"Do you she'll be okay?" Carly asked Griffin. Griffin looked up from the menu and glanced at Carly raising his eye brows.

"Yes, I am sure she'll be fine. Now, please stop thinking about her, this evening is about us remember"

"Sorry" Griffin just smiled and returned his attention to the menu, Carly tried to read hers but she couldn't concentrate. "Are you sure she's okay?"

"Yes, would you like to phone her?" Griffin asked.

"Please, then I won't ask again I promise" Griffin smiled and handed her his phone, she smiled and walked out of the restaurant.

Freddie was driving Sam back to Bushwell Plaza; the journey had been silent far. Freddie glanced over at Sam; she was gazing out of the window at the moon that was shining brightly that night.

"You okay?" Freddie asked her, she looked at him and nodded.

"I'm fine just thinking" She replied.

"About what?"

"Doesn't matter" Freddie gave her a 'you can't fool me' look, Sam smiled lightly.

"Yes it does, now tell me!" Freddie insisted.

"Okay fine, I will. I was just thinking about us"

"Oh" Freddie said lightly wishing he hadn't asked what she was thinking.

"Yeah, I know. I was just remembering all those times we had together, and how much I loved you"

"I'm sorry for hurting you" Freddie blurted out, Sam just shook her head.

"I know I forgive you" Freddie gulped.

"Do you know what I regret the most in my life?" Sam looked at his smirking slightly amused.

"What?"

"Leaving you" Sam was stunned and she fell silent, Freddie regretted what he had just said. The rest of the drive was in silence, an awkward silence. They finally arrived and Sam got out of the car rather quickly, she then ran into the building and out of Freddie's sight. Freddie hit his head with his hand and said

"Stupid, stupid Freddie" He climbed out of the car and headed towards Bushwell Plaza, slowly he trudged up the stairs towards Carly's apartment. When he got to the door he saw it was open, from the inside he heard a low crying sound. He walked in and saw Sam's bag on the table, it was open, and in the kitchen he saw Sam sitting at the table holding a letter in an envelope.

"Sam?" Freddie called out, she turned around and sniffed.

"Freddie, what are you doing here? Why did you come up?"

"Because I know you were upset by what I said, I want to say sorry, again"

"You didn't upset me, you made me feel loved"

"Sam you are loved!"

"By who?"

"Carly, Spencer, your sister, Griffin!"

"What about you?" Sam asked as she stood up and faced him, Freddie paused before answering.

"Especially me Sam, I regret everything bad that went wrong between us"

"I do too"

"Sam I'm sorry for everything. I'm sorry for ruining your life, I'm sorry for forcing you into prostitution, I'm sorry for making you run away" Freddie started to sob and he fell to the ground, Sam stared at him.

"Freddie please stop it, I want to forget the past and you keep bringing it up"

"Okay" Freddie said as he stood up and wiped the tears off his face. Sam smiled at his before putting the letter she had in her hand in her bag; she then headed back into the kitchen.

"Want a coffee?" She asked Freddie.

"Sure, but-"

"I know" Sam cut him off "No milk, but three sugars" Freddie looked surprised.

"You remember?" He asked her.

"Of course I do, I made it every morning for a year. When you left I always used to make it out of force of habit and Carly used to get annoyed that I was wasting her food" Freddie smiled lightly before he sat down at the kitchen table. Sam returned a few moments later, two coffees in her hands. She slid one over to him and took a sip of her own, she smiled at him lightly.

"Thanks" Freddie said.

"You're welcome" Sam sighed before she said "What was it like?"

"What was what like?"

"Being in the Navy" Freddie leant back in his chair and sighed.

"It was scary, sometimes, but I liked it a lot" Sam thought about his answer and how it seemed like he was hiding something, but she didn't ask him anymore. Sam decided to turn on the radio to ease the silence; a slow song was playing so Sam changed the channel. They sat listening to the music when a familiar song started to play; it was Running Away by AM. Sam's eyes widened as did Freddie's; they looked at each other sheepishly. Freddie stood up slowly ad walked over to Sam, he offered his hand to her. She looked at it confused, she hit it.

"Why did you hit my hand?" Freddie asked cradling his hand, Sam shrugged.

"I thought you wanted me to"

"No, I was offering my hand to you, I wondered if you wanted to dance?"

"Ohh, okay, sure" Sam stood up and took Freddie's hand; she placed her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arms around her neck whilst Freddie wrapped his arms around her waist. Sam breathed in Freddie's scent and smiled how she had missed this feeling of security. The song came to an end and the two separated, Sam looked awkwardly into Freddie's eyes and grinned. Freddie smiled at her; they stood there for what seemed hours when the door opened revealing a rather dishevelled Carly followed by a pissed off looking Griffin who came in behind her.

"Omg Sam you're okay" Carly squealed before engulfing her in a massive bear hug, Sam stumbled backwards

"Yes I am, now can you please stop trying to kill me" Carly laughed nervously before standing back, she smiled and looked at Griffin happily.

"You were right" She said.

"Yeah I was but that doesn't matter because now the restaurant is closed and we haven't spent any time together without you worrying about her!" Griffin said as he pointed at Sam, Freddie stood protectively in front of Sam.

"Hey this isn't her fault!" Freddie replied.

"No it's not, it's her fault!" He said pointing at Carly who was staring at the floor with a vacant expression on her face. Sam put her arm around Carly and glared at Griffin.

"No it's not; she was just being a good friend! Like she's always been, don't get mad at her! It is my fault; I ran away, I made her go out of her mind with worry" Sam sighed. "Maybe I shouldn't have come back" Carly looked up alarmed.

"You aren't going to leave are you?"

"No I won't but you need to stop worrying about me all the time, I promise I won't leave, I promise" Carl nodded and walked over to Griffin and kissed him,

"I'm sorry" She whispered in his ear.

"I'm sorry too; want to go get a drink?" Carly nodded and Griffin smiled and waved at Freddie and Sam before walking out of the door, Carly in tow. Sam smiled as the two left and then turned to Freddie

"Did you set them up again?"

"Yeah"

"Good job!" She replied.

"I better go, I have work tomorrow" Freddie said and Sam nodded sadly.

"I know, thanks for tonight"

"You're welcome"

"It meant a lot" Freddie smiled and headed for the door, he paused and turned around

"You want to get lunch tomorrow?"

"Sure" Sam nodded.

"I'll pick you up from here at 12, k?"

"Yep, I'll be here"

"You better be!" And with that Freddie left the building feeling at peace with himself for the first time in eight years, and it felt good.