i AM ACCEPTED

Freddie was miserable. It was the worst Christmas ever. Sam was gone and, well, Carly too, and he was alone. His days were filled with video games, replying to email from fans and feeding Spencer's fish Flippy. Of course there were the numerous texts and phone calls between himself and his girlfriend, but he missed her. Sam was his girlfriend. He still had to pinch himself to believe this. She actually loved him back. If she were only here, life would be perfect.

His mom, however, was acting strange. She was now more mobile with crutches but still dependant on Freddie to drive her about. She had changed since the accident, more so when he told her that Sam and he were dating. She was acting… dare he say it? Normal. In all his life, his mom and normal don't mix. For Christmas, she actually cooked a turkey. Yesterday, she purchased a pair of scissors. They never had scissors in the house. In fact, for the two weeks that Sam was now away, he hasn't had a tick bath. He definitely was not complaining. So Freddie was both miserable and utterly confused.

He lay in bed thinking of his better half. He couldn't wait for her to come home tomorrow. He'll finally be reunited with his beloved, and to make things even better, Carly would not be back till the following day. One full day of not hiding. Tomorrow was going to be perfect. He slowly drifted off to sleep, smiling, dreaming of the blonde-headed demon.

He heard his cell ring. Text from Sam. With groggy eyes he read.

Wake up

How did you know I was sleeping

Look at your desk dork

Confused, he turned to look at his desk. He saw the most beautiful thing he ever seen. Sam sitting on his chair with a mischievous smile. Her sheer presence was enough to jolt him awake.

'Sam! What are you doing here?' He looked at his clock. 'Its almost 3 in the morning! You were supposed to come back tomorrow!'

Sam wiped the smile off her face. 'Well if you want me to come back tomorrow…' She rose and started to walk to the door.

'No Sam I mean-'

She turned quickly, ran and jumped on him, laughing hysterically while doing so. She completely knocked the wind out of him as she landed. She rose and straddled him. 'You are such a dork! I missed you!'

Freddie opened his mouth to respond but was met with cherry flavored lips. The kiss lasted an eternity. They had been away from each other for too long.

'When did you reach back?' Freddie asked when they eventually pulled apart.

'About midnight.' She continued to sit on his abdomen, but started to rub his chest playfully.

'And you now came here? What took you so long? And I thought you were coming tomorrow!'

'Fredderly, Fredderly, Fredderly. When will you learn? I lied about my arrival to surprise you, besides I had to wait for Melanie to drop asleep before I could sneak out.'

'Oh. Well I love you my little liar.'

'I love you too my little geek freak.' She pressed her lips again in his. He responded by slipping his tongue unto hers. Freddie rolled so that she was now lying next to him. They broke the kiss and she laid her head on his chest. She listened to the beat of his heart felt him kiss her head. She fell asleep in his bed, gently rocked by the rise and fall of his chest.

Life was perfect.

…

Freddie woke up. His bed was empty. Sam was gone. What time did she awake? Why didn't she wake me? Feeling a little depressed he slowly rose, washed his face and headed to the kitchen. He heard two familiar voices.

'So Mrs. B., do you have any more baby pictures of Freddie?'

'Sure. I have tons! I have a few where you can see his cute little bum and a couple where I put him in a dress.' They both started laughing.

Freddie's eyes opened wide. Oh chiz! That was Sam's voice, and his mother was showing her his baby pictures. Freddie wanted to crawl under a rock and die. He had to put and end to this. He ran into the living room.

'Hey! What are you guys doing?'

'Looking at some of your baby pictures. Cute butt Benson!' Sam giggled.

Freddie turned red with embarrassment. Trying to change the topic off him he appealed to Sam's weakness, 'Hey Sam, I'm a bit hungry. Want some bacon?'

'Do you even have to ask?'

Freddie led her to the kitchen and eventually started frying the bacon. Freddie whispered to her, 'What happened this morning? I woke up and you weren't there.'

'Don't worry Fredlumps, I woke up to use your washroom and I heard you mom was up so I snuck out, knocked on the door and she answered. She doesn't suspect a thing.'

'Uh… cool.'

'Cool? That's all you can say? I just saved you from your mom catching you in bed with a girl and that is all you can say? Well I hope-' Freddie cut her off with a well timed kiss.

'I think the bacon is burning.' They turned to see the older Benson looking at them. The bacon really was burning. Freddie rushed to get it off the stove top.

'M-mom! We… we were just cooking.'

'Sure, Fredward. Just don't burn down the kitchen.' She had an all-knowing smile as she left the teenagers to their privacy.

Sam was speechless the entire time. She was surprised at the attitude of the older woman. 'Dude, your mom is acting really strange. I was totally expecting for her to freak when she saw us kissing.'

'Yeah me too. I'll go talk to her,' Freddie replied with a puzzled look on his face.

'You do that. I'm outta here. We're going to drop Melanie off at the airport. Movies later?'

'Sure babe. Love you.'

'Love you too dork.' Sam replied. She grabbed a handful of bacon and was out the door in a flash.

Freddie walked to the living room and found his mother.

'Mom! Is everything okay?'

She looked at her son, 'Yes, why do you ask?'

'Ever since you broke your ankle, you've been acting…'

'Weird?' She chuckled.

'No, no… different.'

'Well I feel different. There is something about that girl. I always thought she was a bad influence on you. But ever since the accident, the way she spoke to me, I knew she was someone special. Plus, I've even noticed how happy you are when she's around and how sad you are when she's not. I will tell you this Fredward, I like her. Don't let her go. You fight for her and you keep her.'

Freddie kept staring off into the distance as his mother's words sunk in. He got up and kissed his mother on the cheek.

'Thanks mom.' He walked to his room to get ready for his day with Sam.