Title: iHave a Thing

Author: Mrpointyhorns aka Blemery

Rating: R

Status: Work in Progress

Part: 1/3

Pairings: Slash

Warnings: Slash, sexually scenes, torture

Spoilers: None.

Summary: What happens if Freddie stays in the tree house with Lucas while Carly and Sam help Spencer with the dog?

Beta: None.

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by someone else. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

"It's either a large dog or a small bear!" Spencer cried before slipping out of the tree house again.

Carly ran over to the door looking down at her brother. "Okay Spence we're coming. Sam?"

"Yeah, yeah." Sam waved to Lucas. "Well it was nice meeting you."

Carly agreed from where she stood at the entrance. "Yes it was great meeting you. Maybe we could work together sometime, but we really have to go." She then hurried down the ladder to help her brother. Sam waved again before following Carly down, if it was a small bear she didn't count on Carly helping at all.

"Yeah see you," Freddie said. He was still bitter about being forced into saying that he liked the Fred videos. He still didn't think they were funny and he didn't know why other people thought they were funny either. He thought Lucas was a nice enough guy, but that didn't mean he liked his videos.

"Wait, Freddie can I talk to you for a minute." Lucas put his drink down on the table. He leaned against it and looked at Freddie. When Freddie nodded Lucas spoke. "Now what do you really think of my videos."

"They're not really bad." Freddie looked away. He thought about Sam and the way she made his ribs hurt. However, he knew he couldn't lie. Lucas said he didn't care that Freddie didn't like his videos. That it was all just a stunt for ratings. Freddie decided to speak the truth. "I think you have a lot of talent Lucas, so I don't know why you make videos like that."

Lucas looked a little surprised. "You think I'm talented."

"Well yeah. I mean even though I don't think your videos are funny, the way you angle the camera, the artsy concepts. It's really good. I don't really know what you're interested in, acting or film, but you could easily do either or both."

Lucas smiled brightly. "Thanks Freddie. I think I'll still make the Fred videos. I know they're not great as you said, but I have fun doing them. I can pretty much do whatever I want in them, so I get to explore and do what I want and I like that freedom. Do you get to do that being the tech producer on iCarly?"

Even though Freddie was always at the meetings neither Sam nor Carly took any of his ideas seriously. When they did they would bring it up a few meetings later like it was their idea to begin with. He could play with camera angles, sounds, lights even the videos sent in were done because of him not because of Carly or Sam, but that really didn't allow him to be very creative. He loved working for the show though, he wouldn't give it up, but he could see what Lucas was saying. "No. I don't."

"You're holding back. That sucks. You can never get better if you can't even reach your best now." It surprised Freddie to see that Lucas really did feel bad for him, just like Freddie really felt bad for Lucas not working on something more serious or compelling. The biggest difference was that, Lucas could buckle down at any time and really inspire people, but there was only a short time that Freddie could explore his creativity and learn about his strength and weaknesses. That meant that Lucas would know when he could take risks that made him into a great star but Freddie would always play by the book and he would be mediocre if he was lucky he would be good but never great or genius.

"I have an idea for a Fred video. Do you want to help me?" Lucas offered.

Freddie wasn't sure about that. He already said he didn't like them, but maybe if he worked on one he would understand why Lucas kept making them. Plus it couldn't hurt. Carly and Sam would probably be happy to air it on the show too. "Ok."

"Great!" Lucas smiled. He paused looking at Freddie. "Should we kiss?"

"What?" Freddie had experienced some shocks today but that wasn't the biggest one. The biggest one was that Freddie hoped that Lucas wasn't kidding. Lucas was not going to be the next Polo model, but he was obviously good looking. He also had this endearing quality about him. It wasn't the first time Freddie had taken interest in another guy, but it was the first time he had a chance to act on it. So instead of ignoring him Freddie shrugged. "Sure." Lucas had not been joking. Freddie found that out when Lucas's hands cupped his face and his lips pressed against Freddie's. He put his hands on Lucas's biceps he pressed his lips back against Lucas's. He moaned deep from his belly and that startled him. He pulled away. "Lucas…"

"Freddie!" It was Sam. "We've been waiting in the car for twenty minutes!"

Freddie stepped away from Lucas before Sam could catch them in the act. Lucas frowned a little before walking over to the door. He looked down at the ground probably at Sam. "We agreed to work on a Fred video together."

"What Fred and Freddier?"

Freddie flinched at Sam's annoyance. She wasn't usually rude to cute male strangers. "I better go. Here let me get your phone number and we can discuss the video later."

Lucas didn't really look pleased that Freddie was so easily swayed into leaving, but he gave Freddie his number anyway and stored Freddie's cell number after he called it. "I'll see you later, right?" Freddie nodded putting his phone in his back pocket. He suddenly had butterflies in his stomach. He quickly kissed Lucas on the cheek and then head down the ladder. He didn't know what was going on, but he wanted to leave the door open. If he left without kissing Lucas then he was pretty sure they neither would have the guts to even think about kissing again. It would have just a one time thing, a joke taken too far, but that kiss was too good to be a one time thing. Freddie didn't want to regret not knowing what might have happened.

"What are you smiling about?" Sam asked.

"Lucas and I are going to work on a video together. It will give me a chance to explore my options." Freddie said.

"Oh we can help," Carly offered turning around in the front seat to look at Freddie and Sam.

Freddie's smile disappeared. "Well, he'll probably let you be in it, but…you guys are always so busy thinking up bits for our show. So I offered to help him with the creation."

"Oh please Freddie, like you have a good idea in your body." Sam rolled her eyes. "Carly send him and email and let him know that we're think of ideas right now."

