iNeed to Grow Up
First chapter of my next iCarly series, a sequel to iFeel a Change; hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: iCarly belongs to Dan Schneider.
iMeet the Southern Club
It was a bright sunny day in July and eighteen year old Samantha Puckett; better known as Sam to her friends; smiled as she took one final look in the mirror. She normally didn't give a damn about her appearance; but today was a special day, so she made an effort. Her usually messy curly blonde hair had been brushed and looked neat for once and her blue eyes sparkled with life. She was also wearing a dress, something unheard of with her, but again, it was a special occasion. The special occasion that she was all dressed up for was her boyfriend's eighteenth birthday. Sam smiled wider as she thought about her boyfriend, Bobby Duke; he was from New Orleans, Louisiana and, despite it fading somewhat, still carried a strong Cajun accent when he spoke, something Sam liked about him. She then saw the time, she was going to be late; just then her phone rang, she quickly answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hey Sam." It was her best friend, Carly Shay.
Sam smiled. "Hi Carls, what's up?"
"Spencer's driving me and Freddie to Bobby's we're on our way to pick you up now."
"Cool, thanks." Sam replied and they hung up.
Sam quickly got everything she needed ready and then headed out of her house; thankfully her mother was out, so she wouldn't have to put up with her mother's complaints. Soon Spencer's car arrived and Sam climbed in and they drove off.
Sam was still smiling as she sat in the back with Carly and Carly's boyfriend, Freddie Benson. They were all talking excitedly on the way, Spencer smiled too as he overheard them chatting about the upcoming party. Finally Spencer parked his car outside the Duke residence and they got out of the car; Carly and Freddie noticed other cars parked nearby.
"I didn't think there would be other guests?" Carly queried; Bobby had difficulty making friends anywhere, especially when people learned about his uncle who was a prominent KKK member, something the rest of the family were disgusted by.
Sam nodded. "Apparently some of Bobby's friends from down South have come, I heard him talking to them yesterday on the phone."
The others nodded and they headed up to the front door. Sam knocked, not too long afterwards the door was answered by a slender woman of average height with long brown hair and brown eyes, it was Abby Duke, Bobby's mother.
"Welcome." She said pleasantly, smiling when she saw them all. "C'mon in, Bobby and the others are all through in the living room."
They thanked her and stepped inside, heading through to the living room. There they found Bobby's father, Remy Duke; a tall man with a well-toned build, short blonde hair and hazel eyes. He was sitting on the sofa, also on the sofa and on small chairs nearby were three other boys, seated next to his father was Bobby Duke. Like his father Bobby was tall with well-toned muscles, he also had tan skin, casually messy brown hair and brown eyes. He smiled and approached them, greeting them all happily.
"Ah'm glad ya could all make it." He told them sincerely as he kissed Sam. "C'mon, ah'll introduce ya to ma friends."
They nodded and Bobby led them over to join the group.
They all smiled and greeted them; friendly and open, clearly happy for Bobby to have made other friends. Bobby introduced the first of the boys.
"Dis is Andrew Baker, 'e's from Tennessee." He explained; Andrew nodded, smiling in greeting to them.
"Charmed."
Andrew was of a similar build to Bobby, his hair was black and reached the nape of his neck, his eyes were blue. They smiled and returned his greeting as Bobby indicated the next boy, thinner than Bobby and Andrew; with deeply tanned skin; dark brown hair and hazel eyes.
"George Johnson, from Texas."
George shook their hands and gave them a friendly smile. "Pleasure to meet ya."
Bobby turned to the final boy. "Finally, Lester Carter from Georgia."
Lester nodded and greeted them happily; he had short spiky blonde hair and green eyes and was of similar build to George.
"Nice to meet you, glad Bobby's managed to make some new friends now."
They returned the greetings and soon joined the group; once they sat down Lester turned his gaze to Sam.
"So Bobby, this is your girlfriend?" He asked.
Bobby nodded. "Dat's right, dis is Sam."
Sam smiled and nodded to them. "Hey." She greeted casually.
Andrew laughed.
"'Bout time ya got a girlfriend, man." He said. "We're righ' happy for da both of ya."
George and Lester nodded in agreement; Sam laughed and squeezed Bobby's hand, he replied, also laughing. The others smiled and soon the birthday party got under way.
As the party wore on Carly, Freddie, Sam and Spencer found themselves taking an even greater liking to Bobby's friends. They were energetic and cheerful and always ready with a joke or quip to make a happy situation even better. It was now late at night, they had already done the Birthday cake and now some of Bobby's friends were singing; a few of them were drunk. Remy and Abby, trusting them to be careful, had left to go for a romantic meal together after the cake. The parents of Bobby's friends, who owned the cars outside, had also left, claiming they would be back when the party was over to pick their children up.
"C'mon Bobby!" Andrew cried out. "It's your eighteenth, let's 'ave a drinkin' game, c'mon."
Bobby bit his lip, slightly worried, but then made up his mind. "Sure, let's do it, ah'm in."
He joined the rest of his friends; then, surprising the others, Sam joined them.
"Count me in too." She said before smirking. "I bet I can outdrink all of you."
They all laughed and Lester then remarked. "You've got spirit Sam; can't wait to see you back it up with action."
"Uh, Sam…?" Carly began, slightly worried. Sam however shook her head.
"It's fine Carls, I can handle this."
So the drinking game began, while Spencer watched, amused. Carly sat on Freddie's lap and he wrapped his arms around her. He could understand Carly's concern; but was keen to put it to rest.
"It's okay Carls; Sam can take care of herself remember." He told her gently.
Carly sighed, smiled and nodded in agreement before kissing Freddie.
A few hours later the party was winding down, the drinking game had ended and in the confusion Carly noticed Sam was no longer with the group.
"Hey, where's Sam?"
Lester shook his head. "I'm sure she's fine." He slurred. "Saw her leave with Bobby…So long as there together, shouldn't be a problem."
Carly bit her lip, worried. However Freddie gently rubbed her arm. "He's right Carls; no matter how drunk he is; Bobby won't let anything bad happen to Sam. Besides, it's time we headed home, I'm sure she'll be alright."
Carly nodded and, reluctantly, joined Freddie and Spencer as they drove home. They finally arrived home and made their way up to their apartments, they then parted at their doorways, Freddie kissing Carly goodnight. He entered his old apartment; the new one in which he lived was getting repaired so he had to move back into apartment 8D. When he entered he found his mother; he knew she would be up late. She had become less overprotective lately so he knew the real reason she was staying up late was to watch a late night showing of her favourite film on TV.
"So how was the party?" She asked as he came in. "Did you have a good time?"
Freddie nodded. "Yeah, it was good; we met some of Bobby's old friends."
He told them about them and the party itself, she smiled and listened, they talked a little more and finally Freddie headed for bed.
Sam groaned as she threw up into the toilet; her head was pounding; it was the worst hangover she had ever experienced. Bobby was also suffering a hangover and was trying to overcome it in the shower.
"Sam." He said finally, his voice raw.
"Yeah." She groaned in reply.
"Let's never drink like that again." He said before adding. "Also, let's keep quiet about what happened, okay?"
She agreed; it was already too awkward, no need to make it more so. Finally, once properly dressed Sam was able to sneak out of the Duke's house and get home; once her hangover calmed down she knew she would feel better and be able to enjoy the day. It had been a fun party and it had been good to meet Bobby's friends. She wondered what would happen now in the future for them, now they were all approaching eighteen, Carly was the only one still to go after all.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.