Samaire stood at the doorway of the room Trish was occupying.
"You want some breakfast honey?" she asked, knowing what the response would be - the same it had been for the last week.
"I'm not hungry" Trish replied, pulling the blankets further over her head.
Samaire sighed. Trish hadn't eaten or left the room since they had returned from the hospital. She had tried to get her to open up and talk about what had happened, but Trish had pretty much shut herself down and closed herself off from everyone. Samaire had no idea what else she could do.
"Come on Trish, you need to get up, it's Paul's funeral today" she said, opening the heavy curtains to let some sunlight into the room.
"Go away" Trish mumbled.
Samaire walked over and grabbed the blankets, pulling them off Trish.
"I said GO AWAY" Trish screamed as she tried to grab the blankets back.
Samaire dodged her attempt and threw them on the floor. She sat down next to Trish on the bed.
"Hey, listen to me. We all loved Paul Trish but you can't act like this anymore. You can't just lock yourself up in here and pretend like all your pain is going to go away, because it isn't" she said. Trish turned away.
"Fine, you know what, do what you like, but have you even thought about how Brooke is coping? She has just lost her father and now her Auntie won't even talk to her. She loves you Trish and she needs you - we both do"
Trish looked over at Samaire with tears in her eyes. Part of her knew that Samaire was right, that she had been selfish to think she was the only one who was hurting. As she looked at Samaire she could clearly see the pain in her eyes.
'God, imagine how Brooke is feeling' she thought, guiltly. At least she and Samaire had knkown that Paul was dying - Brooke had had no clue. Tears streamed down Trish's face.
"I don't know how to deal with all this" she cried, as she looked back at Samaire.
"We'll deal with it together" Samaire replied, wrapping her in a hug.
Samaire left Trish to get ready and went back to her bedroom.
"Hey Austin, babe, it's time to get up" she said as she crawled across the bed. Austin rolled over to face her.
"Hey sweetie" he croaked. Samaire lookd at him with concern.
"You feeling okay honey" she asked, placing her hand on his forehead.
"I dunno, I think I'm coming down with the flu" he replied.
"Well, do you think your going to be okay to come today?" she questioned, running her hand down his cheek.
Austin looked up into her big green eyes 'She is so beautiful' he thought, 'Too bad about the kid and husband or we might have had a future'. Right now all he was concerned about was having a little fun and finding another girl to hook up with. As for today there was no way he was about to be conned into spending his free day at her dead ex's funeral!
"I don't know honey, I feel pretty bad" he moaned, secretaly pleased his performance was so convincing.
Samaire smiled down at him "Well don't risk it honey, Trish and I will take Brooke, you stay here and get better. Better call AJ and let him know you arn't coming" she said as she slid off the bed and left the room.
"AJ Styles" he muttered under his breath "Asshole".
Austin and AJ had been friends for years, however all that had changed when AJ had walked in on him and Trinity in the lockerroom. AJ had been furious that Austin was cheating on Samaire and that's when Austin had discovered that AJ was falling for Samaire. AJ had demanded that Austin tell Samaire what was going on. He had given him a huge lecture about how he should treat women - in front of Trinity no less!. From that point on Austin was determined to pay AJ back for embarrassing him - which was why he was determined not to dump Samaire's stupid ass - she would go running to AJ and he couldn't have that now. Plus Samaire had a pretty nice house, wouldn't want to loose that now!.
Samaire walked down the stairs into the lounge room where Trish and Brooke were watching cartoons. Trish looked over at her and smiled "Is Austin coming?".
Samaire shook her head "You guys ready to go?".
Brooke looked at her "Are we still going to wait for Traci mommy?"
Samaire looked over at the clock - trust Traci to be running late, again.
"No, she's probably running late honey, so she can meet us there" she replied as she grabbed he coat "Come on".
Samaire helped Brooke with her coat and grabbed the car keys.
As Austin watched from around the corner, Trish, Brooke and Samaire made their way out the front door. He watched their car pull out of the driveway before picking up the phone.
"Hey Trin, it's Austin. I'm at Samaire's place if your up for a little fun" he said, with a huge grin on his face "See you soon then babe".
