Chapter 7- No matter who they are…

"Wendy," I start off nervously. I hate leaving voicemail messages… they can be so, awkward. "It's Sam. I'm sorry for being a bitch and abandoning you on Friday night and also for blowing you off at school… please call me back whenever you get a chance… okay… umm… bye I guess."

"Well," Freddie said, appearing out of his room. I noticed water dripping off his hair and he shook it so droplets flew everywhere. "That seemed a little awkward."

I was speechless for the moment and he must have seen me stare at him for quite some time before flashing me a dazzling smile. Oh god, he was gorgeous.

"Earth to Samantha Puckett," he said and still grinned while waving a hand in front of my face.

"S…sorry," I say quietly and eventually tear my eyes away from him.

"What for?" he asked and sat himself down on the couch while looking at me.

His warm brown eyes were glimmering and showed much more than the usual lust or whatever usually showed there. I sighed lightly and felt drawn in by his presence. It was weird how one moment you can loathe a person and then the next-you're in… in… in…

"Sam," he said snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Yes?" I say still glancing in his direction.

"You're doing it again," he said quietly.

"Doing what?" I ask and he pulls himself to his knees so he's facing where I'm sitting on the kitchen stool by the counter. He has his arms swinging loosely over the back of it.

"Being beautiful," he says whispering as if it's a precious secret that no one else should hear. I blushed, I feel my face go all red and heat up suddenly and he chuckles a little.

"Well… come on," I say getting off the chair and pick up the dishcloth. "This kitchen isn't going to clean itself you know."

"True," he said his smile now dropped into a cringe. "My mother and her… 'neat freakish' ways."

As he walked over to me I threw the cloth at him quickly which he caught without hesitation.

"Wow," I say dreamily but go to get the spray bottle and another towel.

Freddie's POV:

"Wow," she says, almost like she's in some sort of daze.

I turn around and begin to wipe up the syrup that had been thrown, literally, everywhere.

"This is going to take hours," I say and turn to face Sam. Her face is one of a concentrated look while she sprays and scrubs the kitchen counter.

"It won't if you quit saying that," she said, looking up at me finally. I see some warmth in those sparkling blue eyes of hers. It's something I wasn't really used to seeing, being a 'player' and all. I think this girl had changed me for the better. I grinned and she blushed, smiling back.

"Okay Miss 'Have no fun'," I say with a challenge in my tone.

"Is that what you think?" her face drops in a serious expression but twitches and I can tell she's trying not to show a smile.

"No thinking about it," I say smirking. "I know."

"Oh you know?" she asked, now grabbing the syrup stained cloth and heading over in my direction.

"Yes," I say and still smirk. What is the girl up to now?

Samantha is an arm-length away still smirking that devious smile I saw right before our 'maple syrup war'.

"What are you doing?" I ask, and even though I smile I can't manage to hide some fear in my voice.

"Showing you that I can be…" she stops talking and takes a lunge at me crashing both of us to the ground. "Fun."

She beams at me and my heart beats fast looking into those magnificent eyes. I love those eyes… I love her… I love her nerdiness, I love her smile and just… her in general. No player would ever admit to that, ever! I gulp, and feel my words get caught in my throat.

"Umm," I finally manage to say but Sam's finger presses to my lips. I feel kind of threatened but at the same time, I love it.

"Shh," she says quietly and leans down slowly and I stay where I am.

"I thought I said for you to clean this kitchen?" screeched my mother from the doorway again.

"Sorry, Mrs Benson," Sam said but looked at me with a smirk and kissed me leaving both me and my mom gob-smacked. She was kissing me!

Sam's POV:

This was a nice kiss and I could feel Freddie's arms wrap around my waist slowly and kiss back.

"Break it up you two," Mrs Benson said, hands on her hips but looked slightly amused at the situation.

"Mom," I hear Freddie say as we break away. "Can we… uhh… have a moment?"

Why do I get the suspicion this has never happened to him before?

Marissa's face goes from amused to slightly annoyed and then softens. "Sure Fredward," she sighed and closed the kitchen door behind her.

"Sorry, I just was swept up in the moment… I didn't really think and I…" I started to ramble but was cut off by his mouth on mine.

It was love, not aggression, not lust, no hidden agendas… but love.

"I'm in love with you Sam," he said as we broke apart slowly.

"I'm in love with you Freddie," I say and for once I don't feel bad about it. He loved me! This was the happiest day of my whole life!

I stood up and saw Freddie stand up too, with an unusual goofy look on his face. I must have been doing the same because he burst out laughing. I joined in and we laughed until our sides ached-it was a good feeling.

Freddie's POV:

Her laughter was loud enough to hear over my own deep laughter. Just the sound of the two of us laughing together made my heart sing-okay, so me, bad-boy/jock, Fredward Benson never says stuff like that… it sounds a little… gay, I guess. But when I was with her, Samantha Puckett, I could feel myself change into a much worthier man than what I was around all the other girls… they couldn't even come close to comparing with this beautiful blonde, not even close.

"Okay Freddie," she said, still clutching her side. "Let's get back to cleaning."

"yes ma'am," I say jokingly and salute like a soldier would which set her giggles of again.

"Stop it!" she says while laughing but looking like she in pain.

"Sorry," I say looking serious now. "Let's clean up…" and we both burst into fresh laughter.

Today I would remember forever… today would be the most treasured memory that I could ever keep locked away inside my heart and head… no other 'bad-boy' does that and probably because they don't know what true love is…

Then the flashback, but not really a flash back ended and Sam and Freddie were back to where they started, arguing… something had changed in Freddie's expression as he was holding Sam down.

"I care Sam," he said quietly and released one arm and brought his hand to stroke her face slowly.

"Why?" she said with a confused look on her face.

"Because I've fallen in…" Freddie breaks off and Sam's face is eager now.

"Yes… yes?!" she says and sits up, pushing Freddie into a seated position in front of her.

"I have… I am… I always…" he stammers but Sam puts a hand on his and he flinches slightly. "I'm in love with you." He says quietly.

"What was that dork?" she asks in amazement, not really sure if she heard those words come out of his mouth correctly.

"I'm in love with you," Freddie repeats a little louder. "I'm in love with Samantha Puckett!" he finally yells and catches the look of surprise on the girl's face.

"I have always liked you Freddie," she said her voice quiet. "But now that you said that… I'm in love with Fredward Benson!" she yelled the last part.

"Whoa," Freddie said in amazement. "So, you love me, and I love you…"

"Shut up Benson," Sam said and leant over to kiss a stunned Freddie then pulled away.

"Not so fast Puckett," he said with a smirk and pulled her over to him in another kiss.

Sure, it would be fun to switch roles with one another, but no matter who they were as people, they still made an adorable couple together.

The End!

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