~Connected Souls~

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*Class before lunch*

Freddie's pov 

I don't know why Sam wants to change and be girly... she's fine the way she is. For some odd reason I feel infuriated that Pete asked her to prom, yes I might like Sam but it's not that much.. right? I don't know what to feel towards her, and what happened awhile ago at Carly's apartment felt like we were connected.. yes we're soulmates and all but it was a connection that felt weird, it felt like there was a ribbon or a string tied around our index finger firmly and started to go around us.. her blue eyes sparkled, I honestly had the urge to lean in and kiss her but we both said that we're just friends, nothing else. I snap out of it by Mr. Palladino calling my name, "Freddie, can you please listen to my discussion. You've been looking out the window this whole time." he said, did I really zone out that whole time? I really should be paying attention, I don't want my mom to go berserk if my grades start to drop.

"U-um, sorry about that Mr. Palladino.. I-I didn't get much sleep tonight. I don't really um feel that well" I lied, it's better than telling him that I was thinking about Sam. I see Carly and Sam look at me confused. I felt pale due to embarrassment.

Nobody's pov

"Oh well in that case, you should get some rest at our clinic, you also look quite pale too. Sam please help him to the nurse" Mr. Palladino demanded, "What why me? You could've asked Carly or anyone else in this class" Sam shot a glare at him, "You don't really seem to be listening to the discussion either" Mr. Palladino implied, Sam rolled her eyes and walked to Freddie, "*groans* Lets go nub" she muttered to Freddie and he stood up to go to the nurse with her, Carly was trying so hard not to smirk and squeal.

While Sam and Freddie were walking to the nurse, "You slept fine last night. What exactly were you thinking about?" Sam asked, Freddie stops his on his tracks and lead them to the janitor's closet, "I know I felt fine, I just didn't want to tell Mr. Palladino that I um.. I was freaking out about you throwing out my Galaxy Wars collection" Freddie lied but Sam didn't believe him, though she didn't want to push him since she knew exactly what he was thinking about when he was looking at different directions of the room. "Yeah yeah , that's TOTALLY what you were thinking about.. Look I don't even care anymore, I'm ditching class" Sam was about the open the doorknob till Freddie stopped her, "Can I come with?" he asked, Sam raised an eyebrow and smirked, "Wow.. Fredweird Benson ditching class... That's not what you expect everyday. Besides, I'm going to a secret place hidden in the school so even if you look for me, I'm nowhere to be found" she implied then was about to walk out, Freddie grabbed her wrist "Yeah, I don't care I'm coming with you to your "Secret Place" or whatever that is.." he convinced her. Sam just nodded then walked to the old music room followed by Freddie, "Sam this place isn't really a secr-" he cuts off by her opening up a vent then crawled in to another room, it was a small room that had some LED lights, a mini table with fatcakes on them, and a loveseat that Sam found when she got in the room.. "I was ditching class before, and I wanted to explore.. so, I found this room" she implied while turning on the lights, "Wow... this is so cool!" Freddie said, "What do you do here? There's no TV, no video games, not even books.." he asked, "I just chill.." Sam said while sitting on the loveseat having a notebook in her hands, Freddie walked up to sit beside her and he glanced at her notebook, Sam slapped him. "Ow!" Freddie exclaimed, "That's what you get for looking at my notebook" Sam said while writing things down on her notebook, "What even is on there?" Freddie asked, "None of your business" Sam rolled her eyes, just then they see something pop up on their heads it was the percentage of their soulmateship, it said 89%. 

Both of them looked at each other wide eyes, "W-what did yours say?" Freddie asked, "89%... h-how about you?" Sam asked while her brows furrowed, "89%.. pfft I-It doesn't mean anything though.. r-right?" Freddie asked, "Y-yeah, it doesn't mean anything..." Sam clarified, it became silent for about a minute till Freddie checked the time, there was still 20 minutes before class ends, "What do we do now? There's still plenty of time to spare before class ends" Freddie asked, Sam shrugged her shoulders "I don't know.. I do different stuff when I'm alone here, not just sit, eat, and go on my phone" she implied, Freddie looked around and saw some old instruments that still looked fine, "Can you maybe.. teach me how to play one super super easy song on the keyboard?" he asked, Sam looked unsure.. "I'll buy you a ham sandwich with extra ham for lunch later" Freddie added, "Deal" Sam nodded and got the keyboard setting it on her lap, "Here's one of the most cliché and easy song to play.. 'Heart and Soul' it goes like this" she starts playing the song, Freddie was surprised on how much coordination her hands have even though it was a simple piece.

