittney's number, the phone rang.
"Hello?" Sam said.
"Hi, Sammy. It's Alex," Alex said over the other line.
"Alex!" Sam said excited.
"Sorry, I just walked in the door when you called; Anyway, I have a new boyfriend named Marty," Alex said over the other line.
"Well, would the two of you like to come over to our house for a pool party?" Sam asked Alex.
"Sure!" Alex said, excited.
"When is it?"
"In a few minutes," Sam said.
"Mathew, Chad and I are out at the pool right now; You and Marty can come right now if you want to."
"We're gonna order some pizza when Clover, Kristen, Arnold, Paula, Brittney, and Jason come,"
Alex put Sam on hold for a few seconds to ask Marty if he was up for a pool party at our house. Marty nodded his head up and down.
"Yep. Marty wants to come," Alex said when she put the phone back to her ear to listen to Sam's voice.
"Great. Come down as soon as you can," Sam said to Alex.
"We will. Bye, Sammy," Alex said and hung up.
"Bye, Alex," Sam said and she hung up on her side also.
She also began to dial Brittney's number. The phone rang 3 times, and Brittney was the one who answered it.
"Hello, this is Brittney," Brittney said when she answered it.
"Hey, Britt, it's Sam," Sam said over the other line.
"Hi, Sam! What's up?" Brittney asked excitedly.
"Would you and Jason and Paula like to come over for a pool party in a few minutes?" Sam asked.
"Mathew, Chad and me are out by the pool already. You three can come if you want to. Alex and her new boyfriend, Marty are coming in a few minutes; They must be getting their bathing suits right now; They haven't showed up yet,"
"Absolutely. We'd love to come down for a pool party at your house," Brittney said excited. She started to tell Jason to get their bathing suits also. She also told him to get Paula as well.
"We'll see the three of you in a little while," Brittney said.
"Okay then. Bye, Brittney," Sam said and hung up.
"Bye, Sammy," Brittney said and she hung up as well.
Right after Sam and Brittney hung up on each other, Sam began to dial Clover's number.
"Hello?" Kristen said in a childish voice. (A/n: Yes, Kristen is old enough to answer a telephone.)
"Hi, Kristen, it's Aunty Sam," Sam said to Kristen.
"Is mom there?"
"Yep, one minute please," Kristen said.
She's so cute answering a phone, Sam thought while she waited for Clover's voice.
"Mommy, it's for you; It's Aunty Sam," Kristen said to Clover and handed her the phone.
"Thanks, sweetheart," Clover said.
"Hello? Sammy? Pool party? At your house in a few minutes? Absolutely. I'll get Arnold and we'll be down there in a jiff. Bye."
"Bye, Clover," Sam said and she hung up.
"Well, everybody's coming down," Sam said to me.
"That's really great," I said to Sam.
I began to take Chad inside the house. Sam decided to sunbathe for awhile. A few minutes later, Sam and me heard some cars pull up. It was Clover, Arnold, Kristen, Alex, Marty, Brittney, Jason, and Paula.
"Oh, they're here," I said to Sam.
I went to the front door after Clover knocked on the door and let everybody in. Before everybody could go in the pool, Brittney, Clover and I took Chad, Kristen and Paula up to Chad's room for them to play, and whereas neither Chad or Paula would fall in the pool. Kristen had already learned how to swim, but she didn't want to this time. She was the oldest at 3 years old, while Chad was just 9 months old, and Paula was only a year old.
"Are we all set?" Brittney asked. She was wearing her blue one piece bathing suit.
Jason was wearing his red and blue swimshorts. Clover was wearing her 2-piece blue bathing suit, Alex was wearing her 2-piece yellow and red starfish bathing suit, Arnold wore his yellow swimshorts, and Marty wore blue and brown swimshorts.
"Yep, we're set!" Alex said to Brittney.
With that, we all ran outside and jumped into the pool one at a time. Brittney made it in first, Arnold was second, Alex was third, I was 4th, Sam was 5th, Marty was 6th, and Clover was last, as usual. All of us had a super fun time dunking and splashing each other. Meanwhile, in Chad's room, the kids were watching a Barney the Dinosaur movie Sam had bought for Chad when she went to the store last week.
Back outside at the pool, everyone including me and Sam had climbed out of the pool to rest.
"Who's up for a pizza?" Sam asked.
Everyone cheered loudly. Sam already knew that they wanted something to eat and quickly. She picked up the phone and called a nearby pizza joint and ordered 3 large pepperoni pizzas. The pizza guy came 10 minutes later and we began to dig into the pizzas. I began to go inside and get some paper plates; Clover decided to go upstairs to Chad's room to see if Kristen wanted any pizza.
"Kristen, Sam ordered some pizza and it's here right now. Do you want some?" Clover asked.
"Yes please," Kristen said and she went downstairs with Clover outside.
Clover grabbed a plate for Kristen and took out a small slice of pizza and gave it to Kristen as well as a napkin.
"There you go, sweetheart. Don't show that to Chad and Paula now," Clover said.
"Thanks, Mommy, and I won't do that," Kristen said.
She decided to go to the dinner table and eat her pizza. Clover had went inside and grabbed a plastic knife and cut up the pizza slice into pieces.
"Aunty Sam, where's the forks?" Kristen asked after she went back outside to the pool.
"They're in the second drawer on your left, Kristen," Sam answered.
"Thank you," Kristen said.
"You're welcome, Kristen," Sam said back to her.
Kristen went back into the kitchen and grabbed a fork out of the drawer Sam mentioned to her and began to enjoy her pizza. When she was done, she went to the bathroom to wash her hands and rejoin Paula and Chad.
"What do you guys wanna do now?" Marty asked.
"How about a dip in my jacuzzi in the basement," Sam suggested.
"Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute, Sammy," Clover said surprised.
"You have a jacuzzi in the basement?"
"Yep. I ordered it online after we moved into this house," Sam answered.
"I don't think I've ever seen or heard of a family who has 2 jacuzzis at their house; 1 inside and 1 outside," Brittney commented.
"You probably don't know this, Brittney, but Mathew won 100,000 dollars plus on 'Wheel' just before we got married," Sam said to Brittney.
"No I didn't know that. He must have been really lucky that time," Brittney commented.
"Well, technically, he was, but really, I was just happy he won a bundle," Sam said.
"Let's have a dip in Sam's jacuzzi in the basement," Alex said.
Everyone agreed with her and off we went. Marty, Jason and I decided to play some video games while the girls watched us play from the comfort of Sam's jacuzzi. When the others came down to our basement, Alex and Clover were shocked.
"Sam, isn't that kind of the same kind of jacuzzi you had at your old house?" Clover asked.
"Yep, only this time, it's half-pink, half-red," Sam pointed out.
"Red is Mathew's favorite color."
"Wow. I haven't seen your old jacuzzi in months, Sammy," Alex said.
While the girls relaxed in the jacuzzi, Marty, Jason and I were playing "Mario Party 6" for Nintendo Gamecube. I was Mario, Jason was Toad, and Marty was Luigi. We were playing at Faire Square and I was pretty much dominating with 21 stars and 100 coins. Jason was in 3rd with 18 stars and 69 coins, and Marty was in 2nd with 20 stars and 42 coins.
End of chapter.
(Wow, a pretty lengthy one. Now, give me your thoughts, and I'll get to the final chapter whenever I can. Hopefully you all like this chapter.)