Hey everyone! This is my first shot at writing iCarly fiction. I used to write for another fandom but that was a looong long time ago LOL. So anyway, I hope you'll like this one! Have a good read!

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Freddie's POV

Life is all about defining moments. Like when I took my first step and mom already had her Polaroid ready on a tripod. When I said my first word, she was lucky to press the red button on our tape recorder. When I got my 9th flu shot, I didn't feel a thing because after 36 different shots, I was already immune to pain. Then there was my 4th grade Halloween party when I snagged the best in costume award. I looked monstrous with my sea creature outfit that my mom made. But she was so proud that she showed my Halloween pictures to everyone in the Bushwell Plaza. And then there's Carly Shay. The most beautiful girl I've ever seen. And every single day I see her, every moment spent with her, every proclamation of love and every heart breaking rejection had its solid impact on my being. Everything about my life, so to say, is a golden Kodak moment.

Except today.

I was on my way home with a smoothie in hand when I saw something on my peripheral vision. I turned my head just in time to see Carly plant a big one on Shane. Yes, the Shane that once got in the middle of Carly's friendship with Sam. Apparently, he was back in our lives. And not just as my good old friend, but as something more to Carly. Yes, the Carly Shay that I dream of marrying one day. Well at least after the death of her first husband. When Griffin left, I thought everything would be ok and Carly would soon realize that she doesn't need a bad boy, especially one with an addiction to peewee babies. Well she did realize that though because she's now with Shane. But I pictured her realization to be based on me, not my friend.

You see, just a couple of weeks ago, I was with Carly and Sam and we were having a grand time despite Sam's growing insults and restrained criminal acts directed to me. We were enjoying a good old smoothie and laughing at something Ms. Briggs said in the hallway when Carly suddenly said something so out of the blue that I nearly choked on my smoothie.

"I'm over the whole dating thing"

"What?!" Sam said, literally choking.

"I'm never dating again until I'm 20"

"Freddie did you put something on her smoothie?" Sam said, grabbing the front of my shirt in an attempt to murder me if I said yes.

"What? No!" I said, trying to free myself.

"Stop! Sam, I'm pretty sure he didn't use a magic potion on me so please let go of him" Carly said, saving my life once again from this blonde woman's barbaric ways.

"Thank you Carly" I said, straightening out my shirt.

"So what's with all this I'm not dating anymore thing?" Sam asked, taking a sip of her smoothie.

"I don't know, I just think its best to focus on school and icarly for now. Plus, my brother really needs me." Carly said, chuckling at the thought of Spencer always screwing things up.

Sam got up and went to stand behind Carly. "I don't know Carls, i still think you need to re-consider things. Call me when you're done with that" she said, giving a Carly a pat on the shoulder. "and i need to go home and feed my mom. See ya guys later!" she said, leaving with her trusty back pack.

I didn't know what to tell Carly. Am I happy that she's not dating till she's 20? that means i have plenty more time to buff up and be more attractive. But that also means I have to wait another 4 years to get her attention. Am I mad or disappointed that she suddenly decided not to date till she's 20? Maybe? Does that mean I can't invite her to prom? Is she even going?

Not knowing what to say exactly, I said the first thing that came to mind "So... are you still going to prom?"

She looked at me like I was in a different universe but she smiled nonetheless "I guess"

And now she's dating someone. She's not even 20 yet! Unless she's been lying to us all this time. Which would make sense because she has so much class and sophistication for a girl her age. Unlike Sam Puckett who I would believe is a typical 16 year old girl... in juvie. Oh what am I saying?! Carly isn't 20 yet so she should not be dating!

So now I have a banana smoothie stain on my right sneaker and my mom is totally freaked out by it. She thought someone tried to harass me or pushed me or planned an evil plot against me that led to the yellow stain in my sneakers. I told her I just accidentally dropped my smoothie and that was it. Of course she didn't believe me. One of the worst things about my mom is that when I'm having a really bad day, she makes it even worse. So I decided to make an excuse about planning stuff for icarly and left. As luck would have it, the moment I stepped out of our front door, Carly appeared in the hallway.

"Hey Freddie" she said, beaming from ear to ear.

I gave her a faint smile and a small wave.

"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked, stepping a little closer to me.

"It's nothing, just had a rough day" I said, hoping she would just let it go.

"Are you ok? You wanna grab a smoothie and talk about it?" she asked, sounding a little concerned.

"I'm ok, don't worry about it. So how's your day?" I asked, wanting to change the subject. I didn't realize that she might just answer me with the cold hard truth. And I do NOT want to break down in front of Carly Shay. Not ever.

She smiled knowingly and said "Good. Extremely good! Hey have you seen Sam?"

I shook my head "No, why?"

"I just wanna talk to her about something. Anyway, where are you going?"

"Out for a walk. My mom's killing me." I said, pointing my thumb at our front door.

She laughed "yeah she can be difficult. Hey, you need company?"

I was about to answer when we heard a bang coming from inside Carly's apartment followed by a loud thud.

