"There’s only one problem," she pointed out. Brooke raised her head off the pillow and looked at Sam.

"What?" she asked confused. Sam smirked and tossed one leg over Brooke’s waist and straddled the blonde’s mid-section.

"Now, I’m all worked up," Sam growled leaning in for a kiss. Brooke placed her hands on Sam’s hips to balance her.

"Mmmm, me too," she purred back. "What about those two?" Sam shrugged as she slipped off her shirt with Brooke’s eager help.

"Don’t know, don’t care," Sam told her as she eased Brooke’s shirt off. "Let them entertain themselves."

**

"Anyone need to stop?" Lily asked from the driver’s seat two days and a state later. Nicole shook her head no. Brooke looked down at the sleeping form in her lap and shook her head as well. Sam had been asleep for over an hour and she didn’t want to wake her. The four of them were settling into their strange and nomadic journey and were actually enjoying themselves. It was like a mini-vacation. If the circumstances surrounding their leaving weren’t what they were, they might really be having a great time. But the shadow of their parents continued to cast a pall over them.

Sam and Brooke had both wanted to call Jane last night but knew that by now Mike undoubtedly had a trace on the phone and if they did call, they could expect the Marines at their doorstep in minutes. But if there was anyone they felt was an innocent being swept along in the madness, it was Jane. She seemed genuinely upset at the turn of events. Yes, she was shocked and upset to learn that Sam and Brooke were gay and in love but she was probably going to be able to get past her denial and see things for what they were, love and devotion between two people. She was open-minded enough for that, all she needed was time. But Mike, as well as Nicole and Lily’s mother’s, has stolen that opportunity from her and Sam and Brooke felt bad for leaving without saying good-bye. They both loved her deeply and hated hurting her this way.

Brooke felt doubly bad for poor Sam. Sam had lost her father at a young age and never truly recovered from the loss. Sometimes, when she didn’t think anyone was home or could hear her, Brooke would hear Sam sobbing in her room and knew she was crying for her father. And sometimes Sam would suffer from minor nightmares reguarding her father that would wake Brooke now as well and she would hold Sam until the crying stopped. So leaving Jane, the only parent Sam had had for so long and was so close to was extremely traumatic to the emotionally guarded brunette and Brooke knew it. Unfortunately, there was nothing she could do to make the situation any better other than be there for Sam now.