Chapter 7: Confrontations

Three days before the dance

The first thing Sam saw as she entered the school was Kate Sanley talking to all of her prissy friends. I would love to tell her off thought Sam to herself. Sam was walking by Kate when she suddenly called Sam over by her. Sam was surprised that Kate was talking to her, but she went over by Kate to see what she wanted.

"Samantha darling, could I talk to you for a minute?" Kate asked.

"Sure," replied Sam a little hesitantly.

The two girls walked a little way down the hallway, away from all of Kate's prissy annoying friends. Once they were far enough away from everybody Kate dropped the nice girl act.

"Samantha Forester you better stay away from my boyfriend or you'll be one sad, little cowgirl."

Sam was taken by surprise at Kate's words. Who did this spoiled little princess think she was anyways? She was actually telling her to stay away from one of her best friends and threatening her. Kate wasn't only a cheater; she was also a very mean, jealous girl. Sam was mad at the very least and couldn't believe that this was Jake's girlfriend. I'm way better for Jake than this girl is Sam thought to herself silently. Sam decided that being nice to Kate wasn't an option anymore. So Sam asked in an innocent voice

"Which one Kate? Jake or the secret Matt Whittles?"

Sam had the satisfaction of seeing Kate's face freeze at the mention of Matt Whittles name. Her face was white as a sheet and for one moment Sam thought that she might faint. Unfortunately a minute later Kate regained her composure and was madder than ever.

"I don't know how you know about Matt, but I swear if you tell Jake I'll make the rest of your days here at this school a living nightmare. You can bet on that you filthy little cowgirl."

With that Kate started walking away down the hallway. But she turned back towards Sam and added "If I see you talking to Jake at this school I'll also make you wish she had never come to this school."

Kate continued walking down the hallway and rejoined her friends by their lockers. Sam mumbled under her breath, "The only filthy thing around here is you Kate Sanley."

Sam walked to her own locker and before even opening it up she kicked her locker and had the small satisfaction of seeing a dent in it now. Her left foot hurt from it connecting with the locker but Sam didn't feel the pain. All she wanted to do was punch Kate Sanley's perfect little nose.

Jen was at her locker which was next to Sam's.

"Wow, somebody's upset this morning aren't we."

Sam stared at her friend and filled her in on the whole Kate threatening her not to talk to Jake thing. Jen couldn't believe that Kate would actually threaten Sam like that. Jen was just as mad as Sam was. Jen wanted to hurt Kate just as much as Sam did, but both girls knew that they couldn't. They would probably get suspended or something like that from school and neither girl could afford that to happen to them. So the two fuming friends headed towards their first hour English class.

By lunchtime Sam's anger was still fresh and just the sight of Kate Sanley holding Jake's hand was enough to make Sam's blood boil. She was still in disbelief that the prissy princess didn't want her around Jake. Jen was by now much more calmed down and was trying to calm her best friend down. Jen tried as hard as she could but she didn't make any real progress. Jen tried to soothe her friend, but in the end gave up. She listened to Sam rant on and on about it and thought maybe it was for the best. At least Sam was talking about it and that was always a good sign.

Eventually Sam ran out of words and just slumped down on the hard cafeteria table. She put her head on the table and didn't move for the rest of the lunch period. Jen was concerned about her friend and was glad when Quinn came over and sat down next to them. Sam didn't even acknowledge that she had heard Quinn come over to talk to them.

Jen quickly filled Quinn in on everything and he was just as mad and speechless as she herself had been earlier that day. They quietly talked about it, trying not to disturb Sam.

(A/N: Jen is in bold, and Quinn is in normal font)

"How does she expect Sam to stay away from Jake?" asked Quinn

"I don't know. One thing I do know is that Kate Sanley is evil."

"Did Kate tell Jake to stay away from Sam then too, because I don't believe Jake would listen to her at all on that"

Jen looked thoughtful before answering "I don't know. We have to do something about this though. I think it's time you talked to Jake and tell him that his darling princess is really an evil witch."

"I think you're right. It's time to set my little brother straight. I'll talk to him after lunch."

Jen nodded her head and looked over at Sam. She would be all right, she knew. But she still worried about her. The bell rang and Jen silently shook her friend awake and together they headed out of the cafeteria towards their sixth hour classes. Quinn stayed behind at the table looking for his brother across the cafeteria. He finally spotted him and got up and started walking towards him.

Across the cafeteria at the beginning of the lunch period Jake walked into the cafeteria. He didn't see Kate yet, but instantly saw Sam ranting to Jen about something. Even from the distance across the cafeteria he could tell that Sam was really mad. He wondered what could've made her that mad to begin with.

