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Chapter 10: "Empty pockets"
Sam took a deep breath as he entered his apartment where his dad was sitting at the kitchen table looking over some orders for the store.
"Hey son. Where have you been? I've been waiting up for you. I called the police and everything."
"Sorry dad." Sam said sitting at the table
"Sorry won't cut it Sam, now where were you?" Henry questioned setting the papers down
"I was with Meg." Sam said
"Meg Pryor?" Henry asked
"Yeah dad." Sam said not looking his father in the eye
"And what may I ask were you doing with Meg Pryor?" Henry then questioned again
"We fell asleep after the dance at Roxanne's after the dance." Sam said
"What were you doing at Roxanne's?"
"I walked them home." Sam said not wanting to explain how Meg had gotten attacked
"That don't answer how you ended up inside! You know what'd look like to people if they saw you go in there with them girls? Nothing good Sam, nothing good." Henry finished
"I don't care what anyone else thinks Dad."
"What do you mean you don't care what anybody else thinks? You don't have no other choice. All that hanging out wit Megs gonna do is get you in trouble."
"Well you gotta get used to it then." Sam snapped back
"Boy if her father finds out about this!"
"I don't care! I love Meg." Sam yelled
"What you mean you love her?"
"I mean I love her dad. She loves me too." Sam said
"You can't love a girl like her Sam. It ain't right. It's just going to get the both of you in trouble." Henry said
"I don't care what trouble I get in. I'm not going to pretend I don't like her dad."
"I thought that I raised you better than this Sam. I thought that I raised you with your eyes open. There isn't no way that this is going to work. If her dad finds out about this you'll never see her again."
"We'll find a way. I shouldn't be punished cause other people are ignorant." Sam yelled "Its so stupid dad. One day none of this'll matter."
"Well today it does Sam. And don't try to say that I didn't warn you. There's already talk 'bout you two, and here you go adding to the chaos. Like I said Sam, it just ain't right. You's gonna end up getting hurt, think about that." Henry said storming out of the room.
For the rest of the day Sam thought about what his father had said. They would end up getting hurt. He couldn't think straight. He needed to take a walk, and somehow he ended up beside the church where Meg was in Sunday school.
He paced outside of the window contemplating whether or not to try to get Megs attention. When he finally decided against it he turned to leave only to collide with her.
"I saw you through the window." Meg said wrapping her arms around herself to block the cold January wind.
"What are you doing out here without a coat in this weather." Sam said tossing his coat around her shoulders
"Thanks." Meg said "I thought that it would look suspicious if I took my coat. So did you talk to your dad?" Meg asked nervously as they began to walk in the back alley of the church so not to be seen.
"Yeah." Sam said again
"What did he saw?"
"Well he didn't kill me." Sam said to try to lighten the mood. "He thinks it's wrong like the rest of the world."
"Since when does the rest of the world think it's wrong? We don't, Rox doesn't." Meg said trying very hard not to believe his words
"I'm just sayin' that nobody is going to make this easy."
"Fine!" Meg said "I don't care."
"But think about your family. You dad would kill me." Sam said "He would never let you see me. He'd probably make you change schools."
"I would find a way. We would." Meg said "We're not going to tell him just now anyway. I really don't feel like having to deal with him flying off the handle."
"I don't either." Sam said smiling feeling a little more at ease after speaking with her.
"I have to get back in there before they send a search party." She said handing him his coat back and leaning up to give him a soft kiss.
"I'll see you at school tomorrow." Sam said
"Yeah. Bye." Meg said with the smile of a school girl, pure and innocent, as she skipped back inside the building unaware that the whole exchange had been watched.
Next chapter the Pryors find out R&R
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