Chapter Summary- While Sam and Freddie try to avoid each other their friends show them they are not alone. A couple of Strangers meet and Lenny discovers a new hobby.

The next day at school Sam avoided Freddie like the plague. Of course it never occurred to her that she didn't need to be so drastic considering they've been going to the same school for two years and yesterday was the first time they saw each other in a while. LA and NE thought she was crazy but every time they tried to tell her that, she would try to bite their heads off. After the first five times they just gave up, even after a while LA started having fun and played along with her. That was until NE gave her a slap in the head.

What she didn't know, was that Freddie was having the same problem. He wanted to talk to her but he also didn't want too. All his friends could tell that something was up but decided not to say anything, just trying to keep him in the conversation and keep him laughing. He could tell the effort his friends were doing and he was really thankful for it. He was just happy that today was Friday and tomorrow he could just relax, go to work and not have to worry about making a fool about himself in front of Sam again.

As he was walking to his class after lunch he felt someone take his upper arm. He turns around to see Reid nodding his head towards the exit. "What?" He asks.

"Come on. Let's get out of here. It looks like you need to get out of here and talk." Reid tells him.

If it was any other day, Freddie would have probably said no, but then again Reid probably wouldn't have offered anyway. Next thing he finds himself running out towards Reid's car and driving away.

"Thanks man." He tells him as he slumps against the car seat and lets out a breath.

"No problem. But now you just gotta tell me what's wrong." Reid tells him with a smirk. Just as Freddie was about to complain Reid holds up his finger. "Not right now. Lets go to a drive thru- and then we'll go to my house."

"We just finished lunch." Freddie tells him, laughing at the suggestion.

"I want real food." Reid fights back with a smile and laughs as well.

"Well in that case..." Freddie starts with a Smirk.

~s~

Sam was in the cafe with her friends trying to look around for Freddie, trying to be discreet as possible. She knew she was acting like an idiot but the thought of having to face Freddie made her feel sick. Why was she so scared to talking to Freddie? Maybe because he dated Carly and hasn't even tried to talk to her in two years? "But then again he tried to talk to you yesterday and you were the one that ran off." She tells herself in the head.

"Okay girl seriously what is up with you?" Paul asks her, shaking her out of her thoughts.

"nothing, just let it go." Sam mumbles out but she couldn't bring herself to look him in the eyes.

"Yeah you wanna try that again and maybe this time I might believe you." He tells her. She looks up at him to see him smirking at her and she rolls her eyes. She was never able to get anything past him. She stares at him for a couple more seconds before sighing and leaning back into her seat.

"I'm just having a bad day, that's all." She tells him hoping he would just let it go after that.

"Try again."

"Gosh look I ran into someone the other day and I just I don't know how I feel about it." She explains after, more irritable then ever.

"Why? Did they hurt you? Who was it?" Paul asks, jumping into defense that Sam couldn't help but smiling. She wished things could have worked out with Paul cause he was such a great guy even though he is a little hot head like her but she knew it wasn't right, she was never going to fully love him as cliché as that sounds and he deserved that. She lays her hand on his arm to calm him down.

"No Paul, no one hurt me, we used to be friends and seeing him yesterday stirred something in me that I didn't know was there I guess." She admits.

Paul softens and brings his arm over her shoulder. "Well whenever you figure out what is going on remember you got us okay. Now stop acting like temperamental spaz, you are scaring the freshman." He teases her only to be met with a slap on the back of his head.

The ride to Reid's house was quiet but Freddie grew confused when Reid pulled up into a unknown house.

"Where are we? I thought we were going to your place?" He asks getting out of the car.

"We are." Reid answers pulling out his keys with one hand, while the other holds the bag of food. "I don't live with my brothers."

Freddie wanted to ask more questions but decided to wait until they at least got into the house. Looking around the house is smaller than the house he went to when he would visit Drake and Seth but it did have a nice homey feeling to it. He looked around and saw a lot of pictures of a baby who looked just like Reid except instead of Blue eyes, this child had light hazel eyes.

"What's going on?" Freddie asks, making himself comfortable in what he thought would be the family room. Reid chuckles coming out from the kitchen area and sitting on the couch across from Freddie.

"Welcome to my humble home, now relax and eat. I didn't bring you here to stress you out even more that you already were making yourself all day." Reid tells him, pushing his food closer to Freddie.

Freddie sighs and nods his head before grabbing his food.

"You wanna talk about it?" Reid starts.

Freddie shrugs and Reid just nods. He grabs his food as well as they start to eat in a very uncomfortable silence.

"You know this silence isn't going to get anymore comfortable, so you might as well start talking." Reid laughs out after a couple seconds of quietness that he could hardly handle.

"Its just me being a idiot or actually more like a pansy." Freddie shakes out.

