With nothing going on in Seattle, Sam had decided to make his way to Washington DC in the hopes that he could convince Natalie to stop studying and join him for an afternoon at the mall. He had some Christmas shopping to do and he thought just an afternoon of hanging out and walking around and talking might be nice. Maybe they'd even grab a bite ( Read more... )

As promised, Sam had gotten out of bed and spiffed himself up. His hair was brushed, his tie was loose (but on!) and his clothes were clean and ironed. See, he could clean up nicely when he wanted to ( Read more... )

Sam was back on the mainland for a few days. He'd made promises to be around more and if he couldn't be on the island and in his former room, he'd be as close as he could. And he'd found that he liked this particular hotel and Natalie knew where it was so it was convenient to use when he did spend time away from Seattle ( Read more... )

Sam hadn't gone back to Seattle yet. After the tumultuous week he'd had, he'd gotten a little lazy and a little tired when he'd taken Natalie back to the island after she'd stayed with him in Seattle. He'd promised to hang out and that's exactly what he'd been doing ( Read more... )

Sam hadn't been lying when he told Natalie that he hadn't planned on really leaving the hotel room at all during his weekend with her. Sure, they'd gone to dinner in the restaurant but otherwise, they'd stayed stuffed in the room, just the two of them. And why not when it was such a nice room with a view of a church. Sometimes, the money that he ( Read more... )

Sam knew he could have just gone home. He'd pretty much felt like it after the debacle earlier but it'd been a long trip and there were no portals scheduled until tomorrow so Sam figured he was stuck here for the night ( Read more... )