Carly sat in 's vehicle and looked down nervously as they raced to the hospital. She felt slightly bad for yelling at Sam like she had but in reality this was all Sam's fault. She had known the consequences but hadn't cared, so Carly had snapped.
The question on Carly's mind is why had she cared so much? She had never cared that much before. She closed her eyes and sat back in the seat, she had seen Freddie and Sam fight but it had never turned out like this. The fight had been so stupid Sam had once again been picking on Freddie until he'd snapped.
"Hey Freddork" Sam said as she walked into the Shay apartment and plopped down on the couch "There's some, oh wait.. Nevermind that Is your face" she said giggling at her own joke, which only she found funny "Shut it Sam" he said before walking upstairs to work on the servers. Finally it was time for iCarly to begin. The show was a success, one of their best works so far.
Carly turned to walk out the door when she heard the familiar sound of Sam and Freddie arguing "Guys knock it off" she said distracted as she headed downstairs, know they wouldn't stop unless she shouted or they just tired themselves out. She was sick of playing referee to those two so she figured she'd let them work out their problems. She looked up when she heard a crash for a moment and started towards the stairs.
She jumped out of the way when she saw Freddie rolling down the stairs "Freddie!" she shrieked as he hit the floor head first and she looked up to see Sam's cold, uncaring face before it morphed into a look of horror "What did you do?" she yelled as she ran to the phone and dialed 911 "My friend, he fell down the stairs" she explained. She gave the woman on the phone her address and hung up. "They will be here soon" she said before rounding on Sam "What were you thinking? I know you knew he'd fall down the stairs if you pushed him, So tell me, what were you thinking?"
Sam shrugged "I was thinking he pushed me, so I pushed back.. I didn't mean for him to fall and if I could I would tak-" she began before being cut off by Carly "But that's the problem Sam!" she said, "You can't take this back. You hurt Freddie in a way that can't be taken back, you could have killed him" Carly said "You would have gone to jail for Manslaughter or Murder, I'm not sure which" she said "But that's beside the point,you need to figure out whether or not you can get alone with Freddie and I or not.. Because I won't have you two fighting and killing each other" she said.
She walked over to Freddie and looked at him sympathetically as she knelt down "Freddie, Freddie can you hear me?" she asked placing a hand on his cheek "It's okay.. It's Carly, I called an ambulance" she said softly, tears forming in her eyes. Finally the EMT's arrived and put him on a stretcher, quickly lifting him to an ambulance.
Carly opened her eyes as they arrived at the hospital and she got out of the car "I'll go find out about Freddie and meet you at the main desk " she told Mrs. Benson, who nodded. She ran up to the desk and looked at the receptionist, her name was Katherine and she looked to be about 30 years old with shoulder length hair and dark brown eyes, "Um I'm looking for Freddie Benson" she told her "He's my friend and was hurt badly at my house and they brought him here" she explained. The receptionist nodded and began typing on the computer, the clacking sound the keyboard made reminded Carly of Freddie and the tears seemed to come back, clouding her vision until she wiped them away.
She couldn't help but blame herself, if she had stopped the fight between Sam and Freddie he wouldn't be laying in a hospital bed right now hurt. Finally the nurse spoke up "He's on the third floor, look for the Central elevators, down that way" she said pointing to their left "And take them up to the third floor, then go right" she instructed "and ask the receptionist there, her name is Emma" she said "She'll have updates on your friend" she said kindly.
Carly nodded and literally ran up the stairs, each flight wearing her down a little bit more but it didn't really matter to her because she was worried about her friend, her best friend. Carly could barely stop the tears as she realized what a horrible friend she had been. She had constantly told herself that Sam didn't mean anything by it, that she was just being Sam, and now Freddie was laying in a hospital bed hurt. It brought back terrible memories from when he had saved her life during the taco truck incident.
Walking up to the nurses station she smiled at the nurse sitting at the desk, her name tag said her name was Emma just like the other nurse had told her, and said quietly "I'm looking for Freddie Benson.. Um, Fredward Benson?" she asked, making sure that she got the right Freddie.. Her Freddie 'Wait a minute' she thought with a sigh 'He's not my Freddie.. And he probably won't ever be.' This thought only made her feel worse and her vision became blurry for a moment, wiping away the tears she quickly listened as the nurse told her Freddie had just come out of surgery to repair a shattered bone he'd received on his fall down the stairs.
