"Are we making a big entrance?" Tori asked excited as the girls prepared to walk down the stairs.
"Nope. Let's just act like we're not thinking about how we look. Let them be graced by our beauty in a subtle way." Sam ordered. "And don't you lot dare say anything about Freddie and I."
The six girls walked down the stairs. "You look gorgeous!" Beck said to Jade as she finished walking down the stairs.
"I know." Jade replied.
"You look beautiful." Robbie said to Cat. She giggled.
Sam left the group, going back up the stairs to look for Freddie who wasn't with the others. "Freddie?" She asked, knocking on the door and opening it slightly. Freddie was stood wearing a checkered shirt and smart jeans, and Sam couldn't help but take in a big breath. Freddie stared at her for a few seconds in awe, before giving her a smile and mouthing that he'd be one minute, continuing his phone conversation.
"Yes, I promise it's all fine mum. Look, I'll talk to you about the accommodation when I get back home but I promise it's safe." He listened for a moment. "Yes, it has a fire escape plan! Look, I'll see you in a few days, mum." He smiled. "Yep, bye. Love you." He hung up the phone. "You." He started, walking up to Sam and putting his hands around her waist. "Look absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous…. perfect." He looked in her eyes, and then gave her a long kiss. "I am so, so lucky. I love you so much Sam."
"That's the first time you've kissed me since… I mean, I've kissed you, but this is the first time you kissed me."
"You were okay with it?" Freddie asked, stroking her hair.
"I was. It feels so good to let you in. I love you, Freddie."
"You do?" Freddie asked, a giant grin on his face. "You really do?"
"I do." Sam grinned back.
"I love you, I love you, I love you!" Freddie grinned, picking her up and spinning her around. When he put her down, they kissed until there was a knock on the door. "Two minutes." Freddie shouted, kissing her again before pulling something out from his pocket. "It's for you. I was hoping to give you at the club at some point but this seems like a better moment." He said, opening the small box to reveal a ring.
"A ring?" Sam asked, taking it from him.
"It's sort of like a promise. A promise that I'll always love you. I want you to be reminded of that whenever you wear it. I love you so so much Sam, and I promise one day you'll have a real engagement ring as well."
"Freddie…"
"I love you so, so much and I'm never, ever going to hurt you again, princess." He gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Thank you Freddie." Sam smiled. She gave him a long kiss before slipping the ring onto her finger. "I love it."
"I love you."
"I love you, too."
"This club is so so awesome!" Sam laughed to herself as the friends walked in. "It's the awesomest awesome club ever! It's awesomely awesome!" The five friends following her just laughed, used to this behaviour from the walk to the club, and chose a place to sit down. "Okay, who wants drinks? I'll go get drinks!" Sam bounded up from her seat and jumped up and down.
"Nope. Sit down, Miss Sunshine. I'll go get everyone a peppy cola. It's not a good idea for you - Miss Bounce-alot - to carry five drinks." Tori said, pushing the hyper girl back down. "Trina, come help with the drinks."
"What went on with you and Freddie?" Carly asked, placing her bag next to her on the seat.
Sam stopped. "Nothing, just breathing and stuff." Sam said, looking down to the floor.
"Oh, now she's quiet!" Carly laughed. "It's so cute how nervous you get when you talk about him."
"I don't get nervous!" Sam defended.
"So spill!" Cat encouraged.
"Well… hey this night is about Jade, isn't?"
"Well, yeah." Jade admitted. "However, I do enjoy people being uncomfortable whilst admitting things they don't want to admit."
"So, tell us."
"I'm going to go dance!" Sam proclaimed. "Who's joining me?"
Carly threw the other girls an apologetic look for Sam's lack of explanation about her and Freddie, before joining Sam. "Me!" Carly replied, and the two best friends skipped over to the dance floor and started to dance. "So, what went on with you and Freddie?" Carly asked once they were on the dance floor and away from the other girls. Sam started to bite her lip. "Come on Sam, tell me. I'm your best friend!"
"We just talked." Sam said.
"Sam." Carly said in a forceful tone.
"Okay." Sam took a deep breath. "Just promise not to freak out."
"I promise."
