The Beast Within

Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly, get over it.

A/N: Now we go to 15 years of age.


Chapter 11 (The Day Arrives)

Two years had passed by and now Sam and Freddie were secretly dating. Though, it wasn't really secret because both of their mothers knew as well as Jake and Valerie. However, Carly and Spencer had absolutely no idea about their dating. Currently, Sam and Freddie are once more at the park with Jake and Valerie.

"Hard to believe that Spencer and Carly still don't know about you," Jake said quietly. He wasn't talking about the fact that Sam and Freddie were together, and that they had started dating shortly after the night when Carly came close to probably killing Freddie. He was speaking of the fact that Freddie was a beast, Spencer and Carly still had never figured it out.

"I'd say that's a good thing," Valerie stated. She wouldn't want them finding out about Freddie, she was glad that Sam could actually be happy and if something were to happen to Freddie, Sam would be devastated. Jake nodded, he could definitely agree with Valerie as far as that goes. "You know, it's also good but shocking that we haven't seen Jonah in a while."

"Something tells me that bastard is around," Freddie said quietly. "He's probably watching, waiting for the opportune moment to strike." Freddie remembered the events before he went feral, the others had told him what happened afterwards. He couldn't believe he actually struck Carly and fought. Part of him felt guilty about Mr. Howard's death, even though there was nothing that could be done or said about that. Over the two years that had passed though, Jonah had struck the Slayers. Most of the slayers in the school were dead now, only a small handful remained.

"Just how strong is he?" Sam asked as she looked toward the ground. She was sure that if Freddie had to, he could beat Jonah, but for a beast like Jonah to have taken out half the Slayers in the school in only two years, he had to be strong. She was more worried about Spencer though, she knew that out of all Freddie's enemies, Spencer would be the worst. That's why she watched closely whenever Spencer and Freddie interacted, she couldn't bear the thought of losing Freddie. Though she knew that she probably would lose him anyway, she would be sixteen soon.

"Is there something on your mind?" Sam looked up at Freddie and smiled, he always cared so much for her. He knew her so well too, it didn't even matter if she tried to hide something, he always knew what was up.

"It's nothing, dork." Freddie smirked and gently kissed Sam's forehead. He looked her in the eyes, freezing her with his gaze. "Okay dork, you got me, I am worried about something. I'm almost sixteen, which means that my mate is going to be chosen relatively soon. What if…what if it isn't you?" Jake and Valerie looked over, concerned looks on their faces, Freddie just took a calm breath and hugged Sam.

"I don't know who the Angel's will choose as your mate, and I hope that it is someone you will be able to love. As for whether I will be the one or not, I don't know. I don't really know entirely how a mate is chosen, all I know is what you know, it will be someone in your life. Just remember, no matter what happens, I'll always love you." Sam smiled and Freddie hugged her tighter. "Never forget this, no matter what happens, I will always be with you. If I can't be with you, I'll be there as a friend, and if I am with you, then I'll be there as a lover and maybe…a husband." Sam blushed lightly and Freddie once more kissed her forehead.

"I would love nothing more than for it to be you, Freddie. You realize that whatever is decided, we can't go against it…I could lose my powers for disobeying them." Sam didn't know why she initially gave in and decided to date Freddie and fall in love with him, she knew there was probably little chance that the head angels were going to allow one of their own to actually marry a beast. "Do you think there is a chance of it happening?" Freddie raised his eyebrow and Sam let out a sigh. "You're a beast, do you think the Council would allow you to be my mate?"

"Well…your mom likes me and she's at the head." Freddie grinned and Sam rolled her eyes with a smirk. "I have no idea what the future holds, I know that it'd be hard for them to decide to make me as your mate…" Freddie was a little perplexed, he wasn't sure what to make of the whole life partner at sixteen talks. He loved Sam, he would give anything to have the Angels choose him to be her mate. He did understand though, if it was not him, he would be happy for Sam and whoever they did choose. Though he had to admit, he really did want it to be her that he spent the rest of his life with. He wondered if it was possible to convince Mrs. Puckett to let it be him, but he wouldn't pester her, it would probably be considered an annoyance. "If they did choose me, I know that I would do my best to make you happy and stay with you forever, I'd never hurt you."

