A Best Friend's Greed
Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly, isn't it great? Now read!
A/N: They are 14 in this chapter. By the way, Stephanie is NOT an OC; she is in the Jake episode and never talks in it. However, she is actually considered Jake's girlfriend.
Chapter 9 (Invitation to Sing)
Freddie groaned as he slowly got up, a couple of dumb jocks had pretty much sandwiched him while attacking each other, Carly managed to get them off but all hope was lost for the food he actually had with him. Jake was in another room and had been watching the scene play out; he sighed and crossed his arms. His thoughts were on other things though, it had been a little over a day since the talk he had with Stephanie, but after that, they never talked to each other and she pretty much avoided him out of the awkwardness.
Jake spotted a bunch of girls crowding around, squealing about how he and Stephanie had 'broke up' and how he was single for the first time since third grade. Come to think of it, it wasn't really the third grade that he met Stephanie, so he didn't know how they thought it was back then or how they thought he dated her since then, that made no sense.
After some time, Freddie, Carly and Sam were walking down the hall; Freddie stopped walking to get a drink while the girls walked to the edge of the stairs. They peered around and looked at Jake; Carly took a bite of her apple and squealed. "Oh my god he's so hot I want to bake cookies off of him!" Carly exclaimed. Freddie raised his eyebrow and glanced over, he heard Sam say that she'd eat those cookies, and with that Freddie narrowed his eyes and scowled.
"What are you two going on about?" Freddie asked from where he stood. "Don't go talking to that freak…" Sam looked at him and the girls both scoffed; he shook his head and slowly walked away from them. "He's doing it again, isn't he? Though he doesn't know I like Sam…I guess."
"So, say hi to him!" Sam exclaimed with excitement. Freddie stopped walking and hid behind a wall; he glanced over and raised his eyebrow. He heard Carly ask what she was going to say if Jake said "hi" back, Sam paused for a moment and then responded. "Say you're sorry you hit him in the head with an apple!"
"Heh…only Sam…" Sam grabbed the apple and tossed it onto Jake's head, Freddie chuckled and smirked at the scene. He watched as Sam ran off and Carly walked down the stairs.
"Heh, apples can be slippery," Carly said in a nervous voice. Jake chuckled and handed her the apple, he shrugged it off but still felt the bump on his head.
"Okay, so Sam threw the apple at me," Jake thought with a sigh. He still had Stephanie on his mind, for the most part; he wondered why she was avoiding him. He must have called her or passed her in the school and at home several times, yet she never responded and always looked away. It was almost as though she was confused about something; Jake wasn't that sure what she would be confused about. "It's probably the same thing that I would have been confused about." Jake smiled at Carly and rubbed his chin. "You're Carly Shay, aren't you?"
"Y-You know my name?"
"Yes, from that webshow, iCarly." Jake nodded and crossed his arms; he tilted his head slightly and chuckled. He then got an idea; perhaps somehow he could get Freddie to talk to him if he befriended Carly or Sam. "We should hang out some time."
"Yeah, we should, you can come by my apartment and all!" Freddie felt his face drop, he didn't care if Jake hung out with Carly or not, but he still feared that Jake might woo Sam. After all, Jonah did tell him that Jake had a crush on both of the girls. After Jake walked off, Sam rushed to Carly and the two girls started to squeal really loudly, the noise was killing him.
Freddie sighed and walked over to the girls, they stared at him and grinned. "You'll never believe what happened!" They exclaimed, once more bursting Freddie's eardrums.
"What happened, is there anything important?" Freddie asked with a sigh.
"Well it's not really important for you to know, dork," Sam said with a slight laugh. "But Jake Krandal is going to be visiting Carly! Ooh that's right, too bad, you love her."
"If only you knew, Sam. Yes, Jake visiting Carly is actually important for me to know, I need to worry about him taking you from me, and that's both of you." Freddie shrugged and slowly walked away.
"Hmm, I wonder what's eating him," Carly said in a quiet voice. Sam shrugged and watched him walk away, she glanced down toward the ground and let out a small sigh.
"He's probably jealous of Jake and thinks that Jake's moving in on his 'woman' or whatever," Sam said in a very quiet voice. Well she had that half right, but Freddie was far from jealous of Jake. Carly raised her eyebrow and placed her hand on Sam's shoulder.