"Well, he told me I looked beautiful… and gorgeous… and perfect. And then he kissed me, for like the first time since we dated. I mean, we've kissed, but I've always initiated it. And then I kind of told him I, erm… really really like him."
"Sam." Carly warned again.
"I love him!" Sam almost shouted. She closer her eyes for a few seconds and took a deep breath. "I really, really love him. I'm obsessed! I can't stop thinking about him, he's just so sweet and nerdy and I love him so, so much! When we kiss I just… I love him, Carly. I'm in love with him."
"I know, Sam." Carly said. "You've always loved him."
"I know." Sam said. "Sorry I kind of lied when I told youI didn't like him like that anymore."
"Its okay, Sam. I know you struggle with feelings. Tell Freddie exactly how you feel, though."
"I did." Sam grinned. "Well, I told him I love him, not much else. But I will do. It's hard."
"I know, Sam." Carly smiled at her friend.
"And then he gave me this ring." Sam showed Carly her hand with the ring on. "It's like a promise that he'll always love me." "
Wow." Carly looked at the ring. "It's gorgeous!"
"Isn't it?" Sam grinned.
"Go over and see him." Carly said, turning Sam around by her shoulders to see Freddie who was leaning against a wall, watching them.
"I didn't know they'd arrived." Sam said, smiling at Freddie when he smiled at her.
"Go dance with him."
"But I was dancing with you." Sam said.
"You can dance with me later." Carly said. "Go tell him everything you've just told me." She encouraged. "Trust me, he needs it."
"Hey." Sam said once she reached Freddie.
"Hey Sammy." Freddie said back. "How is it even possible you look more beautiful under this light?"
"Sap." Sam said, but she blushed anyway. "But you don't look too bad yourself."
"So you look beautiful and I look not too bad?" Freddie asked, He led her to the dance floor by her hand and put his arms around her waist.
"That's just the way this relationship works, Fredbag." Sam laughed. She put her arms around his neck.
"Relationship?"
Sam froze. "I meant- I mean…"
"I know, Sam. You meant you and I. There doesn't have to be a label."
"I think that would work better." Sam said. She looked into his eyes. "We don't need to force anything."
"We don't. We don't have to be stereotypical. We can do whatever we want."
"We're Sam and Freddie. We'll never be stereotypical."
"Never." Freddie agreed. "I love you so much."
"I love you too." Sam replied. She remembered what Carly said. "I really do love you Freddie. I think about you constantly and I think I want to- wait, I know I want to spend my whole life with you. I'm in love with you."
"I feel exactly the same, Sam. I love you so, so much."
"So how'd it go?" Carly asked Sam as she returned to the group of girls. Sam looked back at Freddie, who was now talking to Beck.
"It went well." Sam said. "I think he knows how I feel now."
"Good." Carly said. "So, do you want to go dance again?"
"Hell yeah!" Sam agreed. She took a big gulp of her drink and then dragged Carly to the dance floor.
Carly, Sam and Freddie left the club earlier than the others as Sam was getting tired, as was Freddie, and Carly wanted to spend a bit more time with them before she had to leave the next day. Freddie carried Sam bridal style into the apartment. She had clearly been so hyper at the club that she had exhausted herself, and fell asleep in the taxi on the way home. She gripped on tightly to his top as he carried her through the apartment and placed her down on the bed, taking her jacket, shoes and socks off before tucking her in. "She's so lucky to have found you again." Carly said, who was watching from the doorway. "She loves you so, so much, you know that?"
"I know." Freddie said, checking Sam was comfortable one last time before turning to Carly and walking out of the room, closing the door behind them. "She's just so perfect." He added.
"You're perfect too, for her." Carly said. The two of them sat down on the couch. "When are you leaving?"
"After this weekend." Freddie said. "My flight is booked for Monday morning."
"Wow." Carly said. "What are you going to do being apart from Sam?"
"I honestly don't know." Freddie sighed. "But, I guess we'll only be apart for one month. I'm coming back down to LA the week before college starts in Fall."
"You've got student accommodation?"
"No, not yet. I've had a look around and I like it, though."
"Can't you move in with Sam?"
"I can't ask her for that." Freddie said, shaking his head. "We've only just literally got back together… if thats what you call it. I don't want to force her into something she's not ready for. Moving in together is a pretty big deal."
