AN-So I know there have been a couple of oneshots involving Sam doing something to hurt her relationship with Freddie and having to fix it, but then I got a request to write a oneshot about Freddie messing up with Sam, so here it is.
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"You know, I like Mr. Borris and everything, but he really does know how to make an entire class want to go to sleep," Carly said as her, Sam and Freddie stood by the girls' lockers after school. "I mean, I get that the Great Depression wasn't really the funnest time in history, but couldn't he at least show a little enthusiasm?"
"See, at this point, I've just come to expect to be put to sleep by any teacher I have," Sam said. "That way I'm not disappointed."
"That could also be why you have a C in three classes," Freddie pointed out.
"I know, pretty good, right?" Sam grinned at her boyfriend.
"Well, I need some caffeine to wake up from that class now," Carly yawned. "You guys want to hit that cute little coffee shop on the way home?"
"Can't, I have an AV club meeting," Freddie said. "We're gonna finally pick on our T-shirt design. We're deciding between whether or not to keep the abbreviation or if we should spell out audio visual."
"That's a real tough call," Carly frowned.
"I know!" Freddie nodded, clearly not hearing Carly's sarcasm. "Anyway, I'll see you guys tonight."
"Have fun at your geek club," Sam smiled, leaning up to give him a quick kiss.
"Aw, he's like a happy little nerd," Carly chuckled as Freddie ran off.
"Yeah, it's precious," Sam said, rolling her eyes. "Anyway, let's go get caffeinated, Carlota. There's a huge Boogie Bear marathon on tonight and I don't want to fall asleep through it."
"Alright, let's hit it!" Carly said happily, closing her locker door.
The girls began walking to the exit of the school.
"Oh man!" Sam said suddenly, stopping in her tracks.
"What's wrong?" Carly frowned.
"I still have Freddie's keys for his apartment," Sam said, fishing into her pocket and pulling out a silver key.
"Why'd you have his key?" Carly asked.
"Remember, I forgot my backpack at his apartment this morning and I ran back up with his key to get it while you and him waited in the lobby?" Sam said.
"Oh, right," Carly nodded.
"I'm gonna go run and give him the key so he can get into his place after his meeting," Sam said. "I'll meet you in the parking lot."
Sam turned the corner, heading for the classroom at the end of the corridor where she knew the AV club met.
The door to the classroom was open, and before Sam even reached the doorway, she could hear the excited chatter of the club drifting out into the hallway.
Why is my boyfriend such a doof? Sam thought. Although I guess he's one of the more attractive doofs.
"Oh man, can you believe the graphics on this new scene that leaked from the new Galaxy Wars movie?" she heard one of the AV club members say.
"Yeah, I can't wait to see it on the big screen though during the actual movie," came another voice, which she instantly recognized as Freddie's. "I can't believe it comes out this weekend!"
Sam rolled her eyes as she stepped into the classroom. Leave it to the nerdiest club in school to be talking about the nerdiest movie.
When she walked into the classroom, the group of AV students was all crowded around someone's laptop, no doubt re-watching that Galaxy Wars clip they had just been talking about. They were so engrossed that no one even noticed she walked in, as their backs were all facing her.
"Speaking of the movie, you're coming to see it with us opening night, right Freddie?" another AV boy said.
"Nah," Freddie sighed. "I can't. Sam's gonna get mad if I ditch her to go to the movies with you guys. I don't want to deal with that."
"Aw man, your girlfriend's such a downer!" the boy groaned.
Sam frowned, but said nothing. She wanted to hear this out…
"Yeah, she's kind of bossy too," another AV boy agreed. "Who tries to stand in the way of Galaxy Wars? That's just plain rude!"
"Yeah, well," Freddie chuckled. "Sam's not exactly the nicest person out there, is she?"
Sam felt as though she had been slapped as she heard her boyfriend say those words. Is that really what he thought about her? That she was some bossy, rude, mean girlfriend? It had to be, didn't it, if that's what he said about her when she wasn't there.
She cleared her throat loudly and the AV club spun around, finally noticing her. Freddie's eyes grew wide.
