Freddie's POV

I was kinda surprised to hear about Sam's mom. I didn't know Mrs. Puckett like Carly did, but as far as I'm aware she's a careless person, especially with her daughters. Yeah… now I know that Melanie is real. This whole time I thought it was just Sam trying to mess with me. In my mind, I was on a date with Sam. I was kissing Sam. But I should have known better, Sam's lips give me fireworks, but I didn't feel anything that night.

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Music 2# (Parachute – Kissing Me Slowly)

"Melanie asks about you sometimes" she told me out of the blue.

"What? Why?"

"I don't know…"

"Oh… weird"

"Not so weird… you guys went on a date right?"

"Yeah… but I thought it was you"

"Well" she was toying with her food. Sam never plays with food… except for meatgolf.

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Music 3# (Adele – One And Only)

"What does she ask?" I didn't really wanna know.

"Random stuff… how you're doing, if you still like Carly, if you're single… that kinda of bullshit"

"Oh. What did you said to her?" that I wanted to know.

"That you're still a dork, that Carly will never love you and that anyone would ever date you" she chuckled.

I know that I should have feel offended, but honestly, I was already used to it. That was the Sam I knew. That was the one I wanted.

"Thanks a lot" I chuckled too.

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Music 4# (Safetysuit – Anywhere But Here)

She didn't mention Melanie again. I actually didn't care. When I went on that date with Melanie, I actually thought she was Sam, which is good, cause this first date with the she-devil is going so much better. Next topic was Mrs. Briggs and Mr. Howard. We kept a good five minutes talking about the stuff we hated about them. It was fun, we got to curse teachers and laugh out loud.

"So… why didn't you just take me to a movie or something?" for the first time in the night, she asked me something looking straight into my eyes.

"I thought about it… but in the end I chose not to"

"Why?"

"You're an uncommon girl Sam… this night had to be special. Besides, I didn't want our first date to be so… so…" I was trying to find the right word.

"Common?" she found it for me.

"Yeah… common"

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Music 5# (Owl City – If My Heart Was A House)

That was the perfect moment for me to make a move. As we looked into each other's eyes I waited just a little bit to hold her gaze, then I held her right hand. I brushed her palm with the tip of my finger and she didn't pull away. I take that as a good thing. Somehow we managed to stay there just looking at one another. I realized things I was too blind to see before, like the perfection of her blue eyes. Her blonde bangs, brushed to the side, her pink lips curved into a smile and her golden curls on a ponytail. Man she was pretty! It's was like something finally awakened in me. Like I was seeing for the first time… feeling for the first time. After all those years, I realized that I've been missing so much, I was blind to the bone!

The touch of her hand sent shivers to my body every five seconds. It always amazed me how the lightest touch could make me feel so much. I wonder what would happen if we… if we… made out. It will be like the fireworks of 4th of July! I wonder how if the rest of her skin was this soft. Not in a pervert way… I was just wondering. I should probably kiss her right now… maybe I have another chance, but I also didn't want to rush things. In fact, I was a bit scared she would push me away or let her guard up again. I don't want to be back to square one, so I decided to just stay there, not moving, not talking, and just feeling.

Life is so crazy. Just when you think you know yourself, something happens and shows you that you're wrong. I thought I knew everything I had to know about myself, but how do I explain these feelings hitting me like a train on a track? If you told me a few years ago, I would be sitting here, admiring Sam's eyes, thinking about making out with her and urging to touch her in places the clothes were covering, I would probably call you crazy… now I can't think about a better place to be. I would give a million dollars just to know how she was feeling right now, but I was too scared to ask.

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Music 6# (The Script – For The First Time)

"Do you wanna ask me something now?" she broke our eye contact when she looked at our hands.

I didn't want to speak, or think, but I had to explain to her that we didn't need to rush.

"There's no rush. I'm not really worried about it right now" I squeezed her hand.

