Sorry it took so long. I forgot to mention Jake's other brother, Seth, in the last chapter. I wanted to start a new story about Sam and Jake, but my computer won't let me. So, I am combining it in this one. I figured out most of the story and all I have to tell you; expect A LOT more chapters. Here's Ch. 2!

Ch. 2 Catching Up

It was the next day. Sam woke up to the sound of her alarm beeping. She groaned and turned it off. She was about to fall asleep when a thought struck her. " Jake is picking me up at 10."

" Shoot," said Sam. "it's 9:47!"

She got up, picked out a good pair of jeans and a pink tank top. She brushed her hair and put it in a ponytail. She went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth. She walked down the stairs and poured some cereal when there was a knock on the door. She opened it to reveal a hot, college student who of course, happened to be Jake.

" Hey! Ready?" Jake said.

" Actually, I was about to eat. I woke up late." Sam said sheepishly.

" 'Kay," was all Jake said.

Sam's POV

Gosh! Why am I so nervous! It's Jake. I've been around a ton of boys. Shoot, I almost dated all of them. But, I've known Jake for years, so why am I so nervous?

Back to normal POV

Sam and Jake were riding out 10 minutes later. Finally, Jake spoke up.

" So… How's life without me?"

" Doing just fine," Wow, Jakes changed. He actually started a conversation!

" That's good. So, how's Jen? Your dad? Everyone?"

" Everyone's fine," Sam replied.

Jake halted Witch. " Sam, is everything ok? Your quiet and that's not like you. Is there something wrong?"

" No, Jake. Everything's fine."

" Is it one of your boyfriends? Did he break up with you?" Jake said unsurely.

" JAKE! WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO ASK THAT? AND WHAT! YOU THINK I HAVE MORE THAN ONE BOYFRIEND?" yelled a raging Sam.

" I just heard and thought tha-"

" You heard something and thought it was true! Gosh Jake! Get your facts straight!" With that Sam galloped back to the ranch.

" SAM!" Jake yelled after her.

Sam's POV

Why? Why did he bring that up? Ok, ok. I shouldn't have reacted the way I did. I didn't talk much at all. The thing is, I didn't know what to say. For once in my life, I was scared. I was scared, shy, and uneasy around a guy. Usually I'm the outgoing one. I'm the one who's never scared, shy, or uneasy. I turned around and noticed he wasn't behind me. I pretty much galloped back to River Bend. He probably went home, knowing that I would more than likely blow up at him again. Great Sam. Just great. I tied Ace to the hitching post and un-tacked him. I brushed him and than put him in the 10 acre pasture. I went inside and had the urge to bake. That doesn't happen often. Ok, maybe twice a week. What can I say; I take after my mother and grandmother. I'm nearly in college. I have to learn how to cook. I got out the ingredients for "Chocolate Chunk Brownies" (YUM!) I always bake them. I'm the best! At least with these. Dad and the cowboys were out on the range. Gram was at Trudy's, and Brynna and Chase, my 2-year-old baby brother, were at Three Ponies. Why? I don't know. I'm nervous to actually know what they are talking about. I hope they don't bring up anything about my dating life. Now that, that would be scary. Especially if Jake was there when they were talking about it. I had the house to myself. Should I throw a party? Better not. I'll do that when they are out of town. They would never know. Unless, Maxine, Luke, Trudy, or Helen stopped by. Than I would be in trouble and my parents would find out.

Jake's POV

After the incident with Sam, I rode home to find Brynna and Chase here. Why? I don't know. My mom than asked me about the ride. Here we go.

" Jake, how was the ride with you and Sam," she asked casually. Secretly she wanted to know more, I know she did.

" Horrible," I said.

" Oh," she said surprised. " Why's that?"

" We got into a fight." I said, and with that went to my room.

