This chapter may seem a bit random at first, but you'll see later on why it's here ;)



Day 1: A Puppy? Really?

My thumbs glided over my PearPhone trying to reach the page I wanted it to go to, which was the new message screen. Once I was on it, I clicked To: and proceeded to find Sam in my contacts list.

To: Sam :) :)

Message:

The message was rattling around in my head, but it was too jumbled to actually type down into the small space provided.

I sighed and restarted.

-

To: Carly :)

Message: Hey Carly, is Sam at yours?

-

I waited patiently as the message was sent to Carly. It didn't take long for me to receive a message back from her.

-

From: Carly :)

Message: No, she's gone out with Rob to help buy presents for his family. Why?

-

Once again, my thumbs glided over the touch screen, first clicking reply and then typing my response.

-

To: Carly :)

Message: I need to get her to want to go to the Winter Ball.

-

It took a few seconds for a response to come back.

-

From: Carly :)

Message: Come over.

-

I was over at hers in a matter of minutes, checking right and left, making sure she wasn't around. Once I was sure Carly was indeed in the house alone, I let out a sigh of relief.

"What was that about?"

"I was just checking she really wasn't here! I don't want her to see what a nub I'm being!"

Carly gave a laugh before throwing a muffin over to me. "Nah, just me here."

I nodded my head and then got straight down to business. "How do I get Sam to want to go?"

Carly pondered on this for a bit before shrugging. "Honestly? I don't know. She never had been one to dance..."

"But this is the Winter Ball! She's meant to want to go and we're meant to dance together and I'm meant to say how much I love her and how I want her and her family to spend Christmas with me and my family and, and-"

She laughed and then waved her hands. "Calm down Freddie!"

I took in a deep breath. "What am I gonna do Carly? I need to her to go!"

Carly sat down on the couch and looked around thoughtfully. "Take her out to dinner?"

"Last time I took her out she got into an argument with the table next to us because they scoffed at the amount of food she was ordering."

"Make her a cake?"

"What's that going to do? I make her food nearly every day!"

"Do that romantic rose thing? You know, I'll love you until the last one dies and it's a fake rose!"

"She'd throw them in my face and say something along the lines of 'if you're going to buy me anything, buy me ham!'"

Sam gave out a sigh of frustration. "What does that girl want?"

I sat down beside, her shaking my head. "To not go to the Winter Ball."

Carly shook her head. "No, I think she does want to go. It'll just take... you know, some time."

Suddenly the door swung open to Sam grinning excitedly. "I BOUGHT A PUPPY."

"Uh, what?"

"LOOK!" She turned around and picked something up before swinging it in front of us. "A PUPPY!"

True to her word, there was a puppy dangling from her hands. I admit it was cute, but why exactly did Sam have a puppy?

"Sam, why do you have a puppy?" Sam turned the puppy to face her before looking back to Carly.

"Why not?"

Rob came in holding a few various bags. "She saw it and bought it." He was shaking his head but smiling.

Before we could ask anymore, Spencer came up through the elevator on a scooter. "Oh hey guys! A PUPPY!"

He ran over to where Sam was standing and was grinning to it and stroking it. Sam grinned back too. "ISN'T IT CUTE?"

"YES!"

Sam placed it on the floor and her and Spencer sat down and were playing with it, both giggling like little children.

Carly joined them on the floor. "Sam-"

"Isn't it cute? I've name him Bagel. You know, 'cause he's a beagle and it's also the name of one of my favourite forms of dough."

Spencer stared at Sam. "That is genius..."

Sam nodded. "Yeah!"

Carly sighed and looked over to Sam. "You can't keep him you know."

Sam looked over with furrowed eyebrows. "Why not?"

"Sam, you can hardly look after yourself and your mom can hardly look after you. None of it adds up. Plus, how will you afford all of the stuff for it?"

"What does it need?"

"Food, a bed, toys, leash, all that stuff."

Sam's mouth formed a small 'O' and her face fell. She looked so upset by this, I sat beside her and put an arm around her. "Hey, maybe I can look after it."

Sam shook her head. "You can't keep animals here..."

I forgot about that. "Oh yeah..."

Rob then sighed. "I would look after it, but my brother is allergic to them."

Sam got up from the floor in a sulk and picked up Bagel. "I guess I'll go take him back."

Carly stopped her quickly. "We can still play with him for the day, can't we?"

"I don't want to become attached!" She gave a few sniffs as she looked at the puppies face. "So long, Bagel."

With that, she left the apartment.

"Where did she get a puppy from anyway?"

"She said her friend's dog had had puppies."

"Poor Sam, she's always wanted a puppy."

Suddenly an idea clicked in my head. I grinned at my idea and then got out my PearPhone and started to tap on the memos page exactly how I was going to 'woo'(which means to tempt someone, i looked it up) Sam.

1. Start off with small things: buy her chocolates.