"I know, but it's not like you've only just met. You've known each other your whole lives. You're soulmates."
"Maybe eventually we'll live together." Freddie said. "But unless she suggests it, I'll be living in the accommodation. It's not too far from here, and we can still see each other all the time."
"I still can't believe you're actually back together." Carly said after a moments silence.
"Me neither." Freddie said. "I never thought she'd let me back in again after what I did."
"She loves you far too much to let that get in the way." Carly said. "Hey, look after her for me, will you?"
"Huh?"
"I don't feel like I can keep a close eye on her when I'm in Italy. I mean, I know we talk every day, and she's got Cat and all, but just look after her for me, alright?"
"You know I will." Freddie said.
"Thank you." Carly said. She gave him a quick hug. "Hey, I'm going to get going to bed."
"Me too." Freddie yawned. "I'm absolutely shattered. I'll see you in the morning Carly." "Night." Carly said, heading into Sam and Cats room for the night.
"I'm going to miss you so much." Sam said to Carly.
"I'll miss you so much too." Carly pulled her into a hug. "But I'll come back and visit soon, okay? I'll make sure of it."
"Sounds good." Sam said. "And we'll continue to call each other every night?"
"Definitely. And you need to promise to tell me all about the new Seddie chapter in your life." Carly laughed.
"You're obsessed, Shay." Sam laughed. "Hey, where is the nub anyway?"
"He was just getting something from-" Freddie came out the spare room. "Here he is."
"Hey, amigos!" Freddie greeted. "I was just making the bed that someone left a mess this morning." He said, glaring at Sam.
"You are so your mothers son." Sam rolled her eyes.
"Anyway!" Freddie said, shaking his head. "We'll see you soon Carly, yeah?"
"Yeah. I'm going to visit as often as I can." Carly grinned. She gave Sam another hug and the gave Freddie one. "Bye!"
"Bye Carls!" Sam and Freddie said in sync. Carly picked up her bags and headed to the taxi.
Freddie and Sam were about to leave for the airport early Monday morning. "Freddie, go take the bags out, will ya?" Sam asked. "I'll just be a minute."
"Ok." Freddie said, smiling at her before closing the door behind him. Sam walked through to the bedroom where Cat was re-arranging her teddies. "I'm just going to take Freddie to the airport."
"Ok." Cat said. She turned to Sam. "Are you going to be alright?"
"Of course I am. It's not like I'll miss him or anything."
"Sam…"
"He's coming back in the fall. It's only a few weeks."
"Is he coming back to live here?" Cat asked.
"What? No."
"Why not?"
"I mean, he's got college accommodation and…"
"Why don't you ask him if he wants to live with us? We've got the room."
"That's not really part of the college experience. You're supposed to live on your own and be independent and stuff."
"He's still living away from home." Cat said.
"I guess." Sam said. "Would you really be okay with it?"
"Sure beans." Cat said. "Robbie would like it too."
"He would." Sam laughed. "Okay, I'll think about it."
"I'm going to miss you so much." Freddie said whilst they were sat waiting for his plane to arrive. "I am so lucky to have you back. I never thought you'd give me a second chance."
"I guess I'll miss you a bit." Sam laughed. "A lot. A whole lot. But, I mean, we'll see each other soon, yeah?"
"Yeah." Freddie agreed. "And we'll video chat every day?"
"Every day?" Sam whined. She noticed Freddie's glare. "Sure, baby. Every day."
"Good." Freddie grinned at her.
"Hey, erm, you know after summer?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, I was wondering… well, I asked Cat today and… I spoke to Carly about it as well, the other day… she thought it might be a nice idea if… I mean it was my idea, not hers but I just wanted confirmation and… erm."
"Sam?"
"Yeah?" Sam took a deep breath, nervous about what she was going to ask him.
"You don't have to be nervous to ask me, or tell me anything." Freddie reassured. "Just tell me what's on your mind."
"I want you to move in with me." Sam said forcefully.
"I'd love that." Freddie smiled.
They were both silent for a moment, until the announcement read that Freddie's plane had landed and was ready to board. "Well, that's your cue."
"Yep." Freddie said. They both leaned in and shared a long kiss. "Hey, I love you."
"I love you too." Sam said.
A/N - And it's finished! Thank you for all of the reviews guys :)