#30lovechallenge

Busted:

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“Sam. Would I ever do anything to get you in trouble?” Josh stated in mock naivety, fluttering his eyelashes innocently.

“Yes!” hissed Sam in a whisper as she crouched down behind a desk, pulling Josh down by his tie so that he was kneeling beside her. “And keep your voice down.”

“Oh come now, give me more credit than that.”

She gave him a stern look. “I’ll give you credit when we get out of here.”

Josh made to speak, but Sam slapped her hand over his mouth before he could utter a word. There they were, crouching behind a cluttered work desk in the offices attached to a reception hall. Technically, they were supposed to be out in the wedding festivities; Sam’s older sister was just married to her high school sweetheart. Sounds of the live band and popping champagne corks wafted into the dimly lit office. For a while, Sam had played the perfect bridesmaid. She made sure everything ran smoothly, keeping feuding family members apart and making sure everyone got the right serving of food. But, as is wont for Josh and her, she ended up with her beautiful dress around her ankles, her expertly made hair mussed. Josh himself was wearing little other than a tie and his boxers.

(I apologize in advance for this.)

Broken:

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No, no please. Please tell me this isn’t real.

Sam sat in the front row of an empty chapel, staring blankly at the display before her. Her hands were folded across her lap in what seemed like respect. Anyone passing by would have thought that she was deep in prayer. Little did they know that she was questioning the very faith that grounded her. She wasn’t doubting any sort of faith in a higher being; Sam had never been a very religious woman. Rather, she was questioning her place in this world.

AU where Josh didn’t fall asleep and so the prank never happened.

Slightly NSFW?

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“Josh!” Sam giggled, pushing him away from her gently. “Shhh. You’re going to get us caught.”

He pull away reluctantly, but not before he left a few bite marks on her neck. “You of all people know I’m not good at being quiet.”

It was the dead of night at the Washington lodge. Everyone but Sam and Josh that was, who had spent the last ten minutes tangled up together in the guest bedroom. The air was chilly in the lodge, but Sam and Josh had gotten so warm that they couldn’t notice. Both of them were fairly tipsy as well, having passed the first half of the night with their friends drinking up a storm. But, because they hadn’t made their relationship known yet, they had to agree to meet up in the spare room at four am in order to avoid the prying, judgmental eyes of their friends. Within the first minute, Josh had Sam shoved up against the bedroom wall, his hands buried deep into the back pocket of her jeans.

Pairing: Josh and Sam

Situation: Sam gets a lesson by the pros.

*****

December 2014 

Emily closed the car door and grabbed Jessica´s shoulder. 

“Do you know why Sam called us?” Jessica shrugged her shoulders, looking even more clueless. “She said it was very important. Like, an emergency or something.”  “Must be- she would not have called us if it wasn´t an emergency.” 

“Ohum, I guess you are right. But we will know if we just go inside now.” Impatiently, she rang the bell and waited for her friend to open the door. It was a nice house, big enough for Sam´s family and nice enough to be on the cover of a lifestyle magazine. They only had to wait a few minutes until Sam swung the door open, pulling headphones out of her ears, smiling widely at the two girls stood in front of her. “Hey, I have already waited for you. Come in!” They were led through the corridors before Sam told them to sit down on the couch in the living room while she was heading into the kitchen to get some water and food.  

She eventually set the plates down on a stand next to Emily who immediately started eating, Jessica sending her a strange look. “Didn´t you want to lose some weight, Em?” Emily rolled her eyes at her, almost aggressive. “Look at me. Do you think I need to slim or something, hun?”  To show her best friend how serious she was, she shove another load of chips into her mouth, grinning full of triumph. “I think both of you are perfect the way you are.”, Sam tried to solve the upcoming fight before it could start and Jessica´s cheeks reddened, before she mumbled a quiet sorry into Emily´s direction. 

“So, what I wanted to talk about with you...” Emily stopped crunching instantly, her hand falling down. “Yeah?”, she asked hopefully, waiting for Sam´s answer. “There is this guy...” Emily and Jessica nodded in unison, eyes resting on the slightly uncomfortable looking Sam. 

“Okay... I would like to get his attention. But I don´t know... I wanted to ask you guys how to seduce somebody?” Jesica threw her hands into the air, praising god loudly. “Hallelujah, I knew this day would happen. God, thanks for hearing my prayers. I owe you a strip tease.” Sam shot her an irritated smile, trying not to laugh out at her friend´s reaction. Her new teachers high-fived.  

“Well... after you finished this-” “Who is it?”, Emily said all of a sudden. Sam´s cheeks reddened. “Never mind. I guess I already know.” “You... know?” Emily smiled widely. “But it doesn´t matter at this point. Okay... Jessica, where should we start?”  “The clothing?” “Guess that´s a good start. So my dear Samantha. What is the difference between my clothing and yours?” Sam looked down at herself, seeing her usual yoga pants and a basic-white shirt. “Hers”, Jessica said, “Is hot. While yours is more like screaming... Hey, I am a virgin!” Sam shook her head. “I get your point... but I like my clothing. I don´t want to change myself too much.” “Girl, there is a lot of work to be done here. Let us get started Jess.” 

