Samaire woke up to find AJ sitting on the end of the bed, watching her. She smiled slightly at him before realising she had no clothes on. She wrapped herself up in the sheet as best as she could.
"I know what your going to say, and it's okay" he said, getting up and turning to face he wall so Samaire could get dressed.
"What am I going to say" she said, quickly pulling her skirt and singlet on from the night before "You can turn around now"
AJ looked at her "It was a mistake, wasn't it, last night."
Samaire looked at him, guiltly "Yeah, I think it was".
AJ nodded at her "I understand, and I'm sorry, I shouldn't have taken advantage of you like that".
Samaire looked at him, stunned.
"AJ, that's not what I meant. You did not take advantage of me, I was as much involved as you were. I just meant that I wasn't thinking straight and..."
AJ cut her off "You don't need to explain. Let's just forget about this okay, I'll leave now"
Samaire watched him walk away, she felt worse then ever. Not only had she been totally embarrassed the previous night but now she had created an awkward situation with one of her most trusted friends. She threw a pillow against the wall. She walked downstairs and found her cell phone. She dialled Trish's number.
"Hey Trish" she said as she sat down on the sofa.
"Oh god Sam, are you okay, you have everyone so worried" came Trish's near hysterical voice.
"I'm okay, I think, how is Brooke?"
"She's okay, we're having eggs for breakfast. She's worried about you, she doesn't really understand. Did AJ find you?"
Samaire paused "Yeah, um do you think you could come around, I really need to talk to you" she said, biting her nails.
"Yeah, I'll get Jeff to look after Brooke for a while"
"Jeff? What is he doing there?" Samaire could imagine Trish blushing right now.
"Uh, he stopped by for breakfast. I'll be right there" she said before hanging up. A small smile came across Samaire's face at the thought of Trish and Jeff.
Ten minutes later Samaire heard Trish's car pull up in the driveway.
"Hey sweetie" Trish greeted her at the door. Samaire led Trish to the lounge room.
"Trish, I've done something really stupid...well at least I think its stupid...do you think it's stupid" she fumbled, realising she probably wasn't making a whole lot of sense.
Trish looked at her before grabbing her hand and pulling her down beside her on the sofa.
"Slow down honey, what have you done".
Samaire blushed and looked at the floor "I slept with AJ last night"
Trish stared at her in surprise, this was the last thing she expected Samaire to say.
"Um, okay,...why?" she replied, not sure of exactly what to say.
"I don't know, he came around and I was a mess, he carried me up to the bedroom and well I sorta kissed him... and it went from there" Samaire said, leaving out the details of her trying to kill herself.
"But why, I mean you were so excited to be getting married last night, was this just an attempt to get back at Austin?"
It was Samaire's turn to stare at Trish "What? No! I don't know, I was really upset about Austin, but when AJ held me it was like all that didn't matter anymore. I felt safe Trish - does that sound stupid?"
Trish looked at her friend "No honey, it doesn't sound stupid, it sounds like you felt more for AJ than what you realised"
Samaire looked at the blank TV screen again "What should I do Trish?"
"I think you really need to sit down and think about what you want. I mean what Austin has done is down right horrible, but are you prepared to throw away the whole relationship?"
Samaire looked at Trish in surprise "You think I should go crawling back to him?"
"I don't know honey, its something you need to think about".
Samaire looked back at the TV, unsure of what to do. On the one hand Trish was right in that she wasn't sure if she wanted to just throw away the last four months with Austin, but he had hurt her in more ways then one. On the other side was AJ, who she wasn't sure about how she felt.
"Thanks for coming Trish but I think I need to be alone for now"
Trish stood up "Sure honey, I'll keep Brooke with me for today - you can pick her up tonight okay"
Samaire gave her a hug "Thanks Trish"
As Samaire watched Trish's car pull out of the driveway she went over what Trish had said to her. 'Crawl back to Austin? I don't think so' she thought angrily. She couldn't believe that Trish had even suggested such a thing. However she wasn't sure about AJ either. She went back up to her bedroom and laid down. She thought back to last night when AJ had been next to her, his arms wrapped around her. The feeling of love and safeness overwhelmed her. As she feel asleep memories of the last four months played in her head.
