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Cat sat still for a moment before rolling down through Sam's contacts to find the second person she wanted to speak to. If she was going to be dealing with Sam and Freddie in the same room consistently, she needed the help of an expert. She was confused about Sam and her behaviour towards Freddie when he was here - one minute she hated him and the next she was saving his life - the next she hated him again and then after that she was asking him out for dinner. She knew that Freddie had then stood her up on that date - which made Sam very angry - she spent a few days in bed claiming to be 'ill', when really she was crying and then angrily smashing things - and then she was constantly telling Cat she hated him. She called the one person she knew would be able to help her. The phone rang for quite a while before she picked up. "Sam?" The voice asked on the other end of the phone.

"It's Sam's roommate, Cat." Cat explained.

"Cat?"

"Yeah, her roommate."

"Sam told me about you." Carly said. "Nice to meet you… well, talk to you."

"Nice to talk to you to."

"Is Sam okay?"

"Yes, well, no, well I think so. I just have a few questions about her and Freddie."

"Freddie?" Carly asked. "How do you know Fredd- Wait, does Sam know you're calling me?"

"No, why?"

"It costs a fortune to call from America to Italy."

"It does?"

"Hang on a second. I'll disconnect this call and then use the wifi-call thing on the splash face app. Give me a sec. Just accept the call which comes up." Carly disconnected and then reconnected to Cat. "So, what do you want to know about
Freddie?"

"Well, when he came to visit, Sam was all-"

"He came to visit? Sam?"

"Yeah, well it's a long story but-"

"She didn't tell me this. We talk like every day. Are you sure it was Freddie?"

"Freddie Benson, yeah. Ex-boyfriend. Really good-looking. Sam saved him from the tuna, she was trying to make him jealous, and then she asked him out for a meal but-"

"But why wouldn't she tell me? Or why wouldn't Freddie tell me? Did anything happen?"

"No, I don't think so. Look I just want to-"

"Is Sam there? I mean, is she about?"

"Yeah, she is, but she doesn't know I'm calling you and-"

"Can you get her on the phone?"

"But-"

"If I speak to Sam I might be able to help you."

"Alright, I'll go get her." Cat walked through to the living area where Sam was sat on the couch watching TV. "Sam, I've
got Carly on the phone, she wants to talk to you."

"Carly? I thought you was calling the jerk?"

"Carly called your phone and I answered by mistake." Cat said, not wanting her to find out that she actually called Carly.

"Oh, okay." Sam took the phone. "Hey, Carls." Cat went through to the bedroom to give her some privacy, but listened as well as she could through the door.

"Hey." Carly replied on the phone. "So, Cat and I were just chatting on the phone. She seems nice."

"She's great." Sam smiled.

"And how are you and Freddie?" Carly asked, getting straight to the point.

"Fine. Hey, did you hear about-"

"Sam! You and Freddie, have you been speaking lately? How is he? Have you-"

"We're fine." Sam cut her off.

"But you never talk about him anymore!" Carly complained, sitting down on the bed in her room in Italy. "Please just open up!"

"There's nothing to open up about."

"Oh, you know there is, Miss Puckett. What happened after you saved Freddie from the tuna?"

"What?" Sam narrowed her eyes. "How do you know about that?"

"Just tell me Sam."

"I- we just- how do you know, Shay?" Sam was fuming. "I swear, Cat is going to get-"

"She came to me for help, Sam. She was confused and she assumed I already knew about it - which I should have done! Look, you and Freddie are-"

"Stop saying his name!" Sam commanded, squeezing her eyes shut and shaking her head.

"Oh, stop being so childish." Carly groaned. "Look, Cat said that some major stuff went down between you two. Why didn't you tell me?"

"Nothing even happened. We just met up… and stuff…"

"Yeah, and stuff. You were jealous weren't you? You got all protective? You tried to make Freddie jealous? You saved his life? You offered to take him out on a meal? I think that's some pretty important stuff, Sam. Why didn't you- oh my god Sam, are you crying!" Carly stopped when she heard the sniffles of her best friend, who she could read like a book - even over the phone. Sam hiccuped though her tears. "I'm sorry for bringing all back. You know I can't control myself when it comes to you and Freddie- I just- oh, I'm such a freak."

Sam couldn't help but giggle. "It's fine, cupcake. I just haven't accepted what happened yet… I'm still dealing with it"

"But what did happen? I mean, I know the basics but…"

"I'm not ready." Sam wiped her tears away. "I promise, Carls, I'll tell you every little juicy detail soon."

"I understand. But I just want to know one thing… have you spoken to him since?"

"No… he keeps calling and texting but I'm ignoring him. I thought we had something again, Carly. But then after the incident he just abandoned me. He left me at the restaurant for two hours just waiting. I was so, so angry but now I'd do anything just to… I hate him. I really, really hate him."

"I wouldn't believe that in a million years, Sam."

"I do hate him, Carly… please let me hate him."

"Whatever floats your boat!" Carly rolled her eyes. Sam sniffled. "Look, I'll let you go now. I know I've annoyed you
enough."

"You have been pretty annoying." Sam laughed. "But, before you go… Freddie's coming down on Friday. He's helping me with some stuff at the apartment, I didn't want to have to ask him, but I've kinda had no choice. I'll keep you updated."

