Chapter 1: Double Date
"Hey Carly" Freddie says walking into the apartment and plopping down on the couch. Instinctively he picks up the remote and begins flipping through the channels. Nothing good was on though and he quickly lost interest.
"Hey Freddie" she responds walking over and joining him on the couch. "Soo… Are you excited?" She asks gingerly even though she knew that he was. Who wouldn't be excited to be going on there first date with someone.
"About what? We're just going to the carnival."
"Oh don't be so modest Freddie!" Carly responds with a grin. "You two haven't been on a date or anything since you started…" She tried to say but was interrupted by an almost inaudible thud against the door.
She and Freddie share a suspicious look and sneak over to the door. He then quickly grabs the door handle and pulls it open. He quickly jumps back as his mother practically falls forward into the doorway.
"Mom!" He exclaims throwing his hands into the air. "Why must you spy on me all the time?"
"Spy?" His mother asks quizzically. "I don't know what you're talking about, your mom son it's not spying. It's more like keeping on extended watch over you."
"Umm hi Ms. Benson."
"Oh hey Carly. So are you why my little Freddie has been so happy the past week?"
"Mom!" Freddie protests again.
"Well now Freddie I can tell when something is different about you. And you have definitely been acting differently over the past week." She puts her hands on her hips and gives him a motherly look. The look of someone who knows what she is talking about. "And then yesterday you asked for 30 dollars to go to the carnival with. I knew something was up."
"God mom! It is just me and some friends going to hang out at the carnival."
"Oh no need to hide it son. I knew you and Carly would eventually get together. You two were meant to be." She then takes Freddie in one arm and Carly in the other and brings them in for a hug. "Oh Carly now your part of the family."
After a few moments of struggle Carly manages to free herself from Ms. Bensons hug. "Ms. Benson, Freddie and I are just friends just as we have always been." She then noticed the look in the woman's eyes, a look that told her she didn't really believe her. So she figured she would put it in more simple terms for her. "We… Are… Not… Dating."
"Aww and I was really hoping it was true." She says as if it saddened her.
Carly never really understood why she was so insistent on her and Freddie dating. Perhaps if she ever found out about Freddie and Sam she would see that they made a much better couple.
"So you aren't going on a date?" She asks Freddie hoping that he was at least going with someone. But he just shook his head and she walked back to her apartment.
"Wow your mom can be weird sometimes." Carly comments as she closes the door.
"You're telling me."
"So like I was saying, you two haven't been on a date or anything in the week since you have been dating. And you're telling me you aren't excited?" She asks him again raising her eyebrows as if trying to insinuate sarcasm.
"Ok ok, I'm a little excited." He slowly looks away as if bashful and continues "But I'm also a little nervous."
"Oh there's no need to be nervous." She responds patting him on the back. "I'm sure Sam is a little nervous to."
As if on cue they hear a door shut and turn around to see Sam walking into the living room. "I'm nervous about what?"
"Oh hey Sam, I was just telling Freddie that you are probably a little nervous about your alls date to."
Freddie's mouth drops wide open, he couldn't believe Carly just told Sam that he was nervous. A slight hint of red colors his cheek as he exclaims "Carly! You weren't supposed to tell her!"
"Aww does Freddie have the first date jitters?" Sam says roughing up his hair a little. She was slightly nervous herself though, and felt bad for picking at him afterwards.
"Sam…" Carly says quietly and giving her a serious look.
"Ok I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mess up your hair. That is if you called that a hair style anyway."
Freddie begins to shake his head as Carly exclaims "Sam!" Her comments obviously weren't helping Freddie's self esteem.
Once more she felt guilty for picking at him so she walks over and gives him a hug, gently. He returns the hug wrapping his arms around her waist. "Sweety you can't take everything to heart." She whispers in his ear, so low that only he could hear her.
"Ok, I'll try to be a little more easy going in the future." He whispers back to her. And after a few more moments they released the hug and turned back towards Carly.
"So Carls, you're coming with us aren't you?" Sam says making it more of a statement than a question.
"Oh I wouldn't want to intrude, it's your alls first date."
"You wouldn't be intruding. Plus it's not like you wouldn't have a date yourself." Sam continues with a sly grin.
"Sam…" She responds wondering what in the world Sam had done this time. "What are you…" But she was interrupted once more by a noise at the door. This time it was a knock however. She gives a confused glance at Sam and Freddie.
"I think the door is for you." Freddie says grinning from ear to ear.
"Oh god, what are you two into." She says walking over to the door. "If you have…" But she stopped mid sentence as she opened the door, as she was taken by complete surprise. "Jake Krandle!"
"Hey Carly, these are for you." He says with a smile and hands her a dozen roses.
"Wow, this is a surprise." She says wide-eyed as she looks around at Sam and Freddie. Both of whom were grinning from ear to ear now. Taking the roses in her hand she invites Jake in and closes the door.