After we finished eating, I called T-Bo. This was the moment I was waiting for. He lowered the lights and I stood up. Sam watched me get closer to her with surprised eyes. I confess that I like to surprise her. It felt too good to explain. I offered her my hand, which she took with a suspicious look. I smiled and dragged her to an empty spot that supposed to be a dancefloor. I put my hands on her hips and brought her closer to me. She gave me another suspicious look.

"What are you doing?" she asked me trying to pull away but I tightened my grip.

"It's not a proper date if we don't dance" I told her.

At that moment T-Bo changed the music. I looked at Sam hoping that she would recognize the song.

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Music 7# (AM – Running Away)

It was the same song playing the night we shared our first kiss. Yeah remember it. I remember everything about that night. She was wearing a pink shirt. Her golden locks flew free as the wind blew. She was stunning and I was nervous. And the thing I would never forget… the taste of her lips. It was a weird, yet tasty mix of meatballs and strawberry. Sam recognized the song and wrapped her arms around my neck. Her walls were slowly crumbling down; she was giving into the moment. I touched her forehead with mine and we stood there, moving slowly, closer than we ever been before. As I looked into her eyes a strange feeling started to float inside my stomach. I never felt this way before and I don't think I ever will.

"Do you remember that girl's choice dance that you went with Malika?" why was she asking me this?

"Yeah" I said carefully.

It was definitely one of the worst days of my life. It was boring, Malika was annoying, and nothing seemed right. I remember missing my mother… yeah, that was how boring that dance was.

"After I went to Gibby's house I came over here" she whispered. I could be wrong but I swear I could hear sorrow in her voice.

"You did?"

"Yeah… but I left"

"Why?" I pulled away a bit to look at her.

"You and Carly were slow dancing right here" Sam looked away from me and rested her head in my shoulder. I rested my chin above her head.

I remembered that. Carly and I were the only ones here and I felt horrible about that awful dance. I asked her to dance and she said yes, surprisingly. I enjoyed dancing with her, but only for a brief second. After the first fifteen seconds of the song I felt extremely uncomfortable, even weird. We were there, alone, dancing, but something was out of place, something was missing… or someone. I never knew what… or who. That dance didn't mean a thing. Actually was a friendly gesture, but now that didn't stop me from feeling like the most horrible person to ever walk on earth. I wanted to kiss away her pain, along with those memories. I wanted to something to show her how much she meant to me.

"I didn't know that" stupid Freddie! That's all you can say?

"It's okay. No one does" she shifted her head a little bit.

"Sam?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry for being so blind. But now I see everything and I want you to know how much you mean to me" I figured telling the truth would be the best idea.

She lifted her head to look at me, and I could see pain mixed with joy in her blue eyes. I leaned, wanting to kiss her desperately and let her know how I felt. That was when T-o arrived. Damn T-Bo!

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Music 8# (Dashboard Confessional – Stolen)

"Sir…" he addressed to me.

"Yes T-Bo?" I wanted to murder him.

"Everything is set" he smiled not noticing how annoyed I was.

"Good" I nodded.

"What now?" she asked me heading towards our table.

I pulled the chair for her and she let out a giggle. A very girly and cute giggle. Our knees brushed and I felt a sudden warm in my lower areas. Damn it! Control yourself Benson, don't be a pervert! Even though that was a wise decision I couldn't stop my mind from having dirty thoughts. I could imagine her body brushing against mine, her hands in my hair, her legs around my waist, her bare breast against my chest, her golden locks tickling my face… okay… stop it now or else you'll get a boner!

"You'll see"

T-Bo left us alone again. I wished I had a bag of ice to put in my pants… we weren't even touching and I was already aroused… damn it! My teenage hormones are starting to kick.

"Don't we get a menu?" Sam's voice wakened me up from my dirty daydreams.

"He knows what we're having" I was a bit eager. But that was the best part of the night!

"But I didn't even-" I raised my hand and she stopped talking.

"He knows Sam"

T-Bo approached us with two smoothies in a platter. He gave me the medium one and placed the big one in front of Sam. Showtime! I waited for her to take a sip of her smoothie, which she did eagerly. A second later her pale blue eyes went wide and her expression was pure surprise. I chuckled knowing she would recognize the taste.

