Chapter 4: iStudy Buddy.
It was Saturday morning and Sam was layed out still half asleep on the Shay's couch. She had spent the night there since Freddie had insisted on starting her tutoring so early and also Sam didn't see any sense in going home to spend the night when she would just be walking all the way back to Bushwell as soon as she got up again. Plus this was Sam; she didn't need an excuse to why she was sleeping over her best friend's house. Even though there's a pull out bed for Sam located in Carly's bedroom, she had fallen asleep on the couch before having the chance to go upstairs, so she happened to end up spending the night on the couch. Sam has always found that couch comfortable though and it is the perfect place for naps which turned out to be a great place to sleep all night seems she didn't hear the sounds of Carly snoring. On weekends both of the girls liked to sleep in and it wasn't until Sam smelt the deliciousness of Carly cooking bacon and eggs in the kitchen that she was fully awake.
"Good morning" Sam mumbled as she sat up on the Shay's couch still with a blanket fully wrapped around her.
"Good morning" Carly greeted back. "Bacon and eggs are coming right up" she then announced causing Sam to smile.
"What time is it anyway?" Sam asked as Carly handed her a plate of bacon and eggs before heading back into the kitchen to get herself some cereal.
"A little after ten thirty" Carly replied. "You should really get ready to go to Freddie's once you've finished your breakfast" she then told her.
"Oh no" Sam shook her head. "I'm not arriving on time; Mama is going to be fashionably late" she smirked hoping that it would whine him up a little.
"Sam, Freddie is giving up his free time to tutor you, the least you can do is turn up on time and be the slightest bit grateful" Carly told her. "You really are clever when you put your mind to things" she then added as she sat down next to Sam with her bowl of cereal.
"Carly I'm more than aware that he's giving up his free time but it's pretty much because he's been told to and anyway I'm sure arriving a few minutes later than expected won't hurt anybody" Sam replied causing Carly to just simply roll her eyes at her friend as she decided to just let things happen on its own.
The rest of the morning seemed to fly by after breakfast and when it came to ten past twelve, Carly had pretty much kicked Sam out of her apartment claiming that ten minutes was more than being just a few minutes late. With her backpack on her shoulder, something which Carly had insisted on her to take with her, Sam was now stood directly outside of Freddie Benson's apartment. As quickly as she could Sam knocked on the front door before she could regret even turning up to this tutoring session because to be honest something about the event which was about to happen was actually making her a little nervous. That was strange because Sam Puckett never gets nervous. After a few moments of anxiously waiting, Freddie Benson opened the door with a school book and pen in hand.
"Yes I know I'm late" Sam rolled her eyes expecting him to complain, that was the whole point of her arriving late.
"No it's fine, I was just finishing up some Biology homework" Freddie replied as he welcomed Sam into his new home. Damn Sam thought, she knew she should have waited an extra ten minutes but no Carly didn't allow it. That's what you get for having such a caring best friend.
As Sam entered Freddie's apartment she could smell a bunch of over used cleaning products but yet there was a refreshing smell of vanilla in the very homely atmosphere. The apartment still had a few boxes to be unpacked but the place seemed clean, organised and tidy. Sam also couldn't help but smirk a little at some of the pictures of Freddie that was hanging on the walls of the hallway as she and Freddie walked down it and into the kitchen. It was then that Sam came face to face with Mrs. Benson, which was now the time to find out if Spencer was right about her being crazy.
"Hello Samantha, it's nice to meet you. Please do excuse the mess of the apartment; I haven't finished unpacking and tidying everything yet" Mrs. Benson greeted and with that she picked up an object which looked like a fire extinguisher and aimed it at Sam. Within seconds Sam's face was covered in a peculiar white powder.
Yes she was defiantly crazy as for starters she had called Sam by her full name, secondly she thought her house was a mess and last but not least she had covered Sam in some sort of white powder for no apparent reason with no warning at all.
"What do you think you're doing crazy?" Sam suddenly exclaimed as she coughed on the powder that had landed in her mouth. For once she didn't quite know how to react, she was too shocked.