"It really wouldn't make much difference…you would probably be the same as my father, then my grandfather and every father before him." Freddie raised his eyebrow and Sam let out a sigh. Her father left them when she was young, barely even able to remember him. It was the same as every generation before, the spouse would just impregnate the angel at sixteen and then they would leave. "I didn't mean to bring that up, sorry about that."

"Sam, what do you mean by that?" Sam broke apart from Freddie, she was embarrassed now, she hadn't meant to say that to Freddie. Now Valerie and Jake were even looking at her with interest, she sighed and quickly walked away. "Hey, Sam, where are you going!"

"Sam?" Valerie asked. "Freddie, stay here, I'm going to talk to her." Valerie quickly followed after Sam, she found Sam sitting with her back against a tree. "Sam, are you okay?"

"I'm sorry, it's just that I'm so mixed up right now," Sam said while wrapping her arms around her legs and pulling her knees to her chest. "I brought up my father and I shouldn't have."

"Okay, I've been your friend for a few years now, and I don't recall you telling me a lot about your father. Tell me about him, why is he such a taboo subject?" Sam let out a small sniffle and gave off a weak smile.

"He was mean to mom, he would hit her and finally one day he just left. I don't remember much about him, I had to be about three or four when he just packed up and took off." Valerie's mouth fell and she looked over to see Jake step around the tree.

"You think Freddie is going to do that to you?" Jake asked with a raised eyebrow. "Why should Freddie ever do that?"

"Because it happened to every generation in my family! The spouse would just take off after being abusive for a little while." Jake and Valerie looked at each other, both thinking about Freddie's interaction with Sam. Jake knelt next to Sam and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Sam, has Freddie ever hit you?" Sam blinked and then shook her head. "Has he ever hurt you in any way, shape or form? Has he attacked you mentally, verbally or physically?" Sam shook her head slowly and Jake smiled. "Sam, you're talking about Freddie, he will never do anything to hurt you. I should know, I'm his best friend! Even if he ever did do anything to hurt you, and he won't, I would definitely hurt him."

"Yeah, Jake and I both believe Freddie won't follow the same line," Valerie said with a soft smile. "Why would Freddie do that? He's not evil, he's not cruel, he's probably the softest person in the world. If he did ever even dream of leaving you behind, I think he'd die before doing it." Sam smiled and looked at the two, she was glad to see just how much they cared for her. She knew that they cared the world for both her as well as Freddie, she could see that they would never betray their trust.

"Thanks guys, I guess I'm just scared of the same thing happening to me," Sam said while slowly getting up. "Even still, I'm sure Freddie's proven time and time again that he wouldn't leave me…"

"You should go talk to him. I'm sure he'd be concerned as to what is going on with you." Sam nodded and looked over, she saw Freddie sitting down on a bench in the distance. She clenched her fists and let out a small sigh, she started to walk toward Freddie, he was still within earshot and probably heard every word she spoke.

"Freddie, I have something I want to say," Sam said while standing in front of Freddie. Freddie looked up at her and prepared to listen to her words. "I'm sorry, I…well I thought something about you that was probably wrong." Freddie placed his hands on his legs and slowly pushed himself up, he gazed into Sam's eyes and she froze.

"Sam, what do you take me for?" Freddie asked quietly. "For as long as you have known me, have I ever done anything to hurt you? Have I ever made you cry?"

"No…"

"Sam, I love you, and I always will. I promise you that I will never do anything to hurt you, I will never leave you. It is only you, always you, there is no possible way…" Freddie placed his finger under Sam's chin and tilted her head up slightly. "There's no possible way that I could intentionally cause your beautiful face to cry. I am not your father, I am not your grandfather…I am none of those people."

