"Sam..."
Oh. It's the voice of the Flubadub causer. What is he doing waking me up?
Ow! My toe hurts.
Oh, yeah. I hurt it. I forgot about that.
"Sorry to wake you up." Yeah, you should be sorry. "But it's tea time. I knew that you didn't want to miss it." But you don't have to be that sorry.
I'll open my eyes now. Wow! He brought it up to me! It's like breakfast in bed! But this is better than breakfast... but It's still in bed... It's dinner in bed!
"Sweet!"
Mmmmm... I love chicken.
"So how's your toe?"
"It still hurts."
"I'm sorry." He says.
"What for?" Why is he sorry?
"I should not have agreed to do the competition. I should have known something like this would happen."
"It's not your fault. It was just an accident."
"I still feel guilty."
"Don't be. I'm Sam. I can handle the pain."
"I hope you feel better soon." He says.
Why is he moving closer?
He's getting really close.
He's seriously close.
Did Freddie Benson just kiss my forehead?
Yes. Yes he did.
And now he's just walked out of the room?
Yes. Yes he did.
Now I know for sure that the Flubadubs are because of him.
Cos' they're going wild.
I can feel the Flubadubs all around my body.
I can feel the Flubafly's in my stomach.
The Flubadub rash is heating up my whole face.
And It's all because of Freddie.
But why?
I'll figure that out later.
What I need to know now is why Freddie just placed his lips on my forehead.
Maybe it was because he felt guilty?
But I told him not to be.
Maybe he felt sorry for me?
But he shouldn't be. Like I said, I can handle the pain.
Maybe he knows about the Flubadubs, and wants to annoy me by making them go wild!
No. How would he know about them? I haven't ever spoke about them out loud. I never wrote about them, the only thing I've done is think about them. Unless he's a mind reader, but I have a feeling that's kind of impossible.
So maybe...
I got nothing.
I'm not going to ask him though.
I think we'll just treat it like our first kiss.
Never speak of it again.
I'm sure it was just a kind gesture of our weird and messed-up friendship.
Yeah.
Oh yeah! my dinner!
See what this boy does to me?
Distracts me from chicken.
Freddie must be one very special boy. Because I know that no other boy could ever do this to me.
He's special in a...special way.
There's something terribly wrong with him.
Maybe I should talk to Carly!
I haven't really spoken to her since we came here. Or, I could see if she wants to video chat!
Is she online...?
Yay!
Send request...
Accepted!
"Hey Carls!"
"Hey!" Awww, it's good to see her face again. I guess I am kind of missing her. "Are you in bed at this time?"
"Yeah. I kind of sprained my toe."
"Sam! What did you do?"
"I flew into a wall."
"I'm not going to ask." She makes a face saying 'and I really don't want to know'. "You okay?"
"Yeah." I'm not going to tell her about the kissy-thing. I want to keep it just between us two at the moment.
"How's California?"
"It's great. Though Crazy is being annoying."
She laughs. "How's Freddie?"
"H-He's okay."
"You sound a bit unsure."
"He's fine."
"You two getting along?"
"I think so."
"Good. You two are getting really close recently. You noticed?"
"I will never be close to that thing."
"Oh, but you are. Admit it. You two are really good friends."
"I guess."
"Where is he?
"Probably sucking up to his mummy."
"Sam!"
"I don't know. He brought me dinner in bed though!"
"Aww, that's so sweet Sam!" She is such a girl. Change topic. I don't want to be thinking about Freddie more than I need to be.
"So how's Yakima?"
"Crazy. Spencer is still trying to find that stupid Beavecoon, and granddad is debating whether he is stable enough to look after me."
"Oh no, not this again."
"Don't worry. He won't keep me. I said that I have really important exams at my school that they don't offer at Yakima."
"Good call."
"Well, I go to go."
"Alright. I'll talk to you soon?"
"Yeah!"
"Don't sprain anything else!"
"I'll try not too!"
Now I sign out. Should I go downstairs?
But Freddie will be down there.
I don't care!
It hurts walking down the stairs.
Nearly there.
There.
"Sam dear, are you okay?"
"I don't think I should have walked down the stairs."
"Do you want some ice on it?"
"Will that help?"
"Yes. It should also reduce the swelling. Go sit down on the couch and I'll sort you out."
She's getting an ice pack out of the fridge now.
Where's Freddie?
I don't care.
"Where's Freddie?"
"He went for a walk. He said he was really tired and wanted to just clear his head." Ohhh, the cold feels nice... "He's getting stranger as he gets older. Silly hormones."
Usually I would make some kind of snide comment.
But Freddie needed to clear his head? Was it something to do with his kissing my head?
Maybe he is just tiered and it was just an accident.
Maybe he never meant to do it.
So if he never meant to do it then..
I should stop thinking about it.
He never kissed my head.
But he did.
Urg. It's messing my head up even more! As if it wasn't messed up enough already with the annoying little Flubadubs!
"Thanks, Mrs Benson."
"What for, Honey?"
"For helping me with my toe."
"It's okay. You know what, you are quite polite. Freddie usually says that you're not, But you seem like a very nice girl to me."
"Err... Thanks."
"Don't worry, I won't tell him. I know you like to keep up the 'I don't give a care about anything' act up around him."
"Huh?"
"He talks about you a lot, you know."
"He does?" I could use this against him...
"Yeah. It's always Sam did this and Sam said that. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he had a little crush on you."
I think my heart just stopped for a second.
Freddie has a crush on me?
No. No he does not. Mrs Benson has just made a mistake. She is probably just saying that because she wants to believe it. I bet that woman would do anything for him to finally get a girlfriend.
She was wrong.
Mistaken.
There is no way that Freddie, the queen of nerds, had a crush on me. It would not work. I mean, it's like impossible.
No way.
I wish she had never said that. I don't know if I'll be able to look at him in the same way ever again.
"But he doesn't right?"
"Probably not." Thank you. "I know he sees you as a really close friend though." That's not even half as bad.
You nearly gave me heart attack.
"Thanks. I think I'm going to go back to my room now."
"Okay sweetie."

I seriously need to clear out any memories of the last 5 minutes.

A/N – Thanks for all the lovely reviews, I really appreciate them!
Daisy:D