The Next Day
When the day rolled in, all Sam wanted to do when she got up was stay in her room. She wanted to wait for Chester to come and see her. To pass the time, Sam spent her time looking out of her window taking in the beautiful scenery. A knock on the door broke Sam from her thought. Thinking that it was Chester, Sam got up and walked over to the door opening it only to see that it was Teresa.
“Teresa! Hey. Are we having another session?” she asked her not remembering if the two of them where to have a session or not.
“Oh no. We’re not going to need those anymore.” After she said that Sam rose her eyebrows up in confusion, “Actually, I have some good news that I want to tell you” she added.
“What is it?” Sam asked her as she let her into her room.
“To tell you that you should start packing” Teresa explained.
“Why?” Sam questioned a little skeptical as to why she should do so.
“Because when Chester gets here, you’re going to go home with him.”
Sam eyes widen in shock, “I’m being released?” she manage to get out.
“Yes” Teresa replied.
“You’ve got to be joking with me” she stated back. She couldn’t believe what she heard.
“It's not a joke.”
“Well, then I guess I’ll start packing” Sam replied still in shock.
Teresa smiled at that, “I'll leave you to it.” She turned around and walked out of her room. Once the door closed Sam face the closet and walked over getting her suitcase out. Setting it on the bed, she opened the flap and started carefully packing her things.
A few hours later, at the Bennington's home, Mike and Chester, along with Draven finished putting up the ‘welcome home’ sign on the garage door. As soon as they were done they went back inside to where everyone was at.
Before everyone had come over, Chester brought back out the pictures of Sam that he took down when she was first committed to Rose Lawn. He was finally glad to have Sam’s presents back in the house and couldn’t wait to go and bring her back home.
After walking back into the house, Chester looked at the time and grabbed his car keys. Before walking out of the house, he announced to the guys that he was going to leave and go pick up Sam. As he stepped outside he joked with the guys telling them not to break anything while he was gone.
The drive to Rose Lawn actually felt like it was longer then normal. But when he finally got into Inglewood and reached the gates of Rose Lawn, he couldn’t hold back his excitement. After he buzzed into Rose Lawn for the last time, he parked his car. Getting out he quickly made his way up to the front door. He stood outside of the front door for a few seconds calming his nerves. Although he was glad that Sam was coming home, he was starting to get nervous. What if all the work to make Sam sane didn’t last? What if she went crazy again? If anything like that happened to her again he don’t think he be able to handle it. Breathing in slowly, Chester opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind him. Looking in front of him, he was greeted by Dr. Kim.
“Mr. Bennington, I’m glad you’re here. Before you go and see Sam I actually need you to step into my office and sign Sam’s release form” the doctor stated. Chester shook his head and followed the doctor.
When the men walked to the room, Dr. Kim slid the form in front of Chester. It was marked to wear Chester needed to sign. Taking a hold of a pen he quickly signed his name.
“Okay” he let out placing the pen on the desk. He stood up and faced the doctor, “Thanks for getting Sam better.”
“Oh no, I didn’t do anything. It was all her” he replied shaking his head.
“Well thank you anyways.” After saying that, Chester walked out of the office. He walked the corridor, reaching Sam’s room and knocked on the door. It took no more then a second for Sam to open the door. When she did she stood in the door smiling really happily. She moved to the side and let Chester walk in. Chester turned to look at Sam after she closed the door and looked at her smiling thinking to himself, ‘God I’ve missed her smile’.
“Are you ready to go home?” he asked her.
Sam’s eyes lit up, “I’ve been waiting for you to say that since I got here” she softly stated back.
“Well, then let’s go” he replied back. He looked over his shoulder and saw her bag packed and lying on the bed. Slightly turning around, he grabbed it for her. Turning to face her, he took a hold of her hand and they both walked out of the room. Walking out of the room, the both of them walked down the hall and out of the facility. Reaching Chester’s car, he put Sam’s bag in the back and got in after Sam did. Starting the car up, he turned out of the parking space and got back onto the road, driving back to town.
An hour later, Chester and Sam arrived back into town. Pulling into the driveway, Chester turned off the ignition and stayed in his seat not getting out. He turned his head to look at Sam. Sam’s direction of vision was in front of her and she was looking at the sign that Draven made with Mike and Joe. Sam was in awe about the banner that she felt tears threaten to slip. She slowly turned to face Chester, “Who made the sign?” she asked him, moving her hand up to her face to wipe her eyes so that the tears wouldn’t fall.
