Chapter 12

Demons And Their Nubs

I heard a knock on the door. I stood up and looked in the mirror. I still looked presentable. Good thing I was wearing water proof mascara. I quickly wiped the tears off my face, straighten my dress, and opened the door.

"Sam," said Griffin. "Can we talk?"

He led me to Mia's front porch and looked around to make sure no one was around.

"Carly.....told me she likes me," he said.

"That's great. I'm happy for you guys. I told ya this plan would work," I said trying to sound happy.

"But Freddie...."

I smiled.

"He's just not jealous. I guess he doesn't like me. It's okay. So I guess we can stop fake dating."

He looked at me funny. He knew I was lying. He pulled me towards him and hugged me. I started crying into his shoulder. This was so embarrassing! A Puckett crying on some guy that I've only know for what three, four days? I pulled away and wiped my tears.

"You go get her."

He smiled.

"You know I'm here for you if you want to talk."

"Thanks."

He nodded and back to the dance area to Carly.

"Sam left crying. I wasn't that bad of a kisser, was I?" I thought going over to the Shay's house.

When I came in Spencer was sitting the couch with a toilet seat stuck to his head.

"Uh what did you do?" I asked.

"Let's just say it involves wipe cream, a kidding pool, Gibby, a toilet, a lama, Sam, and a rabid squirrel," Spencer replied.

"Right...."

Now that I think about it I haven't seen Spencer around that much, so I guess whatever he was working on ended with him having a toilet seat stuck to his head.

Suddenly a hand touched my shoulder and I screamed.

"Why so jumpy...slave?"

I had completely forgot. Today I had to do whatever Sam wanted me to. Great!

"Hi Sam," I said nervously.

"Sam! I heard screaming. Who'd you throw a muffin at this time?" Carly asked, annoyed, running down the stairs in a pink bathrobe and pink bunny slippers. "Oh. Hi Freddie"

I waved.

" I wanted to return your USB drive that I had to borrowwd since someone"accidentally" ate it," I said giving Sam a accusing look.

"Look, somehow it ended up in my ham sandwich."

Carly rolled her eyes.

"Just put next to the computer. I'm going to go get ready for school now."

She ran back up the stairs. Sam smirked and lifted her backpack off the ground. She threw it at me and started to walk out the door.

"wait! What about Carly?"

Suddenly Carly appeared next tome, fully dressed, a backpack slung over her shoulder, and toast in her mouth.

"let's go!" Carly said through bits of toast.

I jumped, shocked that she could appeared next to me with out making any sound. She was like a invisible ninja!

"whoa. Freddork, if your going to be jumpy I don't think you should hold my bacon," Sam said.

"Uh?"

She sighed and unzipped her backpack. She took out a plastic baggie of bacon.

"It's just bacon," I said.

Sam gasped.

"Just bacon? JUST BACON?"

"You've done it now," Carly said.

"Dude this is foreign bacon! Foreign! As in from like European pigs! Have you ever had foreign bacon?"

"No."

"figures," she said popping some bacon in her mouth.

She spun around on her heel and headed out the door. She was acting like the kiss never happened. She was back to her viscous, meat loving self. I was about to follow her when Carly grab my shoulder and turned me around.

"they broke up."

"Wha-"

"I told Griffin. He....he said he liked me back," Carly cried happily.

"That's great, but Sam doesn't seem sad or mad."

"Griffin said she pretended to date him to make me jealous," Carly explained.

God I was happy! Sam and Griffin just didn't look good together. But my happiness was soon gone. I just remebered I was Sam's slave for the day.

I groaned just as she came back in the room.

"You guys coming?" Sam asked. Well since her mouth was full of pig it sounded more like "Woo Whys Woming?". Any vegetarian would faint if they saw Sam's "meatatarian" eating habits.

I smiled as I remembered the first time Carly, Sam, and me meet Mia.

Flashback

"a vega what?" Sam asked.

"A vegetarian," Mia said.

"What's that?"

"A person who doesn't eat meat," Mia explained.

Sam started chocking on her barbecue sandwich. I patted her back and Sam spit her chewed up food on Carly's shirt. Carly made a "EW!" face and wiped it off with a napkin.

"Your kidding?! I mean I heard rumors about them, but are you for cerel?"

Mia shook her head.

"So they are real! No meat?! How do you live?! That's, that's not right! It's unnaturl! I mean it's not a sin to eat meat! Jesus ate meat!"

End of flashback

Ever since that day when Sam meets a vegatarian she gives them a discusted look and says "Uh-huh. Well I'm a meatatarian. It's a persanol choice. Yeah. You got that right. I eat meat! And lots of it, you ( insert any cuss word or vegtable of your choice. For example: stupid radish)!

I smiled at Sam and she looked at me confused.

"What?" She asked.

"Nothing."