"I feel like there's so much more going on in your little head then you're telling me, Sam." Carly sighed. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine, Carls." Sam said. "I'll speak to you tomorrow."

"Alright, alright. Hey, can I just speak to Cat again?"

"Sure." Sam said quickly and passed the phone back. She walked swiftly into the bedroom and collapsed onto her bed, then burst out crying.

Cat continued to talk to Carly. "Hey, Cat?" Carly said.

"Yeah?"

"Will you keep me updated, please? Anything that happens with Sam. Let me know she's alright. And keep me informed on this whole Freddie thing. I can't really trust Sam to."

"Okay." Cat said. "It'll be nice to have some help, anyway. I can't understand Sam when she's like this. All down and stuff."

"I'll add you on Spashface, okay? So we can wifi call?"

"Sounds great."

"Okay, what's your last name?"

"Valentine."

"Okay, Cat Valentine. I'll speak to you soon then, okay?"

"Okay!" Cat said, then hung up.
_

Carly called Freddie via the wifi call, and he picked up almost immediately. "Hey, Carly!"

"Freddie, how are you doing?"

"I'm okay." Freddie said. Truth to be told, he was still a little in shock about the situation in LA, and was still trying to think of a way to persuade his mum.

"You don't sound okay." Carly said. "Are you stressed about Friday? Seeing Sam?"

"Sam told you?" Freddie asked in shock. The plans had only been made not too long ago, and he didn't know Sam was that keen on talking about him.

"Yeah, in a fashion. She's working on talking about things, you know what she's like."

"Yeah." Freddie agreed. He almost sounded sad.

"Will you talk to me about when you went to visit her? You know, the tuna thing?" Carly wanted to know Freddie's side to the story, and also to see if their stories matched up.

"Yeah." Freddie said. "I need to talk to someone about it. The guilt is eating me alive, I feel so bad." Freddie took a deep breath. "Okay, Carly. What do you want to know? I promise I'm going to be completely truthful."

"I'm so happy you want to talk. It'll help me figure out why Sam's acting the way she is as well. Right. Okay. So, question number one. Why did you go and visit Sam in the first place?"

"I got a call from her roommate, Cat, telling me that she'd be badly hurt, so I went down to Venice to see her."

"And what happened when you got there?"

"Sam was no-where to be seen. Cat started flirting with me, telling me I was handsome and stuff… and I just went with it. I went on a date with her. By this point, I'd given up on the idea of Sam ever loving me again… so I decided to go out with Cat. I regret the decision so much… I can't believe I ever did it. I should have known that it would only make me want Sam more."

"Oh Freddie…" Carly sighed. "I had no idea you still loved her…"

"I don't now." Freddie shook his head. "I'm completely over her now. Those feelings are long gone."

"Right." Carly rolled her eyes. "Anyway. What happened next?"

"Well Sam came to the place with a different friend and was really angry with me… I don't really blame her. She was so, so angry that I hadn't come to see her even though I was in Venice. She was angry at Cat, too. They had a big fall out. Sam got back at Cat, and at me as well, by flirting up Cat's sort-of-boyfriend Robbie. She kissed him and everything! Anyway, Sam was due to ride her motorcycle over a pool of deadly tuna. Cat was worried about her safety so locked Sam in a closet. I had no idea about this and went to the event really worried about Sam. Cat ended up driving the bike into the podium that me and Robbie were on, and we fell into these Tuna, which ended up biting us all over. Sam jumped in and saved me, dragging me out of the pool. Robbie and I had to go into hospital with our injuries. I was bandaged up almost all over."

"Oh, bless you." Carly frowned.

"I guess it was kind of like Karma for going out with Cat in some way. Sam and Cat spent a lot of time in the room with us, and before she left she suggested we go out for something to eat… kind of like a date. I agreed. However, when the date came, which was also the date I was released from hospital… I just kinda freaked. I left Venice."

"Why?" Carly asked, shocked that Freddie would run from the chance of a date with Sam.

"I'd had a dream the night before… it was like a montage of all my favourite memories of Sam. Then, I had a vision of Sam completely rejecting me… and I knew I was stupid. Why would she ever love me again? I had one amazing chance with her and I blew it. She would never love me… and I knew that would kill me. So I left. About a week later I regretted it completely. It was so stupid of me, and even if she hadn't of liked me back there was still no need to leave her waiting at the restaurant. It was so selfish of me."

"Thank you so much for telling me this and being so honest with me." Carly said. "What you did was stupid… but I know you'll be able to make it right with Sam. You're crazy for each other. There's a bond there that's more than most married couples have… You belong together. Even if you just end up a best friends, you need each other in your lives. Please, Freddie. Believe me."

"I do believe you, Carly. I know I need Sam. It's whether Sam can forgive me."

"Well, I guess we'll find out when you go see her on Friday!" Carly said. "Please, please try your best to make up with her."

"I will. She just ignores me so much now, I'm surprised she even wants me there."

"It's a good chance to make things right between you though."

"I guess so." Freddie said. "Thank you so much Carly. And thanks for understanding."

"What are friends for?" Carly grinned. "I'll speak to you soon, okay? Keep me updated about you and Sam."

"I will do. Bye, Carly."

"Bye, Freddie."