"Samaire Davis, is that you?" came a voice from behind her.
"Yeah hi, can I help you" she replied to the stranger, who looked vaguely familiar to her, but she couldn't place the face.
"Sorry, my name is AJ Styles, is everything ok? I noticed Mr McMahon looking a little worried before" AJ replied.
"Oh sorry, AJ of course, um not really. Trish has been seriously hurt we think" she replied, looking in the direction Corey went, with tears welling up in her eyes.
"Oh god, here sit down" said AJ, putting his arm around Samaire's shoulders and guiding her to a near by seat.
Samaire broke down and told everything that had happened that day – from the horrible match, her resigning to the incident with Adam. AJ just sat there with his arm around her shoulders listening to everything.
"Thanks for listening to me blabbing and crying away" Samaire said getting up and wiping her face.
"That's fine, anytime. Look here is my number. Call me and maybe I could get you some work in the indy's and stuff with me" he replied giving her a card.
She rolled over in bed as another memory came to her.
"I take it you haven't been home in the last two days" he asked, looking at her messed up hair and tired looking face.
Samaire blushed. She was still wearing the same outfit from Sunday night – white pants, which were now all crinkled, a lime green halter top and white boots. She started to try and fix her hair up when she heard AJ laughing.
"What's so funny?" she asked, frowning at him.
"Don't worry Sam, you still look as cute as ever" he replied, brushing a strand of hair away from her face.
Samaire blushed again.
Samaire smiled in her sleep.
"Why are you still standing there, I told you to get out and I mean it, we have nothing more to say to each other" Trish said as she laid back down and turned her attention to the TV.
Samaire backed out of the room and ran down the hall crying. AJ, who was still in the waiting area caught her as she came running past. He held her close to him as she cried her eyes out once again.
"Hey Sam, I think it's time I took you home hey" he said.
She rolled back over in bed as the memories continued.
"I have some good news for you" AJ said as he sat down.
Samaire looked at him. He had been calling her all week and she had tried to ignore him but he just wouldn't give up.
"Ring of Honor wants to book you for their show on Friday night – in a wrestling role too. You will be having a match against Traci Brooks, she's really good too so it should be a great match" AJ said, noticing the smile that came across Samaire's face at the mention of Traci.
"Why are you doing this, why do you care so much when you barely know me?" Samaire asked, gazing over at AJ.
"Because I know a good person when I see one – you are not at fault for what happened to Trish and you need to stop blaming yourself for it" AJ replied, moving over next to Samaire.
"So will I see you at the show Friday?" he asked, giving her a huge grin.
Samaire smiled back "Wouldn't miss it for the world".
She smiled as the next memory came to her.
"Hey Sam, how are you feeling" AJ asked as he approached the bed.
"Hey, not so bad actually, just a bit of a headache" she replied, smiling up at AJ.
She reached out and grabbed his hand.
"Thank you" she said as he wrapped his hands around hers.
"For what?" he replied, studying her face. Even in a hospital bed she looked beautiful to him.
"For being here for me when I need you, for getting me a job and for always looking after me when you don't have to" Samaire replied.
"Well then you will thank me more after this" he said "I got you an even better job"
"What? Where?" she replied, slowly sitting up.
Jerry appeared at the door.
"Welcome to TNA Samaire Davis" he said.
She sat up in bed, wide awake. 'It wasn't Austin who was there for me - it's been AJ' she thought to herself. Everytime she had needed someone AJ had been there. 'How could I have not seen what was in front of me?'. It had been AJ who she could talk to when Brooke had arrived, not Austin. It was AJ who had been there for her at Paul's funeral, not Austin. It suddenly struck her,
"I do love AJ" she said as she looked in the mirror.
A/N: Sorry about this chapter being a piece together from previous chapters, but I thought it was necessary to show the relationship between Sam and AJ. Anyway let me know what you think :)