A/N: I finished writing this chapter early so I thought I'd update a little earlier than I planned.

Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious, Sam and Cat or Icarly.

Chapter Two: Playing Cards

Seeing Freddie, the other night was a welcome surprise and I couldn't stop thinking about him, despite the fact I knew it was far too soon for me to be ready to date again. Jesse's father ended things with me less than a month ago and knowing him he'd assume something had been going on with Freddie whilst we were still together. I didn't have much time to dwell on my current situation before Jesse started crying for his bottle. I sighed and picked him up from his bouncer.

"Alright, alright kid. Mama's getting you a bottle" I say soothingly into his little ear as I heat up his ready-made bottle with my right hand. I take Jesse into what used to be my and Liam's living room, this was going to take some getting used to. As I feed Jesse I send a message to Carly.

"Hey, Carly. I thought I'd mention I bumped into Freddie the other night".

It doesn't take time for her to respond.

"Hey Sam, I know… A little Fred Bird told me ;) ?"

Carly's response surprises me, I always thought she wouldn't approve of Freddie and I dating considering the way we acted together during high-school.

"He did, did he? I don't really know what to make of it"

Instead of replying to my text Carly rings me, I answer and put her on speaker phone.

"What do you mean?" Carly asks, I sigh.

"I mean. I've not long just got out of a relationship… and Freddie just shows up… it's definitely brought back old feelings, but I don't know Carl's" I admit. I hear Carly sigh and I can tell she's searching for the right words to say to me.

"But it's Freddie Sam… I know you've always loved him…" Carly points out.

"I know and usually I'd deny it but Freddie is certainly the one that got away… but I had to bury my feelings for him when he met his Ex and when I started seeing Liam… I thought they'd gone to be honest" I admit sadly.

"Oh Sam… burying your feelings doesn't make them go away" Carly almost laughs.

"Well I know that now!" I say, but the whole idea of starting things up with Freddie seems scary somehow.

"He's only going to be in LA until the end of next week… can't you at least go for a coffee with him?" Carly asks. I groan.

"Okay… but if it all goes wrong, I'm blaming you" I say.

"I can live with that, I want you to be happy Sam" Carly says, and I relax.

"I know".

After my call with Carly I send Freddie a quick message asking when he'd like to meet up for coffee, we arranged to meet around lunch time tomorrow but even though I've got a whole evening to prepare for this coffee date I still can't help but be overwhelmingly nervous but it's a Monday night and on Monday's I go to Cat's place to play Cards. It's been a tradition since before I moved out of our shared place. I get Jesse ready and strap him into his car seat and then make myself look a little more presentable.

I've been crying again, it seems the slightest little thing can set me off nowadays before Liam and before having Jesse I was tough as nails. If anyone tried to come close to me that wasn't welcome, I'd put them in their place just with my words, I'd even carry around a butter sock but having a baby changes a lot more than I realised. I feel terrible because I'm responsible for Jesse and he needs me to be OK. Now that he's here I can't fall apart but I fear it's all getting too much for me and I've been starting to doubt myself.

I re-touch my make-up to hide the bags under my eyes and brush my hair before picking Jesse's car seat up and placing it on it's base in my car. I give Jesse a kiss on the cheek and make sure he's got his blanket and dummy before making my way to the front seat and driving round the Cat's.

"Hi Sam! Hi Jesse!" Cat greets us happily and loudly. I smile and give my old roommate a hug, she bends down to Jesse's level and unstraps him from his car seat giving him a big hug. Cat is one of Jesse's god mothers along with Carly.

"Hey there little man, do you want to play cards with auntie Cat?" Cat asks him as if he can respond, she just takes him into her living room and sits on the couch with him. Someone else rung her doorbell and she looked at me pleadingly.

"Fine I'll answer it" I agree reluctantly. I open the door to Andre and Beck who are carrying cans of beer, chips and dip.

"Hey dudes" I say giving each of them a fist bump as they walk in.

"Hey Sam… Aw you brought little man" Andre said as he walked in and placed the chips and dip on the counter and walked over to the couch to where Cat was sat playing with my son. I watch for a moment as they all smile and coo over Jesse.

The rest of Cat's friends arrived shortly after Andre and Beck. We all sat round the table playing cards. Cat's friends have all been really nice to me since moved here and since then they have became my friends too.

"Aw, I can't get enough of little Jesse here!" Tori tells me as she hugs him. He's sitting happily on her lap using his blanket to play peek-a-boo with her. Jade leans over and whispers something in her ear that I can't quite make out. Tori frowns at her but then seemingly ignores whatever she has said because she just turns back to Jesse and throws him in the air causing him to bring up some of his last bottle. I apologise and hand her a muslin cloth for her to wipe the baby spit up from her shoulder and hair.

"I'm sorry" I apologise as I take Jesse back.

"It's okay, I don't mind" Tori smiles at me.

"Besides it's Vega's fault for throwing up in the air when she knows he's just been fed!" Jade said. Tori nodded.

"Here let me help you with that, Tori" Jade added taking the muslin cloth and wiping the spit-up from Tori even after it had all gone. I raised my eyebrow at them and then turned to Cat.

"I better get this little one home to bed" I say to Cat, handing him to her to kiss goodbye.

"goodbye little Jesse. I'll see you next week bud" She says. "Bye Sam. tell me how coffee with Freddie goes!" Cat says, winking at me. I rolled my eyes at her and got Jesse back into his car seat.

A/N: So what did you guys think? I had a little bit of Jori in the background. The next chapter will be centred around Sam and Freddie. Please let me know what you think and if there are any other ships you'd like to see and I'll do my best.