Hey all! Yet another chapter! Yeah, I'm on fire! But I want to thank everyone that's been reading and reviewing it. Dork-with-glasses, I don't know exactly why they call it a hamburger either, when it doesn't have any ham in it. I'll have to look it up and get back to you on that one. I'm glad that you enjoyed the line at the end! I just thought it was a great way to end that last chapter! :D

Anyway...enjoy!

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Carly dashed down the stairs, knowing that Sam was right behind her. "CARLY! GET BACK HERE!" she yelled from the top of the stairs. Spencer was working on his latest project when Carly came running down.

"…What's going on?" he asked with a slight smile. "I heard Sam come in…" his voice trailed off as he saw a very enraged Sam reach the bottom of the stairs. Sam turned to Carly, who was quickly hiding behind her brother.

"You!" she said menacingly, one finger pointed towards Carly.

"Save me!" Carly pleaded to her brother. With a cry, Sam lunged for Carly, but Spencer stood in between them both.

"Okay…relax you two!" Spencer replied. "What happened?" Sam backed up from Spencer.

"She tied me to a chair and forced me to look at Fredweird!" Sam shouted.

"She's trying to kill me because she can't accept the fact that she likes Freddie!" Carly shouted as well. Spencer put up a hand.

"Hold on here! What's going on?" Sam sighed and sat down on the couch.

"Carly tied me to a chair up in the studio, forced me to look at a picture of Freddork and wouldn't let me go until I admitted that I liked him!" Spencer slowly nodded his head and then turned towards Carly.

"Carly…did you do that to Sam?" he asked.

"…Okay, yes! I tied Sam to the chair! But you don't understand! She's admitted that she likes Freddie!" Spencer just gave Carly a look.

"Carly…"

"But Spencer! She ate meat!" Spencer was astonished.

"Before or after she admitted she liked Freddie?"

"After," Carly quickly replied. Spencer turned to Sam and shrugged his shoulders.

"Sorry…sounds to me you like Freddie," he replied sheepishly. Sam growled in frustration.

"I do not like the dork!" she spat. Carly dug out a fat cake and threw it to Sam. Without even thinking, Sam snatched the treat and immediately scarfed it down. She sighed contentedly as soon as the treat was gone. "Oh…sweet, sweet fat cake! Momma loves her fat cakes!" She then turned to Carly and added, "Got any more?" Carly just threw Sam three more fat cakes, which she hungrily scarfed down as well. Carly walked over to Sam, who was already starting on her second fat cake out of the three she just gave her.

"…You do realize this just proves that you like Freddie, right?" she asked. Sam stopped chewing the fat cake…if you call bite and swallowing "chewing".

"Nope," she replied between bites of fat cake. Carly thought for a second.

"Oh, before I forget. Freddie texted me; he asked out Mindy today. You know…Mindy? From our science class?" Sam stopped eating the fat cake.

"…Good for him," she replied, setting the fat cake down. Carly watched this with great interest.

"Sam?" she began. Sam looked towards Carly. "…I'm kidding." Sam grabbed the fat cake again and began to devour it. Carly just looked at Sam with a smile. "See! That proves it! You like Freddie!" Sam unwrapped the third fat cake and began to eat it.

"Carly…fine…so I may like the dork! Nothing is going to come of it! So what does it matter? Can't we just go back to how things were before this whole silly 'who likes who' incident happened?"

"But Sam!" Carly began but Sam just shook her head.

"No Carly! We both know what kind of girl Dork Boy likes! One that's all…y'know…soft…and girly. I'm not going through that kind of change for anyone ever again!" Carly just looked at Sam pleadingly.

"But Sam! Freddie broke up with me! Doesn't that mean anything to you?" Sam shook her head.

"That the dork finally came to his senses that you didn't feel the same way about him?" she chuckled. Carly shook her head.

"Sam…he told me that it wasn't what he wanted! That I…wasn't what he wanted! And you're telling me that it still doesn't mean anything to you ?" Sam shook her head.

