Chapter Three (The rehearsal)
After the awkward meeting of Jennifer; and dealing with Carly grilling her. Sam finished the rest of the day pretty much avoiding everyone; which she was able to do; due to the fact she skipped all the classes she had with Carly or Freddie. After school got out, Sam quickly left the building, trying not to be spotted by Carly or Freddie.
Sam managed to get out unseen; and then headed home. She had a lot on her mind; mostly Jennifer. She had to get back home to regroup; she needed to think things through. So as soon as she got home; she went straight to her room and locked her door behind her. She didn't want any distractions, and didn't want to deal with her mom going on and on about some guy she met at the convenient store.
Sam flipped her shoes off and flopped down on the bed; with the thought's of Freddie and that girl; that girl who seemed to be stealing Freddie from her.
"How can this be happening? Can't he see we belong together?" She thought to herself while lying on her back and her forearm draped across her forehead. "I need a plan of action; something I can do to make Freddie see…see that we were meant for each other." She said to herself quietly.
Sam laid on her bed thinking so long, that she fell asleep. When Sam woke up; she felt hungry; and not knowing what time it was she looked at the clock beside her bed. 6:45 p.m.
"Uhg…I need food." She said to herself getting out of bed, and going into the kitchen.
Normally Sam would be at Carly's raiding her fridge. But today; that wasn't an option. So Sam walked out of her room and into the living room where her mom was now sitting; watching TV.
"Hey Samantha…nice to see your still alive." Her mom said as she turned to look at Sam.
"Yeah…yeah I'm still alive; is there anything to eat?" She asked heading for the kitchen.
"There's some leftover chicken from two nights ago; you can reheat that." Her mom said.
Sam pulled the chicken out and looked at it. When she opened up the container, the smell of it let her know it was rancid.
"Maybe if I microwave it long enough it will be fine." She thought to herself.
After picking off the bad parts; and eating what she thought was the good parts, she went back to her room to relax. She shut off her phone; and laid back down on her bed; still not wanting to talk to Carly, and especially not Freddie.
Carly met up with Freddie and Jennifer in front of the school. Carly was wondering where Sam had gone. She hadn't seen her in the few classes she had with her; which she chalked up to Sam skipping classes.
Freddie…have you seen Sam? I haven't seen her since just after lunch." She asked looking around for Sam.
"No; I haven't seen her since I passed her in the hall by her locker after lunch. Did you notice how odd Sam was acting?" Freddie askedwith his eyebrows scrunched a little.
"Yeah; but I'm gonna find out what's up; because I'm sure she'll be at my house later on, if she isn't already." Carly said shrugging it off.
All three walked back to Bushwell Plaza. When they got to the eighth floor; they went to Carly's door and went in. When they got in; they saw Spencer covered in plaster.
"What happened to you?" Carly asked setting her book bag down on the kitchen island.
"I was mixing the plaster in my new mixer I found at the junk yard." He said as he was grabbing a towel to wipe himself off.
"Blew it up huh?" Freddie asked walking up to the kitchen island where Carly was now sitting.
"Um…yeah." Spencer replied with a discouraged look.
"Hey…who's the new friend?" Spencer asked; looking all excited again.
"Oh…this is my girlfriend Jennifer; she just moved here to Seattle a couple of weeks ago. She lives on the ninth floor." Freddie said walking back over to her; realizing he had left her standing there alone by the door.
"Where's Sam…she's always with you guys; she get put in juvy again?" Spencer asked looking around the room.
"We don't know. We were hoping she would have been here, because we didn't see her after school." Carly said spinning around on the bar stool; so that she was facing everyone.
I'm sure she'll turn up. She's probably at the deli grabbing a giant ham sub before coming over." He said not really seeming to be the least little bit worried.
"Well I have to get going, my dance practice is in an hour, so I'll see you later Freddie; nice meeting you Spencer." She said as she was heading for the door.
"Hold up Jen…I'll walk you to your apartment." Freddie said as the two of them walked out of the Sahy's apartment.
Sam was sitting in her room; relaxing, when her mom knocked on the door.
"Everything okay Sammy?" Her mom asked in an unusual caring voice.
"Yeah…I'm fine. Just want to be alone right now if you don't mind." She said trying to ignore her mother's existence.
"No it's not. Look, I know I'm not the best parent in the world; but I'm still your mom, and I know when you're lying; so spit it out." She said as she walked into Sam's room and sat down on her bed.
"I'd rather not talk about it if you don't mind." Sam said not bothering to look at her mom.
"I do mind…" Sam cut her off.
"It's about Freddie, okay! And like I said, I don't want to talk about it." She said again; but in a more annoyed tone of voice.
"The boy from your web show?"
"Yeah…the one from the web show." Sam said still annoyed, and hoping her mom would drop the subject.
"He's a good looking kid, I can see why you have the hot's for him. If I were your age I'd probably go after him myself."
"MOM!" She yelled.
"Please don't say that; it sounds creepy coming from you." She yelled.
"Okay…okay; I'll leave, but don't let a catch like him get away." She said as she was leaving the room.
Sam's mom was just trying to help; but to Sam she wasn't. All she was doing was reminding Sam that what she wanted was unavailable.
Sam was not looking forward tothe next day at school. Not just because it was school; that was part of it; but mostly because she was going to have to go to rehearsal later that night and face Carly and Freddie. After getting out of school, Sam met up with Carly, Freddie and Jennifer. She saw them standing there in front of the school, and slowly made her way over to them. Freddie turned around and saw Sam walking up to them.
