Chapter Seven: Relaxing

"So where are we going to watch these?" Janet asked. "My place or yours?" She added.

"Don't know… which would you prefer?" Sam replied.

"Ah, it really doesn't bother me, but your place is bigger, lets go there" Janet responded.

"Okay, fine by me" Sam said as she turned down the street that heading off in the direction of her house.

"So which movie we going to watch first?" Sam asked and then yawned.

"Ah, I don't know… I was thinking Ghost, but I have a feeling it'll send us, or mainly you to sleep" Janet said and smiled.

"Right now Janet, I don't think any of those films will keep me awake" Sam admitted and smiled.

"In that case we'll watch Ghost and leave the others until tomorrow if we fall asleep" Janet said and they both laughed and then continued on.

Sam parked outside her house and then she and Janet made their way into her house, movies in hand. Once inside Janet immediately went into the lounge and started organising everything to watch the movies. Sam went into the kitchen, setting her keys on the bench then went over to the cupboard and grabbed out a huge packet of chips, she also grabbed out a bowl from another cupboard and tipped half the packet of chips into the bowl. She then walked back out into the lounge, bowl in hands. Janet was already sitting up on the couch with the movie all ready to be played.

"All set?" Janet said as she saw Sam enter the room.

"All set!" Sam responded and she sat down on the cough and placed the bowl on the coffee table, then kicked off her shoes and stuck her feet up on the couch and tucked them underneath her as she settled down into a comfy position. Janet smiled at her and Sam smiled back and then Janet pushed play and the movie began.

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About an hour later and the movie not any where near finished and Janet sat at the end of the couch, totally focused on the TV, the bowl of chips in her hands, half empty. Sam lay on the other side of the couch, curled up and her head slumped against the back of the couch and she was fast asleep, she had been right, exhaustion had got the better of her and she had fallen asleep before the first half hour of the movie was over.

When the movie finished, Janet put the bowl back down on the table and turned to the sleeping Sam. She decided to leave her asleep there, instead of having to wake her, so she gently laid a blanket over her. She then turned everything off and walked out of the room. She decided on sleeping in Sam's spare bedroom, she knew that after staying there a few times there were some spare clothes in of hers in there, as well as Cassie's since Cassie would spend as much time as possible with Sam which often meant her staying with Sam or Sam staying with them. Janet found herself a pair of tracksuit pants and a daggy top and quickly got changed before lying down and snuggling into the blankets.

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Sam awoke the next morning to the sun streaming down on her face, she was lying on her couch in front of the TV and the sun was shining through between the curtains. Waking up properly she pulled the blanket off and then got up, stretching all her sore muscles from sleeping awkwardly on the couch. She was getting used to sleeping on the couch, her bed was barely ever slept in these days and when she would sleep in her bed she would have terrible trouble getting to sleep, even when she was exhausted, it made no difference. So most of the time the couch was where she slept, the TV going in the background, somehow soothing her to sleep.

She leant down and picked the empty bowl up off the coffee table and made her way into the kitchen, placing the bowl down in the sink, she then worked over to the fridge and grabbed herself out a bottle of water and drank almost half the bottle. Sighing, she put the lid back on and placed the bottle back in the fridge.

Looking down her hall she could see the door to the spare room closed and guessed that Janet had probably stayed in there last night. Sam quietly walked past the room and into her own bedroom, walking over to her wardrobe she grabbed out a pair of dark blue jeans and a nice orange top, quickly grabbing some stuff out of her draw she then headed across the hall to the bathroom, deciding to have a shower, before Janet got up.

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Janet woke up a few minutes later, she too having sun streaming through the curtains and onto her face. Opening her eyes briefly she turned around and closed them back up as she snuggled into the blanket, not wanting to have to get up yet. She could hear the sound of water running and guessed that Sam was probably up and having a shower. Decided that there was nothing that needed her attention she just laid there for a few more minutes.

Opening her eyes again she sighed and pulled the blanket away as she got out of the bed. She walked over to the door and then opened it and made her way to the kitchen, as she stretched. She walked over and turned the kettle on and then yawned as she cleaned the cups that were already in the sick and got them ready to make some coffee.

Janet decided to go out and get the newspaper while she waiting for the kettle to boil, so she made her way over to the door and opened it then made her way down the path. She was actually surprised at the weather, it was quite warm and the sun was nice and bright, Janet took a moment to stand in the sun. Being stuck down in Cheyenne Mountain most days, she never got the opportunity to spend time outside in the sun; most of the times she got home it was dark. And she had had to work the last couple of weekends so hadn't had the opportunity to be out and about.

