"Carly, check this out," Freddie motioned her over. She leant over his shoulder to see.
"What's that? A chart of how many people think you're uncool decreasing at the point you started dating me?" She teased.
But he had a more serious tone, "No. It's a chart of traffic to iCarly . com. The viewer count is lowering consistently."
"What? iCarly's losing all it's fans?" She asked, concerned.
"Hopefully not all it's fans…"
"What are we doing wrong?"
"Here, maybe our reviews will give us a clue," He clicked to a screen filled with comments. Some were positive but some filled them in on just what they needed to hear.
--- iCarlyluvr14: 1 thing I always likd bout iCarly was its upbeat nature. Any1 else notice how out of it Sam seemd in 2day's epi? ---
--- xFreddieiscutex: ^^^ Totah-ly get whatcha mean. Sam's deff been off her game lately an I think that hurt the whole show. ---
Carly paused, "Did she seem that different to you?"
He shrugged, "Kinda."
"Well, then there's a bigger problem here than just iCarly's traffic. We need to find out what's going on with Sam," She confirmed. "I'll talk to her tomorrow."
Freddie thought for a moment, "No…I'll talk to her."
The next day at school, when Sam was alone, he walked right up to her, "We need to talk."
"There's nothing to talk about," She said coldly.
"I know something's bothering you!"
"Bell's about to ring," She informed him, going right past.
Freddie pulled her back by the wrist, "Since when do you care about being late for class?"
"Since when do you care if something's bothering me??" The smart-mouthed blonde fired back.
"C'mon, Sam…of course I care," He locked eyes with her.
After a bit, she mumbled, "I guess you never know what you got till it's gone…"
"What?"
"Nothing," She sighed.
"C'mon, just tell me!" He demanded.
"Ohh my godd…" Sam couldn't help but laugh, "You're the most intelligent kid at this school, computer geek, chess master, math whiz, the smartest person I know…and you still can't figure it out??"
She looked at him hard, hoping he might finally piece it all together. But he just stared back, waiting for her to just spell it out for him. But it wasn't that simple. Love never is.