Chapter 36:
Sam looked at Carly incredulously. She cannot believe that her sweet, innocent best friend is not that innocent anymore. It was in the middle of the night when she felt her phone buzzing on her bedside table, when she saw Cat's name on her phone's screen, she thought that the woman just wants to ask her something random but it wasn't the case. She just heard the most normal voice Cat has ever produced. She was very surprised to hear her friend talking like a woman suffering from contractions.
"Sam! Sam! Sam!" Cat gasped. "You wouldn't believe what I'm about to say!"
"What?" Sam asked uninterested. She sat up from her sleeping position groggily. What does this woman want to say to her in this kind of hour?
"It is so unbelievable that your eyes will pop OUT!" Cat shouted over the phone.
"What is it?" Sam asked again.
"Actually, I just found out a minute ago, and I decided to tell you because it is very important for you to know this too,-"
"Cat!" Sam rested her head against her knees and closed her eyes. "Could you please tell me what you're supposed to say?"
"Oh, yeah. Sure. Before, I tell you I should probably warn you that what you are about to hear is very disturbing and promise me that you're not going to freak out, okay?"
"Yeah, sure whatever." Sam mumbled, sleepiness taking over her body.
"Ok," Cat calmed herself, stopping all the panic that she has. "It's about Carly."
Hearing her best friend's name made Sam sit up straight and all the sleepiness leaving her. What happened to Carly?
"What about her?" she worriedly asked.
"Ummm… She kind of gave her…" Cat trailed off.
"Her what, Cat? Her clothes? Her money? Her shoes?"
"No. Actually, more important than all of those you have mentioned." Cat's line went silent for a second. "She gave her… vir… v-card last 2 nights ago."
Upon hearing this, Sam jumped out of her bed and walked towards her dresser. She is going to have some decent answers for her questions right now.
"Cat, is Carly right there?"
"Yeah, actually, she is freaking here," Cat informed her.
"I'll be there in a minute. Be sure to open your door for me."
So, here she is right now. At her former flat where she can see Carly squirming at her seat. Cat was already in bed. After her arriving at their flat, Cat immediately informed her that she has to go back in bed because she can't take the news she just got.
"So, Carly." Sam took a sip from her beer that she gradually took at the fridge. Boy, she was glad that Cat still keeps a stash of beers even though she has gone out.
"Cat told me that you already lost it."
"Lose my what?" Carly asked innocently.
"Oh, don't try to hide it from me, Carls." Sam smirked. "I thought you were the marrying type of girl."
"Oh, that." Carly lowered her head in embarrassment. "Well, I didn't expect it to end like that. When I woke up, I was surprised to see some strong arms hugging me, and we were both naked!" She exclaimed.
"Who's the guy?"
Carly hesitated to talk first, but then battled with herself once more that her best friend needs to know about this. "You wouldn't believe if I tell you."
"Try me."
"It's… Gibby."
Sam's eyes went saucers wide the moment she heard Gibby's name roll from Carly's lips. Gibby?
"I told you, you wouldn't believe me."
"Wow. I never expected Gibby to be that of a charmer. What did he do to you?"
Sam saw Carly look at the ceiling dreamily. Imagining how Gibby wooed her. "Oh, Sam. I really didn't expect everything that happened that night. He was romantic in a unique way."
Carly smiled at her sweetly, "He was very sweet, funny, and he really knows his way around a girl's heart."
"Oookay. Too sweet for me, Carls." Sam moved towards Carly and hugged her affectionately. "What do you want to happen now?"
Carly's sweet expression altered quickly. She looked at her sadly. "I don't know, Sam. I think I'm beginning to be in love with Gibby, but I don't know if the feeling is mutual."
"Come on, don't you believe in yourself? You are Carly Shay! Nobody will ever resist your charms, Carls." She tried to cheer her up. "Make him fall in love with you."
"I just can't simply do that, you know."
"Why?"
"Gibby's unpredictable."
