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Chapter 12: Realization

The paramedics got to the house within minutes. Sam was barely conscious in Brooke's arms as they came through the front door with the police right behind them. The paramedics surrounded Sam and the police went for Rebecca.

"Miss you have to move away from her so we can help her." said one of the paramedics.

"Mom..." Sam whispered afraid.

Sam didn't want the paramedics to touch her. She wanted to stay with Brooke. She now realized how stupid she had been leaving Brooke for Rebecca. All that had gotten her was beaten up time and time again. She wished she had never ever left and yet there was still that little part of her that said it was Brooke's fault. She knew they were going to have to talk but at the moment all she could focus on was the pain.

Brooke's heart broke when she heard Sam call her mom. She didn't know why the one word she had been waiting to hear again from Sam made her feel the way it did. It was probably because she didn't feel like she deserved the title, She had let Sam get hurt and now she was laying before her all bruised and broken. It was her fault.

"It's okay baby I am not going far. The paramedics are here to help you okay. I won't leave you ever again." Brooke reassured Sam as well as herself.

Tammy just stood there. She wasn't looking at Sam. She was starring at Rebecca. She had so much anger rising in her body and she knew that she was about to crack. She looked at the floor and saw the switchblade that Rebecca had dropped in the confrontation. She could see the bruise beginnning to form around her eye where Brooke had punched her but she couldn't help and feel like it just wasn't enough. She needed to suffer like she had made Sam.

Tammy picked up the switchblade and put it in her pocket. No one was paying attention to her because they were so mixed up with Sam and the police. Tammy could hear Sam talking to Brooke and she sounded so weak and tired. That wasn't the Sam that she had grown to love. It wasn't her sister. The woman before her who claimed to be her mother had tore Sam down. She had treated her like the dirt they all walked on and Tammy couldn't stand that. She hated Rebecca. Rebecca wasn't her mother. No one was.

"She's got some broken bones and one of them may be piercing her lung." said a paramedic as Sam began to start gasping.

"We need to intubate." said the other paramedic.

The paramedics put a tube down Sam's throat as she began to lose consciousness. They weren't taking any chances so they put s neck brace on her as well. Brooke was crying as they turned Sam onto the gurney and began to get her ready to go to the hospital.

"Ma'am you can come with us in the ambulance if you want." said the paramedic.

"Okay." said Brooke.

Haley and Jamie came to the door just as the paramedics and Brooke began to walk out. Haley held onto Jamie as Sam passed by them. Haley hardly recognized her with all the bruises and bleeding. It was like she was a whole other person. All of a sudden something caught her eye. Tammy was standing in front of Rebecca with the switchblade in her hand. She was fiddling with it and Haley could see that she was going to do something that she was going to really regret.

"Jamie go and get Aunt Brooke." said Haley tapping Jamie's shoulder," NOW!"

Jamie was confused but her did what he mother said and tried to catch up with Brooke before she got in the ambulance with Sam. Jamie knew that something was wrong by the tone in his mothers voice.

Tammy knew what she had to do. She walked up to Rebecca and knelt down to her level making her look at her.

"I hate you!" said Tammy in disgust to Rebecca.

"You're just like me." said Rebecca, "Your just as violent as I am face it. Your selfish and only care about yourself. You wanted to find me Tammy because you want to know why you get that nasty feeling in the pit of your stomach."

"You're wrong!." yelled Tammy causing the police and everyone to look at her.

"Face it Tammy. You're me. You like causing pain to people just like I do. Just like you faked the rape!" said Rebecca.

That was the last straw for Tammy as she cracked inside. Suddenly she couldn't control her anger anymore. Tammy pulled out the switchblade and put it to Rebecca's neck.

"YOU'RE WRONG!" she yelled.

Suddenly the cops pulled out their guns and pointed them at Tammy but it didn't faze her. All she did was keep starring at Rebecca. She didn't move a muscle. She couldn't help it, not that she really wanted to stop in the first place. She wanted her to pay for everything that she had ever done. She was the reason that her life had sucked beyond belief.

"Put the knife down now!" yelled one of the cops.

Nathan and Haley could only look on. It was like Tammy was in a trance and they didn't know how to stop her.

"Tammy c'mon hun just put down the knife. She isn't worth it. She's wrong remember. Don't give her the satisfaction of ruining your life anymore and proving her right." said Haley.

