Before She Came
Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly
A/N: This story mostly takes place before iCarly. As you should be able to tell from the title…I'm confident you will enjoy this! Sharkofthemist helped to come up with the title.
A/N: This story feels good to get back up. I just reread it, and I remember some of the important things. I have enough to continue it. My old readers will remember this, just like DOG DAYS, new readers will probably enjoy this as obviously it's heavily drenched in Seddie. Older readers will often remember one of the things that was the tragic, traumatic part triggering a bit of the change in everyone...Well everything in my story remains the same. So of course in here, the parents have the old names I've always kept them with, so don't start complaining about the fact that Mrs. Benson isn't named Marissa and that Sam's mother isn't named Pam. Rather, Emily and Sarah. Enjoy, BEFORE SHE CAME has been revived!
Chapter 1 (Friends)
Five year old Freddie Benson walked with his Mom and Dad through the streets of Seattle, they were heading for the place he was to start going to school at. He was excited because he couldn't wait to see what kindergarten was like. Marissa and John Benson looked at him with soft smiles, he was very energetic.
They entered the school building and walked into the office, they instructed Freddie to sit down in the chair while they spoke with the lady at the front desk. Freddie sat in the chair of the office and waited while his parents spoke to the secretary, her name was Mrs. Bufe. Freddie kicked his feet in the air and quickly became sidetracked. He didn't see another family walk in with a little girl around his age. The man kissed his wife gently and as they waited behind John and Marissa, the woman smiled and issued the girl to sit down next to Freddie.
The girl smiled and walked over to where Freddie was sitting, she watched him as he watched his shoelaces fly through the air as he kicked his feet. She smiled and reached in to grab the foot, but when she did, he accidently hit her in the arm and knocked her to the ground. He gasped and stood up as the parents all looked over. The girl's mom rushed over and knelt beside her, making sure her child was okay and not injured. The girl sniffed and Freddie looked down with a guilty face.
"Is she okay?" Marissa asked as she walked over to the group. The woman smiled as she hugged the young girl, her daughter would be just fine. Freddie walked over to the girl and looked at her, trying to see if she was really okay and didn't have any major injuries, he didn't want to be at fault for hitting a girl. His dad always told him that it was wrong to hit a girl and that he should never do such a thing, therefore, he wanted to apologize as much as he could if he could.
"I didn't mean to kick her!" Freddie said in a quick and apologetic voice. The girl shrugged and Marissa merely rubbed his head.
"I know you didn't mean to, it was an accident." Marissa looked over at the woman and smiled. "I'm Marissa Benson by the way, this is my son Freddie." The woman stood up and smiled at her.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Sarah Puckett, and this is my beautiful daughter, Sam." Sam looked up and grinned as Freddie tapped her shoulder. She looked over and blinked.
"What?" Sam asked while raising her eyebrow. Freddie still seemed to be sad for hitting her. "I'm not hurt, I'm fine!"
"Are you sure?" Freddie asked while rubbing his foot across the carpet. "Daddy always says not to hit another girl." John looked over and chuckled as he leaned against the desk, he and Mr. Puckett had been conversing while their wives were with the kids.
"Son, that's intentionally," John said as he held a finger in the air. "Intentionally means to do something on purpose, knowing full well what you are doing. You didn't mean to kick Sam and she's fine, so don't worry about it." Freddie smiled as the two fathers walked over. "Now, you have class with Mrs. Eberly. She's a nice teacher and I hope you will have fun in her class."
"Sam, you have the same class," Mr. Puckett said while reading off the paper the secretary had given him. Sam and Freddie blinked and looked at each other with raised eyebrows, they were going to be in the same class, it was a surprise. "I hope you have fun in it, let's walk to the classroom now, shall we?" The two kids nodded and exited the office, the parents remained close behind. They walked down the right hallway and found the kindergarten rooms on the left.
"Is this where they are, Dave?" Sarah asked. Dave nodded and the group entered a door that was on the far end of the kindergarten hall. They entered and found Mrs. Eberly sitting at a desk, she looked over and smiled while walking over to them. "Hello, I'm Sarah Puckett, this is my wonderful husband, Dave." Dave smiled and wrapped his arm around Sarah's waist, he gently kissed her and Sam cringed with disgust. Sarah giggled and looked toward Sam. "This is my wonderful daughter, Sam."
"I'm John Benson," John said as he shook Mrs. Eberly's hand. "This beautiful woman to my left is my wife, Marissa. Here for his first day of school is our son, Freddie." Freddie smiled and Mrs. Eberly knelt down, smiling at the two children.
"Well, welcome to your first day of kindergarten," Mrs. Eberly said in a sweet voice. "I'm glad to have you two in my class!" She stood up and looked to the parents. "You know, what I usually do on the first day of class is let the children and their parents introduce themselves. If you want, you may stay here and introduce yourself with the children."
