Chapter 2: "Them that's not shall loose"
Wow, really sorry for the delay of this chapter. I realized that this story may be going somewhere.
Haley
All of the Pryors sat around the dinner table.
"Mom, do I have to eat my peas?"
"Yes Will, they are on your plate for a reason-"
"But I-"
"How come you weren't on bandstand today?" Patty asked cutting Will off.
"I um, . I went to visit Sam." Meg said
"You what? You went there alone?" Mr. Pryor said becoming agitated with the Meg and Sam friendship.
"Yeah well-"
"Meg, what did I tell you about that since the riots?" Mr. Pryor said fuming
"Dad, his mom just died, and he got beaten up at school. He needs-"
"What he needs Meg is for you to not complicate things. You know that all of those fights he got in at school are because of you." Jack summed up.
"How do you know about the fights?"
"I got a call from the school." Mr. Pryor said. "Apparently the relationship that you display in school with Sam isn't important. I let it go the first time, but then I got the call today." Jack said frustrated
"Is that what the fight Sam got into today was about?"
Jack nodded.
"That is crazy, I wasn't even there for anything to happen."
"Well I was told that someone saw you and Sam in the snow under a light post in a compromising position."
"Compromising position?" Meg laughed in disbelief "We were hugging!" She stated firmly
"It doesn't matter Meg. It matters what was seen."
"His mom had just died!"
"I understand that Meg, but now that it is over I think you and Sam should spend some time apart. Until all of this cools down."
Meg huffed and sat back in her chair.
~ The next day at school
"Hey Sam, wait up!" Meg called out to him after school. She had to chase him for a block, he hadn't heard her.
"Meg." He said in surprise.
"Hey." She asked catching her breath, and walking with him. "Can I ask you something?"
"Um. yeah." Sam said stopping
"Was the fight yesterday over us?"
"Us? What do you mean?"
"Us being friends and all. And because I'm a girl and you're a guy, and because I am white and you are-"
"Not." Sam finished for her
"Yeah." Meg said suddenly becoming fascinated with her shoes
"Who told you?"
"My dad."
"How did he know?"
"He has been getting calls from the school about us."
"That's crazy, we're just friends." Sam said coolly
"I know, but they don't I guess." Meg stated. "So what did those guys say?"
"Nothing." Sam said turning away from her.
"No really Sam, I want to know."
"It doesn't matter." Sam tried to convince her
"Yes it does."
"TO WHO?" Sam said firmly.
"To me." Meg said. "Just tell me what they said.
"They, they called you a nigger lover." Sam said under his breath.
"And you hit them because they called you. that?"
Sam nodded, but then stopped and shook his head no.
"Not because of what they said about me., it was the fact that they were talking about you. I could care less about what they say about me. You stood up for me last time to the Dean, this time I stood up for you."
"Well thanks, it means a lot that you would take a punch for me." Meg said honestly hugging him, not noticing her father drive by and stop.
"MEG!" Mr. Pryor yelled out of his car opening the door for Meg. He gestured for her to get in. "NOW!" He said sternly.
Meg nor Sam looked at each other as Meg got in the car
Wow, really sorry for the delay of this chapter. I realized that this story may be going somewhere.
Haley
All of the Pryors sat around the dinner table.
"Mom, do I have to eat my peas?"
"Yes Will, they are on your plate for a reason-"
"But I-"
"How come you weren't on bandstand today?" Patty asked cutting Will off.
"I um, . I went to visit Sam." Meg said
"You what? You went there alone?" Mr. Pryor said becoming agitated with the Meg and Sam friendship.
"Yeah well-"
"Meg, what did I tell you about that since the riots?" Mr. Pryor said fuming
"Dad, his mom just died, and he got beaten up at school. He needs-"
"What he needs Meg is for you to not complicate things. You know that all of those fights he got in at school are because of you." Jack summed up.
"How do you know about the fights?"
"I got a call from the school." Mr. Pryor said. "Apparently the relationship that you display in school with Sam isn't important. I let it go the first time, but then I got the call today." Jack said frustrated
"Is that what the fight Sam got into today was about?"
Jack nodded.
"That is crazy, I wasn't even there for anything to happen."
"Well I was told that someone saw you and Sam in the snow under a light post in a compromising position."
"Compromising position?" Meg laughed in disbelief "We were hugging!" She stated firmly
"It doesn't matter Meg. It matters what was seen."
"His mom had just died!"
"I understand that Meg, but now that it is over I think you and Sam should spend some time apart. Until all of this cools down."
Meg huffed and sat back in her chair.
~ The next day at school
"Hey Sam, wait up!" Meg called out to him after school. She had to chase him for a block, he hadn't heard her.
"Meg." He said in surprise.
"Hey." She asked catching her breath, and walking with him. "Can I ask you something?"
"Um. yeah." Sam said stopping
"Was the fight yesterday over us?"
"Us? What do you mean?"
"Us being friends and all. And because I'm a girl and you're a guy, and because I am white and you are-"
"Not." Sam finished for her
"Yeah." Meg said suddenly becoming fascinated with her shoes
"Who told you?"
"My dad."
"How did he know?"
"He has been getting calls from the school about us."
"That's crazy, we're just friends." Sam said coolly
"I know, but they don't I guess." Meg stated. "So what did those guys say?"
"Nothing." Sam said turning away from her.
"No really Sam, I want to know."
"It doesn't matter." Sam tried to convince her
"Yes it does."
"TO WHO?" Sam said firmly.
"To me." Meg said. "Just tell me what they said.
"They, they called you a nigger lover." Sam said under his breath.
"And you hit them because they called you. that?"
Sam nodded, but then stopped and shook his head no.
"Not because of what they said about me., it was the fact that they were talking about you. I could care less about what they say about me. You stood up for me last time to the Dean, this time I stood up for you."
"Well thanks, it means a lot that you would take a punch for me." Meg said honestly hugging him, not noticing her father drive by and stop.
"MEG!" Mr. Pryor yelled out of his car opening the door for Meg. He gestured for her to get in. "NOW!" He said sternly.
Meg nor Sam looked at each other as Meg got in the car