Chapter 21 JC wasn't able to talk to Sam until nearly midnight. She'd arrived late, and then Justin had pulled her to a corner and was talking to her.  Everyone was drunk, so Sam didn't realize what she was doing when she kissed JC, thanking him for the necklace.  JC deepened the kiss. He pulled away from her, looking in her eyes.  Then he scooped her up and carried her up the stairs.. They were at Justin's, so he know where  to go.  He carried her to a room and placed her on the bed. He reached for her shirt. Before he pulled it off, he looked at her. "will you?" "Yes," Sam said, softly.  "Make love to me, JC." JC pulled her shirt off and unclasped her bra, revealing her breasts.  He leaned down and  kissed her nipples.  Sam moaned and arched her back.  JC ripped off his shirt, rolling to his side, pulling Sam close to his body, his mouth capturing hers.... ~~~~~~     The next morning, JC woke up at ten.  The first thing he noticed was Sam in the bed next to him. Wearing only the ring and necklace he gave her. "What are you doing here, Sam?" he inquired, shaking her awake. Sam looked at him. "I'm not sure." Her eyes were glazed. That's when memories of the night before hit him. His eyes widened. "Did we have sex?" Sam pulled the sheet up. "I'm not sure. I don't remember anything past Justin asking me if I was okay." JC groaned and collapsed against the pillows.  "We did. We had sex." "For me, it was making love," Sam murmured, under her breath.  She wrapped the sheet around her and rolled out of bed. JC glared at her. "Do you have anything to say about this?" "I don't remember anything, so I can't tell you anything." "What if you become pregnant?" JC buried his head in his hands. "This is going to destroy my relationship with Lesley." Sam sucked in her breath. "Don't worry, JC no one will find out anything from me. If fucking me was that bad, we'll just forget it ever happened." She pulled on her panties and jeans. Then put her bra on. JC climbed out of bed. "What if you're pregnant?" Sam looked at him. "If the thought of my having your child disturbs you so much, I won't tell you." "I'm sure I'll guess when you stomach's sticking out, or when your water breaks." "How do you know I haven't fucked someone else?" Sam turned around and headed for the door.  JC grabbed her arm before she could walk out.  He swung her around to face him, ignoring the door which ws partly open. "Are you really the slut Lesley called you? Have you been fucking Justin or any other guy?  Did I get pissed at my fiancee for no fucking reason?" he asked. Sam's eyes filled with tears. She jerked her arm from his grasp. "If you can ask me those questions, JC, then you don't know me. You probably don't and never have."  She rushed from the room, bumping into Justin." Justin wrapped his arms around her. "It's okay baby," He glared at JC. "You can cry on my shoulder again." He lead her to his room, closing the door as her tears started.     JC stared in shock at the spot where Justin had been. Now Sarah and Bri stood there. "A slut, is she?"  Sarah asked, calmly. Too calmly. JC looked at her.  "I didn't mean it." "Well I don't give a fuck. YOu go and break her heart again, then call her a slut." Sarah walked closer to him. "You question her morals. You compare her to your slutty, bitchy girlfriend, breaking her heart for a third time."  Sara was a foot away from him. "I don't care what Sam made me promise. I'm going to hurt you Joshua Scott Chasez. I'm going to hurt you badly." She tackled him to the floor.  "I'm going to make you regret every god damn insult you've given Sam, every time you've broken her heart." She punched him in the stomach. "I'm going to make you pay for all the pain you've caused her." Sarah was pounding on him by then. Bri was holding JC's hands, to prevent him from stopping Sarah. Chris, Lance and Joey watched for a few minutes, then dragged Sara and Bri off JC. "We don't want to kill JC now," Lance said. "JC, I'd run if I was you." JC stood up, holding a hand to his nose, which was bleeding. "What was that for?" he asked Sarah. Sarah just glared at him. "JC if you want to live, leave Now." ~~~~~     After staring at her for a few seconds, JC walked out of the room. As he passed Justin's room, he could hear heart wrenching sobs. Sam's sobs.  