Chapter 2
Freddie's POV
My mom opened the door.
"Fredward Benson! How could you stay up, at a girl's house, 4 hours after your curfew?" my mom shrieked.
"MOM! I was at Carly's house, just across from our apartment!" I was so embarrassed; I was probably the only person in my school whose curfew was 9.
"Go to your room, mister!" my mom shouted.
"All right, all right!" I shouted back. I went in my room, and slammed the door. I flopped onto my bed. I was mad at my mom, but I was too dazed about Carly to care.
Carly's POV
Why did I do that? I regretted that. Okay, maybe I was tired. Yeah, maybe I act crazy when I'm tired. Maybe it runs in the family. Spencer was proof. Except he was crazy all day.
It's not like I like Freddie. Yeah…I hope I don't like Freddie. I mean, I want us to be just friends. I mean, we are just friends, but I don't want us to be anything more. I mean, this is so complicated!
I went in my room. I DON'T LIKE FREDDIE! I repeated in my head.
Ugh! I hated this. I climbed on my bed, and went to sleep.
Freddie's POV
The next day…
The Sweet Scents cologne came at around 6 today. The instructions said, "One spray equals 10 hours, after 10 hours, spray again, or do multiple sprays at once. 200 sprays in container. " Great. I did 10 sprays for 100 hours.
At school…
I met up with Carly at school.
"Hey Carly!" I said in my coolest voice. Sam was with her, so I said, "Hey Sam."
"Hey Fredwardo," Sam said. I shot her a look.
"Hi, Fred-hey, what's that smell? It smells like candy or vanilla, whatever it is, it smells good!" Carly said.
I smiled. It was working.
Carly's POV
Freddie smelled great! I mean, you know what I mean! I leaned into his neck and inhaled. That smell was addictive!
I could tell Sam could smell him, too.
"You smell better than usual Fredward," Sam said.
That moment, Wendy and her group of friends strolled over to us. Wendy had developed a secret crush on Freddie, and that crush was about to get bigger.
"Hey Carly and Sam. Hey Freddie!" Wendy said brightly.
"Hey…what's that smell? It smells like peppermint or…it's just good!" Wendy exclaimed. Her "groupies" nodded in agreement.
"That's just me." Freddie flushed with pleasure.
"Well, YOU smell great," Wendy said coolly. Wendy grabbed Sam and me and signaled her friends not to follow. Her friends continued to compliment and smell Freddie while he tried to act cool.
"Wow, Freddie smells really great!" Wendy whispered to us dreamily.
"I know," I said.
"Yeah, he used to smell like dog dung, now he's, like, better than pork chops," Sam said. She clapped her hands over her mouth. "I said that?" she shrieked.
"Yeah, ya did," I was surprised. Freddie over pork chops could not be possible for Sam.
"I gotta go," Wendy said, and motioned her friends to follow.
Freddie's POV
It was working! It really was working! CARLY said I smelled good, SAM said I smelled good, WENDY said I smelled good, and Wendy's FRIENDS tried to flirt with me! Ahh… life was good.