Winter's P.O.V

"Well the night definitely ended well." Sam says to me as we enter his house. I shrug and let out a sigh.

"It could've gone worse." I say and Sam gives me a confused look. I wave him off and slip off my shoes. I turn on the light and look at Sam.

"Just forget I said it. I'm tired." I say and Sam nods, grabbing my hand and leading me up to his bedroom. Becky wasn't home since she was at my place so we had the whole place to ourselves until the morning.

I walk past a mirror and I stop, walking back to it and looking at my reflection. The dress was all crumbled from playing with it too much - I only do this when I'm nervous or stressed -  and my hair was a mess. I notice Sam behind me and he pushes my hair away from my face. He kisses the top of my head and spins me around so I am facing him.

"Stop worrying. You've worried way too much tonight." Sam says and I nod, walking into his room and falling onto his bed. Sam chuckles and points at the dress.

"Your wearing that to bed?" He asks and I sigh, sitting up. I unzip the back of the dress and twirl my finger at Sam, telling him to turn. Sam turns and I stand up, wriggling out of the dress.

"You are so blind." I hear Sam say and I look to see him grinning at me but he was looking into the mirror and I gasp.

"Since when do you have a mirror?" I gasp, covering myself and Sam laughs.

"I've had this in here forever." Sam says and I groan.

"Your a bitch." I mumble and Sam raises his eyebrow.

"What have I told you about swearing? At least keep the last of your innocence, Winter." Sam frowns and I roll my eyes.

"Can I have some clothes, please?" I ask and Sam tilts his head, grinning slightly.

"As much as I would like to do that for you, I simply can't as I like what your wearing now." Sam says, rolling his bottom lip into his mouth and I pout at him.

"Please?" I ask and Sam shakes his head. I sigh and quickly jump into Sam's bed, throwing the sheets over my body and I hear Sam laugh as he starts to get out of his suit.

Ugh, why can't you just stay in the suit?

He takes off his shirt which leaves him in his pants. I feel myself getting a little hot and bothered.

Look away, Winter, my brain says and I bite my lip, turning around. When I feel the bed dip, I look to see Sam smiling at me.

"Peeking." Sam whispers and I roll my eyes.

"I was not." I say, letting out a huff. Sam looks at me for a second before grinning.

"I feel like a swim." Sam says and I gap at him, my eyes widening.

"Hell no." I say and Sam rolls his eyes.

"You don't say yes and I'll throw you over my shoulder and throw you into the pool in what your wearing now." Sam smirks and I shake my head, bringing the blanket up to my shoulders.

"Fine. No kisses for you." Sam says, getting off the bed and I gasp.

"You can't do that!" I exclaim and Sam grabs his board shorts and slip them on. He turns back to me and grins.

"Say yes."

"No." I say and Sam walks closer to me, the grin still playing on his lips.

"Yes."

"No."

"No."

"Yes - Wait no!" I say, covering my face in frustration and I hear Sam chuckle.

"I cant believe that worked." Sam says to himself as he looks at thr wall in front of him and I glare at him.

"I'm still not going. It's like three in the morning." I say and Sam shrugs.

"We've done it before." Sam says and I am about to protest until I remember that we have went swimming at three or so in the morning.

Sam rips the sheets off me and I instantly squeal, trying to cover my body which is only in underwear and a bra. Sam looks at my body and I can't help but blush.

"Stop staring at me." I mumble and Sam grins, lifting me up. I wrap my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist to keep me from falling.

"Your so beautiful." Sam says and I roll my eyes when Sam's arms wrap around my legs, holding me up.

"Your only saying that because I'm in such little clothing." I say and Sam rolls his eyes.

"Can you just take a compliment for once?" Sam groans and I smile at him.

"Not if it's from you." I say and Sam starts to walk out of the bedroom and down the stairs. Suddenly, I hear voices.

"Sam..." I mumble and Sam stops walking.

"Yeah?"

"Did you hear that?" I ask and we both stay quiet for a few seconds, hearing the voices again.

"Calm down, it's only Amanda and Hayden." Sam grins and my eyes go wide when I point to Hayden's room.

"They aren't having sex, Winter. They are laughing. You wanna see for yourself?" Sam questions and I shake my head. Sam chuckles before making his way down the stairs and into the backyard.

"I'm still deciding if I should throw you in." Sam says and I frown at him.

"You throw me in and your coming in with me." I say and Sam thinks for a moment before looking at me with a smirk.

"Thats actually not a bad idea." Sam says and I shake my head frantically. I dig my nails into Sam's neck but it only makes him smile.

"Ugh my nails are useless." I say and Sam chuckles.

"Maybe that's because you have none." Sam says and I roll my eyes.

"I bite my nails just like most of the girls on this planet, shut up." I say and Sam raises his eyebrow at me.

"Shut up? Oh, get ready for the cold water." Sam says and just as I open my mouth to protest, I feel water invade my mouth. When I rise, I start to cough, letting go of Sam and making my way to the edge of the pool.

"Your impossible." I mutter as I stop coughing. Sam swims over to me and wraps his arms around my waist, pressing his chest against my back.

"I'm so sorry I nearly caused your death." Sam says chuckling and I turn around to face him.

"I actually could've died." I say and Sam rolls his eyes.

"Yeah okay, princess." Sam says and I glare at him. I decide to not go off at him and just swim around the pool, ducking my head under the water to cool me down.

Somehow the water wasn't actually cold like Sam said. It is pretty warm and I love it.

"Come here." Sam says and I raise my eyebrow, leaning against the side of the pool. Sam is on the other side from where we were before and he is still there just smirking.

"No. I would like to stay away from you." I say and Sam sighs, running his hand through his hair.

"You leave me no choice." Sam says as he ducks his hand under water, swimming towards me. I find myself just standing there, watching Sam's figure swim towards me.

When Sam rises from the water, he doesn't forget to run his hands up my legs and to my stomach, making my body tingle by his touch. Sam looks down at me and places his hands on either side of me, clutching at the side wall. I look up at him, my lips parted as I take in Sam's looks.

God, he is still as hot as ever.

"I really do love you, Winter." Sam says as his hands stay at my hips, just holding onto them. I ignore the butterflies that are in my stomach and wrap my arms around his neck.

"I know and I love you too." I say, a small smile on my lips. Sam grins and ducks his head to kiss me. When his lips touch mine, I can't help but let my knees fall weak at the feeling. Sam lifts me up and sits me on the concrete, standing in between my legs. I pull him closer to me by wrapping my legs around him, deepening the kiss.

"Oh shit, there making out." I hear someone mutter and I recognise the voice as Amanda's. I ignore them and continue to kiss Sam.

At this point, I knew that even though everything is hard right now, it was going to get better.

Even if it did take time.

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Okay I'm finished! THIS IS THE END! What do you guys think? I know I left a few things out but I promise you that they will be answered in the epilogue. I love you all and thank you to all of you who stayed by me when I basically gave up on the book! You guys are all amazing!

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