Freddie's POV

I was pumped for the movies. I slicked my hair back like those dudes in Grease, donned a hot leather jacket, and wore a chain on my jeans pocket, a sloppy T-shirt, and leather boots. I really fit the description of a bad boy. Man, Carly was going to love me in this outfit!

I checked the clock: 7:41. I had time. I decided to pop in at Carly's to see if she was dressed to go to the movies, because I knew she was going to arrive to surprise me. It was obvious! After checking to make sure my mom couldn't see me in my leather, I snuck out. I quietly closed the door as not to alert her. Then I walked across the few feet to Carly's apartment. I was about to knock but bad boys don't knock. I threw the door open to see Spencer working on a sculpture that looked like a giant pair of scissors made of vegetables. Wow, he was odd.

"Hey, Spence." I greeted. He looked up from his veggie scissors.

"Hey, Freddie." he said, then, taking in my outfit, "Wow. So Carly wasn't lying." I smiled smugly to myself.

"Nope." I said, "I'm all bad boy." A big smile crossed Spencer's face. He walked over to me and said "Well, we all knew it'd happen. Congrats." He held his fist out, and we did a fist bump. It was nice to feel that Spencer knew all along Carly would fall for me. It was almost like a connection we had.

"I'm just glad you two are going to be a couple." he continued, "I mean, I knew it'd happen but it's still a little shocking."

"Yeah, I guess." I said, "She's never liked me before but now that she's seen the new me, I think she realizes what she's been missing out on." I raised my eyebrow slyly and Spencer nodded.

"Well, actually I think she always had a crush on you but never really knew it herself." he said. Wow! That really made me feel great!

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah!" Spencer said, "It's so obvious how S-" He didn't finished because there was a loud crash. He whipped around to see cabbages falling off his sculpture. "Man!" he said, running at the falling veggies. Since his sculpture was falling apart, I took it as my cue to exit.

"See ya', Spence!" I said.

"Yeah, bye!" he said, grabbing the vegetables as they fell. I laughed and left. As I walked down to the lobby I remembered him muttering the 'S' sound before the sculpture collapsed. What was he going to say? Probably just 'she'. Yeah, he was going to say "It's so obvious how she…something something".

How do you know he wasn't about to say 'Sam'? the voice asked me. Ah, I didn't need it speaking to me right then!

Keep your mouth shut! I yelled at myself. When the stupid voice didn't reply, I let myself think about how the date would go over.

Lewbert yelled at me as I entered the lobby but I ignored him. As I stepped out into the fresh outside air, I checked my watch: 7:45. I walked over to the movie theater, checking to see if Sam or Carly was walking there nearby.

I arrived in front of the theater soon. Neither girl was there, so I waited to get my ticket since I didn't which movie Sam had said was good. As I waited I saw a blonde girl walking by the theater-Sam. She caught sight of me and grinned. She walked up to me and I noticed how good she looked. She was really pretty. Ugh, I wanted to bang my stupid head against the wall for thinking that so bad!

"Hey, Freducation." she said and I rolled my eyes.

"S'up?" I said.

"You up to see The First Kiss?" she asked. Wait, wasn't that the lame movie she and Carly were complaining about a year ago? It was so dumb! Why would she want to see it again?!

"I thought you said it was stupid, like every other chick flick?" I asked.

"Yeah, it is jank, but I thought, maybe…" she said, "We could talk or something instead." Talk? Oh! I bet she wanted to talk about how my and Carly's relationship was going to change. She probably was feeling bad because she thought we would abandon her. I'd just have to tell her she'd be included.

"Whatevs." I replied. We then went to buy our tickets. After we got them I asked Sam if she wanted popcorn. You know what? She said no! Sam turning food down?! Okay, I know she's acting different but, really, refusing food?!

I shrugged this odd occurrence off and we entered the theater. After a few previews, the movie started. Man, it was horrible! It was just giggly girls and dudes who just flipped their surfer hair and said "Yeah, totally."

"Hey, Freddork?" Sam said. Relieved I wouldn't have to watch anymore of that pointless trash, I turned to face her.

"Yeah?" I said. She shifted uncomfortably to face me.

"I wanted to…I just…you see…" she said. I knew what she was going to say.

"Sam, it'll be okay." I said, "Nothing's going to change badly. It'll change a little, but everything will be great for all of us." She smiled at me.

"Thanks, Freddieo." she said. There was a silence.

"Why didn't you get any snacks?" I asked, changing the subject, "I thought you never passed food up."

"Not usually," she said, grinning, "but I couldn't do this with a mouth full of popcorn."