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A/N: This chapter is a big leap to the future (Probably "after 10 years" from where they both reconciled with Adam and Valerie) , I hope you don't get confuse

And to those who have read this already and are partially or completely confuse I'm sorry if I didn't put this on earlier. Apologies.

"Hey!" A guy with clean shaven beard slides his head through the slightly opened door.

The guy on the desk acknowledges the greeting and said "You know you could always come in"

He smiled at him and entered the room, he was holding two cups of coffee and a folder on his left hand as he greeted back "Good Morning" and he handed a cup of coffee to the guy sitting in front of him.

He reached for his coffee and pointed out "What's that you're holding there?"

"Ah!" He exclaimed. "This my Friend is today's schedule"

His brows crooked in the middle of his forehead and said "but I thought we only have one costumer today"

His friend was smiling at him jubilantly and said "You are probably forgetting that we are one of the most in demand photographers here in New York"

He inhaled deeply and took a small sip from his cup and said "Don't let that get through your head"

His Friends raised his brows and said "I know, I know, but these things are major gold. Freddie my friend"

He shook his head ridiculously and said "Alright fine, who are those people"

"Well" His companion opened the folder and went through the papers one by one and finally said "I actually went through this last night before I went home and I was expecting only two additions to our clients but I guess this last one from an unnamed costumer was added today"

Freddie looked at him questionably and asked "unnamed client?"

"Yeah, Wait. I'll ask your assistant about this" and he got up from his sit and peered through the door.

Freddie heard mumbling as he looked away from the door. He inhaled as much air as he can and looked at his hands and for a mere moment or two he was unconsciously starring at it when suddenly his friend called out "Some one named Mary Sheer"

He shot up as he heard his friend and said "Don't you ever dare do that again Marco"

Marco laughed uncontrollably for about a few seconds and said "You're still not over that stuff, are you?"

Freddie quickly looked defensive and said "We don't need to talked about it, alright"

Marco nodded at him but a smile was still plastered on his face and he handed him the folder "You know what, I actually adore you"

He looked at him in disbelief and said "What?"

"Oh geez no" his face full of horror "Not that kind of adoration" and he slapped him on his shoulder and continued "What I'm saying is that. You're girlfriend is INSANE and you're still able to breath through that trouble why not just go back to that same routine you do, wait."

Freddie's smile turned into a serious face and said "It's just like one of those stuffs that you go through when you're in a relationship and plus waiting is just a waste of time when you know you are actually waiting for nothing" and he looked through the window and sighed deeply.

"Well, I've been in a relationship as well, but I have never gone through a three months period on nothing but yelling, misunderstanding and threats of breaking up"

"Well, this is different" Freddie said defensively

"Yeah, Badly and weirdly different" Marco stated

Freddie felt that his neck was throbbing so he massaged it with his hands and said "Me and Elise have talked about it and we wanted to start with a clean slate, we want this to work out, that is why-"he paused and opened his left table drawer and he put out a small black box and slowly opened it and continued "That is why, I'm asking her to marry me"

Marco's eyes almost popped out of its socket as he saw the diamond sitting on the top of the silver circular ring he gasped "Are you serious with this bro?"

Freddie looked at him and said "I think so"

"You think so? You're supposed to be sure of it, like hell yeah I'm sure of it" His friend gestured sarcastically

Freddie let out a small breath and Marco looked at him and asked "When will you drop the bomb?"

"Tonight, I guess"

Marco stood up from his chair and shook his head in defeat and said "You know what; you've got the whole day to think about it. Probably something will happen and then you might want to change you're mind about it. Because things like these aren't that easy to figure out"

Freddie looked at him, his eyes were weary and his mouth shut close and the only thing he did was nod.

"Sam!" Carly stick her phone right in her left ear

"Hey Carls" Sam answered

"Hey Carls?" She said sarcastically and continued "Where are you? You're suppose to meet me here at the airport two hours ago"

"Okay, Relax. I'm sorry" Sam pleaded

"Well it's alright! I mean I have been sitting here for the last two hours with nothing to do but count people who wear ugly hats"

"How many did you count?" Sam asked

"That's not the point! Where are you?"

"I'm boarding the plain right now and-"Sam was instantly cut off.

Carly shrugged in annoyance and dialed her number again and Sam picked up quickly and said "I'm really sorry; it's just that Gibby has some hot sauce in his pants today"

"Gi-, Gibby? You're with Gibby right now" Carly asked shocked

"Yeah, He wants to tag along" Sam stated

Carly heard Gibby say Hi on the other line and she asked "How long will it take you to come here?"

