Chapter 39

That night, Samantha laid there on her stomach with her head at the foot of Nick’s bed watching TV while Megan was asleep in the crib. She laid scribbling on a piece of paper and watching some NBC Sunday movie when the phone rung and she leaned over and picked it up.

“Hello?” asked Samantha answering the phone.

“Hey, you asleep?” asked Nick.

“Hey, no I’m not, it’s only like 9. Megan’s asleep, did you guys make it alright?” asked Samantha.

“Yeah we’re fine, we got here about a hour ago but had to do some stuff…” said Nick.

“Ohh.. that’s cool.. I’m not doing anything but watching this movie on TV and drawing, I’m bored.” Said Samantha.

“Yeah.. I kinda started out writing a song on the way over here.” Said Nick.

“Really?” asked Samantha, “What’s it called?”

“Rain.” Said Nick.

“Rain?” asked Samantha.

“Yeah don’t ask… um so you ready for work tomorrow?” asked Nick.

“Oh um yeah, yeah I’m excited.” Said Samantha as she smiled.

“Well I’ll have to call the station and get a copy of the thing tomorrow sent to me.” Said Nick.

“Now you don’t have to do that, that’ll make me nervous.” Said Samantha giggling.

“Yeah well.. I better go damn we just got here and they want us to do stuff, you be good alright and give Megan a kiss for me.” Said Nick.

“I will… bye.” Said Samantha.

“Bye.” Said Nick as he hung up and Brian walked by him.

“Sam?” asked Brian.

“Yeah…” said Nick as he smiled, putting his cell phone in his pocket, walking after Brian.

Two weeks had passed since Nick left for Europe and everything was going great. The guys were ready to do their first show that night. Nick was a little depressed because he missed Samantha but talking to her on the phone night after night helped him get over that.

Samantha on the other hand was getting along great with her new job at work. They were already talking about giving her her very own show there on the station because in the past two weeks since she’d been DJing, their ratings for that time period had gone up dramatically. She was getting along good there at Nick’s house with it being just her and Megan. Nick and Samantha talked on the phone every night except for the night before because Samantha had a cold and wasn’t feeling too good.

“Samantha you better go to the doctor.” Said Rich, who worked at the radio station as Samantha stood there getting her things together.

“I know, I am, it’s just I’m so congested and my allergies and all.” Said Samantha.

“Well go get that checked out before you go and pick your daughter up. You can’t be getting’ sick on us now.” Said Rich.

“I know.. I will..” said Samantha, “I’ll see ya tomorrow…”

“Okay, take care and get some medicine.” Said Rich as Samantha walked out of the radio station and started out to her car when her cell phone rung and she answered it.

“Hello?” asked Samantha.

“Hey, I got your message last night, I didn’t call back, so you feelin’ okay?” asked Nick.

“Yeah, I’m alright it’s just my allergies and all that’s all. I’m about to go to the doctor to get some drugs….” Said Samantha.

“Drugs?” asked Nick laughing, “Alright well call me later tonight your time alright..”

“You know I will… bye.” Said Samantha.

“Bye.” Said Nick as Samantha got into her car, cranking it up to hear “My All” by Mariah Carey and she turned it off really fast. She just sat there for a few minutes until she finally drove off.

“Alright Samantha, just take those like I told you and if you’re not better in a few days, come back okay.” Said Dr. Green as Samantha took the prescriptions from him.

“Okay…” said Samantha as she got up off of the table and started to get lightheaded.

“You okay?” asked Dr. Green.

“Just uhh my head is all stopped up.” Said Samantha.

“You go home and get you some sleep.” Said Dr. Green.

“Okay.” Said Samantha as she got up and walked to the desk to pay her bill. She walked out on of the doctor’s office coughing when she looked up to see Jake standing beside her car.

“Sam, what’s wrong?” asked Jake as Samantha stopped dead in her tracks.

“What are you doing here?” asked Samantha as she walked up closer to her car.

“I was driving by and I spotted your car over here, are you okay, is something wrong with Megan?” asked Jake.

“Megan’s fine. I’ve got a cold.” Said Samantha as she started to cough more.

“Did you get some medicine, why isn’t Nick here with you since you’re staying with him?” asked Jake as Samantha leaned up against her car.

“They started the tour.” Said Samantha as she crossed her arms and closed her eyes.

“So you’re sick and you’re alone with Megan, you can’t take care of her, you’re sick.” Said Jake.

“Oh like you’re actually going to do something about it?” asked Samantha as she sneezed.

“Listen don’t start that alright because I’ve wanted to go see you but I thought Nick was still there and you know he doesn’t like me…” said Jake.

“And you wonder why he doesn’t like you?” asked Samantha, “Jake I don’t feel like starting this okay, I don’t feel good and I need to go and pick up Megan and go home.”

“Our home?” asked Jake.

“Nick’s home.” Said Samantha as she started to unlock her car door and almost passed out with Jake catching her.

“Sammy, you can’t drive damn.” Said Jake.

“Jake just leave me alone alright.” Said Samantha.

“No because you need someone around, you can’t take care of Megan like this. I know you got a better job at the station and if you pass it along to Megan you’re going to have to stay home with her and she’s just a baby, she can’t get sick.” Said Jake as Samantha looked over at him, “Why don’t you go and get her and get your stuff and come back home?”

“No…” said Samantha as she looked down, coughing.

“Sam, I’m not gonna do anything, I think I learned my lesson this time. I didn’t realize what I was doing was hurting you… not until I saw you in that hospital room unconscious, I didn’t know.” Said Jake.

“Yeah…” said Samantha, “So…”

“I love you and I want you back… I left you alone these past four weeks but time I saw your car here I knew something was wrong and it was just a sign and I had to come and see if you were okay or Megan was okay. I miss you.” Said Jake.

“Jake..” said Samantha.

“Sam.. I promise… I won’t do anything like that again to you, I promise, I just don’t want you to leave me for good, we needed a little break and we got one but I miss you dammit and I want you to come back so I can take care of you.” Said Jake as Samantha looked over at him crying.

“You promise you won’t do anything this time?” asked Samantha.

“I promise, I’ll never do anything like that to you again, I might get mad I won’t promise I won’t get mad but I promise that I’ll never hit you again. If I do, I’ll leave and it’s over with but I don’t want that so I’m not going to do that to you anymore, I promise.” Said Jake as he walked over closer to her, “I promise Sam, we belong together or we wouldn’t keep coming back to each other… let me take care of you okay?”

“I dunno…” said Samantha as she looked down, crying and coughing at the same time.

“Please… I promise you won’t regret it.” Said Jake as Samantha looked up at him.

“You promise?” asked Samantha.

“I promise…” said Jake as he leaned over and gave her a little kiss on the lips, “Can’t kiss ya too much, I’ve gotta get you better first… come on and get in the truck…. We’ll go get your stuff and take you home and then go get Megan.”

“What about my car?” asked Samantha.

“I’ll get it back to the apartment, come on, you’ve got a fever.” Said Jake as he walked over to the passenger side of the truck, opening the door and helping her in. He shut the door and smiled as he walked over to the driver’s side and got in the truck and pulled off.