iGrow Up
Chapter 2
Chapter 2; Paul's about to show his pranking skills, while initially a menace it comes in handy when an unwelcome face returns.
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Disclaimer: iCarly belongs to Dan Schneider
CARLY POV
I was busy working away, Freddie and Spencer were out at work and Sam was downstairs watching the kids. I had heard Paul giggling about something earlier, I just wondered what was going on and who was gonna fall for his pranks this time. I got my answer soon enough when I heard a panicked shout.
"Mommy!"
It was Lisa, I jumped up and ran through to her bedroom, I groaned when I realised what had happened, Lisa had been taking a nap and during that time Paul had somehow managed to glue her hand to her forehead. She looked both confused and upset, I walked over and took her free hand.
"C'mon sweetie, don't worry, we can sort this out".
She nodded and followed me, I led her downstairs, Sam looked up and saw what had happened, I could see her trying not to smile.
"Paul?"
"Yes, could you please tell your son not to use glue in his pranks, or at the very least not to prank Lisa".
Sam shrugged.
"I can try".
I sighed again and led Lisa through to the kitchen where I found what I was looking for, glue softener, within moments I was able to get Lisa's hand disconnected from her head, while I was helping her wash up the residue left over Spencer returned home, he could tell right away what happened and rolled his eyes.
Just then there was a cry from upstairs, we hurried up and found, to my delight, that Paul's prank had backfired on him, he had somehow glued his feet to the floor. Still smirking I handed Sam the glue softener and she hurried over, rolling her eyes and muttering.
"Like Father, Like Son".
Spencer heard that statement however.
"Hey…he likes pulling pranks, so I'd say he takes after you more than me".
"Whatever".
Finally Paul feet were unglued, Sam helped him wash of the residue and made him apologize to Lisa. Eric luckily came out of this unscathed and actually found the whole thing hilarious. Finally, when Freddie came home he found me sitting on the couch, having fed the twins, they were both sitting watching TV, at least Lisa, was, Eric had fallen asleep, she smiled when Freddie came in and got up and ran to him, Freddie picked her up, walked over and kissed me, still smiling, especially when he saw Eric asleep, he turned to me.
"So how as your day?"
I sighed and told all about Paul's prank and what had happened afterwards, I too could see the funny side of it now, even Lisa laughed after the initial shock had worn off. Freddie just laughed.
"Definitely learned that one from Sam".
I nodded, oh well, just the way kids were I guess.
FREDDIE POV
The day after Paul's little trick with the glue Carly was out shopping, she had taken Lisa and Eric with her, Spencer was out at work, Sam was upstairs giving Paul a bath. I ahd the day off so I was watching a documentary on the internet about the Cultural Revolution in China, headed by Chairman Mao. I remembered the first time I watched it, as part of a school assignment, Carly had watched it too and like me had been amazed at some of the insane ideas that had developed from it.
As we watched and listened to the explanations of Mao's ideas Carly turned to me, incredulous.
"What was Mao on when he came up with this stuff?"
I shrugged and answered.
"I don't know, I know he chain smoked a lot though".
We both laughed and continued to watch, occasionally noting down a few things that caught our attention.
I was still smiling when I heard the front door open, it was Carly, I walked over to help her when I noticed the desperate look on her face.
"Carls, what's wrong?"
"Not now, Freddie, give me a minute".
I helped her with the shopping and once it was set down on the table she made sure Lisa and Eric were watching TV before leading through to the kitchen.
"Freddie, I'm really, I feel like I'm gonna freak out".
"What's wrong?"
Carly took a deep breath and then revealed what was bothering her.
"We ran into Missy, she's still the same and when she found out I was married and had kids she flipped out, she got really angry, started making threats…Freddie, I'm afraid she's gonna try and kidnap Lisa and Eric".
I then realized what was going on, I immediately pulled Carly into my arms and spoke, trying my best to reassure her.
"We won't let that happen, we can stop her, okay".
"A-alright, I'm just scared for them, I mean the kids were scared of her too".
I gently held Carly, and just hoped and prayed that somehow Missy would be prevented from carrying out her threat.