"Carly…even if it did, it doesn't matter! The dork hates me! It's what makes our friendship work!" She grabbed Carly and pointed a finger into her face. "And if you tell him that I said we were friends…I'll hurt you!" she whispered. Carly didn't reply; she was too afraid of her friend at that moment. But…at the same time, she was very happy - the old Sam was back.

"Sam, I won't tell Freddie that you and he are friends. Even though I think he already knows that, I won't tell him." Sam nearly finished the fat cake, while Carly continued to speak. "But I'm going to help you get together with Freddie!" Sam shook her head.

"No!"

"But why not, Sam? You like him! I'm pretty sure he likes you too!" Carly whined.

"Forget it, Carly! I'm not going to let you do this!" Sam patted her stomach. "Ahh…those fat cakes really hit the spot! …Contact the dork; see if he's ready to get a smoothie yet." Carly rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"You just had four fat cakes…and a hamburger!" She shook her head again. "Yep," Carly began, "Sam is back to her old self!" Sam just sat back in the couch.

"Whatever," she muttered. "Just get the dork over here." Carly giggled and texted Freddie.

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Across the hall…

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So why did I break up with Carly? I mean…she's pretty, nice and sweet…but I guess she's not who I really want to be with. He had been sitting in his lawn chair on the fire escape, going over the conversation he and Carly had not that long ago. I really hope that Sam snaps out of whatever it is she's going through. His thoughts went back to the last time he was on this fire escape with Sam, when they kissed. He smiled at that thought, and chuckled as he remembered that she told him to lean.

Do I like Sam? he asked himself. I don't know…maybe I do. He continued to sit in his lawn chair, thinking things over. I mean, we did share our first kiss together and she's also pretty…in a weird sort of way. He grinned and shook his head as he thought that. …I really thought I'd be more freaked out over this, but I'm not. He heard a buzzing from his phone and quickly checking it, he saw it was a text from Carly, asking him if he was ready to get a smoothie. He texted back that he was on his way over and closed his phone shut.

Sam is over there, he began. He got up from his lawn chair and began to walk over to Carly's apartment.

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Moments later…

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Freddie walked into Carly's apartment. "Hey Carly! Hey Sam!" he greeted as he came in.

"Hey Freddie," Carly replied.

"What's up, dork?" Sam asked with a grin. Freddie shook his head.

"Back to normal is she?" Freddie asked Carly.

"She ate four fat cakes," Carly replied. "…And a hamburger." Freddie chuckled.

"Yup…she's normal again! Well…normal as about normal can be for Sam," he added. Sam quickly got up off the couch and pulled Freddie's arm up behind his back. "Ow, ow, OW!" he shouted. "I'm sorry!" he screamed.

"Sam!" Carly shouted! "Don't kill him! Remember, he's paying for your smoothie!" Sam was hesitant for a moment.

"…And a burger!" Sam quickly added.

"What?" Freddie screamed back. Sam pulled his arm back further. "Ouch! All right! And a burger!" Sam let go and gave Freddie a shove.

"See Benson? Was that so hard?" she said smugly. Freddie just rubbed his shoulder.

"Jeez, Sam," he muttered. "Did you really need to do that?" Sam rolled her eyes.

"Oh don't be such a girl, Benson!" Sam replied to him, punching his arm.

"Hey, let's go get those smoothies!" Carly quickly interjected nervously. Sam nodded.

"Sounds good to me, Carls!" she replied. Freddie nodded as well.

"Yeah, but…before we do, I want to say something before I regret it," Freddie added. He turned to Sam and took in a breath. "Sam…I really think I like you and I would like to go out with you. What do you say?" Carly smiled slightly while Sam just stood there, stunned.

"Sam?" Carly asked, still smiling. "Are you all right?"

"Well? You going to respond?" Freddie asked. Sam did respond, all right. But she responded in a way that both Carly and Freddie didn't expect from Sam.

Sam Puckett just laughed.

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Well...Freddie asked out Sam! But...why was Sam laughing? But who's happy that Sam is at least back to normal? The girl devoured a burger and four fat cakes! Yup...I'd say she's back to normal! But...as for now...who want's to guess why she's laughing? As always, thanks for reading! Until next time!