Summary: Spencer and Carly allow Freddie to build a time machine on the third floor in their apartment, and he succeeds. Unfortunately, he doesn't have control over his machine and him and Carly are thrown into the future.

Pairings: Carly/Freddie, Sam/Spencer

Disclaimer: I do not own iCarly or any of it's characters. So don't sue me!

Chapter 7 - Returning Home

Carly and Freddie avoided each other. They only saw one another at dinner and once in a while during the day. Carly felt humiliated. She wanted to speak with him, but didn't. It seemed like there was no convincing him.

Freddie spent a lot of time with his future self, building the time machine. That was the most important thing to him; to get home and see his girlfriend again.

Carly spent her time with her future self and the kids. She got used to calling her future self Lee. Carly was scared that the future would be altered because of Freddie's aloofness. But Lee always told her there was nothing to worry about, even though it didn't change Carly's mind.

Carly was playing with Charlotte on the living room floor while Lee was on the couch teaching Samantha how to sew. Samantha got excited when she did a few stitches on her own. Dylan was playing with a robot toy on the ground, trying to get it to work (it was broken).

Carly was helping Charlotte build blocks. Charlotte stacked them on top of each other neatly while Carly kept handing her blocks. Charlotte was trying to see how many blocks she could put on top of each other until they fell.

"Seven…" Charlotte said. Carly handed her another block. "Eight… I beat your record Dylan! You only could do seven!" Carly handed her another block. "What comes after eight?"

"Nine," Carly told her, smiling.

"Oh yeah! Nine…Hey! Dylan!" Charlotte screamed when her blocks fell over. Carly looked over at Dylan who apparently got his robot to work and it knocked over the blocks.

"I swear I didn't mean to!" He yelled defensively.

"Did to!"

"Did not!"

"Did to!

"Did not!"

"Charlotte! Dylan! Calm down!" Lee yelled. She walked over to them and sat down on the floor with them. "Dylan… Did you knock over her blocks?"

"Yes… But I didn't mean to!" He yelled at Charlotte.

"Did t-" Charlotte almost said when Lee covered her mouth.

Lee asked Dylan, "You're going to be more careful with your robot for now on, right?"

"Yes, mom."

"See, Charlotte. It was an accident," Lee said trying to convince her youngest child.

Charlotte pouted and said, "Ok. I'm sorry for yelling at you Dylan."

"It's ok," Dylan said with his head down. They hugged and went back to their toys.

Carly was shocked. She wanted to cry. She never knew that she could end up being such a wonderful parent. Lee handled the situation perfectly. Carly smiled at Lee, admiring her. She couldn't wait for the future now, to be with these wonderful children.

Carly wiped a tear out of her eye forcing herself to stop. Of course, she wouldn't have these children. Because her and Freddie would probably never get married.

While Carly was thinking, Freddie and his future self had come into the living room, with huge smiles plastered on their faces.

Lee was the first to talk, "What's going on?" She asked.

"We finished it! It works, too!" Future Freddie yelled.

"Really? You tested it?" Lee asked.

"Yes! We made it so it's a portal and you just walk right through it! I tied myself to a rope and walked in with the appropriate time set. I saw Seattle in 2010!" Freddie said, obviously very excited.

"That's great!" Lee yelled. She went to give her husband a hug.

Freddie ran over to Carly and wrapped his arms around her. Carly was shocked. She stood there for a moment with her arms dangling awkwardly at her sides. She eventually hugged back. They just stood there, hugging for a couple of minutes.

Freddie quickly let go after those minutes, realizing his mistake. He coughed nonchalantly. Carly was blushing all over.

"Um, so when do we leave?" Carly asked.

"When you're ready!" Future Freddie said. "You can leave as soon as you're ready to go." Carly wasn't sure what he meant by "ready". It's not like they had luggage or anything. All they had was the clothes they borrowed.

Carly turned to Freddie. "When you do want to leave?" She asked, not really wanting to look at him.

"It's your call," he said. This made Carly's face lighten up. Freddie was finally thinking about what she wanted. He was showing kindness to her for the first time in a long time.

Carly glanced at the clock, It was 7:23pm. She suggested, "How about we leave at 8:00? That'll give us some time to say good-bye."

"Sounds like a plan," Freddie said. He went off with his future self somewhere.

Carly turned to Lee, tears in her eyes. "Thank you for everything, Lee. It was so great getting to meet you." Carly said as if she wasn't talking to herself. But it wasn't her. She wasn't the person Lee was yet. She was insecure, goofy, and intelligent. Lee was hopeful, hilarious, and a genius.

Lee went over to hug her, while Carly sobbed into her. Lee stroked her hair, trying to make her feel better. "Carly, it's going to be alright. You will become the person that I am today and Freddie will come around, just wait."

Carly loved the fact that Lee could practically read her mind, since it was her mind ten years ago. Carly had never met a person that she could talk to like Lee. She could tell her everything and not feel like she's conceited by talking so much about herself, because Lee knew exactly how she felt.

"I don't want to leave you," Carly said. "I'm going to miss you so much."

"I'll miss you too," Lee said. "It was great reminding myself of who I used to be. I miss the days of iCarly. I'm sorry you won't get to see Sam or Spencer in the future."

"I think maybe it's best to just wait. I want there to be some surprises," Carly said as they let go of each other.

Lee smiled. Carly smiled back. The three kids came over to Carly and hugged her. They all were crying.

"I don't want you to leave, Carly!" Charlotte said. "I like you better then my brother!"

"Charlotte!" Lee yelled.

"Just kidding," Charlotte said with her face buried in Carly's chest. Carly let out a chuckle because of her comment.

Samantha and Dylan were both crying as well. It made Carly cry even more. They were all hugging Carly as tight as they possibly could. Even though Carly could barely breathe, she loved it.

They hugged until the cuckoo clock struck eight. Freddie and his future self came into the living room. Freddie looked anxious.

Lee turned to Carly and said, "You can keep the clothes I let you borrow. Same with you Freddie." Carly and Freddie both replied with a "thank you".

Lee took Carly's hand and they made their way into the basement. The stairs leading down into the basement were very steep. The basement was very neat and cool. It had a pool table, hi-def flat screen, and a refrigerator. No wonder Freddie was down there so much.

Carly saw the time machine. It had a portal to walk through, just like Freddie said. It also had buttons on the side to set the date and place.

Carly noticed the date set to June 3rd 2010, and the place was Seattle, Washington and Carly and Freddie's address from their apartments.

Carly turned to Lee to hug her one more time. She then hugged the future Freddie.

Freddie had the clothes he was given in a bag and he was standing in front of the portal. Carly took her bag and walked to him. Freddie grabbed her hand, smiled, and walked into the portal with Carly following behind.

On the other side, they appeared where they were when they first left their present time, in the iCarly studio.

Yay! Finally done! There will be either two or three more chapters! Please give me feedback! :D