Chapter 4
~30 minutes later ~
"Hey, let me out of here!" the teen girl yells to the security guard from behind the bars fixed to the mall prison. "Phew, why'd they put this next to the bathroom?" Sam feels disgusted by the location.
"Aw, man. Cat's going to kill me!" Sam thinks to herself, "She's going to be so mad when I tell her that I don't have a gift for her before she graduates!
"Hey, how long are you going to hold me here?" Sam asks impatiently, repeatedly looking at the wall clock located on an outer wall
"Just until your roommate Cat comes here to bail you out" the security guard formally answers her question
"Really? I thought her college interview would take a lot longer" Sam ironically says to herself. "She probably got accepted, she might be pissed to pay $800, but, I'm sure she's too happy to care" Sam reassures herself, inferring her friend got admitted into college
~5 minutes later ~
"I am so pissed off!" Cat angrily thinks to herself as she parks her moped in the parking lot. Cat turns off the engine and runs towards the entrance
"I can't believe what we did to Sam!" Cat hear an 11—year-old cheer towards her friend before going in for a high five
"What the hell!" Cat grabs Ellie's arm, interrupting her high five. "Hey, what the-"Ellie asks in confusion as she gets pinned to a wall
"What are you doing?" Amanda asks Cat before she gets pushed aside by the short teen. "What did you do to Sam?" Cat asks in an angry manner
"She impersonated a mall Santa to buy some expensive hover board!" Ellie asks in a cocky manner
"Wait, a hover board?" Cat begins to think, "I've been dying for one of those!"
"Yeah, shut up, we're all also dying for one!" Ellie rudely interrupts her
"Wait, did Sam do that to buy me a hover board?" Cat finally begins to understand
"Why the hell don't you ever use your pea-sized brain to consider asking her that in jail?" Ellie rudely asks her
"You got her in jail?" Cat asks in an angry manner. "Yeah, but what's the big deal?" Ellie asks before she gets slapped in the face
"Ah!" Ellie yells as she falls backward on the floor with her aching tooth breaking out of her mouth
"You have no idea what you've messed with!" Cat threatens her and makes heavy footsteps towards the pre-teen girl lying on the floor. "You cost me my damn application!" Cat yells at her, explaining her pain
"Oh, sh*t!" Ellie whispers to herself as Cat looks down on her. Ellie manages to dodge Cat and attempts to run towards the food court
"Where do you think you're going?" Cat angrily asks her before she grabs the 11-year-old by her hair
"Ow!" Ellie yells as she grabs her head in pain
"Hey, let go of that girl!" Cat turns around and notices a security guard running after her
"Oh, crap!" Cat yells and let's go of Ellie before running towards the food court
"Security, get her!" the security guard calls for a dispatch team
Cat reaches the food court but trips over a banana peel and falls on the ground. "Son of a-"Cat whispers in pain but pauses when she notices security guards running towards her
"There she is!" the security guard runs towards her but the 17-year-old manages to dodge him and run towards the stores
~5 minutes later ~
"We have lost visual on the suspect!" the security guard commands in his radio, "She has red hair, she's around 5 feet so I'm presuming she's 15 years old"
"I'm 17!" Cat thinks to herself in frustration, hiding under a store counter
"Ok, let's look in another area!" Cat hears the security guard command his dispatch team, relieving her. "How do I get out of here? If they find me, they throw me in prison!" Cat thinks to herself, scared about her clean record
"Hey, so what do you want to do with this Santa costume?" Cat hears an employee ask her co-worker, holding a used costume
"Just throw it away, we have tons of these!" the co-worker replies to her. "Sounds right" the employee takes the Santa costume and throws it in a trash can
"Come on, we have lunch break!" the worker reminds her and walks towards the exit
Cat stares at the trash can in disgust and comes up with an idea
~10 minutes later ~
"Ok, guys. Abandon search!" the security guard orders his team to stop looking for the red-haired girl. The security team walks towards the food court when one compliments, "Hey, Santa! I like your red-hair!"
"Thanks…" Cat, now in a Santa costume, attempts to disguise her high-pitched voice
"Have a holly jolly Christmas!" the security guard greets her before his team walks away from the teen girl
"Ok, all I have to do is find Sam!" Cat, still wearing her Santa costume, thinks to herself as she walks closer towards the mall prison
"Excuse me, miss?" Cat gets interrupted by a security officer. "Yeah?" Cat stops and turns towards him. The security officer forcefully takes off her Santa beard and hat before yelling, "Guys, I found her!"
