Next day, Sam's POV
I woke up around 7:30am with a slight headache, as I always did when I had cried the day before (which wasn't often). I looked to my left to see that Carly wasn't in bed anymore - I had heard her come to bed about ten minutes after me last night but pretended I was asleep incase she tried to talk again. The thing with Freddie yesterday had really upset me, it made me feel like nothing but a nuisance to him. The boy had been having this effect on me recently - making me feel things I really didn't want to feel, like for instance, making me cry yesterday, which this time last year he wouldn't have been able to do.
I heard Carly coming down the hallway and decided to pretend I was just waking up and hadn't been sat here thinking about Freddie for twenty minutes. "Good morning, Sam!" She said, I looked at her and both saw and smelt the food she was carrying - by the looks of it a selection of bacon, ham, beans and eggs, with a side plate of toast. I licked my lips and sat up properly. "This is for you, because you're the best friend in the world." She said. I knew immediately something was up, however decided to enjoy the delicious breakfast before worrying about anything else.
"Thanks cupcake." I said, tucking in straight away.
"I've got you a glass of orange juice as well, but I couldn't carry that up at the same time. When your finished, there's a bubble bath waiting for you. You'll have to be quick though, because we're going out at 9:30 ish."
"Going out? Where?" I asked.
"I need some new bras from build-a-bra. You're coming with me."
I guess it was the least I could do, after she made me this breakfast. Also, she hadn't brought up the crying thing last night, so I guess I owed her one… "Alright. I'll be ready." I said to her, before tucking back into my eggs.
Freddie's POV
I rehearsed in the mirror over and over what I was going to say to Sam. I was going to apologise for being rude last night, and explain that I was agitated from my mother's constant nagging. Hopefully, she'd understand. Then, I was going to suggest I took her out for smoothies to make up for it. I'm sure she'd agree to smoothies, my only worry was saying all of this to her without revealing any feelings. It was getting harder and harder to keep to myself that I thought she looked cute, or wanted to invite her back to my apartment where we could snuggle on the couch, watching MMA fights… my hand around her waist and….
Focus, Freddie.
I looked at my watch, noticing it was finally 9:25, and decided to head over to Carly's apartment.
I knocked on the door, listening for any sounds of life in the apartment (such as screaming, shouting, crying, etc.) but it was silent. Carly quickly answered the door and hurried me in. "How are you?" She asked, starting to go up the stairs. I followed her.
"Nervous. But okay."
"Are you going to tell her you have feelings for her?" She asked, stopping in the middle of the stair and turning to me.
"Me? Feelings? What feelings? There are no feelings." I said quickly.
She grinned at me. "Oh, okay then. Sure, Freddie, and Sam hates Ham!" She laughed, turning on her heel. "So, Sam is in my room all happy after a big breakfast and a bubble bath. I told her to watch TV until I was ready. You're going to go in there and then I'll lock the door from the outside so there's no way she can escape. Okay?"
"Okay." I said, smiling. "Thank you so much for this, Carly. You're a great friend." I knocked and then opened the door, shutting it behind me and waiting for the 'click' of the lock before letting go of the handle. Sam was watching TV on the big screen whilst sat on the end of Carly's bed. She looked absolutely stunning, as always, with her hair still wet from the bath, sat in jeans and a red striped t-shirt. My breath hitched in my threat slightly. "Hey, Sam." I said, taking a step forward.
"Fredhead?" She asked, facing me for the first time.
"Look Sam-"
"Me and Carly are going to the mall so-"
"You're not actually going to the mall." I said, looking at her. I saw her face change, her eyes widen, and then she bolted, running for the door. "It's locked Sam. From the outside."
"I can pick it I just need-"
"Sam, please just talk to me."
"But-"
"Please, Sam? I owe you an apology."
"I knew Carly was up to no good." She said, shaking the handle on the door a few more times before kicking the door in frustration. "Never trust a girl who brings you breakfast in bed." She was talking to herself. "I was so stupid! I could have got out of this, you know, said I needed to-"
"Sam!" I broke her out of her train of thought.
"What?"
"Focus. Look, will you sit down on the bed. I just want to talk to you for a few minutes."
"But Fred-"
"Sit." I said, giving her 'the look' before motioning to the bed. "It'll only take a few minutes. Then I'll text Carly asking her to let us out, and I'm going to take you to the Groovy Smoothies. My treat. I hear there's a new ham and bacon flavoured smoothie being trailed today."
"Ham and Bacon?" She said, licking her lips. "Wait, why do you even want to spend time with me? I thought you didn't need me 'bossing you around' and 'taking your money' and basically you just don't want me around so-"
"That is so not true! Sam, I need you around! What I said yesterday was all lies, I was just so frustrated with my mum and-"
"Just because you hate your mum doesn't mean you should take it out on me!"
