A/N: This is a little story that came to mind loosely based on my life, I hope you like it. please review and let me know what you think. It's set six years after they've all finished high-school as Sam is twenty four nearly twenty five in this.
Disclaimer: I don't own Icarly, Sam And Cat or Victorious or any of the characters related to those shows. I'm just using them for a story that came to mind.
The Life Of Sam
Chapter One: Newly Single Life
I can do this. I know I can do this, Jesse is five months old and I've done okay with him so far, he's growing fast and he's happy. He's really the cutest baby I know, not that I know a lot of babies. I should really get out there and meet new people but I've never really been a people person… or at least other people have always tended to be a little bit scared of me except my two best friends Carly and Cat. I should really try and keep in touch with them but the single mum life is hard. Well I'm newly single, Jesse's father left me last week. He said he couldn't deal with me. We argued a lot but I always thought that was just a part of any normal relationship, I guess Liam didn't agree. I suppose it was bound to happen we didn't agree on most things. We had a mutual love of ham but other than that all we had in common was our son. Still I loved him, we were together for two and a half years but I guess now it's time to start a new chapter in my life, however hard that might be.
I repeat I can do this! However hard it might be I can do it, if I just keep telling myself that maybe I will start to believe it. I may need to see my doctor about these emotions I'm having. Liam and I were convinced I have postnatal depression, what with the mood swings, lack of confidence and I have been getting upset over the slightest little thing lately but I just struggled to get an appointment so I've been dealing with this mostly on my own. When Liam and I were still together he was a big help but now I'm on my own. I recently got back in touch with Carly though and I told her all about what's been going on. She's still her sweet and caring self. She also has a family now. A little girl called Dina and a little boy called Davis.
Now that Liam and I have split up I seem to have more free time, especially at the weekends when Jesse is with his dad, so Cat and Jade keep pestering me to go on nights out with them. It took a few weeks but I finally agreed. We got ready at Cat's place and headed out to a club nearby where we met some of Cat and Jade's friends from school. I've seen them all before but only really briefly. Tori and Andre were waiting for us by the bar. Andre was wearing dark jeans and a smart shirt and Tori was wearing a dark blue dress that went down to just above her knees. I had gone for a more casual look, my blue maternity jeans (They really don't tell you, that you need even months after having a baby) and one of my red striped shirts. Which is one of my favourites looks. Jade was wearing black jeans and a green shirt that showed so much of her cleavage that even Tori couldn't look away. I think she planned that in a way. Cat looked the best out of all of us with her hair freshly dyed red, a black halter dress and matching heels, she was being asked to dance by most the guys in the club.
It was good to be out and about but I did find myself needing to get away from the others for some air. I stepped out onto the balcony and let out a sigh of relief, the cold air washed over me and I felt freer than I had in quite a few years.
"Sam? Is that you?" I hadn't noticed anyone sat out here so the sound of his voice startled me a little. I turned to face the voice and came face to face with Freddie Benson. He was dressed in a waist coat, black jeans and a blue shirt. He looked sexier than ever, formal wear has always been a secret weakness of mine when it came to men. I felt like a mess in comparison to him.
"Freddie! Wow it's been too long" I said. I haven't seen him since just after the tuna fish incident.
"It really has. You look great, how have you been?" He asked. Despite the fact I was staring right at him I still couldn't believe he was here. I know through Carly that he has a three-year-old daughter now.
"It's going okay. I have a son now and I'm newly single" I said.
"Carly's told me all about him, I hope I can meet him soon" Freddie said.
"That would be nice, I haven't met your little one yet and I know through Carly she's just turned three" I said. I felt bad about it but with him and Carly and Freddie still living in Seattle and me living in Venice, LA it's hard to keep in touch and make time for each other, not to mention Carly was living in Italy for a few years.
"Yeah. Aw My little Lola is growing too, too fast! How old is Jesse?" Freddie said, showing me a picture of his daughter from his pear phone.
"Jesse is nearly six months now" I said showing him the most recent picture of him on my cell.
"He's so cute, but then I knew you'd always make cute babies" He said. I couldn't help but blush and I felt like my nerves were on fire. Was Freddie flirting with me?
"I bet you wouldn't have told me that in high school!" I joked.
"Oh God no! I didn't have a death wish" He laughed. I couldn't believe that after all these years we could still talk so easily like this. We were laughing and talking about old times when Cat came out looking for me.
"Sam are you okay? You've been out here a while… Oh, hi Freddie" Cat said.
"Hi Cat" Freddie greeted her.
"Yeah I just bumped into old Freddie out here" I said, pointing out the obvious.
"Okay well the others are talking about going to another club if you want to come with us, you too Freddie" Cat said, I nodded.
"Yeah, I'll come, Freddie?" I agreed.
"I wish I could but I'm here to meet a few college friends but I'm going to be here for another week if you want to catch up over coffee?" Freddie said. I was a little bit disappointed but the coffee date made me feel hopeful and this was the first time in months I'd felt that way.
"Yeah I'd love too" I said. We exchanged numbers and I followed Cat back to he others. The next club was busier than the last but we'd all had quite a bit to drink so most of us were more outgoing than usual. Jade and Tori were inseparable on the dance floor and at one point I thought something was going on there but Cat just thought the alcohol she'd been giving them all night was just making them be nice to each other. If that was the case then it was working all too well. It was a good night though and I know I really needed to get out.