"She deserves it!" said Tammy seething.

She had her teeth clenched and pushed the knife a little harder. She wanted to hurt her so bad but for some reason she just couldn't. Deep down she knew that Haley was right. If she wasn't like Rebecca then why was she acting the way she was. She knew that it wasn't only because she wanting to get revenge for Sam. She wanted revenge for herself.

"If you don't put the knife down right now we will shoot!" yelled the other cop.

She kept her eyes locked on Rebecca's

"Don't shoot!" yelled a voice.

Brooke ran in and stepped between the cops and Tammy. She wasn't going to risk them getting trigger happy. Tammy wasn't bad. She was just holding everything in and it was getting to her. She knew that Tammy had some underlying issues that she didn't know about. She wasn't really a social person after all. Tammy didn't like to talk to Brooke about certain things.

"Tammy calm down. Please just listen to me okay. Whatever your feeling, whatever is going through you head right not, you're going to be okay. Don't make a mistake and throw your life away." said Brooke.

"You don't understand. You don't know anything about me Brooke. This is none of your business." stated Tammy angrily.

Brooke was thrown back by Tammy's reaction. Tammy just wanted Brooke to leave her alone. She wanted to do this without people trying to talk her out of it. She needed to do it. She just had to but Brooke wouldn't give up that easy.

"Maybe I don't understand Tammy but you aren't exactly keen on sharing. I'm here to listen to you. I want to help you okay. You don't have to worry because I will never leave you." promised Brooke.

"You're a liar!" yelled Tammy, "They always say that. You are no different."

Tammy knew that she was lying to herself. Brooke was different. She was the first person that cared and now she was hurting her. She was pushing her away because she didn't want to hurt. She didn't even want to live most of the time.

"Then why do I love you so much?" asked Brooke," If I am the same as the rest then why do worry about you all the time and check on you when you sleep? Why do I get afraid that you will runaway again? Why do I tell everyone that you are my daughter?"

That struck something in Tammy. Brooke loved her but she was scared. Tammy didn't know what to do. She wanted to stop running from everything but she didn't know how. Her whole life had been one crazy home after another. She didn't know what normal was like. She didn't know what love was like. The only time she had ever experienced it was with Sam and that seemed like so long ago.

"I can't" said Tammy as tears slowly fell down her cheeks.

"Were giving you one last warning." said the first cop causing Tammy to flinch a little.

"LET HER TALK TO HER!" yelled Nate angrily.

Nathan knew that Brooke could get through to her. Brooke loved Tammy like her own despite any of the circumstances. Tammy was Brooke's little girl. He knew that Brooke was changing Tammy's life just like she had with Sam. Brooke had a heart of gold when it came to the people she loved. She had been that way ever since high school.

"You can Tammy. Please just believe in me. I won't leave you. I could never ever leave you. Give me a chance honey please. Don't do this. Sam needs her little sister Tammy and I need you too." pleaded Brooke.

All she wanted was for Sam to be okay. She knew that she would have no chance of knowing Sam again if she ended up in jouvi. Rebecca wasn't worth killing. She wasn't worth her losing everything for.

"She ruined everything. She hurt Sam." cried Tammy.

"I know. She is going to get everything that she deserves. Don't stoop to her level. It's what she wants." informed Brooke.

Tammy tried to stop her tears. Brooke was right. Rebecca was a waste of her time. She looked into Rebecca's eyes one last time.

"I'm better than you." she said before stepping back.

Tammy dropped the knife and one of the cops picked it up. The other grabbed Rebecca and they both left the house. That was when Tammy broke down crying. Brooke pulled her into her arms and let her cry into her shoulder.

"I'm sorry." Tammy cried.

Brooke rubbed her back.

"Shh it's okay. You did nothing wrong Tammy." Brooke reassured her.

After Tammy had calmed down a little they all left the house. Tammy watched as they loaded Rebecca into the back of the cop car. She choked back the tears that began to well up in her eyes. She felt someone put their arm around her shoulder.

"It's going to be okay?" said Haley.

Tammy leaned closer to Haley. She couldn't believe that she had come from Rebecca. She swore to herself that she would never ever act like her. She would never abandon her children. She would be better. She would keep her promise.

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