"I know. It was wrong of me, Princess Puckett." I said. She came and sat by my side on the end of Carly's bed. "I need you in my life. You brighten up my every day, even if you are messing with me. I love that you mess with me! I love it when you boss me around! I need that in my life, in a different kind of way that my mum does it, you know? I need you to 'encourage' me to take risks and I need you in order to have fun in this nubby little life of mine. I need you Sam and-" I stopped myself before I went too far. Sam had the most ginormous grin on her face, and I grinned back at her. "I need you to take all my money. If I didn't spend it on you, I'd just end up buying more and more computers until I drowned in computers!" I looked at her again, meeting her eyes for the first time properly.
"You're such a nub but…" She said, her grin shrinking into a soft smile.
"But…" I encouraged.
"I… I forgive you. When I came to ask you for money I noticed straight away that you were all flustered and annoyed with your mum but I pushed you and pushed you, so it's kind of my fault too… I'm… well…I'm…" I noticed the girl was struggling.
"You're sorry?" I offered, placing my hand on hers and looking into her eyes once again. She gave me another slight smile and then looked away, in the opposite direction. I knew exactly what she meant. "So, how about that smoothie?" I said, knowing not to push her any further.
"You'd better not be lying about the flavour trial." She said, looking towards me again.
"I'd never lie to you." I said, grinning at her again. "Now, I'll just text Carly and then we can-" I heard the lock un-click. Me and Sam shared a glance. Sam went to the door and opened it, revealing a very guilty looking Carly Shay hiding round the corner, in a very un-hidden way.
"I'll deal with you later, Shay." Sam said with a glare, however when Carly grinned at her, she couldn't help but grin back. I smiled at the two of them. "Come on, Benson, we've got a new smoothie to trial."
"We? There is no way I'm getting one! I'm playing it safe with Blueberry Blitz and there is nothing you can say or do that will-" She stopped walking and placed her hand on my arm.
"Please?" She said, dramatically fluttering her eyelashes. Even though I knew she was just doing it to manipulate me, she did look adorable doing it.
"Fine." I said, rolling my eyes. "But I'm getting a blueberry just as a back up because I'm sure-" I looked at her facial expression. "I'm sure the Ham and Bacon smoothie will be delicious." She smiled in satisfaction and led the way out of the apartment. I gave Carly a thumbs up before exiting after her, closing the door behind us.
Sam's POV
I walked into the Shay's apartment around midday, holding my phone against my ear with one hand and a cardboard cup holder in the other, which held four more of the Ham and Bacon smoothies. I closed the door behind me with my foot. "… yes, mum I'll get some milk later on my way home…" I listened to her response. "…yeah, sure. See you later, mum." I hung up the phone and put it in my pocket. I looked around the apartment and saw no-one around. Assuming Carly was upstairs, I took one smoothie out of the rack and put the rest in the fridge, making my way up to Carly. I checked her room first, finding her sat on the couch, acting all nonchalant, as if she hadn't been waiting for me to come back. "Hey." I said, taking a sip of the smoothie. "Do you wanna try?" I offered her the cup.
"Did Freddie like it?"
"No."
"Then, no."
"Why not?"
"He has normal person taste buds, so I trust his opinion." She laughed. I grinned and sat down next to her.
"So, are we going to build-a-bra or was that a complete lie?" I asked, raising my eyebrows at her.
"That was a lie." She said, looking guilty. "I'm sorry, but it was the only way to get you up and ready, ready to talk to Freddie. I needed you to make up with him."
"I could have done it myself."
"Yeah, right. You're far too stubborn." She said, giving me an I-know-I'm-right look.
"Yeah, I know." I said. "Thanks… I guess it's a good thing. If we hadn't of talked, I wouldn't have found out about these gorgeous smoothies!" I said.
"And, you wouldn't have made up with your little boyfriend." She said, smirking. My smile vanished.
"He's not my little boyfriend." I said. She had brought this up a few weeks back and it completely messed me up for a couple of days - I was well aware that I had a crush on him, but other people knowing was not something that I wanted. If Carly had figured it out then clearly I was being far too obvious with my feelings, and it wouldn't be long before Freddie himself figured it out.
"But you want him to be, right?" She grinned at me.
"No!" I said with as much truthfulness as I could muster. It would be nice to be his girlfriend… "I don't like him like that!"
"I heard your conversation this morning." She said. "Forgiving him? Letting him know you were sorry? Trust me, I could practically hear your internal squealing when he gave you that speech about how much he needed you." I couldn't help but grin at the mention of his little speech. "And when you both came out of my room, almost joined at the hip I may add, you couldn't stop grinning!" I rolled my eyes at her but once again, couldn't help but smile at her. I was doing that far too much today.
"I'm going to go get another smoothie from the fridge." I said, slurping up the last of the one in my hand.
"You can't deny your feelings forever!" She said as I walked out the door.
"I can try!" I sang back to her, smiling to myself as I reached the fridge.
I can try.
A/N I hope you enjoyed the second instalment of iSmoothies. Please review so I know people are actually reading it :)
Daisy