Chapter 15

"Samantha!"

"What?"

"Get back in here and say hello to your mother."

I want back in the kitchen. "Hello." I said to my mother in a sarcastic voice and then I 'smiled' at her.

"How are you?" She asked.

"I was fine... until I came here and saw you."

"SAMANTHA!" Grams scolded. "Be nice."

"Whatever. I'm going back to Casey's house. You guys are both liars."

"What are you talking about? I never lied to you." Grams said in her defense.

"What happened when I was in 2nd grade?" I asked.

Grams and Lady Lana looked at each other like 'uh oh. Busted.'

"That's what I thought! You could've at least told me that I almost died! Don't you think I had the right to know? I'm 13 for crying out loud!"

"Who told you?"

"Danny."

"Danny Urbanski?"

"Yeah!"

They just looked down. Whatever I'm so out of here. I grabbed my skateboard and my bag. I went to Gram's room and got a few more clothes and stuffed them in my bag. Then I went to the door and said "I'm sleeping over Casey's house again. Call him when you decide to tell me the truth about EVERYTHING." And with that I ran out the door and down the fire escape before they could stop me.

I went to Casey's house for like the 3rd time that day and of course he was surprised that I was back AGAIN.

"Sammy, of course you can sleep over again."

"Thanks, Case."

"So what do you want to do?"

"I don't know. We've done everything in your house."

He laughed.

"What?"

"It's just funny."

"What is?"

"That your always here now."

"Well, it's boring in the Senior Highrise."

"Yeah, that's why." He looked at me.

I blushed, and he kissed me.

We pulled away when we heard a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" Casey called.

"It's Lana."

Dang it, next time I'm saying that I'm going to Marissa's house. I can't believe she followed me here.

I pulled open the door and snapped, "What do you want?"

"I wanted to apologize."

"Whatever. Apology accepted. Goodbye." And then I slammed the door in her face.

"Sammy, what happened now?" Casey asked.

"Nothing."

"So if I open the door, your mom is gonna say nothing's wrong?"

"Yup."

He reached for the door. I didn't want to deal with that lady so I tackled him.

"What the he- heck?" He said.

"Don't open the door!"

"Why?"

"Cause if you do I'm gonna run away and I'll never come back."

"Sammy, you won't do that." He said sadly and slowly.

"Yes, I will. There's nothing keeping me here."

"What about me?"

"Uh..." I looked down at him. He had a hurt expression on his face. The only thing keeping me from running away was my life. I had Casey and Hudson. I had the bestest friend in the world. I had Grams...

I got off of him. "Open the door if you want. I'll be upstairs." I told him. Then I grabbed my stuff and went to Casey's room.

I heard the door open and then footsteps and talking. I wanted to listen to their conversation but I was kinda tired. I went to Casey's bed and fell asleep thinking about my father.

When I woke up, Casey was laying down next to me. Looking at me. I looked at the clock it was 11:43. What was he doing up at 11:43?

"Where's my mom?" I asked, yawning.

"She left a long time ago."

"What were you guys talking about?"

He sat up and looked at me. "You heard us talking?"

"Yeah, what's the big deal?" I sat up too, and looked at him.

"Nevermind. It's nothing."

I got off the bed and left the room. I was tired of everyone lying to me. I thought Casey was better than that. I never thought he would lie to me.

"Sammy, where are you going?"

"It doesn't matter. I'm going somewhere far from here."

"Why?"

"Because I'm tired of EVERYONE lying to me!"

"No one's lying to you."

"Your lying to me right now. You've been lying to me for weeks now."

"What are you talking about?"

"You know who my father is. You knew about my incident. Your saying that nothing's wrong, but something is. Why can't you just tell me the truth?" I broke down sobbing.

"Sammy, I'm sorry."

"No your not."

"Sammy, yes I am. I'll do anything to prove that I am sorry."

"If your sorry than tell me what you and Lady Lana were talking about!"

"Sammy... I..." He hesitated and looked down.

"That's what I thought."

I walked away from him and went to the kitchen. I drank 5 cups of water. Casey walked in while I was drinking my 6th. I chugged it down and went for my 7th.

"Sammy?"

"What?"

"How many cups of water did you have?" He asked sounding concerned.

"Um... 6. This is my 7th."

"Sammy, we have to go."

"Where?" I asked suddenly dizzy.

"To the..." But, I didn't hear the rest cause suddenly everything went black. "SAMMY!" Casey screamed.

I couldn't open my eyes. I couldn't speak. I could only hear and breathe. I heard running footsteps. About 2 minutes later, I heard Casey yelling, "Sammy just fainted. Please hurry! We have to take her to the hospital."

Then I was asleep.