A/ N : Hey there peoples! :D Sorry for taking forever to update :( Had too much labs and assignments that were due...Oh the joy of school -.-...Anyone still following this story? Pleaseeeeee let me know what your thoughts are about the chapter. I made it a bit longer just so you wont be too mad at me lol
Brad pulled his green sleeping bag next to Carly's floral pink one which he noted was as far away from the screen as possible. Deciding that he should in fact be nearer to her throughout this horror movie marathon, he sat down next to her, folding his legs in as he gave her an encouraging smile.
She smiled back and they watched as Freddie dragged his red sleeping bag from the middle of the room, straight to the front of them next to where Sam's blue and grey sleeping bag was. Carly chuckled at this gesture.
"I'm sure our plan will have some effect on them, they already look eager to be next to each other." she said, as Sam threw Brad a bag of popcorn that was perched on a table which was littered with snacks and drinks next to Freddie's tech cart, but held back throwing Freddie one.
To this, he had purposely sauntered over to her and tried taking it earning him a smack in the face with the warm popcorn bag which caused him to lose his balance for a bit and topple onto the floor.
Sam burst out into a fit of laughter but then felt herself being pulled to the floor as well as she fell atop the nerd.
Brad chuckled, seeing Carly's point proven because Sam and Freddie seemed to be locked in a permanent staring contest.
This however, didn't last too long as Sam finally regained her bearings and jumped off of Freddie as if he were on fire. She then quickly proceeded to pop the dvd into Freddie's laptop and hit play as the big screen before them drummed out a loud intro tune as the opening credits played out before them.
She and Freddie then sat themselves down onto their sleeping bags, trying to banish the awkwardness that suddenly befell them, to finally begin watching the movie as Carly shifted herself closer to Brad.
Murder after murder was shown as the main villain of the movie displayed his crafty ways of slaughtering the innocent.
Bloody scenes, screams, suspense. More blood as the villain shaved his victims skin off their bodies, relishing in the muffled cries that came from them.
"Sam, I already saw 'The Silence of The Lambs' and it's an awesome movie, been rated as the top suspense horror of all time,but-"
"But whaaaatt?" whined Sam, quickly averting her gaze to the back where Brad and Carly were. She was totally irritated at Brad's sudden interjection when they were just twenty sweet minutes into the show.
"This," he said, gesturing to a pale Carly beside him on her pink sleeping bag, whose nails were beginning to leave permanent marks on his skin. "..is already too intense for Carly."
"Aww COME ON! Carls you agreed to watch it! Pleaseee don't make me change the movie." she pleaded with puppy dog eyes, clasping her hands tightly as she knelt in front of them.
"Yea, the movie's already starting to go interesting, I predict that the detective will have to go through a lot to solve these gruesome murders. Thinking like a criminal who slaughters the innocent to be able to catch him, now that's just fascinating." quipped Freddie as Carly let out a faint whimper causing Brad to pull her nearer to him.
"Please change it." said Brad as he eyed Carly cautiously, rubbing her hands softly to calm her down.
"Ugh finee!" muttered Sam as she got up and quickly walked to her bag of movies emptying the contents on the floor. "You're such a girl Shay. Luckily I brought all the Saw movies for us to watch, and I don't want any complaining!" she said pointedly, giving Brad a fiery glare.
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Four hours and two movies later, Sam and Freddie were the only two still up.
"It's 1:53 a.m," said Sam, as she checked the iCarly analogue clock on the table. "On to Saw III." she added gleefully as she sauntered over to Freddie's laptop and switched the movie.
She glanced at the table near the tech cart taking the last box of 'Chips Ahoy!' cookies and two Peppy Colas for her and the nub. They had practically eaten all of the snacks that had been present on the table, which was now a sea of empty cans,popcorn kernels and wrappers, as Carly and Brad had fallen asleep after the first 'Saw' movie.
"They're such babies." chuckled Freddie, propping himself up on his elbows to get the cookie Sam had offered him as he eyed Brad and Carly. They had fallen asleep side by side as Carly snuggled into Brad's side even more, wrapping her hands around his.
"Yeah." she chuckled half heartedly. "You think I was too hard on Carls?" she frowned, as she remembered being too wrapped up in her horror movies to even care about Carly's constant whimpering whenever blood oozed out of someone or somewhere.
"We both were." he said, the playful smile he had on his face disappearing as he saw how upset she was about the situation. "Hey, cheer up, she had Brad with her the whole time." he smiled, gesturing to the way Brad's hand seemed to find its way to Carly's waist pulling her closer towards him.
Sam chuckled. "Guess you're right. They should just get together already."