Traci looked at the clock on the dashboard of her car as she pulled into Samaire's street. Once again she was running late. As she pulled into Samaire's driveway she noticed an unfamiliar car already parked there. 'Wonder who that is' she thought as she climbed out of the car and made her way up the front path. She knocked on the door, but there was no reply. She grabbed the door knob and found it unlocked. 'Brooke must have the TV blaring' she thought as she made her way inside. However the lounge room was empty 'Where is everyone? I'm sure we were suppose to meet here' she thought. She walked up the stairs to the bedroom. It dawned on her they must have already left for the funeral. As she made her way back down the hall to the stairs she heard muffled noices coming from Samaire's bedroom.
"This is no time for a joke guys" she said as she opened the door.
However the moment she did she instantly regretted it. Trinity was straddled on top of Austin.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON" Traci screamed as Trinity scrambled off of Austin.
"Traci what the fuck are you doing" Austin yelled at her as he grabbed the sheets to cover himself.
Traci looked in shock at both Trinity, who was quickly getting dressed, and Austin who was glaring at her.
"Where is Sam" she demanded.
"She left about 15 minutes ago" he replied.
"Why are you still here" she continued.
"Cause I ain't spending my free day at some dead guys funeral" he replied coldly, as he pulled his trackpants on.
Traci threw him a hateful look. "So you thought you'd hook up with some cheap skank instead I see. How could you do that to Sam?" she questioned, looking at them both. Trinity looked away.
"What is with everyone being so concerned about poor Samaire? First AJ, now you. Anyone would think she's made of fine china the way you guys treat her. She is a bit of fun, nothing more. If she's too stupid to realise what is going on, then that's not my problem".
Traci walked over and slapped him hard across the face. "It'll be your problem soon enough asshole" she glared.
Austin laughed "Oh I so scared. Little Traci is going to tell on me"
Traci looked at him, trying to shake the feelings of hurt and confusion she felt towards the man in front of her, the one she had come to consider a close friend over the last couple of months. As she walked out of the room she could hear him laughing. She brushed away the tears from her eyes as she wondered what she was going to tell Samaire.
"AJ, hey AJ wait up".
AJ turned around to find Traci running to catch up with him.
"What have I done now" he sighed.
"Very funny, we need to talk - now" she demanded, pulling him towards her dressing room. She stuck her head around the door to make sure there was no one else ther before pulling him inside and locking the door.
AJ looked at her in confusion "Okay, what is going on Traci"
Traci turned around and glared at him "Your a real bastard, you know that" she sniped.
AJ looked at her, stunned.
"What the hell is wrong with you? What have I done now"
"You knew about Austin and Trinity and didn't do anything about it! Just what kind of friend are you?"
AJ dropped his head. "I couldn't do anything" he mumbled.
Traci looked at him in shock "Like hell you couldn't do anything. Let's see, you could have told her for starters!"
AJ didn't respond, he just walked over and sat on the arm of the sofa.
"Well" Traci pressed.
"I can't, it's complicated"
Traci looked at him dumbfounded "What is so complicated about it...oh, oh dear" she said as she looked into AJ's eyes. "Your inlove with her,arn't you".
AJ just looked at her. She sharpened up again and whacked him on the arm.
"I don't believe this, you love her yet you're willing to stand by and let her be embarrassed and hurt by this asshole" Traci pressed as she paced the room.
"It's not that simple Traci, if I go and tell her Austin's just going to hit back by saying that I'm jealous and want to break them up so I can have her"
Traci thought for a minute "Fine, I'll go tell her" she said as she marched out of the room and down the hall to Austin's locker room.
She knocked on the door. Samaire, dressed only in a bath towel, answered the door.
"Hey babe" she said as she let Traci in.
"Sam, we need to talk..." she trailed off as Austin appeared, also only dressed in a bath towel.
Samaire smiled "Guess what" she said, holding her left hand out to show off the diamond engagement ring, "Austin and I are getting married" she said with a huge smile on her face.
Traci looked at them in dismay.