Wendy and Carly had not moved from the couch in her room. They had been there two hours, and were expecting Sam and Freddie to be arriving soon. All that they had done was look at past papers, as they were waiting for Sam and Freddie to come, so they could start the meeting properly. It wasn't long before they heard a soft knock on the door, a 'they're not going to hear that, you wimp' and then a clamorous, fierce beating of the door. It wouldn't surprise Carly if the door just fell flat down. Wendy skipped down the stairs, opened up her thankfully not fragile door, and invited them up to her room.
"It was amazing!" Sam said excitedly.
"It was gory!" Freddie complained.
"I'm guessing that was why Sam liked it." Wendy said.
"Shoosh yeah I did!" Sam smiled.
"Sam, you got a little popcorn in your hair." Carly said, tugging it out of Sam's curls.
"Yeah, we kind of had a popcorn fight," Sam said.
"Again, guys, really?"
"Hey, at least we didn't get kicked out this time. We were the only ones in the movie."
"So, let's get started." Wendy smiled. "Welcome to my bedroom. This is where I do all of my work, the printing and everything. My parents do not know that I do this, as I usually print when they are out, which is quite often. "Sam and Freddie. You can look through that box over there. It's full of past evidence, and you can see what kind of things you need to get." Wendy pointed to a large pink box, full of scraps of paper.
Sam and Freddie started looking through the things, whilst Wendy showed Carly the program on her computer which she used to help make the newspaper.
"So when does the newspaper need to be done by?" Asked Carly.
"Thursday night." Wendy said.
"Wait, that's tomorrow!" Carly said.
"I know. I haven't done any yet. I've been so caught up with homework and everything; I've literally had no time." Wendy sighed.
"Don't worry." Carly said. "You can count on us."


"Should we really be doing this?" Freddie whispered incredulously.
"I should. You? I don't know."
"Yeah, It's probably against the school rules for me to be hiding in the girls bathroom!" Freddie said.
"Ehhh, who cares. Stop being such a momma's boy." Sam whispered back.
"Why couldn't we have both hidden in the boys bathroom?"
"Cos' boy's bathrooms are disgusting. And, girls are usually the ones to gossip in the bathrooms. Not to stereotype or anything, but..."
"I guess you're right." Freddie sighed. Just then, the door creaked open and they heard footsteps coming in.
"Here we go!" Sam mouthed excitedly.
"-I mean, I can't believe them two broke up. I thought they were so perfect for each other. Then again, they had been going out for over a year." One voice said. Sam smiled at Freddie, silently telling him to take notes down.
"Tasha just dumped him. I don't think Gibby was too happy about it." Another said. Freddie quickly noted down that this was Gibby and Tasha they were talking about.
"Then again, doesn't he have the hots for that Carly girl?"
"I think so. I've seen him stare at her a few times."
"I think it's quite cute." Another girl piped in. Then, the girls left the bathroom, leaving Sam and Freddie alone.
"I think we got just the information we needed!" Sam smiled. She high-fived Freddie, and then slowly exited the cubicle that the two had been hiding in. She checked the coast was clear in the hallways before going to meet Carly at their lockers, Freddie right at her side.
"Did you guys get anything?" Asked Wendy excitedly.
"You bet we did!" Sam said.
"What you got?"
"Apparently, Tasha broke up with Gibby. And, that Gibby's got a little crush on Carly!" Sam smiled.
"He does?" Carly said excitedly. She then realised that she had said it excitedly, and tuned to a deep voice. "I mean, he does?"
The other three noticed Carly's excitement, but didn't bring it up. "I think we got a front cover story! I've got a few more little things, too."
"So is that it?"
Just then, Gibby came up to the four of them. "Hey!" He said. "What you guys talking about?"
"Carrot patches." Carly said nervously.
"Why do you guys always talk about the weirdest things?"
"Cos' Freddie's an unneeded dork." Sam retorted.
"Sam, was that really necessary?"
"It's always necessary with you."
"Was that comment really necessary?"
"Was that comment really necessary?" Sam mocked.
"You're not necessary."
"AHHHHHH! TOO MUCH NECESSARY!" Gibby ran down the hall, waving his arms madly.
"See? I got rid of him!" Sam said proudly.
"Er, Sam, WE got rid of him." Freddie corrected.
"Whatevs."
"SO, you guys coming over tonight then?" Wendy said, breaking the silence.
"Yep. We'll walk home with you straight away." Carly smiled. "As long as Sam and Freddie aren't on another date!"
"IT WAS NOT A DATE!" Sam and Freddie both denied. "I would never go on a date with this thing." They both said, again at the same time.
"Geez, I was joking guys! Over the top much?"
"I was just making sure you didn't have the wrong idea." Freddie said.
"Yeah.." Sam said, though she looked slightly distracted.
"We better get to class." Carly said. "What you in?"
"I'm in Math." Wendy said.
"We're in Drama." Freddie said, motioning to him and Sam.
"Do we have to go?" Complained Sam.
"Yep. We have to perform our play." Freddie said.
"Juliet and Romeo?" Carly asked knowingly.
"Yep." They confirmed.
"What's wrong with Romeo and Juliet?"
"Our teacher thought it was all so cliché. So, the made the characters names the other way round, they are allowed to see each other, but don't want to because hate each other." Freddie explained.
"But they end up in love anyway. I argued that that was cliché, too, but she said I was just annoyed that I had to be in love with Freddie in it." Sam said, acting disgusted.
"You two are the leads?"
"Yep. Teacher said that it would boost up our grades."
"Do you have to kiss?" Wendy asked excitedly.
"Only on the cheek." Sam said, embarrassed and blushing all of a sudden.
"Shall we go then?" Carly asked, breaking the awkward silence that had followed. Carly walked towards Chemistry, whilst Wendy went to math, and Sam and Freddie headed to English.

Once again, Sam was fiddling with her fingers.