Chapter 3 – School

I struggle against my memories as I try to push them to the back of my head. 'Stupid drunk,' I think miserably to myself, 'why did they have to kill Spence? Why Spencer? Then none of this would have ever happened.' I shed a few more tears before glancing at the clock and realising that it was already 8am. I quickly grab my bag and leave the apartment, locking it easily.

"Visiting the furniture?" a voice behind me asks.

"Buzz off Benson," I say roughly, spinning around, annoyed by his cocky tone. How could he be perky after what happened? I looked at his eyes and saw that it was all an act, there was no spark like there normally was when he made a joke.

"I live here, you don't," He replies casually, leaning against the doorframe of his apartment, "Nice top." I roll my eyes and look him up and down, trying to find something to scrutinize. He is wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, black Talks, and a black t-shirt which has a picture of a dog chasing a cat, white lettering underneath which reads 'Fast food'. I smirk.

"Nice…," I begin before I realise it was a compliment. He gives me a puzzled look. "Oh, yeah. It's Carly's."

"Oh," is all he says.

"I gotta go. See ya Freddifur," I say, going to leave.

"Where ya going?" he asks.

"School," I say as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Wanna walk together?" He asks me. This is weird.

"Whatever," I sigh as we leave the building.

Lunchtime

The dork is at an AV club meeting so I go to the cafeteria. As soon as I walk in, my hunger doubles instantly from the smell of fatty foods. Walking over to the counter, I fill my tray with ham, spaghetti and meatballs, tacos and a Peppy Cola, paying for it with the $10 I managed to snag off Freddie. I decide to eat it outside under a leafy peppercorn tree. Suddenly I hear a twig snap behind me and spin around to see Freddie leaning against the tree trunk. This boy has a thing about leaning.

"You really went all out didn't you?" Fredderella comments, eyeing my laden platter.

"Well you would too if you hadn't eaten for 3 days," the words fly from my mouth before I can stop them.

"What?!"

"Nothing."

"Sam…"

"Nothing," I snap, emphasising each syllable.

"Whatever," he says sitting down next to me, "Where's my change?"

"Umm…" I say, thinking of the candy bar in my bag for dinner.

"Sam! You didn't! I have to get my lunch too!" Freddie exclaims.

"Oh keep your head on. Here," I say, dropping a crumpled $1 bill onto his outstretched palm.

"One dollar! Sam!" he stresses. It's quite funny. I laugh and he gets annoyed.

"Here, have some taco," I giggle, offering him a taco with a bite out of it.

"No thanks," I laugh at his disgust.

"Have some! Here!" I say, forcing it into his mouth.

"Sam!" he splutters, swallowing it.

"Hey, what are friends for?" I say laughing harder, "anyways, Carly wouldn't like it if you died of malnutrition now would she Freddums?" I giggle and he just glares at me.

"That wasn't funny."

"It was to me!" I smirk, holding out a full taco to him which he accepts.

We eat in silence and I find myself absentmindedly stuffing spaghetti into my taco. I feel depressed when I notice and shove it away. Instead I pick up the ham and start munching on it. Freddie notices but says nothing. Instead he picks up the spaghetti taco, stuffs meatballs on top and sprinkles some of the ham which has fallen off of the bone over it before holding it out to me. I am genuinely puzzled. It's like he is giving me a gift-of food.

I look at him and he says with a smile, "here, you haven't eaten for 3 days." So he did pick up on that. Annoyance. I realise I'm still staring at him, and that his expression has changed to more of a slight puppy-dog pout, "I didn't spike it or anything Sam."

I smile at that and take it, munching on it. It's not bad actually, who knew Freddork could be imaginative. Even I didn't think of combining all my favourite foods. I finish the conglomeration of food and glance at him. "Thanks," I mumble before the bell goes. 'Saved by the bell' I think. He heard me though. I can tell.

A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for the reviews! After the ones I got, I decided to try and finish this chapter. Its late and so I'm sorry if the ending isn't up to scratch but I've been reading fluff and I have several Seddie ideas in my head which I'm gonna try draft. Thanks for your reviews! Luv MJ-obsessed95.x