Hey all. Sorry for the wait. School awards from last year and all that. Anyway, here is the chapter, Enjoy.

NightSteed Out-

Standard Disclaimer: Do I really have to say it?

Previously:

"If you say so Carly. But if it goes bad, I'm telling her it was your idea."

"Fine, ohh, look, coffee."

"Cool."

As the two of them got coffee, they were unaware of the man who walked down the hall to Sam's room.

And Now, the continuation.

Whiles Carly and Freddie drank their slightly warm coffee, the man they had failed to notice walking down the hall toward Sam's room had reached his destination. Sam's room. He carefully peeked through the window to confirm that the room he was at was the correct one, them he opened the door and stepped inside.

"Hello Sam."

Sam jumped.

"Y...you, What are you doing here?"

"I just came by to see how my favorite girl was doing."

"I'm not "your favorite girl". If I recall, I said I never wanted to see you again."

"Right... We both know you didn't mean it. You'll come crawling back whenever it suits you best."

This caught Sam off guard because it was partly true. As of late she had fallen into the habit of breaking up with a guy one day and crawling back to them later because she was lonely. Most guys however had moved on. But he had stayed, and was here now.

"Y..yeah, s...sure. Keep telling yourself that. Why would I ever come crawling back to you? Out of all my boyfriends, you have been by far the worst. And after what happened at that party, it should be blatantly obvious where I stand on this matter knucklehead."

"Temper, temper. How about givin' me a kiss Hun." He leered as he leaned over the bed.

Sam screamed...

Meanwhile, Carly and Freddie where still sipping their coffee.

"I'm still not sure it's a good idea Carly. I mean, now she had crutches to beat me with. Those probably hurt as much as the butter sock."

"Very funny Freddie, but you know, she talked about you all the time when I was in Italy."

"Really?"

"Yeah, she always made sure to mention you in her emails. Not always in a good light, but she made sure to mention you."

"Yeah, great. Now I can confirm that she wants to kill me."

"Freddie, play nice. Now lets head back before Sam wonders where we hid off to."

"Yeah, cool."

So the two of them started to walk back to Sam's room but as they were about to reach it, they heard Sam scream.

Almost instantly, several things happened.

Freddie dropped his coffee and ran into Sam's room

Freddie discovered the guy trying to kiss Sam and Sam's obvious resistance

Sam notices Freddie's entrance into the room.

The mysterious man notices Freddie's entrance.

Freddie runs over the the stranger and grabs him and throws him against the wall

Freddie starts to beat the crap out of the assailant

Carly yells down the hall for help

Several large orderlies show up and pry the two men apart

Both men are escorted from the room, but they don't get too far when Sam speaks up

"Wait, leave Freddie here. He was only trying to help."

"You sure?" asked one of the orderlies.

"Yeah." And with that they let Freddie go and Carly helps Freddie get into the chair next to Sam's bed while the other man is taken down the hall.

Once Freddie was safely sat down, then the questions started/

"oh my gosh. Are you ok Freddie?"

"Yeah I'm fine Sam. But more importantly, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'll manage."

"What was with that guy?"

"That guy, Carly, was my latest boyfriend, who apparently has some issues with letting go."

"I'll say."

"You sure you're not hurt Sam?"

"Aside from my pride Fred-dork, no."

"Glad to see that your well enough to be able to insult me. That's a good sign."

Sam was once again taken aback. The Freddie she knew would have taken instant offense to the fact the she had insulted him after he just saved her from a less than desirable fate. But here he was, saying how that was a good sign, that she was doing ok. The fact the she insulted him and he let it roll off amazed her.

"You ok Sam?"

"No, I'm not. I just wanted to apologize for insulting you just then. It wasn't fair considering you just saved me."

Now it was Freddie's turn to be taken aback. The Sam he knew never apologized for anything, ever. Or if on the rare occasion she did, it was with prodding. Yet here she was, apologizing on her own accord, to him no less. He decided it was best just to let it roll off for now and not upset anyone.

"It's cool. At least we knew that that creep didn't do anything permanent to you."

"Yeah." Sam replied with a hint of doubt in her voice. Neither Carly nor Freddie noticed it. But Carly might have noticed it had she not been focused on the interaction between her two best friends. Both were trying to show the other that they had changed while trying to tell the other one that they were ok just they way they were. She though that this was rather cute, but she kept that little fact to herself.

Just then a doctor walked in.

"Greeting. My name is Dr. Anne, but I like my patients to call me Anne."

"Nice to meet you Anne." each replied in turn.

"So I heard we had a little incident in here." Anne commented.

"Yeah, but luckily Freddie was able to help Sam." Carly quickly piped in.

"If it's alright Freddie, I just want to make sure you didn't pull a muscle helping Sam here."

"It's cool with me."

"Alright, how about tomorrow at 10? it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes and I'll do it for free."

"That's cool."

"So when can I get out of here?" Sam asked.

"Actually, within the next hour."

"Wait! Seriously?"

"Yeah, there isn't mush more We can do for you and with that guy locked up down stairs, it would be safer if you were to go home."

"Sweet. I'll get my car." Carly exclaims as she runs out of the room."

"alright, I'll go finish the paperwork. Drive carefully kids." Anne says as she leaves the room.

"Thanks." the two reply. Then the awkward silence in-sues.

Sam was the first to speak.

"Thanks again Freddie, for..you know."

"It's cool. What are friends for?"

Sam was beginning to wonder that herself.

Hello again. This Chapter felt a bit strained to write so if it felt that way, leave a review so I can fix it. Man, I have got to stop writing at 10 pm in the evening. Well, this is it for now. Hopefully my next update will be sometime this weekend. You know the drill, or do you? Hmmm, better reiterate. R&R, Please and Thanks

NightSteed Out-