Winter's Lullaby

By Dani

A/N: I don't know how many of you like James Taylor, Sting, The Police, and then Nightwish, and other gothic rock bands AND Dido, but w/e.

Chapter 6: One Last Birthday Gift

As everyone filed out of Jack's apartment at about one o'clock, Jack stopped Sam.

"Hey Sammy, I have one more gift for you. I'm sure you'll love it."

"Oooh… presents. What is it?" Sam asked.

Jack reached into his pocket and pulled out two tickets.

Two adult trip one week cruise to Jamaica.

"Oh my God… you were serious about that?" Sam grabbed her ticket, but not before making some Jack Pulp again.

"I'll take that as a thank you… and once we get to Jamaica, we'll stay at a hotel for a few days."

Sam gasped. "Jack, please, let me pay for some of this…"

"No. This is your birthday present." He kissed her on the cheek, and she jumped on him and hugged him.

"Oh my God… I love you!" Sam squealed.

Jack looked at her awkwardly.

"Wait…. Um Jack…."

Jack interrupted her. "It's time for you to go."

"But... Jack…"

"Bye Sam. See ya later." HE shut the door.

'Oh my God…' he thought. 'Did she really mean that? Jesus.'

Sam walked home slowly.

'Was it wrong to say that?' She thought. 'Maybe I'm moving to fast for him…. What have I done? I always screw this up.' She walked up the steps of her building, and went to her apartment.

The next morning, the sun almost shined her eyes out. She got up and began to get dressed, and noticed the letter on her table.

'That wasn't there before…' She though aloud. She opened the envelope to find a scented paper.

Sammy,

I'm sorry I ushered you out last night. I just didn't expect you to say that to me. I don't know if it was because of the tickets, or that you just meant it. But now I'm going to tell you how I feel about you. It doesn't matter what you meant before, but….

I love you too.

Please still come on the cruise with me

Love,

Jack

Sam's heart was pounding. He loved her too… Wow. Amazing. Stunning. She thought up about every synonym for that. Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her door. Sam finished changing and went to the door. There he was. The…

CLIFFY

A/N: Hope that was long enough. Size 12 and one and a fifth pages on Microsoft Word.