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 11 (Effects of Kissing)
Freddie stood up and walked into the hallway as Jake finished singing, he shouted out and slammed his fist into the wall. "No! I didn't want Carly to do that!" Freddie kept wondering if Jake hated him for what happened, and then he hoped Sam didn't hate him even more. Freddie fell to his knees and punched the ground, he personally felt like he was going to throw up after everything that had just happened.
"Freddie?" The voice belonged to Sam, she knelt beside him and placed her hand on his back. "Are you okay, dork?" Freddie coughed and smiled at her, he didn't mind her calling him dork or other names, they were always like pet names.
"Y-Yeah, I'm just fine." Freddie pushed himself up and wiped his face, Sam stood up and smiled softly at him. "Oh, Sam, I left you guys! I hope nothing happened." Sam shrugged and slowly shook her head.
"No…nothing happened, well other than the ending of the show, I managed to turn off the camera for you." Sam crossed her arms and Freddie raised his eyebrow, so the show ended, he still felt he should talk to Jake. Freddie glanced over at the door and pointed while looking at Sam.
"Jake, is he still in there?" Sam frowned and shook her head, she figured he was still jealous of Jake and he even got Carly to kiss him, much to her turmoil.
"Nah, he left while you were out here, he said he had to get home and think about some things." Freddie didn't like the sound of that, since Jake had a crush on Carly, that much had been obvious, Jake probably had the same thoughts as he did back when they were eight. Freddie clenched his fists and his jaw tightened, he had no idea what he was going to do, but he knew one thing, Sam looked like she was trying to hold back her emotions and he understood this very well. Freddie crossed his arms and looked at Sam closely, she was glances down at the ground, though she'd probably claim to be looking at a hole.
"Sam, I want you to promise me one thing." Sam raised her head and looked at Freddie in confusion and concern, she would always try to acknowledge him when he acknowledged her, because she loved when he noticed her and she had his attention. Freddie placed his hands on Sam's arms, causing her to gasp and blush slightly, Freddie peered directly into her eyes, this action caused her to have to catch herself before fainting. "I want you to promise me that you and Carly will always be friends, you're good friends right now, great friends, and you shouldn't let anything come between you. You know, like Jake…since both of you like Jake, try to find a way that he won't come in between your friendship."
"W-What are you talking about? I don't like Jake like that! I like…" Sam blinked and resisted the urge to push Freddie off of her and throw an insult. "Why do you care anyway? I mean, you got what you wanted, you got Carly to kiss you…and…yeah." Freddie closed his eyes and released Sam, she crossed her arms and glanced to the side. "So, is there anything else you need?"
"Would you go check up on Spencer? It'd probably be best to get that thing off his head and you're the best one to get it off." Sam nodded and walked away, Freddie watched her and smiled softly. He closed his eyes and walked through the door to see Carly messing around with something. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Hey Freddie, is something on your mind?" Carly asked while standing up fully and crossing her arms.
"Why? Why did you have to kiss me?" Carly raised her eyebrow and looked like she had taken offense to the statement.
"What? You're the one that asked me to!"
"I was thinking of Sam at the time, my mind wandered and I was imagining her as the one to kiss me! Now we may have screwed everything up!"
"No, there is no 'we' in that, it was all you!" The two didn't realize they were raising their voices, but both were actually angry with what had happened, of course Carly didn't think Jake saw. Freddie grew silent at the statement that Carly said, she was right, it was all his fault. In fact, everything was his fault.
"You're right, Carly…" Carly raised her eyebrow and saw that Freddie's look softened. "I was always too quick to judge…everything that has happened is my fault. Now my closest friend probably hates me, that is assuming-"
"Sam doesn't hate you." Carly's voice was soft and sweet now, she was taking the motherly and comforting approach. "Look, it's not your fault, I know that when I said no to your asking me to kiss you, that you had accepted that. I was just in a moment of happiness to know that you would still do such a thing for Jake, I mean it was totally unlike you, and that's why I did what I did. Sam understands, she doesn't care…" Freddie chuckled and shook his head, Carly had no idea that he meant Jake, but at the same time, he worried about Sam as well.
"It's going to take some time before we can be really good friends again, probably." Freddie crossed his arms and turned around, Carly tilted her head and Freddie smiled softly. "I'm going home now, I need to rest and catch up on some thinking. I'll talk to you later, probably tomorrow, and if you think Sam's really fine with what just happened…reassure her that nothing more is going to happen." Carly nodded as Freddie left the area, she herself would have to talk to Jake tomorrow, she actually couldn't wait. She didn't have to tell Freddie that she didn't want Jake to know about tampering with his voice, that was something that wasn't needed and she knew that even though Freddie was honest, he would listen to her reasoning.
-NEW SCENE-
"No reasoning is good enough," Freddie said while leaning against the locker. He had a small cassette tape in a recorder, it was Jake's real voice. He was an honest person, he couldn't lie to Jake, even if Jake had done him a few wrongs.
