Chapter Eleven

1st. 2nd. 3rd. Oh Wait, It's A Football Game.

Freddie

I knock on Sam's door at six thirty, hoping she's ready for the game. And thankfully, she is. "Hey!" she says, and we hug, "So you're ready I assume?"

"Yep. I texted Carly and she's on the way to the game with Gibby." I say and enter her house.

She brushes the missed messy parts of her hair, and she puts the brush on her bed. "Okay. I'm ready."

"Okay." I say and we leave.

She locks the door and puts her arms around me as we walk to the game.

As we walk down the street, Sam hold me tighter, probably not to get hit by a car without me going with her. As we arrive in the school parking lot, she taps my shoulder. "What time is it?"

I take out my pearphone and check the time. "Six fifty five."

"Okay." she lets go of me, "I have to go find Carly. I said I would meet her at seven. Alone."

"But..." but before I say another word, she runs off to the doors of the school building.

I just sigh and walk to the football field. I show my I.D. To the guard and enter the field to the bleachers, Gibby waiting. "Hey." I say as we fine seats.

"Do you know why Carly said she needed to meet Sam?" he says as we sit down.

"I have no idea." I say and the announcers speak, the game beginning.

"Hello ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to tonight's game. Tonight we have the Ridgeway Bulldogs facing the Seattle Eagleyes in the Washington division 1 semi-finals. But now, will you all rise for our National Anthem."

We all stand up and a girl who I guess is in choir sings the anthem perfectly. We all applaud and we sit down and the game begins. After a while I get worried about Sam. "Hey Gibby, I'm going to find Sam. I'll be back."

He simply nods and I make my way out of the bleachers and head to the locker rooms. I find the way to the girl's locker room, and notice the door is open. It looks like someone kicked it open. So that's what Sam would do. I make the door open a little bit more and I hear everything clearly.

"I love you Sam. I just didn't know what to do. I thought going to the movies with everyone would be more calm and distracting. I guess I was wrong."

"It's not your fault that you didn't get it how you wanted. I have been feeling bad about it ever since." Sam says, and then takes Carly's hand, "Really."

"I know. I just thought Gibby would make me get over it." Sam shoots her a weird look, "He has, but not completely."

"But, what will? I at least want to make you feel better." Sam says and Carly just stares., "You okay?"

I notice Carly's hand shake nervously as she thinks. She stops shaking and sighs. "I just..."

"What? I'll do anything. I promise." Sam says and Carly just stares.

I have no idea what the heck she's thinking. I just hope it doesn't involve hurting me. I make sure they can't see me, but I can still see them. Carly is looking at the ground now. But then Sam stands up and shakes off any dirt on her jeans. "I have to go. Freddie's probably waiting for me."

"No!" Carly yells and pulls her towards her, and she's standing up now, "I..."

But as Sam wants to walk off, Carly does something that I wasn't expecting. She pulls Sam in and seals the bait. I, on the other hand, almost died. A thousand memories re-run in my head, from Sam and I's first kiss, to the lock in, to the last kiss before we officially broke up, to three weeks at the movie, to our kiss this morning. But my mind came back to what was in front of me. And I opened the door, having to stop this. Carly lets go of Sam and they both scream. I say the first thing to come to my head. "WHAT THE HECK?"

"Freddie!" Sam says and then turns to Carly and then back to me, "I didn't do anything!"

"Yeah, if kissing Carly counts as nothing!" I say and just stand there in shock and amazement.

"Freddie," Carly blurts right as I start to walk away, "it's my fault. I kissed her."

"I know! I saw you talk." I clench my fits and turn back to them, "You two liked each other and you kept it a secret from Gibby and me! You don't know how much you both are pissing me off."

"Freddie! Freddie, stay." Sam says and my body doesn't move, "Carly. Leave."

"But..."

"JUST GO!" Sam bursts out in anger, and I sharply turn quick enough to see Carly cry and run out.

"Sam," I say in a calming tone, "you didn't have to do that."

"Listen Benson," she snaps back at my remark, the first time saying those words in a while, "I didn't mean for this to happen. She made a mistake. And her mistake isn't bad enough to break us up."

I just stand there and say nothing, her facial expression fading. "Right?"

"I..." I take in a quick breath, "I... I don't know. How much do you love her?"

"Not as much as you." she says, and I'm not sure if she's lying or not, "Look. We've done this before, we can't do it again. I love you Freddie."

And she kisses me. My weakness. I guess she does know me pretty well. And after a minute, we take a breath and she looks at me in the eye and has a serious look in her eyes. "Now, let's go back and have fun."