Touchdown

Chapter XVIII

Mrs. Martin was downstairs reading a book when I came down it tears. "What is wrong sweetheart?" Still in tears I handed her the note I found on my bed.

"Oh my goodness! Where did you find this?" Between tears, I said "I went up to my room to charge my phone, and I saw this laying on my pillow and my window was open." Mrs. Martin read the note multiple times before she sighed and told me to go to my room so she can talk to Mr. Martin in private.

I paced around my room worried about what might happen. "What happens if my former mom wins? What do I do if i need to go back with her? What if she abandons me again?"

Sammie later came in and sat down on my bed. "Ambrie, everything will be ok. No matter how this ends, you will always be my best friend." I hugged her and cried once again over he shoulder. "Why did this have to happen? I was living an amazing life with you and mom and dad."

Sammie hugged me tighter. "Chances are that you will be called up to the stand and that you will be questioned. Tell them about what happened and what you told me." I released the hug and we looked at each other for a bit.

"So Ambrie, do you want to go get pizza and spend time just the 2 of us just like the old times before Nolan and Axel entered our lives? As much as I love Axel as a friend and am good aquaintences with Nolan, guys can be pretty annoying to an extent to be honest."

I laughed a little as Sammie's comment. "You are right on that. Let's go hang out like the old times." We went downstairs and walked over to Barnaby's pizza.

We ordered a huge cheese pizza with pepperoni, olives, and tomatoes on it, and a huge cookie the size of a pizza on the side. We talked about old times and what we were going to do in DC. Sammie and I both decided to be in a group tomorrow and share a room.

It felt nice to get away from all the struggles in life and just hang out with Sammie. Sammie definately makes me feel like nothing is wrong in life. It is like that superpower you have with your best friend. In this case, Sammie and I share that superpower since we are closer friends than most.

After Barnaby's pizza, we went over to the mall to pick out a few new clothing items. Sammie bought a white long sleeve shirt and violet skirt with black tights. She also bought a pair of ripped jeans, white shirt, and light grey cardigan with brown high heels.

I bought a red fleece button up and black shirt with ripped jeans as one of my outfits. Then I bought denim jacket with a white shirt and normal blue skinny jeans with brown boots. Happy with our purchases, we went home.

Later that night, Sammie and I's mom called us down. "Girls, we are schedualed to go into court for custody The day you get back from DC so Wear something nice the day you get back ok?" "Ok mom" we both said.

We went upstairs and put our new outfits away. Sammie fell asleep shortly after we got home. I layed down in my room on my bed struggling to fall asleep. My mind kept wondering as I tried to fall asleep. Eventually around 3:00, I fell asleep.
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Saturday came relatively quickly. Sammie let me wear a dress that was Dark blue with a brown belt and I wore my new brown boots. Sammie wore a violet dress with black high heels. She did my hair in a braid and I did hers in a Bow out of her hair in the back and had ribbons coming out of the bow.

We were ready to go by 5:00. We drove over to the aracade while in reality we could have walked to it. We arrived before Axel and Nolan so we could get a head start on getting tickets. Sammie and I were going to try and get the Nintendo switch that they had for 50,000 tickets.

We spent $100 on points to make sure we had enough to possibly get us to 50,000 tickets combined. We played a few games and had earned about 1,000 tickets each by the time the guys walked through the door.

"Starting the fun without us eh?" Sammie and I laughed. "We have a goal and we got started so we're could earn it faster." Axel and Nolan looked at us suspiciously. "How much did you spend obn points?" Sammie and I looked down and mumbled "$100 on points."

Axel and Nolan sadly heard. "Where the fuck did you guys get $100 each?!" Sammie spoke, "We got the $100 from a lottery ticket. earlier we won $1,000 total and we spent $200 on points." Axel and Nolan sat there shocked. "No way. You had to have gotten that from somewhere else."

We both shook our heads. We returned to a wheel that would give us 3,000 tickets if we hit the jackpot while the guys got their points. We continued playing games in the arcade until 8:00. Sammie and I hit our goal with 100,000 tickets combined so we got the Nintendo switch and a big stuffed bear that cost 25,000.

We returned to the car and headed towards the restaurant. We kept our prizes in the trunk while we went into the restaurant. Once again, the guys came late.

When they eventually did arrive, Nolan had flowers. "I am truly sorry from what happened at the party. I was drunk and I had no idea that I was kissing Brittney. She means nothing to me. You are the one girl that means the world to me. I completely understand if you want to hate me forever and I am fine with that. Just know I am truly sorry.

Sammie sat there with her jaw dropped. "I-I don't know Nolan. You fucked up big time and you lost my trust. I will have to give it some thought." Nolan gave her an understanding look. "It is fine. I understand."

We talked the rest of the night and had a fun time. Nolan made Sammie laugh so hard that her drink she ordered came out of her nose. it was pretty funny.

At the end of the night, Sammie made it home around Midnight. I was tired from the long day so we were going to set up the Nintendo switch in the morning and call it a night. Honestly, I did not disagree and I fell asleep almost immediately.