Chapter 11

Sam ground tied Witch as she set everything down on the ground. She then grabbed the blankets and spread them out on the ground. Sitting down she looked over the small lake that Jake and her had found when they were younger. Opening the basket Sam grabbed and apple and offered it to Witch. Laying down Sam interlocked her fingers behind her head and closed her eyes. Sam started to does off with she heard something from behind her.

"Samantha Anne Foster!" Jake yelled, "How many times are you gonna take my horse and make me track her?"

"However many times I want," Sam said sleepily.

"What's this?" he asked kneeling by her head.

"A surprise picnic."

"Really, and you used Witch to lure me out here?"

"Yep," she said grabbing his hand, "So guess what I've found out today?"

"What?" he said hovering his face above her face.

"My dad knows how serious our relationship is."

"What? He knows that we've…that I…"

"Yep, and he seemed completely cool about it," Sam said giving him a peck on the lips.

"Well are we going to eat or sleep?" Jake asked pulling her into a sitting position.

"Hopefully both," she said kissing him.

"Did you make all of this?" he asked unloading the basket.

"Yeah, and Gram taught me her cherry pie recipe I hope it tastes the same."

"We'll see."

Sam hit him on the arm as he popped a piece of fruit into his mouth. He then proceeded to unload the basket as Sam looked over her shoulder to see Witch and Chocolate Chip also known as Chip grazed around them ground tied. When Sam looked back at Jake he was already devouring the sandwich she had made for him. Instead of eating her sandwich Sam started to pop fruit from the fruit salad into her mouth. She switched to her sandwich as Jake grabbed the fruit salad from her. When Sam finished her sandwich she looked over at Jake to find out that he was eating the cherry pie. As Sam went to yell at him he kissed her.

"It's good," Jake told her breaking away from the kiss.

Sam then scooped up some of the pie and ate it. When they had their fill of the pie, Sam stood up. She then started to strip her clothes off until she was just in her undergarments. Glancing over her shoulder she noticed that Jake had his eyebrows raised at her. She then ran over to the lake and stopped turning to face Jake. Tauntingly she took off her bra and underwear. Sam then ran into the lake and started to swim. She heard splashing behind her and saw Jake come in after her. Laughing Sam swam away from him as he tried to reach her. Jake then grabbed one of her feet and pulled on it. Sam's body slammed into his. Unconsciously Sam wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed him. Jake kept them above water as they kissed.

The moon was high in the sky as Sam and Jake swam around the lake. Sam felt tired and began to swim toward the shore. Jake then began to follow her and wrapped his arms over her shoulder.

"Stay here with me," he whispered.

"I'm tired," Sam said holding his hands on her chest.

"Well maybe we should head home then."

"Can I stay the night with you?" she asked turning around slightly.

Sam could feel Jake stiffen behind her. Annoyed Sam broke from his hold and walked onto the shore. Grabbing her undergarments Sam walked back to the blankets. Even though she was wet she put her clothes on. When she looked over her shoulder she saw Jake staring at her from the lake. Huffing Sam put her hair up into a ponytail, grabbed Chip's reins and swung up into the saddle. She ignored his yells and rode off without him.

Tears of frustration streamed down her face as she rode Chip to Three Ponies Ranch. Since it was dark out, no one was in the barn when Sam got back. Frustrated Sam wiped the tears off her face before jumping down from Chip. She then started to untack Chip when she heard someone enter the arm. Her heart sank when she saw that it was Quinn instead of Jake.

"Sam, what happened?" Quinn asked taking the saddle from her.

"Your jerk of a brother happened."

"What did he do?"

"I don't want to talk about it," Sam said shivering.

"Hey, why don't you go into the house and take a shower and I'll finish up with Chip," he said nodding his head toward the house.

"Thanks," she said.

"There are extra towels by the bathroom!"

Sam quietly walked inside the house. When she walked past the kitchen she saw that it was close to ten. Realizing the time, she suddenly started to feel tired. She grabbed two towels before she went into the bathroom. Sam wished that she hadn't left things with Jake the way she had, but she couldn't really understand why she got so mad easily. The warm water seemed to wash her frustration away. She just finished rinsing the soap off her body when she started to feel tired. Climbing out of the shower she wrapped her hair up in one towel and her body in the other. Grabbing her clothes she made her way over to Jake's room. Sam didn't feel like dressing into her damp clothes, so she laid down on Jake's bed in her towels and closed her eyes.

A warm sensation on her lips woke her up. Sam saw Jake above her. He was about to say something when Sam kissed him. She deepened the kiss as both towels started fall off of her. Jake groaned at the sight as he pushed her down on his bed. He then tossed both towels to the floor as Sam worked on unbuttoning his shirt.

"This is bad," Jake whispered against her lips.

"What's bad?" Sam asked kissing him.

"I can't say no to you," he moaned.

"Only when it comes to this though," she chuckled as she got the last button of his shirt undone. "And it's not as if you don't enjoy it."

Jake didn't reply as Sam continued to undue his clothes.