"I know right." he smiled at her. "On to the third installment of Saw!"
"Hell yeah!" she returned his smile, giving him a fist bump as the opening credits began to roll on screen. Just then a faint beep was heard as the a/c unit in the room shut off.
"Did you hear something beep?" Freddie muttered.
"What?" asked Sam, her eyes never leaving the screen.
"Thought I heard something beep." he chuckled.
"You that sleepy to be imagining stuff up Fredweirdo?" smirked Sam. "Go right ahead and sleep you baby." she said, sticking her tongue out at him.
"Nyeeh, i'm not that tired."
"You're just afraid of what I might do to you." she smirked.
"Pfft nooo...I just wanna stay up with ya."
"Yeah rightttt...anyways sshhh! You're making me miss the movie!"
He could feel his lips curving upwards as she said this. He was beginning to think his face would be permanently frozen into a semi smile. He definitely couldn't help smiling around Sam. Sighing, he turned his head towards the screen and tried to refocus his mind on the movie.
So far the sleepover had been really fun. Well, from his perspective that is. And it was only due to Sam. She wouldn't wince whenever blood appeared on the screen like Carly would. No. Instead, she would bash and compliment the character that got killed, stating reasons why they deserved and didn't deserve to be taken out at that point in the movie.
He even found himself agreeing with her reasons, they were so clearly stated and logical that he wondered how she came up with those ideas, finally deciding that maybe her random knowledge was due to her watching way too much homicide investigative shows and horror movies.
But he had to give some credit where credit was due, because Sam Puckett was not stupid. She was very capable of carrying on a reasonable conversation. At this point he found himself smiling again.
"Jeez Fredward, what is your problem?"
"What?" said Freddie, snapping out of his thinking state.
"Dude, there's just been another murder and there you were smiling at the bloodied body of the victim like a psychopath. And you people call me crazy?" she added as an afterthought. He chuckled.
"No I was just thinking. It's nothing really. Not really focused on the movie. By the way does it seem a bit...warmer in here to you?" he added, feeling his large black shirt beginning to stick to his skin.
"Oh...a bit." said Sam, refocusing her gaze on the current movie. "Anyways, stop interrupting, Saw III was an awesome movie and you're making me miss the best parts!" she fumed.
"Okay okay, i'm sorry." he said, flapping his t-shirt over his heated body. The movie progressed almost in the same pattern as the ones before it.
Psycho-killer on the loose, victims who die, victims who survive, people who try to catch psychopath. Blah blah blah.
Nevertheless, he kept quiet as Sam instructed, as she seemed ever so engrossed into the film.
One hour and almost a river of sweat later Freddie couldn't take it anymore.
"Why is it so darn hot!" he complained as he took Sam's dvd box and began fanning himself. Sam sighed as she fought the urge to hit the nub for yet another interruption.
"I don't know, maybe the a/c timed out?" she commented with her eyes still focused on the movie.
"I'll go check it." he said, bolting off of his sleeping bag and straight to the corner of the room where the a/c hung.
He noted that it was indeed off as he tried pressing the reset button expecting it to come back on and supply them with the welcomed cool air. Instead, he got a faint beep as the thing completely shut off.
His other attempts to get it back on proved futile and he gave up in defeat,huffing dramatically as he kicked a stray box on the floor. Grumbling under his breath, he made his way back to his sleeping bag.
"I can't fix it! I think it's broken...this heat is getting overbearing!" he argued hitting his head roughly on his sleeping bag.
"Ugh! Shut up Freddweeb, you're making Momma miss the show!"
"Sam, considering that you've watched ALL the Saw movies at least a trillion times EACH, I wont be surprised if you know the exact words the characters are gonna say!" he fumed. He couldn't help it, the heat was going to his head. What was he thinking wearing that BLACK over-sized t-shirt when Seattle had recently had an unbearable heat wave anyways? Oh that's right, his Mom. Sam raised a curious eyebrow at his sudden outburst.
"Whatever, you're acting worse than my Mom on Bikini wax day. Besides, i'm not feeling that warm." she said, glaring at him.
"No duh!" he said sarcastically. "You're wearing a skim-"
"Skimpy sleepwear?" she interjected, eyeing the nub carefully. On the contrary to what she was thinking, Freddie really, really liked what she wore to sleep. He was a guy after all, for he found himself hoping that she wore something similar to the second sleepover night.
"No, uh- I was gonna say...you're wearing...a simply appropriate attire...so whether its hot or not it u'll be fine."
"Hmm nice save...well go change you nub!" she said, shoving Freddie off of his sleeping bag.
"You forgetting that the door is locked from the outside? Plus you made me place the keys on the floor mat in front this room so that no one would be able to escape your horror movies."