"That sounds great," Marissa said with a careful nod. Sarah nodded in agreement and Mrs. Eberly led them to a few desks. Sam and Freddie sat in the desks next to each other as the parents walked toward Mrs. Eberly's desk and talked with her. Freddie looked at Sam and then back to his desk. He wasn't sure what to think of her other than his initial thinking, girls were scary and contained cooties. Sam tapped her desk and looked around the room with boredom, she was normally an energetic girl, she didn't like getting bored. She looked over at Freddie and tilted her head.
"Hey, you're not still upset over kicking me, are you?" Sam asked in a quiet voice. Freddie shifted his eyes over and saw her looking at him, he yelped and looked away. Sam narrowed her eyes and slowly lifted her foot, she pushed it forward and barely tapped Freddie in the side, causing him to yelp and jump back slightly. Sam snickered and gave a small smirk. Freddie held his hands up in X form and leaned back slightly, causing Sam to raise her eyebrow. "What's wrong with you?"
"You're a girl!" Sam laughed and leaned forward. Freddie screamed out as she leaned close to his face. "Don't breathe on me!"
"What? You think girl's have cooties or something? Okay!" Sam jumped onto Freddie and pushed him onto the ground, he screamed out as Sam wrapped her arms around him. "Hah! Do you still think I have cooties? You seem alive to me!" Freddie's eyes were closed tightly, he was saying a prayer and hoping not to get infected. "Hello, I think you're still alive!" He opened one eye and stared at Sam. She smirked and he let out a slow sigh, he was indeed still among the realm of the living.
"I'm still alive…and I haven't been turned into a girl!" Sam raised her eyebrow and Freddie rested his head on the ground. "My older brother, Joshua always says girls are full of disgusting disease and if they touch you then you'll turn into one of them." Sam rolled her eyes and smirked at him, she wondered if she could make a joke about the situation, but she chose not to. Instead, she shook her head slightly and let her golden hair fly through the wind. Freddie watched the act and blinked at the hypnotic sight.
"What are you staring at?" Freddie shook his head and saw Sam staring into his eyes. "You know, my sister Ciara always says that boys are fickle minded creatures who have no brain whatsoever. At least that's what she says an idiot means." Sam sat on the floor next to Freddie and crossed her arms. She closed her eyes and straightened her back. "My other older sister, Michelle says that boys are icky and she thinks they will turn us girls into them, so we're even!" Freddie paled and narrowed his eyes, that was more than the one thing he got her on.
"Cheater, you have more than I do!" Sam's eyes widened and Freddie quickly stood up, he felt cheated out of it all. Sam shrugged and gave a slight smirk.
"So what, I have two siblings and you have one, is there a problem?" Sam held out her hand and closed her eyes, Freddie raised his eyebrow and she let out a small sigh. "A guy is supposed to be a gentleman, that's what Ciara says. She says that they're supposed to help you up and do things for you."
"I don't want to!" Sam's mouth fell and she lowered her head, looking toward the ground sadly. Freddie felt a pang hit his chest and watched as Sam pouted her lower lip. He swallowed his boyish pride and held out his hand. "Here!" Sam looked at him and quickly grinned as she placed her hand in his and let him pull her up. "There, are you happy?" Sam nodded and walked over to her desk. "Ugh, now I have to clean my hand!" She rolled her eyes and smiled as Freddie stared at his palm. The parents and Mrs. Eberly had been watching, they laughed lightly at the sight and went back to talking about the kids.
Several more children and parents walked into the room and took their seats. Freddie and Sam looked at the other kids and Sam slumped shyly into her seat. Freddie looked over at her and blinked, he was confused as to why Sam was hiding in her seat. She saw his gaze and glared over at him. "Okay, so I'm shy…so what." His eyes widened in shock and disbelief, she sure didn't act shy. The children started laughing with each other and their parents, causing Sam to sink more into her chair.
Mrs. Eberly smiled and stepped in front of the classroom, she lifted her hands up slightly and called for the attention of the room. "Children, children may I have your attention?" The parents started shushing their kids and the children all looked forward to the teacher. "Before we get started, I would like for you to find one person in the room that you don't know and pair with them, they will be your partners for the year."
"What does that mean?" One kid asked while raising his hand.
"That means that when we start working on projects in class, you will always have them to work with. They will be your school 'buddy' for the year. That means that if you leave the room for anything, your 'buddy' will leave with you so that you don't go anywhere alone. Do you understand?" The child nodded his head and Sam sank deeper into her seat. Sam hoped she wouldn't be seen by anyone. She made a slight whimper sound and closed her eyes. Before any of the children could look around, Freddie reached over. Sam felt someone touch her arm, she opened her eyes and saw Freddie smiling at her.
"I want to be your buddy," he said while letting his smile grow. He knew she hadn't acted shy with him, so he thought that was a good thing. She seemed nice enough as well. Sam smiled and clasped his hand, she didn't mind being buddies with him. Mrs. Eberly instructed everyone to move their desks into two, so Sam and Freddie moved their desks together. "So, you're not mad that I kicked you earlier?" Sam rolled her eyes and gave Freddie a quick hug, causing him to blush. "Why did you do that?"
