Thank you, everyone, for the reviews, follows, and favourites. I am glad you are enjoying this story. In particular, I would like to thank the guest reviewer, who forced me to reshuffle this story to bring Sam's long term goals forward from the end of Act II. And, because of her/him, I think is a better story because of the review.

iDon't Own iCarly, Victorious, Sam & Cat, or Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.

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Act I, Scene B – Continuation: iReveal an Open Secret

A few minutes later, Carly and Melanie were dyspeptic because of the goopy scene in front of them: Cat and Robbie feeding each other forkfuls of omelet and then bits of toast while giggling, making indistinct noises, and giving each other quick pecks on the lips.

Carly finally had had enough. "Excuse me, but we need you to help us."

Cat and Robbie finished their mouthfuls of food. Cat quickly swallowed before asking, "Aren't you two a little young to have children?"

Melanie was puzzled. "Wait, don't you remember me? I'm Sam's twin sister Melanie."

Cat took a sip of water while pondering her response. "Oh, yes." She then looked at Carly. "And you were on iCarly with her. What is your name again?"

Carly sighed, exasperated. "Carly Shay." Carly regained her equanimity. "Anyway, we want Sam to come back with us to Seattle for a few days. We were hoping that you could take care of things while Sam was out of town."

Cat looked at Robbie, who shrugged in response. Cat turned back and responded, "OK. But I need her to help out next Tuesday."

Carly nodded. "I promise." She began walking towards the kitchen, followed closely by Melanie. "We're leaving tomorrow night, so you and Sam have to work out whatever arrangements you need to make."

Robbie threw Carly and Melanie an indignant look. "Wait, why does Sam get to go on a moment's notice? Cat and I wanted to go to the beach on Saturday and need Sam to take care of the kids that day."

Melanie grunted before responding, "And how many weekends in a row have you stuck her with a gaggle of kids while you two were out gallivanting?"

Cat was momentarily pensive. She finally came out of her trance to say, "A few, I guess."

Carly pressed home the point. "How many is 'a few?'"

Robbie shrugged. "Only a few months."

"Months?" Melanie and Carly exclaimed, puzzled.

Cat nodded. "Those nights, Sam keeps the money except for bills."

"Ah!" Melanie breathed.

"Now it makes sense," Carly added.

Cat and Robbie nodded. Cat added, "Besides, she needs to save extra money for college."

Carly and Melanie went bug-eyed at Cat's remark. Melanie finally gulped. "Wait, my twin sister wants to go to college?"

Robbie shrugged. "Sure. She can't get a scholarship because of her freshman and sophomore grades, so she needs to save for community college before transferring to a state school."

Carly tried to break in, but Cat followed up Robbie's point. "She doesn't want to waste money on bail; she doesn't need to see a parole officer; and she meets better guys."

Melanie eyed Cat and Robbie suspiciously as Carly openly mused, "So that's her ulterior motive for working so hard," while Cat began sipping her drink.

Robbie chuckled. "Not exactly." Before Carly and Melanie could follow-up, he asked, "So, why are you three going to Seattle?"

Carly smiled brightly. "My Dad and I are coming back from Europe." Robbie finished off his drink. "Melanie and I will be going to college near here, so we need to get my stuff ready. I also wanted to see Freddie again and I am sure Melanie and Sam do too."

Robbie was unable to contain a smile. Meanwhile, Cat giggled and picked up their dishes; they could hear Sam brushing her teeth. Carly and Melanie again regarded them suspiciously as Robbie nodded. "I am quite sure that Sam wants to see Freddie again. But, then why are you coming here for college to be with Sam? I figured Sam would return to Seattle for college." He smirked and winked conspiratorially at Melanie and Carly.

After she placed the dishes into the sink, Cat turned to face Robbie, when she giggled again. "Unless, of course, he'll be going to UCLA or something."

Melanie and Carly stared at Cat and Robbie as they pulled in for a quick peck. Melanie finally asked, "What are you two talking about?" as the main doorbell rang.

Robbie and Cat ignored Melanie as Cat said, "I'll get it."

Carly started to get annoyed. As Cat opened the front door, Carly ran up to her and asked, "What is that all about?" as Sam came out of the bathroom, fully dressed.

Jade West and Tori Vega greeted Cat as Sam asked, "What is what about?"

Robbie replied playfully for his girlfriend. "Freddie Benson," as if he had explained everything.

Jade groaned as Tori mumbled, "Not this again."

Sam turned to Robbie, dumbfounded at his impudence.

Tori asked Jade, "Do we help them?" as Carly and Melanie stared at Cat and Robbie in disbelief.

"Nah – they earnt it," Jade replied. Carly and Melanie nodded and leant back.

Sam bellowed in rage and charged at Robbie. He ran from her, screeching at her red face, until he was stopped in place by Jade and Tori. Jade smiled nastily. "Time to face the music," she noted as she turned him into the onrushing Sam. Sam grabbed Robbie and then Cat. She flung them into the couch as Cat and Robbie screamed in terror.

Sam grabbed both their collars and balled them into her fists and they whimpered in fear. Finally, Carly, Melanie, Tori, and Jade decided to finally take action and grabbed Sam about the arms to pull her slowly back from the terrified couple.

After several moments of futile resistance, Sam suddenly had a hurt look on her face, as if she wanted to cry. After a few more seconds, she regained her composure and turned to face Carly and Melanie. They looked at her sympathetically, but with reproach over her outburst. Sam then turned to Jade and Tori, who nodded as if they agreed with Carly and Melanie. Sam then noticed the omelets and toast awaiting them. She tried to change the subject by essaying, "Oh, let's eat these before they get too cold," as she went to the kitchen to get the food.

