A/N: Wassup home dogs? (Side note, I promise to never say that again) Here's another chapter.

Disclaimer: Yes, Erin and I are totally Dan Schneider. *cough* SARCASM *cough*

-Diza & Erin


Carly's face lightens as the four of them enter the mall,

"Yay! Shopping!"

She squeals and turns to Gibby,

"Come on, we have to go look for my dress for the party!"

She looks to her two other best friends,

"And you two, go buy a new printer! After the last one burned, I had to use my phone, and I'm lazy!"

The bubbly girl then swivels around, grabbing the hand of her friend. The two run, crazily, off to Bloom Boutique.

Sam rolls her eyes as she's left standing at the mall entrance with the dork,

"Why's she buying a dress now? The event isn't rolling around anytime soon, and it's not prom, just some stupid, overrated, party."

Freddie shrugs,

"I'm a guy. I don't have anymore idea than you."

Sam sighs,

"It's all Blake, and his little group of idiots' fault. Who do they think they are, glamorizing a party that's light-years away?"

"Did you just say light-years?"

"Yes, and that's the only remotely sci-fi thing, I will ever say."

"Touché. Come on."

He walks towards Bright, the electronics store, and motions for her to follow.


Sam looks around at the machines,

"A printer is like… $200. Does Carls expect us to have that much pocket money?"

Freddie pulls out his wallet, and looks at the contents,

"I have about that much. I probably have a little something left over too."

The blonde-haired girl raises an eyebrow at him,

"You just carry a couple hundred bucks wherever you go?"

The boy smirks,

"Carly invited us to the mall. I didn't think I would've left without being forced to buy something."

He sees her open her mouth to say something, out of the corner of his eye,

"And yes, I'll buy you a fat shake."

She eyes him suspiciously,

"Why are you being especially easy, today, Frednub?"

"Let's face it, I would've ended up buying it, either way."

"You've learned well, kid."

Sam feels someone bump into her,

"Oh, hi Puckett."

The boy smirks at her from behind his shades. He's wearing dark- probably expensive- jeans, and a leather jacket. Behind him are his usual posse, Jonah and Reuben, today joined by Lilac, now dressed in fashion of similar price range. She smirks too. The younger girl runs up to Freddie chewing gum obnoxiously, now the same height as him with her stiletto heels, as Blake approaches Sam,

She groans,

"Great."


"What do you think about… this one?"

Carly asks Gibby, walking out of the fitting room, she's wearing a strapless turquoise dress that stops just before her knees.

"You look great in every single one of the 15 dresses you tried on. Pick a clothing line, and we can take a catalog."

She turns around to face the mirror,

"I kind of like this one. Hey, Gib, can you see what line this is from?"

He checks the label at the back of her dress,

"Uh… Whisper."

"Okay let me get out of this dress, can you ask for the catalog?"

"Yeah okay."

Gibby turns in the other direction, while Carly goes to change,


"So, what brings you here, Benson? Our parents said we could buy a couple TVs and microphones for the party, so here we are."

Freddie looks over at Blake, eyes shifting to Lilac as she fawns over him,

"Um, we're here to buy a printer…"

Lilac giggles,

"That's so cool."

Blake smirks,

"I'll leave you two alone. Jonah, Reuben, stay here. I'm gonna go pick out some stuff. Sammy, baby, you can stay right there."

Blake walks towards the Television aisle. Jonah crosses his arms like the cool guy he isn't, pretending to be some high-class bodyguard, while Reuben marvels at the gadgets around him.

While the two are distracted, Sam spots her chance at escape,

"I'm going to the water fountain."

Sam exits the store as Lilac presses Freddie up against a wall, he looks at his so-called 'friend' incredulously while dodging Blake's sister's advances,

"You're just going to leave me?"

Of course, even with the amount of jealousy that may or may not, be brewing up inside her, she can't abide from her Sam ways, just yet, as she leaves him behind.


"You want to go grab an ice coffee?"

Gibby asks, as he and Carly approach the center of the mall.

"Well… Okay. We can stay for a moment, but then we have to go check up on Sam and Freddie. I have a feeling they haven't bought a printer yet."

"To be honest, we haven't been here a long time. You're just a quick changer."

"And proud!"

She giggles as they reach the café,

"How may I help you?"

A tall brunette boy looks up at Carly from behind the counter.

"I'll have the Caramel Ice-Blend, please!"

He flashes a smile at her,

"And what can I get your friend?"

Gibby coughes,

"Ahem, I'll have the same thing."

"Alright, two Caramel Ice-Blends, that'll be $12.95."

Carly rummages through her wallet, but Gibby hands the employee the cash,

"Please Carly, it'll be my treat."

She smiles,

"Thanks, Gib!"

He smiles warmly at her, and then glares at the boy behind the counter, raising his hands in mock defeat, he walks away to prepare their order.


Carly sips her iced coffee, and Gibby looks up at her,

"Are you sure leaving Sam and Freddie alone together was a good idea? They're almost never unsupervised."

Carly chuckles lightly,

"That's what I thought."

"Huh?"

"Sam and Freddie are alone together all the time. I used to think they only went to the park and the Groovy Smoothie, but apparently they go to the library on Wednesdays."

"If they're such good friends, why do they fight all the time?"

She shrugs,

"They're Sam and Freddie. Fighting isn't really fighting to them anymore. They're just playing."

"So… they're just friends?"

"…I don't really know, to be honest. I think there's something there. I'm just not sure if they're aware of it, themselves."


"So… if we can't go out as boyfriend and girlfriend, do you wanna be my date to the party? It's going to be dangerous, for a little girl like me. Please? Come and protect me."

The girl has had Freddie cornered for the past 5 minutes. Sam has probably almost reached the water fountain by now. He rolls his eyes,

"No."

She whines,

"Why not?"

"I don't want to go out with you!"

"Okay, don't go out with me. Let's just have a little fun!"

"I'M NOT DATING YOU-"

She rolls her eyes, and pulls the gum out of her mouth, shoving it in his,

"Ugh, shut up."

He spits it out,

"What's wrong with you?"

"We all know nothing's wrong with me."

"Yeah, just like 'nothing's wrong with your brother."


Sam smirks to herself, as she approaches the water fountain.

Lilac is incredibly annoying, but she can't help but laugh at the tech boy's struggle against her.

She knows Freddie is significantly stronger now, and she finds the fact that he's still able to get pinned by a little girl, cute- erm, amusing.

She sweeps her hair over her shoulder as she leans down to take a drink from the water fountain. As she releases the button and stands up, she feels breathing on her neck.

She turns to the person behind her, and looks them in the eye, shocked by what she sees.

Sunglasses.


A/N: HA. Cliffhanger! We will try to update soon, so don't worry. Erin and I have tons of fun writing this, so it's really cool that you guys are following along, or taking the time to read this.

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-Diza & Erin