iStill Want Him

This story is part of the April/June "Stay My Baby" Creddie Fanfic Challenge

Chapter 1: Carly's Pain

Can we bring

Yesterday back around?

'Cause I know how I feel

About you now

I was dumb, I was wrong

I let you down

But I know how I feel

About you now

Carly Shay sighed, ending the song she was playing on her laptop. She had been hoping that it could help her feel better, and to solve the problem she was in, but it hardly helped at all. "This will never work out!" said Carly, to herself.

Her older brother and legal guardian, Spencer, walked in happily through the door, and said in a goofy tone, "How's my little sister?"

Carly said, "I'm fine, Spencer…" but he noticed that she didn't look okay. In fact, he saw that her face was sad, and that her eyes were a little red, so he guessed that she'd cried a little bit while he was out.

He asked, "What's wrong, Carly?" She sighed, and thought that Spencer could help her out a little with the problem she was in, so she said, "I'm in a bit of a problem, Spencer."

Her older, goofy brother became a little serious, and he asked, "What is it?"

Carly said, "Well, you know that our school's having their big 'Couples' dance in two days, right?"

Spencer nodded his head, and said, "Oh, let me guess… You don't have a date, do you?" Carly's eyes became a little watery, and she said, "Well, no, Spencer, because Jake and Shane are unavailable. Shane's also with Sam at the Meat Festival."

The girl's older brother said, "Well, aside from that being weird… What about Freddie?"

Carly's eyes became redder as she said, "I was going to take Freddie, but… he told me yesterday that his mother was taking him to Alaska permanently, and he said… that he… doesn't love me…"

She sobbed, and said, "Freddie said that he doesn't want me as his girlfriend anymore, but… I… 'want' him, Spencer."

Her older brother asked, "Want him how, Carly?" and she said, "As… as a… well, sort-of as a boyfriend, but mostly my date to the dance… and he said he's 'moved on' from loving me."

Spencer sighed, and said, "Okay… How about tomorrow you talk to Freddie again, here in the apartment? I'll get him to sit on the couch when you two return home from school… Trust me, Carly; if anyone can fix him, it's you…" His little sister smiled, and she went up to the bathroom to wash her hands (because it was almost dinner-time… while Spencer sighed as he stood up, and said, "I got to fix this…"

Then, he went out the door, knocked on Freddie's apartment door, and when it opened, Spencer walked in, and then, he slowly closed the door...