Chapter 5

Sam was in pure bliss, well almost. She kissed Freddie back, but the second she saw Barbara stomp away, she broke away from the kiss, not meeting Freddie's eyes. She liked kissing Freddie, she really did, but it would just make rejection that much harder after tonight.

Freddie, after a few minutes of silence, murmured, "Sorry."

Sam smiled a little, "It's cool. You did what you had to do. Um, want to get some punch?"

Freddie shrugged, "Sure," and grabbed Sam's hand. He whispered, "Acting."

Sam glanced down at the floor and blurted, "So fruit punch or tropical?"

Freddie looked at her quizzically as they approached the table with drinks. He poured them both glasses of juice and talked about different things like school, iCarly, and random stuff. Sam noticed that Freddie had a dribble of juice on his top lip and had a spontaneous idea.

She leaned slight to the left and leaned in before she could think about what she was doing. 'Crap,' she thought after she was in too deep. Too back out now would be too embarrassing and weird. Her heart sped up and the butterflies in her stomach were fluttering like crazy. She closed the gap between them and kissed Freddie with more passion then their first and second and third kiss. Oh yeah, when Melanie was visiting, Sam told Mel about her crush on Freddie and so Sam pretended to be Melanie on their date.

When she finally pulled away, Freddie had an odd expression on his face. It was kind of thoughtful, kind of happy, kind of confused. He murmured, "Uh, what was that for?"

Sam lied coolly, "I thought I saw Barbara coming."

Freddie looked a little saddened by this but instantly masked it, "Oh."

"Yep," Sam said awkwardly shifting her eyes around. "So, uh, are you upset about Gibby and Carly?"

Freddie looked confused, "Huh? Oh. OH! Nope, I'm totally cool with it."

Sam sputtered, "What? Isn't Carly like the love of your life? You're reason for existing? Your sun to light the day. The-"

"OKAY!" Freddie interrupted. A few people glared at him before returning to their slow dance. He continued, "I used to like her, but I've moved on. To someone else."

Sam nodded her head nonchalantly even though the anticipation was gnawing at her. She asked innocently, "Who?"

Freddie looked down, "She doesn't like me back."

Sam said sympathetically, "I know the feeling. The guy I like doesn't like me either. It sucks."

Freddie held his hand out to dance with Sam again as a faster song came on but not before saying, "Well, don't' feel bad. We'll totally help each other out right?"

Sam, heartbroken that Freddie liked another girl, muttered, "Sure."

~Then this happened~

Sam and Freddie were dancing it up and jumping up and down to some pop songs when Freddie asked, "So, tell me about the guy you like." Freddie wanted to get the low-down on his competition.

Sam responded, "Well, um, he's a total nerd. But he's got a boyish cute smile. But I used to make his life miserable. And he's really cool and easy to talk to."

Freddie went stone cold. He murmured, "Oh my god, you like Gibby."

Sam pretended to throw up and gagged, "Ew! I'd rather drink my own blood!"

Freddie grinned, "Good."

Sam asked, "Good?"

Freddie blushed, "You deserve someone better."

Sam turned faintly pink and changed the conversation. "So this chick you like, tell me about her."

Freddie said dreamily, "She's got golden, curly hair and blue eyes and she can be a little rough but she's an awesome girl."

"Melanie?" Sam guessed.

Freddie said, "I said she was rough." After letting out a few laughs Freddie smiled. He decided to be bold and said, "You know, you do look really pretty tonight."

Sam's smiled faltered and instead of the reaction Freddie hoped he would get, Sam hissed, "Freddie, just stop! I can't take this." She marched off towards a bench.

"Sam!" Freddie called after her. Barbara and her troop were across the room but started to weave through the crowd. Freddie and Sam weren't looking so they couldn't see Barbara. "What's wrong?" he huffed when her met her at the bench.

Sam whimpered, "I can't take you pretending to like me, Fredward."

"Sam, but-"

She swallowed her pride and looked Freddie dead in the eye. Before she knew what she was doing Sam blurted, "I wasn't acting, Freddie. I was serious what I said out there. And, I can't take the fact that you're in love with someone besides me. And, it hurts because you're pretending to love me right now. It's like teasing someone with the smell of freshly baked Gallini's Pie and then giving it to someone else. That's just not cool."

Freddie couldn't' believe it. Sam just practically admitted that she was in love with him. "Sam," he said firmly, "I wasn't acting either. I meant what I said too. But I just never in a million years think that you liked me too. I'm not giving my pie to anyone else but you."

Sam grinned and said, "Good, now let me take a bit out of my pie.." just before leaning over and kissing Freddie again.

I hope you guys like it! I'm not sure if they are OOC so please review!