Hallways and Converse shoes

So first iCarly story ever. I'm excited about it, because iCarly is a show that grew on me over the weeks that I watched it. At first I thought it was kind of boring (don't slap me), but then after a couple of shows it kind of grows on you and before you know, you actually like it (again, don't slap me).

Anyway this story will be about eight chapter, maybe more, maybe less.

I hope you like it.

Chapter uno: Endearing thing

School halls were underestimated. Most people think of them as just halls, never look any further than that. They take them for granted, they are just used for walking, maybe hiding every once in a while and that is it. But the halls of school happen to be for a lot more things. People make out in them, people fight in them, people gossip in them, and even an occasionally chasing begins in the school halls. They were build out huge piles of stones, trying to make sure that a hall never collapses. People actually have jobs that are thinking of ways to make the halls more creative, more adjusted to the building they are going to be placed in. Are they going to be in a school, an office, a gym, a theatre, a mall. The halls need to fit in, no matter where they are. They need to be useful, maybe a little bit decorative, but most of all people need to be able to walk through them.

Freddie Benson used to walk the school halls a little bit unsure. The first day of school with every step he took, he imaged more people turning around to watch him walk into their school. Coming on property that was theirs, not his. That was of course before he found out about the principals and the teachers that guarded the school halls as if it was their secret mission.

But years passed and Freddie Benson grew used to the school halls, even treasured them as they were the only thing in his life that stayed the same. Classes changed, clothes changed, teachers went and new ones came in. But the school halls always stayed exactly as they were. Even now, as a senior, Freddie could walk to his locker without seeing anything different. Maybe sometimes there hung a poster on the walls, but most of the times that was it.

For just another year, that is. Because as a senior, Freddie Benson realised that this was the last time that he would walk down these halls. The last time he would see people hide behind dumpsters for a certain Sam Puckett who needed to release her anger on someone. The last time he would have to watch out for punishments from missionaries for running down the school halls.

Another thing didn't really change as he sees Carly walking towards him in the school hall. The three of them still remain friends throughout secondary school. Sometimes the balance between them changed. He used to pine after Carly, following behind her as a lost puppy. But after his crush passed, the balance became more balanced. All three of them did the things they thought was best, still bonding over iCarly and stuff that happened in school or during class. At some point he hung out even more with Sam than he did with Carly, treasuring the feeling he got when he was next to her. Turns out she kind of felt the same way, she never said it with that much words, but she lets him kiss her, so he figured that she felt the same way. So the balance between them changed but in a different way, a good way. Carly was probably the happiest person alive when she found out that Sam and he finally got together, begging Sam for all the details of how and when. Sam being Sam shrugged her shoulders and went to the Shay fridge in search of ham. And Freddie being Freddie had told Carly a little bit when he was with her alone. Fine, he told her a lot, but she was his best friend, he wasn't supposed to have secrets from her.

'Freddie, you have an heart drawing on your shoe,' Carly says as she pointed with her finger towards his left converse shoe. There it was on the white of the front of his dark blue converse sneakers, a little black heart was drown as if it was meant to be there.

'Yeah, I know,' Freddie says also looking down at his shoe. He couldn't help the grin that started on his lips as he remembered how it got there. 'It actually is Sam's six month anniversary gift. This way she could afford it.'

'Well that sounds like Sam, it looks kind of pretty.' Carly says bending down to get a better look at the endearing thing.

'Yeah, I didn't know she could draw hearts that well either?' Freddie responded as he saw Carly draw the heart over with her finger. ´One of her secret talents, I guess´ Freddie says while shrugging his shoulders.

'So what did you guys do on this big day' Carly asks, standing up again and coming eye to eye level with him.

'Nothing,' Freddie replies with a shrug of his shoulders, making his way over to his locker.

Carly stands still for a little while in the middle of the hall, mouth like a fish, before running after her best friend. She taps his shoulder agrily while he is busy carefully selecting the books that he only needs later on so that he can put them safely in his locker. She hears him sigh before twirling around to face her, his eyes asking her what it is that she wants.

'Nothing Freddie! How could you possibly do nothing, This is a special day in your relationship. There is so much you could do, go to a reastaurant, go to a carnival, go see a movie. Hell, go whale watching for all I care. As long as you do something special together.' Carly starts using her hands to give some words of her rant more emphasis.

'Yeah, I know but..'

'No buts, Freddie. Every girl needs to be spoiled every once in a while. You are supposed to show her how much she means to you. Show her that she is special, that she is yours.'

