Freddie appears at the girls' lockers just as they are finishing giggling over a joke that he didn't arrive in time to overhear.
"Is it true?" he asks in a rushed voice, looking between Carly and Sam rapidly.
"Is what true?" Carly questions in return.
"Yeah dork, we can't read your mind through all that techno static," Sam adds with a smirk.
"I overheard in film class that you two are...ugh, I can't say it. Rumors are hardly ever true anyway."
Sam grabs Freddie by the collar in a vicious manner.
"What did you hear? Tell us or you're gonna feel pain in unconventional places," she threatens him with ease.
"These two guys were talking about how Aspen walked in on you two...making out…in the bathroom at Groovy Smoothie."
Sam releases her grip from Freddie's shirt and Carly's eyes go wide.
"Carly, I'm taking a field trip to your French class. That chick is mine."
"She'd probably like that," Freddie says smartly, knowing as well as anyone in the school about Aspen's preferences.
Carly cuts in before things can get uglier.
"Freddie, Aspen made that up because I won't go out with her."
Freddie appears stunned.
"You? But, but you're not…that."
"Come on Carly, I really just want to…" Sam trails off, clenching her fists.
"Both of you. Calm down. Freddie, a girl having a crush on me does not mean I'm a lesbian. Sam, you're not going to physically harm Aspen."
Freddie apologizes but Sam argues back.
"Why not? She insulted me last night, and now she's telling everyone that you and I whore around with each other in public places."
"You'll be expelled if you start another fight. I was there when Principal Franklin told you that they'd fire him if he didn't issue the highest form of discipline on you with the next offense."
Sam mutters something about the fight being worth it when the five minute warning bell to signal the end of lunch sounds and the three friends go off in their separate directions. But not without a fight from Sam, requiring both Freddie's and Carly's combined efforts to prevent her from following the students filing to French.