"I know, but the set up is almost perfect." Freddie raised his eyebrow and Sam hugged him, she knew he wouldn't leave her, but she had still wondered about it. "Each person left for someone that was a close friend that they liked before. My father left my mother for the best friend of both him and my mother, he had a previous crush on her." Freddie could tell she was talking as though Freddie might leave her for Carly one day.

"Never…Sam, there is absolutely no chance of that. For one thing, I don't have a crush on Carly, and I never have. I only did that so she wouldn't suspect me of being a Beast, but sadly she and Spencer are actually suspicious of me. She is in a way, the enemy, I could never like her. Plus, to me you are an angel."

"I am an angel…" Freddie chuckled and shook his head.

"I don't mean like that, Sam. Yes you're an angel, just like your mother and your grandmother and so forth. However, you are also an angel like no other, a girl above all others. You're sweet, you're precious, smart, and even sassy! You're everything I could want in a girl, I love you more than life itself and I wouldn't be able to leave you if I tried. You have me wrapped around your finger, don't ever think that I'm going to abuse you and leave you just like your father or your grandfather."

"I…I know you won't do that to me, it was just nervous anxiety. Besides, we have to wait and see what will happen. I'm going to be sixteen in a few months, which means that the head Angels will choose a mate for me soon." Sam chuckled and let out a sigh. "My mom said that there were a few men they were looking at, she didn't mention very many names, but she did say Gibby was one."

"You mean I have people like Gibby to compete with?" Freddie chuckled and a smirk formed on his face. "Well that's okay, you do know that no matter who they choose, I will be happy for you and that person and will support you no matter what, right?"

"Yes." Sam smiled and Freddie brought his lips to hers, she loved his kisses, they were always warm and gentle. His kisses were very much like him, soft and tender. Freddie pulled his head back and Sam continued to gaze into his eyes, she despretly wanted him to be the one they would choose as a mate. Jake and Valerie walked up and patted Sam and Freddie on the shoulders.

"See, you have nothing to worry about, Sam," Jake said with a grin. "Also know there is no chance of Freddie turning into a gutter dwelling slob." Sam raised her eyebrow and looked at Jake, what she didn't know was that Jake had seen Sam's father once before. "Sorry, but I did see a man that was your father once before, he was sleeping in an alley down the street. He's probably still there actually…" Freddie looked over and raised his eyebrow, he didn't like Sam's father already. Sam didn't care about the fact that that Jake saw her father, she had no care left for the man.

"Just down the street?" Freddie asked with a raised eyebrow. He shrugged as Jake nodded his head. Sam broke from Freddie and Valerie hugged her, she was glad that Sam was feeling better. The group looked over and saw a bright flash, they spotted seven people appear before them. In the middle of the people, standing slightly in front of them was none other than Amy Puckett.

"Mom…what's going on?" Sam asked with a nervous chuckle. Freddie knew what the were here for, he also knew they probably wouldn't choose him. Though he would be happy for whoever they did choose, he couldn't bear to hear that person's name at the moment. He also had something else he wanted to do, he turned and quickly walked away. Sam looked over and watched him leave, she started to turn and go after him but stopped.

"Why do you stop?" One Angel asked. "You would not go after him?" Sam rolled her eyes and sighed.

"I wouldn't be permitted to go, because I know what you want." Sam turned toward her mother and looked into her eyes. "You're here to tell me who my mate will be, aren't you?" Valerie let out a small gasp and Jake looked over, Sam clenched her fists, she was prepared for whatever would happen. Amy gazed deeply into her daughter's eyes as the other six angels silently looked on. Indeed, today was the day they would decide and tell Sam who would be the man she was to remain with for the rest of her life.


Hmm, big moment, now Sam will have her mate chosen. Who will it be. The process, reasoning and everything will be explained in the next chapter.