Chapter Fourteen (Day One)
I'm going to try a chapter for each day of the week…the main reason being I couldn't think of a good title for the entire week. Enjoy!
Sam and Freddie managed to get through the rest of Sunday unnoticed. They spent most of it hanging out at the mall, where they figured it was the most unlikely place to be seen by people they both knew. After spending a good part of it having Freddie buy her food; Sam asked Freddie to walk her back to her house; because she didn't want to deal with Carly's relentless barrage of questions she would be throwing at her. Freddie agreed, and they left the mall and started off to Sam's house.
As they reached the front door of Sam's house, Freddie stood there with his hands in his pockets; looking at the ground and looking like he wanted to say something, but was hesitant.
"I had fun today Nub." She said with a small smile on her face.
Freddie didn't answer right away. He had a look that told Sam he was thinking about something. Freddie opened his mouth to say something, but closed it, with a look of uncertainty. Sam was hoping for more than just being dropped off at home; she had the memories of their first kiss running around in her mind, and was hoping for a repeat, but Freddie wasn't making a move. In fact he wasn't budging. Sam decided to give him a hint, and stepped closer to him.
"Do something Nub…make the first move!" She screamed on the inside.
Just then Freddie turned his gaze from the ground and focused on Sam.
"Sam…"
"What?" She asked taking a good look at him; peering deep into his dark brown eyes.
Freddie didn't say another word. Instead, he did something that took Sam by surprise. He reached over to her; pulling her close, and glancing into her eyes for just a mere moment. Before she could say anything more, his lips collided with hers; startling her at first, but then closed her eyes and enjoyed the moment. As they broke the kiss, Freddie had an embarrassed look on his face.
"Sorry Sam, I don't know what I was thinking…I…" Sam cut him off.
"It's cool. And Freddie?"
"What?"
"Thank you…it was nice." She said as she turned to go into the house.
"Sam?"
"What?" She asked; stopping and turning back around to face Freddie.
"Thanks for not breaking my thumbs Princess Puckett." He said jokingly; knowing she didn't care for the nick name.
"No worries…maybe next time." She joked back, and then opened her door stepping in as she looked over her shoulder; leaving Freddie standing there watching her as she closed the door.
Freddie turned around, and walked down the narrow sidewalk that led to the road, and headed home. Just then he had a terrifying thought.
"Jennifer! How am I going to deal with her?" He thought to himself, as he continued his walk back to his house.
Monday morning, Carly was standing by her locker, when Jennifer walked up from behind and startled her
"Hey Carly." She said with little enthusiasm.
Carly turned around, and was surprised to see Jennifer standing there. Carly just stood there waiting on Jennifer to say something; because she wasn't sure what to say after all that had happened on Saturday anyway.
"Carly, I just wanted to say I'm sorry about Saturday. I honestly thought it would be a nice surprise for a big company wanting to buy your web show." She said looking genuinely sorry
"Don't sweat it; nothing bad happened, so I guess its okay."
"OKAY…what do you mean OKAY? I just lost my boyfriend over it…it's not OKAY!" She yelled.
Jennifer snapped and went from normal to psychopath in zero to 3.2 seconds.
"I need to talk to Freddie!" She yelled again
"Where is he?"
"I…I don't know…maybe by his locker." She said nervously pointing towards his locker down the other hall.
Carly was nervous about what she was going to do next; but was relieved when she stormed away down the hall. Carly was still in shock when Sam walked up to her locker.
"Hey Carl's…what's up?" She asked feeling happy; which was unusual for Sam, considering she was in the place she loathed the most.
Carly didn't answer. Sam opened her locker, and pulled out her baggy of bacon.
"Was that Jennifer I saw walking away?" She asked as she plopped a big piece of bacon into her mouth.
"Yeah, she was telling me she was sorry for all that had happened Saturday, and then she went psycho about Freddie dumping her and stormed off down the hall." She said a little upset over the whole thing.
Sam's happy expression changed to an irritated one.
"There's something wrong with that chick. For a moment, I thought she was going to go ballistic on me." Carly said still sounding shaken from the encounter.
"Wait here…I mama has something to take care of." Sam said in an obviously pissed attitude.
Sam threw her baggy of bacon into her locker, and then slammed it shut.
