Yes, it's been a while. But here's the last chapter.
The second Sam was free from the many ropes tied around her, I held her in my arms. Her body fit perfectly against mine, making me never want to let her go. "Sam, you have no idea how happy I am to see you. We were so worried! And before something else whimsical happens, I have to tell you something."
"Mmm!" She replied. I loosened my grip, and she backed away to pull the duct tape off of her mouth.
"Oh... sorry about that. But anyway, Sam I need to tell you that..."
Suddenly, my lips were against her's. I kissed back, relieved to be blessed with the chance to feel her against me once again. When we pulled away, she rested her head on my shoulder.
I whispered into her ear, "I love you."
With a surprised expression, she looked up at me. Then she smiled. "Back atcha."
Sam was back to herself again, that was for sure.
Carly cleared her throat, and Sam and I quickly separated. "Now that you two are done... we kind of still have an issue to take care of!"
"Right." I said. "Let's go check on Spencer."
It felt weird to be walking calm and collected through the same hallway I had been freaking out in hardly ten minutes ago. The lights seemed somehow brighter, and the entire vibe of the place seemed less creepy.
Once we reached the end of the hallway, Carly peered around the corner. She must have been watching something shocking, because her face turned to an expression I hadn't seen in a long time. Then, the sound of Spencer's voice came from around the corner, and Sam and I sighed with relief.
"That should do it," Spencer said.
All three of us walked into the lobby to see what had happened. The two men were on the floor, tied together with computer cables. Spencer had just finished shoving his socks into their mouths.
"Wow, Spencer. Good work," Sam said.
He turned to look at us. "Sam! You're alright!" Spencer ran over to hug her, and then gave us all a group hug. "Come on guys, let's get out of here and go find some of the lucky cops who were out getting doughnuts when these creeps invaded."
We all left the building together, leaving the monsters behind us. Sam laced my fingers with her's, and everything was slowly starting to feel right again.
After making a few phone calls, Spencer found some police to go put those guys in jail. Sam was reunited with her mother, and Spencer drove Carly and I back to the apartment building. First, I went straight to my mom and let her know everything was alright. Then I went over to see Carly, who was watching the local news.
"Today, a young girl was kidnapped from the hospital, ironically by the same men who had put her in there. She had been assaulted by them in her home just two days before the men snuck into her hospital room and stole her while she was sleeping, Luckily, two visitors entered the room shortly after to see she was missing. The story gets even more interesting when the police call to report the young girl dead, but her friends arrive at the police station to find no police, but the criminals, waiting for them in the lobby. No names are currently being released, but the men are in jail and the girl is reported to be safe."
Carly looked up at me. She was clearly exhausted, but managed to mutter. "Thanks Mr. Hippo kite."
I smiled at her, not exactly sure what she was talking about. Instead of asking questions, I sat next to her and let her fall asleep on my shoulder. It wasn't long after Carly started snoring that my eyelids started getting heavy, and I drifted to sleep.
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As soon as I woke up the next morning, something didn't feel quite right. At first I thought it might have had something to do with the fact I hadn't eaten anything in the past day or two, but that thought passed when I looked at my phone to see a text from Sam saying:
"Somethin doesnt feel right"
I called her immediately and told her to come to Carly's apartment. Carly was up in her room sleeping, so when Sam knocked on the door, I just walked into the hallway to talk to her.
Sam smiled and looked at her feet. "Hey."
"Hey."
"I got your text. What's up?"
"I don't know exactly. It feels like there's something still wrong with this whole situation."
She looked at me funny. "Yeah, me too. But what?"
I shrugged. Then it hit me. With all the excitement of finding Sam and her kissing me, I never said I was sorry for telling Carly that we kissed. Maybe it didn't matter now, but she deserved my apology.
"Sam, I'm sorry."
"Um, okay. For what?"
"Breaking my promise."
All she did was roll her eyes. "That's the last thing on my mind, Freddork. I'm just glad I'm not dead." Then she grabbed my hand and kissed my cheek. "And I'm glad you're not dead too."
After Carly woke up, all three of us went to the Groovy Smoothie together. It was a new day with new lessons learned. And not to mention that Sam was mine. Despite all the crazy stuff that had happened in the past few days, it all ended up falling together, and everything was just the way it should be.
Well, I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for motivating me to write and finish this story. Thanks for reading and please review! :)