Happy New Year to everyone!
Here is Chapter 3...update soon :)
Andy went upstairs and got into bed, lying there for a moment. She went to reach for her cell phone and then pulled back.
His party was probably still going on. Even if he did answer her, though, she doubted that he would. What would she say to him? Why couldn't she have found out tomorrow that Luke was cheating? Why couldn't she have had her night with Sam?
She sighed looking over at the phone. Ok so I'll call and say…what? She didn't want to call him and tell him about Luke. Somehow she just knew he would take this and twist it. It would go from them finally acknowledging they have feelings for one another, to her only wanting him now because Luke was cheating.
Why does life have to work that way? Why couldn't she have had the strength to do something about this before now? She knew this was all her fault but still, why is it that we can never have what we really want in life? We work so hard for something and end up not getting it anyway. Is it just me or does this happen to everyone?
She thought of Luke, yet another failed relationship to add to the pile. I tried, I really tried but that feeling just wasn't there. He didn't have that feeling either, she knew that. He doesn't say silly things just to make me laugh. He isn't there when I really need him, he proved that time and time again. He doesn't know what I'm going to say or how I'm going to think about something before even I know how I will react. He…he isn't Sam.
Andy's heart turned over, she looked at the phone again. She picked up it and hit the speed dial already programmed in the phone. Her hand shook as she put the phone to her ear. It rang once, then again, it rang two more times before going to voice mail.
Should I be surprised? No. She hung up without leaving a voice mail. She put the phone down next to her, feeling tears well up in her eyes.
Sam pulled the phone out of his back pocket, he saw it was her. He started to walk out of the room to take the call then stopped. No, it's time to stop being at her beck and call, literally. He put the phone back into his pocket.
It started to bother him, it's already almost one thirty and almost everyone was gone. Zoey and Oliver stayed behind with Noelle and Frank to help clean up. They were done now, just sitting around talking, getting ready to call it a night.
Why is she calling me at one thirty, she should have been home, way before now. His mind started to turn, what if she was in an accident or there's a problem. She could be hurt. No, she's with Luke, she's safe.
He groaned to himself for the hundredth time this evening. This was making him crazy. He rose and walked into the hallway to his bedroom and hit the redial.
Andy jumped when her phone rang. She saw it was him. Oh god what do I say now? She was paralyzed for a moment starting at her phone ringing. She reached for it. "Hello?" she said quietly.
"Do you know what time it is?" he barked at her.
"Not really no." she responded.
He was quiet for a moment taking in the strange note in her voice. "McNally, what's wrong?" he sighed.
"I'm sorry I bothered you Sam, I didn't realize it was so late. Is the party over already?"
"Yep, few people stayed to help clean up, you know, since my hostess ditched me."
"I didn't want to, I didn't want to leave you."
"McNally, is there some reason for this call? Are you hurt or in jail? Because if not, I still have things to do and then I'm going to bed."
"Alone?" she asked.
"I really don't think that's any of your business, you're not going to bed alone."
"Yes, I am. I hate that things worked out this way, but I am going to bed alone."
She just heard him sigh into the phone. "Andy I can't take much more of this, you have to make some kind of decision. Look you're not due back to Monday, same as me right?"
She knew just what he was going to say before he said it. She hesitated and then said. "Yes."
"Then just do me a favor, okay? Lets just take these next couple of days to think and I'll talk to you on Monday okay?"
She couldn't talk because she throat closed up. She tried but the tears that threatened to fall earlier finally did.
"Andy?" he said and groaned again. "Please tell me you're not crying."
"No…" she tried to clear her throat and quickly said. "I'm fine, I'll talk to you on Monday." and she disconnected the line. She put the phone on the nightstand and turned onto her side and let the tears fall.
Sam stared at his phone. He thought about calling her back but…he couldn't bring himself to do it. She was crying, he knew that much. But she wasn't in trouble; she wasn't hurt.
His heart was bleeding, not that she would care.
He put the phone on his nightstand and walked back out to his friends. They already had their coats on and were ready to walk out. He thanked them all for staying and helping out. After all the Happy New Year's and thank yous, they left.
Sam turned out the lights and went into his bedroom; half expecting his phone alert on, that he missed a call. It wasn't. He just kicked off his shoes, took his jeans off and crawled into bed. All the while staring at the phone. He still thought about calling back, but he didn't. He fell asleep staring at his phone.
Andy called Traci as soon as she woke up. Surprisingly Traci had not had much to drink last night either, she was awake, preparing Leo to go for the weekend to his fathers. He was due any minute.
