Disclaimer: Don't own the characters, just the plot of the story.

"David." I called out desperately, but he never slowed down. "Would you if you had heard someone threaten to feed your mother to dogs?" I thought to myself. "Of course not."

I sighed and began to climb the stairs. I honestly don't know what I was hoping to achieve by going after him. It wasn't like he was going to let me in. I walked up to the door that he was about to slam and blocked it from shutting with my hand.

He looked startled by my presence. "Sam." he sat down on the four poster bed that occupied the room. "What are you doing here?"

"Did you really think that after hearing what we heard and knowing you're upset I wouldn't come after you?"

He was silent.

I started to laugh bitterly. "You don't know anything about me, do you?"

"Sam..."

"David, despite what you may or may not want out of what is left of whatever kind of relationship we have, I care about you. I'm not about to leave you up here to your own thoughts and fears to drown."

"What would you have me do Sam? Lay all my fears out in front of you? Get close to you again, tell you I love you, be with you,when people are kidnapping the people I love and threatening to kill them? I could not bear to see something happen to you, knowing I'm powerless to stop it. Just like I'm powerless to stop what's happening to my mom." He dropped his head in his hands.

I walked over to the bed and sat down beside him, putting my hand on his arm lightly. "David, I have complete and total faith that your mother is going to be fine. If everyone of the Secret Service men are half as good as Colin..."

David's sudden, bitter laugh made me stop. "Colin, eh? He is a great guy, isn't he? Come on Sam. I've seen the way he looks at you. Leers at you. You're a conquest."

I was taken aback. "How can you say that about someone that is fighting so hard to protect us and find your mother?"

"Well I'm sorry if the guy gives me the creeps and I don't really want him around you."

I was feeling anger begin to rise in my throat. "Why? Tell me why David. You say it, say what you need to man up and say or don't say a word about him. If you don't say it, then you have no room to be angry at anybody but yourself."

He stayed silent, looking at me in disbelief.

"Well?"

Silence.

"That's about right." I said and walked out of the room, tears filling my eyes the whole time. I couldn't deal with this anymore.

"Well?" Sam asked me, staring at me coldly. Why was she defending him? Had he already gotten to her, some random tryst in the middle of the day, some random, secluded room? I could just picture it...him kissing her, hands in her hair, hands creeping over her body...

"That's about right." I heard her say in disgust and walk out of the room, leaving me to my thoughts.

Why didn't I just say it? What the hell is my problem. I shook my head.

"You're scared for her." I heard a voice say. It was Sam's friend, the Miss Texas or whatever. Misty. "Maybe you should tell her."

"I just tried and it didn't make a difference."

Misty laughed. "Frankly sweetheart, you didn't her a damn thing. Sam is a firecracker, one that expects the person she's with to say what needs to be said, do what needs to be done."

"Yeah, well, maybe Colin can help her with that." I said his name with extra venom.

"She doesn't want Colin. Not really. She's attracted to him, but so what? She wants you." she sighed. "Just think about it." Then she was gone.