Chapter 6

A little earlier than usual Carly arrived at their meeting spot before school an as she saw what was happening on the bench before she immediately froze in her step and didn't know what do right now. Her boyfriend was sitting there was another girl being quite busy with kissing her, for a moment the brunette wanted to walk up to them and confront him about it but she decided to just walk away. *How could I've been so dumb? Were Freddie and Sam right at the end and I just didn't want to admit it? Freddie, OH my god what have I done?*

As fast as she could, Carly ran away from this horrible sight in front of her and really had to ask herself: What horrible person had she become? She couldn't believe how she had changed for the worst so much that she really didn't recognize herself anymore and that fact scared her so much. An hour later at school she tried her very best to act as normal as possible, but deep down she was so close to having a total breakdown and just keep on crying for at least an hour.

They day went by too slow for her, thankfully today was the last school day before it was finally weekend and she probably go right into to the room and wouldn't leave it for the rest of the day because she was so sad. Before the last class of the day, Carly stopped by Sam's locker and said as she walked up to the blonde: "Sam…I messed up big time." Was all the brunette web show host could get out of her mouth before one little tear escaped down her right cheek and she anxiously waited for a response from her best friend.

"Ah finally you've woken up out of your trance but don't you think…" Sam started to say but then she saw some more tears escaping the brunettes' cheeks and she couldn't help but feel sorry for her, even after how horrible she had treated Freddie. So after some hesitation she finally laid her arms around her and in between sobs Carly said: "Pete….cheated…on me, you…. and Freddie…were right and….I'm sorry." Sam reached into the pocket of her jeans, got out one Tissue and handed it to Carly.

Carly was still a mess as the school day was over, Sam accompanied her to her apartment at Bushwell Plaza but as she offered to keep her some company the brunette said: "Thanks Sam but I think I rather be alone for the rest of the day."

"Oh ok but call me if you need anything Carls." Sam said and after looking one last time back at her friend, she finally made her way into her apartment and she really wished that she could do something to make Carly feel better. Carly had been so exhausted from all the crying that she fallen asleep an hour later but she couldn't really enjoy that so much because one little Memory kept haunting her: She practically screaming at Freddie and ending the friendship with him and that made her think: How can I fix things between me and Freddie? Will he ever forgive me for what I did?

Carly finally got up from her bed, made her way out of her apartment to the one of Freddie next door because she really needed to talk to him right now. Of course she didn't really know what to say and if it even was possible to make amends with him but she really wanted things to be normal between them no matter what it takes.

Freddie finally opened the door, wasn't very pleased as he saw who was standing in front of it and said: "What do you want?" Carly wasn't surprised by the cold tone in Freddie's voice, of course she clearly had deserved that after how bad she had treated him and so she finally replied: "I'm sorry for what I did, you were right all the time, I had to learn that today the hard way: I caught Pete cheating on me right before school."

Of course Freddie couldn't suppress a grin after he heard that from his former best friend because she had really deserved that rude awakening after she had chosen to believe that jerk more than one of her long- time friends: "If you think that this apology makes us friends again this easy, then I have to say that it doesn't work that way for me! I'm truly sorry but I can't pretend that nothing has happened, so I suggest it's for the good of both of us that things stay between us like they are right now. I need to know that you really trust me again as your friend and right now I'm not so sure about that." Then he closed the door right in front of her and for a while Carly just stood there in front of the door and couldn't believe what just had happened. *Can't say that I didn't deserve that! So I guess that really proves it: I've really have become that kind of horrible person, I've become totally mean like Nevel and I used to hate mean people. I've really screwed up and maybe have lost one friend forever.*

Flashback

3 Years Ago

"All people at school say that you're a hero."

"But I don't feel like one."

"But you are a hero to me."

Then Carly came very close to Freddie's bed, after some hesitation she softly started to kiss him because she really couldn't explain in words right now how thankful she was.

Finally Freddie kissed her back and while that happened Carly thought: *Wow, I think that I've fallen in love after all these years with my best friend.*

End Flashback

Thinking about that one romantic moment between them made her think: Did she maybe still love him or did she just want to be friends with him? That was one question that she didn't have a definite answer for but she was determined to find one.

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