"What are you doing today?" Andy asked.
"You don't sound very good, what's up?" Traci asked.
"Well…how do you feel about coming over here and helping me pack? And then how do you feel about having a roommate for a few weeks?"
"Oh my god!" Traci said, "Yes, I'll be over as soon as Leo leaves." Traci had been saying to Andy all along that she didn't think the Luke thing was going to work out and that Andy was welcome at her place.
For the first time in hours, Andy was able to laugh. "Oh Traci, it's a mess."
"Okay, well you hold that thought because I'm going to get it together here and I should be there within the hour."
"Okay, see you then. Bye." Andy hung up and got out of bed. She walked downstairs and into the kitchen. The house was quiet; he was gone. She felt bad for a moment, just a moment.
There was a piece of paper by the coffee pot.
I am very sorry that things worked out this way. I didn't want to hurt you. Please don't hate me. I hope that you open yourself up and find true love. I think it's waiting for you.
Please call me if you need anything. Don't worry you don't have to get everything today. Hey maybe you can call Sam and borrow his truck. Luke.
She wondered what that last sentence meant. Was that his parting shot or? She balled up the paper and threw it in the trash. She started to make coffee, when she went to empty the old coffee grounds in the trash, she saw the note. She picked it up and put it in her pocket. She'd try to decipher it later.
By the time Traci got there she had most of her clothes sorted out. For some reason she kept a few of the moving boxes folded up in the garage. Hindsight, she thought. For now she was just worried about personal items and her clothes. She would take Luke up on his offer and early next week she'd rent a storage unit to put the rest of her things in.
She had left the front door unlocked, she heard Traci enter. She yelled, "I'm up here." Wow she thought; Traci got here early. The footfalls coming up the stairs sounded a lot louder then Traci, she walked into the hallway and ran right into Sam. She screamed at first, not expecting a male.
"Jesus McNally, what's wrong with you?" he said gently pushing her away.
"What are you doing here? She asked stunned.
"What am I doing here? Luke called me, said I needed to get over here right away because you needed me. I almost didn't come here, what the hell is going on now?" He was aggravated and so was she.
"I don't know why he called you, I didn't tell him to. But you can just turn your ass right around and go home, I don't need you." she stared to turn to go back into the bedroom.
"Well that's just too bad, I'm here and I'm not going until I get an explanation." He crossed his arms as he entered her bedroom. He looked around; there were clothes everywhere. "You having a yard sale in January?" Things were starting to fall into place for him but he just wanted to be ornery.
"Just shut up, Sam." She said quietly as she continued to pack her boxes.
"You're moving out?" He sounded surprised.
"Yes, Einstein, I'm moving out."
"What a way to start the new year." She turned to him narrowed her eyes, he was just leaning against the doorjamb watching her.
"Look I don't have time for polite chitchat right now, I'm waiting for Traci. She's on her way to help me so why don't you just hit the road. We can talk on Monday."
"Oh hell no, this I have to hear. Why did Luke call me? Ahhh…my truck. Lazy ass didn't stay to help you, huh?"
Andy had to stop and close her eyes for a moment. Trying to calm down, she really didn't appreciate his flip attitude. She was going to strangle Luke when she saw him next.
She turned to give him a piece of her mind; he was standing right next to her. She jumped. "Do you mind? I thought I asked you to leave?"
He stepped back a step, just ignoring her. "Why did you call me last night? Did you call me to tell me you and Luke broke up?"
Andy looked at him, "No my phone dialed you by accident…"
"Yeah right, it did. Was that why you were crying?"
"Andy!" she heard Traci call out. Traci saved her from saying anything; she was here. She was not alone; she brought Jerry with her. She could hear them talking. Now she wanted to strangle Luke, Traci and Sam.
"Hey I brought Jerry with me…thought he could help." She said coming around the doorway into the bedroom. "Hey Sam," she said. "I thought that was your truck outside. This shouldn't be too hard then…" Her voice faded seeing the look on Andy's face.
"Well I guess it's just one big happy party then isn't it?" Sam said seeing Andy's reaction too. He bumped Andy as if to snap her out of her thoughts. "Shouldn't be to hard then." He said again to her.
He's still covering for me, she thought.
"Yeah, too bad I didn't have the storage unit yet, we could probably get it all out today."
"We can," Sam offered, "just put the stuff in my garage for now."
By then Jerry had caught up with Traci and all of them were standing there waiting for Andy to respond.
Well? I thought this could be fun... let me know what you think. And thank you for reading :)