A/N: so, jb and Ellen were the ones that actually answered my author's note so their ideas are coming up quickly in this chapter, in fact it starts in this chapter…Hope it works for you guys.

Chapter Sixteen: Flirting with Disaster

"I had fun with Sam a few days ago Brooke," Haley says as she accepts Brooke's offer of coffee.

"I'm glad. I knew that you would be able to help her."

"I'm glad you thought about me. That girl is something else."

Brooke smiles kindly as she takes a seat. She was happy that Haley liked Sam. It just meant that Sam would have another person to talk to when she needed to talk to someone.

"Don't I know it? I don't know what you two talked about, but she's changed recently. She seems less sad, so thank you Hales."

Haley purses her lips, but nods her head nonetheless.

Haley could understand what Sam was going through. She loved her mom greatly and when she lost her to cancer, Haley didn't know what to do. It was like her whole world had fallen apart, but eventually it had gotten better.

"I just told her my experiences Brooke. I told her the truth."

"It's the truth that I don't know Haley. I've never lost my mother, not like that."

"Well I hope you never have to go through that."

Brooke nods her head in agreement.

-WLOM-

"Okay, so tell me everything you know about Tree Hill High!"

Nicole and Sam were at the food court in Tree Hill mall. Sam was happy to get away from the house. Her dad had left early in the morning to head back to LA to meet with some executive types about making another movie so he left Sam with Brooke. Brooke had let her hang with Nicole and she was happy, extremely happy to have a friend.

"Basically, it's all about the drama. I mean even in this generation it's about the drama. Have you heard the stories that Brooke and the gang went through while they were in high school?"

Sam shakes her head.

"No, not really, I mean I read An Unkindness of Ravens, but mostly it was about Peyton and Brooke and how Lucas loved them both at one time or whatever. It didn't go into extreme detail though. What have you heard?"

"Well the things that stick out the most were the school shooting. Peyton was stuck in the library bleeding in her leg. Nathan and Haley were like hostages in the Tutor center. Brooke was fine, but all her friends were in the school. Peyton had a stalker, Nathan and Haley's teen pregnancy."

"They've been through a lot," Sam mentions. "I don't think my dad ever had to go through stuff like that. All he had in common was Nathan and Haley's teen pregnancy, obviously."

Nicole pats Sam's hand giving her some comfort, but her eyes were trained somewhere else. The guy at the next table couldn't help, but smile at her. He was tall with blonde hair and hazel eyes. He was dressed casually and his eyes were trained on Sam.

"Don't look now, but the guy next to us is totally checking you out."

Sam didn't listen. She turned her head and the guy smirks at her. Sam blushes and looks away quickly.

"Oh my god, he's gorgeous."

"I know," Nicole whispers as she sees the guy stand up from his table and start walking to theirs.

"Excuse me? Would you mind if I sat here?"

"No, go for it," Nicole says quickly.

"My name is Logan."

"I'm Nicole and this is my best friend Sam."

"It's nice to meet you Sam," Logan says with a smile.

Sam blushes, but responds.

"It's nice to meet you, too."

Nicole smiles slightly because she knows she's being ignored.

"Well, look at the time, I have to go, but Logan hopefully you can keep my friend entertained."

"Sure," Logan states never taking his eyes off of Sam.

Nicole shakes her head as she walks away from the table. This was going to get interesting.

-WLOM-

"So, I've never seen you around before."

Sam's nerves went down a lot as she began talking to Logan. She could tell he was a nice guy…so far.

"I'm not much of a social person."

"Unbelievable, a pretty girl like yourself has to have gotten asked out before, am I right?"

Sam smirks. Logan apparently was a flirter, but Sam could take it. She would just flirt back.

"No one held my interest."

"What about me?"

"Maybe," Sam says slyly. "Why are you here?"

"My friends ditched me for their girlfriends. But its okay, I'm used to it."

"I'm sure I'll see you around her sometime."

"Maybe."

"What school do you go to?"

"I'm currently taking classes at Tree Hill community college at the moment. I just finished my associate's degree."

Sam looks at Logan in surprise. So Logan was older than her, by a considerable amount of years. But at the moment she really didn't care.

"How old are you?"

"Twenty," Logan states with a smile. "You've got to be nineteen, twenty, yourself, am I right?"

Sam bites her lip in hesitation.

"If you say so."

Logan smiles and nods his head.

"I like you."

"I like you, too."

Sam had no idea how she was going to get out of this lie, but she didn't care. She really liked Logan. She wasn't going to let him go just yet.

-WLOM-

"How was the mall with Nicole?"

Sam looks up at Brooke with a smile on her face.

"It was better than expected to be honest."

"Well that's good."

Sam nods her head and sighs as she sits down on the couch.

"It's nice to be home though."

"That's good. So, I was thinking with your father gone we could order in some pizza and pop in a couple of movies, what do you think?"

"Sure, I'd like that."

Brooke smiles happily. She and Sam were getting along quite nicely.

"Alright, I'll just go call in. Pepperoni and sausage, okay?"

"Yeah, that's great."

Brooke chuckles and makes her way into the bedroom with the phone.

In the living room Sam looks down at her phone with a smile on her face. Her screen saver was a picture of her and Logan. When her phone beeped she looked at her latest text.

Had gr8 time today. CU soon xxx-Logan

Yep, I'm not letting him go yet. Sam thinks to herself.