They had all spent the night talking and laughing, with Bella running back and forth between the DJ Booth and the table they were all sitting at. Sam smiled remembering they way Nicole interacted with the people she worked with, also known as some of her closest friends. Her smile got wider as she remembered Bella's face when Lindsay, finally tired of all the teasing and Bella's pouting, kissed the girl until her face would be stuck in a permanent grin. Finally, Sam just had to chuckle at Mary Cherry, the girl was still the same but she had to admit, she was hilarious.
Nicole, who was driving, heard the chuckle and glanced over at Sam. "What are you chuckling about, Sam?"
"You, your friends, my friends, that club!" Sam chuckled again and shook her head. "I had so much fun tonight." Leaning back into her seat, Sam simply gazed at Nicole. "You are amazing, you realize that, right?"
Nic smiled softly and said, "Well, that's what I was trying to tell you all through High School, Sam. Well, better late then never right?"
Sam laughed out loud at that. Despite it all, Nicole would always be Nicole.
As Nic drove, they lapsed into a comfortable silence. However, the slow grin that started forming on Nic's face left Sam feeling curious about what kind of mischievous plan was causing such a grin. She knew that smirk and could only imagine the crazy things that could be in store for her if she didn't decode it now. Finally having enough of Nic's ever growing smirk, Sam broke the silence with a question full of amusement and intrigue.
"Alright Satan, what evil plan are you forming now? I sincerely hope you're not planning on pulling my hair and driving away quickly when you drop me off at the Palace as some form of childish foreplay."
When following that statement Nic gave in to another burst of laughter, Sam briefly took the moment to notice just how gorgeous her girlfriend was when she laughed.
"Well that wasn't what I had in mind, but now that you mention it Spam..." Nic drifted off, quite enjoying the look Sam was sending her.
"You better not pull my hair, Nicole Julian." Sam warned, then noticing the look her still grinning girlfriend was sending her, she felt it best to again impart her seriousness. "I'm serious!" Sam simply shook her head and sighed at the response she got from Nicole to her added warning.
Which of course, was simply a widening of the smirk Nic had already been wearing combined with a slight chuckle. Then almost as an after thought, Nic decided to respond to Sam's initial question. "I was thinking about tomorrow."
Sam shook her head. "You were smirking at the thought of going to a dance that my step-sister is throwing simply to get me to date her? You realize it will most likely be horrible, right? Do you even love me?!"
Nic rolled her eyes at her dramatic girlfriend. "In the opposite order that the questions were given, the answers are: Yes, Maybe, No." Chancing a glance at Sam while trying to keep her eyes on the road, Nicole saw the 'Huh?' look Sam was giving her and decided to elaborate. "Of course I love you, I think the dance has potential, and I wasn't smirking about the dance itself."
Even though Sam was only joking about the last question, she was none the less pleased with Nicole's answer. However, her main question was still unanswered. "So then what were you smirking about?" Seeing the smirk come back in full force, Sam pretty much knew she was not about to get a satisfying answer.
"Oh, I was just thinking about my surprise for you tomorrow." Was all Nic responded with.
Sam shook her head and silently thought 'I knew it'. "You enjoy leaving me with more questions then answers, don't you, Satan?" Sam asked already knowing that to enquire about the surprise would prove futile.
However to this statement, Sam got a soft smile and a genuine reply after Nicole parked her car in front of the Palace.
"Only because I find the face you make when you are intrigued... adorable." Nic stated while her eyes drifted down to the bottom lip Sam was unconsciously biting, before she leaned in and kissed Sam.
Sam, entirely surprised by the statement was unprepared for the kiss, but welcomed it all the same as she leaned in and deepened it.
Neither of the girls would be able to say just how long they sat in the Nicole's car kissing and simply enjoying the others presence, while in front of the Palace. Just as neither girl would be able to say just whose body part it was that pressed Nicole's unusually loud car horn...However, both would agree that when the shock of the sudden loud noise caused by the car horn had died, the mood was broken.
After a couple moments of deep breaths and big grins from both Sam and Nicole, the blonde got out of the car and opened Sam's door. Getting out of the expensive car, Sam smiled and leaned against it once the door was closed. Pulling Nic into her, both gave a slight smile at the realization that they were in the same position they had been in earlier in the bathroom, the only difference being that Sam had been leaning into Nicole. "You really need to be getting to bed. You're going to need your sleep to get through tomorrow."
Nicole said looking at Sam with a grin on her face.
Sam quirked an eyebrow before responding, "Is that so? And am I to assume that your surprise has something to do with why I will need my rest?" For a reply Nic leaned in and gave Sam a quick kiss before pulling back with a grin. "Of course it is. Now get in there and sleep. And no daydreaming about how great I am, because I'll be over bright and early tomorrow morning."
To this Sam groaned and asked, "Earlier then ten?"
It was now Nic's turn to raise her eyebrow. "Possibly," was the only reply Nicole gave, which caused Sam to look at the screen on her phone that showed the time to be just after two in the morning.
Sam let out a woe filled groan before she responded again. "Right then, I'm going to bed." So with a resolute face Sam pushed off the car to stand in an upright position that straightened Nicole in the process.
Shaking her head Nic wore a small grin and she said, "You do that love."
Hearing the endearment roll off of Nicole's tongue without a thought, caused Sam to pause. Pulling Nic into a hug, Sam whispered into her ear. "I love you, Satan."
Nic pulled back and laughed as she locked eyes with Sam. "Yeah I know Spam... Now go sleep! Because when I come by tomorrow I want you up and ready to go."
Sam once again groaned and Nic laughed at her retreating form as she headed for the door. Nic waited until she saw Sam enter and close the Palace door before she started her car and drove away. Turning up the volume on her radio she shook her head at the lyrics.
"Yep, that's pretty much it. Today was definitely a success."
::And everything I wanted to realize, Baby I got yeah...::
*****
Brooke sat in her room looking out through her window at the place where Sam and Nicole had previously been not too long ago. Thinking about the night's events left Brooke confused.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave...but the question is, am I ready to put down the needle and call it quits?" She whispered while staring out into the black nothingness of the street late at night. After a few moments of silent contemplation Brooke heard the shower turn on as Sam took a shower and her decision was made.
She was Brooke McQueen, queen of Kennedy High and her Daddy's Princess. She always got what she wanted and that wasn't about to stop simply because her once best friend's feelings lay in the balance. And as for Mary Cherry... she wouldn't even remember the night's events come morning with her short attention span. Mulling over these conclusions, Brooke was suddenly feeling significantly better then she was a short few minutes ago and went to sleep with a pleased look on her face
::Everything I could be, Oh, maybe I'm not yeah...::
*****
Sam stood in the shower feeling the heat warm her body after standing outside with Nic and simply thought about her girlfriend. "That girl has always been full of it. I should have known the 'it' in question was simply her bag of surprises." Sam shook her head and chuckled while getting out of the shower and drying off.
"I couldn't love her more if I tried..."
::Oh I've got yeah...a Heavenly Scene::