JC walked in his apartment. He expected silence. But he heard laughter coming from his room.  He walked dow the hall and pushed his door open.  What he say didn't surprise him, or shock him, or break his heart.  While driving home from Justin's, he'd don a lot of thinking.  He realized what everyone had been trying to tell him for the past few years, starting when Justin told him Lesley tired to get him in bed.  He realized Lesley was a slut and just after his money.  He also realized why Sarah and Bri had been acting so hateful.  He'd been the one to hurt Sam. Which meant he was the guy she loved.   He also realized why the thought of her pregnant with his child filled him with joy, why the thought of her not telling him frightened him, and why the thought of her passing off his child as someone else's angered him.  He loved her. He probably always had, just hadn't realized it.  When he'd pulled up in front of the apartment, he'd sat in his car for a minute, thinking back past the years.  He'd admitted to himself he fell in love with her the day she fell out of the tree and broke her leg. JC cleared his throat. "Lesley, if you want to fuck someone, do it in your bed, not mine." The couple beneath the blankets froze.  Then the guy laughed. "So Chasez, you finally get back." He threw back the blanket and stood up, dressed in jeans. "Told you I'd get my revenge, Lesley."  He picked up his shirt and shoes and walked past JC, leaving the apartment.  JC stared at Lesley. She was staring at he door, her mouth hanging open.  Seeing her in full day light, without her make up , he wondered how he could have ever preferred her over Sam. "Please leave, Lesley," he told her. Lesley snapped out of her shock. "You aren't calling off our engagement, are you?" "Yes, I am. I don't want my woman fucking some other guy while I'm gone. I don't trust you anymore.  I should have realized what my friends were telling me. But I was so blinded by lust, I didn't. Now I realize what you are." "JC, you're going to believe your friends, none of whom like me, over me?" "You haven't tried to defend yourself. And YES, I do. I should have believed justin when he told me you tried to fuck him.  I should have realized it when you called Sam a slut back in June. But you had a hold over me that's not there now." JC pointed to the door. "Get dressed and leave." "What about my things?" "Pack them up. I'll give you two hours." JC started to walk out of his room, then stopped, remembering something. "You can keep the ring if you want. I don't want care. I never want to see it, or you, or anything connected to you again."  he walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. Lesley stared at the door for a moment, then began getting dressed. She gambled and lost. She'd just have to try someone else. ~~~~~~     Justin slid a pillow beneath Sam's head, pulled off her shoes, and pulled the sheet up.  She looked peaceful.  But there was still evidence of her crying. Tears glittered on her lashes. Her cheeks were slightly flushed. Sarah knocked softly on the door. "Is she asleep?" she asked Justin, when he answered it.  Justin walked out of the room, closing the door softly behind him. "Yeah I'll let her sleep for as long as she wants.  Where's JC?" Sarah shrugged. " I don't know.  About an hour ago, after the guys pulled me and Bri off of him, he left." "How badly did you hurt him?" "Not badly enough," Bri replied. "How's Sam?" "She just cried herself to sleep." "I can't believe JC said those things," Sarah said. "I can't believe  he'd even think it.  Comparing Sam to that slut he calls his fiancee." "if he can even think it, he doesn't know Sam,"  Bri commented. "But she did have sex with him last night," Joey said. They'd heard the entire argument between JC and Sam. "She was drunk, and she's loved him for most of her life," Sarah told him.  "He took advantage of that." She looked at Justin.  "Call me when Sam wakes up. She needs to go to the doctor's." Justin nodded "Will you be home all day?" "I should be. If no one picks up at the apartment, call my cell phone." "What if JC comes over, wanting to talk to Sam?" "Don't let him see her." Bri told him. "Give some excuse, but don't let him talk to her.  He'll probably end up hurting her again." "And if he does, you'll need to find a replacement for JC." Sarah's words weren't a threat; they were a promise.