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-It Has Been Attempted-
Freddie Benson was always at the brunt of Sam Puckett's constant teasing and name calling... Maybe there was a way around it? He was about to find out!
Many attempts later, Freddie finally got Sam to kiss him... What happened after that one kiss though? Did it lead to more attempts by our infamous hero? Perhaps he'd be luckier to score a date with the blonde headed demon. This was something that had to be done delicately but also with a hint of forwardness. Delicate, Fredward Benson was familar with, but being forward and with a girl... that was on the 'not so easy'
end of the scale. A little birdie told him that may or may not have been Spencer and Gibby, but it told him that girls are more complicated then they appear-perhaps similar to that of a rubix cube.
After all this time, Freddie wasn't sure where he stood with Samantha Puckett. Maybe he was gonna find this out, maybe he would become more than friends with her, Just one chance, one chance was all he needed. Of course, Sam being Sam, nothing was ever this simple. It required a whole lot of persistence. Did he mention attempting the probable impossible? Yeah, there was that too.
I love you. Three simple words on their own but then when you put them together and say them to someone you really care about, it's powerful, it means so much more than the words mean. Does that make sense? Well, it did to Freddie. However he wasn't sure if Sam was ever going to utter these three small but significant words-to him. It was one of those things that, once again, would take time for this to happen. He knew that the heart needs time to fall in love, and since they had been dating for about two years now and in their second year of college, he thought it was about time he heard that phrase from his girlfriend.
First attempt:
"I love you," he said.
"Yeah, yeah," she replied waving him away. "Don't get all mushy Benson."
"You're not gonna say it back?"
"Why?"
"Because... oh never mind."
Second attempt:
"What is with your dorkiness?"
"Saying 'I love you' isn't dorky."
"Sounds it..."
"Just say it and you'll see..."
"Nice try, Fredward."
Third attempt:
"Sam," he whispered.
"Go to sleep."
"Sam,"
"I'm asleep here!"
Sam,"
"What, nub!"
"I love you,"
"Nyeh..."
"That's it? 'Nyeh'?"
"What did you expect, 'oh Freddie, you're my one and only, you're my everything...' " she was over dramatising.
"Yes... and 'I love you' "
"Tough cookies."
Fourth attempt:
"I love you, Sam."
"I love... cheese."
Fifth attempt:
"Carly, I have a problem," said Freddie, walking into her dorm.
"Oh no, is it serious?" she's worried.
"Dead serious!"
"What is it?"
"Sam won't say 'I love you' back to me!"
"Oh, Freddie..." Carly shakes her head and turns to her roomate. "Sam?"
"What Carls?"
"Freddie's here," she walks out, leaving the two alone.
"Why are you here?" she demands of the boy.
"We're together now, can't I just come and see my girlfriend, when I want to?"
"No, you need an invitation..."
"Please tell me you're joking."
"No... I'm not."
"Well, I love you anyway,"
"Get out dork! I'm trying to study."
"Psh," scoffs Freddie. "You don't study..."
"Yeah, I study how nerds think that it's okay to come into their girlfriend's dorm and prattle on about nothing..."
"I said I love you!"
"...and I said, leave I'm busy!"
"Fine."
Sixth attempt:
"Freddie,"
"Hey Sam,"
"We're boyfriend and girlfriend, right?"
"Last time I checked we were, yeah," he smiled.
"Okay."
"Why did you ask me that?"
"No reason,"
"Well that was spontaneous..."
There's a stretched silence before them until Freddie speaks up again.
"I love you!" he blurts out.
"Well that was spontaneous," she mimicks.
Seventh attempt:
"You can't just say that!"
"Of course I can!" Sam replied, rolling her eyes. "Listen, I'll say it again... You. Are. A. Doof."
"That's insulting!" Freddie yells.
"So's your face!" Sam retorts in the same yelling voice.
"I love you!"
"That's irrelevant!"
"Inside voices, children," said Carly, coming between them.
Eighth attempt:
Freddie wasn't in the mood for talking, so he used hand gestures instead.
He pointed to his eye, then put a hand on his chest-over his heart and then pointed at Sam, who was sitting beside him on the couch.
Instead of returning the message, she put her fingers in the shape of a 'L' and slapped it on her forehead.
Ninth attempt:
"You know, you could just save me all this pain and just say it,"
"I could..."
"So why won't you?"
"It's too much fun to see you suffering like this."
Tenth attempt:
"Never again!"
"Oh come on, Fredweak, it was soooo much fun!"
"If you call 'sliding around in the mud' fun..."
"Where's your 'spirit of adventure'?"
"Where's your 'heart'?"
"Probably in the same place as your 'fun quotient'..."
"Not funny, Sam."
"Oh, it is." she laughs loudly and slaps him on the back.
Eleventh attempt:
"Have fun in Yakima, kid," said Sam, hugging her best friend.
"Yeah, see you in a week!" said Freddie
"Stay out of trouble, you two..." Carly said, pointing at both of them.
"We won't,"
"Sam!"
"What, it's true,"
"I love the way your all rebellious,"
"Yeah, yeah,"
"Guys, I'm leaving,"
"Oh right," said Freddie, he and Sam waved.
"I love you Sam."
"Tag! You're it!" Sam yells, and scrambles up the stairs.
"I'm gonna get you!" he chases after her.
Twelfth attempt:
"You're bummed," commented Carly.
"Sam doesn't love me." Freddie sighed.
"Of course she does,"
"Then how come she hasn't said it yet?"
"Why don't you ask her this?"
"Ask who, what now?" enter blonde headed demon.
"I keep saying 'I love you' and you won't say it back."
"That bothers you?"
"Well yeah!"
"I see."
Thirteenth attempt:
"Hey Freddie, come here a minute will ya?" Sam asks him.
"I love you," replies Freddie.
"Can you help me put this photo on the iCarly website?"
"I love you,"
"...you see, it's not uploading properly, and it might have something to do with..."
"I love you,"
"... to do with the program you downloaded two weeks ago, maybe we should find a different one..."
"I love you,"
"Freddie, are you even listening to a word I'm saying?"
"I love you,"
"I love you too,"
"I love you,"
"I love you too,"
"I love you,
"I love you too,"
"I love you,"
"I love you too,"
Meanwhile Carly walked in the studio and heard her two best friends 'arguing' but this time it wasn't arguing.
"I love you,"
"I love you too,"
"I love you,"
"I love you too,"
"I love you,"
"I love you too,"
"I love you,
"I love you too,"
"I love you,"
This went on for hours and hours. Later that night, Freddie was almost asleep, when he heard his phone ringing.
"Hello?"
"I love you Freddie."
"I love you too Sam."
Goes to show, perseverance is the key aspect to any Sam and Freddie relationship. Just keep trying and you'll get the result you're after.