Sam's POV

Brynna just called. She said dad, the cowboys, and Gram were coming over to Three Ponies. As well as the Kenworthy's. She wanted me to ride over. She also said I need to make up with Jake. So I guess she heard about our fight. Well, the Ely's have Satellite T.V. We don't. Dad and Gram say," Why bother, the classic stuff is better." While Brynna and I say, " Satellite has more verities and it's the 21st century." I add in, " Like MTV, MTV2, Fox, ABC, ABC Family and etcetera. I'm a teenager. What teenager watches the classics like old cowboy movies?" Brynna adds in, " I want my child to be able to watch Barney and Sesame Street." Anyway, more than likely Jen, Jake, his brothers, and I will be watching T.V. I hope they watch MTV or Fox. The OC comes on in an hour and I don't get to watch it that often. My brownies were ready, so I thought I would bring them. That meant I had to drive there. Woo Who! I grabbed them and my keys. I walked outside and got in my car. On the way there I was thinking about Jake. I hope I don't act how I did to him earlier. Within 5 minutes I was pulling into their driveway. No one was outside so I guess everyone was inside. I got out, grabbed my keys out of the ignition, and the brownies. (That keeps making me want brownies!) I walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Seth answered. " Hey, come on in," he said. I walked in and went to the kitchen. I found all the adults in there. I put the brownies on the counter. Than Maxine said, " Everyone is in the living room." I walked slowly out of there and into the living room. As I walked in, my eyes met with Jake's. I could see he was sorry about earlier. I decided I would talk to him later. I sat down on the sofa with Jen. Quinn and her were having a conversation about The OC.

" Do we have to watch it?" Quinn whined.

" Yes," she answered simply.

" Why?" he asked.

" You guy's can always watch what you want. Sam and I can't." she answered simply.

She changed the channel and The OC just started. We watched it and than a commercial came on.

" Hey, Sam. Isn't Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan Atwood on The OC) the hottest one on The OC?"

" No, Adam Brody (Seth Cohen on The OC) is." I said.

" No he's not. Benjamin is," Jen said.

" Adam," I said.

" What?" Adam said looking up from his magazine.

" Not you," I said to him. Jake, Kit, Nate, Brian, Seth and Quinn were all listening to our conversation.

" Benjamin," said Jen.

" Adam," I said.

" You're just jealous because I have Benjamin." Said Jen.

" No I'm not. I have Adam. And since when did you like blonde haired guys?" I asked.

" Since ever!" she answered. Wow, for Jen having a GPA of 4.3 that was incorrect grammar.

" Ok, well Adam is kind of hot," Jen said.

" Ha! You think?" I said.

" Good hair," Jen said

" Good eyes," I said.

"Ya'll are weird," said Quinn.

" Shhhh," said Jen. "It's back on!"

The guys looked at each other and left. More than likely they escaped to the barn. After the show was over, Jen and I went to find the guys. We found them in the barn. I heard my name mentioned and stopped. Jen stopped too.

" Jake what is up with you and Sam?" I realized that was Nate's voice.

" Yeah. You two didn't even talk to each other since she got here. You guy's are best friends." I heard that was Quinn's voice.

" I brought up her boyfriends on the ride." Jake said.

" Oh! Bad idea man." Quinn said.

" She was being so quiet! It wasn't like her. I thought something was up and wanted to help her." Jake said. Oh, how sweet. I was being really mean today.

"Why don't you go talk to her?" Nate said.

"Alright," Jake said. I walked back to the house and sat on the steps. Jen sat beside me. I was nervous. Why does he always make me fell that way? Arg! I soon saw Jake walking towards me.

"Can we talk?" he said.

"Sure," I said. I got up and followed him. We walked in silence for a few minutes. I was the first to speak.

"Jake, I'm so sorry for the way I acted earlier," I said.

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have brought all that up." Jake said.

"I just had a lot on my mind," I said. I wanted to say I had you on my mind. I didn't though.

"So were friends?" asked Jake. I wanted to say no. I wanted to be more than friends. Whoa! I want to be more than friends with Jake! Why? I always get this weird feeling when I am around him.

"Yeah," I said. We were outside for about 5 minutes before Jake spoke again.

"We should be going inside," he said. I nodded my head and followed him in.

Next Day

I woke up to the sound of the door slamming. I got out of my bed and went downstairs. I saw my dad's truck pulling out onto the road. I saw a note on the counter.

Sam,

We all went to Aunt Sue's house. Sorry. We won't be home for 5 days. Be good. Do your chores.

Love,

Dad, Gram, Brynna and Chase

Wow. Home alone for 5 days. I think I am going to invite Jen, Jake, and Darrel over.

Wow that was long! 5 pages! At least I think. For the 5 days Sam is alone, there is going to be a lot of Sam and Jake. I'm having a lot of fun writing this story! Hope you liked it! I don't know when I will be able to update again. My parents are getting tired of me always on the computer. So I can only be on it for an hour a day. I also have a research paper due. Hopefully by the end of this week (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) I'll have a new chapter up. Review!