"Oh, sh*t!" Cat yells before she begins running slowly towards the stores. "Why are these pants so tight?" Cat thinks to herself in frustration, feeling constrained and slow
"There she goes!" the security guard yells and pounces on the teen girl. "Ouch!" Cat yells as she falls hard on the ground, blushing when she hears a rip in her pants
"What do you want to do with her?" the security guard asks his partner as he handcuffs the red-haired girl. "Throw her where we put everyone!" the partner tells her co-worker
"Hey, can you please get me some pants?" Cat begins blushing as she is being pushed by the security officer, "My butt's on display!" Cat asks while blushing before the officer nods
"Where are you taking me?" Cat asks in a scared manner
"We're taking you to the mall prison" the officer tells her, "We just arrested a blonde who posed as Santa"
"Is her name Sam Puckett?" Cat asks in a coincidental manner to which the officer nods
"Oh, boy" Cat thinks to herself as she continues to get dragged
~5 minutes later ~
"Come on, can't I at least go to the bathroom?" Sam attempts to compromise with the security officer guarding her cell
"Just use the one in your cell" the security guard refuses her offer, giving an alternate suggestion
"Ew, no way!" Sam says in disgust
"Hey, inmate. You have another cellmate now!" the security guard yells before throwing her roommate into the jail cell
"Cat?" Sam asks in a surprised manner. "Oh, hey Sam" Cat greets her and gets up
"You're in so much trouble!" Cat gets up and begins choking on her blonde roommate. "What the hell is the matter with you?"
"Cat, I'm sorry you had to come bail me out!" Sam apologizes. "At least you can pay for both of us so that we can celebrate your acceptance" Sam suggests but pauses when she notices Cat's blank face
"Hold on, Cat" Sam starts to understand, "Did you get rejected?" to which Cat nods while crying. "What went wrong?" Sam ironically asks her upset roommate
"You!" Cat angrily answers and pins Sam to a wall. "What's your problem with enchiladas?"
"Cat, I'm sorry!" Sam finally understands and apologizes. "I didn't intend for that!"
"Shut up!" Cat rudely yells at her. "Why couldn't you just get anything cheaper and legal?"
"I thought you wanted something before you left for college!" Sam explains to herself
"Sam, I don't care what you get me" Cat explains in a moralistic manner, "It's not the price that matters, all that matters is the effort put behind it!"
Sam thinks to herself and apologizes, "I'm so sorry, Cat!"
"I understand, Sam" Cat understands her situation. "But, how will I get into college?" Cat asks her roommate, concerned about her future
"Will you relax?" Sam attempts to alleviate her roommate's worries, "Are you sure they rejected you?"
"Well, I'm not really sure" Cat begins to rethink. "They didn't exactly tell me, but, they were really impressed by my grades!"
"So, you probably got accepted!" Sam attempts to cheer up her roommate. "Oh, yeah!" Cat gets excited and gives her a high five
"So, no grudges?" Sam asks before Cat nods in agreement
"So, since you can't bail us both out. How long are we going to be here?" Sam asks as she looks at the clock outside
"We get home tomorrow!" Cat asks before she flops on the hard yet manageable mattress
"Sweet!" Sam feels cheery before she notices something. "Cat, why is your butt taped up?" Sam asks as she stares at her roommate's ripped jeans
"Oh, I ripped my pants and they didn't have any extra pair of jeans!" Cat answers while blushing
~The next day, December 25, Christmas Day, 9 A.M ~
"Sam, what'd you get me rather than a hover board?" Cat asks in a surprised manner as she notices a gift under the Christmas tree in their living room. "Just open the present!" Sam prompts her to open the present
"You got me a jump rope?" Cat asks as she finally opens her Christmas present, "Sam, thanks!" Cat appreciates the present. "And, this present is for you" Cat gives her a smaller present
"This better be a meatball launcher or else-"Sam begins opening her present. "Oh, my god!" Sam finally opens her present, "I love this T-shirt!"
The T-shirt has the iCarly pasted on the front with the back saying the names: Carly Shay, Sam Puckett, Freddie Benson. "Cat, where'd you get this?" Sam asks in a curious manner
"How about you let me do the worrying for once" Cat calms her roommate down to which Sam nods
"Ring, ring, ring" the home phone answers. Cat picks up the phone and greets, "Hello?"
"Ms. Valentine, this is the College Board" the head formally introduces himself. "Oh, hello!"
"Ms. Valentine, we're proud to inform that you have been accepted to our university!" the head proudly informs her, causing the new college student to drop the phone, smashing it into pieces
"Cat, are you alright?" Sam runs towards her mesmerized roommate. "Sam, I'm in!" Cat begins cheering in excitement
"That's awesome!" Sam feels excited for her roommate
"Ring, ring, ring" Sam's phone coincidently rings. Sam picks up the phone and says, "Hello?"
"Hey, Sam. It's Connor" Sam's handsome crush greets her
"Oh, hey Connor!" Sam greets him with a smile
"Yeah, I was wondering if you and your roommate want to come to the downtown New Year's Countdown with me." Connor nervously asks the 17-year-old blonde, "There are going to be tons of teen boys there!"
"Yeah, sure. I would love to-"Sam agrees but corrects herself, "I mean, I would like to"
"Sweet!" Connor hangs up in an excited manner
"Cat, we're partying with boys this week!" Sam informs her roommate with an erotic tone. "That's great!" Cat feels excited
"Robbie keeps asking me if I have a crush on someone, I bet he'll be happy for me!" Cat ironically tells her roommate
"So, do you want to just watch Dwarf on TV?" Sam asks as she turns on the movie about the dwarf coming in New York City
"Sure!" Cat agrees and flops herself on the couch before turning up the volume
"SANTA!" Cat hears the lead character yell from the TV
THE END
(A/N: I just want to thank all of my readers who have supported me in 2015 and I hope that you continue to support me in the upcoming year 2016. Happy New Year!)
