Okay.. i really am sorry, i know these last couple chapters were pretty bad. I'm trying to get better, so please, have a little patience with me. ^^" I'll try to improve and become a good writer as soon as possible. Anyways, onto the story. Review! :3
Dekka:
Dekka opened her eyes wearily, still heavy with sleep. It was obviously in the middle of the night, yet someone apparently thought there was something urgent enough to wake her and Sam for, judging by the sound of extremely hasty footsteps nearly running down the metal steps on the way to their bedroom.
'This better be damn good...' Dekka thought to herself. Looking to her right, she could see that Sam was awake as well, and obviously just as confused as she was.
Then, as expected, Edilio came running down the stairs. At first, Sam looked rather irritated at having his sleep interrupted when he said, "What the hell is it now Edilio?" through slightly gritted teeth.
Edilio paused as he saw both of them sitting up in bed. "Oh.. sorry if i uh... interrupted anything, it's a bit important.." Dekka tried hard to stifle a laugh when she saw Sam blush at the mention of 'interrupting things'.
"No," Sam snapped at him, "We were just resting."
"Uh-huh," Edilio said, obviously not believing him but not caring either way. "Anyways, the thing is... uh.."
"Spit it out," Dekka said, with a bit more angst than she'd intended.
"Well... Astrids back."
Sam:
Wait... what? Sam's eyes widened when he'd heard Edilio. He could feel Dekka's eyes on him, wondering what he was going to do. "Are.. you serious? If this is some kinda joke Edilio i swear i'm gonna kick your ass..."
"I'm serious... shes staying in the vacant houseboat a little ways down the marina, on the right. I uh.. made sure she didn't come in here tonight, justt in case you two were uh... yeah."
Sam ran his hands through his golden-brown hair, unsure of what to do. What could he do? Astrid was back... He'd finally convinced himself it wouldn't happen. He'd finally come to terms with the fact that he'd never have to see her again. He glanced at Dekka. He'd already moved on...
A million thoughts raced through his mind, a million scenarios, a million outcomes, all ending up with someone being hurt. Finally, after just standing there for a few minutes thinking, he waved Edilio away, "Go home. Get some sleep. I'm tired."
Edilio turned away and left without another word.
Dekka:
Dekka watched as Sam crawled back into bed. She couldn't even imagine what must be going through his head right now.. All those sleepless nights, the restlessness, the sadness which seemed to eat at Sam up until recently was back... and even worse. She could see it in his usually dull blue eyes.
She crawled back into the bed with him, snuggling up to his chest without another word. She felt Sam wrap his arms around her, clinging to her unusually tightly. He was so upset.. then, suddenly, she felt a few small streaks of water stream down Sam's chest. He was crying. Sam Temple... the invincible leader of the kids of the FAYZ, was crying. No one had ever seen him like this before. Ever.
Dekka just held him closer, trying to comfort him in whatever little way she could. There was nothing she could do to help him now, she just had to wait, and see what he would decide to do...
Sam:
Despite the fact that he'd said he was tired as an excuse to get Edilio to go to sleep, Sam hadn't slept a wink since recieving the news. Dekka still laid there in his arms, sleeping peacefully.
He loved Dekka... and at one point he had loved Astrid. But... she had run off without even telling him. And even in the last few months before then, all they had done was fight... was it really even worthy of being called love? If so, it was one-sided as hell.
Letting out a soft sigh, Sam continued thinking to himself. He couldn't leave Dekka... he knew that. They were... more or less perfect for each other. The only question was how to deal with Astrid... despite all that had happened, he didn't want to hurt her.
He just... couldn't think of anything. He'd just have to tell her... He frowned at the thought of that. He'd talk with Dekka about it when she woke up, to see what she thought of it.
Edilio:
Edilio had been walking down the edge of the lakeshore when he spotted Astrid heading towards Sam's houseboat. Quickly rushing over to her and stopping her from going in, Edilio gave her a little smile and said, "Hey, Astrid... Sams gonna be out of town for a while... he'll be back soon."
Lamest excuse ever.
Astrid just rolled her eyes and tried to push past him. "Edilio, i want to see Sam. Please, just let me go to visit him? And if you're really telling the truth and he wasn't there, then surely it wouldn't hurt if i just looked, right?"
"Er... fine, he's there..." Edilio stumbled to think of an excuse, but came up with nothing.
"So what are you hiding, Edilio?"
Edilio felt an overwhelming urge to slap the hell out of her, then immediately felt guilty for even thinking it. Geez, the FAYZ was even messing up Edilio's morals now. Or maybe it was just Astrid's voice that always made her sound like she thought she was superior to him. Which, he supposed, he should just expect of her by now.
"I'm not hiding anything. He's uh... busy with work."
"Edilio, its the FAYZ. Theres no longer any work which is done inside except planning for battle. So, either your starting a war with Caine, which i know for a fact Sam wouldn't allow, or you're hiding something pretty big which makes you want to keep me out of that house."
Edilio just decided to tell the truth. Albeit, not the whole truth, but a part of it. "Look, Astrid, he knows you're back in town. He was a bit caught off guard. I'm just trying to give him a little time to himself before he confronts you, alright?"
Astrid seemed to contemplate that for a moment before speaking. "Alright i guess... But i still feel like you're hiding something." She then turned to leave, obviously irritated with Edilio.
Edilio turned to the zeke fields and began to walk down the marina to his usual workpost, still seething over the conversation with Astrid.
Dekka:
Dekka woke up from a very light, very restless sleep, having only slept for an hour at the very most. She looked up at Sam, who seemed nervous, deep in thought, and just worn out in general. It was pretty obvious that he hadn't slept.
It was just then that Sam noticed Dekka stirring. He'd apparently been as lost in thought as he appeared. "Morning..." He sighed.
"Sam..." She looked up into his deep blue eyes, now fraught with worry, "No matter what you decide to do, i'll still be here for you, always. I love you, Sam." Her voice cracked as she said she loved him, obviously on the verge of very rare tears.
Sam just clung to her tighter. "I love you too, Dekka. And.. theres nothing to decide." He looked down, "I'm not leaving you for her.. me and Astrid are through..." He sounded like he was about to break. "I just don't know how i'm gonna be able to tell her that..."
"Well if you want... i could always-" Sam cut her off before she continued.
"No Dekka, i won't let you be the one to tell her... it's something i have to deal with eventually. I can't just keep having Edilio stall her for me."
Even after all that had happened in the past few days, she sometimes still became annoyed with how well he knew her.
"Alright.." She held him tighter, and he held her just as tightly, both of them needing each other right now more than ever.
Sam:
Later that day, after Dekka had left to work in the fields (Edilio had just given Sam the day off, and for that at least, he was thankful. He'd need to repay Edilio for all he'd done for them recently, somehow.), Sam was just sitting in his bed, thinking to himself. A million different feelings ran through his head, a million different thoughts and solutions, but all with the same outcome.
It was unavoidable...
Sam almost didn't hear the rather light footsteps coming down the metal steps. They approached slowly, as though they were nervous about entering Sam's room. It wasn't Edilio or Dekka then, the two of them would just come right down.
Emerging from the dim, eerie light cast by a glowing Sammy Sun at the top of the staircase, came a pretty girl with bleach blonde hair cut much shorter than it had been when he'd last seen her. She was wearing a white blouse, one which Sam remembered well, and light blue, rather faded blue jeans which were mildly stiff from being washed in the saltwater of the ocean.
For just a second, Sam thought he literrally felt his heart stop. Then she spoke.
"Hi, Sam." Astrid said, looking nervously at Sam.