American Honey
Chapter Four
"Nik you have to give him a chance." Sam pleaded as she sat on the hammock next to her twin who was currently glaring at the young couple who were sitting at the picnic table laughing as something that Maxie had said.
"Give him a chance? You mean like you did when you barged into Luke's bar with your posse wanting to beat him up." Nikolas countered as he turned his gaze to Sam.
"Posse? Who even says that anymore?" Sam laughed, "Yes, that is what I mean, I gave them a chance, I listened to what Kristina had to say and it seems like she truly cares for him."
"I hate being the only guy in this family, always having to look out for you four. All of you have horrible taste in men by the way." Nikolas commented as he placed an arm around Sam and leaned back.
"Oh an you have such great taste when it comes to women." Sam added as she poked him in the side.
"That's really a nice thing to say about your best friend."
"I am not so sure we are any more." Sam said quietly as she looked away from her brother.
"I thought you were okay now."
"I feel like she only needs me when she is in trouble and when it's the other way around she is never there for me." Sam explained as she started to push the hammock with her feet.
"She is pretty good at playing the victim." Nickolas smiled.
"To tell the truth it was nice not having her and all the drama around the last few months, I feel like I needed to make things right because we have been friends forever."
"Sometimes you just have to let go."
"I don't want to be the cause for the group not being able to hang out."
"You are probably going to be the only one that cares if Liz is around or not, Robin feels sorry for her and you should hear what Maxie really thinks about her."
"Maybe you are right, I just feel a sense of loyalty towards her."
"Where was that loyalty when she started chasing after Lucky two weeks after you broke up, your so called best friend." Maxie replied as she joined the two on the hammock.
"It took a bottle of tequila to make me sleep with her." Nikolas laughed as he moved over giving the blond room.
"I thought you were happy that we were friends again."
"I was happy that you would stop feeling guilty over something that had nothing to-do with you." Maxie explained.
"I am going to have nightmares for the rest of my life." Nikolas mumbled after a few moments of silence as he looked back towards the table where Ethan and Kristina were kissing.
"We never got away with stuff like that." Maxie complained.
"Well I think that is why Mom is allowing it because she knows if she forbids it they will just sneak around like we all did." Sam explained as she stood up, "I am going to get ready for the fair." Sam replied as she started towards the back porch.
"What is her hurry?" Nik asked as he too stood up.
"She has a hot date, who also happened to have a sister." Maxie smiled as she spread out on the hammock.
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"Please tell me that is not happening right now?" Maxie asked horrified as she, Johnny, Sam and Nikolas stood a hot dog stand.
"Does everyone in this family never want me to sleep again?" Nikolas asked as Sam turned into his shoulder.
"They have five children that is like a walking advertisement that they can't keep their hands off each other, there is no need for them to makeout in front of the whole town. They are the sheriff and DA for goodness sake." Maxie replied as she tossed her fries in the near by garbage.
"Maybe they will finally give me that little brother they kept promising me each time another one of you came along." Nikolas laughed as he looked from Maxie to Sam.
"Oh yeah, well they promised me that you would move away when you were 19 and here you are 24 and still living at home, which is pretty sad."
"I am currently looking."
"You have been saying that for three years." Sam smiled as she turned away from her parents.
"You are supposed to-be on my side." Nikolas said as he grabbed Sam and pulled her towards him.
"Girls before tools." Maxie replied as the group headed towards the center of the fair.
"We are twins we have a bond." Nikolas countered as he followed behind Johnny and Maxie and dragging Sam along with him.
"Yeah but we are sisters that overrides any thing you two have." Maxie replied as they got on line for the bumper cars.
"I think you both are mental and I rather ride with Johnny." Sam said as struggled out of Nikolas's hold and grabbed Johnny's hand and dragged him towards the nearest car.
"Oh goody, I get stuck with the tiny ball of road rage."
"Petite, not small." Sam corrected as she climbed into the seat.