"Well call Sp-"
"Spencer wont hear us if we call because I put the noise proof seal on the door to keep the noises we might make IN this room cause of his 'sensitive hearing' due to the allergy pills.. We can't get out till he wakes up in the morning and comes to open the door." said Freddie, frowning as he eyed his shirt which was now soaked thoroughly with sweat.
"Wow tough luck there Freddison, I don't know what possessed you to wear such lame pjs anyways." chuckled Sam.
"Ugh! My Mom! And that isn't funny Puckett!" Freddie added as Sam doubled over on her sleeping bag in laughter. "I feel soo warm." he said, as a build up of water on his forehead trickled lazily down his cheek. He begun to fan himself even more now as he started to feel moisture trickling down his back, chest and legs.
Sam however, had seemed to compose herself and was now shouting insults at Jigsaw's next victim for being so stupid as to get caught by the trap that was laid for them.
Freddie couldn't take it anymore, the heat seemed to be intensifying after each minute. His body temperature was overly high and he knew that he wouldn't be able to enjoy the rest of the sleepover. Plus his Mom wouldn't want him to die of heat stroke, would she?
In one swift motion he got up from his sleeping bag and pulled his enormous black shirt over his head.
"Frednub what are you up to n-" Sam cut off her sentence abruptly as she stared at a very surprisingly 'ripped' Freddie. Although his back was towards her she could make out very distinctly, the side of what looked like a four pack. Wow. Did he have a gorgeous back.
Her eyes went wide as he turned towards her, rubbing his t-shirt up and down his body. She couldn't stop her eyes from tracing his body from his neck over every curved inch of every lean, tanned, tightly toned muscle on his four pack which was just the beginning of a six, down to his torso where his long grey flannel pants hung loosely.
The way his hair was all messy and sticking out in almost every direction possible seemed to bring out this enticing aura about him. Hot, sexy, sweaty, messy haired, muscled nerd. She felt her heart shiver in her chest. Did she really just compliment him on being all those things? But when did those words suddenly seem like an understatement when applied to Freddie?
He sure wasn't kidding when he said he was feeling warm because sweat cleaved to every one of his muscles giving them a shiny glow as his biceps flexed up and down while he rubbed the shirt all over his chest.
Sam was feeling a bit lightheaded. She just wanted to run her hands over ever inch of those glowing glorious abs just to feel how they felt under her palm. She felt her air passages constrict as he tugged on his grey flannel pants, pulling them off of his body to reveal a tightly fitted pair of red and black boxers.
Was she dreaming? For a very enticing half-nude nerd stood before her ever so engrossed in drying himself with his black t-shirt.
After carefully wiping away most of the sweat on his chest Freddie looked up to finally observe the way Sam's eyes were tracing his body. He smirked at her as he threw his damp t-shirt and pants to a corner.
"Like what you see Puckett?" he asked, raising a curious eyebrow at her. She quickly looked away, feeling her cheeks burning a rosy red as she mentally scolded herself for staring at his body for too long.
"Whatever." she said faintly as she tried so desperately to get engrossed into the movie once more. But thoughts of a nub just kept her mind on a shut down mode.
Freddie plopped himself back down on his sleeping bag, feeling at least twenty degrees cooler from when he had his heat attracting clothes on.
"This is much better." he commented as he rolled himself on his back to look at the ceiling. Silence fell between them as the only sounds came from the movie they were both currently not as in to and Brad and Carly's quiet snores.
"Sam? You alright?" asked Freddie suddenly, his eyes flickering to her as he saw her dragging her sleeping bag a good few inches from his.
"Yea. I just feel a bit sleepy now. You could take the movie off if you're done watching." she said quietly as she quickly wrapped herself up in her sleeping bag facing the other direction from Freddie.
She figured that she might as well try going to sleep since she was having a hard time concentrating on the movie as part of her brain was conjuring reasons she should just go run her hands over those perfectly carved abs of his, while the other part was being much more reasonable and debating with reasons why she shouldn't.
She heard the faint clicking on his laptop as he shut off everything for the night. Checking the time, he noted that it was 3:38 a.m. Normally Sam would have waited till everyone else had fallen asleep and play a prank on them (mainly Freddie) before she would go to sleep herself.
He deduced that she must have felt a bit uncomfortable being around him with him being almost um...half naked. Damn, his Mom was talking a bit of sense after all, she would totally freak or probably have a heart attack if she knew he had disobeyed her.
Figuring it would make Sam more comfortable, he took the lights off in the room plugging on Carly's white Gummybear lamp on the table by the clock which cast a faint glow in the room.
