Dream girl summer

by NihilisticAmbition313

Disclaimer: No iCarly ownership here

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Prologue

Freddie

"Another day, another dollar." I sighed as I fiddled with my keys to me and my mom's apartment.

I'd just gotten off of work at the Burger Zone down the street from Bushwell Plaza. I applied for a job there over summer vacation because I needed more money and Mom wasn't budging on an allowance increase.

It was around five o'clock when I got home, and even though it was relatively early in the day, I was beat. It was hot as hell outside, and even hotter in that fast food joint. The heat wore on me, and at some points it made me want to pull a Gibby and take my shirt off. Thank goodness I had a car with air conditioning to drive home in.

Just as I unlocked and opened the door to my home, I heard a rather chipper voice call out to me.

"Hey Freddie!"

I turned to the source of the voice and saw Sam, wearing a yellow summer dress and flat white sandals, smiling at me. She came over to me and gave me a...hug?

"Long time no see!" she exclaimed

"Uh, I just saw you at my job Sam, remember? You were demanding I give you free food."

"Ugh, not that silly nonsense again. How many times do I have to tell you? I'm Melanie, not Sam."

"Oh my God. Don't tell me you've run out of tricks, Sam. You're repeating yourself you know. I already know there is no Melanie, you even admitted it."

"Huh?"

"You admitted Melanie wasn't real, so why the hell would you try this same trick again? It makes no sense."

"You mean Sam admitted she was trying to trick you?"

"Yeah, you admitted you were trying to trick me."

"I see...I guess you're just going to have to see the truth with your own eyes."

Sam pulled out a...pink(?) PearPhone from her purse(?) and filtered through some menus. She then put the screen square in my face.

"Holy shit."

"Hee-hee. Proof positive, Freddie."

On the screen was a photo of two Sams, one looking none too pleased to be standing next to the other, who was all smiles. The happy Sam had her arm around the sourpuss Sam's shoulder.

"No way...""

"Yes way."

"...No, this picture is totally fake. Nice try Sam."

"It is not."

"Please. You just took your head and pasted it onto somebody else's body."

"Okay, that's not good enough for you...Call Sam then."

"Huh?"

"Call her."

"Why? You're standing-"

"Just do it."

"Tch, okay."

I fished my own PearPhone out of my pocket, having grown more than a little tired of Sam's nonsense. I hit the speed dial for Sam's number and waited for a response.

"...Fredlumps? Speak fast, Momma's busy." a familiar voice answered

"Ha. I know this is just a recording so-"

"The fuck are you talking about?" the voice cut in

"...Hello?"

"Hello? Freddie, quit fucking playing on my phone."

"Y-You mean, you're really there?"

"Yeah I'm really here, ass. The hell do you want?"

"...Sam, repeat after me."

"God, I don't have time for this man! I'm at work!"

"Sorry!"

I turned my phone off and looked Melanie right in the eye. She was smiling as though she was happy to have finally proven her own existence.

"You're...You're real."

"As real as real gets." Melanie said, all smiles

She's real...Melanie is real after all...

"Oh my God...Shit, I was such a jerk toward you! I-I thought you were Sam trying to trick me again and-"

"Freddie, it's okay. I'm not mad. What's important is that you know the truth now. I'm real...and I still like you."

Melanie leaned in and kissed me softly on the lips. Knowing once and for all that she was real and she was no lie, I happily kissed her back...