Freddie pressed the buzzer at Gibby's temporary flat. Ever since he heard about his friend's issue, he was really disturbed. How did Gibby do that? He heard something click open, and abandoning his thoughts, he pushed the door and revealed a very spacious apartment.
"Gibby?" Freddie called. Receiving no response, he repeated to call Gibby's name again, hoping that the one who opened the door wasn't a ghost.
"I'm at the kitchen isle, Freddie." Gibby finally responded.
Sighing in relief that he wasn't alone with some paranormal creature in the room, he quickly walked towards the kitchen isle and found Gibby rear part of his body hoisting up in the air, wiggling while the other half was inside the fridge, finding something to eat.
"Hey Gibs, what are you doing?" Freddie silently smiled at his friend's actions.
Gibby might have heard his voice because he suddenly loses his balance and fell of the floor to be accompanied by the cold pizza he got from the fridge.
"Well, that was smooth." Gibby said sarcastically at his own actions and heaved his body upwards to stand.
"Yeah, so what are we going to do today?"
"Oh yeah. I forgot why I called you here." Gibby nervously chuckled. "Honestly, Freddo. I don't know what to do!" He cried.
"Me too! Why do all of you people always come up with bizarre nicknames for me? Seriously, even Sam is planning some new batch of insulting nicknames for me now!" Freddie shared his own sentiment.
"Well, that's so sweet of her." Gibby replied, not really paying attention on what Freddie is saying. "Anyways, I need your help to formulate a plan, man. I'm so confused right now that I may just stuff the whole box of cold pizza in my mouth and go back to my old physique when we were in our adolescent stage."
"What do you want to do?" Freddie sat on a chair and observed Gibby's actions.
"I already told you!" Gibby sighed. "What do I do? I had sex with Carly, although I don't feel guilty about it because she gave herself almost too willingly, but the thing that bothers me is she is a virgin when I took her!"
"And?"
"I was of course surprised. Not that I thought that she already gave it to someone. Her first love maybe, but I didn't see that coming!"
"So what are you planning? Marry Carly?" Freddie joked.
Gibby went silent, pondering over what Freddie had just said. It may be one of the solutions. Though he's not sure if he really is in love with Carly but he is certain that he has some deep feeling for her. But marry? He can learn to love her overtime.
"Hey, earth to Gibby?" Freddie waved his hand in front of Gibby's face but the latter didn't even blink. Suddenly, Gibby's face lightened and he hugged Freddie, enveloping him into a 'manly' bear hug.
"Woah, dude. I'm so not into this one. I'm straight!" Freddie blurted, trying to escape from Gibby.
"No, ew. I don't like you that way too. But you just gave me the perfect solution for all of this!" Gibby beamed at Freddie. "I'm so happy right now, I might kiss you!"
"DUDE!" Freddie's face contorted in disgust. "And what perfect solution did I give you?"
"I'm going to marry Carly!" Gibby announced with full confidence.
As if on cue, Gibby's phone rang and upon seeing Carly's name on the screen he hurriedly picked it up and answered it.
"Gibby?" Gibby heard Carly's sweet voice over the phone and he thought it was the perfect timing to propose to her. Though they won't be seeing face to face, he can still deliver this smoothly. He didn't attended those self-improving seminars for nothing.
"Yeah, Carly it's me," Gibby smiled at his excitement. "Listen, I have something to tell you."
"Well, me too. But you go first." Carly replied.
"Okay then. Can I say something crazy to you?"
"Uh-huh." Carly quickly responded. "What is it."
"Will you marry me?" Gibby's heart pace was running abnormal right now as he said those words, and Freddie on the other hand was covering his face in Gibby's actions.
Gibby heard Carly giggle on the other line. He sighed in relief. He thought she was going to immediately cut off their conversation.
"Can… Can I say something crazier?" Carly whispered.
Before Gibby could reply, he could hear Carly squeal in delight and decided just to wait for the girl's answer to his proposal.
"Yes!" Carly excitingly said.
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