CHAPTER FOURTEEN

"So, why exactly are we going to the JFK airport?" Randy asked John as he drove.

"Sam's planning on getting on a plane and leaving New York for good and I have to stop her." John replied.

"Okay." Randy said. "Why does she wanna leave?"

"Because I did something stupid."

"What's new?" Randy laughed.

"Just shut up and drive, Randy." John smiled sarcastically.

"You didn't cheat on her, did you?" Randy asked, stopping at the traffic lights and looking over curiously at John.

"Of course I didn't!" John snapped. "I would never do that to her!"

"Okay, okay, calm down, man, I was just asking."

There was a few moments of scilence before Randy spoke again. "You're really serious about her, aren't you?"

"No." John said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. "I'm just doing this for the hell of it."

Randy just laughed at John. "So, if you didn't cheat, what did you do that was so bad that she wants to move halfway across America to get away from you?"

"It's not just me she's trying to get away from." John said quietly.

"What do you mean?" Randy asked.

John was quiet for a minute. "As long as I can stop her before she gets on that plane, it doesn't matter what I mean."

Randy just frowned in confusion, but knew better than to keep asking questions on the situation. This obviously ran far deeper than a mere fight between Samantha and John. Samantha had always been a good friend of Randy's, and he saw how good her and John were together, so he knew there had to be more to the story than John was leading on. Randy was just concerned that Samantha might be in trouble. But he knew by John's tone of voice that he should leave it alone for now.

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Samantha sat down and sighed deeply. She was waiting to board her plane with Andrew and Chrissy, to forget her past and start a new life, but she just couldn't stop thinking about John. Even though she was still mad at him for what he had done to her father, she still loved him. And she hated herself for the way she had just left him. She didn't even give him a proper good-bye, or even a chance to explain himself to her. She thought she owed him that at least. But it was too late now, she had come this far, she couldn't let herself turn back now.

"You okay, Sami?" she heard a soft, little voice say from beside her. Samantha looked down and saw Chrissy smiling up at her.

"Yeah, I'm fine, Chris." Samantha smiled back at her little sister.

"Why is John not coming with us?" Chrissy asked.

Samantha could have laughed, despite the situation she was in, at her sister's innocence. Chrissy had always liked John.

"John has to stay here, honey." Samantha tried to explain. "He can't just drop his life to move to California for me."

"Is he gonna come and visit?" Chrissy asked, tilting her head to the side slightly.

Samantha chuckled lightly. "We'll just have to wait and see."

"I hope he does, I'll miss him if he doesn't." Chrissy said.

"Yeah." Samantha sighed. "Me too, Chris."

"Come on, you two, they're ready for us to board." Andrew called his two sister's over.

Chrissy jumped off of her chair and ran over to Andrew, her face bright with excitement. Samantha, on the other hand, wasn't as enthusiastic. She sighed as she dragged herself up from her seat, stuffed her hands in her pockets and shuffled along towards Andrew.

Once she approached him, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and said, "Don't look so down."

Samantha shrugged him off and, not bothering to respond, continued walking.

They got to the desk and Andrew handed the woman their tickets. She checked them and then gave them back, opening the door for them to board the plane.

Samantha started walking again until she heard a voice call her name, "Samantha!"

Her head immediately shot up as she looked around, but didn't see anyone there. She thought that it must be her imagination playing tricks on her. She shook her head and continued to walk until she heard Chrissy call out,

"Look, Sami."

Samantha looked down at Chrissy as she pointed at something. Samantha turned her head and saw what Chrissy was pointing at. Her eyes widened in shock.

"John?" she questionned. She just starred at him. His expression was doing the talking for him as his eyes pleaded for her to hear him out. She turned her body around and headed back in the direction she had just came from.

"Sam! What the hell are you doing?" Andrew asked as he saw his sister suddenly take off in the other direction.

Samantha ignored him and carried on walking. She stopped in her tracks and starred up at the figure in front of her. There was a few moments of silence before Samantha found her voice.

"John! What are you doing here!" she practically yelled at him.

"I'm sorry, Sam, but I had to come and stop you from doing something stupid." John finally spoke.

"I haven't got time for this, John! I have a plane to catch!" Samantha said. "I'm sorry that it has to be this way, but I have to go...now." she added, turning back around and trying to walk away.

John grabbed her arms and spun her around to face him. He held onto her so she couldn't escape. "No, you don't have to go." he said to her. "I made one stupid mistake, Sam, but I promise you that it will never happen again. I was an idiot, but now I see that I did wrong and I want to put it right. Please, Sam, don't go."

"John, this isn't just about you." Samantha said. "I want to get on with my life and put my past behind me, and I can't do that if I stay here. There are just too many bad memories here, John, and I can't deal with them anymore."

"I understand that." John said. "But that doesn't mean you have to leave me."

"I can't stay here!" Samantha yelled. "Not for one more second! I can't stand it, John!"

"Then come to West Newbury with me." John blurted out.

Samantha looked at him curiously for a moment. "What?"

"I'm going back home and I want you to come with me." John replied. "We can go today if you want, right now even, just please say you'll stay with me." Samantha couldn't speak, she just stood there. John moved closer to her and brushed his hand over her cheek. "You know that I love you and I know that you love me, and everyone knows how good we are together, so please, don't throw this away. Please, come with me."

"Sam!" Andrew interupted. "What are you playing at! Come on, we have to go now, they're waiting for us. They're gonna leave without us if we don't go now."

Samantha turned to Andrew, only to have John place his hands on either side of her face and tilt her head back towards him. "You don't have to go. Please, come with me instead."

Samantha glanced between John and Andrew...what the hell was she going to do? There was no time to think things through though, she had to make a decision right now.

Another cliffhanger for y'all to enjoy. lol. Who will Samantha choose? You'll just have to wait and see! lol. R&R guys!