When Carly was getting ready for school, she couldn't stop thinking about Sam and Freddie's secret. She wasn't feeling well, but she wanted to go to school to see if they told her they were dating, but Carly barely made it to the bottom of the stairs before she had to throw up. She ran into the bathroom and threw up, waking Spencer up.
"What's wrong kiddo?" Spencer asked groggily as he held her hair out of her face.
"I don't know. I think I have food poisoning or something." Carly replied.
"Well, you were the only one to eat the egg rolls so that would explain it." Spencer said. He then grabbed a bucket from under the sink once she was on the couch.
"Yeah I guess. I'm just going to change since I won't be going to school." Carly said sadly.
"Why are you sad about that?" Spencer asked.
'I just wanted to go to school to see if Sam and Freddie told me their se-" She stopped talking to throw up into the bucket. She nearly fell over because she was standing up so Spencer helped her up to her room by the elevator, waited outside of her room while she got dressed and then he helped her back downstairs.
"Hola chic- Whoa, Carls are you okay?" Freddie asked he walked into the apartment.
"No. I have food poisoning. I feel-" Carly was cut off again by needing to vomit and that's when Sam walked in.
"whoa, what's going on here?" Sam asked once she had seen Carly.
"She has food poisoning. I'm looking for the right medicine to give her." Spencer said as he dug through the kitchen draws.
"AHA, found it." Spencer yelled out. He quickly grabbed a glass of water and then walked over to Carly, handing her the cup and some medicine. Carly took the medicine and then laid down on the couch just as Gibby walked in.
"Gibby." Gibby said.
"Hey Gibb." Freddie said.
"What's wrong with Carly?" Gibby asked.
"She has food poisoning." Sam replied.
"Oh. Well a good cure for that is raspberry's. I heard that some Australians eat raspberry's when they're sick." Gibby said as he sat down on the couch next to Carly.
"Really? Cool. I'll go down to the store and buy some raspberry's." Spencer said as he grabbed his wallet and jacket and then he headed out of the door, still in his pj's.
"Do you want us to stay here with you today?" Sam asked.
"No. you guys go to school. I'll be fine here with Spencer." Carly replied quietly. Sam and Freddie looked at each other and then a few minutes later, they and Gibby left for school.
Carly had a sort of lazy day that day. She knew that she had to do ICarly that night, so she and Spencer did everything they could to help her get better. By the time Freddie, Sam and Gibby got back there she was feeling a lot better, but she still felt sick and weak.
"How are feeling now Carly?" Sam asked as she sat down next to her on the couch.
"A lot better than this morning. How was your day?" Carly asked.
"It was alright. I slept for most of it though so I'm not really sure." Sam replied.
"Yeah. And after you ate the fish sticks, you threw a chair at me." Gibby said loudly.
"Fish sticks make me rambunctious. You shouldn't have been standing in the way." Sam snapped back.
"Please don't fight any more. I got a black eye from trying to stop you from attacking Gibby." Freddie said as he turned around from the computer and what he said was true. His right eye was all black and swollen.
"How hard did you hit him?" Carly asked.
"I didn't hit him. Gibby did." Sam said.
"Gibby?" Carly asked him, turning to face him.
"I went to go punch Sam, but Freddie stepped in front of her and I hit him instead. Sam then kicked me in a place that should NEVER BE KICKED." Gibby yelled.
Carly's face sort of fell when Gibby said that Freddie stepped in front of Sam, but she quickly lost it. But it didn't go unnoticed. Gibby saw it, but decided that he'd ask her when Sam and Freddie weren't around and that was really soon.
"I'm going to go and check the camera lighting for the show." Freddie said as he headed towards the stairs.
"And I'm going to be throwing things at you." Sam said as she followed him up. Gibby waited until they were gone before he spoke.
"Are you okay Carly? Before when I was telling you about how I accidently punched Freddie, you kind of had a weird expression." Gibby explained.
"I'm fine Gibb." Carly said, putting on a fake smile that Gibby saw straight through.
"I know that something is wrong. I am smarter than most people think." Gibby said with a smile. Carly had to smile at that mainly because his smile was infectious.
"I'm just a little upset with someone at the moment. That's all." Carly replied.
"Let me guess, Sam and Freddie." Gibby said. Carly looked at him with a look that said 'how did you know?'
"I saw the look on your face after you came back from talking to them in the courtyard on Saturday. And I saw the look on your face after every time you spoke to them over the last 3 days. Don't mind me asking, but what did they do?" Gibby asked.
"Okay. promise that you won't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you." Carly said as she turned to face him.
"I promise." Gibby said.
"Okay. Well, do you know how I told you that I saw a monkey-looking-bird out in the courtyard? Well, what I really saw was Sam and Freddie kissing. When I asked them about it afterwards though, they basically called me stupid by saying that I was hallucinating, but I know what I saw." Carly said.
"I knew you were lying about the monkey-bird. Well, why don't you do something to show them that you know?" Gibby asked.
"What do you mean?" Carly asked.
"Well, maybe you could kiss someone in front of them and then say that they're the ones hallucinating and show them how you feel." Gibby said.
"That's a good idea. Would you be able to help me with it?" Carly asked, looking hopeful.