"And what brought this self hatred on?" Reid asks putting down his food and giving Freddie his undivided attention.

Freddie groans and runs his hands through this hair.

"oh that is a girl groan if I ever heard one." Reid laughs out. Freddie glares up at him for a second before dropping his shoulders and nodding his head.

"yeah. Sam."

"Puckett, your old friend? What happen?"

"We bumped into each other yesterday and when I asked to see how she was doing she ran away like I had some contagious disease-"

"Yeah I'm sure you do, a disease called The Unfortunate Past." Reid answers with a face that makes Freddie feel like an idiot for not knowing what it was but right now he really didn't know what Reid was talking about.

"come on don't look at me like that you know what I'm talking about. You guys were best friends and I'm pretty sure seeing you and mega bitch get together was a blow to her ego as well. She is probably hurt and then having to deal with all the feeling being thrown face first by bumping into you probably freaked her out." Reid explains before taking a bite into his burger.

"So what am I suppose to do?" Freddie asks, desperate for an answer. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt Sam in anyway and he never really thought that by dating Carly that would hurt her. Now that he thinks about it, of course it would. 'Freddie you really are a idiot.'

"Just give her some time and if you really want to try and get a second chance at her friendship then go and talk to her but start off slow, let her know what your intentions are and then let her come to you. That's all you can do buddy."

~S~

After school that day LA makes her way to the bakery hoping to catch Sam if she was working.

She notices a older guy at the registrar helping the customers while a slightly younger boy is behind the counter getting the pastries and coffee that are being order. As she continues to look at the younger she remembers that she goes to school with him but for the life of her she couldn't remember his name, which is werid because she thought he was really cute. She decided to quickly go up to him.

"Umm Hi there." She says out loud. He looks at her in surprise before relaxing and smiling at her.

"Hi how can I help you?" He asks professionally.

"I was wondering if Sam was working today?" She asks as she moves closer to the glass counter.

"Oh no not until Sunday. Was there anything you needed?" He shot her a smile and she couldn't help but feel giggly. Why has she never noticed him before? She knew about Sam being friends with Freddie before, and she knew Freddie and this guy were friends, she also knew Sam and this guy worked together so why does she not know anything more about him?

"Yeah first you can tell me your name?" She asks.

He first looks taken back but laughs it off and shakes his head. "Skandar."

"Well hi Skandar, its nice to meet you, I'm-" She starts but before she knew it he interrupts her.

"LA."

"you know me?" She asks.

"Of course. The school's twin Volleyball players. You guys are kinda hard to miss." He admits. She notices the little hint of pink that reaches his cheeks but decides not to call him out on it.

"Skandar brother, can you get a move on and stop flirting." The older guys says as he rushes past Skandar.

Skandar now blushes furiously as he rolls his eyes. "That would be my cue unfortunately." He tells LA.

"that's okay I should let you get back to work anyways. It was nice meeting you." She tells him with a smile and actually meaning it.

"yeah you too. I'll see you at school sometime." He suggest and she nods her head.

"yeah definitely." She tells him before leaving the bakery with a ring of a bell not noticing the eyes following her.

~S~

When Sam gets home she drags herself to living room and dropping herself on the couch, not to graciously either. before she knows it she hears the excited screaming of her little stepbrother running towards her but is able to stop him before he jumps on her. He softly sits next to her but continue smiling brightly.

"What are you so happy about?" She asks him.

"My friend at school, JayJay, he brought his skateboard today and it was so cool, so I asked mom if I could get one and she said yes, she also mention that you know how to ride one. Can you teach me how to ride Sam? Please?" Lenny asks all in one breath, emphasing the please as much as he could.

As much as Lenny looked completely adorable, Sam really didn't feel like teaching him right now but she really couldn't say no to that face, no matter how much she wanted to.

"You know I will but not right now buddy, I'm so tired." She tells him as she pulls him close to lie down with her on the couch and cuddle close to him. "How about tomorrow? I'll take you to the skate shop. We can buy you pads and a helmet and if they aren't to expensive maybe we can buy you a skateboard as well." She offers and can already feel Lenny buzzing with excitement.

"REALLY?" he screams out as he sits up and beams at her.

She smiles just as brightly as him and nods her head. "Well first we would have to ask you dad but sure why not?"

"Ok I'll asks when he gets home."

"Ok buddy but for now cuddle with me." She says as she grabs him again and pulling him down next to her, making sure they are both comfy.

She knows there are a lot of things in her life right now that is just so chaotic but her family, thats the one thing that will always make her smile.

Don't hate me for how long it has been since I've updated but here is the next chapter I hope it is to everyone liking, feel free to comment, review, yell at me for not updating in a year or two trust I am so mad at myself.

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