Author's Note: Hey all me again, so I had another visit form the inspiration fairy, and her wand was just beating me in the head, with an idea for a new story! So I just had to get this started, don't worry I will continue to update iDont Forgive You PROMISE! Lately I'm being stalked in a good way, by Gavin DeCrew's song Not over you (hence the name of the story ) This song absolutely screams SEDDIE (A lot like Gilbert). If you haven't heard it yet, listen to it but for now here's my new fic and I hope you all enjoy it. It's my first Future Fic, and I think I'm going to have a lot of fun writing it!
Ps. I kinda do this thing called Read of the Week, where I shout out a story that I find to be above exceptional, and a fic that is definitely worth your time is (* Truth, by HourglassGluedToTheTable*) this story is just beyond words incredible so get out there and read it…maybe after you read this first…:)
Disclamier. Props to my man Dan, and Gavin DeCrew… fir such a Seddie worthy song!
"So whose turn is it this time?" Freddie's roommate Matt asked, tossing a football up in the air.
"I'm heading to Seattle."
"Who's in Seattle again?"
"Carly." Freddie replied shaking his head while pulling his duffel bag out of his closet. "You know I'm surprised you're able to find your way back to our apartment every night with your memory."
" I remember plenty of things…like the fact that your mother is a total MILF!." He laughed while sitting up.
"Matt." He warned without turning around.
"I mean the last time she visited, and she brought those pink dish gloves … man." He sighed.
"Dude, not cool." Freddie said turning around mid shutter.
"Alright ,well how about this, I know that Galaxy wars is your ultimate favorite trilogy."
"Well that's only because it's yours too." Freddie laughed opening his bag.
"Fine, but I know for a fact that you're still totally into one Samantha Puckett." Freddie's hands immediately fumbled dropping the cables that he was wrapping.
"Oh and he hits a nerve." Matt laughed.
"I'm not into Sam… like that."
"Please dude who are you trying to kid, you guys talk on the phone practically every day, and don't forget about your little Skype date, I could seriously set my watch by you." He laughed again standing up. " She's your screen saver on your lap top, don't think I didn't notice, and whenever it's your turn to host whatever this thing is that you guys do every couple of months you completely freak out trying to make it perfect."
"I do not." He denied putting his laptop in his bag.
"Why won't you just admit it? I mean in the three years that I've know you, I watched you turn down numbers of girls practically throwing themselves at you, and not to mention Hailey."
"But luckily enough you always seemed to be there to keep said girls company." Freddie said looking over at Matt.
"Well someone had to be there to help them through that rough time." Matt smiled wiggling his eyebrows.
"Listen, for the last time Sam and I are just …friends."
"With benefits?"
"Shut up Matt, I don't know why I even talk to you."
"Ouch that hurts." Matt said mocking sadness. Freddie laughed despite himself, thinking of when he first met Mark during freshmen orientation. He was a jock , and while Freddie did keep up with his lifting, he well… wasn't, but surprisingly enough they both had a thing for Galaxy wars, computers, and each had a pretty crazy over protective parent . Matt soon became one of his best friends and the rest as they say is history. In the beginning it took some getting used to, coming from a world of estrogen, the transition had its upside and downside. The downside being, he really missed his time with Carly and Sam and not doing iCarly was really hard at first … and what guy wouldn't want to spend his time around two beautiful women, but the upside was no more talk of boys, that ridiculous show Girly Cow, and cup sizes. Freddie's phone rang bringing him away from his thoughts.
"Hmmm let me guess… Sam?"
"No it's not her, see you don't know everything."
" Fine than who is it?"
"None of your business." He said turning to answer the phone.
"Is it your mom, let me talk to her." Matt said leaning over his shoulder.
"Hey" Freddie answered, while sending an elbow directly into Matt's gut.
"Fredward hay is for horses."
"Yea I know, sorry we haven't had a chance to talk in a while…Cindy" Freddie laughed, ducking as Matt threw a football his way.
"Cindy?" Matt mouthed with raised eyebrows.
"Freddie what's going on…are you feeling ok?"
"I'm great, I'm thinking we should get together again real soon."
" I thought you were coming home this weekend."
