The Beast

Part 5
~Brooke’s thoughts~
Sammy’s gone! My Sammy left me! It can’t happen like this, I only just found out that my Sammy loves me and she leaves me! Geez, this sounds like some bad daytime drama.
But this isn’t fiction, this is real! I love Sammy. Sammy loves me. Everything she’s feeling is so clear to me now. She feels alone for Valentine’s day, she’s in love with me but thinks she can’t have me. She thinks she’s hurting me so she’s trying to protect me. But where is all this about her hurting me coming from? She hasn’t hurt me, Sammy wouldn’t hurt a fly.
Oh my sweet Sammy… Leaving everyone and everything you love to protect me. I love you so much. You’re being so brave for me, It’s only right I should be brave for you.
I will find you. And when I do, I will tell you how I feel. Maybe then you’ll see that you will never be alone again.
~End Brooke’s thoughts~
Brooke’s resolve firmly in place, she picks herself up off the floor of Sam’s room where she had been kneeling since her scream. She started to wipe the tears off her face when the door to Sam’s room opened.
“Sam?!” Brooke exclaimed swiftly turning to the door.
“No honey, just me. Why are you in Sam’s…” Jane saw the redness and puffiness in Brooke’s eyes. She quickly moved to Brooke and hugged her. “What’s wrong? Where’s Sam?”
“Sam left mom. She left me.”
Jane quickly looked around the room, and seeing a lot of Sam’s things gone, she rushed over to the closet and pulled down a cardboard box from a high shelf and opened it. “Sam’s savings are gone. Oh my god, where is she? We have to find her!”
“I don’t know where she’s gone. I just miss the old Sammy so much, I have to find her. I WILL find her. I have to tell her that I…” Brooke trailff, ff, suddenly fearful of telling Jane.
Jane heard the hurt, worry, and caring in Brooke’s eyes and voice that she knew Brooke would take care of her.
“You have to tell her what?” She asked softly.
“Um… I have to tell her…” Brooke looked at Jane and saw only caring and happiness. Brooke realized that Jane knew. “I have to tell her that I love her.”
Jane sobbed with happiness and hugged Brooke tightly. “Oh honey, I know you do.”
“You know? So, you’re not mad at me?”
“Sweetie, how could I ever be mad? A beautiful, wonderful person truly loves my daughter. This is wonderful!”
“Oh mom, I love her so much! And she loves me, but she doesn’t know I love her too. I have to find her to tell her!”
“We’ll find her, you can tell her, and we can all come home again.”
“I love you mom.”
“I love you too sweetheart.”
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Sam didn’t have much money, she only had enough for a ticket to LA. She would figure out what to do once she got there. Stepping up to the booth, she bought a one way ticket. The ticket showed the next departure was hours away. She sat in the waiting area. * Should I be worried about anyone finding me? No, Why would they. I hurt them all, they’ll probably be glad I’m gone *
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Brooke and Jane went in different directions. Jane went to check out the train stations; Brooke went to the bus stations. Those two were the only places where Sam had enough money to buy a ticket.
Brooke rushed into the station, desperately looking around for Sam. This was the third one she tried. She was beginning to get worried Sam had already left. If she wasn’t at this one, she only had one more to try.
Brooke ran over to the ticket agent, cutting in front of everyone. “I’m sorry but it’s extremely urgent, I’m looking for someone, a girl, my age, beautiful long brown hair, about my height, she’s probably very sad…”
“… Looks like someone ran over her cat? Um… said her name was … Oh, that’s right. Sam McQueen…”
“Yea! You’ve seen her?! Where is she?”
“She bought a ticket to LA, She’d be over in area B, you’d better hurry, her bus is leaving any minute.”
“Thank you!” Brooke suddenly grabbed the guy she cut off and kissed his cheek, ”Thank you!” before rushing off.
Brooke ran as if she were running for her life. To her, it felt like she was. Over the terminal loudspeaker she heard “* Last call, bus 453 to LA now boarding *” Somehow, Brooke picked up speed.
She ran into the waiting area and saw it was empty. The last passengers were filing out the door to the bus. Brooke ran over to the door and tried to push her way out.
“Miss, MISS! You can’t go out there without a ticket, passengers only.”
“You don’t understand! I have to tell her!” Brooke was getting scared and desperate now, she tried pushing through again but she was held back while they closed the door. “Sam!” Brooke cried as she bodily hit the door, tears streaming down her face. Brooke ran over to the window where she could see the passengers loading. She caught sight of the brunette about to step onto the bus and started pounding on the window screaming “SAM!”