"Maybe it's just me, but you're being totally weirder than normal," Sam said. She prepared to pounce.

Freddie turned around, walking backwards, and gave her a warning look. "You already jumped me once today. You've got another 10 hours to go."

Sam snorted. "Like I agreed to that."

Freddie grimaced, imitating her expression and voice. "Like, you totally did."

"Whatever!" Sam threw her hands in the air. The dumb violence-limitation agreement he'd forced her into signing could wait. "Stop changing the subject. Why are you being weird?"

"'m not."

Except that Freddie couldn't hide anything for beans. His eyes were all shifty, and he looked like he wanted to say something. It was probably something she would punch him for, or else he'd have said it already.

He took a deep breath, and exhaled loudly.

"You ever think about us going out?"

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author's notes: and the ending ends like the beginning: short and sweet. :] thank you all so much for reading! in the last week, this story's gotten a ridiculous amount of traffic and I've gotten a ridiculous amount of notifications, but I thoroughly enjoyed every one. this project was based on a Seddie mix I'd put together, so each one of these was inspired by a diferent song-- thus, the chapter titles. there might be another story added to this in the future, but for now, I'm considering it completed.