"Sam!" he said, knowing at once by the look on her face that she had heard what he had just said. "I-I-"
"You forgot your key," Sam mumbled, tossing the key over to him before turning to run out of the room.
…
"Carly!" Freddie said, bursting into the Shay's apartment. "Is Sam here?"
"No," Carly frowned, looking up from her textbook. "She completely ditched me after school! She told me to wait for her while she went to give you your key but then she never came back. She should be here soon, though, we're rehearsing for iCarly in an hour."
"Ugh!" Freddie groaned. He had really screwed up this time.
"What's wrong?" Carly asked. "Hey, I thought you didn't get out of your AV club meeting for another half-hour."
"I left early," Freddie sighed.
"How come?"
"I-I may have made a slight mistake in, um, my choice of words," Freddie said lamely. "Look, I just need to find Sam. Do you have any idea where she would-"
Just then the apartment door opened and Sam walked in.
"Sam!" Freddie exclaimed. "I was looking all over for you!"
"Hi, Carly," Sam said, not even looking over at her boyfriend.
Freddie tried not to cringe at the iciness of her voice.
"Sam, listen, can we talk about-"
"You said what you had to say, what else is there to talk about," Sam said simply, still not looking at Freddie. "You ready to rehearse, Carly?"
"Um…" Carly said slowly, very confused.
"Sam, I-I didn't mean what I said back there," Freddie said desperately.
"You sure sounded like you did," Sam said.
"Um, we-we can rehearse later tonight," Carly said quickly. "You two clearly need to talk…alone. I'll just be upstairs in my room doing my homework."
Carly grabbed her book and headed upstairs, leaving the couple alone.
"Sam, please, I know what you heard me say sounded really bad," Freddie said. "And-And it was…but I didn't mean it."
"Then why'd you say it?" Sam asked softly.
"Well…I-I was just talking with the guys," Freddie shrugged. "Besides, you weren't going to let me see that movie this weekend anyway."
"When did I ever say that?" Sam snapped.
"I-I just-never mind," Freddie said. "Baby, I'm sorry. I really am. You-You know I don't think you're bossy or mean or anything. I love you."
"Yet you're so convinced I'd keep you from seeing your all time favorite movie," Sam pointed out.
"Sam-"
"I know I'm not exactly the nicest person out there," Sam said, looking down at her feet. "But I was trying…for you."
Freddie said nothing.
"But-But I guess I'm still not normal enough for you," Sam continued. "Maybe…maybe you should've gotten back together with Carly, not me. I'm sure you wouldn't have been calling her mean and bossy."
Those words hit Freddie like a ton of bricks. Had he really hurt Sam that much?
"I-I don't want to be with Carly," Freddie stammered. "I want to be with you."
"Yeah, you really know how to show it," Sam scoffed. She turned to head out the door. Before she stepped out of the apartment, though, she turned and reached into her bag, tossing two stubs of paper at him. "Here…take one of your AV friends."
"Sam, please don't go-" Freddie started, but Sam had already slammed the door shut.
Letting out a deep breath, Freddie looked at the stubs she had tossed them, and he felt even worse.
The stubs were pre-ordered movie tickets for the midnight screening of the Galaxy Wars movie.
…..
"So…I take it that your talk with Sam didn't go too well?" Carly asked an hour later, coming downstairs.
Freddie was sitting on the couch, staring at the ticket stubs wearing a sad expression.
"No," Freddie sighed. "I really screwed up."
"Yeah…" Carly nodded.
"You know what happened?"
"Sam texted me," Carly said. "So you were really talking to your AV buddies about her being so mean and bossy?"
"I didn't mean it!" Freddie groaned. "I-I was-I didn't want to make a big scene during the meeting."
"So you didn't want to defend your girlfriend?"
"I did want to-I just-Ugh!"
"Freddie, I know you care about Sam," Carly said.
"Well can you tell her that?" Freddie mumbled.
"Um…I don't think it would be the same coming from me," Carly said.
"Did you know she had bought me these?" Freddie asked heavily, showing Carly the movie tickets.
"Yeah," Carly nodded gently. "Her and I waited outside the movie theatre for three hours last weekend. Some of those fans were a little…weird."
