User blog comment:IFangirl/My Freddie theory/@comment-4061054-20110903185826

Exactly. I've actually been trying to get this point across for a while now. I agree. ;) Freddie chasing after Carly was a habit. He didn't know how to stop. Flirting with Carly was part of his daily routine, just like fighting with Sam was. After a while, he figured it would be too weird if he just openly admitted that he realized his feelings for her weren't real. Freddie doesn't like change. He's afraid of it. He has been playing two games for a while to avoid change- pretending to hate Sam and pretending and trying to convince himself that he really is in love with Carly. He wants to believe both those things are true. So he keeps playing those games out of habit. But Sam gave hi the chance to stop playing those games. She kissed him and he finally had to admit to himself that he can't just keep chasing Carly out of habit just because he's comfortable doing it.