Chapter 16

Sam climbed back into bed. She hoped her husband hadn't realized she was listening to his conversation. Sonny had climbed out of bed a while ago and Sam had followed him down. She hid on the stairs and listened. They were warming up to this girl, to Emma. Emma could ruin everything. The girl knew too much. She knew all the secrets and lies Sam had told, and they were all starting to trust her.

Sonny climbed back in bed. He looked at his supposedly sleeping wife. Turning over he shut his eyes and slept a few more hours. Once Sonny was asleep Sam climbed back out of bed and into the bathroom.

She looked into the mirror. She had no idea the girl was so strong, or such a pain in the ass. She touched her eye. It was black and blue, and very puffy. Not to mention it hurt like hell. She laughed at herself. How could she let the girl do this to her.

FLASHBACK

"Lila dear leave it be, she's just an upset child," Sam commented, "I mean her Mother pawned her off on Carly for the summer what do you expect.'

BAM

SMASH

Sam went flying. She crashed into a table breaking it. Sonny rushed to her side as Sam tried to get to her feet. Sam looked on shocked as she touched her eye as Sonny helped her up.

Emma stood across the room. Riley and Morgan had dragged her there after she had punched Sam. Emma had tried to get another swing at Sam, but that didn't happen, she got Michael instead. Emma stood fuming still trying to break the hold that they had on her.

"I'll stop ok," Emma said finally giving up.

Riley and Morgan loosened their grips and both took steps back from Emma. Big mistake. The second she was loose she ran towards Sam. She was getting ready to swing when a set of masculine arms wraps around her waist and lifted her off the ground. She struggled. She tried to get loose, but the person wasn't letting go.

Riley and Morgan stood shocked. She had just run back over to Sam in hopes to get a few more swings in.

Michael stood to the side shaking his head at his brother and friend with a grin plastered on his face. Michael knew that they shouldn't have let her go. Of coarse he had known her longer than them. His jaw hurt. He would probably have a bruise, but it was his own fault, like every other time he got in the way.

Lila stood off to the side. Emma was psycho, and Lila was scared of her.

Carly was laughing. She couldn't stop. Sam and her big mouth always seemed to be in trouble. Carly knew that Emma would never let anyone talk about her mother like Sam had, and it wasn't even that funny. It was just how Emma was.

Emma was just so much like them. Hot headed Courtney, and protective Jason. Not to mention her composure. Completely Jason, but there was still so much of her Mother in her, like how Emma always saw the good in a person, never judged. She was like her Great Grandmother in that way as well. Carly swore that if the currently green eyed brunette kept this behavior up people would know who she was in no time.

Emma had finally cooled down, but the look she was giving Sam was none too pleasant. Emma stood glaring at Sam. How dare she talk about her Mother? Emma wanted to rip her a new one.

Sam rubbed her face. Her eye hurt so bad. She looked at Emma. The girl had a cold glassy look in her eyes. She had seen that look before. Only it wasn't this teen that she had seen it in. It was Jason.

"What are you staring at? Didn't your Mother teach you any manners, or how to control that temper of yours," Sam questioned in a not so pleasant tone.

"Why you two bit good for nothing," Carly started to scream as she lunged at Sam only to be intercepted by Sonny, who grabbed her arms thrusting them to her sides and pinned them into that position as he tried to hold her back.

Carly was pissed. Emma could handle herself, and defend her Mother, but no one had any right to talk about her niece, or best friend in such a way. Carly knew Courtney was a wonderful Mother. She had raised Emma a strong independent teen, and could handle her Jason like tendencies. At the rate Sam was going she would be a bloody mess when Emma and Carly were done with her.

"Sonny, Sonny," Carly screamed while struggling, "Let go of me. Sonny let go of me now."

Sonny looked her straight in the eyes. He saw a fire, like when she was sticking up for one of her boys, but she wasn't. Carly didn't stick her neck out for many people, but somehow Emma had Carly protecting her. Not that the girl needed someone to stand up to Sam for her. Emma had made it perfectly clear that she was capable of dealing with Sam.

"No," Sonny said firmly as he smirked at his ex-wife. He was enjoying watching her attack, or try to attack, Sam.

"Wipe that grin off your face buddy," Carly said through clenched teeth as she ripped her arms from Sonny's grasp.

This only caused Sonny's grin to grow, which showed off his dimples. Carly looked up at the man before her, and his smile. Those dimples got her every time. She just stood looking at him trying to fake the anger as best she could.

Sonny loved to see her angry. He loved how much he loved to see her angry. He could see the anger in her eyes slowly melt away. She never could resist his smile, which made him want to smile even more.

"Maybe that's where Emma gets all the anger from. Her crazy lunatic of an Aunt," Sam spoke up. Sam didn't like the looks that went between Sonny and Carly. She had wanted to break it up and she had.

Everyone turned to face Sam. Carly had started to open her mouth to speak when Emma went charging at Sam again. The teenager didn't get very far as the arms that held her from her previous attempt never really let go. As soon as she started the run she was in the air again, but she didn't stay quiet.

"You stupid hor," Emma screamed, " Who do you think you are? You have no right to take about my Mother, or Aunt at all. Do you hear me? You even so much as breathe wrong around them and I'll rip you to shreds."

"Who do you think you are," Lila questioned just as loud, as she went to stand by her Mother, "You have no right to threaten my Mother. Carly is crazy, and your Mom must be too. Hell she left you with the lunatic, and you seem just as freakishly weird and crazy."

"How dare you," Emma said as she struggled more to get out of their grasp this person had on her so she could kill Lila. She hadn't really looked at whom it was that was holding her back, but she wasn't sure she cared. She felt safe. Angry as hell, but safe.

"How dare you. You come to my home, yell at my Mom. Try to take my Family. Get Riley arrested,,,"

Lila never finished her rant. Emma calmed down instantly at Lila's last comment. She looked Lila right in the eyes and spoke…

"Then maybe you shouldn't have called the cops."

END FLASHBACK

Sonny walked into the bathroom to find Sam looking in the mirror at her face.

"You ok," Sonny asked. He was a bit mad at some of the comments Sam had made, but there wasn't any thing he could do about it now.

"Yeah," She replied.

"Then lets get back to bed," He said offering his hand to her.

She took his hand and was lead back to bed. They both lay on separate halves of the bed as they once again fall asleep. Both thinking about the teenaged girl who was stirring up one hell of a storm.