Chapter Eight: I hook up Sam

Freddie, Carly and Sam were over at Carly's place at the moment talking a lot about the stuff that came to their minds. Since Freddie was again with them Sam had very mixed feelings about it: on one side she was happy that Freddie was okay again, but on the other hand she only felt like a third wheel when she was spending time with Carly and Freddie and she then wished so desperately that she also had a loving boyfriend. Carly, Sam and Freddie were then finally done with discussing possible topics for the next ICarly episode and then decided to grab a smoothie at their favorite smoothie store. As they were sitting at their standard table at the Groovy Smoothie, Sam didn't talk very much which was very disturbing for Carly, she wished that she could make Sam feel better because it was so obvious, that her best friend wasn't happy with the whole situation at the moment.

While drinking her smoothie she decided to figure out a plan, how she could hook Sam up with a loving boyfriend like she had with Freddie. After an hour they left the Groovy Smoothie and headed back home, were they would watch some TV together and rehearse for the next ICarly Episode. Carly then opened the door to the apartment and said: "I'm back home."

"I never left." Spencer said, who was busy with creating another one of his famous sculptures. Spencer had also noticed the drastic change of Sam's behavior, and he hoped that she would also get a boyfriend soon so she wouldn't feel so lonely anymore.

Sam, Freddie and Carly then plopped down on the couch to watch some TV together and Carly even let Freddie watch the shows that he liked. That didn't held hands the entire time because of Sam, that would really make their best friend feel a lot more worst than she was feeling right now. Later the three of them rehearsed for the next ICarly, and Freddie read through the get-well e-mails from the ICarly viewers, which had made the mailbox of almost collapse after they were done with rehearsing all the stuff for the next show. Freddie was on cloud seven since he had been out of the hospital: He had a loving girlfriend, that cared a lot about him and Sam wasn't mean to him anymore.

But as hard as he tried he couldn't stop to think, that he was feeling a little bit sorry for her, because while he and Carly were so happy with each other Sam hadn't got a loving boyfriend who was there for her the whole time, like Freddie was for Carly since they were together.

Later they went back downstairs and Carly said: "Are you guys staying over for dinner?" Then she smiled at Freddie, already knowing that he would definitely stay over for dinner. Sam then finally answered Carly's question:

"Sounds good to me, what's for dinner Ms Shay?"

"My famous Spaghetti, I hope you both will like it." Sam, Freddie and Carly then sat down at the dinner table in the kitchen and Carly prepared the meal for all of them. Meanwhile Sam thought: *Sigh! I think I'm going to leave early today, I just can't handle the two lovebirds around me so much.*

The three then ate their Spaghetti's together with Spencer and Sam didn't say very much all the time.

After they had finished dinner Sam practically ran out of Carly's apartment, so strong was the urge to finally get out of the side off the two crazy lovebirds. The next day at school Sam pulled some pranks on other pupils at Ridgeway High school and also Mrs Briggs. That was for her the best way to get rid of the loneliness for some time, she was feeling deep inside of her. Carly was in the meantime busy with working on a good plan to get Sam a loving boyfriend and that wasn't a very easy task to get done but she was very confident to get this whole thing started and successfully done. She had asked herself since yesterday who could fit for Sam as a boyfriend, which was a difficult question to answer, but no matter how long it would take she had to get Sam a man that was ok with her sometimes violent behavior. Later the time for the first had finally arrived, and Freddie, Carly and Sam all met up in front of Carly's locker to talk a little before their next classes.

After the break was almost over Sam said to Carly: " Can I talk to you a sec alone?"

Carly surely wondered about what her best friend since childhood wanted to talk about her but then she finally said: "Yeah sure no prob." Before Carly disappeared with Sam in the girls toilet she said to Freddie, that she would be back right away. Once in the girls room Sam and Carly both got in a free cabin locked it and then Sam started to talk: "I've fallen in love with a cute new guy at school but I honestly don't know how to get his attention. So I'm seeking your help in this rather complicated situation, will you help me?"

As she had finished Sam patiently waited for Carly to respond and really hoped that the girl, that was her best friend since their childhoods would help her with all the advice she could offer. Finally Carly answered: "Sure I'm going to help you, but under one condition."

Sam looked a little bit puzzled at first but then she replied: "And what is that?"

Carly took a deep breath and said: "If I'm going to help you with this cute guy then you must be fully committed to the changes I'm going to suggest to make you look girlier."

"Yeah sure, will do." Sam then replied and Carly only nodded in reaction to that. After they were done with talking they both got out of the booth and some girls looked a little bit weird at the two.