“Draven. He made it just right for you, so he enlisted Mike and Joe’s help” Chester told her.
“Awww.” Sam let out looking back at the sign smiling slightly, “I love it.”
The both of them stayed in the car in silence for just a little bit. Chester was starting to get uncomfortable with the silence and wanted to get Sam inside due to the guys waiting for her. He slowly got out of the car and Sam followed his moment and the both of them walked up to the front door.
A few seconds later, Chester felt like he was alone and turned around to see if Sam was behind him. She had stopped walking and was a foot behind him. He turned around and walked back over to her, “Hey. Its okay, Sam” he said back to her.
Sam shook her head, “I know. It’s just been awhile” she stated as she looked at the house. Chester put his hands on her shoulder giving it a slight squeeze in reassurance. He got her to move with him and they both continued there way up to the house. When they reached the door, Chester opened it and they both walked inside. Walking into the living room, they stopped. Sam was shocked to see all the guys sitting in the living room. Chester was grateful that they didn’t get up right away. Footsteps where heard coming down the stairs and Chester turned his head towards the dining room to see that it was Draven.
“Mom!” he yelled out as he ran down the small steps.
“Draven” Sam let out walking fast up to him. She knelt down onto her knees and hugged him.
“I missed you mom” he told her when she loosened her grip on him.
“I missed you too Draven.” She ran her hand through his hair and was just amazed at how big he'd grown since she last saw him, “You’ve grown so fast since I’ve last seen you.”
“You’re not going back there are you?” he asked.
“Nope. I’m home for good.” After she said that Draven hug her again. When he let go, Sam stood back up and wiped the tears that were spilling down her cheek. From the group gathered in the living room, Mike was the first one to welcome Sam back.
Getting up he walked over to her, “It’s good to see you, Sam” Mike stated to her. He didn’t want to move his arms around her because he wasn’t sure what Sam would be like.
Sam sensed his hesitation, “Its okay. If you want to give me a hug, you can” she told him. As he gave her a hug, the rest of the guys followed and gave her hugs as well. The girls also followed in suit and hugs Sam. When it was Anna’s turned, Sam’s eyes widen when she saw Anna’s stomach.
“Oh my god. Some stuff happen while I was gone” she smiled in respond as the two girls hugged each other. “How far along are you?” she asked Anna when they separated.
“Four months.”
“Four?” Sam let out in shock, “Anna, you look more than four months to me. Are you and Mike having twins?” she questioned her.
“Twins?!” Mike let out hearing Sam.
Anna quickly shook her head, “No. Why do you think that?” she then asked her.
Sam shook her head in response, “Never mind that I asked.”
“Well, whatever it was I’m glad your back, Sam” Anna let out. She then wrapped her arms around Sam giving her a short hug again.
After everyone welcomed Sam back, they started leaving to give Chester and Sam the time they needed with each other. The only people that were now left were Draven and Sam’s mom. Knowing the two probably needed some time alone, Lily offered to take Draven with her for the night. At first, Sam didn’t want Lily to have to do it but Chester talked her into it.
When the decision was made, Chester took Draven up to his room so he could pack a bag to take to Lily’s. He chose to help Draven so that Sam and Lily could talk to each other for a little while. Draven didn’t mind spending the night at his grandmother’s house since Chester told him that it was for only one night. He explained himself to Draven because he thought he would be upset about leaving his mom.
Once the boys finished, they made there way downstairs, “You ready to go to grandma’s Draven?” Lily asked him when he walked into the living room where she and Sam where sitting at.
“Yep. Already” he proclaimed happily.
“Okay. Then I best we better get going. Why don’t you say bye to mom before we go” she told him as she got up. Draven then made his way over to the couch. He got onto his knees and wrapped his arm around her. She hugged him back as well.
As soon as Draven was out the door with Lily, Chester made his way over to Sam and sat next to her. He wrapped one of his arms around her waist and she responded by resting her head on his shoulder. They just stayed like that enjoying each others company.
Sam lifted her head off of Chester’s shoulder after a few seconds and turned to look at him, “Is it okay if I go and take a shower?” she quietly asked him, wanting to make sure it was okay with him first.
“Yeah…” he started saying but then stopped remembering what happen last time when Sam was left in the bathroom.
