iEscape
An iCarly fanfic
Author's note: I do not own the characters in this story, just the situations involved. All characters are the property of Nickelodeon.
I've been thinking about it for a while, and decided to write a sequel to iGot the Death Sentence. You might want to read that first, so you know what the heck is going on. That being said, Enjoy!
"Will you marry me, and allow me the honour to call you my wife, and myself your husband?" It had been two weeks since Freddie had proposed. Sam Puckett was currently celebrating her engagement to Freddie Benson. Her friends and sister all congregated at Carly Shay's apartment, and they were celebrating so much more than an engagement party. Sam had recently been released from death row, where she spent two years for two murders she didn't commit. She'd come within inches of death by lethal injection when the truth had come out.
An old enemy of her's, Missy Robinson, had framed her for the murders of two of classmates. If that wasn't enough, she'd kidnapped her sister, and later kidnapped Carly. Within days of her execution, she'd visited Sam in her cell and proceeded to blackmail her into confessing. If her sister Melanie hadn't come forward when she did, Sam could may well be six feet under by now.
Sam took a few sips from her drink, but she didn't appear to be celebrating. It was as if a great burden weighed heavily on her mind. Melanie noticed the look on her sister's face, and decided to talk to her in private. "What's the matter, sis?" she asked. Sam shook her head. "I just keep thinking what if, you know? What if you hadn't come forward? What if Freddie was still in a coma?" Melanie understood more than anyone else what Sam was feeling. She had, after all, inadvertantly helped frame her sister. "I think the same thing every night," Melanie replied.
She really needed to get this off her chest. "Look Sam, I'm really sorry for putting you on death row. Can you ever forgive me?" The girl who looked exactly like Sam down to the last blonde curl was pleading for Sam's forgiveness. Sam embraced her sister in a much needed hug. "First of all, you had nothing to do with setting me up. That was squarely Missy and Nevel's doing. As far as I'm concerned, there is nothing to forgive." Melanie cried a few happy tears. "Although," Sam continued, "you could have been a smidge faster telling the truth. I was literally about to exit when they cleared me."
Melanie had no idea it had got that far. Sam hadn't talked about her prison experience at all since she'd been released. Carly, Freddie, Spencer and Jocelyn all had some understanding, because they visited her in prison. But what they knew barely scratched the surface. For instance, Carly and the others had never met Guard Sarah Greene, a woman who single handedly made Sam's life hell for most of her stay in prison. For that, Sam was thankful. "Hey," Sam said to Melanie. "Let's get back to the party."
As they went inside, Carly eyed them suspiciously. "What'd you guys talk about?" she asked, a smile begining to form on her face. Sam shook her head. "Nothing," both girls answered at the same time. "Come on, you can tell me," Carly pressed. Sam loved Carly to death. She was as much of a sister to her as Melanie was. But she really didn't want Carly to know what was going on in her head. "Seriously, we didn't talk about anything," she lied. Carly nodded, but you could tell she didn't quite buy it. "Look, Sam, if you need to, you can always talk to me." Sam knew that. She could talk to Freddie, too. "Look, drop it, ok?" she asked.
Carly shook her head. She'd been like this since she'd gotten out. She figured Sam needed time. She had a lot on her plate. On top of almost being executed, she'd been disowned by her mother. Carly suspected they wouldn't be on speaking terms for a very long time. And true to her word, Sam was now living with Carly and Spencer, as if she'd been born into the Shay family at birth.
"I have an announcement to make," Spencer said, tapping a glass to get everybody's attention. The entire gathering of friends and family focused on him. "Well let me start off by saying that I think I speak for everyone here when I say that I am so happy that Sam was cleared." Sam wiped a tear from her eye. She smiled as Spencer continued. "I think now is as good a time as any to reveal my wedding present to the bride and groom." Sam and Freddie's jaws dropped at the same time.
"My gift to the two of you, and I hope you don't mind, but I'm paying for your wedding." Freddie about fainted. Sam rushed forward and hugged her unofficial big brother. "How?" she whispered in his ear. He smiled as he replied, "My savings account. I read that part of your letter." Sam maintained a happy face, but her stomach dropped. Sooner or later, she'd have to talk to Carly about that. She had a feeling that the letter was the reason why Carly was being so prying since she was released. She perfered to postpone it for another time. She had everything she wanted. How was she to know that the worst was just around the corner?