Carly nodded, thankful he hadn't gotten killed, falling down almost three flights of stairs (Note: I'm assuming on the number of stairs) and landing on his back. She nodded "C-Can I see him?" she asked softly. The nurse nodded "Room 305" she said. "Thanks" Carly said then quickly headed down the hallway, the long white tile seemed to taunt her.. She could see her reflection in it and all she could see is a monster who had let a terrible thing happen "What did I do?" she muttered.
The door to room 305 was more a cream color, almost white, and in the middle of the door a clear plastic tray holding a file that said in bold letters Fredward Benson taking a deep breath she placed her hand on the metal knob and turned it, opening the door and wincing as it groaned, almost as if it were protecting him from the one that had allowed this to happen in the first place.
Walking over to a chair in the corner she slumped down and listened to the chair deflate a bit, her mind telling her that even the chair doesn't want her here. "Freddie" she began, choking back a sob as she looked at him, he had broken his right arm and right leg had been broken, he had torn a muscle in his right shoulder, and had even broken a couple ribs. Carly, of course, had no idea in the detail he was hurt, but she knew he was hurt.
Meanwhile Sam sat outside of the Shay's apartment and thought about what Carly had told her, she had almost killed Freddie.. Is that what she wanted? "I could've done it.. I could've killed him" she muttered softly and that fact alone scared her, she wasn't sorry they fought, that was their entire relationship.. Bickering and arguing. She thought back to that moment, when she had pushed him and he had gone backwards, down the stairs. She had watched him roll down those stairs and.. She hadn't cared, what kind of monster was she? Did she only feel guilty because Carly had yelled at her? She was snapped back to reality when she heard footsteps. She stood up quickly and prepared to brush off whoever it was, figuring it was Spencer or someone who would want to talk to her about it, she let her guard down when she saw it was Gibby.
"Gibbaaay" he said in his traditional, odd greeting. "Hey Gibby" she said softly, waving but not meeting his eyes. "What's the matter Sam?" he asked walking over to her, "I heard Freddie was hurt, what happened?" he asked. Sam sighed "I accidentally pushed him down the stairs" she said looking up at him "But I swear!" she paused to meet his gaze "I swear to you I would never, ever intentionally hurt Freddie that seriously" she said. Gibby nodded "I know you wouldn't Sam, you care about him.. Value his friendship even" he said "So don't worry I believe you" he said. Sam visibly relaxed and nodded "Thanks Gib" she said before patting his should "You're a good friend" she said and walked past him, exiting the building "Yeah.." he muttered turning to watch her go "A friend" he whispered.
Back at the hospital Carly was trying to find the right words to say to an unconscious Freddie. "I'm sorry" she whispered softly "I'm sorry that I turned a blind eye to Sam, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you like you were there for me" she continued, tears falling down her cheeks now "I failed you as a friend.. I failed you as a girlfriend." Her mind flashed back to the taco truck incident and how she had let him go "And most of all.. I've failed because I've let you down time after time after time" she continued, on a roll now "I saw you kiss Sam, I let you date her knowing what she did to you on a regular basis.. and if I could go back, start again.. I would treat you right and take away all the pain and suffering"
Taking a deep breath Carly folded her arms under her chest and sighed, afraid to touch him in fear he'd break "I will change" she promised him "You will get the friend you deserve, even if it means I lose Sam.. Because honestly.. You're ten times the friend Sam is, and well.. I still love you" she whispered softly, leaning down to kiss his forehead before leaving the hospital to think of ways to try and make up for what she's done.
Note: Well I had originally intended for this to be a one shot, but I fear it's growing into a full grown story! So It's going to be Creddie, and I may throw in some Sibby. I just decided randomly to throw them in there, to make the chapter longer, but I will explore the story I've started with them in this fic. I don't own iCarly and such. This chapter is a test chapter to see if there's interest in the story, if so I'll continue it as soon as I finish The Downward Spiral (2 chapters left!) so please leave me reviews! I need Reviews!