Sam's POV I woke up to my Phone alarm going off, quickly looking around confused by my surroundings before I realized I was at Maude's. I went to turn of it off before I saw the time. 8:30 am. Shit I have to get to work. I began to get up quietly.



"Sam?" A groggy Maude asked, rubbing her eyes. "Sorry, go back to sleep. I just have to get to work," I whispered. "Shit, we slept in didn't we?" She questioned, sitting up quickly. Almost bumping heads with me. "Don't worry about it," I laughed, "But I have to go." "Ok, I'll watch Dwight if you want," she said laying back down. "Thanks you're the best," I said, giving her a kiss on the forehead. As I walked out the door I could have swore I heard a sleepy "I love you" but decided it was just my brain. In the car I couldn't stop thinking about It though. Did she love me? Did I love her? Of course, but am I in love with here?. I put my thoughts to the side as I pulled in to the Defranco Inc. parking lot. Maude's POV I couldn't go back to sleep after Sam left. Partly because of the loss of warmth, and mostly because of the words that slipped out of my stupid mouth. "I love you" 3 words. 8 letters. Who knew those three words could have so much effect on me. It wasn't a lie. I do love him. I'm in love with him, I have been for awhile. But it was too early to tell him. We've only been together for about three weeks. I turned over, trying to go back to sleep. After 10 minutes of that I decided to get up and make breakfast. I made me a bowl of oatmeal and sat a my breakfast bar. Sam's POV I sat down at my desk and booted up my computer to get some nerd news. I was greeted by Whitney and Filup. "Hey Sam, you're late" Whitney joked. "And you're wearing the same clothes as yesterday," Filup added. Without thinking I almost just replied "Maude's House" but caught myself in time. We hadn't told are friends yet either. We wanted to make sure we had something real and not just a fling before we said anything. After this morning I was sure it was real. "Fell asleep on the couch, and missed my alarm" I choked out. Replies were really awkward looks from the both of them. Before they could say anything I changed the subject. "So find anything interesting for nerd news?" I asked. The day went mostly normal, I changed into a random FHP shirt for the video. End of the day I was in my car again heading to Maude's. I pulled up and I was nervous about this morning. What did she mean? Was it all in my head? A quiet knock later and I was greeted with the familiar blonde hair tucking into my shoulder during a hug. "Hey Bunny" Maude's voice rang out. Maude's POV "Hey Bunny" I sang, wrapping him in a hug. I invited him in and Dwight and Zelda were happy to see him, Dwight more than Zelda. "So Maude I wanted to talk about something," I heard Sam say when he stood up from petting the dogs Fuck! He heard what I said this morning and wants to break up. He must of seen my face because he grabbed my hand saying "Nothing bad I promise." He pulled me to the couch, sitting us down. He looked at me with those handsome hazel eyes "I think we should at least tell our friends about us" he said. I was shocked. This was the last thing I thought he would say. I didn't know how to respond. "It's just that I know we said that we would wait til we were ready," he rambled, "but I'm very confident that this is not just a fling. At least to me" "Sam," I laughed, stopping him. "What? Why are you laughing?" He asked. "Because I think you're just so cute Bunny," I giggled, "but I completely agree, this is real" "Really?" He questioned. "I've never been sure of something in my life." I smiled He pulled me into kiss. After a short talk we decided that I'd tell every one next week when I visit the office. Pulling me back into a kiss as we laid down on the couch. Let's just say thank god tomorrow was Saturday. ; )

-Mindy