Sam wasn't about to let Jennifer take him away from her; but before she could get away, Carly grabbed her arm, stopping her from leaving.
"Let go of me Carl's" Sam said in a low growling tone, still feeling pissed.
"No…she's not worth it, and besides…Freddie broke up with her; remember." She said trying to reason with her.
Freddie was walking to his locker to get ready for the first class; when Jennifer stormed right up to him.
"FREDDIE! We need to talk!" She yelled as she was walking up to him.
Freddie froze and prepared for whatever it was she was going to say to him.
"Uhg! Not now; I'm not in the mood to deal with her today." He thought to himself as he rolled his eyes.
"Oh…hey Jen; what's up?" He said halfheartedly.
"What's up? I'll tell you what's up! You dumped me in front of my dad! Not to mention one of the heads of Dingo…what do you thinks up?" She said with fire in her eyes.
Freddie looked for the right words to say, but being a little nervous around her, he wasn't coming up with any good responses.
"Well…Why? Why did you break up with me over a little misunderstanding? I told you it was supposed to be a surprise; and that's why I said I couldn't tell you!" She said loudly, and with her arms folded up across her chest.
"Listen Jen. I already told you why. Surprise or not. It's just one thing I can't stand; one thing I won't put up with. You might say misunderstanding, but to me it's much more, so you're just going to have to deal with it." He said as he started to raise his voice as well.
People started to gathering; wondering what all the yelling was about.
"Jen…I'm sorry if you don't understand; but it's just the way it is. Now if you don't mind, I need to get ready for class." He said returning his attention back to his locker.
Jennifer didn't like the way he was talking to her…or his answer to her question; and in a tiny spurt of rage, pushed him hard into the lockers.
"This isn't over! Not by a long shot." She yelled and pointing her finger at him. Jennifer turned and stomped off down the hall.
What Jennifer didn't know; was that Sam and Carly had just walked around the corner and witnessed what happened. Sam took off and ran passed Freddie and after Jennifer. Freddie didn't have time to say anything, and joined Carly running after her. Sam wasn't about to let anyone beat on her nerd…she was the only one allowed to do that; and she was going to let her know in a physical way. Sam caught up to her, and hollered after her.
"Hey! Jennifer! We need to talk!" Sam said with her fists clenched and walking over to her; seeing red.
"What?" Jennifer said still feeling mad at Freddie.
Sam didn't answer her question; she just walked up to her and pushed her up against the lockers, with her anger in full force.
"Where do you get off treating my boyfriend; I mean Freddie like that?" Sam said; letting out their little secret in her moment of rage. Sam was so focused on Jennifer; that she let her emotions flow out.
"What do you mean you're boyfriend?" Jennifer asked scared, but mad at her comment.
"You know what I mean…my friend…and no one treats my friennnds like that without going to the hospital!" Sam said, standing nose to nose with her.Jennifer's eyes got big, and fear shot through her entire body as Sam was about to wail on her. But before she could, Carly and Freddie came running around the corner.
"Sam! No! Stop!" They yelled grabbing her arms and holding her back before she could damage Jennifer's face.
"Let me go!" Sam yelled as Jennifer took off down the hall and burst through the front doors of Ridgeway; leaping down the stairs and running down the side walk; fearing for her life.
"She got away! Why did you let her do that?" She yelled breaking free from Freddie and Carly's grasp.
"Why were you going to pound her?"
"Because she treated the both of you like crap…and nobody treats my friends like that." She said finally calming down a little; hoping Freddie or Carly hadn't heard what she said to Jennifer.
Freddie calmly put his hand on her shoulder.
"Sam…don't waste your time; she's not worth it. Besides, you have enough detention to last the rest of the year. Don't let her get you into summer detention." Freddie jokingly, trying to calm her down.
It seemed to work, because Sam's smile slightly returned; realizing he was right. She wasn't worth her effort.
"I'll tell you what Fred Geek. She didn't strike me as the psycho type." Sam said joking.
"Yeah…she was wasn't she?" He replied chuckling a little; but curious how he and Sam were going to deal with her on a daily basis.
The bell rang and Sam and Carly headed to their class, as Freddie returned to his locker got his books and then went to his.
There you have it. The end of day one. Hope you liked it. Please review…review…review! Working on Day two soon…