Sam

Oh my god. What did I do? What did I do? I step away from Freddie awkwardly. What did I do, why did I do it? Everything was going fine until he went all deep on me and made me feel all emotional, like only the nub can. I know I've had this weird crush-like thing on him, but ugh, what did I do?

"Sorry," I say quietly after a few seconds of standing there. It comes out all weird and strangled, and I feel like I'm going to cry. Curse that nub! That's the second time he's almost made me cry tonight. The first time was when I told him to leave. My voice just cracked and I was so frustrated, I felt like crying, and Pucketts don't effin' cry!

"It's cool," he says, but his look tells me otherwise. He looks confused, like only a confused dork can look. He tries to smile, and you can smell the awkward in the air.

"I should probably go then," I say. The words come out short and hacked off, just like when I first spoke after our first kiss. I turn around to leave, but then I notice that the only exit is through the school building and Frederly is standing between that and me. Oh bucket of chiz….

"Sam, wait," he says, taking my arm as I try to walk by him. I guess under normal circumstances I'd have crushed his fingers just for touching me, but clearly he is taking advantage of my weirdly emotional state. Ugh, that's the effect he has on me! Making me use all those big words in one sentence!

"What do you want, Freddie?" I ask, trying not to sound harsh. He blinks and relaxes his grip on me a tiny bit, and, to my surprise, I don't start running. I just stand there, staring. Staring… staring… staring… okay, I can't take this anymore. I tug my arm away, glaring at him. "Speak now or leave, Fredward."

"Look, Sam, I… it was just… I don't…"

"You don't like me, I get it," I say, trying my best to sound annoyed and not sad. "It's okay, I know I'm not Carly and I know what I did was uncalled for. Just wanted you to… you know… know."

"Sam, wait, no, no, no, no, no, Sam, no, please, listen, I didn't mean it like that!" he stumbles and rushes through his words, the panic written in big fat letters on his head. I can't help but laugh a bit. Friddie's so… Freddie. I regain my composure quickly though and roll my eyes.

"Didn't mean what like what?" I ask.

"I didn't mean I liked Carly, I didn't mean you were her, I didn't mean that was uncalled for. I mean, I'm just… surprised, that's all! I thought you liked Brad."

"Well, think again. Wait… what do you mean, 'I didn't mean I liked Carly'?" I must say, I did a pretty good imitation of his voice right there.

"Well, what I meant, was, well," oh yeah, he's nervous. This is actually getting fun. "I mean, I don't really like her anymore, I mean, as in, like-like."

"Like-like?" I raise my eyebrows, an amused expression on my face. Okay, enough with the big words, what is wrong with me? You're in love with a nub, durr! Well, apart from that.

"Are you gonna make me say it?"

"Well, I was thinking about it."

"Fine! I don't love Carly anymore. I love-" he catches himself by slamming his hand over his mouth. "You didn't hear that." I decide to go with the innocent act.

"Hear what?"

"Oh, uh, nothing, uh…"

"Who do you love, Fredweird?"

"I didn't say anything…" his voice is about an octave higher than usual, like always when he's really nervous. I shrug.

"Okay. Bye."

I really am about to leave when he grips my arm again and pulls me in, kissing me just like I kissed him a minute ago. And you know what? It felt so good. And that's really weird because I am not a girly girl and I have no clue what I am saying right now so I'll just shut up and enjoy Fredley kissing me while I can, how does that sound?

When he pulls away, it's somehow not awkward anymore. It's like, I don't know, all the awkward just disappeared, and we're both actually happy-ish. We both look slightly confused, but the corners of his mouth are twitching as he stares at me, and it's taking a heck of a lot of energy for me not to just straight out grin right there.

At first it's just that- a staring contest, each of us trying not to smile first. It last for maybe ten seconds. Then both of us are grinning like idiots, a few more seconds and were laughing, and next thing I know, I'm rolling on the floor, clutching my sides with tears of laughter rolling down my face. Oh, that was soo poetic.

And then we're getting up again, clearing the dust off our clothes, still grinning, but at least we can control the funny now.

"So… does this mean we're, like, boyfriend and girlfriend…?"

"No." His face falls and I grin. "No one has asked me yet." He rolls his eyes.

"Sam, will you be my girlfriend?"

"I think the real question is, will you be my girlfriend?" I look up at him, trying my best to look as innocent as possible. He rolls his eyes and laughs a bit, taking my hand.

"I'm guessing that's a yes?"

"I don't know, is it?"

"Fine, yes."

I smile at him and it's weird, because Pucketts don't just smile at people randomly. See what the dork is doing to me?

"But nothing changes when we're around other people or alone, got that? I still call you names and cause you physical and emotional pain, yeah?"

"Okay, but you have to be cool with… you know…"

"I know… what?" Oh, tormenting the nerd is so much fun.

"Me… kissing… you…"

"Well, I'll have to seriously consider that, Freddork," I joke, pretending to be deep in thought. Instead of waiting for an answer, he leans and kisses my cheek.

"See you later," he says, turning around and walking towards the door again. I nod and am suddenly in a trance again, a weird trance when I can't get the feeling of his lips on mine out of my mind and I am grinning like an idiot, something I have been trying not to do for the last several hours.

I slowly turn around and walk back to where I was sitting before Freddie came. I sit down and take my water bottle again, staring off into space, my mind thinking about what the chiz has just happened. I know, me, thinking, the world is coming to an end. That is why, I guess, Carly chose this moment to interrupt my thoughts of a dork.

"Sam Puckett, you have some explaining to do!" I hear Carly's voice come towards me. Oh dear, this is going to be long….

Yeah, my first real fanfiction, please tell me what you think. I know this is going to become a cliché soon, and, well, it already is, but I just really wanted to write this. I think it's a one-shot, but tell me if you want more or so.

-DotS