I smiled "Nah its ok. Looks like Spencer needs you anyway. I'll see you later Carly"

"Ok. Call if you need anything. See ya!" she said as she closed their front door and proceeded with lecturing Spencer.

I sighed and turned to leave, ready for a good walk.

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A wise man once told me that if a Goldfish leaves you, there is plenty more in the sea. That man happens to be Carly's older brother, Spencer. He can be a pain in Carly's you-know-where but he's a good guy. And now, as I walk along the friendly streets of Seattle, Spencer's wise words keep running in my head. They are so busy running that I accidentally bumped into another person. But thanks to our weekly Yoga class that my mom signed up for us to do, I have excellent reflexes and I caught her before she fell. Yes, I bumped into a girl. An attractive one, might I add. She smiled and thanked me as I slowly let go of her.

"I'm Alex" she said, extending her hand.

I accepted "I'm Freddie"

"It's nice to meet you Freddie and thanks for saving me. Sorry I bumped into you, I wasn't really looking. I was busy checking out the stores." she said, slightly blushing.

I smiled and assumed the Freddie pose with my thumb tucked in my jean pocket. "It's ok. I guess we were both busy looking at other directions. I'm sorry too"

"Hey do you go to Ridgeway? ... wait, you're Freddie from icarly right?" she asked with an amused expression in her face.

I chuckled at the familiarity. I never thought of myself as that famous yet that people I bump into would immediately recognize me. "Yeah, so you watch the show?"

"Who doesn't?" she said, chuckling at her own amusement.

And then I heard Spencer's wise words coming back. He may not be the smartest guy in the universe and at a time like this, his words are the least I should be thinking of but I just couldn't help it.

"Hey, you wanna grab a smoothie or something?" I asked, hoping she would say yes.

She smiled shyly, "Sure"

I smiled in return and we walked side by side on our way to the Groovy Smoothie. I guess Spencer's wise words aren't so bad after all.

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"Where have you been Fredward?!" Sam asked, punching my right arm.

"Ow! What's the matter with you Puckett? I just went to grab a bite" I said as I sat down the Shay's beloved couch.

"We've been waiting for you for like 3 minutes now!" she replied, flopping down the bean bag near the center table.

I turned my head to look at her "Really Sam? 3 minutes? Imagine our delight when we waited for you the other day and you showed up an hour and a half late."

"You really wanna go there Benson?" she retaliated, ready to put up a fight. As usual.

And then we heard the loud, irritating sound of the blow horn. "Ok, ok, we'll stop" I said, covering my ears with my hands.

"Good. Now scooch" Carly said, nudging my right knee. I moved and she sat beside me with a bowl of popcorn. She grabbed the remote and turned on the television. "Now let's watch some good stuff"

"So Freddison, Gibby told me he saw you at the theater last night. He said you were with some girl. My mind automatically started working on a number of insults because I thought you went to see Ponyo with your mom. But he said you saw Evil Dead 2 and there is no way Mrs. B is taking you to the movies to see that." Sam said, taking a sip of her peppy cola.

"Yes she would!" I argued, mentally cursing Gibby for telling Sam. Of all people.

"No she wouldn't"

"Ok you're right" I said, hoping and praying that Sam would just forget about Gibby's i-spying skills and just start talking about her favorite subject, the 3 letter word HAM.

"So who's the unlucky girl?" but of course she didn't.

I rolled my eyes, not knowing what to say or how to answer.

It's been two weeks. Two interesting, amazing weeks. Alex and I met each other exactly 14 days from today. We hung out every day after school. We had a lot of fun together. We weren't exactly anything at the moment other than good friends. We just enjoyed each other's company. I just haven't told Carly and Sam about her yet. I don't intend to keep her from them but I just didn't know how to tell them and I really didn't see it as a huge deal. It certainly wasn't this difficult with Valerie because they already knew about her beforehand and I still haven't reached puberty then so it wasn't all that embarrassing. Why did everything suddenly became complicated when it's not? I mean Alex and I were just hanging out. Right?

"Yo Freddork! Who's the girl?"

"Are you dating someone Freddie?" Carly asked, pulling me away from my thoughts.

I shook my head "No, I'm not. She's just a girl I met and we were just hanging out"

"That's called dating Fredward" Sam said, throwing a piece of popcorn in my direction.

"I told you, I'm not dating her. We don't kiss or anything-"

"Ok stop!" Sam said, raising her hand. "If you're going to talk about your physical activities, might as well shut up"

"I'm not! There is no physical activity going on!" I said, feeling my cheeks burn up.

"Good because there is not enough sanitizer in this world to keep her germ free"

"Hey! You're not even-" and before I could finish my defense, the loud blow horn was heard once again.

"Freddie, do you like her?" Carly asked, with a serious tone in her voice.

I couldn't answer her. I just couldn't. "Maybe" but I did.

"Ok" she said, setting the blow horn on the table.

"Ok?"

"Ok" she smiled "I'm glad you're starting to hang out with someone."

I smiled back, a genuine smile. "Thanks Carly. But I'm still going to be your second husband ok?" I joked.

She laughed and patted my right knee. "Of course!"

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so there you have it! what do you think? potential? r&r ok? :)