Okay, this one may seem a little different, but I've been in a good and strange mood tonight so I have possibly made this piece of writing my most...elegant, for lack of a better word :P See, even there I said it quiet poshly! Anywho, I actually love this chapter and I hope you do to, afterall, it is Christmas eve eve eve ;) Thanks to seddierules2468 for this ideaaaa!

OH! If you're in the mood for a multi-chap Christmas Seddie story, go check out my other story 'A Very Seddie Christmas!' :D

~Charlotte~

Day 71 of 100 Days of Seddie Challenge: Smile

No one's POV

On a cold, cold Christmas Eve eve eve, Carly, Sam, Freddie and Spencer were all gathered around a sculpted fireplace that Spencer had created in the Shay's apartment. He had decided that if his sculpture was going to burst into flames, he may as well make something that was supposed to be set on fire, so they sat in front of the blazing fire, drinking cocoa and talking about what they wanted for Christmas.

"I really want a new camera for Christmas," mused Freddie, his head tilted upwards as he thought about his ideal camera.

"I want a new dress," Carly said. "But not just a normal dress, I want a really, really, really pretty dress that I can wear on Christmas day." Her voice melted like honey as she spoke of the dress that she so desperately desired.

"I want ham. Like a whole room full of ham that I can just eat all Christmas day or just a huge ham to myself for Christmas day...yeah..." Sam's voice faded away as she contently sighed at what it would be like to have a giant ham to herself on Christmas.

"I want a book..." Spencer said.

Everyone snapped out of their daydreams and stared at Spencer.

"What?" Sam said.

"What?" said Spencer.

"You want a book for Christmas?" said Carly, unable to trust the words that had been spoken by Spencer.

"Yeah," he said, confused as to why they looked so shocked.

"Last year you wanted an electric bunny that could sing the national anthem whilst roller-skating around the room," Carly rushed without taking a breath between the words.

"Wait a sec," Sam said. "What kind of book?"

Spencer suddenly became really lively and sat up properly, ready to tell them all about the book he wanted. "It's this really cool book that I found once. It's about a young hamster that just wants to run away from home but then he meets this squirrel who is really his cousin and then they find out and go on adventures together and eat nuts that they found in a trash can," Spencer said, smiling.

"...Okaay then..." Carly said.

They all sighed with relief that Spencer hadn't changed and wasn't going to read to do something important in life.

