Im so sorry that i havent posted for ages, schools caught up with me, but hopefully i'll be able to post a bit more frequently now. Disclaimers still stand. Feedback is loved of course and any ideas on where to take this story are very welcome.

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I'm sorry Sam I had no idea that you had had it that difficult, I knew that you'd lost your mother, but I never realised that you were truly alone back then.

If only he knew why this was really getting to me, thought Sam.

Sam, I can hear you remember, talk to me, let me help you. Jack thought back with an uncharacteristic tenderness, Sam tried to think of a way to communicate that which was closest to her heart to the man who held her heart.

Its me! Jack suddenly realised amazed that he was responsible for his best friends deepest pain.

Don't feel guilty Jack, Sam insisted, I learned to block the pain of loneliness out a long time ago.

But Sam, you're hurting because of blocking your feelings for me.

Like you can talk Jack Sam replied, knowing that he was hurting for much the same reason, but then it hit Sam, his foul mood of late was her fault, her engagement to Pete had pushed him to the edge of his ability to block feelings, and with that realisation the metaphorical floodgates opened on Jack's mind, overwhelming her in feelings of great sorrow and joy, moments of pain and happiness, for an incredible moment the two minds became one.

Jack? Sam questioned still overwhelmed from the sheer force of the emotions with Jack's mind.

What Sam?

Why do we keep hurting one another?

Your the one who got engaged. Jack thought angrily, a thought not intended for Sam to ever hear from him.

You're the one who told me to get a life! I asked you whether I should get engaged or not, you never said a single thing!

What the hell was I supposed to say? Don't marry him, i'm in love with you? Sam, there's still rules, we are not allowed a relationship you know that just as well as I do, so tell me exactly what you wanted me to say? Jack demanded, he was growing angry now, an anger that was reserved for people who had truly pissed him off, Sam had never before been on the receiving end of this much anger from Jack.

You make it out like you never acted, how can you sit here and yell at me when you had Kerry, you don't think that possibly that could have possibly bothered me, at least I didn't date someone just to take my mind off the person who I can't have. At that point Sam felt a surge of anger hit her originating from Jack and knew that she had gone to far.

Suddenly Jack grabbed her arms pinning her beneath him, too mad to think he spoke "At least i'm not an egotistical brat who thinks that the whole world revolves around me, no wonder Pete dumped you, no man could ever put up with you."

With that he released her arms and stormed out of the room.