Hello faithful readers! I'm so sorry its been taking me so long to update! My basketball team went away for a week to play and then I had an FFA comp. Hopefully I'll be able to update more before softball starts.

Tala, my best reviewer. I wanted to give you a special thankyou for all your reviews and encoragment to keep writing! This update is for you and if you have a oneshot that you would like written about The Covenant I'm completely willing yo write it for you. Just give me a plot and I'll write away!

Thankyou all again ~Sam

The bomb fires were considered the only real place in Holbrook you could go to hang out, that is at least if you didn't plan on getting in trouble by Hayward. That is also unless one of the slayers or Crocka brothers are throwing a party, not like that happens all the time. The last bomb fire anyone had was last fall; you waited for them all year. There were moments, Sam even couldn't lie to you, that things got out if control. She remembered last year when they actually had to carry Seanie home. Never…EVER AGAIN! However she does have blackmail on him to last her a lifetime, just like every girl would take out of a moment like that.

"Sam! You aren't really planning on going are you?" Liam shouted up the stairs. "You know what could happen. It's way too risky for everyone to leave the house especially so close to a New Moon."

"Of course I am. You heard me promise Matt!" Sam yelled back down, Faith chuckling lightly in the back round of their shouting, shaking her head from side to side. 'Here they go again'. This was typical, Liam needs to chill out sometimes, but Sam on occasion could be as bad as he is. The slaying life takes away a life but every now and then you need to realize that you're a teenager, for god's sake! People cannot expect you to do everything, ever now and then they have to make their own stand, and Faith, Buffy, Sarah, and Sam know that better than anyone.

"That's insane!" Liam yelled, "You know it too!"

"Liam." Sam said walking down the stairs to meet him. "Please try to live a little. Piper and Faith aren't going anywhere. Besides…" Sam started smiling seeing Caleb trying to pass by quickly and unnoticed. "I'll have my big brother there to protect me." Sam joked lightly.

Liam grunted in response rolling his eyes at her. "You never listen…" Liam spun on his heal and walked away, quickly deciding against it and turning around. "Damn it Samantha didn't you learn anything from John and Josh." Liam spat quickly.

Sam turned faster than anything you've ever seen and slapped him hard and quick across his face. "Don't you dare start on me Liam, you should know better! Do you even have any idea what happened out there! Wait that's right, whenever things get tough you disappear. Josh and John both died holding my hand, trying to save the world and where were you!"

Liam grunted in response, groaning over the slap. "Sam I didn't…"

"Didn't what Liam? Didn't think that maybe just maybe you weren't always right! Didn't think that maybe losing two of my best friends, my two brothers, and my parents didn't change the way I see things! You didn't think that by finding out I am responsible to save the world or that I could lose everything, or maybe the fact that I've been lied to my whole life doesn't affect me! No, it didn't because nothing ever affects you and your perfect life!" Sam yelled, tears coming to her face.

Liam was smart enough this time to not say anything but watch as Sam ran up the stairs to her room, Caleb dutifully following her. Sam slammed her door in time to hear a quick knock, ripping it open expecting Sarah.

"Hi Caleb." Sam smiled slightly; she was still so shy around them.

"Come here Sammy." Caleb said pulling her into a tight, tight hug.

"Thank you, Caleb." Sam said sniffling, quietly.

Outside the door Pogue smiled watching the brother and sister interact. Samantha was going to fit right in, ready she was ready for them or not.

"So Sammy…" Caleb replied wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "Well as of right now my girlfriend ran off with Madison and took Kate with her, seems like that Faith girl snuck out with them. Maybe you can help us then."

Almost as predicted Sam turned into a little turtle, Pogue had to hold back laughter. "Help who? With what?" Sam questioned quietly.

"Just the guys and me, easy people to deal with." Caleb replied smiling, lightly pushing her towards the room where they all were.

"Wait, you still haven't answered with what yet." Sam said planting her feet, starring at him like a little deer caught in headlights.

"We're trying to understand more about this whole slaying thing." Caleb shrugged off.

As Caleb was pushing her into the other room were the others were. "Wait where is…" Sam started.

"Right her Sammy." Pogue said holding up five Cokes.

"Apparently, raiding my fridge, Jesus man. Boys really, really, need to stop eating so god dang much. BQ and Seanie almost eat me out of house and home. Now Sarah has to bring four more mouths to feed. Speaking of which what time is it?" Sam said looking around for a clock, "And whose staying in this room?"

The room they were in was about the size of the dorms, however they weren't shared. It had your necessaries a nightstand, burrow, bed, and desk, but on top of everything there was a TV, Radio, and Playstation 2.

"That would be me." Tyler said.

"Well then you go through the door on the right and you'll end up in my room, then the door on the left leads 2 someone else's." Sam informed.

"My room. "Caleb said.

"Okay then." Sam started giggling slightly, "Through CALEB'S ROOM." Sam said stressing Caleb's name attempting to get under his skin only getting a pillow in the face, "Is Sarah's room."

"Alright." Reid said. "Now on to more confusing matters…"

"What is there not to get." Sam started. "I mean evil vampire/demon coming to kill all of mankind. We go and physically destroy it, while attempting to avoid serious injury. Pretty simple last time I checked."

"Funny Sam." Reid said giving her a hair a shake, one that anybody but Sarah or she would have flipped out about.

"How do you guys do it?" Tyler questioned getting a curious glance from Sam, "I men keeping up with all the school work, fighting off vampires, waking up the next morning ready for school, and on top of it all running a household." Tyler said.

"The school work is the easiest. Everyone here is in the top classes although sometimes we don't always act like it. Over the years I guess you could say we've become a strange type of family. We've got each other to rely on for help, when it comes to our lives or the algebra homework." Sam said.

"Remind you of anyone guys?" Pogue joked.

Sam laughed to herself, "Fighting off vampires just kind of comes natural. When you think about all of the ham they could do to the world. After your first few fight you pick up on it pretty well. When… When we still had Josh he used to joke about Sarah and me becoming WWE Diva's. There's tons of different fighting style's out there, all you need to do is find one you're comfortable with and then study it." Sam continued on.

"You a WWE Diva, I can't see it." Reid joked.

"I'll have you know that I actually do minor wrestling and both Sarah and myself have already met Vince and Linda and were told that we are the future of the WWE." Sam replied.

"Not on my watch." Caleb said.

"Uh Caleb hate to break it to but they'd kick your ass." Reid replied.

"Dude not helping" Tyler said.

"Continuing on, waking up every morning is a hassle but we have everyone else looking to us for examples. I'm not gonna lie of stayed home some days because I've felt like crap and when one of the younger boys is sick I'm the first one to volunteer to stay home with them. Simple and easy way to get some rest." Sam interrupted.

"Playing hooky Sam." Reid said shaking his head at her.

"Oh and what is your excuse for all those days Sarah has told me about when you played hooky?" Sam shot back.

"I believe that's Sam five and us zero." Pogue said.

They all laughed, "And I guess when it comes to running the household I take it a step at a time knowing I always have them to fall back on." Sam said smiling.

"And now you have us." Tyler said and Sam smiled wider.

Outside the door Piper smiled, Sam was finally getting the life she deserved. Though she knew the coming days would be the toughest they'd ever see. This family was ready for it.