CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Samantha continued to glance between John and Andrew. She didn't know how she was going to make a decision this hard. She just told herself to go with her gut feeling.

"Come on, Sam, are you coming or not?" Andrew said. "You have to give me an answer now."

Samantha looked at Andrew and nodded her head slightly. Then she turned to John and her eyes immediately filled with tears. She bit down on her bottom lip and looked down at the ground.

"John...I--I..." she stuttered, unable to find her voice again.

Instead of trying to speak, she suddenly just threw her arms around John's neck and held him closely. He wrapped his arms around her waist and returned her embrace. He closed his eyes and just squeezed her tightly.

"I love you." Samantha whispered to him.

"I love you, too, baby." John replied.

Samantha pulled out of his grasp and looked into his eyes. She smiled slightly at him and then turned to Andrew. She sighed and shook her head.

"I'm sorry, Andy." she said quietly. "But I can't move to California with you after all. I'm moving to Massachusetts instead."

"I'm sorry, what did you just say?" John cut in, not quiet sure if he had heard her correctly.

Samantha laughed softly. "You heard me, I'm moving to Massachusetts." she repeated. "That is...if your offer still stands for me to come and live with you?"

A goofy grin crossed John's lips as what she said sunk in. "You serious?"

"Would I say it if I wasn't?" she replied. "I'm not that cruel, John."

John's smile grew wider. He placed both of his hands on either side of her face and leaned in to kiss her gently, but with as much passion as he could manage.

"You won't regret it, I promise." John smirked, tucking the hair that had come loose from her ponytail behind her ears.

"I know I won't." Samantha smiled.

She turned away from John to once again look at Andrew. "I'm sorry."

Andrew chuckled slightly. "What for?" he said, extending his arms to her. Samantha smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist, hugging him tightly. Andrew returned her embrace and held his sister closely. "I'm gonna miss you though."

"I'm going to miss you, too, Andy." Samantha said as she pulled out of his arms. "You can come and visit me though?" she suggested.

"You can count on it." Andrew smiled, before his head turned to look at John. "Take care of her, Cena."

"I will." John smiled and nodded slightly.

"Well, I guess this is good-bye then." Andrew said to Samantha, who again had tears building in her eyes. She nodded, and looked down to see Chrissy with a saddened expression on her face. Samantha knelt down in front of her little sister.

"You okay, Chris?" Samantha asked.

"I don't want you to leave." Chrissy replied, her voice cracking as she spoke.

"Come here." Samantha said, wrapping her arms around her sister and holding her tight. "I know you don't want me to go, and I don't want to leave you, but this is just something that I have to do. I'm sorry that it has to be like this, but I can't leave John. Do you understand that?"

Chrissy nodded her head and looked up at Samantha. "I'm gonna miss you, Sami."

"I'll miss you, too, Chris." Samantha said, holding her sister again. "It's not like we'll never see each other again though. You can come and visit me anytime you want to."

"Can I come and stay with you sometime?" Chrissy asked.

"Of course." Samantha smiled, finally letting her sister go. "And if you ever need me for anything, just phone me, okay?"

Chrissy nodded and smiled, taking Andrew's hand as Samantha stood up.

"We really better go. They're waiting for us to board." Andrew said.

"Well, I guess this is good-bye then." Samantha said.

"Yeah, bye, Sam." Andrew said, taking one last look at his little sister.

"Bye, Andy." Samantha said, wiping the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand. She looked down and smiled at her baby sister. "Bye, Chris."

"Bye-bye, Sami." Chrissy waved as Andrew lead her off. "Bye-bye, John."

"See yah, kid." John smiled and waved back as Chrissy and Andrew disappeared through the door.

Samantha sighed and turned around to face John. He smiled back and pulled her to him, wrapping his arms firmly around her. They stood there together for a moment or two, before Samantha pulled away slightly.

"You aiight?" John asked her, wiping a stray tears from her cheek with his thumb.

"Yeah." Samantha smiled. "I'm fine."

"So, what do you wanna do?" John asked.

Samantha sighed. "Lets just go for a walk." she suggested.

"Sounds good to me." John replied, wrapping his arm around her shoulders and leading her off.

We're almost at the end now people. Only one more chapter to go! R&R please!