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Chapter 1

Carly Shay was lying down on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She had been like this for nearly two hours, thinking about the day's events. He was back, Jonah was back, and he was there to beg for Sam's forgiveness. She had accepted, to Carly's astonishment. How could she let jerk-face back into her life? He tried kissing me, tried to convince me she didn't have to know. She deserves better than him, someone who will treat her like the perfect girl she is! Can't she see that he's no good? Carly's thoughts were interrupted by her phone going off vociferously; she really had to lower that ringer. She looked at the picture before answering, it was Sam. "Hey, Sam."

"Why did you leave school in such a rush like that? We didn't even get a chance to talk." Carly sighed, sitting up, "Sam, I hate him, he hurt my best friend. You don't just get over a stupid guy hurting the most important girl in your life, ok? It's not that easy and I'm sorry." Sam couldn't see the reason why Carly despised him. "Oh, sorry Carls, Jonah's calling. I'll call you when I get off the phone." Carly ended the call and went downstairs to see what Spencer was up to. "Hey, Kiddo, what're you doin'?" Spencer asked as she emerged from upstairs. "I just got off the phone with Sam, I can't believe her!" She fell back on the couch, turning on the TV to Seattle Beat. Spencer dropped whatever he was using for his sculpture in progress and sat next to Carly. "What happened?" Carly muted the TV and turned to him, "Remember Jonah?"

"That little nub that ruined my clay-mation movie?"

"Yeah, he's back. He begged for Sam forgiveness, what the hell? He shouldn't get a second chance. And of course she forgave him, what was she thinking?" Spencer looked at her incredulously, "You serious, after everything he did to her?" She nodded in response, tired of repeating herself. "You know what, Spence, I'm gonna go up to my room. I think I'm going to call Sam, try to talk some sense into her." Spencer gave her an encouraging pat on the shoulder, "You'll know what to do, you always find a way." Carly smiled when he said this, "Thanks, Spencer." She made her way to her room and grabbed her phone. She quickly dialed her best friend's number and sat at the edge of her bed. The line was busy, probably still on the phone with Jonah. She decided to text Freddie to see if he was wanted to study together, he agreed and came over within ten minutes. Freddie suggested to pop some popcorn and Spencer brought the bowl up to them, "Happy studying." He said then left. Freddie scooted closer to Carly then said, "Who needs studying? We can just see where the night takes us." He put his arm around her, kind of expecting her to push him away. To his surprise, she didn't. She actually snuggled closer, taking his other hand in hers. She needed comfort, someone to help her with this Jonah issue. "Freddie…what do we do about Jonah? I'm scared Sam will be hurt again, first he tried cheating on her with me, who will be his next target?"

"Carly, I know you're worried but Sam can take care of herself. I mean, she physically and emotionally abuses me all the time."

"It's different; you don't know Sam like I do. When Sam really likes a guy, she tends to fall hard, and besides he's no good. You saw how he treated her last time; she doesn't deserve a guy like that." The two friends forgot all about the popcorn and the homework and just fell fast asleep, until Mrs. Benson came in demanding to know where her son had been.

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It was early in the morning and Carly was getting ready for school. She hadn't heard from Sam since they got off the phone when Jonah called, she didn't like this because it meant the cycle had continued. It was the cycle of Sam pretty much ignoring everything that didn't revolve around Jonah. Carly arrived at school to see Sam and Jonah making out, their hands all over each other. "Aw, c'mon!" Carly said to no one in particular. A little green monster growled inside her as she strode to her locker. She just assumed that her anger was just because of what he did to Sam, nothing more. Freddie met up with her and asked her, "Are you okay? You look kind of down." She pointed to the couple all over each other near the front entrance, obviously annoyed with the situation. "Aren't they ever gonna come up to breathe?" Freddie asked. Carly laughed and said "I doubt it; they've been like that since I got here."

"Wow, that girl has some lungs on her! C'mon, let's get to class."

"Hold on one second, I have to get my books out for Ms. Briggs' class." She dialed her combination, pulled out her books for her English class, and closed her locker. "Kay I'm ready, let's go." Carly and Freddie walked into Briggs' class and decided to sit together. Sam came in late as usual and sat behind Carly. "Hey, Carls, what'd I miss?" Carly said nothing so she resorted to asking Freddie. "So, Freddork, what'd I miss?" Freddie turned to her, "First of all, do not call me Freddork, and second of all, you should've been here when class started."

"Oh, shut up Freddork! And besides what's up with Carly?"

"As you can see, she's not speaking to you."

"Well, thanks for stating the obvious, you nub." Carly, Sam, and Freddie stayed quiet the rest of the class.

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The last class seemed to fly by, as the last bell rang to end the school day. Jonah was waiting outside Carly's last class. "What do you want?" She demanded. Jonah smiled slyly, "Aw, can't I wait for my girlfriend's best friend to get out of class?" Carly rolled her eyes and walked past him, "No, shouldn't you be waiting for Sam? She's your girlfriend, not me."

"Nah, I got my eye on someone else."

"Someone else? Who?"

"Girl named Valerie, she's a senior now." Carly stopped dead her tracks at this remark. "Freddie's ex-girlfriend?"

"Yup, the one and only, don't you dare tell Sam."

"Just stay away from me." Carly walked off, leaving Jonah standing alone.