They all began to relax again and think about the gifts that they wanted...

~~~~~~~CHRISTMAS DAY~~~~~~~ Still No One's POV...

"Wow, a giant ham! Thanks guys!" Sam exclaimed, getting up to hug Carly and Freddie together as it was a joint present from them both.

What Sam never knew was that Freddie had liked her for a long time and that his wish of getting a new camera for Christmas was only an excuse so that he didn't have to admit the real present that he wanted, which was for Sam to like him back. But what Freddie didn't know was that Sam was wishing the very same, apart from she really did want a giant ham for herself.

"You're welcome," said Carly.

"You're welcome," Freddie echoed.

"Now Freddie has to open the present that us two got for him," Sam said to Carly.

"Okay," Freddie said as Sam got the present and put it in front of him.

Freddie ripped open the wrapping paper and looked at what was encased in the red and gold coloured wrapping paper. Right in front of Freddie was a brand new video camera/picture camera that he had wanted since it first came out.

"Whoa," Freddie said, his face lighting up. "Thank you!" He grabbed his best friends and hugged them but making sure he was hugging Sam a bit tighter than Carly.

"We knew how much you wanted it," Sam explained.

"Yep, and now I need my present!" Carly said.

Sam and Freddie laughed and found the present amongst the pile of used wrapping paper and gave it to Carly to open.

"As you can probably guess, it's from Freddie and me, but Freddie paid for it more than me," Sam said.

"But she chose it, don't worry," Freddie said. Sam and Freddie looked at each other and smiled. When Sam smiled at Freddie, Freddie's heart jolted and he felt a strange urge to keep that smile plastered on Sam's face for as long as he could but needed to know how. He wasn't exactly the funniest person in the world to make Sam smile, but then he spotted his camera. Everyone smiled while having pictures taken! And if he took a picture of Sam smiling, he would have it for a keepsake.

"Oh wow, this is amazing! Thank you Sam and Freddie!" Carly said smiling hugely. She picked up the dress that they had got her, stood up and put it against her to see the length. "It's beautiful!"

"Who would've guessed that Sam Puckett would be able to pick out a dress like that for Carly," Freddie teased.

"Dude, I know its Christmas but I never said I wouldn't hurt you," she warned. "But for your information, Carly is my best friend so I do know what she would like. And just because I don't wear dresses, doesn't mean I don't like them." Sam had said the last part a little quieter.

"Right," Freddie said.

The Christmas celebration had gone into full bloom after Carly had given Spencer his present of the book about the hamster and squirrel that he wanted. Spencer was so happy about the book that he had dropped it into the punch. Freddie took a picture on his camera of the book in the bowl.

"Hey, Carly," Freddie said, coming up to her with his new camera, "smile!" Carly smiled and Freddie took the picture. He then moved over to Spencer. "Aw, cheer up Spence; we can buy you a new one! Come on, now smile!" Spencer twisted his mouth in a weird way, more of an odd grimace than a smile. "Great," Freddie said and snapped the picture.

Sam was contently lying down on the couch and watching the TV. Freddie came over to her with his camera.

"Smile!" he said. This was the moment he was building up to, he needed to see her smile again.

"No, now go away," she said.

"Come on Sam! Spread the Christmas spirit!" Freddie said.

"Bah humbug, now go away, you're blocking the TV," Sam said, motioning away with her hand.

"No, not until you smile so I can take a picture," argued Freddie.

"Urgh, fine!" Sam's expression transitioned into something that was closer to Spencer's grimace.

"No, smile like you mean it. Think of something funny and then I'll take a picture," Freddie compromised.

"Okay, but you have to go away as soon as it's done," Sam said and Freddie nodded. She thought for a moment and chose a memory that made her most happiest.

Sam suddenly smiled and Freddie took the picture he had wanted to take for most of the day and thought it perfect when he looked at it on the small screen.

"Perfect," he said. "What memory did you think of?"

"The time that I pulled your pants down in front of everyone," she chuckled, "your reaction was hilarious." Sam continued to laugh with her eyes closed and Freddie took another picture but without her noticing. It was even more perfect than the one before.

"Yeah, 'cause that was real funny," he said sarcastically.

Sam finally calmed down enough to say, "It was," and then carry on. Freddie walked away half happy, half annoyed at the memory of everyone seeing his anti-bacterial underpants when he still wore those. It was hell for the next few days, and Sam made sure it was even worse.

~~~~~~END OF CHRISTMAS DAY~~~~~~

Freddie got home from the Shay's apartment and got into bed almost straight away. As he laid in bed, he got out his new camera and looked through all of the pictures and videos he had taken. There were videos of them playing party games and there was even a video that had been ten minutes before he got home of him mom telling him to go home and go to sleep. There were lots of pictures on there, too. Ones of Carly, ones of Spencer, ones of Sam or Carly stealing Freddie's camera to take pictures of him; pictures of decorations and all sorts of fun that they had got up to during the day. But the ones that had caught Freddie's attention were the ones he and everyone else took of Sam.

There were the pictures that he first took of her, perfectly lying on the couch smiling at the memory of him. Although the memory of what made her laugh wasn't ideal, it was still him that had made her laugh so hard back then and those few hours before, and that made his heart race. He moved onto the next few pictures and saw that Sam was always acting all silly when Carly had the camera so that they could joke around together and that made him smile. It was strange that her smile could make him smile even more than she could.

Freddie might not have got his perfect Christmas gift, but little did he know that he was only a few steps further from getting to it. Maybe it was a gift meant for his birthday rather than Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight! Review! :D