"G'night Sam." he whispered as he folded himself in his sleeping bag once more. He didn't expect her to reply. Usually she never did. That was typical Sam for you.
There was a long pause after which she replied with a "G'night, Fredward."
Oh he had to be crazy, did he hear right? Sure enough the smile that came over his face when she told him back goodnight was one he was sure would blind even the sun.
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Cold.
That's how Freddie felt as another onslaught of shivers coursed through his body making his eyes fly open. From his position on the floor, he glanced at the iCarly analogue clock which read 4:46 a.m.
His body shot right up as he began looking for the source of the current coldness noting quite perplexed, that it was coming from the a/c.
"Oh, so it came back on." he muttered, still confused as to how it did that, letting his eyes sweep over the dimly lit room. Glancing to the back, he saw two bumps beneath a sleeping bag which he assumed must have been Brad and Carly while he glanced to the side hoping to see Sam.
She was, however, much more closer than he thought because her blue and grey sleeping bag lay dejectedly at a far distance away while her body was perched at the side of his sleeping bag.
He reasoned that she must have rolled off her sleeping bag at some point, as he observed how quiet she was with her back towards him.
He figured that he couldn't leave her there, yet he also reasoned that her sleeping bag was too far away for him to carry her there without him freezing the rest of his body parts, that weren't already frozen, by the abnormal intense power of the a/c. He suddenly had this very strange idea, as he lay back down, unzipping his sleeping bag to its full extent and pulling her by the waist onto it with him.
Somewhere in the back of his mind seemed to register that he would eventually pay for that sudden lapse in judgement. He blamed his temporary insanity of longing to hug Sam while he slept on the a/c that was responsible for freezing the logical part of his brain as well.
Upon being shifted from her sleeping position, Sam's eyes flew open for a brief moment as she raised head a little, her left hand pressing lightly against Freddie's tough, yet very soft feeling chest. He could feel his face burning as he registered that she now looked sort of awake and his hand was still on her waist.
'Was she awake? But wouldn't she have hit me in very inappropriate places by now?' he wondered idly as Sam's gaze bore into him. He stared right back into blue foggy looking eyes as the Gummybear lamp, which was only source of light in the room, cast a glow on her face making it seem so angel-like.
Beautiful.
That was the only word his mind could conjure at that point in time. Being a hormone crazy boy sure didn't help the situation in the least as his mind kept urging him to lean down and kiss her.
Fight it...he had to fight it.
Yet he leaned closer and a bit closer.
She was still staring at him, as he noted that their lips were just inches apart. He leaned a little more just when Sam's eyes rolled back,her eyelids fluttering shut, causing her to fall limply to his chest as his lips pressed atop her head.
He laughed at her sudden action and his misfortune as he kissed her blonde curly head once more. Now he knew for sure that she was still asleep as her breathing returned almost instantly to a soft rhythmic pace.
Was he enjoying this closeness a little too much? Should he feel guilty for taking advantage of her like this? But it wasn't exactly 'taking advantage of a person' if you really loved them right?
His face paled.
Love?
Sure he was coming to terms with the fact the he was attracted to Sam, he also knew that he felt a whole lot MORE than what he had felt in the past for Carly. But Love? Did he love her? How could he love her so soon when he only just realized his attraction to the girl a few days ago?
Of course in the past he had declared his love for Carly after five minutes of meeting her, but puppy dog love didn't even come close to real love. It was on the same level as infatuation. But the "L" word?
What was that even supposed to feel like? All he knew was that his heart nearly tripped in his chest every time her saw her, his palms got sweaty, he felt all wobbly whenever she touched him sending electricity through his core and surely there was an ever pronounced smile upon his face.
They would have to have a talk about where their relationship's line lay. For sure enough that blurry line between hate and love had been crossed and it seemed like there was no going back. Did he even want to go back?
He looked down at her petite form he now cradled in his arms as if she were a fragile breakable object. Love...
He shook his head, deciding to banish those thoughts from his mind and just enjoy the warmth that came from cuddling with Sam.
"Stop...moving." said Sam sleepily, as she yawned, nuzzling against his chest as her hand draped around his lower waist.
Freddie couldn't stop the goofy smile from over taking his face as he pulled her even closer to him deciding that he would deal with his thoughts and the consequences tomorrow.
But he knew that some things were for certain as he felt her breaths in short small puffs warming his cold chest.
The electric zaps seemed to intensify each time she shifted her position against him and he was beginning to become seriously addicted to her blueberry shampoo and ham scent.
But what stood out most for him was the fact that he would gladly admit that he REALLY, REALLY liked cuddling with Sam...
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