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"Hey Freddie"

Freddie is brought out of his thoughts with the appearance of Brad, the lanky former intern for Icarly. He was the best intern they ever had (not that he had to do much for that title). He would still be helping if he hadn't been so busy with his AP classes for senior year.

"So great party huh?" Brad says awkwardly

"Yea this is definitely my idea of a good night" Freddie replies sardonically

Brad laughs because like Freddie this was not what he normally did for fun.

"Exactly who would pass this up for something silly like defending the Hoobscher Fyord? "

"You play World of Warlords?"

"Of course it's only the best MMORPG out there. They'd take my tech geek badge from me if I didn't accumulate a minimum of ten hours a week playing" Brad says with a smirk.

Freddie who up until that point had been scanning the crowd (and sneaking peaks at a certain blonde) looked at his taller friend. It was obvious that they had a lot in common but up until that point he didn't realize how similar the two of them are.

End of June (K-Day)

It was late at night and Freddie Benson was in school. Even he wouldn't be nubby enough to be completely happy about this fact. All juniors were forced to spend the second to last night locked in the school finishing their end of year projects. In the morning they would give in their completed work and be able to walk out never to return (well until September but no one liked to think that far ahead).

This project would count a lot towards their final grade so it would make sense that Freddie would be hard at work trying to finish. Too bad that was the farthest thing from his mind.

He had begun the night with the right motivation. He had prepped for the night with Brad and surprisingly Sam the previous week. He was still confused as to why Sam wanted to help but knew it was a not so secret fact that she was good at tech stuff though she wouldn't admit it.

So the night began somewhat normally except for the fact that Sam was acting weird, and by weird Freddie meant nice. If she had had her hair in a ponytail he would've called her Melanie at least three times. He tried to shake off his feelings of confusion and uncomfortableness and continue testing their mood face application. And that's when he saw it.

After running to tell Carly what Sams current mood was and trying to set her up with who the two brunettes believed Sam was in love with, the only thing that transpired was an argument between his two friends. Though vowing to a few weeks ago to stay out of emotional discussions with his wildcat of a best friend he felt like he had to say something to her.

After he found her in the courtyard he tried to bring up the fact that according to the highly accurate app that she herself helped perfect, she was in love. She was adamant that she wasn't "into Brad like that" and it made him pause for a second. A part of him was happy to hear those words. He didn't want to think about why so he pushed it aside to try and be the good friend he knew he should be.

He went on to say how you shouldn't keep your feelings bottled up and how you should take the risk because who knows what could come of it. He had a lot more to say but at that point Sam did one of her typical things in a not so typical way. She had interrupted his thoughtfully crafted speech with a kiss

Freddie took a long gulp of drink before finally looking away from Brad. The taste by this point was manageable. His taste buds would probably never function as well but he didn't care.

"Well heres to many victories in this upcoming year young Nug Nug" he said finally

"Wow youre starting to mix up your sci-fi universes. How many of these have you had?"Brad says pointing to Freddies cup.

"Not enough" He says while glancing across the room again

Still K-Day

Its not Brad.

"Sorry" she says in a voice so shy that if he wasn't looking at her he wouldn't believe it came from the

girl he's known for years.

Its not Brad. Its not Brad.

"Its cool" he says automatically. He knows that that's not exactly what she wanted to hear since she just continues to watch him waiting for him to do…..what? How is he supposed to respond to that?

Its NOT Brad

He knows she said she wasn't into Brad like that and that she never did deny that she was in love but he still doesn't understand.

"Soooooooooo" she says after its been silent for too long. He knows he should say something if nothing else to stop her from shutting down her emotions. He doesn't want her to do that. Shes still one of his closest friends and he knows she must be scared since he still hasn't said anything to her.

"Im just gonna…." She doesn't bother to finish her sentence and begins to leave. He sees her drop her head. He should grab her as she walks around him.

It's Not Brad.

He should force the door closed before she walks through it.

It's NOT Brad It's HIM.

He should be running through those same doors before she can find a place to hide for the rest of the night.

It's not Brad It's HIM.

But he can't seem to move

It's HIM. Its HIM.

He's an idiot

HIM

Brad follows his gaze and understands. Instead of bringing up the elephant (or rather blonde beauty) in the room he claps Freddies shoulder and gives it a reassuring squeeze.

"Hey there are only three more minutes until the New Year and no offense but I don't want to have to kiss you when the ball drops" He says as a joke but Freddie doesn't seem to hear. He gives the inebriated young man another shoulder squeeze before making his way to his girlfriend for the past three months.

A/N:

The first memory is no dialogue and more of a summary which I was kind of ehhh about but I wanted IOMG to be canon up until right after the kiss so I didn't want to go into all the details of the episode. Its been months since my last update but I'm determined to finish this (mostly since its only a few more chapters). Oh and those War of Warlords references I got the facts from the Icarly Wikia.