Carly nodded and pulled her phone out of her person to send Lucas an email. Lucas hadn't given Carly or Sam his number. Sam and Carly's assumption about Freddie hurt but it made him feel a little better of course he was the one that asked for it. Freddie wanted to complain but he didn't know what he could say. It was obvious that Carly and Sam didn't believe that he was capable of being creative. He didn't know what to say to convince them otherwise. He balled his fist and punched his legs.

"What's wrong with you?" Sam asked.

"Nothing." Freddie asked.

He didn't speak to Sam or Carly for the entire trip back to Seattle. Spencer was the only one that seemed to notice. He asked him when they stopped for dinner and gas if he was alright but Freddie just shrugged. "Do you think I'm creative?"

Spencer frowned probably thinking it was a trick question, but he nodded slowly. "Of course I do Freddie. You've helped me on a piece once or twice. Sometimes the way your mind works really surprises me. You hold back though."

"Not on purpose." Freddie complained but he was glad that Spencer thought he was creative. It made him feel more confident, like he wasn't lying to himself.

"Freddie you are a very logical person. You think clearly and from what I can see are very smart." Spencer looked down at the menu. The tuna looked pretty good. When he looked up Freddie was waiting for him to finish. "People don't usually understand that smart people can be creative. Creativity comes from knowing enough about something that you know how to change or manipulate it to how you see it. Only ignorance crushes creativity."

Freddie looked at Spencer. He was going to say more. He wanted to know more but Carly and Sam came back from the bathroom. "What looks good?"

"The tuna," Spencer said.

"Tuna…we're at a truck stop." Carly made a face picking up the menu. "Maybe a burger."

They arrived back the next afternoon. Spencer was exhausted from driving so much and crashed on the couch, which was probably a good thing, the Ostrich in his room had started in on his mattress a few hours earlier and it was almost in two pieces. Sam had been dropped off earlier and Freddie barely waved good bye to Carly. He got some sleep in the car after dinner but it hadn't been very good. Sam kept kicking him awake. She said she had been asleep but he didn't believe it.

He didn't see his mom when he got into the apartment but today was Sunday which meant that she met with her card making group. They made hand made cards together. He knew it was weird but he was happy that his mom was getting out and making friends, strange ones but friends. He went to the fridge and got a glass of water before heading to the couch. Even though he was tired he knew that if he tried to nap he wouldn't be able to sleep later that night.

He turned on the television and put the television on the science channel. Sam made fun of him for watching it but she'd make fun of him even if he didn't so he never stopped. He pulled out his cell and checked to see if he had any miss calls. There wasn't any but he did have a text message. He felt his heart speed up when he saw that it was from Lucas.

Got Carly's email thought were working 2gether wtf

Freddie tried several times to write a reply but it didn't come out right. He couldn't explain what happened in a text message so eventually he just hit send.

"Hey."

Freddie felt his gut tighten. He licked his lips and cleared his throat. "I told Carly and Sam that we were working together and they decided that I wasn't going to be very much help to you. They just butted their way in like they always do. Even Carly seemed to think that you really wanted her help and not mine."

"Whoa Freddie slow down." Lucas replied. That would normally drive Freddie crazy, but Lucas sounded concerned not patronizing. "Do you not want Carly and Sam to help?"

"Well…" Freddie really wasn't sure what he wanted. He liked working with Carly and Sam, but he also wanted to get a chance to work with Lucas on his own. What really bothered him was that if Carly and Sam helped, he knew that he wasn't going to get a chance to help not the way he was supposed to. They would never consult him and they would do everything just the way they wanted to. Still, he wasn't sure if he was being a good friend if he said that he didn't want to work with them. "I don't know."

"I think I have an idea. We'll let Carly and Sam work on the Fred video that I have in mind. While, we're doing that you and I can work on something else. Something more worthy of our talents, like you said."

Freddie blinked. That was actually a good solution. Carly and Sam would be happy and probably forget about all of this by the time they were filming the next webcast. They could do something that would be different for both of them. "What would we do with it?"

"I could put it up, we could use it for a college portfolio or we could enter it into a contest. I don't know we could keep if just for us."

"Us?" Freddie gulped.

"I'm sensing that his conversation is going in a different direction."

Freddie smiled a little eased with the humor. "Yes it is."

"Let's not get into anything serious. We live in two different states. If you don't mind being casual I don't either."

"So we can see other people and still kiss and do stuff when we work together?" Freddie clarified.

"Right."

Freddie wasn't sure about that. He wasn't really what most people would call a catch. So he wasn't sure he would have the chance to see other people, but he assumed that Lucas wouldn't bring it up unless he had chances like that. It would kind of suck to know that whenever Freddie left Lucas had someone else and he had no one. "How long would we be casual before we decided it was serious?"

"If it's serious, then it's serious Freddie. Look the long distance thing doesn't work unless it is open. You get lonely and desperate."

"Wait, we're a thing?"

"It's not a serious thing, but the thing is with you and not with them."

Freddie wasn't sure what that meant, but he knew it was better than nothing and it was better than friends with benefits. Lucas said it could turn serious, but if they didn't would that mean they would still be friends. He would like that. "Okay."

"Great. I'm going to reply to Carly's email and hopefully I'll see you soon."

"Okay." Freddie agreed. He knew that Lucas meant soon for the filming of the Fred video. "I'll start thinking about our project."

"That will give me a reason to call you more."

"Do you really need a reason?" Freddie's eyes widened. He was flirting. That was pretty impressive for him. He usually didn't know what to say to girls.

"I'm glad you said that. I'll call you tomorrow."