Chapter 21
She quickly looked back to see if Jake was still looking. He was and so was Pepper. Pepper waved at her and she smiled back.
Perfect. She thought.
She went back to her closet and looked for her most curve hugging jeans she could find. She got out of her pajama shorts in the section of her room that she knew was still visible from where Jake and Pepper where standing. While she was putting on her jeans she used her peripheral vision to look out her window to make sure they were looking.
They were.
She slowly began to take off her pajama shirt and she tossed it onto the floor. There she was standing in nothing but a bra and jeans showing off her curvaceous body and toned stomach. Again using her peripheral vision she quickly glanced outside and saw that they were still watching. Pepper's face was redder than his hair and Jake's face was contorted into appreciation and anger.
Good. She thought.
Sam turned around and got a V-neck t-shirt on quickly. Then got a brush and started brushing her hair. She hardly wore it loose so she decided she would.
Samantha heard tires roll over the bridge leading into River Bend.
Sam looked at herself in the mirror and she could see her womanly figure accentuated in all the right places. Her hair shined and fell in natural waves around her. She smiled and headed downstairs.
Gram was still in the kitchen.
"Quinn is here. And so is Jake." Gram said turning her view once again from outside to Sam.
"How do I look?" Sam asked nervously. Gram was analyzing Sam.
"Well you do look good." Gram said looking deep into Sam's eyes.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked even more nervous.
"Nothing. You're a woman now. You definitely look like one." Gram chuckled. "Most of the times you act like one. And you will have to make mistakes like one." Gram said getting serious again.
"Huh?" Sam was confused.
"Nothing. Go have fun eating." Gram chuckled again. "You know what you're doing." Gram said and took a deep drink from her cup.
"Kay, bye Gram." Sam said and fastly went out the door. What her Gram said made her nervous. She saw Quinn, Jake, and Pepper huddled around the car talking.
She felt heat rush up to her cheeks as all three turned to look at her. Pepper clearly checked her out, Quinn's eyes popped a little, and Jake's face went from shocked to cowboy serious in a second.
After her little show in her room she was even more nervous of going up to all three of them.
I shouldn't have done that. Bad idea. Well too bad, too late for taking it back. She told herself.
She took a deep breath and then walked up to all three young men and smiled.
"Hey." Sam said looking at all of them.
"Hey." Quinn answered smiling.
"Hi." Pepper said without giving her eye contact.
Jake just nodded.
"So…" Sam said turning to Quinn. She really wanted to get out of there.
"So let's go. I'm starving." Quinn said smiling though his eyes showed nervousness.
"Where are you going?" Jake asked dead serious.
"To Clara's Diner." Quinn answered with a somewhat shaky voice. Pepper took a step back looking as confused as Samantha was. Jake didn't know.
"With?" Jake said again void of emotion.
"Me. Now can we go cuz I am also hungry you know." Sam said crossing her arms and showing off annoyance, or at least she hoped that's how she looked.
Jake stared at her she could see his face turn red in anger.
Everyone went silent.
"So are we going to go or not?" Sam turned to Quinn.
"Huh? Yea. Let's go." Quinn said as he went to go open the passenger door for Sam. Sam slid into Quinn's car and buckled her seatbelt. Jake stepped back to join Pepper as Quinn made his way around the front of the car and got in. Jake was staring at Sam. Sam could feel it.
Quinn turned on the car.
"Let's go then cuz I'm starving." Quinn said trying to ease up the tension that was still surrounding them. To add to the statement Quinn's stomach growled and Quinn's cheeks went a little pink though it was hard to tell with his dark skin.
Sam laughed causing the tension to disappear.
"You aren't kidding." Sam teased still laughing.
"Yea whatever." Quinn said smiling. Quinn turned the car around and they left River Bend laughing and teasing.
Still Sam was able to see through the rearview mirror a very confused, very angry Jake.