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*Freddie POV*
I sat down and finally took a deep breath. I felt like I had been taking in all the stress for Sam and her secret. I had to admit though, it is nice that she isn't punching me or insulting me every minute of the day.
We've grown closer and she's become more of a friend to me than she ever has. Of course, that's what happens to people when they find out someone's secret. The two people either become real close, or they become complete enemies.
I never thought that for us it would be the earlier instead of the latter. I always thought that she hated me, but that wasn't really it.
The past few days she had confided in me on almost everything. She told me that all these years she hadn't hated me, she was jealous of me because of my crush on Carly and the fact that I was a guy. She thought that because I was a guy and she wasn't, I had a better chance of dating Carly.
I didn't think that was true though. I've noticed the looks and tender touches the two have given each other. The closeness they have is something that not everyone has with their best friend. How do I know this? Because I've seen other girls around school that are best friends and they don't touch or look at each other like Carly and Sam do.
Sam doesn't realize that she has a better chance with Carly than I ever do in a lifetime. It saddened me at first when I realized this myself, but I've come to accept it. I know that Carly isn't for me, and I figured that a couple weeks ago.
I was thinking so deeply about all this until my thoughts were interrupted by Brad as he walked into the room. "Hey Freddie. Where's Sam?"
"Oh she went outside for some air."
"Ahh I see." He sat next to me and sighed. I raised an eyebrow and glanced at him.
"Tired?"
"Yeah. This lock-in is pretty crazy. I'm afraid to fall asleep."
"Why's that?"
"Sam."
"Haha yeah I get what you mean."
"Yup."
There was an awkward silence between us. Neither of us knew what to say and I looked around the room. I decided to get up and look at my laptop and tinker with the mood app. There wasn't much I needed to do though, since it worked perfectly.
Brad also got up and looked through his backpack. He took out a Tupperware container and opened it. The scent of fudge filled the room and I was suddenly aware of how hungry I was.
"Mmm that smells good. Can I get a piece?"
"Yeah, sure." He passed the container and our hands grazed. I felt my heart speed up at the contact. I carefully grabbed a piece of fudge and stuck in my mouth. I couldn't help but notice Brad staring at me intently.
He noticed that I caught him staring and I saw a blush. He looked away and rubbed the back of his head. "S-so uhh are we done with the app?" He asked awkwardly.
I stared at him for a sec and couldn't help but think how cute he was blushing. 'Cute?'
I shook the thoughts away. Thoughts like that have been popping in my head for a few weeks now. Sam isn't the only one with a crush on someone of the same sex.
"Well, we need to do one more test. I'll go find Sam." I walked out of the room and sighed of relief. I was starting to get jittery being alone with him.
I walked around the hallways and greeted some of the others walking around the hall. They probably were taking a walk to stay awake. No one wants to feel the wrath of Sam's accurate drawings. I walked past one of the science rooms and heard the sound of crying.
I stopped and looked around to figure out what room it was coming from. I opened one of the doors and peered into the dark room. I heard the crying coming from the back corner of the room. I walked in and found Sam sitting at a desk with her heard resting on her arms. I couldn't see her face but I knew she was crying.
"Sam, what happened?"
She stopped crying suddenly after noticing me and quickly wiped away her tears. "Oh, hey Fredward. What's up?"
I looked at her and replied, "A two-letter word for above… Now what happened? Why are you crying?"
She shook her head, "I'm not."
"C'mon Sam. I heard you."
She sighed and put her head down on the desk again. She mumbled something but I couldn't understand her so I asked her to repeat herself.
She stood up abruptly and yelled, "I kissed Carly!"
My eyes grew wide and I knew my mouth was open in shock. "You what!"
She started to pace around the room and I stared at her go back and forth. "I kissed her! I totally messed up, she's gonna hate me! What am I going to do? I don't think I could take it if she never spoke to me again… I wouldn't be able to live on."
I grabbed her and shook her around. "Sam! Don't say those things! Of course she won't hate you, she loves you! Even if it turns out for the worst, she will still love you. She might be a little weird at first after this, but I doubt she'll stop talking to you."
She calmed down and took a deep breath. "You're right. You always are."
That shocked me. I've never heard her say something so nice to me, ever. I was speechless for a whole 3 seconds, but I go over it. "You're going to have to give her some space. Let her come to you."
"But-!"
"No buts! Let her come to you. Let her process this."
She nodded and sat back down in the desk and crossed her arms. I sat in the desk next to her and sighed. "This is such a crazy night…"
"Tell me about it. Have you gotten anywhere with Brad?"
I chuckled at that. "No, no I haven't. And I don't plan to do anything for a while. I'll just do some little things." Did I mention that Sam knew my secret too? Yeah, that might have been important. That's the reason we've become so close. We both knew each other's darkest secret.
Anyways, we sat in the room for a while to just wind down. We were both pretty worked up by everything. After a moment I finally got up. "Well we're almost done with our app. We just need to test it one more time. C'mon."
She got up and smiled at me. "Hey Freddie, thanks for everything."
I smiled back, "Ditto."
She gave me a soft punch on the shoulder and we walked back to the classroom.
A/N: Hey guys, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that has read this story and for the reviews. Its great that you all love it and think that this is how the episode should have went. Thats exactly what I was trying to get at. Thanks again and I hope you liked this and please review. :]