******

“What about this one?”, Sam asked, lifting up a black bra with lace on top of it. Emily inhaled sharply, showing her a thumps-up before pulling out a few sets, throwing them at Sam without even looking at the price once. Sam glanced at them. All of them were the kind of underwear she usually wouldn´t wear. But extraordinary situations needed to be beaten with unusual things. “Go try them!”, Emily shouted, causing the whole shop to turn around, “With the shirt we bought.” She made her way through the corridors between the layers of silk and lace, eventually changing. Sam stared at herself in the mirror. That was her, still, but improved, a sexier, more adult Sam, she had never seen before. “How do you look?”, she heard Jessica´s voice. “Wait, I´ll come out and show you.” She stepped out and found Jessica amazed at her sight.

“Woah woah woah, Samantha! You look soooooo hot right now. I´d turn gay for you right now. If he doesn´t  notice that... he must be blind. Emily, come over! Look at hot, little Sammy! We did a good job.” Emily sent her a mild smile. “Quite good.” The shop assistants gave her a little applause, Jessica´s eyes glistening. The group left the city with heavy bags as Emily suddenly stopped. “Wait! I forgot something!” She took something and let it slide into one of Sam´s purse. “You will need this.” Jessica mouth formed an `o´ as an idea crossed her mind. “We´re gonna throw a party.  At your house, Sam. Tonight. You can invite him.” Sam knew they had won. 

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“I thought it was just going to be us?”, Sam asked, looking at the crowd inside her living room. She also stared at one specific person who tried to watch her so she would not notice, but she had the moment he had laid his eyes on her. Jessica laughed. “I invited some of my and Emily´s other friends, too. Oh, look there is Mike! And MATT!” 

She stormed towards them, pushing away people on her way, falling into the second boy´s arms. Sam was left alone in the corner of her own living room, observing the humans around her. Eventually, she decided it was time to go other and talk to him since he had already stripped her with her looks. 

“Hi Joshua,” She smiled kindly, laying down her arm on his biceps. He showed her a stunning grin, a childish yet wonderful one as he lifted her up. “Hey Sammy.” 

“It is so nice that you came.” 

 “Oh, yeah,”, he answered, chuckling,” But didn´t you say it was going to be a small group of people having fun?” 

“Uhum, basically yes. But Jessica decided it was way too little.” His eyes wandered across her body, eventually resting at her eyes. 

“Where is Hannah?” “At home, watching the new `Grey´s Anatomy`-episodes.”

 “Oh, good, she doesn´t have to worry about the two of us suddenly disappearing then...”, she whispered into his ear, hearing him swallow heavily. “Sammy... you... are you serious?”, he seemed to be nervous. “Deadly serious. Did you know what Jessica said today? She said that this shirt would look good on me. But I guess it would look even better on the floor of my room. While you are with me.” He growled. “Fuck, Sammy, what are you doing to me?” 

Pairing: Josh and Sam 

Situation: If you kiss in public places, you risk getting caught...

*****

Hannah was stumbling through the mass of humans at the club, searching for somebody she knew. She had lost the group a few minutes ago; and eventually started to worry about ever finding them again since all she saw were unknown faces and artificial smoke filling the room. 

She held a drink in her hand, although she had not drunk at all this evening, wanting to stay sober because of hers and Sam´s trip that would start tomorrow. She didn´t want to have a really bad hang over and usually that was what she got after partying. 

The song changed and the music got louder, wilder at the same time. People were shaking their body parts wildly, dancing alone, with their partner or in groups, Hannah trying even harder to find her friends. She felt like she had been swallowed by the huge amount of humans here, taking her breath away, but, still, in a good way. The young woman had always loved going to parties, dancing, just letting go off all her problems; and since Mike had access to fake IDs for every single one of them, their age had never been a problem.  As today they had gone in without someone noticing, not even the guards had looked at them for a second time. 

When Hannah felt like she had already went through the whole club, she saw a long dark dress. That was nothing special for a club night like this, but she saw blond hair and a dark shadow in the corner of her eye. Shocked, she stopped and watched them. 

Her best friend and her brother. When- why had she never noticed anything? Or had it happened spontaneously? 

Sam´s dress had been shoved up her leg, revealing a streak of pale skin in the dark light. Her hair swung around as they moved, the stripes hanging down as her brother kissed onto the bare shoulder again and again. Hannah did not know what to do. Now all the little things went into place, like a puzzle that was being solved after a long time, looks, glances when they thought the other    didn´t see it. Sam asking about her about Josh´s mental state, a concerned expression on her face. Josh making fun of Samantha´s height. A small smile sneaked onto Hannah´s lips. As Sam threw her head back and laughed, she decided to give them a bit of alone time instead of confronting them. 