"She was really going to go with me to the movie?" Freddie asked. "She hates Galaxy Wars."
"But she loves you," Carly said firmly. "I think what hurt her the most when she heard you saying those things is that's what she kind of feared the most about herself. She-She sometimes doesn't think she's as good of a girlfriend as you are a boyfriend."
"She says that to you?" Freddie frowned.
"Yeah," Carly said softly.
"But that's ridiculous," Freddie said firmly. "She's a great girlfriend."
"I know she is," Carly said. "But I'm not the one you need to be telling that to."
…..
The next morning Sam walked into the school and headed to her locker, trying not to think about what happened with Freddie yesterday. But unfortunately, that was that had been on her mind.
"Sam!"
She turned around to see Freddie himself running towards her.
"What?" Sam asked, trying not to stare into his dark brown eyes.
"Sam, I-I'm so sorry about what I said in the AV club yesterday," Freddie said. "None of it was true. I-I was stupid to say it in the first place. I was just trying to fit in with my friends, but you know what? If they're going to have the nerve to say one thing about you, they're not my friends. You mean more to me than any of those guys in the AV club."
Sam didn't reply.
"And to show you how sorry I am…come here," Freddie said, slowly taking her hand. He was thankful that she didn't snap it away.
He led her into the same classroom where the AV club meeting had been held the previous day. When they walked in, the rest of the club was already waiting.
"What are we doing?" Sam whispered.
"You'll see," Freddie smiled.
"Why'd you call this emergency meeting?" one of the AV students asked Freddie. "And why'd you bring her? I don't feel like getting hit this early in the morning!"
"I called this meeting because I have an announcement to make," Freddie said, clearing his throat. "Yesterday, I-I said some things about my girlfriend, Sam, that were completely untrue. Things like how she's not the nicest person and that she's super bossy."
"Yeah, untrue," one of the students scoffed.
"Yes, untrue," Freddie said, narrowing his eyes at the student. "There was no excuse for me saying them and I wish I could take them back. But I can't. I can show you all and Sam what my real feelings about her are, though."
"What are you-" Sam started.
"I love you more than I've ever loved anybody else in the whole world, Sam," Freddie said, cutting her off. "And-And you really are the best girlfriend any guy could wish for. You're the only person I can think of who would stay up for hours to listen to me vent about my crazy mom at three in the morning. You spent your special ham money on a new digital camera for me. You sat with me almost all day and encouraged me to send in my MIT application when I was afraid I wouldn't get in. You can make even the worst day I'm having better just by holding my hand and smiling. You're not bossy, you're strong-minded and determined to get what you want, and that's one of your best qualities. It's how managed to get us a table at my favorite restaurant on my birthday without any reservations. You're not mean, you're misunderstood. People don't realize how hard it is for you to trust people when all your life you've been surrounded by people who've shattered your trust."
Freddie turned to the rest of the AV club, who was staring at him in awe.
"And I know I've ignored anything you guys have had to say about Sam until now, but from now on, if you have a problem with Sam, keep it to yourself, otherwise as President of the AV club, you can find yourself a new afterschool activity."
"Wow…" one of the AV boys said softly. "If-If someone from this club can get a girlfriend who's as good as he says she is…there's still hope for all of us!"
The rest of the club began to cheer.
"Um, okay, not-not quite the reaction I was expecting, but this works," Freddie said.
"Hey, is this meeting done?" another AV boy asked. "I'm gonna go try and find a girlfriend who would bully a waiter into getting me reservations at my favorite restaurant!"
"Um, sure," Freddie frowned.
Sam and Freddie stepped back as the club ran out of the room.
"Maybe I should post a public service announcement warning the girls of the school to be on look out the next few days," Freddie said. He shook his head as he turned back to Sam. "Sam, what I just said…that's how I feel about you."
Sam gave him a small smile. "So you don't think I'm some horrible monster girlfriend?"
"The only monsterish thing about you is your appetite," Freddie chuckled. "Which I happen to find pretty dang impressive. So-So you do know I never meant any of those things I said the other day, right?"
Sam stepped closer to him as he wrapped his arms around her. "Yeah…I know."