"Hey Sam! Been waiting for you." Freddie said; holding onto Jennifer's hand.
"Hey Sam…nice to see you again." Jennifer said smiling; but feeling nervous about Sam remembering their last encounter.
"Hey Nub…Jennifer. Ready to get the rehearsal done?"
Freddie gave her a confused look, and then looked back at Jennifer.
"Um…yeah…Carly?" Freddie asked.
"Yeah I'm ready let's go." Carly said turning and heading down the sidewalk.
"So…Jennifer. What's your dad do for a living?"
"He's a lawyer for a big company. Maybe you've heard of it...it's Dingo." She said all excited to tell them.
All three rolled their eyes. Carly, Sam nor Freddie said anything; just continued on their way to the Bushwell Plaza.
"I can't wait to see you guys rehearse. It sounds like a lot of fun." Jennifer said holding Freddie's hand and swinging it back and forth.
Sam's eyes got big.
"What? She's coming to the rehearsal? Why?" She asked really not wanting her to go.
"Yeah…I invited her." Freddie said.
"I figured she would like to see where we do iCarly." He said as he looked over at Jennifer and smiled.
Great…can this day get any worse?" She thought to herself.
Sam didn't like the idea of her coming along; but she knew there was a possibility she could use this to her advantage. After everyone had arrived at Carly's apartment, they went straight up to the iCarly studio.
"Okay Jen; just have a seat over there out of view, and we'll get started soon." Freddie said standing behind his cart; typing something on his lap top; and pointing over to a chair that was behind the tech cart.
"Okay Jen…remember…quiet." Sam said with a sly smile on her face. She had plans; and all of them involved Jennifer. Sam figured if she had to deal with her; she might as well have fun.
"Ready to get this going Fred Weird?" Sam asked knowing it was going to irritate Jennifer.
Jennifer was just about to stand up and reply to Sam's comment, but Sam was fast and didn't give her time to respond.
"Remember…SHHHH!" She said with her finger on her lips.
Jennifer sat back down; but with a slight scowl on her face. Sam was enjoying her reaction; and smiling on the inside.
"Yeah…I'm ready. In 4,3,2." And then Freddie pointed his finger at them letting Carly and Sam know it was time to start the rehearsal.
I'm Carly!…and I'm not Jennifer! Oops. I mean I'm Sam…my bad." She said smiling at Freddie.
"Sam…really?" Freddie yelled from behind the camera.
"What? It was an honest mistake. Even the great Freddie the nerd bag Benson makes mistakes don't he?" Sam asked almost unable to contain herself.
Jennifer didn't look pleased at all; and was going to say something again. But once again Sam was fat and didn't give her have a chance.
"SHHHH." Sam did the same thing; but with an amused looked and eyebrows raised. About half way through the rehearsal, Sam pushed the random dancing button on the remote. Sam and Carly started dancing all over, and then Sam pretended to trip; and fell into Jennifer. Freddie quickly ran over to Sam and Jennifer. He held his hand out for Sam to help her up. As Sam got to her feet; she stumbled falling into Freddie's arms.
At first; Sam let Freddie hold her, as she gazed into his brown eyes; getting lost in them. Freddie saw something at that moment. He didn't know what it was. But looking down at Sam in his arms triggered something.
"Hey Freddie; plan on helping me up, or just stand there with Sam in your arms?" Jennifer was mad. It seemed that everything that went wrong in the rehearsal; somehow seemed to involve her. Freddie placed Sam on her feet, and then went to help Jennifer up. Jennifer reached her hand out for Freddie to grab; which he did, and helped her to her feet as well.
"You okay Sam? It looked like you biffed it pretty good there." Carly asked walking over to her after Freddie had helped her to her feet.
"Yeah Carl's I'm fine. How about you Jennifer; I landed pretty hard on you; you okay?" Sam asked walking over to her with a fake concern.
Yeah…I'm fine, no thanks to you." Jennifer said looking mad and ready to leave.
Sam's plan seemed to be working; but she didn't want to overdo it. She just wanted Freddie to see all he needed was her; and Jennifer was never going be the one.
Jennifer watched the rest of the rehearsal; but in a different spot. She didn't want to get pummeled by Sam again. Jennifer was starting to think her first impressions of Sam were right; that Sam didn't like her; but being the nice person she was, tried to blow it off as a coincidence. At the end of rehearsal; as was almost a ritual, Sam, Carly and Freddie were gathered around the cart as Freddie processed the order of skits that Carly and Sam had decided to do; so everything went off as planned.
"Everyone want to get a smoothie?" Carly asked.
"Does Freddie wear anti-bacterial underpants?" Sam asked.
"Yes…"
"Then I'm ready." Sam sad as she grabbed a water bottle, and exited the studio. Sam started out dreading tonight, but after all was said and done. Sam was feeling better about things than she had all week.
So…what'd you think?" Freddie asked walking over to Jennifer and Carly.
"It was good; except almost getting killed by Sam."
"How about I make it up to you; and buy you a smoothie?"
"No thanks; I have homework; and besides; I don't want to die from some kind of freak smoothie accident." Jennifer said as she was gathering her things.
Well…I hope you liked it. Things were fun to write in this one and I will try to update when I can. Thanks for reading, and PLEASE leave a review; I love to read all of them. And as always…Thanks for reading
