The three teenagers looked helplessly at one another, before both Carly and Freddie glanced at Sam, who gave an inward sigh before looking over at the still confused Mrs Benson. "Uh, my Mum will blow her top when she finds out she has to pay my cousins parole charges." She hesitated after her sentence, waiting for Mrs Benson to react. She shifted nervously from foot to foot as Freddie slowly seated himself down in an armchair. Mrs Benson rolled her eyes; in an obvious way of showing Sam that she didn't like her. She turned to Freddie and said "Well anyway I came over here to say that you need to come with me to the hospital and then we are driving down to California for your cousins wedding for a few days." Freddie's eyes widened and then said "What?!" Mrs Benson sighed and grabbed Freddie's arm. "Come on Freddie we have to go!" She pulled him up and he shot a desperate look back at Sam and Carly, but they both shrugged and tried to stifle giggles. He was pulled out of the door and the door slammed shut behind them. As soon as the two of them were sure that they were gone, they burst out laughing. All troubles were forgotten in that one precious moment.
The clock struck midnight and Carly jerked awake. She glanced around to see if Sam was still there, and found herself in her bed. Sam was lying on the couch, her head tilted back with her mouth open, her arm draped over the couch and she was lightly snoring. Carly grinned and flicked on her bedside lamp. It shone a dim glow around the room. She glanced down at her flat stomach, in a few months that would be gone, and before that she had to tell Spencer. She got the easy part though, Spencer would be okay with it (she hoped), but Freddie had to tell Mrs Benson. She would do it with him, she wouldn't leave him alone, but she was scared of how Mrs Benson would react. She lay back down and stared at the ceiling. Why did this happen? Why did she do it in the first place? It had been stupid, but maybe she was stupid? She didn't want to deny that maybe she had some feelings for one of her best friends. She'd never loved Freddie that way, but why did her feelings suddenly change in one night? Maybe she'd always had feelings for him but they just didn't show until now. She wouldn't act on them, relationships would be just hard right now. There was no doubt in her mind that she would keep it. As she rolled over to go to sleep she thought, those tests weren't always accurate, maybe she wasn't…but she couldn't go to the doctor. She would find out soon enough. How would her life change?