iAm Your Colleague
Disclaimer: I do not own iCarly
A/N: Okay so heres the next chap of iAm Your Colleague. I took a total of three days to write this since I had a horrible writer's block in the beginning but I think it turned out okay in the end. Enjoy. Freddie's POV
Dude Fun
I looked around the house, making sure everything for tonight was ready. Drinks, snacks, video games and movies. I sat on the couch and exhaled. I was looking forward to this night for the plain reason that I would get my mind of Sam. In the last few weeks, Sam has been constantly on my mind. Sometimes I couldn't sleep just thinking about her. Part of me feels she won't feel the same way too, which only makes it all the more painful.
Just then I heard a car pull up in front of the house. I walked over to the window and looked out. The familiar white Lexus pulled into Sam's driveway. I opened the door and leaned against the door post, watching as Carly and Ray exited their car and got their stuff. After a hug, Carly walked towards Sam's porch while Ray made his way over here.
"Hey, ready kill some zombies tonight?" Ray said as he walked in.
"Oh you know it." I said as I followed him in and closed the door. "I got everything, games, movies snacks, what do you want to do first?"
"Hmm, lets do video games first." Ray said.
"Alright then, you can go put your stuff upstairs while I set it up." I said.
"Will do." Ray said as he went upstairs. As I started up the game, Sam once again creeped into my mind. "Aw damn." I muttered out loud.
"What's wrong?" Ray asked as he walked down the stairs. I didn't want him to get suspicious so I lied.
"I hit my hand against the side of the table." I said.
"You alright?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said. I was relieved he bought it.
"Well then, let's start. I'm am so gonna kick your butt." Ray said.
"Oh you can keep trying but when was the last time you won against me?" I said as I handed him a controller.
"Never." He said, under his breath.
"Yeah." I said. We played for a couple hours, but I couldn't get my thoughts off a certain blond. Time did fly though. I haven't even realized we'd been playing for two hours. For the umpteenth time that night, Ray beat me.
"Another one man. Dude, either you are off your game or I'm getting really good." Ray said. "I won almost every game and I don't think I can improve that much. Something bothering you?"
"Nah, I'm just a little tired." I lied again.
"Well, maybe we should move on to a movie then." Ray said.
"Yeah I think so." I said, as I put the controller down on the table. Ray walked over to the stack of movies I had and looked through them.
"Okay so Galaxy Wars marathon or chick flick?" Ray asked.
"Dude, do you need to ask? Anyway, I don't have any chick flicks." I said.
"Oh right, you're single." Ray said. It usually never bothered me when he says that but it did sting a little this time. Again it was all due to the neighbor next door. "Get married and you will be forced to watch chick flicks so you can sit there, be bored and hand your wife tissues." Ray said.
"Are you regretting marrying Carly? Oh she will not be pleased about that. How bout I call her to tell her?" I said, joking of course.
"Go ahead." He said. "Like she'll believe you." Ray popped in the disk and sat down as the movie began playing.
The movie started playing and I sat there trying to concentrate on the movie and get my mind off of Sam. It wasn't really effective but it was better than playing video games. At least you don't give away that you're not concentrating when watching a movie.
We watched the movie, eyes fixed on the TV and eating some snacks. Just then, the romance scene in the movie takes place where the two main characters fall in love and all that. "Yeah right, love isn't as easy as that." I said out loud. I heard Ray sigh and sat up. He picked up the remote and stopped the show. "Dude why did you do that? I was watching it." I said.
"Oh come on, it's not like this isn't your thousandth time watching this movie." Ray said. Well it was true, I watched this show countless number of times. "So start talking." Ray said.
"Huh?" I asked, confused.
"You don't say stuff like 'love isn't that easy' unless you are having girl issues. So talk." Ray said.
"Who ever said I have girl issues. Pfft. What?" I said. Even I could hear the nervousness in my voice. Ray just raised an eyebrow at me and I knew he didn't buy it. "Okay fine, I'm having issues." I admitted.
"Who is she?" Ray asked.
"Um..." I muttered. I didn't want to tell him.
"Wait...it's not Carly is it?" Ray asked.
