It was Friday night and the iCarly gang and Gibby were all at Carly's apartment preparing for the camping trip to Mount Baker National Forest. Carly was packing the ice chest with weinies, peppy colas, Wahoo punch, and other yummy foods and drinks. Sam and Freddie were packing up the tents while Gibby was busy packing up the sleeping bags. Sam asked, "How many tents do we need? And who is going to sleep with who?"
Carly smiled and suggested, "Maybe we should sleep with our dates?"
Gibby very much liked the sound of that and cried out loudly, "Alright!"
"We should go out and buy me an extra large tent then, because I can't stand being so close to Freddie," Sam quipped.
Freddie glared at Sam as he prepared to carry the tents out to the car. Gibby joined him, carrying several sleeping bags. Sam was left alone in the apartment with Carly.
Sam approached her best friend and asked, "So, Carls, do you like Gibby?"
Carly blushed and replied, "To be honest, I kind of do like him. He's cute and sweet and..."
"You like Gibby! You like Gibby!" Sam began teasing her friend relentlessly.
"Shut up! Not like you don't like Freddie!" Carly growled in response.
"Who said I like the nub?" Sam yelled.
Freddie and Gibby returned just then, and Freddie asked, "What's all the yelling about in here?"
"Ummm... nothing. We were just discussing the Middle East," Carly said quickly.
Freddie looked at them suspicously, wondering what the girls had actually been discussing. "Are you sure you girls weren't talking about me and how cute I am?" Gibby asked.
"How did you know?" Carly asked Gibby in amazement.
"Cuz my mom said I'm awesome!" Gibby exclaimed.
"Let's get going," Sam spoke up. "I'm ready to roast some weiners on the fire."
"Yeah, we can go. The car's loaded," Freddie responded. "But first, let's make sure you girls have everything packed."
"Ohhhh ... you don't want to forget your little dweeb cams, Freddie," Sam said to him with a sarcastic smile.
"All my dweeb cams are packed, Princess Puckett," he promised her as he grabbed the huge ice chest which was packed to capacity, his muscles straining as he carried it out the door.
Carly and Gibby were carrying their suitcases, plus Carly was also carrying Sam's since Sam was too lazy to carry her own. Sam grabbed a couple of fat cakes on the way out incase she needed a snack on the way there. "Mount Baker National Forest here we come!" Sam yelled as they all headed out the door.
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Carly and Gibby piled into the backseat together and Sam got into the passenger's seat next to Freddie. Soon they were on the road and headed toward the campground. Gibby reached over and took Carly's hand into his own. She looked over at Gibby and smiled. Sam glanced in the backseat and noticed Gibby and Carly holding hands. She snorted and then looked back at the road.
Forty-five minutes later they had arrived at Mount Baker National Forest and found their campground. Soon the guys had their tents erected beneath the trees while Carly was unpacking the rest of the items from the car. Sam was busy munching on fat cakes and complaining of hunger.
After a delicious meal of roasted weinies, Gibby suggested a nice swim in the nearby lake. "But we don't have any swimming suits though," Carly said with disappointment as they stood near the lake.
"That's perfectly fine," Gibby replied. "We'll skinny dip."
"Ohhh I don't know about this," Freddie said with a look of trepidation.
"Don't be a baby, Benson," Sam grumbled at him. "You're not scared, are you?"
As Sam and Freddie were talking, Gibby started getting undressed. He threw his shirt aside followed by his trousers. Then he took off his boxers. He stood there totally naked and unashamed. "So, Carly, whattya think?" he asked her.
The iCarly gang looked at Gibby with total disbelief. "Ohhhh Gibby," Carly said softly as she gazed at him.
Gibby asked, "Who's getting undressed next?"
"Sam!" Freddie spoke up.
"Dude?" Sam gasped. Freddie had just volunteered her to be next? How could she possibly get out of this one?
"Only if you go next," Sam bargained with Freddie.
"Alright," Freddie promised, waiting quietly then to see if Sam would actually get undressed.
Sam started taking off her clothes. First her top, then her pants. She stood there in only her bra and her "I Heart Vegas" panties. Freddie swallowed hard.
"Ummmm... nice panties," Freddie commented.
Sam smacked Freddie with her panties after taking them off. She threw her bra aside and quickly jumped into the lake so no one could see her woman parts. "Your turn, Fredweinie," she called out to him from the water.
He groaned and started taking off his clothing. In a few moments, he was entirely naked. Gibby whistled loudly, startling Freddie. "Carly's turn!"
Gibby cried out.
"But I'm shy," Carly spoke as she stood near the edge of the water.
She quickly took off all of her garments and jumped into the lake as soon as she had whipped off her panties. "This water is yucky," she complained as she swam over toward Gibby.
Gibby dunked his head underwater, taking a huge drink. He puked up a little bit and said, "This tastes good."
Sam and Freddie were playfully splashing each other as they swam close in the lake. Sam dove under the water and bit Freddie on the thigh. "Something bit me!" Freddie cried out fearfully.
"That was me, internet-boy!" Sam replied as she emerged from underwater.
All of the sudden they heard a noise that chilled them to the core of their inner beings. It sounded like a horrible mournful wailing call. "What in the hell was that?" Carly gasped in fear.
"It sounded like my mom!" said Freddie.
Gibby's lower lip trembled and he clung to Carly in terror. "I want- want my mommy!" he sobbed like a small child.
They all quickly got out of the lake and began dressing as fast as they possibly could. A few moments later, they had returned to their campsite. "What the hell was that?" Carly asked again, totally freaked out by the horrific sound.
Freddie spoke up and said, "We should all four sleep in the same tent to protect one another."
"Momma will protect you, Freddikins, don't worry," Sam promised him, ruffling his dark hair.
They all got dressed for bed inside the largest tent, and Carly got the sleeping bags ready. Soon they had climbed into their sleeping bags and attemped to sleep, yet the frightening sounds of the forest kept them awake.
The two girls were sleeping side by side, with the two guys on either side of them. Gibby was fearful, so he kept hanging onto Carly. "It'll be alright,
Gibbs," she promised him as they cuddled.
Sam kept her pocket knife near her incase of a midnight attack. Freddie real quick put his tech cams on the side of the tent in hopes of getting a glimpse of the thing that had been making those horrid sounds. He then lay down in the sleeping bag next to Sam. "Good night, Princess Puckett," he whispered to her.
"Shut up, Freddork," she responded. "Mama's sleepy..."
OOC::: Stay tuned for the next chapter! And what do you think is making those awful noises?