Chapter One: iOne In A Million

"Sam is gonna kill us when she find out!" Spencer groaned to his little sister. They stared at the kitchen table, reading the letter again and again. It was like a death sentence.

"Shut up, Spencer!" Carly snapped. But even she had chewed her nails off. "Of course Sam is going to murder us when she sees this!" Carly hadn't done this cuz she was tired of living. She loved her life! She hadn't thought Sam would really get picked.

"Let's tell them no." Spencer suggested. "We'll call them and you'll pretend to be Sam! Seriously, it's your turn. I've had to be the woman way too many times. Or we could say she died."

"Spence, we can't say she died!" Carly hissed, rolling her eyes. God, why did she always have to be the adult? "Could we ask them to pick another girl? They probably got like a billion responses."

"No." Melanie told them. "She was accepted. She's going. This will be good for her." Melanie assured them. "If she won't have a relationship on her own, we'll do it for her."

Carly nodded slowly. "Fredward Benson is dreamy. They'd make beautiful children together."

"Oh man, think about how she'll kill us!" Spencer wondered. "Maybe c-chopsticks?"

"I'm not surprised she got picked." Carly said, getting used to the idea. "The producers aren't blind. Even they see they'll make a cute couple."

"She wants us to suffer." Spencer said to himself since the girls ignored him.

"I wish I had applied myself!" Melanie said as she stared at the man's picture. "God, his eyes are so mysterious! Even Sam will admit he's gorgeous."

"I bet she'll just throw us in a bonfire. It's less messy and she'll be able to watch us burn slowly and painfully."

"Mom will be thrilled." Melanie said. "She's tried setting her up with her ex boyfriend's sons. You'd think Sam would go for the greasy fry cook at Burger King…"

"Oh God, Dad is gonna die too!" Spencer yelled. "She'll track down his submarine!"

"They'll be constantly be filmed. We'll be able to watch them fall in love." Carly whispered. "And make sure they don't get too involved until she's got the ring."

"If I help Sam murder you two, she'll spare me?" Spencer asked, knowing he wouldn't get an answer. "I'll make it quick. You'll only feel a little pain."

"Ohmigod!" Melanie squealed. "This is the perfect excuse to shop! We'll buy her brand new clothes…something sexier than those Penny T's that make her chest look flat. With our help, he'll have to pick her!" Sam was a bit rough around the edges, but she had potential.

"How do you girls prefer to die?" Spencer asked. "If Sam makes me her assistant, I think I can convince her to let you choose."

Carly rolled her eyes. "Spence, what the hell are you talking about?" Everyone stared at her. She was a priss. She usually didn't use dirty language like that. But she to admit it felt kinda good. And Spencer deserved it.

"Hey, watch it!" Melanie whispered as if someone was eavesdropping. "The baby hears everything you say." She patted her round stomach protectively. "I don't want him to come into this world cussing."

"Oh, hell." Spencer mumbled. "I didn't realize that Strawberry Splat smoothie for lunch would be my last." Melanie glared at him. "So when do we tell Sam?" These could be his final hours! Life suddenly seemed so short. God, he was gonna go to his grave as a loser! Why was he still single?

"Soon. The show premieres in a week."

"A week?" Carly screamed. She grabbed the letter from Spencer's hands. "Is the mall open late on Thursdays?"

Spencer sighed. "I'll start writing my will."

X Sam's POV

"You what?" I screamed after Carly finished telling me what my family and my best friend had done to me. "Could you take this knife out my back?" They'd totally backstabbed me!

"We sent the producers your picture and info about yourself. You're one of the twenty girls chosen to be on the new reality show: Love Ain't Reality." Well, they were right about that. Love was fake. It ended in heartbreak and ice cream. "You'll be trying to win the heart of Freddie Benson. If you win, you'll be the new Mrs. Benson."

"Oh. My. God. Is this cuz I didn't apply for college?" God, so what if I wasn't going with Carls to Harvard? That gave her the right to ruin my life? "We watch this trash just to make fun of them! How could you do this to me?"

"It's for your own good." Carly whispered. She looked really guilty.

"No, ham is for my own good. You're trying to make me get an education!"

"No! Well…no! You have trouble with relationships. I want to see you fall in love and raise a family."

"I'm only eighteen! We can't all have sex with the first guy we meet." I yelled, staring at Melanie's huge belly. "I've got time to find a guy. Just not on a stupid reality show!"

"Soon you'll be twenty…and then forty…and then old with gray hair! No one wants to date a granny, Sam." Carly told me.

"Thanks, Carls. Nice to know you have so much faith in me." I snapped. "You can't do this! I'll be around girls with bigger boobs and no brains! And I'll be on camera twenty-four-seven!"

"It's done, Sam. Just give it a chance. I hear Freddie is really sweet."

"People say that about me before they get to know me."

"Well, maybe he's different." Melanie put her hands on her hips. You might even fall in love with him."

"Maybe…if it wasn't on TV! I'm gonna be embarrassed in front of the entire freaking world! You know I'll be the first to get kicked off."

"You won't be."

"Oh, so now you're a psychic?" I screamed at them. "Listen closely…I won't do it."

"You don't have a choice, Sam. We're not letting you die alone. You leave in a week."

"Wait." I held up a hand to shut them up. "A week?" I felt like ripping my hair out when Carls and Mel nodded. "One freaking week?"

"Yes, now come on!" Carly grabbed my hand and dragged me towards the door. "We're taking you shopping. The letter said you need dresses and you own none."

I pulled my hand away. "No! I don't even know this guy!"

Melanie sighed and picked up the letter. "It says he's a sensitive, smart and caring man looking for a girl who has a heart of gold."

"See, he's not an actor!" Carly told me. "He's the host of Tech Time With Freddie.

"Oh, so he's a geek and a jerk? Our children are gonna turn out great."

A/N: Sorry if this chapter was a bit boring, I promise it will get exciting soon. Don't worry, Freddie will be in the next chapter! This is obviously a SEDDIE story =D

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