"Samantha had returned my Pro-Mark 5A's with a note, "Thank you for the company, and for the loan. Please think of me when you use these, ok? Love, Sam." Oh God. Now I will always have two pairs of Special Sticks."

This is important because Samantha and Steven were starting to become friends. The fact that he had called his drumsticks, special, shows that he liked her a little more than as a friend.