Chapter 3: iRetroBlast

It was the next day and after only having one class this morning with Freddie which was Spanish, Sam had managed to avoid him pretty well and for once even though she was made to sit next to him, he wasn't made her tutor in that particular subject. For the rest of the morning Sam had Health followed by Computer Technology and luckily for her Wendy was in those classes as well. It was now lunch and during last period Wendy had managed to convince Sam to eat with her and Tasha, so here Sam was sat across from them both as she munched away on beef jerky.

"I'm so glad it's Friday" Tasha smiled.

"Yes me to, it's finally the weekend" Wendy replied. "So Sam, how come you joined this school on Thursday and not at the beginning of the week?" she then asked.

"I don't know, that was just the day Principal Franklin told me to start" Sam shrugged. "I'm glad though because the weekend came around quicker" she told them.

Suddenly though the girls conversations was put on hold as Gibby sat down next to Tasha whilst placing an arm around her, Brad sat down on the cafeteria table with a soccer ball in hand and his feet rested up on one of the chairs and Freddie sat down in the empty seat next to Sam. Feeling like she was going to choke on her jerky as Sam witnessed Tasha kiss Gibby on the cheek she frowned.

"Wait, do you two date?" Sam questioned with confusion earning a laugh from almost everyone at the table.

"We sure do" Tasha grinned and as Sam looked towards Wendy for an explanation she just shrugged her shoulders. It was then obvious that nobody understood it.

"So Sam…" Brad started, bringing her out of her thoughts. "Your friend Carly, does she always come with lemonade?" he asked.

"There's always a jug made in the fridge" Sam replied.

"Ughhh" Brad whined.

"I love lemonade" Wendy smiled.

"Yeh not this stuff" Freddie winced causing both Sam and Brad to laugh.

"Are you sure Freddie? You had about three glasses of the stuff!" Brad began to laugh ecstatically.

"Well that was Sam's fault" he replied, sending Sam a playful glare causing her to just smile back deviously.

After Freddie had finished his third glass of Carly's special lemonade last night he was glad when his Mom barged into her apartment to get him, claiming that he was trying to run away from her and that he shouldn't have been in Carly's apartment before she had checked the place out for ticks. Sam wouldn't have minded Freddie staying longer though because to her own amusement the more lemonade he drank, the more his face reddened and the more his eyes began to water. Also seems Brad had run out of places to pour all of his glasses of lemonade, he was glad to go and eat Mrs. Benson's cucumber cups for once.

"So Sam what got you kicked out of your old school?" Gibby asked.

"Well all the mice in the science labs mysteriously got let out causing the school to have to send in pest control" Sam shrugged as she popped a grape into her mouth.

"This one takes her pranks a step further than you Wendy" Brad laughed as he nudged her slightly and with that the school bell went off signalling the end of lunch and the beginning of last period.

"What lesson have you got now?" Freddie asked Sam.

"History" she replied.

"Me too, looks like we're in another class together" he smiled.

As everyone began to exit the cafeteria, Sam and Freddie started to walk down the main school hallway on their way to History class. It was then in that exact moment where Sam realised just how right Wendy was yesterday when she told her just how popular he was. From just walking down one hallway Freddie had high fived various different students and every girl had checked him out with their cheeky glances as he walked past them but yet apparently he hadn't dated anybody in two years. He was totally oblivious to all of this attention.

"Why do I always get put sitting next to you?" Sam questioned as she took the seat next to Freddie where the History teacher Mrs Ackerman had told her to sit.

"I bet you miss me in the classes of yours I'm not in" Freddie teased.

"It's like I'm stuck with you" Sam told him, ignoring his last comment and pretending to pay an interest in the lesson.

With a new five page History paper to write the school day was now over and it was officially the weekend. Like the end of any other school day Sam had made her way to Bushwell Plaza to hang out with Carly. When she entered the Shays apartment Carly was sat on the couch flicking through one of her many favourite gossip magazines and Spencer was busy working on a sculpture like usual.

"Hey Sam, your bucket of chicken is in the fridge. I brought it back last night but you were already gone" Spencer told her making her skip right over to the fridge, cold chicken was still chicken.

Sam did leave the Shay's surprisingly earlier than usual last night. She left not long after Freddie and Brad did, claiming that Spencer was taking too long with her chicken so she would just persuade whatever boyfriend her Mom currently had to buy her a bucket. In fact she got a bucket of fried chicken and a packet of bacon, not Bolivian though.

"Are we still going to that new RetroBlast tonight?" Sam asked Carly.

RetroBlast is a new arcade which is opening up in Seattle for the first time tonight. It's supposed to have all the latest arcade games along with the old classic vintage ones and apparently the place is decorated with bright flashing neon coloured lights. The two girls had been waiting for the place to open up since they had first heard about it months ago.

"Yes, Spencer wants me to see if it's got Pak Rat" Carly replied. "Apparently it's not a true arcade if it doesn't have it" she rolled her eyes.

"What did he do with his Pak Rat machine?" Sam asked as she took a bite of her chicken.

"It's now in his bedroom" Carly replied. "Do you want to invite Freddie to come along tonight?" she asked.

"No!" Sam made clear.

"Who's Freddie?" Spencer suddenly asked butting into the girl's conversation.

"Sam's new friend" Carly told him.

"He is not my friend, he's a nub" Sam spat before taking another rather large mouthful of her chicken leg and chewing like there was no tomorrow. Meanwhile Carly just shot Spencer a very knowing look.

It was 6pm and with RetroBlast now open for business Spencer had just dropped both Carly and Sam off at the place. As soon as the girls entered through the main doors their faces were immediately lit up with brightly coloured lights flashing around everywhere. There were sounds of arcade games going off with the latest up to date music blasting in the background. The place was huge and already packed with loads of people which were mainly teenagers.

"Do you see a Pak Rat machine?" Carly asked Sam.

"No, I'm going to find where they sell the snacks" Sam replied as she walked off leaving Carly in her own amusement on one of the old arcade games.

After a while of searching for where the snacks were sold, Sam had worked up even more of an appetite. Once she walked up to the snack counter, her face immediately dropped as she spotted someone who looked extremely familiar.

"Your following me around aren't you!" Sam exclaimed.

"No, I work here" Freddie replied, throwing his arms up in the air to show that he was stood on the other side of the counter. "If anything you're following me around" he winked.

"Just get me a salted pretzel" Sam ordered in a huff.

"And I'll see you tomorrow for tutoring" Freddie told Sam as he handed her a pretzel.

"But tomorrow's a Saturday" she whined.

"My place midday" he replied with a smirk.

A/N: So what do you all think will happen in Sam and Freddie's tutoring session? I would love to know what you think! Anyway thank you for all of your reviews, hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review it.

"Nuttybuddyninja" - Hi, in answer to your question in your review, Cary's special lemonade was first brought up in the iCarly episode iWas a Pageant Girl.