AN: Sorry for not publishing yesterday, and that this chapter was a little short. I had a little trouble getting the words out. Thank you again to Jenna for reviewing :)

When she heard the first knock Stacey raced to the door. She opened it to find Sam and some boy she didn't know standing on her doorstep.

"You're here," she said happily, allowing Sam to scoop her up and spin her around.

"Yes I am," he said before kissing her softly. He put her back down and introduced her to his room mate.

"Hi I'm Stacey," she held out her hand for him to shake. He was cute she supposed, but not as gorgeous as Sam. As soon as Nick finished shaking her hand she turned back towards Sam to find him still staring at her.

"So," she said slowly, "have you missed me?"

"Always," he moaned into her mouth as she kissed him again.

Stacey pulled away when she seen Sam's friend was staring at them.

"I'm sorry," she apologised.

"Hey," Sam interrupted, "don't apologise. I definitely didn't ask him to come along," he finished pointedly.

Nick just smirked and headed back out to the car whilst Sam picked up Stacey's bag.

"What did you tell your mother?" he asked.

"I said I was staying with Laine," she replied.

"Sneaky." He smiled approvingly.

oxoxoxoxo

They were driving along a rather deserted road when the car started to slow down.

"What's going on?" Stacey asked in a panic.

"I don't know," Sam replied. "The car was fine on the way here."

The car made a few more spluttering noises before coming to a complete stop.

"Fuck," Sam said, turning off the ignition. He got out to see the front of his car smoking slightly.

"Shit," he swore again.

"What's wrong with it?" Stacey asked.

"I have no idea," Sam replied. "I don't really drive it around the city."

"Oh," Stacey replied. She didn't really know what to say.

"Where are we?" Nick asked climbing out of the back.

"Uh, maybe 12 miles out of town?" Sam guessed. "I'll have to walk back."

"Why you?" Stacey asked.

"Well he," he said pointing to Nick. "Doesn't live here and you," he smiled, not really wanting to finish.

"I'm a girl," she finished for him.

"Well yeah," he said, sliding his hands over her hips to pull her into a hug, "and my mother raised me to believe the girls have the babies and the men get the tow truck."

Stacey stuck her tongue out at him which quickly turned into another kiss. "Alright," she agreed. She looked at Sam, he was in pretty good shape. He shouldn't be too long.

oxoxoxoxo

Stacey looked at her watch. Sam had already been three hours. She hoped he was okay, it was getting cold outside. Nick however was turning out to be surprisingly good company.

"..and so that's how I passed Spanish," he shrugged.

Stacey giggled. "Wow, I'm glad I never had a teacher like that."

"Trust me," Nick replied, "my home town is full of them. Anyway," he started, "I'm more interested in you and Sam. What the hell is going on there?"

"Um," Stacey started before breathing out heavily. "I don't really know," she confessed.

"Don't get me wrong," Nick said holding up his hands, "Sam's my friend, but it seems to me like he's kinds...I don't know, stringing you along?"

Stacey smiled sadly, "that's what my friend Claudia thinks."

"Yeah well, like I don't really know the situation or anything," Nick sounded flustered.

"Does he date much?" Stacey asked innocently.

"Hey now," Nick said, "I'm not looking to put myself in the middle of this."

"He does doesn't he," Stacey sighed. "Don't worry, I know him. He loves girls."

"Yeah well," Nick said awkwardly wishing he'd never bought the whole thing up. "Do you date other guys?"

"Yes," Stacey said simply, "but I love Sam."

Nick shrugged, "like I said I don't get you two."

"Yeah I don't really either," Stacey sniffed.

oxoxoxoxo

Sam returned soon afterward with a tow truck and his step father's car.

"Hey you wanna just stay here tonight?" he asked Nick. "It's getting kinda late."

"Yeah sure," Nick agreed, just happy to be getting out of a freezing car.

"How about you?" he asked Stacey, dazzling her with those blue eyes of his. "You wanna sleep over?"

"Can you just take me home?" Stacey asked sadly.

"Yeah of course," Sam agreed immediately. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she said a little too quickly.

"Okay," he said but she could tell he didn't believe her.