Novak stood, well floated, in the doorway of Sami's room. He watched over her like she would disappear any second if he took his eyes off of her. She stired a bit more and slowly opened her eyes.
"N-Novak?" she said, groggily. He smiled and nodded.
"Hey, babe. I told you I'd be here tonight." Novak replied, starting towards her. She slowly sat up and let her eyes get used to the darkness. Her eyes focused on Novak and she smiled, softly. She got up, careful not to wake Bam, and walked over to Novak. They hugged each other, tightly.
"Sami...put a jacket on and some shoes. Let's go outside for a walk around the Castle." Novak said.
"Why?" she questioned, stretching as she spoke.
"I have some stuff to tell you."
"Ah. I see." Sami nodded and quickly pulled open the closet door. She took her grey hoodie out and slipped it on over her pink and white pj tanktop. She put on her purple Crocs and walked out of her room with Novak. They opened the front door, without making a sound and stepped out into the cold night air.
"Come on." Novak said to Sami, signaling her to come follow him. They walked out into the forest and to Fast Eddie's Tree Top Casino. They climbed up into the wooden structure and sat down inside of it. Sami shivered and looked up at Novak.
"So...what did you need to tell me?" Sami asked, sticking her hands in her hoodie pockets.
"Well first of all, I want to apologize for leaving you so suddenly earlier today." he replied, putting an arm around the shaking girl.
"I accept your apology." she said, laughing slightly, "So...how's...um...life...well, not life...death treating you"
"It's different. It'll take awhile to get used to it. I'd rather be here with you and Bam and Katie. God...when she goes into labor...I don't know what I'll do"
"Visit her."
"Should I? Or should I wait until after my son is born"
"Uh...I would wait after, I guess. Don't want to give her too much of a scare." Novak nodded in agreement and then realized how bad Sami was shivering.
"Come on. Let's walk so you won't be as cold as you are." he stated, helping her up from her seated posistion. She stood up and brushed the splinters off of her pants. They walked back down the stairs and walked back up to the Snakerun Driveway.
Sami yawned and slipped her hands back into her big pocket on her hoodie. Novak looked at her.
"There's something else I want to tell you." he said, looking up to the sky, which was filled with stars.
"What is it?" Sami replied, following Novak's eyes and looking up towards the sky, too. Novak sighed, suddenly and stood up.
"Fuck. I have to go." he said, starting to walk away. Sami frowned.
"Just tell me what you wanted to tell me, then you can go." she said, grabbing his arm. He turned around.
"Your dad wanted me to tell you that he loves you and misses you badly. Now, I have to go. I'll see you as soon as I can, babe." He gave Sami a big hug and a kiss on the top of the head. He walked off, down the driveway and disappeared. Sami was at a loss for words.
Meanwhile back in Sami's bedroom...
Bam slowly started to wake up. He rolled over onto his back and opened his eyes. He felt around for Sami.
"Sam?" he asked, looking around. He stretched and got up. He put on his robe and started to search for her. He walked out into the hall and opened the front door. Sami was standing there, gazing up at the sky. He walked up to her, quietly, and put his hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump. She turned around.
"Oh, it's you." she said, with a little disappointment in her voice.
"Yeah. What are you doing out here? It's freezing." Bam said, starting to shiver himself.
"I was just...nevermind." She walked past him and back into the house. He sighed and went after her. But before he could catch her, she had walked into her room and slammed the door.
'What the hell?' Bam thought, not sure if he should knock on her door or not. He decided to. He wanted to know what was wrong with his soon-to-be daughter.
"What?" came a muffled voice from behind the door, once Bam knocked.
"Can I come in?" he replied, dying to know what was going on.
"Yeah sure. Fine." Bam opened up Sami's door and sighed. There was Sami, sitting in the corner of her room wrapping a blanket around her fist, and a huge hole in the wall beside her bed.
"What the hell?" Bam started, going over to Sami. She glared at him, not in the mood to be examined.
"Back. Off." she said, in a serious voice. Bam frowned and sat down on her bed, still being glared at. But this time, he glared right back.
"What's wrong now?" he asked.
"Do we have to talk about this now? I mean, seriously, I punch a hole in the wall, breaking my knuckles and you just sit there asking, 'What's wrong now?'" she stated, looking down at her blanket covered hand. Bam rolled his eyes.
"Fine. We can talk about it in the morning. Come here, though." Bam said, signaling for Sami to come over to him. Not looking up at Bam, she stood up and walked to the bed. He took her hand and unwrapped the blanket.
"I don't think you broke any bones." he said, looking at her shaking hand. "I just think you bruised it up." Sami nodded, not wanting to have another conversation with Bam for awhile. The skater sighed, knowing that she had nothing to say to him. "Well...I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning, babe." He gave her a kiss on the forehead and walked towards his room. Sami sighed and lied back down on her bed and finally fell asleep.