Title: Clean Slate

Rating: Not sure. So far it's G. I am not inclined to write, but love to read, NC17 stuff We'll see.

Summary: This is a work-in-progress (I promise to finish it if even one person asks me to) so all I can say is this: What would you do for someone you love? What would you do for the sake of it? What would you do in the name of it? What wouldn't you do? It's all about sacrifice. This has Jasam, Lusam, Lucky/Alicia.

Disclaimer- I don't own them, though I wish I did.

C L E A N S L A T E

"Sa-a-m?" Alicia mumbled. It was almost 3 in the morning, but she saw Sam's name on the Caller I.D. Lucky groaned. He wanted her to hang up already. Alicia sort of laughed. "Shut up, it's my sister. Go back to sleep."

"You go back to sleep" Lucky slurred in a sleepy daze.

"Shh... Sorry, Sam. Do you have any idea what time it is?... Sam?"

On the other end of the line, Sam could barely keep her voice straight as she said, "Ali... I need your help. Please meet me tomorrow morning."

Alicia was worried now, "Are you alright?"

"Yes. I'm fine. I'll come over tomorrow and we'll have breakfast. Just the two of us, okay."

What's this about, Sam?"

"I'll tell you tomorrow."

"Sam-"

"Don't worry. No one's dying." Sam tried to smile through that one, hoping it would worry Ali less. One of them had to be calm. Alicia couldn't believe her ears. Sam said 'no one's dying'. Sam hated the 'figure of speech' that Alicia was so fond of saying whenever she would try to play things down. So much had happened in the last several months. Her life had been so different and now, she had a sister. "Apologize to Lucky for me, ok?" Sam continued, "Tell him I'll make it up to him."

Alicia nudged Lucky. "Hey, grumpy. Sam said she's sorry for waking you up. She said she'll make it up to you."

Lucky's eyes stayed shut, but he grinned and said, "Hmm, strawberry pancakes."

"You know she can't cook."

"Neither can you."

"Oh, go back to sleep." Alicia said. She heard Sam giggle at the other end of the phone. "So, tomorrow, we'll have a breakfast date."

"Thank you Ali. Goodnight." Sam bid.

"Goodnight. Love you."

"I love you."

Alicia hung up the phone. She snuggled next to Lucky.

"Everything fine with Sam?" Lucky asked.

"Yes. It's kind of a sister thing." Alicia answered.

"Well, I've got a work thing in a few hours."

"Don't slam the door on your way out. A girl needs her beauty sleep."

"You're so sweet to me baby." With that, they kissed and fell back into slumber.

Several hours later, Sam ran into Lucky at the elevator of Alicia's apartment building. Lucky saw the exhaustion in Sam's eyes despite the make-up and the smile to cover it up.

"Morning Sam," Lucky greeted.

"Lucky, good morning. Going to work so early?"

"They've got me on a new case and I haven't got much help with extra man power because of the-- so it's extra hours instead for me." Lucky tried to be honest with his answer without treading into delicate territory. He realized Sam was aware of it anyway and was also being careful with her words, "I won't keep you. I got a hot date with my sister."

"Bang extra loud on the door for me, will ya'. Ali kneed me in her sleep last night. Maybe you can figure out what she dreams about – she won't tell me."

"I'll try, I can't promise that I'll tell you if she does tell me."

"Well, then, you best make sure there's a strawberry pancake breakfast for me in my near future," Lucky said. He looked at the shopping bags she was carrying. Obviously she didn't have time to stop by the Pottery Barn so breakfast must have been in there and a delicious smelling aroma was emanating from the smaller Dean and Deluca bag. "Could it be?"

"Maybe... " Sam said playfully.

Man was he hungry for a little home cooking. He winked at her and waved goodbye. On his way out the apartment building, he second guessed the wink he just threw at Sam. She was his girlfriend's sister, newly discovered or not, but they looked so much alike, identical twins after all. Sometimes he found himself inadvertently flirting with Sam, forgetting that it was Sam and not his Ali. Secretly, he had always harbored an attraction to Sam, which explained his attraction to Alicia, but had she not come along when she did and had Sam been a free woman... he stopped himself. He had a lot of work ahead of him and if he screwed up, Sam could end up getting hurt worse than anything she'd been through these past months.

"It's only a headache," Jason insisted.

But what began as a headache soon escalated into a full blown health crisis. Sam and Jason's life had completely changed. Jason was different. She was happy for him. But he was different. Back when it was a headache, Sam and Jason where soul mates. they still were, Sam thought. Back then nothing could tear them apart, Sam thought. Back then, Sam thought of nothing but Jason. Now, Sam can only think of Jason. It was the only thing she could do. Everything for Jason. It was the only thing she could think of. The only thing to do.

"Miami. One way." Sam said to the conductor.