Chapter 5: iNeed a Word.

Monday soon approached by fast marking the end of yet another weekend and signalling the start of a brand new week. After Sam's first tutoring session with Freddie on Saturday, the two had failed to see each other for the rest of the weekend. That was something Sam was probably pleased about and she spent the rest of the weekend hanging around with Carly who had even forced her to write her History paper. Whilst writing her History Paper though, Sam had managed to consume the entire contents of the Shay's fridge claiming that school work made her even more hungry as it took away all of her energy. Freddie had spent the rest of his weekend working the Sunday shift at RetroBlast, preparing for the coming weeks AV club and lecturing his crazy mother on her most recent actions taken out on Sam.

It was Sam's first Monday at Ridgeway High and she certainly hated Mondays. Whilst taking a glance at her timetable to see what lesson she had first, it turned out that she had double Biology. As Sam entered her classroom she soon found out that Freddie was also in this class. For once though their teacher Mr. Henning didn't sit Sam next to Freddie, instead he had sat her next to Wendy. It actually felt weird to Sam that for once she wasn't sat next to Freddie seems that they were both in yet another class together. She actually felt like she wanted to sit next to Freddie despite all her moaning when she had to in other classes but she just couldn't put her finger on why she wanted to sit next to him so badly. So Sam just told herself that it was because Freddie is clever and she could have just copied him.

Freddie was sat directly in front of Sam with Brad as his lab partner, so it wasn't like they were too far away from each other. She even felt a little envious towards Brad because he was sat next to Freddie even though it was only him. As the lesson progressed though Sam decided to take advantage of where exactly it was that Freddie was sitting as she chucked her rubber at the back of his head.

"Is our teacher a hobo?" Sam mouthed to Freddie referring to the fact he had just claimed he used a hole in the ground as his toilet. Mr. Henning's dress sense wasn't that great either, it wasn't anything teacher-like at all. Freddie just shook his head with that familiar signature smirk of his spread across his face as he turned back around before giving his head a quick rub where Sam's oversized rubber had just hit him hard on the head.

The rest of Biology seemed to drag and Sam had even managed to fall asleep way before the first hour of the double period was over but luckily Wendy carefully woke her up just before Mr. Henning was about to notice. The school day then continued with Sam and Freddie bickering amongst one another throughout History and Math. The class had all each handed in their History papers and in Math Sam even noticed that she understood the lesson much more than she usually would have thanks to Freddie's tutoring. The Maths lesson even ended ten minutes early as their teacher had an urgent meeting causing all the students in that class to vacate into the hallway whilst they waited for the lunch bell to go off.

"So, how was your study date with Sam on Saturday?" Brad cheekily asked Freddie.

"It wasn't a date" Freddie told him.

"But you wish it was" Shane said who was another boy from the AV club causing Freddie to roll his eyes at the pair of them.

"Come on Freddie" Brad eased as he leant back onto the lockers. "You've been off the dating radar for two years when everyone knows for a fact that you could get any girl in this school. It's obvious that you like Sam" he explained.

"She's different from other girls" Freddie replied taking a glance over at Sam and admiring those beautiful blonde curly locks, her fair natural skin and most of all her icy blue eyes which sparkled like diamonds when he spoke to her. She was much too busy sorting out her own locker to notice that Freddie was staring at her.

"So you like her" Shane teased and Freddie nodded not even taking his eyes off of her.

"Ask her out for Friday night to the opening of the schools new play" Brad suggested. "Then go for a smoothie of something afterwards" he added.

"Brad I've only known the girl for five days" Freddie reminded him. "Plus she doesn't like me like that" he added.

"Oh yes she does, she's just got a different way of showing it" Brad assured him. "Now come on, make your move" he insisted, patting Freddie on the shoulder and closing his locker for him as he and Shane wished him good luck.

Slowly and nervously Freddie took a deep breath as he began to make his way over towards Sam whilst patting his hair down and fiddling with the bottom of his jumper which had crinkled and risen slightly. The fact that he knew his two best friends were watching from a short distance, thinking that they were giving him support seemed to make Freddie even more nervous.

"Hi" Freddie greeted when he reached Sam with his stomach in knots as if it was about to do a back flip.

"Hey Fredward" Sam smiled, using the name she had got from his mother on the weekend.

"So are you going to the opening of the school play 'Wicked' this Friday night?" he asked nervously.

"No" Sam replied. "Carly and I have plans to go laser tagging that night and I probably wouldn't have went anyway if we didn't" she explained as the lunch bell went off. "Oh time to feed my face, later nub" she smirked, closing her locker and heading towards the canteen.

Freddie's face immediately fell from the fake smile he had pulled when Sam said 'no' He wasn't entirely sure how he felt right now though as he hadn't exactly asked a girl out in two years or liked a girl as much as he likes Sam. This feeling was much different from others. Either way he turned around looking back at Brad and Shane who were on standby and gave them both that specific look which was more than enough for them to know that Freddie had been turned down.

Sam had once again eaten her lunch with Wendy and Tasha seems her and Wendy related through having a few things in common. However before the lunch period was over, Sam had decided she needed the toilet and excused herself from the lunch table and making her way towards the nearest girl's bathroom.

"I can't believe Sam and Freddie are dating" one girl gasped grabbing Sam's immediate attention as she stayed inside the cubicle that she was finished using.

"How do you know that there dating?" another girl asked whilst applying lipstick.

"The news is everywhere, apparently they had a study date on Saturday" the first girl replied. "Freddie hasn't dated anyone in two years and that girl was me. Why is he dating now and why is it her?" she questioned.

"I don't know Valarie" she answered.

"His standards have certainly dropped" Valarie commented as she attempted to fix her hair in the mirror

Sam didn't even acknowledge that last comment, what she didn't like about that conversation was that people thought she was dating the nub. She needed serious words with a certain Freddie Benson immediately.

A/N: Thank you for all your reviews, I'm very glad you're all enjoying the story. Keep reviewing please.

Also feel free to follow my twitter Nadene_Stoddart and just tweet me for a follow back.