Chapter 2: The big Announcement
Knock knock.
"Did you not read the sign outside or what? It says keep out!!" Sam yelled in response to the knock.
"Honey, we have to talk"
"What do you think we're doing?" Sam yelled again.
"Please" her mother pleaded.
"Fine! About what?"
"Let me in first"
Sam grumpily rose from bed and unlocked the door.
"Now talk" she said almost too Immediately after unlocking the door.
"Let's sit first" Tricia, her mother asked
"Okay fine now?"
"Your dad is coming over tomorrow..." Tricia began.
"My dad?" Sam asked getting inwardly excited.
"I mean Mr. Turner" her mother corrected clearing her throat.
"So?" Sam asked after an eye roll.
"So I want you to be nice to him. No drama, I don't want history to repeat okay?" Tricia pleaded.
"History to repeat? Mom, the right person you should be saying that to is Turner not me because I'm not so much of a bad girl until you cross your limit with me. And more over I don't care about what you and your boyfriend is going to talk about or do tomorrow. You won't even smell me around plus you can have the whole house to yourselves. That is me being nice, happy?" Sam smiled as she said the last bit.
"First of all, Mr. Turner is my fiance not my boyfriend and also how will we not smell you around?"
"Sofia has a party and..."
"And you're not going" Tricia ended.
"You're not stopping me" Sam said back
"Since when did you start getting interested in parties, Sam?"
"Rather live in a dumpster than live under the same roof as your boyfriend" Sam said with an eye roll.
Tricia sighed before saying, "Well, you're not going anywhere tomorrow because I and Turner have something to announce to you tomorrow at the table ok?"
"Good news for me or for you?"
"Depends"
"Sam all I want for us is to be happy. It's what I really want believe it or not"
"Happy with Dad. Dad was my happiness mom" Sam said and turned away from her mom as the bittersweet memories came flooding in and the wall guarding the tears threatened to break.
"I'm sorry things didn't go as expected with your dad. But he has moved on and you gotta move on too, Sam as I'm doing. Okay? I'll see you later" Tricia patted her daughter's hair and left.
Sam collapsed on the bed remembering the memories of her family together. When Mom and Dad would snuggle against each other on the couch and she would join them as they had their movie night. Dad would spend how much on her no matter what she asked for. She used to comfort, Hollie one of her best friend when her parents divorced but now she was also a victim of that! Even though her friends came to say sorry to her when they heard the news, they never really went beyond that because they didn't think it affected her that much because of how much toughness she showed on the outside. If only the could see her on the inside.
She was breaking apart because the two people that came together to make her had broken apart too.
She felt left out. It'd been two years now but she still couldn't get over it. Her dad, Ashton Reid, had married a month after divorcing Tricia. Sam had been devastated ever since then. But she managed to feel happy with her mom, Tricia until she one-day introduced Mr. Turner. And all mom seemed to talk about now was Turner this, Turner that.
'What news do they have for me tomorrow?' Sam wondered.
She hoped it wasn't 'we're having a baby' or 'We're getting married' or 'We're moving in with Turner'
No! She wouldn't be able to handle it then. Sam closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep.
//
Next Day [Evening].
Sam came downstairs in a simple T-shirt and jeans all black with white sneakers
"Bye Mom. See you later" she said heading for the door as her mother arranged the dinning table for their meeting with Turner.
"Where are you going?" Tricia asked her daughter.
"I thought I told you last night?" Sam answered.
"And you heard my answer right? No party Sam and that's it! Turner is almost here"
"I don't care, I'm still leaving" Sam argued
"Sam come back here right now!!" Tricia yelled but Sam had already left.
"Oh God" Tricia slumped into a nearby chair and placed her hand on her forehead.
"I'm trying to cope in your absence too you know! I'm trying to act happy, trying to move on, trying to make our baby happy, just trying but it's haaard! Finally found someone who loves me and I do too but what about our baby? You did this, Ash!" Tricia cried.
//
AT THE PARTY.
"Why were you late Sam?" Sofia asked dancing against the loud music.
"It was my mom and her boyfriend" Sam spat.
"oh" came Sofia's reply.
"My parents are getting a divorce too but I don't care!" Hollie said and drunk from her glass.
"As long as I get free and unlimited wifi and cash I'm good" Hollie added and they all laughed except Sam.
"My family and I will be leaving for a family trip to Barbados" Lia announced and Sam smiled at her quietly wishing that was her family while Sofia and Hollie rolled their eyes.
"OMG, you guys look. Josh is checking S am out" Sofia said and the girls except for Sam giggled.
"He's my crush" Lia muttered.
"Every one's, Lia" Hollie said with an eye roll.
"He should dream on!" Sam said not bothered much to the girl's amusement.
"He's coming over! Every one pretend you weren't actually expecting him!" Sofia whispered and the girls changed the subject as the hottest, most popular and richest boy in school approached them.
"Hey, Sofia right?" He said once joining them with two of his friends.
"Yes!" Sofia said Immediately
"Nice party" he said as his eyes kept darting back from Sofia to Sam.
"Thanks actually thank you for coming!" Sofia replied but saw that he wasn't looking at her but at Sam. So she did this.
"Hey Sam why don't you come over here I want you to meet Josh"she said.
"Already seen him" Sam said nonchalantly.
"Maybe you should go say 'hi' " Sofia whispered to Josh.
"Hey!" he said once closer to Sam and putting on his girlfriend snatching smile. But Sam wasn't even realizing he had a smile on.
"Hi" she replied chewing her gum then blowing it.
"I...I know you know me" Josh said confused as to how he felt nervous talking to a girl for the first time. He definitely felt this girl was different.
"Yeah Sonia just mentioned to me you were Josh?" she said.
"um... umm I..." he stuttered and cleared his throat.
'oh Does she actually know me beyond Josh?' he thought.
" See, why don't you go try other girls huh? I'm not part of your crush team certainly not a fan of you and oh, Lia here said you are her crush why don't you talk to her? They were really just pretending not to see you coming over after you were done checking me out!" Sam blurted and Josh went red for the first time in embarrassment.
Lia blushed when Sam exposed her secret and Josh's friend's snickered with laughter.
"Bye girls, gotta head home it's late" Sam said and left leaving Josh ready for a challenge.
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