Chapter Thirty

Time Jump – Two Years Later

Jace POV:

"Samantha! You can't keep backing out of that trick!" I yelled as Sammi fell yet again. We had been working on this trick for months and she kept bailing on it. She threw her snowboard off to the side and her helmet soon followed.

"I'm not backing out on purpose. I'm not getting the right amount of air." She yelled back.

"You have enough height, you're just scared." I yelled and I heard her huff.

"I'm not scared." She yelled back and I laughed.

"Yea right, and I don't own the facility. You're scared, and I can see it. If you don't master this trick, I'm taking it out." I yelled back.

"You can't do that!" She yelled.

"Of course I can, I'm your coach." I yelled back.

"But this is my dream. This is my chance, and you can't take that away from me!" She yelled at me and I shook my head.

"Go home, take a nap. Come back out when you're ready to train." I said and I walked away. I wasn't going to keep doing this until she admitted that she was scared of the trick. I had other boarders to work with, and other Olympic hopefuls to knock some sense into. I couldn't spend all my time on Sammi no matter how much I loved her. She was bailing, and I was finished with her session for the day.

Patrick POV:

I was siting in the living room watching PJ play when I heard the door slam and when I turned around Sammi stormed in and went straight upstairs. I had no idea what was happening, but I had to see if she was okay. I went out onto the balcony and tried to find Jack or Tucker. I didn't really know their schedule but I didn't want PJ around if Sammi was going to yell. Finally I spotted Tucker and started yelling.

"Tucker!" I yelled and he turned around along with a couple of his buddies. "I need your help!"

"What's wrong?" He yelled back.

"I need you to watch PJ for a little!" I yelled and he laughed.

"Be right there!" He yelled back. I went inside and gave PJ some more toys. A couple minutes later Tucker walked in and I smiled.

"I need to talk to Sammi, and I didn't want him there." I said and he nodded.

"Understandable. Uncle Tuck is here to save the day." He said and I rolled my eyes.

"You aren't his uncle." I said and he laughed.

"Please, you can't get rid of me." He said and I laughed.

"Don't be so sure." I said and he looked at me like he was worried I knew something that he didn't. "Calm down dude, Jack has never been happier, and you've been together for almost 3 years. I would say it's a safe bet that you aren't going anywhere."

"Sometimes I'm not so sure. I think she could do so much better." He said and I smiled.

"You're a great guy Tuck, and you make my sister happy. That's all a twin could ever want." I said and he laughed. I made myself upstairs and got to Sammi and I's room and when I walked in she was pacing. "What's wrong?"

"Your father is a dick." She said and I closed the door and made my way over to her. I grabbed her hands and led her to the bed.

"What happened?" I asked.

"He thinks I'm scared to do my last trick, but I'm not." She said and I nodded. "He just hates that I'm better than him."

"You really think that's the case?" I asked and she looked at me.

"I'm way younger." She said defensively.

"Yea, but my dad is in crazy good shape." I said and her eyes narrowed at me. "Look, I get my dad can be strict, but he does it to get results. And he's pushing you ten times harder because he had to after you had PJ."

"He just pisses me off." She said and I laughed.

"I know he can be a real pain, but if you honestly don't think your afraid of the trick, and you think your better than my dad, challenge him to a run."

"You want me to challenge your dad to run? You want me to humiliate him in front of his family, and his facility?" She asked.

"You'll never know who is better until you go against him." I said and I knew that I sparked a fire in her. She walked out of my room and down the stairs and I followed. She made her way out on the balcony and grabbed the bullhorn.

"JACE HERONDALE!" She yelled into it and the whole facility stopped what they were doing and turned to face her including my dad. "I CHALLENGE YOU TO A RUN!" She said and everyone was silent. Nobody said a word and all eyes were on my dad.

"You are so on Samantha!" He yelled back and she put the bullhorn down and made her way outside. I stayed on the balcony and watched her walk up to my dad and shake hands. I shook my head, went inside picked up PJ, and Tucker and I made our way outside. Everyone had gathered outside, and curious about this challenge.

"Alright everyone, the run will take place at 2, come and watch if you want, and you'll be in for one hell of a surprise." My dad said and everyone started clapping and cheering. Sammi and him looked back at each other and smiled.

"You are so on Jace. I'll show you who's scared." Sammi said as she walked away. I laughed and my dad came up to me and smiled.

"Way to light a fire under her ass." He said and I laughed. "I was beginning to think that she was fizzling out. I couldn't figure out a way to get her motivated." He said.

"Sometimes she needs a little kick, and I felt like a competition was exactly what she needed." I said.

"But against me?" My dad said and I smiled.

"She was really pissed at you, so I kinda made her believe that you're unbeatable."

"Oh, but I am." My dad said and I laughed.

"But it's exactly what Sammi needs. I want her to be at her absolute best at the Olympics, and I know you can take her there, she's just frustrated."

"Well, I have to go get ready for a run, and I haven't practiced in a couple days." My dad said and he walked away. I looked around and everyone got back to what they were doing, and I looked at PJ.

"Looks like we have a competition to get ready for buddy." I said and he giggled. "You want mommy to win right?"

"Mama!" He said and I laughed. This was going to be one interesting competition but I was pumped to watch my girlfriend and my father duke it out on the half pipe. My father was right about one thing, it was going to be one hell of a show.