"Well, I know it's only a 1 and a half hour flight and the-" Carly heard ruffled noise on the other end and she quickly moved her phone away from her ear when she heard Sam yell "One more Gibby, and I swear I'll fit you right out of that small window" and She heard a thud.

Carly was suddenly distress and asked quickly "What was that?"

She heard muffled sound when suddenly Sam came back on "Oh nothing, Gibby's just being too annoying, anyway I promise I'll be there"

Carly heaved a sigh and said "You were supposed to come with me on this one, I can't do this alone"

"Fine, it's my fault I over slept last night and miss my plane about four hours ago and I have to find a ticket for the next flight and this is the only time I got" Sam explained

Carly rubbed her forehead and asked "Then how am I going to do this?"

Sam paused for a while and answered "You go to that place and you know, do your thing. I'm sure it will turn out fine"

"But-"Carly mumbled

"I'm really sorry, I promise I'll call you as soon as I land" Sam promised

"Alright, Safe Flight" Carly said, defeat and concern in her tone.

"Yeah, Good luck" Sam said.

Carly and Sam exchanged another goodbye and after that a long beep was heard and Sam was gone.

Carly stood up, breathed heavily and whispered to herself "Here goes, New York bound"

Carly sat on the back seat of the taxi that she rented and looked out the window and noticed that the weather was sunny and nice; she slightly rolled down the window to see the place more clearly. She has been to New York a couple of times, since Spencer would usually bring her here to visit art galleries and conventions back when she was a kid. But now that she wasn't anymore as young as she last visited the place, she felt like this trip has more to it than what she expects. She inhaled deeply and thought that it would be a good time for her and Sam to do some shopping.

"Excuse me?" The driver looked at his rear view mirror

Carly was abashed of the sudden call and she suddenly realized that the cab that she was on has stopped and she looked embarrass at the driver who was smiling at her.

"I'm really sorry" Carly apologetically said

The old man nodded at her and said "It's okay, that would be fifteen dollars"

Carly was getting out of the taxi and as she smile "Right, here" and she gave the man twenty dollars and continued "Please keep the change, I'm really sorry"

The man reached out for her payment and folded it in half and said "You must be very excited to be in New York"

Carly nodded at the man unsurely and said "I guess"

The man gave a hearty laugh "Well then good luck with it" and he smiled at Carly for the last time and drove off.

Carly shook her head with dismay and she breathed out heavily as she turned her heels.

She saw a white and black canvas painting with a silver circular object that looks like a ring on the window of the shop that she was about to enter. She looked at it for a mere two or three minutes when she finally realized that she had to step inside.

Carly was greeted with a slightly large built woman sitting behind a strangely shaped table. She spoke "Excuse me?"

The woman looked up at her and smiled widely and asked "Can I help you with something miss?"

Carly felt relieved to see the woman smile and asked politely "I'm here for my appointment?"

The lady raised her brows and said "Please, take a sit over there" she gestured her hands towards the black chair just a few inches away from her table.

Carly did what she was asked and she looked at the woman who was now looking through some papers when the woman suddenly asked "Client's name please?"

Carly shot up and answered "Carly Shay"

The lady looked through her papers again and said "Oh dear, I don't think your name is listed here, did you call for an appointment today?"

Carly looked confuse and said "Yeah, Well my friend called last night but she missed her flight today so I have to come alone. Are you sure there is no Carly Shay listed there?"

The lady looked at the paper she was holding and said "Well actually last night someone called, her voice was a bit ruffled and said that she needs an appointment today and said a name, Mary Sheer. Is that your friend's name?"

Carly looked down at her hands when she suddenly realized something and whispered "Sam!"

"Excuse me" The lady looked over her table

"Actually, I'm here for these" and Carly showed her a couple of dresses and said "Me and my Friend are co-partners with these and probably she just got all slurred up when she was talking and might have said Mary Sheer instead of Carly Shay"

The lady looked at her then to her paper and said "Well, it does say here on the paper that it is for dresses and t-shirts"

Carly nodded and pulled out two t-shirts from her suit case and said "Yes, Me and my friend is starting up a clothing business"

The woman looked at the t-shirts and wrote something on her paper and called out "Anne, can you please escort Ms. Shay and also help her with preparations"

Carly smiled at the lady and said "Thank you so much

The woman gave her a hearty smile and said "No problem, please be comfortable as you wait and prepare. The photographers are on there way and will be here any minute now"

"That was weird" Marco told Freddie as he takes a bite of his sandwich

"I know" Freddie was looking straight at the road as he drives the car, horror was in his face.

