Here's another chapter. We are nearing the end w/ like three chapters or so left! Again' thanx for the reviews; got a lot of positive ones last chapter. Hit count is now 3,993. It you haven't checked out my other story iPlay RE (which I just updated), go ahead and do that AFTER you read and review this!

Chapter Ten

"So, what do we do now?" Gibby asked to those gathered around a back table of the coffee shop. Of course this was the local Starbucks instead instead of the Groovy Smoothie just to be careful. Carly and Spencer Shay decided to gather everyone involved in 'The Bet' to this Starbucks for one big strategy meeting. They were all getting sick and tired of how long it was taking for Freddie and Sam to hook up. Especially Lewbert since he was already in for four hundred and was not about to lose another fifty to the most stubborn people in the world.

"We've got to convince them that they're more than friends and it's okay for the to hook up," Rodney said the obvious.

"Right," Ms. Benson snorted. "Fredward is still pinning for her to come talk to him again. We'd have better luck keeping New Orleans from drowning then convincing my son that Samantha pushing herself away was the best thing to happen to him."

"I could talk to him," Jake Crendal (spelling?) offered, "He's come to me a few times."

"Me also," Gibby said, "Even after their argument."

"Do we even know the full details about that yet?" asked Shane, messing with his laptop.

Carly and Spencer looked at each other. "No, and we wish we knew more about it, and how the hell my name was mentioned; but I don't think convincing Freddie is the best route to take here."

"It's been two weeks since the fight?" Josh Nichols asked, awaiting a nod from Spencer. Him, Drake, and Megan had flown up all the way here just to speak about 'The Bet'. "Have they seen each other since then?"

"Nope, they've avoided each other--and me-- like rain in a desert," Carly growled. "I swear, after nearly four years since we started this thing, you think they would've done something by now."

"Are you guys sure they haven't been seeing each other?" Drake Parker said, which made everyone pause. "I mean, they could be seeing each other and you guys just haven't noticed. I think I know a few things about that."

"Nah, I don't think that man is getting any," Megan Parker remarked. "Can't we think of anything to get these two at least talking somehow?"

"Haha, yea, welcome to the 'I have no idea' boat." Spencer said, with Carly nodding.

"Yea, we stayed up all night Thursday thinking of ideas, but we kept drawing blanks." said Carly, frowning. "And it's bothering us a lot. We've known Sam and Freddie for almost ten years now, and they have never been at it like this. At this rate, they'll never get together before graduation, which by the way is in a little over a month."

The table went silent, everyone trying to think of anything to turn the situation around.

"How about we kidnap them?" joked Ted Franklin, and at that the rest of the table burst out with laughter.

"Yea, I can see it now," Ms. Briggs said, elbowing Socco, who sat to her right. "We'll go and grab Freddie with Lewbert while Carly and Spencer snatch up Samantha."

"Our aunt is out of town for a week. We could lock them up in the beach house." Megan offered jokingly.

"Yea, if it was only that easy," said Spencer, sighing deeply.

"Sam's the one who backed off. We're lucky that she decided to stay here, and she's the only one who can fix what happened between her and Freddie. I think we should go ahead and target her." Carly stated, which got the rest at the table to agree.

"So, what's out next move?"