So another chapter, later than I thought, but I had a bit of trouble writing this, so heres the next chapter and please R&R!

Sam ran after him.

"Get away from her." She shouted, grabbing his arms and pulling him back. Pete turned and hit her across the face, her arms barely having time to let go of his as she fell back and slid down the wall. He run up the stairs and went into the first room, looking for Abi.

"Abi?" Pete called softly. "Abi, it's me." Sam got back up and followed him up the stairs.

"Abi, stay where you are, I'm coming." Sam shouted as she reached the top of the stairs. Pete came out of the first room, and turned to face Sam. He walked towards her and she stood still, holding on to the banisters either side of her. "What are you doing to do?" She asked calmly, staring at him.

"Look, I don't want to do this I just want you and Abi back. I want it to be as it was." He replied, as he stopped a foot or so before her.

"The way it was?" Sam said, not believing she was hearing this from him, "Back when you used to hit me? You want it to be like that?"

"It is your own fault that I hit you." He spat.

"Yes, Pete, it is all my fault, as usual." Sam glared.

"Are you coming with me, or will I have to make you?" Pete asked, Sam stepped forward and slid past him, her head down. She walked to the end of the hallway and went into Abi's room.

"It's ok." Sam said as she closed the door, and the small girl run to her. Sam fell to her knees and took her in her arms. "It's ok, everything's going to be ok." Sam whispered into her ear, "there is just one thing baby, we are going to pretend to want to go back to Denver with Pete, but really we aren't."

"Why is he here, mommy?"

"Because he wants us to go back to the way we were before," Sam began.

"I don't want that, I don't want to go back, I want to stay here with you and Jack and," Abi said, as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"That's why we are going to pretend to want to go back with him, ok?" Sam said wiping away the tears on her daughters face.

"Ok." Abi said as she grabbed Sam's hand, Sam squeezed it and stood up as the door opened behind them.

"What have you chosen Sam?" Pete asked, the question rhetorical. They were coming with him whatever she chose.

"Let me get some of Abi's things." Sam said quietly, her head once again downcast, as she took some of Abi's clothes from her drawers. Abi took a bear off of her bed and held it tightly. When Sam was done Abi went to her and held her hand. They walked from the room and Sam squeezed her hand, they went into Sam's bedroom and Abi sat on the bed waiting for her mother to get her things.

"Mommy?" Abi said quietly and Sam stopped her 'packing' to go to her.

"It's ok, you are doing great, baby. Only a little bit longer." Sam whispered and kissed her forehead. Sam filled a small bag and held it in one hand as she left her room. Her other hand held Abi's small one. They got to the bottom of the stairs and Pete was waiting by the front door.

"Ready to go home?" Pete asked like nothing out of the ordinary.

"Yep." Sam said turning to Abi. "Wait here while I go lock up." Sam looked into her eyes, the look they shared speaking volumes. Abi nodded. Sam left and locked the back door, her hand running over the surfaces, stopping at that drawer by the door. Opening it quickly she grabbed the object she wanted and slipped it into her bag, closing the door to the kitchen as she left. Pete hadn't moved from his place in the doorway and Abi hadn't moved from the stairs.

"You ready now?" Pete asked impatiently taking their bags. Sam nodded and he opened the door stepping out first. He knew she hadn't changed. No matter what happened she still came crawling back. She was still the same woman he had made her and still the same woman she always was inside. Sam followed him through the door, turning to pick Abi up.

"No! Wait," Abi cried, as Sam went to shut the door, "Jack! Jack!"

Another cliffhanger I know. But more coming soon...