Carly and Melanie were having none of that. Carly swallowed hard while Melanie asked the question on both their minds. "OK, Sammy, what's up with you and Freddie?"

Sam suddenly became flustered. "Here, let's eat," she said as she tried to regain her composure. She walked briskly up to her sister and best friend and handed them plates of food with silverware on them. Melanie and Carly took the plates and set them down on the counter and then grabbed Sam's left and right arms respectively. Sam looked at them and feigned indignation as she struggled to free herself. "What?"

Melanie shook her head. "Sam, what's going on with Freddie?"

Sam shrugged. "Not much," she replied as flatly as she could. "He came down earlier this year, remember?"

Carly replied, "Yeah, so?" Melanie did not let her grip slacken.

Sam spoke blandly as Jade and Tori came up behind Carly and Melanie. "He acted like I didn't exist. I got mad at him. He got hurt. I visited him at the hospital. He stayed a couple of days. We went to eat a few times. Big deal."

Robbie laughed from the couch. "You forgot about asking me to serenade you to get back at Cat for taking him out."

Jade smirked and quipped, "Yeah, Robbie, like you weren't jealous, right?"

Robbie spoke while not looking at Jade. "Not really – I was always pretty certain about Cat."

"HA!" Tori interjected. "You couldn't stop whining about her time with that Freddie guy!"

As Robbie manoeuvered around the crowd to put everyone else's body between his and Sam's Cat strode up to Jade to protest. "It was Jade's fault for hitting it off with Sam."

Robbie laughed and then added, "And Sam only went after me because Jade knew that Cat loves me like she loves Freddie."

Tori sighed heavily, Carly grunted, Melanie groaned, and Jade said, "Get him, Sam," before they split conveniently for Sam to get at Robbie

As Sam fired towards Robbie, Cat jumped in front of her in a vain attempt to stop her while Robbie yelped and fell backwards. Sam bounced Cat off of her and then quickly caught up to Robbie, picked him up by the scruff of the neck, and shoved him against the wall.

"What is wrong with you?" Sam bellowed as she then charged up to him and then grabbed his shirt lapels. Carly, Melanie, Cat, Jade, and Tori ruefully snickered as Sam continued, "Well?"

Robbie's answer was to squeak indistinctly with fear. As Cat attempted to intercede, Sam boomed, "Now you're silent? What, you suddenly decided that living to keep Cat happy was worth your while?"

Carly turned to Melanie, Tori, and Jade. "Now?" she asked as Cat mooned over Robbie who was blubbering weakly.

Melanie nodded. "Yeah, sure."

Carly, Melanie, Jade, and Tori came up from behind and firmly but gently pulled Sam away from Robbie and towards the center of the room. Sam fought valiantly, but eventually the other four were able to get her firmly onto the couch.

Once they had calmed Sam, down, they spun to glare at Cat and Robbie. Tori tried to calmly address Cat and Robbie. "Can you two just stop it?"

Cat swung her head around to glare at Carly, Jade, Melanie, Sam, and Tori. "What's the big deal, Tori? They are Sam's twin sister and her best friend from Seattle. They obviously know that she still loves Freddie."

Sam inhaled sharply as Melanie and Carly gasped. They suddenly pulled their hands off of Sam as if they had been burnt. Cat's and Robbie's heads shot up and looked at the two women behind Sam with a mixture of surprise and disbelief.

Finally, Cat recovered. "You mean you don't?" Carly, Jade, Tori, Melanie, and Sam didn't move. "Oh. Sorry, Sam."

Sam attempted to jump to her feet, but Carly, Melanie, Tori, and Jade held her in place. She finally bellowed, "'Sorry'? Is that it? My best friend made out with the boy I love, giddily tells me about it before leaving for Italy with her father, and I have been hiding it from them all this time for nothing! You had to even interfere with their chance for each other when you called him down here! What is wrong with you? Did it ever occur to you that I might have a reason for doing this?"

"Of course not, " Jade replied for Cat. "She has this quaint notion that two people who could love each other are 'meant to be' – but it never occurs to her that maybe someone else thinks that about one or both of them, right Cat?"

"Of course, Sam should have her chance," Cat replied naively. "If she loves Freddie and Freddie could love her, why shouldn't everyone else know that they should leave them be?"

"Yeah," Robbie added, as if he were buttressing her argument. "It's not like Sam does a good job of pretending that she needs to calm down when she talks with or about Freddie."

Carly grunted uncomfortably as Melanie shifted her weight, Sam looked towards the ceiling, and Jade sighed loudly. Tori stepped forward and finally replied, "Cat, Robbie: what we are trying to tell you is that your housemate, her twin sister, and her closest friend all like Freddie; Sam just complained that you had no business butting in when she and I first started hanging out."

Cat's eyes went wide. "Oh, I get it."

While everyone else in the room sighed, Robbie asked, "What do you get, Cat?"

"That Freddie has commitment issues," Cat replied blandly.

Tori opened her mouth as if she expected to disagree with Cat. The girls all agreed with this assessment when Robbie stood up and attempted to preen. "And he said I am a wimp!" he gloated. "At least I know whom I want to be with!"

Sam screeched in disgust. While the others jumped to hold her in place, Cat whisked Robbie out the door.