"What? No. What made you think that? Do you think I'm that kind of person, and even more, do you think Carly is that kind of person." I said.
"Okay okay, I was just throwing it out there." Ray said. I sighed and looked to the ground. "Well, does Sam feel the same way?" Ray said. My head shot to face him. How did he find out?
"How did you know it was Sam?" I asked.
"I didn't. But you just told me." Ray smirked. I cursed myself for falling for that trick.
"Fine, it's Sam alright." I said.
"Well then what's the problem?" Ray asked.
"What's the problem? I can't stop thinking about her, I miss her when she's not around, and the worst part I can't even get myself to tell her how I feel. That's the problem." I said.
"Dude, relax. Take deep breath." Ray said. I did as he said and took a deep breath. "Good, now tell me this, did you feel this way when you visited Carly and me the last time?" Ray asked.
"No. I only realized it when I got back. All thanks to Spencer." I said.
"Okay and do you think Sam feels the same way as you do?" Ray asked.
"I don't know man. I mean, whenever she's not around I feel empty and whenever she's around I feel totally alive. I think...I think I'm in love Ray." I said. I couldn't believe I said that. I'm not used to pouring my heart out like that.
"Yep, you sure are." Ray said. I looked up at him, a confused look on my face. "Well, I felt the same way when I was dating Carly, but I didn't feel as bad as you since we were already dating."
"Wow Ray, you are excellent at making people feel better." I said, sarcasm clear in every word.
"Okay tell me, did anything happen that could remotely suggest any feelings she has for you?" Ray asked.
"Well, a few weeks back her house got a termite infestation and so she moved in with me for a while." I said.
"Wow way to go Fred-man." Ray said, pumping his hand in the air.
"No not like that. She just lived here. And well, during her stay there was a fair share of embarrassing moments." I said.
"Really, tell me everything." Ray said, acting somewhat how girls act when they talk about guys. I raised my eyebrow at him.
"Okay first off, never act like that again. It's creepy." I said.
"Sorry." He said.
"So...um there was that first night after she moved in. I guess in the morning she forgot I was sleeping on the floor so she tripped over me in the morning." I said.
"What's so embarrassing about that?" Ray asked.
"Well, when she landed on me, I woke and that wasn't the only thing that woke up, if you know what I mean." I said. Ray took a moment to try to piece together what I meant and then he figured it out and burst into laughter.
"Seriously? Oh my god that must have been embarrassing." He said.
"Believe me it was. But of course I played it cool and pretended it was no big deal. She seemed embarrassed though, her face was definitely red." I said.
"Oh that was epic." Ray said, wiping a tear out of his eye.
"Oh that's just the beginning. We went swimming one day and well, I got the impression that she was drowning." I said.
"So what did you do?" Ray asked.
"What did you think I did? I jumped in to 'save' her. However, she wasn't actually drowning and I kinda embarrassed myself. I felt like such a loser." I said.
"So what did she say after you 'saved' her?" Ray asked.
"It wasn't the reaction I expected. She hugged me." I said. Ray's face showed total disbelief. "Yeah I know right and then she said, 'Thanks for caring' or something like that.
"Interesting." Ray said.
"And to top off the cake, we kinda saw each other totally exposed." I said. I felt myself blushing just thinking about it.
"What? How?" Ray asked.
"Well, we both didn't know the other was home. I was listening to music so I didn't hear her upstairs. So this and that happened and we ended up naked in front of each other." I said.
"Well, of all the relationships I've heard of, yours beats all of them. I mean, living together, seeing each other's birthday suit. You guys are moving pretty fast, and you don't even know how you guys feel about each other yet." Ray said.
"You don't have to remind me about that last part you know." I said.
"Well anyway, from what you have told me, I'm eighty percent sure she feels the same way about you too." Ray said.
"Oh really. And what makes you such an expert in this field?" I asked.
"Married life, my young apprentice." He said. I chuckled but it kind of got me thinking, what if Sam really did like me like I like her?
A/N: Okay how was that. Yeah one of my longer chaps but I guess it's kind of an advance apology. I will be having my exams the next 2 weeks so I wouldn't be updating then. In fact I should be studying now instead of writing this. So please review.