~Connected Souls~

37%

Sam's pov

recap: "The person my heart belongs to is... Carly" I felt my heart shatter, tears on my eyes. Just then... I saw Freddie holding Carly's hand.. t-then.. I woke up. I sigh, my heart was beating fast and my head felt nauseous. "I-It was just a dream.." I murmur to myself. It felt so real.. I-I realized that I was on the couch in the Shay's apartment. It has been three days since Jade and the others left but that was the only thing in my dream that was true... f-for now.

I check the time, it's still 5am and school doesn't start till 8am. I can't go back to sleep now or I'll end up sweaty, out of breath, and wake up with tears in my eyes again. I stand up and walk to the fridge, then I saw a pint of ice cream with a sticky note on it. It looked like Cat's handwriting, it said: "I remember that your favorite ice cream flavor changes every week. I thought of it, and it had a pattern. So for today, your favorite ice cream flavor is most likely cookies and cream. We'll miss you Sammy! Enjoy your ice cream :) -Cat <3".

I chuckle and smile.. oh Cat... I'm so glad we're friends. I take the pint of ice cream out the freezer and I start to eat it. I open the TV and switch to the HMO channel, I was surprised.. Best Player was on the TV right now. It was just starting so I just decided to watch it.

Nobody's pov
*7am*

Carly walks down to see Sam awake, sitting on the couch with a blanket on her, an empty pint of ice cream infront of her, and she was now casting Stranger Things on the TV by her phone. "You're up early. You didn't sleep?" Carly asked, "I woke up at 5.. I-I couldn't go back to sleep. I had a bad dream" Sam sighed, she stood up and threw away the empty ice cream pint and put the spoon in the sink. "Did you atleast eat real food for breakfast? Atleast like bacon or.. ham?" Carly looked at her bestfriend in concern, Sam shook her head, "Does water count as "real food"?" she asked sarcastically, "haha very funny Sam. You atleast need to eat something, I'll make some bacon for the both of us while you get ready for school" Carly told her, Sam just sighed and went to the bathroom with her clothes to change into after taking a shower.

Freddie walked in apartment, "Yo yo" he said, Carly cringed a bit.. they already filmed iCarly yesterday so the fans wouldn't be mad. "Hey.." Carly greets him unenthusiastically, he furrowed his brows a bit puzzled. "Anything wrong?" he asked, "I'll tell you what's wrong! You still haven't picked who to be with, Freddie.. Sam loves you. Do you know how miserable she went back to? She was already awake at 5, watching Stranger Things, and all she ate today was a pint of ice cream" Carly snapped, "She's a wreck I tell ya!" she added, the two heard a ring on Sam's phone.. it was her manager calling. Luckily, Sam still didn't take a bath, she was procrastinating if she should take a bath or mope on the bathroom floor, she picks up the call. Carly and Freddie were eavesdropping, "Hey" Sam said, her manager told her that on of her interviews got cancelled since there was traffic so the host couldn't make it and that they were having technical issues. "Oh, shoot I forgot about that. Yeah I understand.... yeah sure, he could reschedule it anytime..... Around next week is fine.... thanks..." Sam said, her manager asked her if she can fly abroad to an interview, "I can't, I'm still underaged you know.... I also have school..... yeah I'll inform you if I have to cancel or not.... yeah, okay.. bye" Sam hung up and put her phone down, "Who was that?" Carly asked, "My manager.. it was just about a cancelled interview" Sam answered and walked back in the bathroom to take a shower.

*After school*

Sam went straight to the Shay's apartment with Carly and plopped on the couch to go back to moping around. Carly furrowed her brows in concern and sighed, "Sam-" she gets cut off, "Don't bother me and leave me be" Sam implied in a small and fragile voice, her face was buried in a pillow. Carly sighed in frustration and knocked on the Benson's apartment, Mrs. Benson opens the door. Freddie was out with the AV club members for some important project.
"Mrs. Benson, I need your help" Carly asked, "Why what is it?" Mrs. Benson asked, "It's about Sam, can we talk please?" Mrs. Benson nods and the two sat on the couch. "What about Samantha?" she asked, "Well I atleast need to cheer her up or convince Freddie to choose her. Sam has been nothing but a wreck these past few days moping around, she doesn't even eat anymore or drink water, she barely even sleeps, and she has been watching the same series over an over again for the past 3 days" Carly implied, Mrs. Benson widens her eyes, she stood up and walked to the Shay's apartment to peak and see Sam laying on the couch watching stranger things, with a blanket on her, Mrs. Benson glances at the table to see a pint of ice cream. She walks back to her apartment, "She is a mess!" she implied, Carly nods.

"I-I don't know how to help her and I've tried talking to Freddie about her and he avoids the questions. If only there was some way to convince him" Mrs. Benson sighed, she raised her brows and took something out of Freddie's drawer from his room, it was a USB. "Well... Sam did give him this since it says on a paper taped to it that says, "From Sam"" Mrs. Benson implied, Carly smirks.. "That must be it!" she cheered, "You know what's in this USB?" Mrs. Benson asked, "Well no.. Sam didn't tell me but... I heard from her friend Jade that she wrote a song about Freddie and recorded it then transfered the file to a USB, that must be the USB" Carly explained, "S-She wrote a song about m-my son?" Mrs. Benson stuttered, "Maybe this could be the answer.. can you convince Freddie to listen to the recording?" Carly begged, Mrs. Benson nods. "Thank you" Carly implied then walked out the Benson's apartment and back to hers.

Mrs. Benson's pov

As much as I used to hate to say this... Sam and Freddie are meant for each other, just looking at Sam this miserable pains me.. the same with Freddie, as soon as he get's home.. I'll try and convince him to listen to the song Sam wrote for him and oh my goodness, Sam wrote a song for my son! N-no I shouldn't listen to it, this song was meant for Freddie. I walk back to his room and put the USB back to his drawer so he wont think I took it, but I will still remind him about it.

~To Be Continued~