"A-are there easier songs?" Freddie asked, Sam facepalmed.. "Fine, this is the easiest song I can think of, 'All of me' here, put your right hand here" she explained by grabbing his right hand and set it on the keys, she kept explaining and Freddie was now understanding how to do it.

Freddie was looking at her with a lovesick expression while explaining. About 15 minutes later he finally got the hang of it a bit, though he still made some mistakes he learned it pretty fast since it was an easy song and Sam gave him some techniques to help his hand coordination. "W-wow.. thanks for that Sam, I owe you" Freddie said, "Yeah you do" Sam sneered sarcastically and put the keyboard back. The bell rang and the two left the place to head to the cafeteria, Carly was already there waiting for them with a grin on her face. Sam and Freddie walked to the table, "Heyyy, did you two have fun hanging out together.. alone" Carly teased them, "I had to take his guy to the nurse and I didn't want to go to class so I just walked around school"  Sam lied, "Yeahh you did" Carly rolled her eyes playfully and started talking to Sam, Freddie went to buy a ham sandwich for Sam and his lunch for him.

"I'm not giving you a girly makeover Sam" Carly implied, "I know.. so I thought that I'll just do what I did when I was at the Best Player premiere" Sam replied, "Ohh yeah, you looked so nice in that dress.. and I didn't know you could do light makeup" Carly said a bit surprised "What you don't know is that I can do makeup, I just don't wear it" Sam claimed, Freddie walked back to the girls with two sandwiches,
"Here, ham sandwich with extra ham" he gave it to Sam, Carly squealed "You bought her a sandwich? That's so sweet! You two are deffinitely together" she teased them, "We aren't together! He just owes me because I uh brought him to the nurse" Sam replied and rolled her eyes.

"But seriously, that was so sweet of you Freddie" Carly complimented him, not in a flirty way but in a friendly way, Freddie blushed a bit "T-Thanks Carly" he uttered and smiled a bit, Sam was busy devouring her ham sandwich..

*After school*
*At the Shay's apartment*

Carly was squealing in the apartment excited about the prom, "I can't wait for the prom night! I'm planning to wear a yellow dress but I still need to go to a dress store... Sam let's go to the mall and find some dresses!" she exclaimed, Sam pursed her lips and furrowed her brows declining her offer, "Carls.. I uh, I already have a dress.. It's being delivered right now. You might get mad at me but it um.. it isn't just any dress that I could replace by buying a new one." she replied, "What, is it like a designer dress of something?" Freddie sneered, Sam just looks away and stayed silent, "It's a designer dress?! H-how did you-" Carly gets cut off by Sam, "I tweeted about it and one of the deigners that designed one of the dresses a cast member wore wanted to show me some of her prom designs she made, I chose one of it and it was about 7-8k. I couldn't take down the offer.." Sam explained, "I decided that I'll just go my own style.." she added while biting on her beef jerkey, "Who's the designer?" Freddie asked, "Maddison Rose" Sam replied, (It's a parody of Addison Ross, a designer irl).

Carly widened her eyes, "Maddison Rose?! Like the Maddison Rose? Oh my God Sam you will rock her dress!" she exclaimed then squealed, "Ok calm down Carls, I'll go with you to the mall to buy a dress because I'm craving some inside out burger" Sam calmed down her bouncy squealing best friend, "Ok ok.. What about you Freddie? Come with us to buy you a suit" Carly insisted, "Nah, I already have a suit.. I actually have alot, you girls have fun. I'll see you later" Freddie implied, Sam and Carly were walking to the door till Sam tripped on a folded part of the carpet, Freddie caught her (SO CLICHÉ I'M SORRY), he cushioned her fall so Sam practically was now sitting on his lap with his arm around her waist, Carly was already outside but she got impatient then opened the door.. "Sam come on before dresses sel-" she cuts off at the sight of her two bestfriends on the floor, she smirks. Sam and Freddie stood up immediately "I tripped on your carpet that was folded, and Freddie just caught me and I fell on him!" Sam exclaimed, "More like you fell for him" Carly giggled, Freddie just blushes "We are not a thing!" he exclaimed, "Totallyy, now come on Sam. You can cuddle with Freddie later, sorry I ruined your moment" Carly teased, Sam just groaned and the girls left.

~To Be Continued~