Forbidden Fruit ( Sam Pottorff )

Chapter 16

Ree's POV

"Sam!" I squealed as he threw me onto the bed, tickling me relentlessly. His fingers roamed from my armpits, to my stomach, to the inside of my thighs.  "Sam Please! I-I can't-" I gasped, unable to catch my breath. My sides hurt from laughing and my lungs were in flames.  I felt Sam stop tickling me and I looked up at him, meeting his gaze as a smile played upon his lips.
"Why can't you just love me?" he whispered, leaning in so his lips were brushing mine.
"Because I love Jason." I sighed, still catching my breath as I watched his eyes. 
"Well, some part of you must feel something for me...if you didn't I wouldn't be able to do this." his lips met mine and we kissed, my heart skipped a beat as I felt his hand cup my cheek.
"Sam please," I sighed as I pulled away from him, "I don't know how I feel about this." He frowned and I saw his sadness behind his brown eyes.  "It's not that I don't like you...it's just..i'm not...you're-you're like forbidden fruit.  Everyone says it's bad, and to stay away but that's what ends up drawing you in." I stammered. 
"But you don't care what everyone says, you can't help but take a bite." he winked and leaned in again.  I put my hand to his mouth to stop him and sat up. 
"No....I can't. But since I really don't have to run away anymore can I have my phone back?" I asked, and he simply shrugged. 
"Whatever." and handed me the device after pulling it from his back pocked. The power hadn't been turned off so I clicked the home button and my screen saver made my heart tighten in my chest. It was Jason and I.  Suddenly, several notifications appeared; five from Kayla, two from Ricky and three from Jason's mom.  I opened Kayla's first, seeing that she sent the most. 

*Hey girlie! Where are you?*

*Dude, you're scaring me....Jason is coming after you right now.*

*Why are you at Sam's house?!*

*Ree please answer me.*

*Jason was in an accident...we're at the hospital now waiting for him to get out of surgery. No one knows if he'll make it or not. We need you here.*

The last message literally stopped my heart.  I re-read it to make sure I was seeing straight. 
"No." I whispered and stood up, going through Sam's drawers until I found my jeans.
"What happen-"
"Jason's gotten into an accident," I cut him off, pulling the jeans over my legs, "Please Sam...can you drive me to the hospital?" I begged and felt tears spill down my cheeks. "I know I said I wouldn't run away, and I'm not, I just need to see him." I cried. Sam only nodded and hurried me down the stairs. "Do you want me to stay with you?" he asked as we pulled out of the driveway. 
"Yes...I-I don't think I'll be able to handle it if anything happens."  In the silence that followed, the fact that I might not see Jason alive sank in, breaking my heart even more.