Black and Blue
Chapter Two:- False Passion
Sam closed her eyes and wiped the tears away. She gently brushed her stinging cheek then walked back out. She saw Adam sitting on the couch with a bowl of popcorn in his lap. He smiled and patted the seat next to him. She walked over cautiously and sat down next to him.
"My mother will want me home soon. She doens't know I'm here." Sam said softly not making eye contact.
"You'll leave when I say so." He said staring at the T.V.
"But my mom-" She tried to talk but his hand covered her mouth.
"When I say so." He said. His eyes were burning a hole in her. He cupped her chin, kissed her quick and rough then turned back to the T.V.
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Tucker dropped Danny off and drove off to his house. Danny walked into his room and layed down on his bed. He couldn't get Sam out of his head and it was driving him crazy. There was something different about her and he couldn't figure out what. She wasn't Sam anymore.
He tried to shrug it off and tell himself it was because she was getting sick or that she was dating someone now but he couldn't. He knew Sam well enough to know when something was wrong, especially when she wouldn't tell him about it.
"Hey Danny." Jazz said walking into his room.
"Don't you ever knock?" He snapped at her annoyed.
"What's with you?" She asked.
"Nothing. I'm just..." He sighed. "I don't know."
"Girl problems?" She guessed. "Girl meaning Sam of course." She smiled.
"Why do you have to be like a shrink and know everything?" He smiled.
"You want to talk about it?" She offered sitting down beside him on his bed.
"Not really." He sat up. "I don't even know what the problem is really."
"Well you know I'm here if you change your mind." She said patting his hand.
"What are you doing here anyways?" He asked.
"My classes don't start for another week so I'm leaving tomorrow." She said getting up. "I'll see you later." She told him walking out of his room. Danny just groaned and fell back onto his bed again.
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Sam managed to get through the rest of the night without getting hit or bruised. Adam told her she could leave at around eight that night. Unfortunatly, he wasn't driving her home. She was suppose to walk back to her house and that was quite a long way.
Sam walked down the street to a familiar intersection and got out her cell phone. She dialed Danny's number and waited for him to answer.
"Danny?" She asked a little weakly.
"Hey Sam!" He was suprised and happy she called. "What's up?"
"Well, I kind of need a lift home." She was embaressed to ask him but she couldn't walk home. It was too far and too dangerous in a neighborhood like this. "I was at Adam's and his car died." She lied.
"Sure no problem. Where are you?" She smiled and told him. "I'll be there in a few minutes." He told her then hung up.
"Thanks." She whispered. After she hung up, she just burst into tears. Her legs went jello and she fell to the ground crying. She got herself up to a sitting position on the cold ground but continued to cry. It was hard to stop once she started. All she could think about was how pitful she was right now, how much pain she was feeling, and the life she wanted. She had such good friends and that's all she thought she'd ever need back a year ago. She wiped her tears away and stood up trying to adjust her balance.
"Hey Sam." Danny said landing from flying a few minutes later.
"Hey." She managed.
"You want to come over or something?" He asked hopefully.
"I just want to go home." She whispered looking down.
"Alright." He wrapped his arm around her wasit and they took off headed home. "You have a good time?"
"One of the better." She closed her eyes and pretended everything was okay, that nothing could hurt her. She felt so safe in Danny's arms that she almost believed herself. "You don't know how much I appritiate this Danny." She said opening her eyes.
"Well what could I do, let you walk home?" He laughed but she just turned her head. "Are you okay?" He asked. She could hear the concern in his voice. "You haven't been yourself lately."
"I'm fine." He knew she was lying and he wanted to push his luck and ask again but desided not to. It would just upset her.
"If you say so." He sighed. He dropped her off at her front door and was about to leave when she called his name. "Yeah?"
"Thank you." She said her eyes already starting to swell up with tears.
"No problem Sam." She nodded fighting back tears. He walked up to her and hugged her tight. "I really wish you'd tell me what's wrong." He whispered. She stayed silent, holding back sobs. When she couldn't take it anymore, she broke away and ran into her house. Danny shook his head and flew home not wanting to upset her anymore.
He had never seen Sam cry. She was strong and there must have been something really bothering her to make her cry. He started wondering if it was something he did to upset her. He couldn't think of what it could be but, maybe it was him. God he hoped not.
Sam ran up to her room and fell down onto her bed. She looked at her clock to see it was about eight thirty. She kicked off her shoes and stood up. She wiped away her tears careful of her cheek that was still slightly red.
She started walking to the bathroom and tripped over one of her boots. She ran into the wall hitting her bruised arm. She stifled a scream by biting her lip and holding onto her throbbing arm. Her eyes were burning from tears covering her eyes and she couldn't seem to move. Once the pain ended, she carefully walked into the bathroom and started the warm water, getting ready to soak in a bath.