On the other side of the hallway, Stephanie was talking with Jake, she apologized for avoiding him. "I've just had to do a lot of thinking," Stephanie said quietly. "I didn't mean to make you think I didn't want to talk to you or anything!"
"I know that now, but I was a bit worried," Jake said with a slight chuckle. Stephanie smiled and crossed her arms over, she gazed at Jake and chuckled.
"Jake, your singing was pretty good, so that was dedicated to your grandmother?"
"Well…sort of, I mean it was but that's not the only person it was dedicated to." Jake started to blush as Stephanie tilted her head, trying to think of who else it could have been dedicated to. "So, Freddie didn't really talk to me much…I mean, I wanted to talk to him and I tried, but it didn't go well. Oh, and I think he likes Carly and not Sam!"
"Oh, well that's a shock, I thought he liked Sam, I could have sworn he liked her over Carly. It's too bad that you didn't get to talk to him though, I would have hoped that you could have, it would be so great for you to be friends again!"
"I know…" Jake smiled at Stephanie, he felt if he and Freddie were friends, then Stephanie wouldn't feel so guilty anymore. "So, what were you thinking about?" Stephanie blushed and bit her lip.
"Well actually…uh, you know how everyone thought we were dating? Well I was thinking about why they thought it and trying to figure out if there was anything about you that would have been datable. I don't know, it's stupid."
"I don't think it is." Stephanie raised her eyebrow and looked at Jake, he was smiling at her and looking at her with so much intensity. "Well, I can tell you that I've thought a lot about it too. I guess it might be that we're always seen together, or that we have such great chemistry."
"You think we have chemistry?" Jake nodded and Stephanie bit her lip once more. "I-If we actually kissed, do you think we would feel anything?" Jake opened his mouth but closed it soon afterwards, not sure if only stuttering sounds would be heard coming out, so he shrugged and Stephanie blushed slightly.
"Maybe, so do you want to find out? I mean if we don't feel anything at all, we can still remain close friends and all. Of course, what happens if we do feel something?" Jake rubbed the back of his head and sighed. "Now you see, this is why I would want Freddie to have stayed my friend, because I wouldn't have been so nervous and he'd be standing next to me trying to coach me on!"
"Well…wait a minute…you're nervous?" Jake gulped and chuckled, Stephanie let out a small giggle and looked directly at Jake. "I think we should see, I mean it's possible that everyone else sees what we don't see. I don't know if that's the case or not, but-" With that, Jake wrapped his arms around Stephanie and pulled her into an embrace, he lowered his lips to hers, taking her by surprise. Stephanie slowly closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Jake, she deepened the kiss and you could definitely say she felt something. Jake felt something as well with that, and when their lips parted, they both seemed to want more. "Uh…wow…so did you feel anything, Jake?"
"Uh…" Jake's eyes were wider than they had ever been, he didn't know how to respond either. He definitely felt something, but wasn't sure if Stephanie felt anything. "That depends, did you feel anything at all?"
"Maybe…You know how shy I am, I can't know unless you know!"
"You're not that shy, I think you're a very headstrong and beautiful woman who knows what she's doing and…"
"Jake…you think I'm beautiful?" Stephanie blushed and Jake nodded his head. "Wow, I think-" Stephanie's cell phone began to rang, she pulled out her phone and looked at it. "Uh-oh, I have to take this call, I'll talk to you in a little while, Jake." Jake nodded as Stephanie walked away, he say Carly walk up to him and smile almost sadly.
"So, Jake…how are you?" Carly asked.
"Oh, I'm good, it's been a busy morning."
"Yeah, it seems like you had a pretty busy morning as well." Jake raised his eyebrow and Carly sighed. "I kind of saw you kissing your ex girlfriend."
"My ex…Oh, no, she's not my ex girlfriend! Though, we talked and well…I guess, I don't know, maybe we're together now. At least I don't feel odd about you dating Freddie."
"Wait…what? I'm not dating Freddie!"
"Come on, I saw you kiss him on the nose."
"Yeah, but I'm not dating him! Oh…and what do you mean she's not your ex, do you know her?" Carly felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned to see Freddie giving her a serious look.
"Carly, move on please, that's not his girlfriend and yes he knows her." Jake felt funny and his eyes shifted to the side, Carly raised her eyebrow and wondered why Freddie would know or care. "Please move, Carly, I have to talk to Jake."
"Freddie, seriously though, lay off of him. It's not like he's trying to go after S-"
"Carly…" Freddie's voice had a low growl to it, he wanted to talk to Jake and he wasn't going to let Carly get in the way of that. "Go elsewhere, preferably a classroom. I need to talk to Jake, and I'm going to do it right now."
"Okay, no need to be harsh."
"I'm not being harsh." Carly chuckled nervously and walked away, Freddie crossed his arms and looked closely at Jake. Jake slowly closed his locker door and chuckled nervously, truth be told, he was afraid of what was about to happen.
Okay, the big confrontation takes place next chapter. Maybe Freddie was being harsh, but hey, he had to get Carly out of there. Next chapter will be up soon.
