A/N: LAST CHAPTER! I had gotten a brilliant idea last week, and will get started very soon!
Autumn twiddled her thumbs, waiting for Spencer to arrive. She'd gotten to class an extra half hour early just to finish her portrait.
"Hey, Autumn!" Spencer's cheerful voice yelled from across the classroom.
"Hey, Spence." Autumn grinned. "You're early today."
"Yeah," said Spencer. "So are you. I called your house to see if you wanted me to pick you up so we could carpool but you weren't there, so I figured you were here. Hey, is your portrait done?"
"Uh huh." Autumn felt butterflies in her stomach. "You w-wanna see?"
"Totally." Before Autumn could stop him, Spencer had pulled the plastic cover off of Autumn's painting and stood staring, shocked and amazed and happy and confused all at once. Well, he usually felt like that, but right now more than usual.
"Oh m…it's m-m…I can-a…." Spencer's mouth hung open.
Not only was the picture Autumn's best yet, and basically the best picture Spencer had ever seen in his life, it was a totally accurate painting of Spencer's face. She had clearly been studying, because all the features and lines were correct. It was more like professional photography than a watercolor painting.
Autumn looked at her feet. "I just…I couldn't think of another way to show you. It's bad, isn't it?"
"N-no way." Spencer had finally gotten his voice back to normal. "It's your best yet. And I'm not just saying that because it's of me. I truly mean it."
Before Spencer could think twice of it, he leaned down and kissed Autumn on her lips.
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Ever since the last web show, Freddie had barely said anything. Carly was worried, and even Sam was a little weirded out.
"Look, I know what's going on here." Carly eyed Sam and Freddie sternly. "And why can't you two just talk about it? I'll leave you guys alone for five minutes." She left the table only to camouflage at another table, watching them.
"So…. I still don't understand why you're not talking. I need someone to talk to because not even TechTalk101 will talk to me." Sam looked around nervously. "He just goes online and ignores my IMs."
"I know why that is." Freddie pretended to be immersed in his sandwich.
"Well?!" Sam looked at Freddie expectantly. "Are you gonna tell me?"
"I'd rather not."
"Tell me or I'll pound your face in."
"Okay, okay." Freddie took a deep breath. "I'm TechTalk101."
Sam was shocked. "YOU?!"
"Well, yeah," Freddie said. "And I really liked badne…er, you. I loved her…er, you."
"Me too!" Sam exclaimed.
"So does this mean what I think it means…?" Freddie looked as scared as Sam felt.
"That we're…" Sam said, barely completing her sentence. "…in love with each other?"
"I guess so," said Freddie numbly.
"But…how?!" Sam cried.
"Well, what, er, should we do about it?"
Sam took a deep breath. "This." She pulled him in for a kiss.
Their kiss was magical. Like paradise. Like seeing the sunset. Like your web show being the best on the Net. All of those combined. Sam pulled away and stood up. "Well, I got that off my chest. I'll see you, 'kay?"
"Wait." Freddie stopped her.
"What?" Sam turned around.
He grinned mischievously. "I haven't had my turn." He kissed her back.
Carly, who had been watching the whole ordeal, turned to the guy she was sitting next to, who happened to be Jake Crandle. "Aww, isn't that sweet?"
"Yeah," Jake replied, grinning.
"Oh, what the heck!" Carly grabbed Jake's shirt collar and, well, joined Freddie and Sam's game.
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Six Months Later…
Freddie and Sam arrived at the Shays' apartment, holding hands. Sam knocked on the door.
"Hey guys!" Autumn greeted them enthusiastically. "Everyone's here. Carly's upstairs getting ready."
Spencer joined her at the door and put his arm around her. "You can only come in if you are a couple."
Freddie smiled. "Which we are."
"Then you may come in."
The Shays' house was nice and cozy for couples' night. Spencer and Autumn, Freddie and Sam, Jake and Carly. Carly walked down the stairs. "Hi, guys!" She greeted them. "Hey, baby!" She walked across the room, planting a kiss on Jake's lips.
Freddie suddenly remembered something. He pulled Sam across to the other side of the room. "Hey, uh, how's your mom?"
"She's in rehab," Sam replied. "Autumn is letting me live with her for the next three months."
"Really?" Freddie smiled. "That's great!"
"Attention!" Spencer clinked a glass with a spoon, accidentally cracking it. "I have something to say. Autumn, can you come join me here, please?"
Autumn hesitantly came up to Spencer. Spencer stood in front of her, and got down on one knee. "Autumn Liverpool, you're the most amazing woman I've ever met-"
"Ahem!" Carly interrupted.
"Second most amazing. Anyway, I love you so much, and there's no one else for me. Will you marry me?"
Autumn began to cry. "Yes!"
"That reminds me." Freddie took two little velvet boxes out of his pocket and presented them to Sam. "As you already know, I love you."
"And I you." Sam smiled.
"So, I want you to promise me that when we're old enough..." He gestured to Autumn and Spencer.
"I promise."
Freddie slipped one promise ring on his finger. Engraved on it was the word, "Techtalk".
Sam looked at the ring Freddie had handed her. Engraved on one side was "Badness".
The other side said "Bug-Face."