Melanie looked a bit apprehensive; Sam led Melanie out of the room. Sam smiled at Freddie on the way out and told him they would be back in no time, no time at all…

Freddie was very confused.

Three's A Crowd

11. Boyfriends, Show tunes and you...

Freddie didn't quite know what to make of all this. First Melanie tells him that Sam had run into her old boyfriend. Sam says she doesn't have an old boyfriend. How did Sam get home? Why was my phone off? Why did Sam have to charge Melanie's phone in the garage?

He walked over to the window and looked out into the back yard. This was just nuts. He saw the twins go into the garage, and close the door. He put a couple items away in his room before he remembered that the big LCD television wasn't hooked up yet. It could really go anywhere; he'd gotten the wireless box for it. Maybe he should ask the girls. Heading back downstairs and into the kitchen, he could hear some muffled noises coming from the back yard.

Gibby and Carly stood outside Norm's apartment door. Carly raised her hand to knock when she heard singing from inside. A duet… Show tunes?

The hills are alive
With the sound of music,
With songs they have sung,
For a thousand years.
The hills fill my heart,
With the sound of music…

Gibby was startled. "Oh man… That's what she does when she uh huh's!" Gibby exclaimed.

Carly looked confused. She turned to Gibby and asked "when she uh huh's?"

"Uh huh" Gibby said nodding his head.

I go to the hills
When my heart is lonely.
I know I will hear
What I heard before.
My heart will be blessed
With the sound of music
And I'll sing once more…

Carly turned back around to listen and noted that Norm and Tasha each had nice singing voices. "Well, if Tasha sings show tunes while, um… uh huh'ing. I wonder why Norm is singing?" She asked.

"Well, c'mon Carly. It takes two to uh huh…" Gibby said.

Freddie continued outside, there were a number of soft sounding crashes and stifled yells coming from inside the garage.

"Girls, Are you two okay in there?" Freddie called.

In a moment the noises stopped and first one, then the others head popped out of the door. But only their heads, it looked really strange.

"Oh! Sure, we're good!" The top head said.

"Yes, we're great!" Echoed the bottom head.

"Well, what are you doing? Do you need any help?" Freddie asked.

"Nah…" The bottom head said.

"No. we are, um… we're giving each other, ah… pedicures." The top head said.

"Yeah, sure. That's it, pedicures. For our feet you know." The bottom head called out.

"In the garage?" Freddie asked?

"Well, duh…" The bottom head said.

"Best place for pedicures. Guys, they just don't get it." The top head said.

"Nope." The bottom head said. And both heads popped back in the garage and the door slammed shut.

Now, Freddie had seen Sam and Carly give each other pedicures before. It had usually taken place on the couch in front of the TV in the communal room of the Shay apartment. The process also involved a number of tools and implements that would have made a sixteenth century Master of the Inquisition proud. He stood and stared at the closed door for a moment or two, shook his head and went back in the house. He had completely forgotten about the TV.

"Well Carly, I'm just going to go. This is over I guess, Tasha's found someone else." Gibby said as he turned and walked back toward his car.

Carly followed him back to the parking area and stopped him before he could get into his car. "Um, Gibby… Do you think, I mean, ahhh… could you maybe teach me to sing show tunes?" She said while straightening out his collar.

Gibby stared at Carly as if she had grown a second head.

"And besides, you might need someone else to help you with your shop now maybe?" She said while drawing her finger down his chest.

"Ahhh yeah, I guess…" Gibby replied.

"Well Gibby, why don't we go back to the apartment and let me show you how I would sort your nuts…" Carly oozed while doing her own interpretation of the heiny maneuver to Gibby.

"Um, yeah… Uh huh." Gibby croaked.

"Uh huh" Carly sighed while pushing Gibby into the car.

Meanwhile, inside the garage… Mel was walking with a decided limp. Sam had a kink in her neck she was trying to get rid of. They walked around for a moment, and then sat down together on an old wooden bench…

"Why are you even doing this Mel? Are you really that interested in Freddie?"

"He's cute, and you were either finished with him or screwed it up." Mel said.

"Yeah, well you didn't help you know." Sam said.

Melanie looked incredulously at Sam and said "Me? What did I have to do with anything?"

"Don't you remember what you did at our graduation party?"

"All I remember about that party was an incredible hang over the next day" Melanie said.

Sam filled her in on the drunken things she had said to Freddie on the night of the party that had started Sam and Freddie's problems.

"Look Samantha, I'm sorry for that. But you know what? I figure I have just a good a shot with that boy as you do at this point. It's not my fault you don't know a good thing when it's in front of you!"

Saying this, Melanie got up and limped out of the garage. Sam watched her go, and sat for a moment more before getting up and following her sister. Back inside the house Sam could just barely hear Freddie and Mel talking up in Freddie's room. Heading up stairs, she was able to make out some of their conversation:

"…Melanie, I really don't know. I really haven't thought about you like that, I mean wouldn't that be kinda weird with your sister here and everything. Besides, I really still kind of like…"

"ME!" Sam thundered as she stormed into the room. She walked directly up to Freddie, grabbed his shoulders and pushed him back, pinning him against the wall. Then she said:

"Look Fredward… I know I wasn't the best girlfriend before, but I like you and I'm kind of thinking you still like me. I'm not sure just what kind of game ole Mel here is playing, but it made me see things differently. So, how 'bout it?"

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Fisher were walking from the elevator to their apartment on the eighth floor. Passing by the Shay apartment, they heard a couple singing…

When I'm calling you - oo-oo-oo ...
Will you answer too - oo-oo-oo ...
That means I offer my love to you, to be your own
If you refuse me I will be blue and waiting all alone
But if when you hear my love call ringing clear
And I hear your answering echo, so dear
Then I will know our love will come true
You belong to me, I'll belong to you

Mrs. Fisher looked at her husband and said "Isn't that nice dear, those people are singing that old show tune, 'Indian Love Call' from the movie Rose Marie."

Mr. Fisher shook his head, and shrugged.

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