Hi guys, welcome to the third installment of A whole new world. Hope you guys are enjoying it so far because this is far from over. Enjoy!

Freddie looked around his office, he had everything he could ever want, he had a great life, a great job and great friends. His time at iCarly had enforced his love of tech stuff. After high school ended, he went to study at MIT of which he received 2 masters degrees and a math major. Soon after that he was headhunted by PEAR to design new products.

Weirdly, Freddie had developed a knack for business, which his Gibby soon found out. Taking a risk, Gibby made him regional manager. The risk worked! Freddie's business and engineering skills made the company 10 times the profit they had made from the year prior.

Despite his success, Freddie felt empty inside, he craved a romantic relationship. Most people by his age were thinking of proposing and some were even engaged!

The thing was Freddie had already met his soulmate -Sam. Unfortunately, the Valerie incident caused them to split up. Freddie had cried that night, more than he ever had before.

Freddie reached into one of his desk drawers and puled out a picture of him and Sam, even after all this time he still kept the picture.

'' Hey Freddie, what's up? You've been up here so long I thought you would've written your manifesto'' Gibby joked.

'' Oh hey Gibby, yeah I'm ok''.

Gibby looked at his best friend, he could tell when something was up with him. '' you were thinking about her weren't you?''

'' How'd you guess?''

'' Freddo I've known you since middle school, you can't surprise me.''

'' Ok I was thinking about her, but how couldn't I, she's amazing.''

'' Didn't she torment you mercilessly for a while?''

'' Yeah but when she wasn't she was great, but all that changed because of her'' Freddie gritted his teeth at the thought of Valerie. The manipulative siren who tore his life apart.

'' You seem tense dude, why don't we go down to the Keg later, you know have a few drinks, find a few chicks?'' Gibby cocked his head.

Freddie laughed a little, '' I'm not getting out of this am I?''

'' Nope, now get back to work, subordinate!'' Gibby half joked.

-x-

Melanie heard music coming from her sister's room.

'' Hey Sam, you in there?'' Melanie asked, knocking on the door.

'' Don't come in!'' Sam yelled.

'' Why?''

'' Uhh, I'm…getting dressed'' Sam lied.

'' It's two thirty in the afternoon, and I've seen you today, tell me big sis, what's going on in there.''

'' No, just, leave.''

Melanie had had enough, she needed to know what Sam was doing in there.

Despite what people thought about her, Melanie was just as strong as Sam, if not more so. Using her strength Melanie kicked in the door and was surprised to see Sam…doing yoga.

'' Wow, this is interesting'' Melanie smirked.

'' Oh haha, listen not a word of this to dad ok? I've been doing it for the last few days to get ready for my audition and it's embarrassing so zip it'' Sam threatened.

'' Relax, your secret's safe with me, but why're you embarrassed? This isn't something to be ashamed of''.

'' Maybe to you. Look I've been doing this not only to get in shape but also because its really good for stress.''

'' Why're you stressed? Your audition isn't for another month.''

'' Prep, dear friend is the key.''

Melanie smirked, '' Look at you being all grown up.''

Sam immediately threw a shoe at Melanie, which she easily caught.

'' Look, you seem stressed, look there's a bar a few blocks away called the Keg that I go to now and again when I get stressed out. Come with me tonight, we'll have a few drinks maybe meet a few guys?'' Melanie nudged her.

Sam giggled. '' You and guys. I was never this obsessed with them.''

'' Yeah, well…'' Melanie shrugged.

-x-

'' Wow, the Keg, what's it been like 3 months?'' Freddie asked Gibby.

'' 4, but yeah the place's gone through some renovations, a serial arsonist torched the place last month, so now its brand spankin' new.''

The Keg was modelled after, well, a keg. It looked like a large silver container. The architects who designed it had been meticulous in detail. Every line was designed to make the building look authentic as possible. The door was designed to resemble a spout and the flatness of the roof was actually a garden where the bar grew all the vegetables used in its food.

Once inside Freddie took a seat by the bar and ordered his standard beer, a Heineken 0.0, he had been drunk once before and it did not end well.

Gibby however had chosen something a bit stronger, a glass full of Jamaican rum.

'' How can you drink that stuff?'' Freddie asked.

'' CEO thing dude, I've developed an immunity to getting plastered through rum'' Gibby bragged.

'' Yeah, well I'm sticking to double zeroes , can't get drunk unless I drink enough for my liver to shut down.''

'' I can make that happen'' Gibby smirked.

'' No, remember what happened the last time I got drunk, it was not a pretty sight'' Freddie warned.

'' I'm kidding dude, but just in case, the video; regional manager vs twelve bottles of CASTLE Lite could use a sequel, just saying.''

Freddie shook his head sarcastically. Gibby was a great boss but he could become a bit immature now and again.

Gibby finished him rum, '' You know, they recently put in karaoke here, you wanna try? Could get your mind off you know who?''

'' Look, I'm not a singer but what the hell, I'll do it'' Freddie stood up with Gibby and the two went over to the DJ and found the perfect song; Sweet child of mine by Guns n Roses.

Freddie looked at his friend. '' you sure about this?''

'' Sure, what could go wrong?''

Freddie grabbed the mic and began to sing:

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I stare too long, I'd probably break down and cry

Whoa, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Whoa, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain

Gibby chimed in:

I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder and the rain to quietly pass me by

Freddie took over.

Whoa, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Whoa whoa, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine

Whoa, yeah
Whoa, oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Whoa, oh, whoa, oh
Sweet love of mine
Whoa, oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Ooh, yeah
Ooh, sweet love of mine

Where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Ooh, oh, where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Oh, where do we go now?
Where do we go? (Sweet child)
Where do we go now?
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
Where do we go now?
Ah, ah

Where do we go?
Oh, where do we go now?
Oh, where do we go?
Oh, where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh, where do we go now?
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now
Sweet child
Sweet child of mine

The bar applauded, clearly the two were decent singers.

-x-

Melanie applauded, '' wow, they're really good, who do you think they are?''

Sam scoffed,'' Pfft, probably some corporate jackasses who think they can sing most likely.''

'' C'mon admit it, you're having fun'' Melanie nudged her.

'' Ok yeah, I am a bit'' Sam chuckled.

'' Great, those guys who just sang are at the other end of the bar, let's go over there.''

Just as Melanie said that, two scotch and sodas were given to them by the bartender.

'' Compliments from the guys over there'' she said blankly.

'' Wow, your first free drink in LA, how does it feel?'' Melanie asked.

'' Pretty good, hey this is pretty different than what I'd usually do, but should we go over there and say high?''

'' There's my Sammy'' Melanie joked, earning a flick from her twin.

The two finished their drinks and went over to the mystery flirters.

'' Hey there, thanks for the drinks, I'm Melanie, this is Sam.''

'' Nice to meet you, I'm Fred-oh my God!''

'' Freddie?!'' Sam said, her face went white.

'' Sam?!'' Freddie responded.

" I-I have to go'' Sam stuttered as she ran out.