“Hannah!”, she heard her name being screamed. “There you are! We have been looking for you!” She turned around, seeing Beth running towards her, pushing people out of her way. Finally Beth stopped next to her twin, her eyes widening as she saw the two of them. “Did you know about that?”, Hannah asked her sister, seeing something on her face. “I kinda... did know that there was something between them. But Josh... I didn´t know it was that serious. I guess I thought they would always stay at teasing each other.”   

“Well, obviously they didn´t. Should we tell the others?”

Pairing: Sam and Josh 

Situation: The group is on a camping trip, Sam and Josh are left alone in the woods

*****

Sam sped through the forest, laughing. Due to her endurance she had trained throughout the years she was faster than Josh and Mike who were chasing after her, coughing loudly. 

“You are never going to get me!”, she shouted out, giggling. She could hear Josh´s voice soon after. “You wish, Sammy!” 

It was dawning, tiny bits of sunlight shining through the trees. The group had gone on a camping trip, had started driving on endless roads just to eventually stop inside a forest that seemed like a little paradise itself. Green bushes, a little lake in the centre of the woods, and flowers framing some paths that lead through the undergrowth. 

Sam held a bag in her hands, slowly slapping against her thigh as she ran on, the boys only a few meters behind her.  She crossed a creek and jumped, hearing Mike stumble and fall down, water splashing and him cursing. 

She turned around and saw Mike laying inside the liquid, dripping from it. “Naw, he fell for you.”, Josh said playfully, helping his friend by reaching out for him,“But you better go back now, bro, you are wet.” Mike was pouting, arms crossed in front of his chest as he turned around, walking back towards their camp. “Not for you.”  

As soon as Mike had disappeared, Sam stepped closer, placing her hand on his arm, lowering his gaze seductively. “So, what was that thing you wanted to show me?” Josh laughed in a deep voice. “ You know, it is nice to finally have some time with my girlfriend.” He pulled her towards him, connecting their lips as he buried his hands in her hair. Suddenly she backed off, a sly smile on her lips that were a bit swollen. “Maybe we should give Jessica her panties back. I guess she will need them. If Mike doesn´t need them even more.” She tried to walk away, but Josh grabbed her ponytail and started to kiss her neck. Sam let out a high-pitched sigh, her legs trembling. Finally she found the inner strength to softly push him away. “We should really get back. Before they think we have been eaten by wolves.” 

She took his hand in hers drawing little circles onto his skin with her thumb while they ran towards the place where they had left the others. Silence greeted them as they were only a few meters away. 

“Oh, they didn´t! They would not!” 

The place was deserted, only one tent in place, a short note glued to the fabric. 

`Have a nice evening, guys. We decided you´d need some time for yourselves! Gonna pick you up tomorrow. xoxo Emily´

Sam moaned out, letting the piece of paper fall down. 

“What are we supposed to do now?” 

Josh sent her a grin. “I know a lot of things that would be nice.” 

“Hardy har.” She smiled nonetheless, affection filling her eyes,“Idiot.”  

“But I am your idiot.” 

“Well, that is true, I guess.”

“I love you.” 

“There is nothing that could keep me from making love to you right now.” 

“Not even wolves?” 

Pillow Fort:

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“I’ve got a surprise for you.”

Sam led Josh into her bedroom, both of her hands covering his eyes to ensure that he couldn’t see. Josh waved his arms out in front of him in an attempt not to run into anything.

“You’re not going to surprise me with jogging again, are you? Because, I love you, but I refuse to go through that hell again.”

Even though he couldn’t see it, she gave him an eye roll. “No, it’s not. And studies show that running increases your lifespan significantly.”

“Yes,” he said as he tried to squint through the cracks in her fingers, “But is it really worth it if you’re spending it running?”

“Oh hush.” Demanded Sam, shifting him left and right so that he was standing in just the right position to regard her surprise. “Okay, are you ready?”

Rainy Day:

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“Are you freaking kidding me?”

Sam stood in front of her open door, tennis shoes laced tight and water bottle in hand, and stared at the torrential rain that was spilling out from the heavy gray clouds. Fat droplets fell lazily onto her front lawn, splashing against the hot pavement and creating a bit of steam. It would be mystifying if Sam wasn’t so annoyed.

“What?” Josh asked, coming up from behind and looking across her shoulder at the rainfall. “Oh. Guess this means our nature hike is off, huh?”

She groaned and set her bottle on the floor. “Not unless you feel like swimming through the trails.” Taking one last forlorn look at the monsoon outside of her door, she snapped the it shut and sunk into her big plushy couch.