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Music 9# (Scissor Sisters – Skin Tight)

"Me… mea…. Meatballs?" she stuttered.

"Yeah"

"A meatball smoothie?" she took another sip just to make sure.

She had her eyes closed in pure pleasure, and that was enough to send my mind to dirty places again. I shook the nasty thoughts off by taking a sip of my own smoothie… it tasted like smashed meatballs… disgustingly nice. Sam opened one eye to look at me; I bet she was enjoying my expression right now. My palate was nowhere as experienced as hers, so that taste was still a bit odd for me.

"But whenever I asked him to make me a meatball smoothie he always said no…"

"He just needed the right kind of incentive" I smirked.

She shoots me another suspicious look, and then T-Bo arrived with more two smoothies taking her empty, and mine half empty cup away.

"Go ahead" I told her.

Sam drank the liquid and I did the same. I frowned at the taste, and she had the same surprise/joyful expression that she had moments ago.

"So?" I asked curiously.

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Music 10# (Ellie Goulding – I'll Hold My Breath)

"Ham…" she almost whispered and returned to drink.

I was having a great time. It was too amusing seeing her so amazed. She drank happily from the straw and I had to look down, otherwise my mind would let my hormones take over and my brain would get the wrong idea of her actions. I was feeling a pervert, but she shot me a smile that made my hormones calm down and my heart raced. A wide smile that made me feel all fuzzy and warm inside. I smiled back and we didn't speak, she was too busy drinking her smoothie and I was too busy watching her perfect features. The whole time I kept telling myself that she was one of a kind, and totally out of my league, she could get any guy if she acted nicer, but there she was… in love with me, Freddie Benson king of the dorks, president of the AV club, Galaxy Wars nerd, talk about luck. The last smoothie came along, the final surprise, the closing number. Honestly, I don't know how I was able ingest so many weird thing and not throw up, Sam otherwise looked like a happy puppy. I didn't feel that bad… and if she was happy, so did I.

She tasted the last smoothie. T-Bo had to buy a larger kind of cup for this night. I gave him the money to order a double sized cup to fill with this particular flavor. As soon as she swallowed she became serious. I was a bit nervous T-Bo had screwed it up.

"This is… Bacon" she said seriously.

That only made me more nervous. I was trying to look cool and carefree, but on the inside I was freaking out. She finished her smoothie in silence. T-Bo came and cleaned our tables and left quickly.

"So… do you want to ask me something now?"

"Actually… no"

"Why? Wasn't this the reason why you brought me here in the first place?" I could see she was bit nervous, but hey… so was I!

"No it wasn't"

"What?"

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Music 11# (The Duke Spirit – Don't Wait)

"Well… I wanted to take you out on a date, whether or not we had our conversation about that night" that was my chance to ask her out again "I don't want to ruin our first date. Maybe we talk about it on a second date?"

"Second date?"

"Yeah. I had a great time and I'd like to do it again. Don't you?" I crossed my finger under the table.

"Yeah…" she took her time to think about it making me nervous "well… as long as you're paying… I don't see a problem" she smiled.

WOW! Did she just say yes? Without me chasing her around the whole week or pinning her against a wall? WOW! That was easy… WOW! I wanted to throw my fist in the air in celebration… but I would look like an idiot then she would be disgusted and give up on the date. Uh… calm down boy!

"Okay… it's a date!" I said eagerly. Maybe I couldn't hold back my feelings.

"It's a date!" she repeated "by the way… I loved everything… the smoothies were great, especially the bacon one" I knew how hard it was for her to say this, so I appreciated it deeply.

"Thanks… I had fun, so much fun…"

"You know that this date is going to be hard to beat right?" she smirked at me.

"Yeah… but I have some great ideas Puckett" I smirked back at her.

We laughed a little before I stood up and walk towards her. I gave her my hand and she took it willingly.

"That's it for the night Princess Puckett. Shall we?"

"We shall Benson"