"Sam, do you like Freddie?" Sam blinked and looked up at Carly, she saw Carly's serious face and a look that showed how determined Carly was to get an answer from her.
"No, of course I don't like that dork!" Sam felt a pang in her chest and she bared her teeth, a sign that told Carly to back off. "I don't like him…but I think I may be falling in love with him."
-NEW SCENE-
Freddie was standing in his apartment and wondering what he would do, school ended and his Mom was out shopping at the moment. He knew Carly would be throwing paint all over the place, so he didn't want to be in there at the time, he wanted to call Sam up but figured she was a bit busy. Freddie walked to the door and placed his hand on the doorknob, then he heard Carly scream out Jake's name so he quickly looked out the peephole. Jake was standing in front of Carly, she slammed the door shut and then came back, Freddie narrowed his eyes and opened a drawer. There was a photo album inside of it, he found a couple pictures of Carly and Sam, and thought he'd be generous enough to give Jake the photo and send him on his way.
Freddie opened the door and stepped out into the hall, Jake turned around slightly and smiled when he saw Freddie. "What are you doing here?" Freddie asked with narrow eyes.
"Uh…actually I'm here to see Carly," Jake responded while pointing to the door. "C-" Freddie pulled his left hand from behind his back, Sam's photo was in his right hand and Carly's had been in the left, he held the photo in front of Jake's face and scowled.
"There, you've seen her, now get out here. I'll be willing to give you the photo of her, and you can keep it and see her at any given time that you want." Jake chuckled nervously and Carly opened the door, she sighed when she saw Freddie standing there, but she wasn't sure what Freddie was saying.
"Come on Jake," Carly said as she grabbed his arm.
"Carly wait, I don't think it's a good idea to let this guy in!" Carly raised her eyebrow and pulled Jake inside, she closed the door and Freddie clenched his fists. "Mark my words, Jake…you do anything to try and steal my friend away from me or even Sam, then there's going to be a fight. I won't tolerate someone who threatens my friends, not for one minute." Freddie turned around and walked back into his apartment, trying to think of what he would do next.
Jake walked with Carly into her apartment, he saw an odd sculpture and wondered if that was supposed to be her older brother's body form. He looked over and saw Spencer walking out, "This is my friend," Carly said with a smile. "He's going to come up and help out with iCarly!"
"You're going up there alone?" Spencer asked with a raised eyebrow. "Okay, but remember, I could pop up there at any time, like a ninja!" Spencer flicked his hand forward and paint flew onto Jake's face.
"Ah, that was embarrassing," Jake thought as Carly wiped off his face with a rag and scolded her brother. "So glad Stephanie didn't see that happen just now…of course she would probably just laugh or do what Carly's doing." Carly pulled Jake into the elevator and glared at her brother, as they rose up and the elevator doors opened up once more, she wiped off whatever paint was on his face. "You don't really have to do that, Carly."
"Oh, but I feel like it." Jake shrugged as they walked into the loft, he was glad to actually see what the actual place looked like. He saw where Freddie's camera normally sat, he wondered what Freddie thought of when he filmed the girls doing their stunts.
"You know, this place is a lot bigger than on the internet."
"Well, the internet does distort room size." Carly laughed nervously and then looked embarrassed at the statement, Jake shrugged and saw a remote on some sort of car seat.
"Hey, that's Sam's remote!"
"Wow, you really do watch iCarly." Jake nodded and held the remote in his hand, he looked at Carly and she smiled. "Do it, you want to."
"Okay, cool." Jake pressed a few of the buttons and let the sound effects play, then he pressed a final button and some music began playing. He smiled and bobbed his head to the tune. "I know this song! It's one of the first songs I ever taught myself to play." True, it wasn't the first song, the very first song was the one taught by his father, the one called "Jessie's Girl."
"Wow, you play music?"
"Yeah, and I sing a little…"
"Oh really, you do? Sam and I were talking about having a live musical guest, you should come sing for us!" Jake's eyes widened slightly, that would mean he'd probably get to talk to Freddie, if he was lucky.
"I think I will, but let's see if your audience likes the idea." Jake took the remote and pressed the applause button, he grinned and looked at Carly. "Well, it looks like I'm going to be on iCarly."
Jake's going to be on iCarly, maybe this means he'll get through to Freddie, but maybe not. We'll have to see, stick around!