"Imagine that your best man is secretly the ex-boyfriend of your soon to be wife"

"That was a riot" Freddie exhaled

Marco instantly jump up to his sit and said "I know! And we caught it all in this" He waved his camera right in front of Freddie's face

Freddie shoved away his friends arm and laughed "We were lucky enough that we got out there alive and we even got paid"

Marco laughed and said "I know, do you think they would still want these pics?"

"I don't know, unless you got the ones where there was no choking, kicking, punching, unintentional stabbing and flying chairs and tables. Then I think they would want it"

His friend was looking at his camera and said "By the looks of it, I think those are very rare" and he laughed while pointing at the picture "Look at this one, he tried stabbing the guy with a spoon, who tries to kill a person with a spoon"

Freddie laughed loudly as he tries to control his parking and he then started heaving as his laughter died down and said "Here we are"

The two guys and the van that was following them stopped in front of a white shop and Marco said "I can't wait for the boys to see this"

Freddie stepped out of his car and said "They will die laughing when they see it again"

"I know!" and Marco started laughing again and continued "Come on, let's help them unpack those stuff"

Freddie nodded and followed his friend but as he was about to open the door for a guy who was carrying a large tripod his phone suddenly buzzed inside his pocket and called out "Stephen! Come hold this for awhile"

A guy in his blue sweatshirt ran towards his direction and grabbed the widely opened door.

Freddie tapped him on his shoulder and said "Thanks" and he walked away from the crowd while he holds his phone to his ear.

Marco stepped inside the office when their assistant Martha came out of nowhere and said "Welcome back Mr. Croons"

Marco jumped a little and spoke "What were you doing behind that coffee machine"

Martha giggled and said "I'm really sorry; someone must have unplugged the dispenser so I plug it in again"

Marco nodded at her when he suddenly heard a loud thud and asked "Someone's in the studio?"

Martha took a cup from the holder and said "Oh yes, One of your clients are actually preparing for a shoot"

Marco was amused and said "How many are they?"

"Only one" Martha stated

"We only got one?"

Martha nodded at her and said "Her friend missed the flight so she had to do the shoot alone"

"Ah, I guess I should meet her" Marco exclaimed and left Martha in the office and stepped inside the studio.

"Excuse me?"

Carly turned her heels around and said "Hi"

Marco walked across the room and held out his hand and said "I'm Marco Croons, assistant photographer here in NYC lens"

Carly shook his hand and said "I'm Carly Shay"

Marco nodded his head while he smile "I see you're alone"

Carly was embarrass at her situation and said "I know, it's just that my friend is too lazy to come"

"The lazy friends, you should always have one" Marco was trying to score a conversation but when he noticed that she only smiled he instantly added "Because you know, my partner is not the lazy type."

Carly let out a small "Oh" and looked behind him.

Marco noticed her eyes averted on his back and he quickly said "His just out there talking to someone who is apparently important, probably his mom. So shall we start the shoot?"

Carly smiled at him and said "Sure"

"Anne, Can you please help Miss Shay position on that box"

Anne the studio assistant walked over to Carly and helps her with her dress.

Meanwhile Freddie just stepped inside the shop and was greeted by there assistant Martha and he asked "Have you seen Marco?"

Martha sipped her coffee and said "His in the studio right now, Sir"

Freddie smiled at the information and said "Thank you"

Freddie walked inside the studio eyes intently on his phone; he was trying to look for something since his face clearly shows curiosity and annoyance at the gadget in hand.

He then suddenly bumped into something and he slightly got knocked up a little bit and when he looked up the person instantly asked "Freddie?"

He quickly looked up and said "Hey have you already sent me the file I was asking you to rewrite?" and he quickly went back to his phone and asked again "Have you?"

Marco was surprised of the sudden appearance of his friend and said in a low tone "I sort of forgot, but I'm done rewriting it, I just forgot to mail it to you, anyway do you want to meet our client?"

Freddie didn't respond instead he nodded his head and Marco said "Well, then I-"

Freddie then instantly looks up and said "Well, I better get it this afternoon. I really don't want to worry about it, especially for tonight"

Marco quickly nodded at him and said "Of course I will" and he smiled at him and Freddie gave him a tap on his back and started walking away.

Marco heaved a sigh when someone from behind him tapped him on his shoulder and he quickly turned around and said "Yeah?"

Anne, the assistant was propping a smile and said "She's ready"

Marco looked at the stand and saw Carly sitting perfectly at the red box slightly covered with glitters. He gave her a smile and whispered to her assistant "Tell her, I'll just get Freddie to start shooting"

The assistant nodded and walked over to Carly and she said "Mr. Croons will be right back with the Photographer"

Carly nodded at her politely and smiled.

Marco stepped inside Freddie's office and said "Hey, We have work here?"

