Sorry it has taken me so long to update. I was debating whether or not I should continue this story, but I decided that I am going to. So here's the next chapter, I hope you like it.

Chapter 3:

Can You Hear Me When I Talk To You?

It was 3:30 in the morning and Sam couldn't sleep. She kept thinking about her mother and all the wonderful times she had with her. She couldn't believe that she was gone. She felt so empty with out her. As tears started coming to her eyes once again, she started to softly sing.

Time passes by so quickly,
But I guess I thought you'd be here forever.
I never even had the chance,
To say goodbye.
There's so many things to tell you,
Left unsaid until now.

Can you hear me when I talk to you?
Do the words I say ever make it through?
Can you hear me when I talk to you?
'Cause I'd give anything if I just knew.

Every night, I have the same dream.
The one where you get to hold me.
We laugh an' talk until the morning,
An' then you vanish, yeah.
It always leaves me feeling helpless,
When I wake up an' you're not there.

Can you hear me when I talk to you?
Do you know how much I'd love to be with you?
Can you hear me when I talk to you?
'Cause I'd give anything if I just knew.

Living in this world without you,
I constantly search through my memories.
Hoping that I find some treasures,
That I passed over, yeah.
All that I took for granted,
Means so much now, an' I won't let it go.

Can you hear me when I talk to you?
'Cause I never said some things that I meant too.
Can you hear me when I talk to you?
'Cause I'd give anything if I just knew.

You know, I never said some things that I meant to.
Can you hear me when I talk to you?
'Cause I'd give anything if I just knew.

As she finished singing, she heard her door open slowly, and then Zac's head pop in.

"I'm a wake Zac, you can come in," she said to him.

He slowly walked over to his sister's bed and sat down next to her.

The two didn't say anything for a few moments, and then Zac finally spoke up.

"Do you remember when we were little when mom took us to the aquarium, and you told her that you wanted to be a marine biologist?" he asked.

"Yeah, and you told her you wanted to teach fish how to play basketball," she replied with a light laugh.

"Give me a break, I was three!" he exclaimed.

Flashback

"Come on kids, you're going to love this," their mother told them, waiting for the two to shut the car doors.

"We're coming mommy!" 5 year old Samantha answered, running up to her mother, with 3 year old Zac close behind.

Gabriella was holding both children's hands as they went into the aquarium.

They had looked at all of the exhibits, the reptiles, the penguins, the jellyfish, everything, when one tank caught Zac's eye.

"Look mommy, how come these fish are all different colors?" he asked.

"Well hunny, they're called rainbow fish," she replied as his mouth turned to an 'O' shape.

"I wanna teach fish how to pway basketbaw! Just like daddy teached me how to pway!" Zac exclaimed. (A/N: For the record I do know how to spell, but I'm trying to make it like a 3 year old would say it.)

"Sweetie, fish can't play basketball," Gabi replied with a laugh as she ruffled her son's dirty blond hair.

"No fawr!" he complained.

"Momma, I wanna be a marine biologist," Sam said, as she received a weird glance from her mother.

"How do you know what a marine biologist is hunny?" she asked her daughter, amazed that at 5 years old she knew what it was.

"Mrs. Bergin teached us about it," she answered, "and I wanna be one."

"You can be anything that you want do be sweetie."

With that, the three of them walked into the gift shop, and Gabi bought a dolphin stuffed animal for each of them.

"Thank you momma!" they said in unison.

"You're welcome kids," she replied back, taking their free hands and walking to the car.

End Flashback

Sam then walked over to her shelf with tears in her eyes and took the dolphin back over to her bed, sat back down next to Zac and hugged the dolphin.

The two continued to reminisce about their mother for about half and hour, until both fell asleep.

Again, sorry it took so long to update. I hope you liked this chapter.

Reviews are always appreciated, and suggestions are good as well, I'm running out of ideas. Thanks!

xoxo

xBreaking Free13x