"Munchkin." Johnny laughed as he slammed on the pedal and turned the steering wheel aiming straight for Maxie and Nikolas who were too busy arguing to even start moving.
"Johnny, I swear if you ….." Maxie threatened but was cut off when Johnny slammed into their car.
"All's fair in love and war, babe." Johnny smirked as he speed off into the opposite direction, only to be smashed into another car.
"We are driving here." Sam yelled as she turned to see who hit them, only getting the back of their head as they sped of in another direction, "Go, Johnny. Get him!" Sam order as she tried to grab the steering wheel.
"I am trying to woman, but there is this deranged person getting in the way." Johnny sighed as he gently pushed her out of the way, just as they were slammed into by another car.
"Payback is a bitch." Maxie laughed as Nikolas drove off leaving the two slammed into the wall.
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"Well that was fun." Maxie laughed as she jumped on Johnny's back as they four headed off the ride and walked towards the food stands.
"Yeah, Sam is never aloud behind the wheel again." Johnny added as he grabbed Maxie's legs.
"Oh and you are such a great driver, how many times has by Dad pulled you over?" Sam asked as he linked arms with Nik.
"Well, that was a lot more fun than I thought it would be." A voice said loudly from behind the group, causing Sam to freeze and Maxie to get a huge grin on her face.
"I am actually surprised you had a good idea for once." A female voice added.
"You know Sam it's nice to ignore people." Jason called as he crossed his arms with a confused Emily at his side.
"Maybe I didn't know that it was you." Sam responded as she turned to face the two.
"Maybe, being the keyword." Jason smirked as he walked closer to the brunette.
"Hi, I'm Nikolas." He said introducing himself to the woman, since Jason was too focused on Sam, "And these are my sisters Sam and Maxie and her boyfriend Johnny." He later added as Maxie coughed to get his attention.
"Hi I am Emily." She smiled as she held out her hand, not taking her eyes off the man.
"Well as much fun as this is Johnny and I are going to leave this gaga fest. We will meet at you lot at the Ferris wheel." Maxie called as she grabbed Johnny's hand and went to wait in line.
"Oh there is a Ferris Wheel?" Emily asked with a huge smile.
"Sure is." Sam smiled, "Favorite ride?" Sam asked as she walked next to the woman with the boys following behind the two.
"Yeah, always has been. I used to force Jason to take me every time the carnival came to town and he used to hate every minute of it." Emily explained, "Afraid of heights." She added in a not so soft voice.
"I am not afraid of heights, I'm not just to fond of them." Jason corrected as he caught up with the girls and placed an arm around Sam.
"I'll ride with you if you want, I love Ferris Wheels." Nik said as he walked next to Emily.
"You only like it because it gets stuck every year and you get to make out with some poor unexpected girl." Sam called as she got in line where Maxie was waiting.
"Scorpio, no cutting in line." A voice called a few people back from the group.
"Sam wants me to tell you she is still not talking to you and it's not cutting when someone is holding your place." Maxie yelled to the man.
"Samantha Scorpio is a line cutter." Patrick called back.
"Patrick Drake got beat up by a girl." Sam and Maxie called at the same time, just as it was their turn to get on the ride, "Oh my god! Are they ever going to stop?" Maxie sighed as they watched who was supposed getting off the ride to involved in their kiss to notice, "Alexis and Mac Scorpio please exit the ride and allow others to enjoy the ride." Maxie yelled as she walked up the ramp.
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"I told you it was a trap." Sam called as she looked over the side and down to where Emily and Nikolas where in the next cart.
"Well it beats being stuck with your brother." Emily yelled as she winked to Sam before turning back to Nikolas.
"How about helping me out here?" Jason said as he brought Sam's attention back to him, "I am glad that you and my sister are sudden best friends now, but I have been trying to get you alone now for two days and something always interrupts us, but now we are stuck at the top of a Ferris Wheel with no interruptions." Jason explained, but was cut short at Sam who leaned up to pull him into a kiss.