CHAPTER 6
Sam Braddock sat on the bench with his head down and hands on his knee staring at his locker in deep thought. The rest of Team 1 had already headed home looking forward to having the next 2 days off after an extremely long week. By now Sam knew Jules had already read his letter but was perturbed by Kira's remarks towards him earlier in the day.
He needed to get to the bottom of what was wrong with Jules. Kira didn't have to say much, but Sam knew whatever was wrong or went wrong in the locker room was Kira's unspoken code something wasn't right with Jules. Determined, Sam headed out of the locker room to confront Kira, but was soon interrupted by the virbration of his cell phone in his coat pocket. Sam stops to pull his cell phone and as he does he see's an incoming text message which read:
"I have the cool biker outfit and helmet , Locker#2. Combo 6-10-08 (date I almost pointed a gun at you). BTW I don't believe bike clothes/mortocycle was on my list (smile). I'm intrigued. #11 Memorable Serendipity Moments was and is not checked & closed. This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me Sam. See you tonight. Love, Jules"
Smiling nonchalantly Sam could not take his eyes off the text message from Jules'. He would read that over and over again promising to hang onto that text forever. Being accustomed to being quite the ladies man, Sam never went the extra mile to pursue any of them. They were just there, girls that would come and go like characters from a book, until Jules Callaghan entered his life. Jules was unexplainably different. He was still getting to know her as his teammate and deeper level. As he did he naturally found himself wanting to desperately hand her the world if it was in his means too.
"Okay Sam, don't let Kira get to you. You have your first date with Jules. I hope she knows it's a date. Nah doesn't' matter. Tonight is about Jules." Sam thought to himself as he finally got excited again and headed out of the locker room to enjoy a couple of days off, hoping both days would be with Jules. But his excitement was short lived when he found Kira waiting outside the locker room for him.
"Sam about earlier…" Kira nervously said.
"Hey it's no big deal, don't worry about it. Thanks for everything. I'm going to pick up Jules in an hour" Sam said trying to avoid whatever Kira was going to tell him. Somehow in his gut he knew it was not something he wanted to hear.
In order to avoid and take control of the conversation Sam continued on to say "Look, your right about Scott and me pressuring Jules to make a choice. At some point she is going to have to choose. But I'm not pressuring her. I – I-I love her Kira okay. And she can take as long as she wants, no pressure. At least not from me. I'll be okay no matter what she decides and she knows this".
Okay I'm lying; I would be completely crushed if Jules didn't want to be with me. Sam stared Kira down with a conviction written in his eyes. Sam was determined not to allow anyone especially Kira to interfere with the special evening he had planned for Jules.
"Sam STOP!" Kira snapped in frustration. "Jules is in trouble and needs help".
Sam stood in silence completely taken back as Kira proceeded to divulge everything she witnessed in the locker room and her concern for Jules.
For Sam Braddock time seemed to stop unable to move backwards or forward. Not Jules, not Jules was the only words he could say.
TBC
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