Monster Chapter 7

A/N: Please note that this takes place about a month or two after the previous chapter.

It was 7:00. Sam Puckett woke up brushed her teeth and changed her clothes – careful to not expose any skin.

It was 8:00. Sam Puckett sat in homeroom, staring blankly out the window, wondering where she would sit today at lunch.

It was 9:00. Sam Puckett finished her 10th math problem and struggled to answer the eleventh one.

It was 10:00. Sam Puckett scrawled down notes from her History teacher's lecture.

It was 11:00. Sam Puckett frowned at her physics worksheet before quickly restarting the light refraction problem.

It was 12:00. Sam Puckett grabbed a single slice of pizza and hid out in the girls' bathroom to eat alone.

It was 1:00. Sam Puckett completed the second lap of the mile, dragging her tiny feet and skinny legs as far as they could.

It was 2:00. Sam Puckett listened to her teacher drone on about subject-verb agreement.

It was 3:00. Sam Puckett began her walk to Angela's home, unaware of the person walking about 10 feet behind her.

It was 3:15. Sam Puckett saw Angela Simmons and Mariana for the last time.

Freddie sat in the back of the English class. He fidgeted nervously in his seat as he waited for the bell to ring. Ever since he and Carly had discovered what happened to Sam's mother, he wanted nothing more than to wrap her in his arms. But patience was necessary in times like this. He remembered the conversation that Carly and he had during lunch when Sam was yet to be found after a mad dash out of the cafeteria with pizza:

"Freddie," Carly began, "Should we try talking to Sam again? I mean, the last time we talked didn't turn out too well."

Freddie merely sighed, "Well, um, I was thinking of talking to her today-"

Carly grinned, "Great! We can find her today before she go-"

"Erm, well, I was planning on talking to her alone, "Freddie finished. Carly's face fell.

"Oh, well, um, yeah, tell me how that goes. What are you planning to do anyways?"

"Well, I figured I could just follow her to wherever she lives now and that way-"Freddie was interrupted by the bell for next period loudly ringing. He sighed once more and bid adieu to Carly.

As Freddie walked away, he faintly heard Carly say, "Good luck Freddie, you'll need it."

Freddie's thoughts came to a close just as the final bell rang. It's now or never, Freddie, he thought. Sam quickly shoved all of her books into her schoolbag and walked quickly to her locker. Freddie was a flying mess of papers and books as he stuffed every book into his own pack. He had efficiently packed all of his homework from the morning into his backpack so he could easily follow Sam. After a quick stop at her locker, she carried on her way out of the school doors. Freddie's heart pounded nervously at the fear that Sam could turn her head at any moment and spot him. Luckily she remained with her head looking down at the sidewalk, as though she'd walked this route about a million times….

After a myriad of turns and twists and one very close encounter, the boy remained 10 feet behind Sam as they found their way to a tiny cottage. As a tall, beautiful blonde woman emerged with a boy that looked about 3 years old, he felt a pair of eyes on him. The blonde woman had seen him! He thought quickly and dodged behind a car that was parked in the driveway.

Sam reached Angela's house and the woman herself came out of the house. She beamed, "Hey Sam, how was school?" She glanced over where she thought she saw a boy with brown hair and a large backpack, but when she looked up again, he was gone.

Sam cracked a teeny smile, she'd been doing more of that lately, she replied, "It was okay. How was Junior?"

Angela threw her head back and laughed, "I don't see why you love him so much? Of course, I love him, but why do you?"

Sam touched Junior's sleeping forehead, "Because he's so innocent and beautiful. He's got this gorgeous brown hair and these pure, brown eyes. He's never had his heart broken, he's never been hurt, he's just so, he's just, He's everything I wish I had." Sam flicked her eyes down for a moment then back at Junior.

Angela's smile twitched a bit wider and she responded softly, "Tell you what; me and Mariana were just on our way out to pick up some things. Why don't you spend some time with Junior? I trust you, kid."

As Angela passed Junior to Sam's waiting arms, Mariana stepped out of the house. She whined jokingly, "Angela! I need to get food, I'm starved! Oh, hey, Sam!"

Sam merely grinned, "Hey!" and shifted her weight to accommodate Junior.

Angela rolled her eyes playfully and said, "See ya later, Sam. We should be back within one to two hours. Um, there's some stuff in the fridge, but we'll be back with more things. Uh, I think that's all, love you!" As Angela walked over to the car, she heard another rustling and she swore she saw the same boy dart behind the thick shrubbery.

"Bye Angie, Love you! Bye Mariana!" Sam shouted as she waved. The car backed up and rode off.

The teen boy was shaking as he stood up with uncertainty. A million ideas of popped into his brain of this situation going wrong. He opened his mouth.

Sam was just about to turn inside when a voice made her blood run cold. When the familiar vocals uttered her own name, time seemingly stopped. Her fingers began to go clammy and her heart seemed gallop right out her chest. Her body was visibly trembling when she heard him.

"Sam."

Fredward Benson stood there in her midst.

CLIFFY! Please, please, please review! Thank you to my reviewers for last chapter! Guess what, I got over 800 views on the first day of last chapter, so thanks guys, SO much! It really is the best thing in the world to have a review so thank you so much! I hoped you liked this chapter. I was really trying to build up suspense so I hope it went well. Trust me, you do NOT want to miss next chapter...Until next time,

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p.s. I got some really nasty reviews on one of my stories that really bothers me, so I decided not to continue it. I really wanted to, but that review along with other reasons, I can't continue it :( I just want to apologize to icarlyfreak because it was your story and I said I would finish it, but that review just got to me...I am deleting the story so you won't have to see them, but I'm just really sorry.