A/N: So most people did like my interlude and I have decided that I will be adding more just not at this point right now.

The ending for this story isn't near yet, but I would say that we are almost at the halfway point for this story. Honestly, I never really wanted it to last this long, but I kept getting more interests for it so I continued.

I know where I want to end the last chapter for this story at least I think because I've been toying with an epilogue and if I do one I want it to be the longest chapter that I have ever done and my thoughts on the epilogue would show glimpses of the future spanning a lot of years. I'll give warning for when this story is done. I just wanted everyone to know my thoughts.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Accidents Happen

"Are you serious? Ms. Harris dated your dad."

Sam had just gotten done telling Nicole about Melissa and her dad. Lately, things haven't let up between Melissa's hostility towards Sam.

"Yeah she did. I've tried to block out the things she has done, but it won't go away."

"Is she really that bad?" Nicole asks as she and Sam walk home from school.

"Yeah, she hit me a few times and when dad found out he kind of went ballistic on her and he had a right to be. She was more invested in him then with him and me. I wasn't part of her reality."

"That sucks Sam. I'm sorry about that, but shouldn't you tell somebody what is going on."

Sam shakes her head.

"No, things will just get worse. I rather just keep this stuff to myself."

-WLOM-

"Julian Baker, we have to plan this wedding."

Julian sits down next to Brooke on the couch and sighs.

"Brooke, weddings aren't really my thing. All you have to do is give me the time and place and I will be standing at the altar waiting for you to walk down the aisle in a beautiful dress."

Brooke raises an eyebrow at Julian.

"Brooke, I'll give you my opinions when you ask for them, but otherwise I don't know how much of a help I will be."

Brooke sighs and throws her book on the table.

"Brooke, we have plenty of time to plan the wedding okay? There is no rush here."

"I know, but if we get the planning done then things will be easier on us. It would be one less thing to worry about and then we can just deal with the present."

Julian looks at his fiancé in confusion.

"What's happening with the present?"

"Sam has been acting strange these last few weeks. She's been distant and not really taking an interest in school. I'm worried about what that means."

Julian shakes his head with a soft sigh.

"Not again. I can't deal with this again."

Julian had recognized the signs before. Sam had acted like Brooke had just described when Sam had first started doing drugs. He barely believed Sara when she first told him and he didn't want to jump to conclusions either. Something was definitely going on with his daughter. He just feels bad that he hadn't seen it first.

"I can't just ask her Brooke. Sam will lie. We just have to keep a close eye on her."

-WLOM-

"Okay class the period is almost over," Ms. Harris said as she tried talking to her class, but no one was listening and Melissa had just about enough.

In the back of the room Sam was busy entertaining the class with her rude jokes.

"Now what do you call a math teacher with an ugly face and an unhealthy obsession?" Sam waited, but no one had said anything. "Ms. Harris."

The class cracked up and Ms. Harris was fuming in the front of the room. The bell rings and everyone rushes to get out of the classroom. Before Sam could make her escape Melissa slammed her door closed. Sam stopped her movements and slowly backed up.

"Are you going to let me out at any point?" Sam asks bored with the situation.

"You are getting on my nerves little girl."

"I'm not your little girl and you're not that intimating."

Sam starts to walk towards the door put was pushed against the wall. Sam turned around, her back to the wall and stared at Melissa who was just a few inches in front of her.

"You should be afraid, Samantha. If you thought that the few slaps I gave you was bad just you wait."

"I can have you fired."

Melissa sneers and grabs a hold of Sam's neck and slowly squeezed.

"You'd be dead before you could say a word."

Sam was gasping for her air and then Melissa let go of Sam's neck.

"I hope this little talk does you well Sam. I wouldn't want your father to get the news about his dead daughter not after losing the mother of his child would you?" Melissa asks with a sneer.

Sam's eyes widen in response.

"What did you do?"

Melissa laughs a menacing laugh.

"I don't know what you mean. Care to explain it for me?"

Sam shoved Melissa back.

"What happened to my mother?"

"Accidents happen."

-WLOM-

Sam was so furious after her run in with Melissa. Something about Melissa had not sit well with her the moment she had started dating her father. Now it just seemed ten times worse. But her conversation today had actually scared her to death. She had a feeling that Melissa had been the one to kill her mother despite the police reports saying it was an accident on the road.

Sam couldn't deal with anything. She just couldn't. She needed to forget. She needed to let go. There was only one way to forget, at least for a little while.

Sam made her way to the park and looked around. Sam approached the guy in a red baseball cap.

"Do you have the money?"

Sam nods her head and pulled it out. Sam exchanged her money for the vile on the man's hand.

Sam just needed to forget.

A/N: I hadn't originally planned to go this way with this chapter, but I think it adds just a bit more drama. What do you all think?