" Yea but..." He paused looking to Matt, who was hanging on to his every word. " Don't forget the arrangements."
"Freddie I've already made up your room all special." He sighed looking to Matt.
"Hey, do you mind?" He asked with his hand over the receiver."
"Oh yea, sure I'm no cock blocker." Matt said walking towards the door.
"Thanks man."
" No problem, tell your Mom hello for me."
"Sure, uh Mom Matt says hi." Freddie closed his eyes dropping his head. Damn
"Got you, God man Sam was right you are so gullible." He laughed.
"Whatever, just get out."
"Hi Mrs. Benson." Matt called laughing, while closing the door.
"Freddie?"
" Yes I'm here."
"As I was saying, I just fixed your room up, just the way you like it."
." I know, but Mom we already talked about this" Freddie sighed rolling up another t-shirt sticking it into his bag, while cradling his phone between his ear and shoulder.
" Freddie this is ridiculous, you come home once every four months and you don't even spend any of your time with your mother." She paused sighing into the phone." It was a cold day on October 17th 1994, the doctor tried to pump me with all kinds of drugs, but I refused I wanted you to come into this world without …"
The guilt trip he was used to, but she did have a point as crazy as it sounded. "Ok mom, how about this I'll stay at the house instead of Gibby's on a few conditions."
"Oh yes, yes anything."
"You can't constantly call and check up on me, I do not have a curfew, and absolutely no trying to track me, and Sunday will just be for you and me, agreed?"
"But Freddie, boys without bedtimes..."
"Mom!"
"Ok agreed! Oh Freddiebear you won't regret it, I'll make all your favorite foods! And I'll even go out a get a new box of prune pops!"
"Mom you don't have to.."
"Ok I'll see you tomorrow, at the airport."
"Mom you know I already have a ride."
"But Freddie.."
"I guess I'll just stay over at Gib.."
"Ok ok I'll see you at the house then."
"Sounds good." He smiled closing his drawer, hearing a beep he quickly looked at his screen, a grin instantly spreading across his features . "Hey mom I have got go that's my other line."
'Ok don't stay on the phone to long, you don't know what those waves are doing to your brain."
"Ok mom." Freddie smiled.
"And Freddie?"
"Yea?"
"I love you, be safe."
" love you too, see you soon." He said clicking over.
"Hola amiga."
"Well it sure took you long enough, and I thought we agreed on sticking to English."
"Sorry I was talking to my mom and.."
"Let me guess the guilt trip?"
"Yea, I had to stop her before she went into the labor story again."
" Hmmm she pulled out the big guns, then let me guess again, you'll be staying with her over the weekend?"
"Yea."
"Gosh after all these years your mom still has you whipped like the cream over my delicious slice of pie." Sam said clearly taking a bite of the treat.
"Ha ha, so when are you due back?"
" A little after 8:30."
" 8:30, but I thought you were coming in at two, and then I was going to pick you up."
"Yea but the miles are like two for one on the red eye flight, and you know Momma can't pass up a good deal."
"So then you'll be picking me up?"
"Yea you land around eleven right?"
"Yea, …but did you get everything with your license worked out?"
" It's…fine."
"Fine like when you thought it was okay to bring that pizza pie into the movie theater, or when you challenged that cop to an arm wrestling match to get out of a ticket, or how about when you call my mother drunk two weeks ago, claiming to have found the secret formula to eternal happiness?"
"Relax nub, it's fine, fine."
"Wow that's a name I haven't heard in a while." He laughed throwing a his razor into his bag.
"Well I save it for special occasions these days."
" So will Gavin be joining us again?"
" He has a prior…. engagement."
"Oh that's too bad."
"Quit lying Benson you couldn't stand the guy and we both know it." She was right he never liked him. He was rude, sloppy, and lazy, some people might say he was the male equivalent of Sam, but he knew she was so much more. She was passionate, driven, inventive, and intelligent, no matter how hard she tried to play it off. He knew for a fact that she only missed the dean's list twice since starting at the Tisch institution in New York two years ago. She deserved so much more than him, and he wished she could see why as easily as he could.
" That obvious?"
"Well between the dirty looks, and you two almost fighting the last time we got together I would say it's pretty oblivious."
