iOMG Part 2 – After The Kiss

Chapter One:

Sam looked at Freddie, shocked that she had finally gotten up the nerve to show him her feelings.

Freddie looked at Sam too. He couldn't believe the conversation had led to this. "Why did you do that?"

Sam became embarrassed, automatically assuming that Freddie didn't feel the same. She had to come up with an excuse. Fast.

"I'm sorry I just needed to get you to shut up and I didn't know how else to do it." Biggest Lie on earth Sam thought.

"Umm… Oh. Okay." Sam looked up. Freddie almost seemed…disappointed.

Meanwhile, Carly was still staring out the window and couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her best friend kissing the boy she thought was in love with her. However, Carly was kind of … excited. Though she still needed time to wrap her head around the situation, she thought that Sam and Freddie looked really cute together. Carly watched a little longer before Sam looked in her direction. Carly quickly dodged down, not wanting Sam to know she saw. Some secrets are best left kept.

"Well…I should probably be going." Freddie turned to leave but Sam grabbed his arm. Now she was angry. "Seriously? That's it Benson? I only did what you told me to do. Do you honestly think I wanted you to know how I felt?" Freddie opened his mouth to answer but Sam rolled her eyes. "The answer is no. I didn't. Cause it scares me. And I'm not one to be scared of anything." Freddie nodded and looked at Sam. He didn't know what to say. His head was still spinning.

"You know what? Just forget I did anything." Sam shook her head and ran out of the courtyard.

"SAM! WAIT!" Freddie tried to run after her, but he knew it was no use. She wasn't going to let him catch up.

Carly had gotten back up just in time to see Sam run away, and though she had promised herself not to let on that she knew anything, she felt a stronger urge to see that her friend was okay.

Carly first ran through the school, asking everybody she could if they had seen Sam. Nobody had. She instantly knew where her best friend was. Carly had to find her.

"Carly!" She heard a voice behind her and turned around. Gibby was standing there with a confused look on his face. "Do you know where Freddie went? Brad's been trying to find him for half an hour now." Carly shook her head. "Gibby, I don't know where he is, but I know why he's gone. Can you just tell Brad he'll be a while? And I'll be back in a bit too. Just make sure Spencer doesn't puke again while I'm gone." Gibby nodded slowly. "Okay but I-" "DON'T ASK QUESTIONS!" Carly fumed. Gibby saluted her, a little bit scared by her outburst, and walked away.

*RING* *RING* *RING* *RING*

Hi, you've reached Sam Puckett. Don't bother leaving a message cause I don't care. If I wanted to talk to you then I wouldn't let it go to voicemail. However, if this is the meat shop, feel free to leave a message after the beep.

*BEEP*

"Ugh!" Carly threw her phone on the passenger seat and sped away from Ridgeway towards her apartment building. Oh gosh Sam please be there. Carly sighed. The traffic was thick, but she made it back to her apartment in 10 minutes flat. She didn't have the patience for an elevator so she ran up the 4 flights of stairs to the outside stairwell by her hall. When she got there she was all sweaty and completely out of breath but she didn't care. Sure enough, Sam was sitting on the steps, crying. Carly had rarely ever seen her friend cry like this, and it hurt her heart to see her in pain.

"Sam are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"Listen, I know what happened tonight. I saw you and Freddie."