Heal my Heart

Chapter 27 - Appeasment

"I warned you, Sam." Luke said, before punching Sam straight in the face.

"Are you crazy?!" Becca shouted.

Sam pulled himself together, standing up with a bloody nose.

"What's your fucking problem, Luke?" he half signed half said.

"I warned you that next time you hurt Grizz, I wouldn't go easy on you." he answered, killing him with his glare.

"That's not my fault if your little princess is being overly dramatic." he snapped.

"My what?! Are you fucking hearing yourself, Sam?! How dare you speak about Grizz like that?! You sound just like Campbell!"

"Yeah, well maybe he was right. Him being all fragile and shit, I'm sick of it! I always have to think about his feelings, his health, his past. I'm not some fucking shrink!"

"I thought you loved him..." Luke said, looking at him sadly, feeling betrayed for his friend.

"Well, I'm not so sure about it now."

"What are you saying? Of course, you love him!" Becca intervened.

"Oh, so you know better, right? I'm sick of this, of him, of all the drama! If I had known at the time that it would be like that..."

"If you had known it would be like that what, Sam?! You would have given up on him much sooner?!"

"Oh, shut up, Becca! It's because of you that we're at this point!"

"What do you mean? What did I do, now?"

"You just had to report to him that I had told you about Logan, huh? If you had just shut your big mouth, he wouldn't be god knows where, probably slighting his wrists again!"

"She didn't do anything, you did!" Luke stepped in.

"Why shouldn't he know you told me, anyway? He was okay with you telling me, right?"

"Well the bastard didn't even bother asking him about that, right Sam?!" Luke couldn't stand the deaf boy anymore.

"If I had asked him about it I'm sure he'd have said no."

"You what?! Did you tell me without asking him first?!"

"Oh don't start you too."

"What the fuck, Sam?! What were you thinking! Of course he would be upset!"

"Well, I don't give a shit anymore."

"You're not getting away with this."

"Oh and what do you plan on doing to me, Luke? Arrest and execute me for hurting your little protégé? Or maybe beat the crap out of me? You know Grizz would never forgive you."

"Don't you care for him at all? Just because it's not all rainbows and butterflies, you turn your back on him? I didn't take you for this kind of guy, man." Luke answered sadly.

"He's right, Sam. That's not who you are. The Sam I know loves Grizz and would do anything for him."

"Yeah, well maybe there's too much to be done." he answered, coldly.

"You know what? There's no point in this discussion. We'll just let you calm down for now and maybe when you realize how big you fucked up, we'll come find your sorry ass again."

Becca took Luke's hand and left the house with the quarterback.

"Becca, I have to go back in and make him understand that nobody messes up with Grizz!"