Hello! Back with chapter two, it actually didn't take me as long to update a new one for once. Of course, I'm trying to at least update so that most of my stories have at least two chapters. By the way, such a dork. If you noticed the last line of the last chapter, you can tell how good I am at paying attention, especially to things like that. So, "For Sal" has been changed. Thanks to my reviewers!
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New stories will not be created until January after all of these are completely up. Until then, I'll just be updating my current ones because I do have a lot that I need to finish before they get too old. Hopefully, the ones that will be complete by the end of December are: Darkness, Images, Hotel Paper, and Could It Be Any Harder?
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This chapter gets more into Sam's head at first (but it's still in third person) but then it switches off to Danny and Tucker like the sneak peek.
Chapter Two
Going Away
If you're not the one then why does my hand fit yours…this way?
Sam marched up her driveway towards her parents who were having tea on the front porch.
"What the hell is going on?" she asked immediately.
"Samantha!" Sam's mother, Mariah automatically said. "Watch your language dear. What do you mean what is going on?"
"This," Sam asked. She pointed towards the yard but all her parents saw was Danny and Tucker approaching them cautiously.
"The boys? What about them?" Todd Manson asked.
Sam's lilac eyes widened in annoyance. "Not my friends, the sign. You know the one that says, for sale?" she said very loudly.
"Oh, that," Mariah said, laughing richly. "What's wrong with it Sammie?"
"Why are we moving?" she asked, exasperated.
"Your father found a job that pays better (Tucker muttered, "Does he own the world now or something?") and we've decided to move to Florida."
"Florida? You mean, leave Amity Park?" Sam gasped. Danny and Tucker looked mortified.
"Why don't we talk about this at dinner Sammiekins?" Mariah suggested, glancing between the two. She didn't know Tucker very well, and wasn't very comfortable with Danny, especially now that they were so much older.
"Anything you say, you can say it in front of them," Sam snapped.
"Very well Samantha," Todd said. "We'll be leaving in a week for Florida, and we request that you come with us since you're not of a legal age yet."
"I'll be eighteen in two months," she pointed out. "You're going to pull me away from school my senior year?"
"Since when you have cared so much for school?" Todd asked.
"Just because I'm not a fan of learning, doesn't mean I don't have my friends," she said.
"Well, you can still visit your friends a few times a month, and they can visit you too," Mariah said.
"That's…that's not the point," she said, her voice breaking. She swallowed hard, forcing herself not to break. "I can't leave."
"Sam…Sam can't leave," Danny said again.
Todd stood up, closely followed by Mariah. "I'm sorry young man, but this is none of your business."
"Dad--"
The phone rang from inside and Sam's mother shrieked with delight. "That will be the International Security." She and Todd rushed into the house.
"Sam…" Danny said quietly. He grabbed her hand and she turned towards him, looking down so that he wouldn't see the tears in her eyes.
"They never listen to me," she said. She looked lost. "This can't be happening."
Before they could say anything else, she broke away and ran inside of her house, closing the door behind her.
Danny closed his eyes. She was right about one thing. This couldn't be happening….
The two boys were silent on the car ride back to Tucker's house, which was really odd for both of them, most especially Tucker. They drove most of the way not speaking. Finally, when they were about a block from his house—
"So…this sucks," he said.
"Yeah," Danny said softly.
"So much for spending the rest of our lives with each other, huh?" he asked. He scratched his chin thoughtfully. "We should do something radical to get her parents to let her stay at least."
"Like what?" he asked.
He was not trying to be serious in his next statement, but it came out that way anyway. "Hey, you're old enough. Why don't you propose to her or something?"
Danny's eyes went very large and his hands slipped on the steering wheel. "Tucker, what the heck?"
"Relax, relax, relax!" Tucker said quickly, feeling the car swerve just a bit. "It was a joke."
"Tucker."
"It was a suggestion?"
"Tucker."
"Okay, okay," he finally said. "I wasn't being serious. Why would you marry Sam really?"
"I can't believe you said that," he said, breathing rather heavily.
"I can't believe you reacted that way," Tucker retaliated.
"How did you think I would react? Did you want me to confess an undying love for Sam and say 'hey, want to get married?'"
Tucker snorted. "Gives you good visuals, doesn't it?"
"Tucker."
"Shutting up," eh said fast. "Just don't crash the car." Danny sighed, shaking his head. Tucker hummed to himself, a specific wedding tune he knew his friend would know. When it finally reached Danny's ears, he held up his hand threateningly.
"I will phase you through this car."
"Danny's what's up? I know you're upset, but you know that I'm just messing with you. Is something seriously wrong?"
"I just don't want Sam to move," he said. "We've been best friends forever and…"
"You're starting to like her more?"
"That's not what I was going to say?"
"Then what were you going to say?"
"I…I don't know," he said. "But not that."
"Why not?"
"Why are you asking?" Danny asked, glancing over at his best friend carefully. They pulled up to Tucker's house and Danny made sure there wasn't a For Sale sign in his front yard. Tucker did the same thing just in case.
"Because once again, I'm seeing the inevitable."
"And what is that supposed to mean?"
"You're not the brightest crayon in the box sometimes," Tucker said, shaking his head. "It sucks about Sam moving. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Tucker--"
"Forget I said anything okay? You know me, Mr. Blunt," he said with a grin. "See you tomorrow Dan."
"Bye," Danny said. He waited until Tucker was inside his house before driving off to his own home.
Tucker was blunt yes, but he couldn't deny that some of the things that he had said were definitely making him think about some things.
So will Danny figure it out? It's amazing how blind love can be sometimes, especially when it's right there in front of you.
I don't have any sneak peeks right now, cause it's almost midnight and I can't think of any. But there might be another story I could do….hmm…how about….Wherever You Will Go?
Wherever You Will Go: Chapter Seven
Sam threw her hands up into the air, sighing miserably. "This is absolutely brilliant. And we just got far enough away too."
"And it's too late to call a mechanic," Danny said glancing at his watch. He grinned down at her, shrugging.
"What are you doing up there?" He was on top of the car, laying down on his stomach. He smiled at her question and she shook her head. "I'll never begin to contemplate why you're so weird."
"Cause I get it from you," he said, ruffling her hair.
"Oh, ha ha," she said sarcastically, leaning up against the driver's side door. She sighed. "So what do we do?"
"I have no idea," he replied honestly.
"Could this get any worse?"
At her exact words, it began to sprinkle, small droplets of rain falling from the sky that only became rougher every second. Danny propped his chin up between his hands. "You had to ask, didn't you?"
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