Never Be the Same
Chapter 24: Kendra's POV
"Merry Christmas!" I beamed to Alana as she squealed happily, playing with the wrapping paper of her last present.
Sam readjusted her on his lap before kissing the top of her head.
Startled, Alana looked away from her current "toy," and up to him, their matching blue eyes meeting.
After a few seconds, she turned her attention over to me, almost as if she was able to sense the little bit of tension between Sam and I.
We still weren't living together, or together period, but we obviously wanted to both spend Christmas with our daughter.
So instead of being together as just the three of us, we had all of our friends tag along to what, for now, was mine and Alana's house.
Alana's little arms reached up as if she wanted to be lifted up as she looked over to Jamie.
She always had a bit of an attachment to both Jamie and Dana, which didn't really surprise me.
Jamie smiled at her, then lifted her from off of Sam's lap.
Sam stretched his legs out, then crawled under the tree as he spotted one last gift.
He raised an eyebrow as he pulled out a small box wrapped with golden wrapping paper.
I mentally slapped my forehead, that was the present I'd bought Sam, weeks before.
I'd be meaning to return it since the night of our big fight, but I never got around to doing that.
It was wrapped in the store, so i couldn't just deny that it was a present.
Sam grinned down as he read the label, then eyed me quietly.
I bit my bottom lip nervously, and looked over to Dana as he unwrapped it.
Everybody in the house grew silent, like something big was about to happen here.
Dana shrugged, giving me a reassuring look as I heard the wrapping paper crinkle into a ball.
"Wow," Sam muttered as he opened up the box.
He stared down in the box for a few seconds, before pulling out the personalized Rolex watch.
"You really didn't have to, Ken." he said, and I felt shivers go up and down my spine.
He definitely thought I was still in love with him.
Well, I mean, I obviously was, be we still weren't together, we didn't exchange gifts like we wanted to.
I shrugged, unable to tell him I really meant to return it.
"It wasn't anything, really." I forced a smile on my face as he slipped on the perfectly fitting watch.
Sam shook his head, looking down at the watch, then to me.
"No, really Ken, I love it." he genuinely smiled, just like the very first time I'd met him, at the coffeeshop.
He stood up, opening his arms for me to walk into.
I smiled and stood myself up, letting him envelop to two of us into a tight embrace.
"Almost as much as I love you, thank you" he continued huskily into my ear.
I felt like everything was back to normal again between us, or as normal as it could be.
Even though I was already in love with him, I fell in love with him all over again.
He pulled away, and reached for a babbling Alana before walking into the kitchen, probably to feed her.
I looked over to my friends, noticing how close Jamie was to Kyle, and how far Dana was from Sean.
I fell into the couch, raising an eyebrow at Dana.
She sat down beside me as she shrugged, "We broke up last night,"
I sighed, feeling completely stupid for inviting him. What if the two of them ended it badly?
Dana smiled, resting her hand on my shoulder.
"It's fine, we're fine." she stood up, "Want a glass of water?"
I nodded, "Yes, please. Thanks," I grinned at my best friend as she walked off.
I relaxed myself into a comfortable position on the couch, satisfied with everything so far.
Things were as smooth as ever with my friends, Alana was growing up quickly and greatly, and Sam and I were back on good terms.
But I didn't know exactly what that meant for the two of us exactly, you know?
By telling me basically that he loved me still, did that mean we were back together?
Or did it mean we were still on our way?
I mean, when I went to my Aunt Lindsey for help, she happily said she'd help with money whenever it's needed.
Besides, Sam told me last week that he also got a promotion that paid enough for him to leave one of his other jobs.
I bit my lip as I stood up, reluctant if I should ask him or not.
But I did need to help make pancakes for everyone soon, so I needed to get into the kitchen sometime.
"Sam, I-" My words were cut off by nothing but shock.
My eyes widened, and my hand went to cover my dropped jaw.
I felt my pulse increase, and I felt like I was going to drop dead right then.
The vision of Sam and Dana making out in the kitchen was soon blurred away just a few seconds later by nothing but my tears.

Whoa! Two chapters in one night?!:O

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