He decided to see what was up and started walking towards Sam's table. He was about halfway to her table when he felt a sharp tug on his shirt. Jake turned around and saw Kate standing there holding his arm. He actually felt annoyed that she was there. His friend was mad, and yet he had to deal with his rather demanding girlfriend.

"What do you want?" he asked his girlfriend a little gruffly.

Kate smiled her perfect perky little smile and batted her fake little eyelashes and said "It's lunchtime honey and you're walking in the wrong direction. Our table is over there" Kate pointed with one of her perfectly manicured fingers.

"I know," said Jake as calmly as he could. "I saw Sam over there and she looked really upset and I wanted to make sure she was okay."

"Oh don't worry about her honey; I'm sure she's perfectly fine. Besides she probably doesn't want to talk to you. " Kate was trying hard to get Jake's attention off of Sam and back onto herself. She started tugging on Jake's shirt again and they started walking back towards their table.

"I don't know," said Jake a little hesitantly. "Maybe I should go check on her."

"She'll be alright and besides it's lunchtime and I'm starving." Kate was trying to be patient, but she was starting to loose her patients. Finally Jake gave in and they continued onto their table. Before they reached their table Kate said "Can I talk to you after school about something Jakie?

Jake hated it when she called him that but decided to let it go.

"You can talk to me now," said Jake.

"There are too many people in here and I don't want to be overheard."

Jake finally gave in and said "Sure." With that the two started to eat their lunches. The lunch between the two was a little tense. They didn't talk much and it was almost awkward. Jake looked across the cafeteria towards Sam. He was surprised to see that she was done ranting and that she had her head on the table. He was really worried about her and would see what was wrong with at the end of lunch.

Finally the bell rang and gave Jake a chance to get away from the awkward silence that had come between him and Kate. Jake was trying to get to Sam and Jen to see what was up, but before he could get to them he noticed his brother, Quinn walking towards him.

(A/N: Jake is bold and Quinn is normal font)

"Hey Quinn," Jake said. Maybe he would know what was wrong with Sam, since he was in a way fake dating Sam. "Do you know what's wrong with Sam, by any chance?" he asked.

"I might," said Quinn casually.

"What is it?" Jake asked

"Little brother we seriously have to talk." said Quinn.

"What about?" asked Jake carefully. When Quinn was this serious it was usually something bad.

"About your girlfriend."

"What about her?" Jake asked a little defensively. He knew that Quinn didn't like his girlfriend, but up until now they never had really talked about it.

"Your charming princess isn't so charming after all," said Quinn in a determined voice. "She told Samantha this morning that she couldn't see you or talk to you and even threatened her if she saw Sam talking to you."

"That's not true; Kate wouldn't do something like that."

"Well she did and she got Sam pretty upset too."

Jake stared at his brother in disbelief. That couldn't be true, it just couldn't be. Kate couldn't be that mean. Sure she had her faults, but threatening his best friend wasn't one of them. But as Jake thought about it he knew it was. Kate hadn't wanted him to talk to Sam at lunch and had made him stay clear of Sam. And every time he had brought Sam up lately she would turn the conversation around to something else. Isn't that why lunch had been so tense today to begin with?

"I can't believe she would do that to Sam. Sam hasn't even done anything to her. How could've I've been so wrong?"

"Hey it's okay," said Quinn calmly. "That's why you have me around, so I can tell you when your girlfriend is a crazy psycho."

Jake laughed at his brother's response and knew what he had to do after school today.

"Thanks. I guess I was wrong about Kate all along then."

"Just a little," answered Quinn. "Since we're being honest Kate was cheating on you with an out of state boyfriend. His name was Matt Whittles or something like that. We kind of found out about him by accident when we went to the mall and saw Kate making out with the guy."

"She was cheating on me too?!"

Jake couldn't believe all of this. His girlfriend had ordered his best friend away and then was seeing another guy behind his back. For once his older brother was right about something. In the back of Jake's mind he couldn't help but think about poor Sam. All he could think about was the pain and misery that Kate must've put her through this morning. He had to make sure Sam was okay.

Jake realized that he and Quinn were the only ones left in the cafeteria. He was surprised when he looked at the clock. Class had started fifteen minutes ago and he and Quinn were both really late for their class. Once their mother found out about this she wouldn't be too happy, but Jake didn't really care. He wanted to make sure that Sam was okay, but he wouldn't be able to do that until later. So with those thoughts in his mind he headed for his sixth hour class and Quinn followed after him.

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