Sighing she bent down and picked up the paper, as she stood back up a young man walked passed the front of the house, he was out working his dog, Janet smiled as he passed.

"Morning" He said smiling back as he walked past.

"Morning" Janet responded and watched him walk off, then turned around and headed back inside. Walking back into the kitchen she poured herself a coffee and left Sam's for when she was out, Janet then sat down on one of the bench stools, pulled the plastic away from the paper and began reading it.

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Sam finished in the shower and quickly got her self changed, throwing the other clothes she was wearing into her washing basket which was in the corner of the room. She quickly rubbed the towel over her head to get rid of the excess water as she messed it up. She then placed the towel back on the rack and then headed out of the bathroom.

Suddenly remembering something she re-entered and then grabbed her pants out of the basket and grabbed the key-ring out of her pocket. She laughed as she looked at it again and put it near the sink. She then headed back down the hall towards the kitchen. She guessed Janet was awake now considering the bedroom door was open and she could smell the aroma of coffee coming from the kitchen.

"Morning" Sam said as she walked into the kitchen and saw Janet sitting there reading the paper. Janet quickly looked up from the paper and over at Sam and smiled.

"Hey, Sam" She said and Sam smiled back as she walked further into the kitchen.

"Sleep well?" Janet asked.

"Yeah… was alright" Sam responded as she poured herself a coffee. "You?" She asked Janet as she took a sip of her coffee.

"Yeah, not to bad… That bed is so comfy" Janet said with a smile.

Sam smiled back and gently rubbed the back of her neck. "More than I can say for the couch" She said as she sat down on the other stool. Janet then went back to reading the paper; there was a very interesting article that had grabbed her attention. Sam just sat there staring into space as she drank her coffee.

Janet finished reading and then looked over at Sam. "So what are the plans for today?" Janet asked and Sam slowly turned to face her.

"Ah, I haven't decided yet… You got any ideas?" She asked and Janet smiled.

"Well I thought it might be nice to start by going out and having a nice breakfast!" Janet said with a grin.

"Sounds like a good idea" Sam replied with a smile.

"Well in that case, I'll go and have myself a shower" Janet said and finished off her coffee then passed the paper to Sam.

"Here you do this" Janet said and Sam looked down and saw Janet had it open to the crossword page. Janet then got up and headed off to the bathroom.

Janet walked down the corridor to the bathroom, but remembered something just as she entered and then walked back across the hall and into the spare bedroom. She quickly grabbed herself a change of clothes and then headed back to the bathroom.

About ten minutes later and she was done, she quickly dried herself and then got dressed. Out of the clothes she had at Sam's she didn't have much of a variety of clothes, but she had managed to find a pair of jeans and a pale pink t-shirt.

Once she was changed she quickly dried her hair and decided that it was a nice enough day to leave it out, so she gave it a quick brush, she placed the brush back down and saw the key-ring there. She laughed and then picked it up and put it into her pocket then headed back out into the kitchen, after throwing her clothes into the washing basket.

When she rounded the corner to the kitchen she saw that Sam was busily filling in the spots in the crossword. Sometimes Sam surprised Janet, even if Janet didn't think it was possible after so many years. She knew that Sam was smart, really smart; she had nothing on her in the intelligence department. She stood there a moment and watched and Sam scribbled in the answers.

Janet smiled to herself and then continued into the kitchen. "Done"

She said and Sam looked up from the paper. "That was quick" Sam commented and Janet smiled.

"Didn't want to waste any time!" Janet said and winked at Sam, who smiled back. "So you all ready to go?" Janet asked grinning.

"Sure… So where we off to?" Sam asked as she got up off the stool and quickly finished off her coffee.

"Don't know yet, any nice places around here, it seems to be a nice enough day, I thought we could go for a nice walk" Janet said with a smile and Sam smiled back.

"You feel like going for a walk?" Sam asked with a laugh. "You hardly ever like walking"

Janet just shrugged. "It's a nice enough day; I thought it would be nice… But if you'd rather drive…" Janet replied with a grin.

"No, no… walking is great" Sam said as she picked up the two cups and walked over and placed them in the sink. "And there is a place that's not to far from here… Just about a 15minute walk" Sam suggested and Janet smiled.

"Sounds good to me" She said.