Until Dawn: A Sudden Change
Chapter 4 of my Until Dawn story, enjoy.
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Chapter 4
Things were awkward once again in the Giddings household, they were all seated around the table, having dinner. They had all heard Sam's arguments with her friends and now her parents and siblings were all concerned, but unsure how to approach the subject. Sam meanwhile was musing on her family and their behaviour since she had come home from the hospital.
'Honestly, they're just as bad, why can't they just see me as I am...not the chair.' She thought bitterly. 'They've not even been out together or anything, always at least one person in the house.'
It was something else to add to her frustrations and her argument with the others did nothing to improve those feelings.
She tried to keep things together however. 'C'mon Sam, they're you're family, just...the last thing you want is to blow up at them...'
All the same it wasn't easy; especially as, despite them thinking she didn't, she could see them carefully glancing towards her, worriedly. She knew they had been talking about what happened to her behind her back.
Trying to focus on her food; Sam pondered quietly; wishing she could find some way to just put a stop to this nonsense, her anger was still there and if anything it was getting worse, she couldn't understand why.
Her family had noticed her preoccupation however and were concerned, the way she had been acting.
"Sam?" Andy asked awkwardly.
She started and looked up warily. "Hmm?"
"Are your okay?"
"I'm fine." She replied automatically.
Shaking his head her father cut in. "Sam..."
"Dad?"
He looked at her seriously and replied. "Something's troubling you, we can see it, please, we..."
Sam glared, it was one thing for them to think it and talk amongst themselves, but to openly talk to her about it, openly treating her like she was broken.
"Not you too." She growled.
"What?" Her mother gasped. "Sam we just..."
"Don't pity me." She spat. "I'm done with this, seriously, get it through your heads, I am not broken..."
"Sammy..."
She tensed, turning to Penny who had spoken; she always had to be careful around her sister, young as she was, Penny was wise well beyond her years.
"Kiddo?"
Penny shook her head. "There's not need to get angry at us or your friends, we just want to help you."
Sam bit her lip and her father continued.
"Honestly Sam, we are just..."
Sam let out an irritated sigh. "Dad don't. Look, I'm fine, I don't need everyone treating me like some fragile doll. You guys can leave and have a life, it's not as if something bad is going to happen to me just because you go out the door."
"How about instead of losing your temper, you simply tell us what you want?" Penny asked.
That left Sam shocked into silence.
Pressing her opportunity Penny continued.
"I get it's annoying, and you are angry, rightly so, after what's happened to you?" She paused and then shook her head. "But it's not fair taking it out on us just because we want to help and are clumsy doing it."
Helen nodded. "Penny's right Sam, don't you see. Just...tell us what you want us to do, what you need, what you don't want...We'll listen."
Sam bit her lip but then sighed. "I just, want to be treated like a person, that's all...I don't want people treating me any differently than before."
Samuel smiled lightly. "Then that's what we'll do."
Andy agreed, as did her mother and sister.
"Your friends too, if you just tell them." He added.
Sam grimaced at that; recalling her unfortunate argument; she just hoped she'd have a chance to fix things, that it wasn't too late or beyond repair.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.