"Okay, I can prove she's not Stacey or whoever you think she is," David set a yearbook on Kevin's coffee table.

"Okay, prove it then," Kevin crossed his arms in disbelief. David flipped through many pages until he found what he was looking for.

"There, that's her. Ali Dunnmore," he pointed to her high school mugshot.

"That's not possible," Kevin examined it further, "But it is her."

"I know, why is she saying she's Sam?"

"I have know idea, but I'm going to find out."

"Nick, why are you with her? It doesn't make any sense," Brian asked as he passed the ball to him.

"We're in love."

"Yeah, and I'm Madonna," he laughed.

"Well, I don't know. I was thinking about taking a brake from her for a while, but she's acting a lot different today. I think I'll give her one more chance."

"Stan, this guy is perfect. I can't find anything on him. Well, except, I think my sister is abusive, but I don't know."

"What about his family? And problems?"

"I'll check, but I don't think so."

"Ali, do not go soft. We need a story. Your job is on the line."

"I understand, but Mr..."

"Ali, I can't stress this enough," Stan kept on babbling when the doorbell rang.

"Gotta go, bye," she hung up and ran to the door. She looked out the eye hole and saw Kevin standing there. Ali opened the door praying that Kevin could give her a story.

"Hey there Ali Dunnmore," he pushed his way in. Ali shut the door shocked.

"You know? How?" she asked scared her career was in his hands.

"I have my ways. Now who are you and why are you lying about who you are?"

"I can't say why."

"Look, Sam, I mean, Ali, if you're going to hurt Nick in any way..."

"No, no I won't. I guess I can tell you, but only if you don't tell Nick."

"It depends."

"Kevin, please. Its really important to me. And you could help me make sure he doesn't get hurt."

"Fine, I won't tell him as long as he doesn't get hurt." Ali took in a deep breath and sat down on the couch.

"Samantha is in Ohio. She's my twin. We were both adopted separately and I snuck into the files and found out about her. She has no idea I exist."

"Okay, so your a fan that wants to date Nick. Look this is no way to get attention from him..."

"No! That's not it at all. I'm an intern at the biggest newspaper in Georgia. The Atlanta Constitution and my boss found out about much me and Sam look alike and wants me to get a story on you guys. I get to stay permanently if I get Mr. Sullivan a good story."

"So, you're planning to exploit us?"

"Not if you help me get a story that won't hurt anyone," Ali sat quiet for a moment hoping he'd help, "Please help. This is my dream job, but I don't want to hurt anyone."

"Fine. I guess I could help. Besides, I've been meaning to get Nick back for a while."

"What'd he do?"

"He told a couple fans that I had an operation to be male," Kevin laughed slightly, "They didn't believe him, but it was embarrassing."

"I'll bet," Ali smiled.

"You know, your sister is a real brat."

"That's what I figured."

"She really doesn't deserve Nick. For her its all good cuz now she has all the money she wants. But Nick, he believes her every word. She doesn't love him. She loves the attention and the money. That's it."

"Yeah I noticed he's intimidated by me. Before he left with Brian he pleaded for me not to make him cry and he talked about a punishment."

"I've never heard of anything like that before. You know, your story should be about your sister. Tell the whole world how cruel she is."

"Yeah, I could do that. Thank you for understanding this," Ali nervously hugged him.

"Hey, its okay. I understand how bad you want it."

"You know. I've never had a friendship with anyone. After this whole ordeal is over, could we still be friends?"

"Yeah, sure," he ruffled her hair, "Ali."

"Sam, I'm home!" Nick called throughout the house.

"In the family room," Ali yelled back. Nick walked in with Brian following.

"Hey Kev, what are you doing here?"

"Just came by to see Sammy."

"How was the game?" Ali asked both Nick and Brian.

"We had to cut it short. Leigh felt a little sick and needed to go home. So Brian's going to be staying with us for a while. Leigh doesn't want him to get sick," Nick explained.

"Aww. Poor Leigh. I'll go make up a room for you Brian," Ali got up and headed upstairs.

"Hey Sam?" Nick called to her.

"Uh huh," she turned to face him.

"What do you want for dinner?"

"Oh, I'll fix something in a couple minutes. Kevin, will you be staying for dinner?"

"Sure, why not?"

"Okay, great. Why don't ya'll cleanup and then dinner will be ready."

"Sounds good," they all decided. Ali headed upstairs and both Brian and Nick were shocked.

"Okay, I didn't know mood swings could be a good thing," Brian laughed.

"Told you. See, she's not all that bad," Nick threw the ball, "Okay well, I'm not going to eat smellin this bad. I'm gettin a shower. See you guys later." Nick headed upstairs too.

Ali spotted Nick going into a room and followed him, "Nick, can we talk?"

"Yeah, 'bout eariler?"

"If you don't mind."

"I know your mad at me," he lifted his shirt up to reveal his bare stomach.

"What are you doing?"

"Its punishment time. Go ahead, I'm ready."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Punish me," he closed his eyes anticipating pain.

"Okay," Ali said confused. She looked at his stomach. Cut scars, "She cuts his stomach up?" Ali thought to herself. She decided not to do that and went to the worst thing after that. Ali quickly started to tickle him. Nick burst out in laughter and fell to the floor.

"Sammy, what are you doing?" he laughed as he tried to push her away, but her unmerciful tickling kept on.

"Punishing you," she laughed.

"What's going on? We heard a big thump downstairs," Kevin walked in.

"Nick fell," Ali laughed and faced Kevin. Nick got up off the floor and gained some composure.

"Okay, that's understandable," Kevin smiled and left. Ali began to turn around when Nick grabbed her and started tickling her.

"Okay, okay, stop!" she laughed, "Nick, your fixin' to get no dessert tonight!"

"Fixin? Sam, that be a Georgian word. You're turning into a hick!"

"Whoops! But go get a shower, I'll get dinner started," Ali started to walk away but Nick pulled her into a tight hug.

"Thanks for not, you know," he whispered to her.

"No problem," Ali laid her head on his shoulder, "Go cleanup, you stink!"

"Okay okay," he let go of her and went to get his shower.

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