iWin The Lottery Chapter 3.
Disclaimer: I do not own iCarly.
Sam was at WSU working the next day and her PearPhone rang. It said "Northwest Hospital" in the caller ID.
"Hello?" Sam asked.
"Are you Samantha Benson?"
"Yes I am...who's calling?"
"This is Evelyn from Northwest hospital. There was a fire at the Seattle Pear store and your husband is a burn victim." (A/N: Nurse Evelyn is named after my grandmother.)
Sam's eyes went wide and she started to worry. "What degree?"
"2nd. His burns have been treated. He did not suffer from smoke inhalation because he got out so soon."
"I'm on my way.", and with that she hung up.
She jumped in her Geo and drove to the hospital.
"I'm here to see Fredward Benson. I'm his wife.", Sam told the desk person.
"He's in room 262."
Sam ran to room 262 and opened the door. Nurse Evelyn and Dr. Griffin (A/N: Dr. Griffin is named after my grandfather, who was a doctor for about 40 years. I never got to meet him.) were in the room. Freddie's burns were covered in gauze. She ran up to her husband and kissed his forehead.
"I got here as fast as I could. I was very worried.", Sam started.
"I'm all done now. Doc Griffin treated me."
"Thanks, Doc.", Sam said sincerely.
"No problem. Almost everyone is treating fire victims from the Pear store fire right now."
Freddie was released and they took the Metro home. Sam called a towing company to bring the Caravan back on a flat bed. She pushed the van in the driveway and they went inside.
"So, what's going to happen to your pay?", Sam began.
"We should probably go and see if the fire victims are staying on payroll. We'll have to go to the next nearest store, which is in Portland. Can you call in sick tomorrow?"
"Sure can!", Sam winked at her husband.
Just then, the house phone rang. It was Carly.
"Sup Carlotta?"
"I just heard about a fire at the Pear store! Did Freddie get burnt?"
"He got 2nd degree burns. We just got back from the hospital and were talking about his pay. I was just about to call you. The doctor I normally see for my pregnancy and his wife treated him."
"Thank god he's alright! I'll pass this on to Spencer and Brad."
"I am relieved that Fredwina's okay. I gotta go Carls. We have to go to the Portland Pear store tomorrow to see if he'll be on payroll while they rebuild."
"Alright, bye Sammy."
"See ya Carly."
It's about 10:00 the next morning. After a little bickering, Freddie got Sam to get out of bed. They hadn't eaten yet.
"We better get some breakfast on the way!", Sam snapped.
"We'll get some on the way out." Freddie replied, trying to calm his wife down.
Freddie was driving for the first time since the fire. They were in the Geo because it's automatic.
"Dang Sam, you've been driving this thing a lot!"
"Whaddya mean, nub?"
"We just reached 225,000 miles!"
"Well, my mom did accidentally sign it over to me when I was 2...she sold her other car in '97 when she really started drinking."
"You should get it refreshed.", Freddie suggested.
"We'll wait until after the baby comes. It's still running great, and we don't have money to waste."
"Eh, you're right."
"Momma's always right."
Freddie rolled his eyes.
After they went to a cafe and got bacon and eggs, with Sam taking the wheel once they finished. Freddie and Sam started driving down Interstate 5. Soon, there was major roadwork.
Sam rolled down the window and shouted, "Hurry up!". A construction worker holding one of those signs with "SLOW" on one side and "STOP" on the other side walked over to the window.
"Miss, could you please stop yelling?", the road worker asked.
"NO! We've been sitting here for 20 minutes, in THE SAME SPOT!"
"There is nothing I can do about that ma'am. Please stop shouting."
With that, Sam opened the door and took the worker's sign right out of his hand. She opened the Metro wagon's hatch and slid the sign into the back, with the actual plate facing the rear of the car. While she was doing this, traffic started moving. Sam quickily got back into the car, rolled her window up, and pushed the accelerator to the floor.
"What are you doing?"
"Getting the heck out of here!"
She released the gas pedal as the Geo reached 70 mph.
"I need some lunch after that little incident.", Sam said.
"I'll start looking at the blue exit signs to see what restaurants there are.", Freddie replied.
"There's an Inside Out Burger coming up. We're about to enter Longview, Washington."
"Thanks for the heads up, dork."
Freddie chuckled. He still loved the way his wife threw insults at him, even though she didn't mean it.
The couple picked up their Inside Out Burger and Freddie got behind the wheel again. Portland or bust.
"There's the Welcome to Oregon sign!", Sam said as she pressed the shutter button on her camera.
Now they were sitting at a red light in downtown Portland. The Pear store was within view. Freddie drove into the parking lot and backed the Geo Metro wagon into a space.
As Freddie put the transmission in park, he said "That's a long line. I recognize some of the people from the Seattle store."
"Oh great.", Sam groaned.
The sun was beginning to set by the time Sam put the car into drive to leave Portland. They arrived home safely and called Carly to tell her almost everything went okay. Sam hung the road work sign on a wall in the house. It was a long day for Sam and Freddie Benson.