“So I called City Hall for you…” Sam told Kaleah as she was
exercising the next morning. | “Your butt looks good in those shorts, by the way.” He
teased. The statement took Kaleah off guard and caused her to get distracted
and fall. |
“Sam, get back here!” Kaleah yelled when she finally was able to step off of the treadmill. Sam kept laughing and walking away towards the stairs. Kaleah ran after him. | “Was that a bad thing to say?” Sam asked when Kaleah caught
up to him. |
“Look at you, Sam! You’re flirting! And you said you were
bad at it…” Kaleah teased. | Kaleah got showered up and headed towards City Hall. When the song Pictures came on the radio, Kaleah cranked it and instantly thought of Sam. ‘He’s not my usual type…’ She debated with herself. ‘But then again, neither was Hank or Tyler. He is really cute though…and there’s something about him that makes his persona so damn unique! Oh god…please don’t tell me that I like him!’ Kaleah fought with her thoughts the entire way there. |
As she walked up the stairs to the giant building, she
passed a beautiful red-headed girl in who she had never seen before. As she
walked passed her, she noticed something fall out of her head. It was a hair
extension. | The woman was Brianne, but Kaleah hadn’t known that. She
examined her features—her perfect porcelain skin, her carefully engineered jaw
line, her plump lips—Kaleah had never been jealous of another girl’s looks
before, but she found herself jealous of this ones. |
“I am new here…” She quickly said. “I mean, I was born here
in Sunset Valley and moved away when I was in
middle school. I just moved back a few days ago.” | “Well if you like him, why aren’t you dating him? Is there
something wrong with him?” She asked quickly, causing Kaleah to feel more
uncomfortable. |
Brianne and Kaleah kept talking and talking and talking and
it seemed like hours went by before they finally realized that they had been
taking up so much of each other’s time. | “The address is |
‘What am I doing?’ Brianne thought to herself as she watched Kaleah walk inside the giant doors of the building. ‘She’s going to find out who I really am, and Sam…oh god…Sam…I can’t go. I shouldn’t go…oh but how I want to go!’ She felt frustrated and pondered her argumentative thoughts as she turned to walk away. | Later that night, before Kaleah went to sleep, she went down
to talk to Sam. She knocked only once before opening his door. He was lying on
his bed, shirtless, reading a book by her favourite author. Kaleah felt
jittery—as if she was a little girl again with a crush on a boy at school. |
He marked his place in his book and put it on the floor next to him. He watched as Kaleah so swiftly laid her body down next to his, unable to ignore the heated tension that ignited when their bodies got so close. He felt comforted. | “So I met someone today.” Kaleah started. “I hope you don’t
mind, but they’re going to come to your barbeque on Friday.” Sam got nervous at
the thought of Kaleah meeting another man. |
“Well I’m sure I won’t make the same mistakes.” Kaleah
exclaimed. | “So how did your trip to City Hall go today?” Sam asked,
changing the subject. |
Kaleah and Sam talked about different jobs and their
interests for a long time. Before they knew it, it was after midnight. | The week came and went and before they knew it, Friday had
come along and the barbeque had begun. |
Kaleah had quickly learned how to mingle with Sam’s company, and before
she could meet anyone else, she already had tons of guys asking her to dance.
She found herself particularly fond of one guy in specific named Chris. | “He’s a good guy.” Chris yelled in her ear, noticing she was
looking at Sam. Kaleah snapped out of her daze and looked at Chris. |
“Sam…” Tyler
approached Sam when he arrived. Kaleah watched intently as they started to
talk. “Sam, please listen and don’t get mad, okay?” Sam looked away from Kaleah
and paid attention to Tyler. | Sam grabbed hold of Tyler’s
arms. |
“Ahem…” Sam said poking the back of Chris’ shoulder. “May I
cut in?” He asked formally. Chris laughed. | “Are you having fun?” Sam asked. |
Just then, she saw a perfectly done-up red head walking out
on the deck. | “What’s the deal, Ty!?” Brie yelled before Kaleah could
catch up to her. “I thought we were coming here together!” |
“ | “ |
Sam approached them. Kaleah turned to face him. | Kaleah watched the old couple disappear into the house, leaving Kaleah outside alone with a bunch of strangers. She felt jealous—angry, even. She couldn’t understand why she felt this way. Sam wasn’t hers, but…why did she feel like he was being stolen from her? She let out a long sigh as her eyes began to fill with unwanted tears. |
“Sam, will you please just sit down?” Brie asked as they
situated themselves in the basement, away from all the noise and distractions.
“You’re making this feel really awkward.” Sam turned to face her. | “Now…tell me why you’re here!” Sam said boldly. Brie sighed before she explained the story she had told Tyler earlier in the week. Again, she started crying at the horrible memory. Sam couldn’t stand to see her so upset and when she nestled herself onto Sam’s chest for comfort, he automatically put his arm around her. |
“And Tyler
can’t keep me around for much longer, Donnie took his car back, and I’m
homeless! He’ll find me if I go to any of my friends’ houses. I just know it.”
Brie sniffled. Sam rubbed her shoulder. | Brie got really excited. She wrapped her arms around Sam’s
neck and gave him a friendly kiss to thank him. However, the friendly kiss
quickly turned on them. They gazed into each others eyes and passion started
to overcome each of their bodies. Brie leaned in to give him another kiss, but
Sam tried to pull back. |
Things got heated pretty quickly and soon they were full on into it. |
Sam couldn’t help himself. He was always powerless to Brie’s obscene beauty. |
Flashbacks ran through Sam’s head. The memories of him and Brie filled his brain and made him kiss harder; stronger…he couldn’t fight his passion. | “Ahem….” Kaleah had come downstairs to see what was taking
so long, only to catch them in the midst of their make-out session. Sam quickly
pushed Brianne off of him, |
“I thought Kaleah said you guys weren’t dating…” Brie said once Kaleah was out of hearing range. Sam looked at Brie. “Now where were we?” She smiled seductively, reaching out to grab Sam’s hand. Sam quickly pulled his hand away and shook his head before taking off after Kaleah. “Sam!” Brianne yelled as she watched him run up the stairs. |