Talk:Seddie/@comment-2219055-20110521154142

I'm writing yet another Seddie story, but this is a full-length story instead of a one-shot. It's called iSmell a Road Trip. "Freddie wants to do something special for Sam’s birthday. His plan involves his car, a lot of beef jerky, and a trip to Sacramento."

And here's a teaser:

Just as he set his suitcase down, his phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and saw that his mom was calling. Looking at Sam and pressing a finger to his lips, he answered the phone. “Hi, Mom.”

“Freddie, where are you?”

Freddie froze, his eyes wide. Based on the tone of her voice, he could tell she knew where he wasn’t.

“I had to cut my trip to Aunt Jennifer’s short because of a work deadline she forgot about, and I come home to an empty apartment? It’s 9 PM, where are you?”

Freddie didn’t say anything. He couldn’t think of anything to say that would make this better.

“I’m, uh, I’m with Sam,” he stammered.

“And the mail’s been sitting in our mailbox for days, why didn’t you-?” Then she paused. Freddie could practically hear the cogs turning in her head through the phone. “Where have you been these past few days, Freddie?”

Sam came to the rescue. She grabbed his phone, quickly said, “He’ll be back by Saturday at the latest,” to his mom, and hung up. She looked up at him. “Now what?”

“I don’t know. This has never happened before. All I know is when I get home, I’m in huge, huge trouble.”

Sam started to get a little worried herself. Freddie had been in trouble before, for things that had been her fault, but this was bigger than all the other stuff. “You gonna turn around and go back?”

Freddie looked down at his phone, then put it on one of the bedside tables. “No. I said I wanted to drive and not worry about anything. And I wanna do that.”

Sam raised her eyebrows, impressed. Turning 18 had changed Freddie.

“Plus, I have a plan for your birthday tomorrow. I don’t wanna spoil it by being a big fat chicken now that my mom’s pissed at me.” He reached into his suitcase for his toothbrush. “Get some rest. We have a big day tomorrow.”