Sam slowly removed her clothes, careful not to make any old or new injuries act up again. She avoided looking at herself in the mirror though. Once the bath tub was full, she climbed in and submerged herself in the warm water. At first it burned her wounds slightly but then it just felt good. The warm water surrounded her body and felt almost healing. She closed her eyes and imagined the good times, hoping that when she opened them, that's where she'd be. She'd be with Danny and Tucker, back in the good old days when they'd just hang around the Nasty Burger together or be fighting off the Box Ghost. A smile even broke out from her stone lips.
But when she opened her eyes, her smile faded. All she saw was the clear water moving over her bruises and cuts and all of a sudden, everything hurt. She looked at every wound she had and was so thankful that Danny didn't see any of them thanks to the dark.
She grabbed a soft rag and started slowly and gently washing herself. When she was done, she sat there a while longer just soaking in the healing feeling of the water. After a few more minutes, she climbed out.
By the time she got into her pajamas and got herself into bed, it was around ten o'clock and she was ready to pass out. But she lay there awake, wondering, waiting…for anything.
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Danny woke up the next morning with a headache. He rolled out of bed and got dressed lazily. When he got downstairs, he found his mother handing him a plate of eggs.
"Eat before you go." She told him.
"I don't have time." He handed the plate back to her and grabbed his bag.
"You know your dad and I are going to that ghost convention in New York tonight and Jazz is going back to college. That means you'll have the house to yourself."
"Don't worry." He stopped her. "I won't be throwing any parties or anything." She smiled at him and nodded. "Chill Mom." He laughed and walked out the door.
After flying to school, he met up with Tucker who was still complaining about the homework that was given out. They met up near the front of the school in hopes to see Sam walk in.
"Hey man!" Tucker yelled when he saw Danny walk in.
"Hey." Danny's response was low and slightly depressed.
"Alright what's up?" Tucker asked picking up on it right away. "What about Sam now?"
"Shut up alright?" Danny got that firm look on his face. "Something's seriously wrong with her."
"Look Danny, just because she's spending more time with her boyfriend then with you doesn't mean something's wrong." Tucker tried to reason even though he'd seen Sam even less than Danny had.
"That's not it anymore." Danny tried to explain but Tucker wasn't really listening. He figured it was just years of jealousy coming out. "I'm serious!" Before Danny started up again, Sam walked in the door.
"Oh." She stopped, noticing that they saw her. "Hey guys."
"Aren't you hot in that?" Tucker asked seeing she wasn't wearing a normal tank top. Instead she wore a black and purple long sleeved shirt and it was summer!
"No. I'm fine." She answered curtly. "It's really not that hot out." She looked down and faintly touched her left arm. When she looked up, Danny was right there looking at her in the eyes with concern. "I should probably go. I don't want to be late."
"We have a half hour." Tucker pointed out. She shrugged and started walking off. "Okay… maybe you are right." He said to Danny once she took off.
"Told you." He sighed. "I'm worried about her." He said as he looked in the direction she disappeared in.
"Well, what's wrong with her?"
"I don't know. She won't talk to me anymore." Danny said starting to walk off himself. Tucker quickly followed. "I was starting to think that she was mad at me but last night…" He stopped until Tucker urged him on. "I picked her up form Adam's and when I got her home, she started crying and hugging me. Then she ran inside."
"Is she moving?"
"Tuck, if she was moving, she'd want to spend more time with us, not less."
"Think about it." He started. "If she is moving or something, maybe she wants to make it easier so she's separating herself from us."
"I don't think so. That doesn't sound like Sam."
"Yeah and is she acting like Sam right now?" He pointed out. Danny nodded seeing what he meant. "So do you think that could be it?"
"I don't know." He shrugged. "It still doesn't seem right to me. There's something missing." He sighed. "I just don't know what." They continued to walk to their first class trying to figure out what was exactly wrong and how to help fix it.
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Sam walked away not looking back. This time though, her eyes didn't water. She was all cried out right now. She knew it would all come out tonight but that was okay for now.
She met up with Adam where he told her to and tried to force a smile hoping he was in a good mood today. She approached him and greeted him warmly.
"Hey baby." She said.
"Hey." She looked her up and down. "What's with the long sleeves?"
"Just felt like being different today that's all." She lied with that fake smile still on her lips. "I'm going to take the bus home today okay?" She felt safe being in a group of people. He'd never done anything while they were in public.
"Why don't you ride home with me?" He asked.
"I just can't today." He turned to her with that fire in his eyes that made them go from making you want to melt into him to burning a hole in you soul. She knew how to fix that for a little while though. She leaned up and kissed him with as much false passion as she could muster. "I'll make it up to you though." She whispered then walked away quickly. As she did, she wiped the taste of him off her lips and hoped to god he wouldn't make her keep that promise.
There's chptr two for everyone. I've been sick lately so I've had more time to write. I hope to get chptr 3 up asap. Don't forget to review thanks!
