Gift of Hope
Chapter 16 of my crossover story, enjoy.
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Chapter 16
As she felt herself waking up, Sam couldn't help but note that she could no longer feel any bindings. She also felt warm and comfortable. Yet while this was a welcome change, it also scared her. She had no idea where she was and what was going on.
'I...I'm, where am I, am I…?' She wondered. 'I remember, I remember Jefferson, that, that Dark Room, and, and then, David, the police...'
Still scared but hopeful Sam slowly, carefully, opened her eyes.
"Sam..." A hesitant voice said carefully.
She started and turned her head; then she smiled. "Ashley."
The girl was smiling, relieved; Sam also managed to smile as she slowly began to realize she was indeed safe, and in hospital.
"Ashley, am I, this is..."
"It's cool Sam; you just, the doctors just wanted to check you out." She explained. "You're perfectly alright and, now that you're awake, you'll be able to get out as soon as possible."
Sam let out a relieved sigh at that. "I...That's great; Ash; um."
Ashley looked at Sam, concerned, but the blonde smiled and shook her head. "Later, later, I just...What happened to Jefferson, the, Dark Room."
Ashley bit her lip, having heard about what happened to Sam, she felt even more violated than before. Knowing now that she had gone through the same; and the fact Sam had gone through the same made her feel terrible.
As if sensing her feelings, Sam shook her head, reaching out to her.
"Hey, hey, Ash...Don't, okay." She said. "It's bad enough we're suffering because of Jefferson, let's not beat ourselves up, alright."
She managed a shaky smile. "You're right Sam, you're right."
They both smiled and were able to relax at last. After a moment, Ashley thought briefly before asking.
"Sam, I...the others are here, I could go and get them now, we..."
Sam then quickly reacted. "Wait Ash, no, not yet."
"Huh?" She gasped.
Sam bit her lip. "I...I want to talk to you first; in private."
Ashley sat back down and waited, wondering what Sam wanted to say. Sam meanwhile bit her lip; trying to think how to say what she wanted to say.
'I mean, I know what I feel for her now. But, but...' She thought to herself. 'Ashley, does she even...could she…?'
Sam composed herself and tried to focus; she had to take the risk, it was her only chance.
"Ash, I, I don't know how best to say this, so I'm just gonna say it." She admitted. "I, realized something, when I was being held in the Dark Room; when I was thinking about you, about what you must have gone through in there."
Ashley bit her lip, surprised; she could see Sam was actually blushing and couldn't help but wonder.
"Sam..." She whispered. 'Could, could Sam really be saying what I think she's saying. She, does Sam, actually, love me?'
She couldn't believe it, was it true.
Sam was a little startled by Ashley's interruption.
"Ashley, please I..."
But Ashley smiled, also blushing. "Sam, I know what you're going to say...I, I feel the same."
Sam froze, eyes wide. "You..."
Finally, not sure where her confidence was coming from, Ashley leaned in closer and kissed Sam, after a moment of surprise Sam gladly returned the kiss. Shortly afterwards they both smiled as the others all came in to visit it. It was during this time that Sam learned what was going on.
"So, wait, you mean...all this time?"
Grinning Chloe nodded. "Yeah, I...I can hardly believe it myself."
For it had just been revealed, by Nathan who had been manipulated into being Jefferson's accomplice, that Rachel Amber was still alive. Now everything that Jefferson had done was coming out into the open and the truth was shining through.
Better still, things were clearly getting better and, when she left the hospital, Sam knew. It was time to put the past, the Dark Room, behind her.
She had a new future to make, one that, to her great joy, had Ashley at her side.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.