Sam sensed that and put her arm on his shoulder, “Chester, it's okay. I’m not going to try and hurt myself again. When I was at Rose Lawn I realized that I have more important things to live for” she moved her arm from his shoulder up to his cheek cupping it with her hand.
He didn’t say anything to her when she got up and walked out of the room going up the stairs to their room.
Chester stayed downstairs for an half and hour before deciding to go upstairs and check on Sam. When he got to their room he didn’t hear the water running. At first he had an unsettling feeling but when he got closer to the bathroom door he saw that it was open. Looking in, he saw Sam standing near the sink counter. It looked like she just had finished taking a shower because she was standing in a towel. He quietly walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulders. She turned her head to look at him and he saw that there were tears running down her face.
In response, Chester wrapped his arms around Sam, “Hey, don’t cry. It’s okay.” He let her continue to cry on him.
When she calmed down, she pulled away, “I don’t want you to be mad at me.”
Chester just looked at her, “Mad at you? I’m not mad at you. It wasn’t your fault that it happened. I want you to know that okay?”
Sam just shook her head. “What’s going to happen now? Are you going to think less of me?” she closed her eyes.
“No! Of course not. I love you. I want you to know that” he watched her as her eyes opened and looked at him. More tears fell from her eyes, but she didn’t make a sound. Chester pulled her into his arms again, holding her as she buried her face into his shoulder.
“I know that. I love you too” Sam responded. He then walked both of them over to the bathroom door, turning off the bathroom lights and led her into their room sitting Sam down on the bed. She lowered her head looking down at the floor. While she was sitting down he kneeled in front of her.
“I’m not him you know” he told her.
Sam looked up at him, “I know.”
“And when I touch you, it’s out of love. You know that right?” Chester asked as Sam frowned.
“Of course I know that.” ‘Where was he going with this?’ she thought to herself. Chester sat down next to her and brushed some loose hair that had fallen into her face away from her left cheek.
“Let me love you…right now” he quietly breathed. Sam looked into the depths of his brown eyes and saw a yearning for her that she’d hadn’t seen in a long time. “I promise I’ll be gentle, but if you don’t want to, I understand.” Sam couldn’t help but wonder at his motivation for wanting her…right now. Chester leaned in closer to her, “Let me erase his touch in your mind” Chester whispered into her ear. Sam smiled a little. He had just answered her unasked question.
Sam reached her hand up to his face and slid a finger down the side of his face. She slowly leaned towards him and touched her lips to his. Chester had to hold himself back because he didn’t want to rush her into anything she wasn’t ready for. He decided that he was going to let her set the pace. After a couple minutes later Sam realized what Chester was doing, so she increased the pressure on his lips. It wasn’t long before they were in a passionate kiss causing Sam to moan at little when their tongues met. Sam then lowered her self down onto the bed bringing Chester with her.
It didn’t take long after that before the both of them were lying side by side breathing heavily, their hearts beating rapidly, both tired, but happy. Chester turned to his side facing Sam. Kissing her shoulder softly he spoke to her, “Are you okay?”
“Yeah” she told him turning her head to look at him. She touched his cheek softly. Chester put his arms around Sam, holding her. “You know, I thought I was going to have trouble getting close to you again, since I was afraid when you wanted to kiss me a couple days ago” she admitted softly.
“I was kind of afraid of that, too” Chester said. Sam looked at him, her face only inches from his.
“Can I be mushy for a moment?” she whispered, he smiled in acknowledgment. “I love you with all my heart and as long as you’re with me, I know that I’ll be safe and protected…and the fact that I was able to be with you so soon after coming home shows that” she told him. Chester kissed her forehead and then her lips softly.
When he pulled away, Chester spoke, “It kills me that this happen to you. It happened to me too. That why we have each other to lean on for support when we need it” he softly stated which made Sam smiled lightly.
“I didn't know you could be such a softy” she joked laughing softly, running one of her hands through his hair.
“Shhh, don’t tell anyone. Especially Mike. He’ll be devastated that his writing partner turned into a softy. It’ll ruin my reputation” Chester joked back with her. Sam just started too laugh in response.
“Oh I’ll make sure next time I see Mike to tell him” she jokingly stated watching the look on his face. She just laughed again, “You know I’m joking with you” she told him.
“I know you were” he’d let her know. He then kissed her forehead again. After he did that she rested her head on his chest. Soon sleep overtook her and she fell asleep as Chester kept his arms around her protectively.
