Chapter two: He Could Never Hate Her

"Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close at heart."

~Kay Knudsen

"And not only that, but my mom is getting really frustrated with me. I didn't mean to spill water on it. And I can't afford a new one, so how am I supposed to buy another one. My mom refuses to spend that much money on a piece of tech equiptment again. Last night, she even told me I-"

"Can you just shut up please?" Sam begged him. "Seriously, you haven't shut up about your stupid sound machine for a week. It's annoying."

Freddie was shocked and rather surprised at Sam's outburst. Sam yells a lot, but its never usually at him. He sipped his water and then set it down on the island in Carly's kitchen. Neither him nor Sam have moved since she shouted. Freddie didn't know how to respond.

"I didn't want you to stop talking. I just wanted you to stop talking about your broken tech thing," Sam said, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Well, you could have told me in a nicer way. You didn't need to cut me off or scream at me," Freddie declared. He was starting to grow angry at what Sam had done. It was uncalled for.

Sam shrugged and brushed off her actions. "Whatever."

"No. No, whatever. I'm not just going to stand here and take being yelled at by my girlfriend who should know how to treat me by now."

"Look, I get what you mean by-"

"Can you just leave me alone for a while?" He asked in a low voice.

Sam's eyes widened and she knew what she did was wrong. But Freddie didn't want her around. She nodded and then walked out of the apartment as Carly was walking down the steps.

"Where's Sam going?" She asked as she walked over near Freddie.

He sighed and leaned against the counter. "I'm just fed up with Sam. She shouted at me."

"What did she say?" Carly was totally interested in what was going on with them. She felt that as their friend, she should have the right to know.

"She told me to shut up and stop complaining about my broken sound machine. She said it's annoying. Can you believe that? No one else finds it annoying. Do you find it annoying?"

She avoided eye contact with him and asked quietly, "Do you want some Fiber Nuts?"

Freddie was fully aware that if Carly didn't answer him, she agreed with Sam. "I didn't know I was being that annoying. One of you guys should have told me sooner. I'm sorry. It's just that sound machine was expensive and we need it for some iCarly segments."

Carly flashed a small smile. "It's fine. But I think you should go make things right with Sam."

Freddie shook his head. "No thanks. She's the one that yelled at me. I shouldn't have to go talk to her."

Carly groaned and walked away, mentally cursing how frustrating and stubborn that couple can be.

...

It was much later that night when Freddie was lying on his bed in his pajamas, reading a book for school. There was a soft knock on his door and he thought it would be his mother.

"Come in," He said without taking his eyes from the page.

The door opened and Sam walked in, holding a medium sized box with colorful balloon wrapping paper on it. There was a bright purple bow right on top. Freddie looked over at her and was at a loss for words.

"Um, hi," Freddie said, almost whispering.

"Hi," Sam smiled shyly.

"My mom let you in?"

She nodded, "Yeah, she did."

He closed his book and sat up straighter. "That's surprising. What is that?" He jerked his head towards the box.

Sam's smile grew bigger as she joined him on his bed. She put the box down and said, "Open it."

"Okay..." He tore through the wrapping paper and then his face lit up. "Oh my God. Sam, this is a sound machine."

"I know. I bought it for you." Sam scooted a little closer to Freddie and nudged his shoulder.

"But this is the same sound machine I had before, except not broken. It was really expensive. Why would you buy it for me?"

"Because I love you."

"I love you too, Sam. Thanks for this. You have no idea how much this means to me."

She smirked at him. "I have a feeling it means a lot. Anyway, I'm sorry for shouting at you earlier. That was wrong. I shouldn't have done it, so I'm hoping you'll forgive me."

He looked at her like she was crazy. "Of course I forgive you. This is the most thoughtful thing anyone's ever done for me."

"Just making sure. I wouldn't want to try to kiss you right now and have you reject me 'cause you still hate me."

He turned to look at her. Their eyes locked and he spoke softly, "I could never hate you."

He leaned down slightly, and his lips met hers and they shared a small, but loving kiss. They both pulled away at the same time with smalll and happy smiles across their faces.

It was then that Freddie wished the sound machine was open so he could hit the awww button.

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