SAM POV
I stood on the bottom step, listening to Carly and Freddie, I couldn't believe it, that witch Missy Robinson was back and was threatening to kidnap the twins, not if I had anything to say about it, in fact I had an idea. I turned to Paul and gestured him to follow me back upstairs, we walked up and then, once we were in the old iCarly studio I spoke to him.
"Did you hear all that?"
"Yeah, what does it mean?"
I sighed and then explained.
"Some bad lady's coming to try and take Lisa and Eric away…"
He looked frightened but then I continued and he calmed down and in fact got an evil grin on his face, similar to the one I used when I was plotting something.
"But we're not gonna let her, we're gonna set up a trap that'll make her change her mind, okay".
"Okay, Mommy".
Perfect, I knew this would work, I whispered the plan to him and then we decided to prepare everything.
The following day Carly and Freddie were out, so was Spencer, all of them were out due to work related incidents. That left me in charge of the kids, I had already explained to Lisa and Eric about my plan, while scared they were reassured that I would protect them if it went wrong. Everything was all set up and we were waiting for Missy, I knew she'd come when she thought the house was empty, sure enough I heard her footsteps approaching, she was gonna come in through the back door, just like I thought.
"Okay guys, quick, hide, this is it".
They followed me and we took cover, we could see what was going on but Missy wouldn't be able to see us. I had used an old classic prank but had enhanced it, it was after all only the first step. As Missy's footsteps drew nearer I turned to Paul.
"Pass me the slingshot Paul".
He handed it over and we waited. Missy approached the door and I distinctly heard her mutter.
"What idiots, leaving the door ajar like this, anybody could walk in".
Oh, you are in for a nasty surprise Missy. She opened the door and of course the bucket of water we had set up fell on her head, she shrieked as she got soaked and stumbled forward, falling over the tripwire. She landed in the full kiddie pool we had set up, drenching her further and now for the last part, hanging above the pool was a bag, something Paul and I had fixed up earlier, it was attached to one of the light with a length of wire. I took aim with the slingshot and fired, it broke the wire and the bag fell into the pool and exploded, Missy jumped up screaming and covered in bubbles, the kiddie pool was now full of them, the bag had been a bath bomb. I listened to her screams as she staggered back to the door, having finally gotten the water and bubbles out of her eyes.
"Argh, forget this, I'm never coming back here again, forget it Carly, I'm outta here!"
Perfect, I smirked as the kids cheered after she left, I then turned to them.
"There we go, she won't bother you guys again, now, let's clean this up".
After about half an hours work we had cleaned up everything and left no evidence of what had happened except for the video camera which had been recording everything.
SPENCER POV
I walked with Carly and Freddie as we returned to the apartment, I could see how nervous they were, they were afraid Missy would strike while they were out, but I knew, with Sam around she wouldn't get a chance. We headed inside and saw Sam sitting on the couch with the kids, Paul and Lisa were already asleep, Eric was just nodding off as we walked through the door, Sam smiled up at us.
"Hey".
We smiled and immediately relief showed on Carly and Freddie's faces, they hurried forwards and took Lisa and Eric, taking them up to bed, I picked up Paul and carried him through to his bed. Once we were done we all sat down, Sam was smirking so I asked.
"What's got you so cheerful?"
Sam turned to Carly and Freddie.
"You guys don't have to worry about Missy or her threat anymore, I took care of it".
"How".
"Watch this".
Sam then showed us the video she had taken with the camera, we watched amazed as Missy fell victim to a bath bomb, priceless. The look on Carly and Freddie's face said it all, they were overjoyed, both at Sam's actions, that got Missy out of their hair, permanently and the fact they knew now their kids were safe. That night as we headed for bed I smirked.
"Sam I've gotta admit it, that bath bomb idea was a stroke of genius".
"Yeah well, it wasn't just me, Paul helped out".
I smiled over at our son who was still asleep, I knew right then he was gonna grow up to be a lot like his mother, he already had a fondness for ham and now, he was learning pranks from a master prankster, I shook my head, look out any one who annoys him, he'll get even with you in no time at all.
End of chapter, Missy's been taught a lesson and it looks like everything is great again; next up however, more trouble and another unwelcome face returns. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, read and review please.