"Mom!" Freddie shouted. "How many times do we have to talk about this? You don't cover people in this stuff" he told her.
"I was protecting her from ticks!" Mrs Benson whined.
"Nobody has ticks" Freddie stressed.
"Then the tick-detergent is working then" she huffed before walking off.
"I'm so sorry Sam" Freddie apologised as he gave her a bottle of water from the fridge. "I'll get you a towel from the other room" he told her but before he could Mrs. Benson returned into the room with her head held high and a shopping bag in hand.
"Now is this a regular tutoring session or are you two dating?" she asked causing Sam to choke on her water.
"Mom, I've already told you were not dating" Freddie replied as he nervously scratched the back of his neck.
"Okay well seems I can leave the two of you alone then I'm off to the grocery store and will be back in precisely fifty six minutes and seventeen seconds" Mrs. Benson told them before making her way out of the apartment.
It was then Freddie started to walk down the hallway making his way into a different room and Sam refusing to stay in the kitchen alone followed him. They had ended up in his bedroom and as Freddie walked into his en-suite bathroom to get her a towel Sam couldn't help but notice his Galaxy Wars bed spread.
"Galaxy Wars" Sam smirked as she finally began to wipe the tick detergent off of her face with the towel that Freddie had just given her.
"Yes I like Galaxy Wars but no I don't want it as my bed spread. My crazy mother won't allow me to get rid of it" Freddie explained. "It's her way of not letting me grow up" he added causing Sam to laugh a little.
"Are you into technology and stuff?" Sam found herself asking as she noticed that amount of computers and other technical equipment that was all neatly organised around his room.
"Eh yeh" Freddie replied. "I'm in the A.V. club at school" he told her.
"Geek" Sam teased, not having a clue what the A.V. club was and causing Freddie to smirk.
After a while of Sam and Freddie bickering with each other they soon made their way into the living room, where they both sat around the over sized coffee table as Freddie began to tutor Sam in math. Maths was Sam's weakest subject, it was hard and she found that some of the things that get taught in the subject aren't needed in life. For example in what life situation do you actually need to solve x? With Freddie tutoring Sam in math, she actually began to understand a few things. Maybe he made a good tutor and maybe with his help she would be able to get her grades up. Of course she would never admit that to him though.
Deciding it would be good to take a break on maths, Freddie placed a book in front of Sam that their class had read for English. It was 'The Penny Treasure'. "You need to read this" he told her.
"I already have" Sam replied. "It was like watching the TV in your head" she added.
"Really?" Freddie questioned.
"Ask me about it if you don't believe me" she told him.
"Fine, who ventures into the cave and what does he find?" Freddie asked.
"Dravis ventures into the cave and finds the key to tranquillity, which is four feet from Ginian's grave" Sam answered with a smirk on her face.
Wow. Freddie just stared at Sam in complete shock whilst making a mental note to himself to expect the unexpected from her from now on. His face softened a little after a while, she really was pretty he thought. It didn't take Sam long to notice that Freddie was staring at her. She then suddenly looked up at him while silently questioning herself to why he was watching her so carefully.
"Fredward I'm home" Mrs Benson announced as she stepped back into the apartment and interrupting whatever it was going on between Sam and Freddie. "The store didn't have those organic dinosaur cookies you love so much, so I had to get the monster truck ones and you know how I feel about them, their dangerous. I don't mind the dinosaur ones so much because their now extinct and can no longer hurt you" she explained causing Sam to laugh.
The apartment then went quiet as Mrs Benson placed all the groceries onto the kitchen counter and joined both Sam and Freddie in the living room, keen to see what they were up to.
"Oh and Freddie don't forget we need to do our annual Saturday puzzle still" she told him.
"Okay I'm going to take that as my cue to leave" Sam announced. "Thanks for the tutoring nub" she thanked him before grabbing her backpack and making her way out of the apartment.
A/N: So I referenced The Penny Treasure in this chapter. Thank you for all your reviews on the last chapter, please review this one.
Hope you all had a lovely Easter Sunday, Happy Easter Monday!