Chapter 3

I can't take my eyes off of her. She just looks so beautiful dancing to the music, laughing, and staring longingly at the food.

"Who ya staring at, Freddie?" Gibby asks me.

"No one."

"You should ask her to dance."

"She'd never say yes."

"HA! You are staring at someone."

"Shut up, Gibby!"

"Just tell me!"

"It's Sam, OK?"

"She does look really nice. But what about Carly?"

"What about her?"

"I thought you were crazy in love with her."

"I don't know what I feel anymore."

"Gibby!" Sam screams. "get over here and dance you little freak!"

Gibby dances away from me. A circle quickly forms around him and People cheer loudly. I'm kind of jealous that Sam called him over and not me. A guy comes up behind Sam and asks her to dance. I feel a twinge in my heart. She says yes. Of course she does. Guys don't usually pay attention to her. I have no idea why, she's actually very pretty. Oh wait. It's because she could beat most of them up. I can't believe I've been one of the guys who couldn't see beyond that. I feel so shallow.

"Freddie, why aren't you dancing?" Carly asks after she come up to me.

"I don't know.:

She puts out a hand. "Then dance with me." I grab her hand and follow her to the dance floor. A slow song comes on. She pulls me close to her and rests her head on my shoulder. Just like that time at The Groovy Smoothie.

I look for Sam to see who she's dancing with. When I find her in the crowd, she's standing alone. It seems like she's looking for someone. She spots me and Carly. She looks a bit hurt. She pulls her mask off her head and back over her face, then walks off the dance floor. She sits down at the table the three of us claimed and seems to be thinking. A guy asks her to dance and she blows him off. The another guy asks her to dance. This guy gets a glass of water thrown at his head. Good old Sam. She never changes. That's why I love her. Oh no. It just clicked. I. LOVE. SAM. And here I am dancing with Carly.

"FREDDIE!"

"What?"

"I was saying something to you."

"Sorry. I wasn't I wasn't paying attention."

"Obviously."

"Let's go sit with Sam." I break away from Carly.

"Ok..." she says.

"Hi, Sam," I say to her.

"Hey, Freddork. Why'd you stop dancing with your one true love?"

I roll my eyes. "We should go through the haunted house."

"No!" Carly says. "I hear it's really scary."

"Why? Did Sam set it up?"

Sam kicks me. Those heels really hurt.

"Actually, Gibby did," Carly tells us.

"Gibby?!" both Sam and I can't believe it.

"How did Gibby come up with an actual scary haunted house?" Sam wants to know.

"I guess he's been spending too much time with you."

"Oh wow. So funny, Fredward."

"There's no way I'm going in there," Carly tells us.

"Well, I am," Sam says. She gives me an evil grin. "I bet Freddie'll run out crying like a baby."

"No I won't!"

"Oh please. You'll scream your lungs off."

"You know, what?"

"What?"

"I'll take that bet."

"OK. If you run out of there, I get to pour punch over you head. And you have to remove that Einstein wig first."

"Fine."

"What do I get in the unlikely chance I lose?"

I think about it. "You have to dance with me to a cheesy love song." I came up with this just because I want to dance with her so bad, and I would never ask her normally. She might break my nose.

Sam laughs. "Whatever floats your boat, Fredlame. Well, if I'm gonna have to wait in line then do a bunch of walking, I'm not wearing these shoes." She puts her mask back up on her head. "Carly, can you help me take off these shoes? I can't bend over in this dress."

Carly laughs. "Sure."

Her shoes are off and we walk to the line for the haunted house.

"Feel free to run out of there at any time," Sam says to me.

"I think you'll be surprised by my bravery."

"I highly doubt that."

"Pssh. Whatever. You'll be so scared that you'll cling to me for dear life."

"Like that'll happen."

She's right. That'll only happen in my dreams.

"Ready Fredscared?" she says to me when we get to the entrance.

"I was born ready."

I hope this was a good chapter. I'm going to try and make the next one take place entirely in the haunted house. If you have any comments, please feel free to say them to me.