A/N: I had a really hard time writing this, knowing that I'm saying goodbye after the epilogue. This story has been a part of me since I got the idea for it three years ago. I'll miss it, but I hope you'll enjoy the conclusion to it. This story...I'm proud of it.
Disclaimer: Dan Schneider and Nickelodeon own iCarly.
Chapter 6: It Will Never Be The Same
Freddie sat out on the fire escape glancing over the city of Seattle. The stars refused to shine as a wave of darkness covered the sky. The streets were noisy with car horns and people, walking and/or talking. The brunette sat in wonder.
The atmosphere of the night somehow left room for him to think. He thought about me. There was something wrong and he just couldn't remember what it was exactly. I wait for the answer to come to him, land right in front of him.
He looked back at the window, that I had sat on the night of our first kiss. He smiled at the memory. Then he saw something on the frame of the window. It was a glimpse of silver. He got up, curiously, and walked over to see what the object was.
I did forget to mention something.
It was, in fact, that silver necklace that he had given me. I had left it purposefully, in hopes that it would help him remember. He picked it up and, recognizing it, turned it over. He ran his right thumb over the engraving and smiled.
Then, that's when his flashbacks began. He started to remember what had happened. He remembered the kiss between him and Carly, the wish, how upset I really was. He all seemed to pass through him, like a jolt of electricity.
With that, he pocketed the silver and went to the apartment across the hall.
"Carly!" He said, opening the almost never sealed door. She wasn't there. He went up to the studio.
He saw the perky brunette sitting on a bean bag, typing on a laptop. He entered as she shot her head in his direction.
"We can't remember anything!" Freddie said, starting with his plan to help Carly remember.
"We are trying! I want to, but I just don't!" Freddie was trying to get a line from the conversation that night they kissed said in that conversation. Maybe then she'd remember.
"How is that gonna help her?" He waited for a response. She shut the laptop setting it to the side and got up.
"I guess-" Just then, Carly had remembered everything. The kiss that night, Sam's anger, their conversation after she left, "-it isn't." She looked at Freddie, hesitant on what to say exactly, "You know why, don't you?"
"She made a wish," He started, earning an interesting look from Carly, "that she'd never met any of us."
"Who would grant a-" Carly suddenly remembered a few years ago, when a short angel granted the wish that Spencer was born normal, "Mitch."
"Mitch?" Freddie repeated. Carly told him she'd explain on the way to my house.
"Are you serious?" He said, stunned by the story Carly had just told him.
"Yup, he teaches people lessons. Trust me, I learned mine," She said, walking by Freddie on the sidewalk.
"I just want her to not hate me." Carly stopped as he said that. He kept going for a few steps, then stopped, noticing that she had done the same thing.
"You love her," she realized. He nodded, unsure of how to word his feelings for me, "well, then, in that case..." Carly grabbed Freddie by the hand and started running.
"What are you doing?!" He shouted.
"Making a romantic movie scene!" Freddie smiled as they ran. They finally arrived at her doorstep. They knocked and I answered with puffy eyes.
"Oh, hey," I said, "Sorry I missed rehearsal, I just-" Freddie crushed his lips with my still moving ones. Carly smiled. We parted and I looked into his eyes, "You remember."
"Yeah," He answered as he hugged me, "I'm so sorry."
"You remember, too?" I questioned Carly, she gave a simple nod and said she'd talk to me later. She walked down the street toward her apartment, with a satisfied grin on her face.
"I love you," He said. I looked at him, stunned yet happy. He then started to pull something out of his pocket, "and, I believe this belongs to you." It was my silver necklace. I took it and put to the side before jumping into his arms.
Freddie had left and said he'd see me later when we did iCarly. I was getting ready, including putting on that silver necklace that had made all this worthwhile. Then, I noticed that I wasn't alone.
"Hello, Sam," It was a familiar voice. I turned around, finding that it belonged to the short angel called 'Mitch'.
"Thanks," I started, obviously thankful for his help, "and, out of curiosity-" He nodded, "-what was the other thing I had to realize?" He looked down, and grinned as though I should've known the answer to my own question. He looked back up, and answered, "That without Carly and Freddie, you're not...well, you."
I had realized that. I had a newly-found appreciation for both brunettes. Carly was my best friend, and she'd always been there for me. Freddie...well, he was my other best friend...that I just happened fell in love with. The world wouldn't be the same without them.
"I gotta go. Take care, Sam." I smiled and he left, leaving me alone as I said into the silence, "Take care, Mitch."
Just then, I got a text:
1 new text message
MITCH
be careful what u wish 4 ;)
I smiled at the phone message before sliding it into my back pocket.
Later, after iCarly, Freddie and I went out on the fire escape. We sat next to each other on the frame of the window.
"Well, no more wishes for me," I stated, breaking the silence that possessed the night. He smiled at my comment.
"I have one," He said, answering me, I turned my head to him, "My wish is that no matter what happens, I hope you know that I love you."
I grinned and for the next few hours, I laid my head on his shoulder, finally happy.
So, I had quite the journey. I don't regret it though. We ended iCarly a few years later and Carly fell in love with some guy she met at Webicon. It's true, love happens in the strangest ways.
I'm living proof...
Wishes do come true...
A/N: Only the epilogue is left! I'm going to have a hard time leaving this story! :')
