Chapter 20

After that night, Samantha tried to stay away from Jake as much as she could, but she just kept finding herself going back to him. He had moved out of his parent’s home and gotten himself an apartment in Tampa and on one of those occasions where Samantha couldn’t say no, she would go and stay with him. Nothing would happen because she didn’t fully trust him again, but she would stay there.

She talked to Nick still every night on the phone. He had been busy in LA and now the tour was starting, a show almost every night, all across the United States. They were becoming as big as they had always hoped in the US and Samantha couldn’t be happier for them, except she was just driving herself insane.

Jake was extremely jealous of the time Samantha spent with Nick, on and off the phone. He knew he couldn’t compete with him, but Samantha reassured him he had nothing to compete for. He already had her. She still loved him, and she couldn’t stop, but sometimes his temper just got a hold of him and he couldn’t control it. That’s the only thing that Samantha was worried about.

It was now July, just a few days before Samantha’s 18th birthday. She’d been busy getting ready to move to Tallahassee with Jake so that they could both start FSU in August. Samantha was going to try out for the girls’ basketball team as soon as she got there, but first she had to get a physical in order to do that.

Samantha sat there on the examination table in the doctor’s office, buttoning her little shirt up, waiting for the doctor to come back in so that she could give her the slip she needed to mail to the college.

“Samantha.. we got your test back.” Said Dr. Bryan as she walked back into the room.

“You did, good, so you can fill out the paper so I can mail so that I can try out for the basketball team right?” asked Samantha.

“Well, I don’t think you’re going to be able to.” Said Dr. Bryan as Samantha looked at her, “One of your test came back positive.”

“Positive, which one?” asked Samantha as she thought back to prom night and she knew that Jake didn’t use anything. All she could think about was his ex-girlfriends and what kind of disease did he give her, “What is it?”

“The pregnancy test came back positive.” Said Dr. Bryan as Samantha looked up at her.

“You wanna repeat that?” asked Samantha.

“You’re pregnant Samantha, when was your last period?” asked Dr. Bryan as Samantha looked around for a minute and thought.

“I’ve not regular… but I wanna say April.” Said Samantha as she looked down, “I know when I got pregnant.”

“You do?” asked Dr. Bryan, “When?”

“April 18th….” Said Samantha as she started to cry, “The night of our prom…”

“Okay…” said Dr. Bryan as she looked at the chart, “You’re due around January 27.” As Samantha looked up at her, “Important day?”

“My best friend’s birthday is the 28th.” Said Samantha.

“Well… some women go over their due date… so you maybe have it on the friend’s birthday.” Said Dr. Bryan as she smiled and Samantha’s eyes almost rolled back in her head.

“So much for FSU…” said Samantha as Dr. Bryan started to write her some prescriptions for vitamins.

A little bit later, after going to the drug store to get her pills prescribed, she walked up to Jake’s apartment. She just stood there, afraid to knock on the door until it finally opened and Jake was about to walk out.

“Sammy… hey…” said Jake, “Why were you just standing there?”

“Oh I was about to knock.” Said Samantha.

“Oh I was about to go over to see ya..” said Jake as Samantha walked in and he shut the door.

“Oh, what about?” asked Samantha.

“See if you wanted to go down to Miami for the weekend.” Said Jake as Samantha looked over at him as he walked up to her and they started to kiss, “So do ya?”

“Um I dunno..” said Samantha as Jake looked at her.

“You dunno?” asked Jake.

“Yeah I dunno… my birthday is coming up, I don’t wanna be in Miami alone.” Said Samantha.

“Well fine, I’d already made these reservations and just well fuck them.” Said Jake as he threw the brouchures across the room.

“Don’t get mad… ” said Samantha.

“Mad? Hell yes I can get mad.. I spent a lot of money on that.” Said Jake.

“Well I’m sorry…” said Samantha as Jake pulled her up for another kiss and she pushed him away as he hit her, “Stop it!”

“You won’t even let me kiss you.” Said Jake.

“Not when you’re being such a bitch..” said Samantha, “I’m tired of this, I am so tired of this…. I came to tell you something and you know what, just fuck it…” as she grabbed her bag and walked out.

Samantha walked into her house to see her mom standing in the kitchen. She tried to sneak by her so that she wouldn’t see her crying, but it didn’t work.

“Sam, is that you?” asked Maggie as Samantha stopped in the middle of the stairs and walked back down and into the kitchen.

“Yeah it’s me.” Said Samantha.

“What’s wrong?” asked Maggie as Samantha hugged her, “Did you and Jake have a fight or something?”

“Yeah…” said Samantha, “I just… I wanna go somewhere… do you think I could go to Grandma and Grandpa’s in Ft. Lauderdale maybe?”

“I’m sure, just call and ask them.” Said Maggie as Samantha nodded her head.

“I’m gonna go and call Nick and see what’s up.” Said Samantha as she started to walk upstairs.

“Jake hasn’t hurt you or anything has he?” asked Maggie as Samantha stood there.

“No…” said Samantha.

“Don’t ever let him do that…” said Maggie as she walked back into the kitchen and Samantha continued to walk upstairs.

She walked into her room, sat down on her bed, and picked up the phone. She dialed Nick’s number to hear the phone ringing.

“Hang on D man.. Phone.” Said Nick as he ran over to his back on the back of the bus and answered it, “Hello?”

“Hey, what’s up?” asked Samantha.

“Hey, what are you doing?” asked Nick.

“Nothing.. Where are you?” asked Samantha.

“Jacksonville.. I thought about flying down there for a few hours but we just got back from a interview so… I couldn’t.” said Nick, “I know your birthday is coming soon…”

“Oh really?” asked Samantha smiling.

“Yeah, you know I talked to Kevin earlier…. And well… I was gonna call ya in a few anyway, and well…” said Nick.

“What?” asked Samantha as she wiped a tear away and started to laugh at the same time.

“You wanna come out on the road with us for a few days… I can call the airport right now and get you a flight here and you’ll be here by the time the show is tonight, hell before.” Said Nick as Samantha looked in shock.