I want to apologize for how short this chapter is.

Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys! :D

Disclaimer: If you've read anything else I've written, you know I don't own any of this.

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Carly grabbed Sam's arm and dragged her into the girl's bathroom. "Sam! How could you?" she screamed.

"What's your problem, Carls? I've got a date to the prom now!" she shot back. They slowly turned, seeing Gracie Robinson standing there at the sink. She just stood there, watching the two girls that just burst in and started yelling at one another. "…Leave…NOW!" Sam growled, startling the poor girl, as well as two others that were in stalls out of the bathroom in a hurry. Sam then turned her attention back towards Carly. "I don't understand what your deal is!"

"My deal is that you turned down Freddie! I thought we agreed that if he asked you, you'd say yes!" Sam clucked her tongue and shook her head in disbelief.

"Are you serious, Carly? Yeah, we had a deal…but only if I didn't have a date! And someone already asked me before he did! Are you really going to tell me that you want me to tell Tim-"

"Tim? His name is Tim?" Carly interrupted. Sam just shot her a glare.

"Yes! Now…as I was saying…you want me to go tell him, 'Sorry Tim! I can't go with you 'cause my best friend wants me to go with a diphthong!' Are you that selfish, Carly?"

"Yes!" Sam, eyes wide, just stared at Carly, shocked by what her friend just said. "I want you to be happy and have fun! And I know you want to go with Freddie!"

"No…I don't," Sam quickly replied, but Carly wasn't going to let it end that easy.

"Sam," Carly sighed, "Deep down inside, you do. You just don't want to admit it, because you were asked by someone!" Sam grinned and just stared off into space.

"Yeah…it's great, isn't it? You've got your cute guy…I've got a cute guy…and do you want to know what the best part is?" Sam asked, excitement dripping in her voice. Carly sighed; she knew what Sam was going to say.

"That Freddie doesn't have a date," Carly muttered flatly.

"That the nub doesn't have a date!" Sam exclaimed. "Carly…for once, everything is perfect!" Carly sighed again and shook her head.

"Sam…I don't believe you!" Sam just gave Carly a curious glance.

"What do you mean?" Sam asked, giving a nervous smile.

"Freddie is your friend!"

"So? He'll get over it! Besides, he'll find a girl to go with him."

"He's been turned down by everyone!" Sam just did her best to stifle a laugh. She was trying to be somewhat considerate to Carly, given how serious she was being right now. That, and she didn't want be yelled at even more by her.

"Oh really? And how would you know that? Are you becoming like his psycho of a mother?" Carly bit her lower lip. She then turned away from Sam, needing to somehow avoid direct eye contact with her. "…Carly?" Sam poked again. "Is there something you're not telling me?"

She looked at the mirror and pulled out a small tube of lip-gloss, making it look like she was applying it to her lips. "…No," she replied shyly. Sam tried to catch Carly's gaze through the reflection in the mirror.

"Carly…you know can't lie to me," Sam replied back. Carly did her best to focus; she didn't want to cave in to Sam, but she knew that she couldn't keep avoiding her for much longer. "Carly!" she poked again. "You know I'll find out one way or another! Besides…what happened to no more secrets?" She sighed, knowing that Sam had beaten her.

"Because…I've been going around, telling all the girls to not go with him!" Sam's jaw fell open and formed to a wide mouth grin.

"Oh…this just keeps getting better and better!" she shouted. But Carly just frowned.

"Sam! This is serious! I just ruined any chance Freddie had for going to the prom!"

"Well, Carly, I must say. I'm very disappointed in you!" she chided at Carly. Carly gave her a look of frustration.

"Knock it off, Sam!" she shouted at her. Sam just rolled her eyes in response and sighed.

"Oh fine! Ruin all my fun…" Carly could feel her eyes starting to sting and Sam could see that her friend was starting to cry. "Carly…look…give everyone a few days and they'll forget all about it. And if not, we can tell everyone that it was just a bad rumor we had heard."

"But Sam…by now, all the girls have dates!" Carly said dejectedly. She threw up her hands and sighed. "This is all my fault," she muttered. Sam just put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"Carly…relax. So…Freddenstein stays home with his psycho of a mother that night and…I dunno, knit's a quilt with her or something!" They left the bathroom and made their way to their next class.

"I just wanted all of us to be there, Sam. It's an important thing, y'know? I want to share that with my friends!" Sam just chuckled in response.

"Carly…only you would say something so corny!" she replied, offering Carly a genuine smile. Carly smiled back as well.

"Yeah," Carly muttered, not really arguing Sam's insult. "Wait…Sam! You've given me another idea!" she shouted, grabbing hold of the blonde girl's shoulders. Sam just arched an eyebrow at Carly.

"…I did?" she sheepishly replied.

"Yes! And it's a surefire way to get Freddie to be at the prom! Date or no date!" Carly darted into the classroom, leaving a confused Sam Puckett standing there by herself.

"…I need to find some new friends," Sam muttered to herself and walked into the classroom after Carly.

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Well...like I said, it was a short chapter! So...Carly was the one behind the rumors!

Looks like that backfired, didn't it! Oh well...Sam's got a date and so does Carly! But Carly has a new plan to get Freddie there! So...will Carly's plan work?

Until next time! :D