"I guess I'm not that great of an actor."
"Don't feel bad, you're not that great at lots of things." Sam laughed.
"Thanks, you always just know what to say." She could hear his smile through the phone.
"It's a gift really."
" A gift that keeps on giving. Remember that time we went to that Scandinavian meat place that was pretty shady to say the least, and then you pissed off the waiter, that night your gift almost gave me food poisoning." Freddie's laughter subsided hearing the silence on the other end. There were a few topics that were considered not up for discussion by Sam. At the top of the list, her father .The one time he got her talking about him he saw her eyes glaze over before she completely shut down, that's when he learned of said list. Chick flicks, she claimed to be allergic to the stupidity of it all, cops, enough said, and most recently their short lived but intense relationship. After ending things they were able to slide back into their routine of friendship, but there was a point where it seemed like it wouldn't happen. "Sam I didn't mean.."
"Relax Freddork its fine, so how've things been with you?" She said quickly changing the subject, Freddie new it was everything but fine, but didn't want to push the matter, and took the out she provided.
" Uh..things have been fine nothing to exciting."
"And how's that Hillary chick?"
"Sam you know her name is Hailey, and we were never together. Why does everyone think we have something going on?"
"Maybe because she hung to every word you said as if at some moment doves would fly from your lips." Freddie chuckled thinking of a few months back when she and Carly came down to visit him, Gibby couldn't due to a football injury. They were all out at this pool hall he heard of, and Hailey just so happened to be there the same night. Sam all but gagged watching her shameless flirtation, clear to everyone but him.
" She's just a friend."
"A friend who wants in your pants." She scoffed.
"Well they are pretty nice pants."
" Get over yourself, one look at those Nug nug boxers is a deal breaker."
"It's been a while Sam, I'm more of a brief man now." Sam stirred uncomfortably in her seat, not liking how her brain jumped to an instant visual, thinking of Freddie Benson in underwear has proven to be dangerous.
"TMI Fredward, TMI." She said coming out of whatever fog swept over her.
"Have any idea where Carly's going to take us this time?"
"No, but I already told her to cross sushi off the list, we wouldn't want a repeat of …"
"Thanks." He said cutting her off, not wanting to take that trip down memory lane.
"Well go finishing packing, I know it takes you about thirty minutes even if we will only be there three days, and it's just a carry on."
" Okay I'll see you soon."
"Yea."
"And Sam?"
"Yea?"
"I'm really looking forward to this weekend."
"Me too…nub." She added before hanging up the phone.
"And Sam, I would love to marry you and make love to you across every surface known to man" Matt said reentering the room.
"Don't you have anything better to do than, harass me?" Freddie questioned while throwing his phone on the bed.
"Listen man, I'm just looking out for you, it's not healthy being in this… almost relationship, that you are refusing to acknowledge or come out of."
"Matt."
"Freddie listen I know you don't want to hear it, but I care about you man…you need to tell her how you feel, or let her go."
" What we have works ,I..I like what we have…I" He stopped thinking of the time after their break up, the awkward exchanges, they're pretending 'they' never happened, the silent agreement to forget the I love yous that were exchanged, it almost killed him back then, the thought of losing her. So he agreed. He ignored the purple polka dotted elephant in the room, he pretended to forget, to move on, in an effort to keep her. " I can't lose her." He finished dropping on to his bed. Matt nodded looking down, seeing the desperation in his friend's eyes.
" In the words of Shakespeare, the course of true love never did run smooth." Matt said clapping him on his shoulder. "Have a great trip man." He said moving towards the door. "And Freddie?"
"Hmmm?"
"Come back happy." Matt walked out of the room, leaving Freddie to fall back on to his pillows.
"I'm fine." He said to the ceiling, as Mark words played over in his mind. What does he know anyway, he couldn't even begin to understand them…no one could. What we have is great, she's my friend…so I care about her, friends care about one another. Sure I think about her, because there's no one quite like her, and yea maybe my heartbeats faster and my breathing slows down when we make contact..but that's just…. Freddie sighed sitting up. "We're fine." Only this time he wasn't sure if it was a statement or a question .
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