Freddie looked up at him smiling and said "There, I'm done"

Marco was taken a back of Freddie's response and asked curiously "Done? For what?"

"I was talking to my reservation for tonight on the phone, apparently they had everything all mixed up, so they offered me another option since they gave our table to somebody else and they finally gave us the roof top area for our table"

Marco saw Freddie beam a smile at him and he said "That's great, but we've got work Freddie"

Freddie nodded at him and he quickly grabbed his coat and walks up to him smiling and said "Let's work"

Marco heaved a sigh and opened the door, Freddie walk pass by him and he heaved out a sigh and whispered "When will you wake up from this nightmare, Benson"

Marco and Freddie stood at the studio, people were running around since the white cloth backdrop was just being installed and the lights were just being put up.

Marco tried to see through the ocean of people in front of him but he failed to find the model she quickly gave up and said "I think we should let them finish first"

Freddie nodded at him and said "I should probably prepare my camera" and he walked up to his camera and started fiddling with it.

Marco called out his assistant and asked "Where's our model?"

"She's over there" Her assistant pointed out at a girl whose make up was being done

Marco acknowledges her assistant and asked "How long will it take them to put this all up"

Anne looked around the whole studio and said "It won't be long. I think they're already done"

Marco looked at the place and saw that people were clearing up and that all the lights were hung up and ready to go.

Marco then thanked her assistant and walked over to Freddie and said "Hey, it's all done"

Carly closed her eyes as the wave of the brush painted her eyelids with the shade of brown.

She never wanted and would not like to have too much make up on, since she instantly gets irritated when to much is used and it wasn't hard for the make up artist to deal with her since she instantly agreed and thought that Carly doesn't need to much make up on so that her true beauty won't be covered up.

"There you go" Here make up artist smiled

Carly slowly opened her eyes and asked "Is it done?"

Her make up artist nodded and stepped into the side with a satisfied look on her face.

Marco smiled at Freddie and gestured his hands to look in front of him.

Freddie did what he was asked.

Carly's make up artist was just stepping out of the view, She was fixing her heels at that moment and when she looked up, she instantly lost her balance and almost fell on the ground, when someone grab hold of her shoulder and kept her from falling face first on the sheeted floor.

"Careful" Freddie quickly said

Carly didn't look at him instead she held onto his arms tighter and was almost embracing him when he finally asked in a sweet soft voice "Are you alright?"

Carly didn't respond, she only nodded her head and said "I miss you"

Freddie looked down and realized that both him and Carly were kneeling and was facing each other.

He looked straight at her and said "I've missed you too, so much"

Carly gave her a small smile and said "I think we won't be kneeling like this forever

Freddie laughed a little and said "I think we won't" and he grabbed hold of her hands as the two of them tried to stand up without falling again.

Carly was trying to hold his hands tightly when suddenly she felt a cold metal like object brushed her hands, she glanced at it for two seconds when she remembered a certain something that was missing in her past.

Freddie adjusted his sleeves and looked up to her. He was forcing a smile so that people in the studio won't notice that heavy, overwhelming, stab to the heart moment they had for two minutes.

Marco came running towards them and he asked "Are you two alright?"

Both of them nodded silently and Marco said "Good, I thought something went wrong" and he tapped Freddie on his back and addressed him "We better get this thing started, we still have two more clients to meet"

Freddie agreed and he gave Carly one small smile and asked "Are you sure your alright?" concern was in his tone.

Carly gave a reassuring smile and said "Yes I am, Thank you"

Freddie heaved a sigh as he nodded and Marco called out his name again and he turned around and walked towards his camera.

Carly was back into her position with the help of the assistant on the studio. Her make up artist quickly gave her a small retouch and when everything is done, she looked in front of him and saw Freddie standing behind a camera who was looking straight at her.

She smiled at him and he smiled back. Just like what they would do during their iCarly years, the only difference now is that a flash of blinding lights brought them back to their old feelings and yet they were standing in the concrete block of reality.

A/N: So this is probably the longest chapter in the whole story, I hope that it didn't bore you. Thank you. Thank you so much for the reviews and alerts and just for checking it out, thank you so much.

A/N (2nd part edited): I apologize for the time frame mishap, I was really in a hurry when I posted this chapter. I completely forgot to tell you that starting with this Chapter and the the following ones, the whole time frame would be during Carly, Sam and Freddie's mid 20's age.

And also this chapter wasn't really in my plans, I was actually aiming for a oneshot, which contains 3 chapters only but since I got positive feedbacks from you guys (THANK YOU) I made this into a five -six chapter long story. Again Sorry for the confusion and I hope you continue reading. :)

And Lastly, To the reader(s). Thank you so much for reading. Reviews are very welcome.