Begin again || Jasper and Samantha
Perhaps weirdest of all was the way Samantha's father had reacted to the hostage situation. It wouldn't be abnormal on any other parents, but Samantha's father being overprotective was not something he often did. Samantha got along with her dad, but where they'd spent so many years apart they didn't have the closest relationship. They functioned separately and were there for each other when they needed to be. But something must have gone of in his head, because he seemed very worried about her. Maybe it brought back feelings of losing Samantha's mother. Yes, they weren't married at the time, but he had loved her once and Samantha knows that her death really affected him
So every time Samantha came home from work he was there to give her a big hug. It seemed like now when she left the house she needed to tell him again. Like she was fourteen. But she didn't mind, she understood. Samantha would rather he cared too much than not at all. So Samantha had prepared him for the fact that she was going to be going out on Wednesday night but that didn't stop his questions. Where are you going? Who is he? Can he be trusted? Was he linked to those convicts?
Samantha felt like a teenager.
After reassuring him that she would be fine Samantha got herself ready. It felt odd to be going out with Jasper again after everything. Part of her wondered whether he had intended to ask anyway, or whether it was spurred on by Johnny. Why would Jasper get jealous over that?
Either way Sammy wanted to look as nice as she possibly could and have a good night with him. She needed this and so did he. After all the nastiness, Samantha wanted to spent some time with her favourite person. They could build a new foundation where the old one had shattered.