"I thought you told me Carly knew I was coming?" Jake asks Sam as Carly walks over to get a pitcher for the roses.
"Well…" she responds trying to think of a witty retort, but couldn't think of an excuse. "Ok so she didn't really know, but that doesn't mean she doesn't like you."
By now Carly had regained her composure and took a seat next to Jake on the couch. "Ok would someone like to explain to me what in the world in going on?"
Sam speaks up and explains. "Well Freddie and I figured it would be fun for us to double date to the carnival. And we heard that Jake had broken up with Stephanie. So we asked him if he wanted to go with you."
"I'm sorry I thought you knew." Jake says apologetically. "I better go."
"No wait." Carly says grabbing his arm. "I never said I didn't want to go with you. I just thought you and Stephanie were dating."
"Not anymore. She was way to controlling." He explains taking Carly's hand into his. "So do you still want to go to the carnival? Because I would love to go with you." He says gently staring into her eyes.
"Of course I do!" She answers while thinking that she has two of the best friends in the world.
"So when are we supposed to head out?" Sam asks breaking the silence that had fallen over the room. Carly breaks eye contact with Jake and turns to her.
"Spencer should be back in anytime now, he said he would drive us."
"Awesome! I can't wait." Freddie says with renewed enthusiasm. He couldn't help but feel overjoyed, it was Sam and his first date after all.
Spencer showed up about ten minutes later carrying four large grocery bags. He stumbled into the apartment and almost made it to the kitchen. But about five feet from his destination he loses his grip on one of the bags and it falls to the floor, spilling the contents. A small area of the floor then became littered with blocks of cheese, of all different colors.
"Why does your brother have so much cheese?" Jake asks amazed that someone could even find so much cheese in a grocery store, much less have a use for it.
"That is a really good question…" Carly responds looking strangely at her brother.
"It's for my new sculpture. I'm making the 'Cheese Dragon' for the new Dragon's Cheese Emporium they opened down the street." He explains picking up the boxes of cheese on the floor. "And this time guys please do NOT turn up the heat."
Sam giggled slightly but no one really noticed. They all just nodded there heads and waited for him to finish putting the cheese in the refrigerator.
After a few minutes he was finished and asked if they were ready to leave. They all agreed and they headed out to the car. It was a fairly short drive down to the carnival, and upon finally arriving they quickly jumped out waved goodbye to Spencer.
The carnival wasn't crowded but it still had quite a few people. They all stood still for a moment trying to decide what to do first. Carly was looking at the balloon game booths where you could win a giant stuffed animal. Jake had his eye on a ride called 'Pirate's Fury' which was basically just a giant ship that flipped upside down. Freddie wasn't very interested in anything that resembled danger and looked towards the ride called 'The Scrambler'. And Sam of course had already set her eyes on one of concession stands.
"I guess we should get tickets first." Jake says pointing towards a ticket counter. A large sign in front of it read 'Saturday Special $11.00 – Ride As Much As You Want'. "And look they got a special for eleven bucks." He continues pointing out the obvious.
Carly and Jake then walk towards the dwindling ticket line leaving Sam and Freddie standing near the entrance. "Well I guess we should get some tickets to." Freddie says as he starts to follow Carly.
But Sam instead grabs his hand and says "Not yet. First I want a funnel cake." She then begins practically dragging him towards the concession stand.
"Do you ever stop eating?" He jokes as she places her order.
"I've got to keep my figure." She responds with a grin.
"Well while you wait for the funnel cake I'll go get our tickets." He responds and walks over to Carly and Jake. They had just bought their tickets, which turned out to be blue bracelets. He then pays for two bracelets and joins up with Carly.
"Where's Sam?" Carly asks looking around at the different crowds of people.
"Where else, she's getting food."
"Go figure." She responds as they follow Freddie back to where Sam was. She had just taken a seat and was beginning to eat her funnel cake.
"Here you guys want some?" She offers cramming a piece in her mouth, leaving powdered sugar on her fingers and lips.
Carly and Jake both declined, but Freddie was curious. "Sure I'll try some, I've never had one before."
"You've never had a funnel cake! Oh my god you have got to try some then!" She exclaims not sure how he had not tried one before.
He then tries a small piece and was surprised at how well it tasted. "Mmm that is good!" He comments taking another piece of it. Sam just nods in agreement as she continues to nibble on it. It took her a few minutes but with a little help from Freddy they were able to eat the whole thing.
"So what ride should we go on first?" Sam asks quickly, she was obviously a little hyper from all the sugar.
A/N: Thank you for reading and sorry it took so long to get this sequel out. But I'm glad it's out now. In case anyone didn't read the story description this is the sequel to 'iCan't Believe I'm Stuck Here'.
So what ride do you think they will ride first? Do you think they can get Freddie to ride the 'Pirate's Fury'? What surprises could await at the carnival?
Please review and let me know what you think, comments and idea's are always welcome. Look for the next chapter very soon!