"Sure. I have nothing better to do. But do it after ICarly so you have more time to plan how we're going to do this. We should probably go up there now." Gibby said as he stood up.
"Okay, but we'll use the elevator so that they know that we're coming." Carly said. She and Gibby then got on to the elevator and when they got onto the studio floor, Sam and Freddie were on opposite sides of the room pretending that nothing had happened.
"How much longer till show time?" Carly asked Freddie.
"Uh, half an hour. Aren't you going to get changed?" Freddie asked her. Carly just shook her head.
"Nope. I've decided to stay in my pyjama's for this one." Carly said. she then walked over to a beanbag and sat down on it, pulling out her phone.
Carly: Gibb, I have an idea on how to do the whole kiss thing.
Gibby: Awesome. What is pit.
Carly: Well, I was thinking that we could be talking and then I will just kiss you. That way it's the exact same as what they did.
Gibby: Okay.
"Who are you texting Carls?" Sam asked Carly.
"No one. Just a friend." Carly replied.
"Which friend?" Sam asked.
"Just a friend." Carly snapped, making Sam drop the subject.
When the half an hour was up, they started the show. Freddie and Sam noticed that Carly was acting strange during the show. She kept glancing at Gibby who would smile and nod and she tried to keep a bit of a distance between her and Sam the entire time. When the show ended, they were about to ask her why she was acting weird, but before they could, they saw her and Gibby kissing. Their jaws literally dropped.
"What… Did that… What going on?" Freddie and Sam asked simultaneously.
"We have no idea what you're talking about." Carly said.
"Don't act like you don't know. You and Gibby just kissed." Sam said loudly.
"I think you guys are hallucinating. That never happened." Gibby said. Sam and Freddie stared at them incredulously as they walked out of the room.
"I know that I was not hallucinating when I saw them kiss." Sam said. Freddie agreed and then they both went downstairs and walked up to Carly and Gibby.
"We know that we weren't hallucinating when you two kissed." Sam said to them as she and Freddie stood in front of the couch where they were sitting.
"I have no clue what you two are on about. Do you Carly?" Gibby asked. Carly shook her head.
"No idea. I think they're going a little crazy." Carly replied.
"We know what we saw. We're not stupid. We saw you kiss." Freddie said, crossing his arms.
"You're losing it Freddie. Have you hit your head a little too hard or something?" Gibby asked.
"No. Stop lying to us. We saw you kiss so why can't you just admit it?" Freddie asked.
"Why won't you stop lying to me about you and Sam kissing?" Carly asked as she stood up.
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked quietly.
"Now you're lying to me. I know that you kissed. I saw you out in the courtyard." Carly yelled.
"Carly, calm down." Freddie said.
"Don't tell me to calm down. You guys are my best friends. Or at least I thought you were. You lied to me about the one thing that you know I would happy for you about. Do you know how that makes me feel? It makes me feel like a loser. I never lie to you." Carly said, on the brink of tears.
"We are your best friends. And you're not a loser." Sam said, putting a hand on Carly's shoulder but having it shrugged off.
"Don't.. I always tell you everything. I have never kept anything from you. But that doesn't matter to you. You lied to me and I … I don't think I can forgive you for that." Carly said, tears spilling out of her eyes. She then ran up as fast as she could in her state up the stairs and into her room.
"Carly…" Sam said, heading to the stairs, but being stopped by Gibby.
"I think it's best for you two to give her some space for now. Wait until she's calmed down a bit before you go and talk to her. She just needs some space." Gibby said. Sam and Freddie both sat down on the couch as Gibby snuck up the stairs to check on Carly.
"Carly, can I come in?" Gibby asked once he was at her door. She was sitting on the edge of her bed and when Gibby asked, she nodded and wiped some of the tears away.
"I feel so stupid. I thought they were my friends." Carly sobbed. Gibby sat down next to her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders as she sobbed into his chest.
"You're not stupid. You're amazing. And they are your friends, but you're just made at them at the moment so you're not talking to them. They never meant to hurt you like this." Gibby said.
"I know, but it still hurts. I never lie to them." Carly sobbed.
"I know that. They probably just thought that they could try and date without you knowing and see if it worked because honestly, I doubt that they would be able to handle everyone coming up to them all of the time and saying how cute of a couple they are." Gibby said.
"They are a cute couple aren't they?" Carly asked a few seconds later as she pulled away from Gibby.
"Yeah, they are." Gibby replied. Carly laughed once, making Gibby smile at the sound of her happiness.
"I should go and apologise to them. You're right. They were probably just trying dating out." Carly said, wiping away the tears. Gibby smiled at her and she smiled back and looked into his eyes.
She had never noticed how much he had changed until this moment. He had lost a lot of his baby fat and was now muscular and he looked more handsome now. As she stared into his eyes, she felt a kind of peace wash over her. Without realising it, they both slowly leant in. the kiss didn't last for very long, 5-6 seconds at most.
They both sort of looked away from each other awkwardly and stared at anything other than each other.
"That was…" Carly started.
"Awkward." Gibby finished.
"Yeah." Carly agreed. They then looked at each other and after a few seconds, they both leant in again. But as their lips connected, they felt something. A weird sensation. They both loved the feeling and before they knew it, they were in the middle of a sweet make out session.