"Because my sisters say that hugs signify friendship and being happy with people…So, I'm happy with you!"
"Okay…but my mom and dad hug all the time and it looks like they're REALLY happy with each other!"
"I don't know, I think Ciara says there are different levels of hugging."
"Your sister sounds smart, but I be she's not as smart as Joshua!"
"I bet she is!"
"Is not, my brother makes all A's in school!"
"So? Ciara does that too! I keep asking her to give me one of her A's, but she never does. She tells me that they're not something she can give to me right now."
"I got it! Let's let them meet and see who is smarter!"
"Okay, but if Ciara is smarter, then you have to be my friend and play with me!" Freddie's mouth fell and he slowly crossed his arms and chuckled.
"Yeah, I'm going to play with you...I'm just being your buddy in class because I want to!" Sam blinked and frowned as she looked at her desk. Freddie's face softened and he leaned toward her. "Aw, what's wrong?"
"You don't really want to be my friend."
"Yes I do! I wasn't being serious, I really like you. You seem nice!" Sam smiled and looked over at him, she had just been messing with him. "I want to be your buddy! I want to be your friend."
"Fine, we can be friends." Mrs. Eberly started to say something and pick up a notepad, she smiled and the class quieted.
"Okay, I'm going to call each of your names out for the roll. When I do, I want you to stand up for me if you want to and tell us a little about you. If you're too shy to do so, then you don't have to." Sam gulped and her eyes widened considerably as Mrs. Eberly read through the names. "Freddie Benson."
"That's me!" Freddie said as he quickly stood up. He turned toward the class and smiled. "I'm Freddie Benson and I live with my mommy and daddy. I have one older brother, he is sixteen years old! My family owns one dog. My favorite color is black because my brother Joshua says it's the king of colors! If it doesn't like a color, it can color over it and take it over! I like to go to the zoo with my dad when he is off from work. He's a police officer and one day I want to be just like my daddy!"
"That is very good, Freddie!" He smiled and sat down. Sam smiled at him and looked over as Mrs. Eberly ran through the list. Eventually she came to Sam. "Samantha Puckett." Sam slowly stood up and shook. She stood in place and looked down, she didn't like having all those eyes upon her, she hated the feeling of being watched. Freddie smiled and stood up, taking her hand in his.
"Don't be afraid. Hey, I like that name, Samantha…" Sam blinked and looked at him with wide eyes.
"You like it? I don't like it when people call me that…but you can call me that if you want."
"Tell me more about you! You seem cool, I want to know more!" Sam smiled and looked into his eyes.
"Well, if you must know…My name is Sam Puckett and I'm five years old."
"Awesome. My brother says that all the time, he says it means something good." Sam giggled lightly and continued looking into his soft eyes, forgetting the eyes on her.
"I live with my mommy and daddy and have two older sisters. Ciara is sixteen and Michelle is eleven. We have one dog, she's a beagle named Sandy. My favorite color is red because pink reminds me of that icky medicine that I had to take one time and red is pretty! My Mommy is a doctor and my Daddy is a fireman. They are always busy saving lives, so I want to be just like them. Ciara takes care of me most of the time since Mommy and Daddy are at work a lot. I'm also very shy. Ciara says it's not good to be so shy and wants me to get some more friends…but I'm afraid sometimes."
"Why are you so afraid?"
"I think people won't like me…"
"I like you. Like I said, I want to be your friend, so you know I like you." Sam smiled and blinked as she looked to the side. Her eyes widened and she gulped, she had forgotten that everyone was watching her. She was shocked, she hadn't thought she'd ever talk that much in front of a lot of people.
"You made me talk in front of…" She paled slightly and Freddie gave her a soft smile.
"I didn't do anything, you talked on your own."
"You're right, I did!" She gave Freddie a quick hug and sat down. He blushed and took his seat.
"Very good," Mrs. Eberly said as she smiled. "I will give you a prize for being brave." She opened her desk and pulled out a mini candy piece. Sam grinned as she watched the teacher place the candy on the desk.
"Yes! I'm going to tell Ciara about this!" Mrs. Eberly then put a candy piece on Freddie's desk and smiled at him.
"I will give you a reward as well for helping her to introduce herself."
"Thanks," Freddie replied. The teacher moved back to her podium and continued to call out the roll. The entire time, Sam and Freddie were munching on their candy pieces and looking at each other with laughing eyes. They were sure this friendship would go a long way.
I hope you've enjoyed the first chapter. Mrs. Eberly is the name of one of my kindergarten teachers, haha. I've given so many mentions to people and things in my past XD. Even my lifelong best friend that I've known since kindergarten (Still my close friend even today) makes a cameo one time. Well, enjoy, look forward to the next familiar chapters, then the continuation.