A Fresh Start ✦ Matthew Espinosa (ON HOLD)

E I G H T

•Matt's POV•
•Saturday Night: 8:00 p.m.•

I ran up the stairs and made my way to Sam's room I opened the door to see that Chase had somehow managed to get Sam's skirt off. And he was on top of her covering her mouth to stop her from screaming.

I ran over to her bed and pushed him off of her, I was going to punch the living hell out of him but Sam's stepdad came in and took Chase and dragged him out of the room.

I looked at Sam who was on her bed curled up in a ball, I went over to her dresser got her some shorts and placed them on the desk next to her bed.

I sat on the bed next to her and she was crying so much that her mascara was running.  I put her face in my hands cupping her cheeks and rubbed off the mascara under her eyes with my thumb.

"Matt he t-tried to-"

"Shhh don't say anything, I know," I said as she hugged me.

I hugged her so tight I didn't want to let go of her, she's been hurt enough and I don't want to see her hurt, it honestly hurts me seeing her like this.

She laid down resting her head on my lap and I moved her hair from her face. I stroked her hair making her slowly close her eyes.

Sam's mom and stepdad came into Sam's room, "thank you" Sam's mom mouthed as she closed the door.

I grabbed Sam's blanket and brought it up to her waist to cover her since she didn't put on the shorts I had given her.

After a while I decided to lay down next to her.

"Please don't leave Matt," Sam sniffled as I moved to lay down.

"Don't worry I'm not going anywhere," I said as I laid down next to her.

She propped herself up a bit so I could bring her into my arms, so I did. Her back was facing me and I wrapped my arms around her and brought her closer to me.

"I promise you that I will never let anything bad ever happen to you Sam. I won't let anyone mistreat you," I whispered.

"Can we leave to Cali as soon as possible? I don't want to be here anymore," Sam mumbled.

"You tell me when and we'll leave," I said closing my eyes lightly feeling myself fall asleep.

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•Sunday morning: 9:30 a.m.•

I woke up to see Sam in my arms just like I had her when we fell asleep. I honestly hoped that last night didn't happen to her, but it did.

Sam woke up slowly but didn't move.

"Matt?" She whispered, "are you awake?"

"Yeah," I whispered back.

"Can we check the flights to see when is the soonest we can leave?" She asked.

"Yeah, we can right now if you want," I said as I got up to get her MacBook.

I handed it to her and sat back on her bed and I sat next to her.

She logged on and made her way into a websites that had flights scheduled.

"Wednesday? Gives us time to pack," Sam said looking at me.

"If that's when you want to leave then we will, I can help you pack and you could help me to get things done quicker. We could crash at my friends place until we find a place."

"That sounds perfect, I just want to leave I don't want to be here anymore. Especially after last night," Sam said looking down at her hands.

"We won't talk about that, Chase has hurt you enough and doesn't deserve to be talked about."

"So Wednesday we leave?" Sam asked looking back at me.

"Yup we leave Wednesday," I said.

"You don't have to pay for your ticket now."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I already bought them-"

"Sam! Why did you buy them?! Now I have to pay you back!" I said with wide eyes.

"Nope, you don't have to pay me back, and if you try I wont take it. Just take the ticket as a 'thank you for everything you've done for me' present," She said with a smile on her face.

I didn't even want to argue with her because she was smiling, and that's all I wanted to see from her.

"Fine, thank you Sam," I said accepting the fact that she paid for my ticket.

"You're welcome," she smiled, "so we should go over to your house and start packing," Sam said.

"Right now?" I asked.

"We can't leave this last minute Matt, that would be a bad idea," she said as she got up from her bed.

"Fine, then when we are done packing my stuff we come back to pack your stuff."

"Then when we are done packing everything we can start to look for apartments in Cali online that way I could show my mom and stepdad so they know what they want to help out in," Sam explained.

"They won't pay for everything Sam, my parents are going to help out and I'm going to pay for it too," I said.

"And once I get a job I'll pay too," Sam smiled looking up at me.

"What do you plan on doing?" I asked.

"If I don't find like a job, then I was thinking I could take care of a family's kids, I'm good at it," she said.

"I actually do see you taking care of kids," I laughed.

"I'm just good with kids and it's nothing hard, but we'll see."

"Sam! Matt!" Sam's mom yelled from down stairs, "come and eat!"

Sam got up and slipped on the shorts I had left for her on her desk. We walked downstairs and into the kitchen.

"Good morning Tracy," I said. I felt weird calling Sam's mom by her first name, but that's what she asked me to call her so I don't want to be rude.

"Good morning Matt, good morning Sam," her mom said.

"Morning momma," Sam said as she kissed her moms cheek.

We got some breakfast and sat at the table to talk.

"So mom, we're leaving on Wednesday to California," Sam said to her mom as she took a seat at the table.

"That soon?" Sam's mom said.

"After last night I just want to leave mom, I don't want to be here anymore knowing that Chase is here," Sam said looking down at her plate.

"You know I just want you to be happy so if that's your choice then I'm okay with it."

"Thanks for understanding mom," Sam said.

"When do y'all start packing?"

"We're going to go to my house and she's going to help me pack then we're going to come back and I'm going to help her pack," I said.

"Okay, well I don't want to stop y'all, go along and get what y'all need to get done when you finish eating," Sam's mom said.

We finished eating and left Sam's house to go to mine to start packing.

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