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Chapter 5: A Scream

Freddie walked quietly beside Sam for several minutes in silence. The air was starting to get chilly and everything just seemed overall creepy. When Sam's foot crushed a twig on the ground, he jumped.

Sam looked over at him and grinned. "Scared?"

He glared at her in return. "No, I just didn't expect that…"

"Pft. I say you're scared." She wasn't giving up that easy.

They continued to walk for another few minutes in silence. Sam then turned to Freddie. "So, Carly and Shane seem to be getting along quite well."

Freddie tensed up. "They're just friends…"

"That's not what I think. I think all your chances with Carly just went flying out the window." Sam confirmed.

Freddie kicked the dirt in front of him. "That's not true."

"That blind, huh?"

Freddie stopped walking and stared over at his friend. "Sam, you don't know anything. Carly was just scared, if Shane weren't here tonight…" he started to say.

Sam laughed. "If Shane weren't here tonight? What if he wasn't? You think you would be Carly's little hero? Why do you think Shane asked me to help her and not you?"

Freddie waited for her to go on, his chest heaving in annoyance, jealousy and anger.

"You're weak Freddie. You couldn't save Carly if her life depended on it. Why don't you just get over it?"

"Sam you're so…so…so… UGH!"

Sam just continued to laugh. "You're such a dork." She then started walking again. Freddie followed about a meter behind her. They soon were standing in front of the fence. Sam paused catching her breath. She had purposely walked faster than Freddie.

Freddie did the same. He then placed his hands on the fence and shook it, checking to see if it was still stable.

Sam began climbing up. "Race you to the top!" She yelled back at him.

"You're on!" Freddie called in return, and too began climbing.

The race started out with Sam in the lead, however it soon changed and Freddie was about a foot a head of her, but in the end it came with Sam dropping down first.

She laughed. "In your face dork!"

Freddie was laughing too. "You just got lucky." He said.

The two of them, then began the long walk to the parking lot. Once they found Shane's car, it wasn't that hard because it was the only car there, Sam pulled out Shane's keys and unlocked the trunk. Inside were four backpacks. Sam grabbed two and handed them to Freddie and then got out the other two. Freddie gasped at the weight.

"Sam you gave me the heaviest ones!" He accused.

Sam laughed. "Oh well. Just throw them over the fence then." She said, pulling one onto her back and holding the other one.

They then made their way back to the fence. With a grunt, Sam tossed the bag in her hand over the fence. It landed with a thud on the other side.

She turned to Freddie, a proud grin on her face. "You're turn. I bet it wont go over on the first try." She challenged.

Freddie gave her an evil smile. "I'll take that bet." He said and then threw one of the bags he was carrying over. It too landed on the other side, making a louder noise than Sam's.

"Not bad, dork." Sam commented.

Freddie smiled. "Why thank you," he said.

The both of them started laughing.

"You know, mine was heavier than yours, so I guess I win." Freddie teased.

"No you don't! That doesn't count!" Sam said, still laughing.

Suddenly their laughs were interrupted by a loud scream. They both turned to one another.

"Carly!" They simultaneously screamed.

The two of them then began rushing up the fence. They didn't even care who got there first, Carly was in trouble, and that's all that mattered. At one point Freddie heard Sam gasp in pain. Dropping down on the other side he called up to her.

"Sam, are you okay?" He asked.

She glanced down and let out a cry as she tried to move her leg.

"Sam!" Freddie called again.

She carefully let her head fall back a little to see what had happened. Her pants were ripped at the knee. She felt her stomach turn as she saw that the folds of skin of her knee were hooked onto a loose piece of steal. Blood seeped down the fence.

"Sam, just hang on right there, I'm gonna help you!" Freddie promised and started to climb up the fence again.

"No…" She said biting down on her lip. "Go…Carly…"

Freddie stared at her for a moment. "I'll be back!" he promised and then took off.

"Hurry!" He heard Sam cry as he made his way back to Carly and Shane.

After Freddie and Sam took off, Carly just stood with Shane in silence for a long time. The whole time all she could do was worry. She was regretting coming to the Carnival with every single minute going by.

"Carly, you okay?" Shane finally asked, breaking the dreaded silence.

"Yeah… I just… it's been a while since Sam and Freddie left. Shouldn't they be back by now?" She asked.

Shane glanced back in the direction his two friends had went off in. "I'm sure everything's fine. Those bags were pretty heavy." He said.

Carly just nodded.

"So…" Shane said.

Carly turned to him. "What?"

"I don't know… just trying to end this horrible silence." He joked.

Carly laughed, she then felt a shiver down her spine as chilly wind blew through her hair.

Shane watched her for a minute, and then took off his jacket. "Here," He said handing it to her.

"No, I'm okay. I don't want you to get cold." She said, giving him a smile.

"Carly, just take it." Shane said and then laughed. "You can be so selfless sometimes."

She carefully took his jacket and slipped her arms through. She smiled when she felt Shane move her hair out of the way. He then did the honors of zipping it up.

"Thanks." She said.

"You're welcome." Shane replied.

"You know… I never did apologize for that elevator incident…" Carly said.

Shane laughed. "That's okay. I must say though, I never had two girls go that crazy over me before."

Carly laughed, her cheeks turning red from blushing.

"So what was the contest?" Shane asked after a moment of silence.

"Huh?"

"The contest… what were you and Sam betting on?" He asked.

"Oh… well… you see…" She struggled to find a way to explain it.

Shane laughed. "I'm waiting…"

"Okay, okay. Sam and I both liked you and only one of us could have you so we made a bet. The first person that you kissed got to be your girlfriend…" Carly explained and then blushed again.

Shane continued to laugh. "Wow…"

"Don't laugh at me!" Carly said, laughing herself.

"Sorry…" Shane said. He then added, "I can't believe that though."

"What?"

"That you wanted to be my girlfriend…"

There was a long silence between the two of them again. Finally, Shane cleared his throat. Carly turned to look at him.

"I umm… I was awake that day you came back into my hospital room…" He confirmed.

"Umm… you were?" Carly asked.

He nodded. "When you kissed me…"

"Oh… wow… umm…" Carly was speechless.

Shane laughed. "And you said 'I win!' all proud."

Carly nervously giggled. "Yeah…"

Shane smiled at her. "Technically, that wasn't a real kiss though."

"What do you mean?" Carly asked.

Shane took a step closer to her. "In order for you to win… I would have to kiss you back."

Carly too, took a step forward. "Oh…" she said, her voice quiet and soft.

Shane carefully started to lean in.

Carly did the same, slowly inching close to his face.

Just as they were about to kiss, a loud screeching noise interrupted them. Someone wearing a ski mask then grabbed Carly and she let out a scream.

A/N: Okay so I left you with a cliffy, but don't worry! I'm going to update right after. So just wait a little while LOL. Reviews please!