iCarly fan fiction
Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly or any of the characters mentioned

This an AU version of the iCarly trio in which Freddie closed up on the romantic feelings he felt for Carly the first time he met her for a far more greater desire to befriend the brunette instead of pursuing a romantic relationship which may or may not work out since they're only at the age of 13 at the time, Sam gets a rude awakening when she's pushed the "nub" just a bit too far off the end of his rope which coincidently lead them to being as close friends as they are towards Carly, and of course, as for Carly, she's not as shallow although she may have her complexes and phases still, in this version she's not as blind as to who she really wants to be with but is only afraid to confront him for fear that he might not feel the same way about her.

Seattle WA

Bushwell Plaza, Benson Apartment

June 13, 2009

The next morning, Freddie got up early to find his mom finishing up on breakfast and prepared to leave for her shift, but not before reminding him of the impending tick bath and all her other hygienic obsessions he had mostly tuned out but replied back to with a few well placed nods and an occasional "mom!" at what he timed to have been embarrassing if he was actually listening. Then she was off to work.

Freddie's spirits lifted when she had left and he saw that it was just 0745H on a Saturday morning and he had until lunch to spend doing his favorite activity, and looking forward to the friendly matches he and his peculiar fencing partner are gonna have.

After a quick breakfast, he proceeded to take a shower and prepared the things he needed on his bag which includes a change of clothes, a towel and, soap and shampoo when he needs to take a quick shower at the gym before leaving. With a quick glance back to in his to see if he left anything, picked up his phone on his desk, he headed on out after locking up.

As Sam drowsily enters Bushwell plaza she heads towards the stair case thinking she might need the climb up to get her blood moving as it was just 8:00 am on a Saturday morning and she wouldn't have gone up early if she didn't need to escape from her mom and their heated argument the night before. Tuning out Lewbert's usual screaming rant about kids and his lobby floor, but with a passing thought on how they would be taking a new messing with Lewbert bit very soon.

Feeling a lot more awake a she nears her best friend's apartment floor, Sam rounds a corner towards Carly's door but is caught off guard by Freddie headed opposite her direction, losing her balance she would have fallen back if he hadn't caught her by the shoulders.

"Whoa Sam! Sorry about that, wanted to use the stairs to get some blood pumping before heading off" Freddie said as he steadies Sam before she almost fell on her back when he bumped into her.

"Fencing nerd! Slow down will you!" Sam exclaimed with the faintest look of annoyance on her face but quickly wiped it off as she asked, "You headed off for fencing?" after gaining back her balance with his help.

"Yep, and you're awfully early on a Saturday to be going to Carly's" he wondered for moment but quickly asked, "I take it didn't go well, your talk with your mom?"

She rolled her eyes out of annoyance of the reminder but quickly dismisses it after a short confirmation, "yep, you know how my mom and I are, couldn't live through a day w/o having an argument" "you coming over at Carly's later after your gym?" Smiling lightly as she changed the subject.

Deciding not to push the subject of his blond friend and her mom he answered, "uhhh yeah, just gonna check up on the site and our equipment." "I probably should get going; see you two later"

"Mkay, see you later Fredward" Sam said as she headed towards the Shay's apartment door to knock.

"Later!" Freddie shouted back as he carefully jogged down the stairs.

Seattle WA

Bushwell Plaza, Shay's Apartment

June 13, 2009

"Yo Shays, morning!" Sam greeted with a bright smile when she saw both Shay siblings up early on a fine Saturday morning as her.

"Morning Sam! Thought you weren't coming until a bit later?" Carly greeted and followed up as Spencer greeted simultaneously, "We've got bacon and eggs for breakfast kiddo!"

Sam fascinated at the siblings' entirely different way of greeting, chuckled and supplied Spencer first cause of his mention of food, "Don't need to tell me twice brother I never had!" jogging towards the table to join Carly for breakfast.

Spencer grinned at the blonde and turned back to his works.

"Sam, care to fill me in on what that text message was about yesterday?" Carly asked with genuine concern on her voice, knowing that Sam is rarely over at her place this early unless her blonde best friend is avoiding her mom.

Glimpsing at the look of concern from Carly, she let out a sigh and said, "ok, but can I scarf this down real quick?" popping her out puppy dog eyes that put smile on the brunette's face.

"oh okay, let's go to my room when you're done" Carly said noticing Sam's obvious way of stalling for some extra time.

"So Sam, what was that about yesterday?"Carly asked as she and Sam both entered her room. She flopped on her bed while Sam sat by the foot of her bed.

Looking at Carly, she started off on a neutral tone, "Well, the txt message I received yesterday was from Melanie, she said she has a whole week off from school as a reward for having won a recent ballet competition and apparently that brought great honor to the school."

"Oh my God, Sam! Isn't that great!? So is she coming home for the whole week?" Carly cheerfully asked immediately sitting right up on a cross legged position facing her friend.

"It is Carls, it's just that, you know how Melanie feels about how mom turned out when our dad left us, she hates it that instead of mom trying to be a mother to us; mom decides to bounce from one boyfriend to another on the half truth that she is trying to provide for us."

Placing a hand on her blonde friend's shoulder, Carly said, "oh Sam, is that was you meant when you said that you had to set her straight before Melanie arrives for her week long break?" Sam only answered with a nod and Carly followed through with another question, "So what have you and your mom decided on this time?" knowing a bit about Sam and Sam's mother little compromise whenever Melanie comes home for the holidays in which the older woman would either go off with her new boyfriend or be around and awkward around her daughters since she's never spent an ounce of her time with any of them.

"Mom said she'd head off to Vegas to visit some friends for that week and didn't want to trouble my sister and I. I tried to argue a couple of times but she won't have any of it so I drop it, I wanted to talk to her about it again this morning but decided against it and came here instead." Sam supplied in a defeated tone while she fiddles with her thumbs.

With that information, Carly decides on something that might just cheer her best friend back up, "Hey, since your mom won't be around for the whole week, want to have a sleep over here with Melanie?" at this Sam immediately flashed a huge smile which Carly took as a yes as she knows that Sam is now deep in thought on how to make her sister's week long vacation worthwhile.

Sam's thoughts swam with gratitude for her best friend and plans of how to make her twin sister's week long vacation fun, sure they may not agree on most things and she may even be sometimes bothered by how different Melanie is from her, except for them being identical twins, but that doesn't mean that she doesn't feel the loneliness Melanie feels when she's away on boarding school. But one concern did come to mind that needed to be voiced out.

"Are you sure you can feed me for that whole week of staying here Shay?" Sam asked with a playful grin on her face.

Carly snorted a short chuckle and replied, "I'm sure Spencer and I can manage." but had a sudden realization and asked, "Wait, you and Melanie don't have the same appetite do you?"

It was Sam's turn to laugh from Carly's question and the look of shock and horror on her face and reassured her, "no Carls, she's used to a diet regimen her instructor assigned her when she started at the boarding school, mostly of that whole eating food pyramid thing so that means I eat about enough meat for the both of us" they both laughed at that until they had to clutch their stomachs for support.

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