SCHOOL WAS TERRIBLE! All day Sam made me carry her books, buy her lunch, and open her locker. She kept dropping her penciel during class and made me pick it up every time. She only stopped after my back popped and I couldn't stand up straight. She even made me hold a peppi cola bottle and a straw while she sipped. And during gym class she made me do all her stretchesand she kept throwing balls at me. Oddly the P.E. teacher was okay with that! All her insults and beatings just got worse. It was like she was letting out all her anger out on me. I couldn't escape her wrath. She was in all of my classes!

Right now I was following Carly up the stairs to her duplex with Sam on my back. yes. I, Fredward Benson, was giving Sam a piggyback ride. she was all like "Freddie, carry me. My legs are tired". That demon.

Carly opened the door for us and Sam changed from begging carried piggyback style to bridal style in my arms.

"Frednub! Drop me off at the couch!" She command.

I walked forward and let go of her. She fell down on the couch with a huff.

"ugh! Salve!"

"You said to drop you."

She clenched her fists. I smirked and sat down next to her. Carly sat down on the other side of her and turned on the T.V. We watched Girly Cow for a few moments before we heard a loud thud followed by Spencer yelling.

"NO! Signor Taco! WHY! NO! NO! NO! Mr. Fluffanuben! OW! OW! OH! CARLEEEAAA!"

"Uh. What did you do this time!?"

"NOTHING! GO back to watching T.V. Nothings broken! Your laptop is fine! HEY NO! Back you rabid animal!" Spencer yelled loudly.

We heard a loud growl and a chirping sound. Then a crash and finally something that sounded like a raccoon laughing. Then silence.

"Aren't you going-" I asked.

"No," Carly replied.

"But-"

"No."

"Are you-"

"Yes."

"Okay, but still-"

"SHHH!"

I sighed and folded my arms.

"Can I sleep over?" Sam asked.

"Sure. But shouldn't you call your mom?"

"I guess....My phone! I left it-I'll be right back!"

Sam ran towards the door then skidded to a stop and turned around on her heel.

"Come on nub," she said grabbing my hand and dragging me out of the room.

"Sam where'd you live it? Groovy Smoothies?"

"No. Right before Mia's party I bought a new bra-"

"we're going to Build A Bra!? Oh no! I'm not going in there!" I protested.

I tried to run away but Sam pulled my back my my jacket's hood. She dragged me inside Build A Bra and finally let go.

"Hmmm. I guess i must of dropped it on the floor."

She knelt down and looked under a bin full of bra straps. I got on the floor and joined her.

"Can we hurry up? I don't want people to see me here. They'll think I want to be here."

After a few moments of silence she started signing. "Cuz we belong together now..."

"Uh?"

Sam rolled her eyes.

"The song "My Life Would Suck Without You" is playing over the speaker's," she explained.

I hadn't noticed.

"Oh."

"I first heard this song at Mia's party."

"About the party...."

"You mean about the kiss? I thought we agreed that never happened."

"............."

"But we both know it did. So why did you kiss me?" Sam asked.

"You kissed me back!" I augured.

"That's beside the point! Why didn't you say you liked someone else when I asked why you can Carly broke up?"

She quickly covered her mouth.

"You eavesdropped!"

"No! O just over heard stuff in the hallway and listened to your guys private conversation. Now stop avoiding the question. Why did you kiss me?!"

"I did it because I love you!"

"You what?! Are you on crack!?"

"No! I just love you. I always have. Your the girl I liked better than Carly."

"Freddie?"

"I've loved you since 6th grade. I was just afraid to tell you-"

"Freddie!"

"And I was jealous when you dated Griffin. I tried to get over you, but I couldn't. I'm crazy about you!"

"FREDDIE!"

"....And-"

"Shut-up and kiss me already!"

She smashed her lips against mine and we kissed. suddenly we heard a phone ring tone.

"You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies...."

We pulled apart. Sam stood up and started to dig furiously into a bin of bras. She held her arm out and a blue cell that had a "I 3 pudding" sticker on it was in her palm. Her face was expressionless.

"It's Melanie."

She pressed the talk button and a high pitched girls voice squealed.

"Uh! You finally pick up! Gosh! What have you been doing? Beating up nubs?"

"Something like that," Sam said looking over at me.

"Uh-huh. Well My plane lands in Seattle on Monday. Dad's coming too. he said a visit to you was long over due."

"Dad's coming!?" Sam asked, clearly shocked.

"Yeah. So I saw these cut pair of pink shoes on the web and I was wondering if you guys have them in Seattle. Do you think you can look? Sam? Sam? You there?"

Sam threw the cell phone over her shoulder and tackled me.

"Freddie?"

"Yeah?"

"I hate you."

I smiled.

"Hate you too."

Then we kissed.

I'm so sorry it took me forever to update! Hopefully this made up for it. :D So should I continue? Remember to comment/review!

-Nikki Adams