A/N: for the sake of telling you guys how sorry I am for not updating since last week, I give you another (sort of a filler) chappie. This takes place a while after Sam and Freddie were done talking about her illness, and then Freddie came to Melanie to ask her about Annie. Hope you guys enjoy! This chapter (And the last one) wouldn't be done without my awesome beta's help... so, thank you so much, Kaitley, for beta-ing this story! You're awesome!
Disclaimer: As my birthday gift, Schneider's Bakery fired Dan and they hired me to be the owner of iCarly. I know, right? I own iCarly and I just turned 14. YA HEARD THAT? I OWN iCARLY! Wait... no.
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Melanie's POV, London; 2.42 p.m
Freddie and I are sitting on a table at the café. Yes, the same café where we met a few days ago.
"Come on, Melanie. Tell me," he pushes.
"I won't. Not unless Sam said so."
He groans, "The reason why I came here is because Sam told me to!" He runs his hand through his hair.
I giggle, looking at his expression. He's so funny when he's pouting like that.
"Melanie…"
"Okay, okay. Fine. What do you wanna know?"
"About Annie. My daughter." He adds an emphasis on the word "my". So he already knows.
"Hmm, Annie, huh?" I ask, trying to stall the conversation a little.
"Yup." he looks anxious, like he wants to get on with this to go back to Sam. (actually, that's probably exactly it.)
"...she's your daughter."
"I knew that!" he looks like he's going to explode. I giggle again.
"Well… long story short, you apparently did it with Sam. And then she left Seattle and moved to London. She found out that she was pregnant a few months later. And then Annie was born. We raised her together."
"But, Melanie, she had… had… that illness, right? How could she get pregnant and gave a birth to Annie?" He pauses, thinking for a second. "It was really risky, wasn't it?"
I nod. "All of us told her to get an abortion because it was too dangerous to keep the baby. She was too weak. But she refused. We did everything to convince her that aborting her baby was the best choice for her health. But we
failed. She really loves Annie, even when she was still inside her tummy."
He looks at me, impatiently waiting for me to continue. And so I speak again.
"Somehow, she made it. she took a big risk, giving birth to Annie in that condition. But she survived. They both did. It was still unbelievable. Even the doctors were surprised that Sam could make it."
He continues to stare at me, taking it all in. And after a few minutes, once again, I continue.
"A few months after Annie was born, the doctor said that the cancer was gone. We all believed it. Sam started to live her life normally. But, as you already know, the cancer 'came back'."
He's still quiet, but right now I can tell that he's deep in thought.
I say softly, "Annie is the best gift Sam has ever had. She is wonderful. She is as strong as Sam, but she surely has your big brain. She's brilliant, although she's still very young. She is the most adorable kid I've ever seen. Everything about her is just precious. She's a miracle. She has done so much for both me and Sam."
He cracks a smile, so I do the same.
I whisper, "One day, she asked me where her daddy was. So I said, 'He's somewhere. But he loves you for sure.' And then I asked her, 'Do you wanna see him?' and she said, 'Yes. But if he doesn't want to see me, that's okay. He just needs to know that I love him. Wherever he is, whoever he is. He will always has a place in my heart.'"
He smiles widely. I love to see that look on his face.
"Yeah. She doesn't speak like a 4 year-old kid. Seriously. She's truly yours."
He chuckles.
"But of course, she eats like Sam. I need to go to the grocery store to buy a TON of meat almost three times a week. And she's STILL really small! I really don't understand how Sam and Annie managed to stay tiny when they obviously eat a lot."
We laugh. For the first time since I saw him, he grins. He's never looked as happy as this.
I start to feel something in my tummy, like butterflies. Yes, the same feeling I got when we had our first date when we were like fifteen—when he didn't believe that I existed. Wow. I never thought this feeling would come back just because of that smile.
And then it hits me.
Oh. My. God. I need to stop this! I can't fall in love with him. He loves my dying sister and she loves him back! I can't do this. I HAVE to stop this feeling.
But with one look on his face, something in my head tells me not to stop this feeling. At least not right now.
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A/N: I'm so sorry for making Melanie fall in love with Freddie. But i had to do this... hahaha.
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