Oh AD withdrawl. I figured I should go on with this story to give the people like me that need a fix something. I just need to know if anyone's reading it. So review.

xoxo Jules

Chapter 13: "Mama may have"

Meg woke up with strong warm arms around her. She had no idea how long she had been asleep. She didn't even remember falling asleep.

The street light shined through the window and down on she and Sams faces. Her skin white, his black.

He began to stir and then his eyes popped open. He had forgotten where he was.

"I didn't mean to wake you." Meg said wrapping the blanket tightly around herself

Sam glanced at the clock which read 10:30 and then yawned and rubbed his eyes.

"Is your dad going to be mad that you aren't home?" Sam asked

Meg shrugged.

"It doesn't matter, I'm not going back. I think for awhile I held out hope that he would get it. I just wanted him to understand yanno?"

Sam nodded as she spoke.

"He's your dad, his opinion matters." Sam said rationally. "That's why if you don't want to do th-"

"Stop Sam. I made my choice. I can't let my dad control me. He shouldn't stop loving me because I love you!"

"But I graduate in three months, I doubt that your dad's giving me a job anymore, and then there's college."

"I'm sure Rox and Luke will let us crash here for awhile and there are other jobs. I'm sure that Luke would hire you. We can make it work." Meg said touching his cheek.

"At this point it doesn't seem like we have much else of a choice does it?" He stated as his eyes met hers.

"Nope. It's just us." Meg said

"I'm gonna take care of you, whatever happens I'm here." Sam said

"I know." Meg nodded her head in confidence.

"Alright then." Sam said his face breaking into a smile.

"What?" Meg asked

"It's you and me." Sam smirked.

"Yup. It's you and me."

The next three months passed pretty fast. Sam, Meg, Roxanne, and Luke had pretty much become each others family. All that they had at that point was each other. They would take turns buying groceries and making the occasional dinner. Now that they were not under their parents rule they spent a lot of their time on anti-war efforts. For once it was like they had voices.

Meg's mom had stopped by the apartment a couple of times to plead with her to come home and tell her how she had broken her father's heart and so on and so forth.

It was May and Sam was about to graduate. There was a concert going on at the park right down the street from the apartment supporting civil rights, women's rights, 1st amendment rights, just rights.

"Wow, so many people turned out." Meg said as she and Sam approached the gathering.

They walked close to one another but didn't hold hands quite yet. They had to make sure that the environment was… well "race-friendly" before they would be so overt about their relationship. Megs hair was now long and wavy touching just above her mid back and in the heat was wearing no shoes and allowed her jeans to flow over her bare feet. Sam was still casual and yet conservative. They made due with what they had. They didn't have the money to go out and buy new clothes, but that didn't really seem important anymore.

They weaved through the masses of people.

"There!" Meg said pointing to an empty spot on a bench.

They had to hurry so that nobody would take the precious seat. Sam took his seat on the bench and Meg sat beside him with her legs crossed as they let the sound of the music seep into their ears. Meg, feeling comfortable let her head rest on Sam's shoulder.

People greeted them with friendly "heys" and "what's up's" both black and white alike. It was then that Meg heard a voice call her name.

"Meg!" The person said

Her eyes raced through the crowd until the person that called her name was standing before her.

"Uncle Pete." She said

"Meg, what are you doing here." He looked at Sam with fire in his eyes

"Just hanging out, listening to music."

"Isn't it a school night?"

Meg nodded and shrugged. It was no big deal. She would go home when she was tired.

"Just let me take you home Meg." He said grabbing her wrist

"I'm not going back there!" Meg said trying to pull it away

"Are you really going to do this to your family!" Pete yelled pulling her off of the bench "Are you going to embarrass them like that!"

"Look around Pete! Nobody else cares!" Meg said as she continued to struggle in his arms.

"Alright that's it, let go of her!" Sam said standing up. The crowd got quiet and everyone turned to watch.

"Who do you think you are to tell me what to do!" Pete asked throwing Meg back causing her to hit the bench where a woman helped her up.

"Look, I don't want any trouble." Sam said putting his hands in the air.

And right then Pete took his chance and swung. Suddenly it was everyman for himself as fists flew and people began to yell. Some fled, others fought. Meg grabbed Sams hand and pulled him out of the crowed as they ran at an amazing speed back to the apartment which they found empty.

"You're bleeding." Meg said as she pulled Sam into the bedroom that they had been sharing. She grabbed a towel from the side of an old chair and held it to his forehead. "This is all my fault, Pete he just doesn't understand it makes me so angr-"

"Hey." Sam said pulling her hand down from his face. "I'm fine." He assured her

"They're going to come here looking for you." Meg said holding back tears.

"They'll have to break up the riot first. We have time." Sam said as he leaned in and kissed her softly on the cheek.

Meg's eyes met with him as he lips gently met with his own and she leaned back on the bed.

"Are you sure?" Sam asked looking down at her. His eyes were filled with honesty, and strength and love.

Meg just nodded breathless.

"I'm sure."

And then Meg leaned over and switched off the light.

Next chapter the police come and the fallout