'You're absolutely right, Freddie agrees with her, nodding his head a couple of times. 'With any other girl I would have done that. But you forget just one little thing, I'm not dating any other girl, I'm dating Sam. Big difference.' Freddie says indicating with his two fingers how big the difference exactly is.

`Not that much of a difference, she still has feeling you know?'

'Yeah I know but that wouldn't stop her for killing me when she finds out I call her mine, ever' Freddie points out, giving Carly a knowing look.

'She wouldn't do that, Sam cares about you. She is dating you, isn't' Carly says, giving Freddie her look of sympathy. She loved it when she found out that her two best friends were dating. She could have seen it coming from miles away, but she thought they were both too stubborn to ever admit it aloud.

'Yeah, she is, but that doesn't mean that she won't kill me'

'She won't, I mean she does have some feelings, you know?'

Just at the moment one Sam Puckett strolls down the halls of school as if she owns the whole damn school. In a slow pace she makes her way over to her two best friends, taking her time to look out for anybody who deserves a punch, a huge smile spread all over her face.

'Hey dork,' she says giving Freddie a push with her shoulder slamming him succesfully into the lockers. 'Sam!, that was not neccerary,´ Freddie can´t help but yell at her for pushing him.

'No, but it was fun, wasn't?' Sam says nodding her head up towards Carly as an hello.

'No, it wasn't' Freddie said, rubbing his shoulder trying to smooth the pain away.

'Well, it was for me, so that counts' Sam says, giving him her full grin now after she scanned the school halls for a second time.

'Look like you are in a happy mood. Did something happen?' Carly asked, leaning against the lockers they were standing at.

'Jamie asked me out.' Sam explains, smiling a knowing smile at Carly, also leaning back against the lockers to give Carly her full attention.

'Jamie, you mean hot Jamie. You mean hot, superhot Jamie, as in history guy Jamie who just broke up with Julliet?' Carly asks her, jumping up and down with excitement that is shown all over her face.

'Yeah, that's the one,' Sam says as Carly stops jumping up and down and pulls sam by her arms and forces her into a hug. After Carly releases Sam from her tight hug, she lets out several squeals while jumping up and down again. Finally she calms again, leans back against the lockers and gets dreamy look on her face before saying 'I'm so happy for you'

'Ahem, you did say no right?' Freddie asks, acknowledging himself from Sam´s right.

Sam turns her attention towards him and gives him the most annoyed look any girl could give a guy. As if to let him know that he might be the most stupid person alive just with the eyes. 'Why?'

'Well, because you have a boyfriend, ME!' Freddie says, rolling his eyes at her. He tries to stay calm, he really does. It just annoys the living hell out of him that ever since they entered senior year, guys have become more interested in Sam then they were before. Sure, she has a more womanly body now then she had before. But that doesn't mean that all the guys of school get a free pass to ask her out. No, they all had their chance, before Sam became his.

'Oh yeah, but you are just a little boy that stands in our way'' Sam says, while rolling her eyes as if it was the most obvious thing in the whole world. If you looked closely you could see the gleam that was in Sam's eyes.

'Sam, be nice!' Carly let out, shocked at her best friends reaction, even though she should have known Sam would react this way. Sam will always be Sam. No Freddie Benson can chance that fact.

'Sam, we are not dating other people!'

'Alright, don't get your panties in a twist, I told him no anyways. Oh carly you should have seen the look on his face, it was hilarious' Sam says, turning her body a 180 degrees to direct it at Carly again.

'Oh I wish I had been there' Carly says, her eyes shining with mischief. 'It would have been so cool to see a hot guy being turned down'

'Yeah, me too. Anyways I got to go, Mrs Briggs wants to see me. She finally came up with a punishment for me and my 'wear pj's to school day' idea.'

'Ok bye, Carly says giving Sam a hug once again.

'Nub' she says as she passing by him, he can't help but shoot daggers back at her with his eyes. But as he looks back at her, he can't help but smile when he sees her look back at him with that lopsided grin of her on her face.

'You know you are right. You did give Sam the perfect gift for your anniversary.' Carly says, falling into step next to him as they make way to their next classes.

'What do you mean by that?' Freddie asks, eyeing the brunette suspicious.

'Well, Sam has you marked by a shoe while she is still a free woman. I mean every girl that comes up to you, will look down and see the heart on your shoe and realise that you are already taken or at the very least see that you already have someone who cares for you. But Sam, she doesn't have anything that says 'stay back, I already have a boyfriend.'

'What...' Freddie said, stumbling over his own words as he tries to come up with an answer that can defend his case.

'I say that might be the most perfect gift anybody could ever give Sam,' Carly says patting Freddie sympatically on the back, before walking off towards her next class leaving a confused Benson behind.