(A/N: Most of this chapter was inspired by a scene in the iCarly special "iQuit iCarly. Enjoy! Hopefully...)
We Meet Again
Ch. 10
A couple days passed, and the Sheckie battle only grew worse and worse. They were sent to the nurse's office for headaches after the "intervention", but they refused to speak to one another. The nurse understood when Lil explained the situation.
On one day, the former friends encountered each other at their lockers once again. "Shenzi," He casually greeted her.
"Chuckie," She greeted him back.
"Hey Chuckie?" Lil walked up to them, "We need to go study for our history test."
"Oh yeah."
"Wait, I thought you were going to study with me," Shenzi pointed out.
"I, I uh..."
"Don't try to intimidate her," Chuckie berated the emo girl.
"We have to study for the history test, which I'll do better in."
"No, I'm going to, because Lil agreed to study with me."
"I have as much right to her as you!" Lil squeaked in shock when Shenzi pulled her closer by her arm.
"You do not!" Chuckie pulled Lil back to him.
"I can't believe you guys are really breaking up," Lil remarked sadly.
"Well, we are," Chuckie said. "Come on, let's go study." He and the brunette headed for study hall.
"Wait! You can't just take her whenever you want!" Shenzi exclaimed.
"Ugh!" Lil groaned.
"Alright, maybe we should let her choose."
"Fair enough. I'll take you for a shopping spree, and pay for everything."
"Ohh."
"Don't use bribery on her!"
"Alright, I can't take this!" Lil stomped away angrily. She then turned to the former friends. "I just want things back to how they were!" She started choking up, before running off. After glaring at one another, Shenzi and Chuckie slammed their lockers shut and stomped away.
Later that night, Chuckie and Lil met up at the top floor of an apartment building in Los Angeles. For geography, they had to take photos, or just one, of buildings or nature, and describe them. Any time of day was allowed. Chuckie was originally partners with Shenzi, but because of their fight, he traded partners with Phil, who was having a bit of a feud with Lil. "Whoa, we sure are high up," Chuckie remarked, looking out the window carefully as the wind blew at his hair.
"Whoever lives at the top floor has an amazing view," Lil remarked, the wind blowing her hair back, including her blu-ish green extension.
"Uh, excuse me?" Shenzi and Phil arrived at the same area in the building. Frankie came with them to ensure Shenzi's safety.
"What're you doing here?" Chuckie sneered.
"What're you doing here?" Shenzi sneered back.
"Why're you here?" Lil glared.
"Why're you here?" Phil glared back.
"We're taking pictures of LA at night for our geography project," Chuckie explained with crossed arms.
"From the window washer's platform?" Shenzi put her hands on her hips over her moto tutu dress.
"Yep," Lil nodded, "Our teacher gave us permission."
"Yeah well, he let us take photos here too," Phil pointed out.
"But why would..." Lil was about to wonder aloud.
"He probably thought you four wanted to collaborate on the project together," Frankie suggested.
"Well, we don't," Chuckie said.
Coming up with a devious plan, Shenzi gasped. "The Sulky Boys!" She yelled, pointing down the hall. When everyone else looked that way, she climbed through the window, and on the washer's platform! "Haha!"
"Shenzi!" Chuckie exclaimed as he, Frankie and the twins rushed over.
"You're not wearing a harness!" Frankie yelled.
"Ah, harnesses are for bawlers!" Shenzi exclaimed with confidence.
"Get in here!" Chuckie ordered.
"No! Phil and I get to go first, 'cause I'm out here, and you're not!"
"... Oh yeah?!" Then to Frankie and the twins' horror, Chuckie started climbing through the window! They tried to stop him, but he landed on the slightly unsteady platform anyway. After instinctively gazing down, he shuddered in fear at the overwhelming height.
"Get back inside, you two!" Frankie ordered, "It's too dangerous to be out there without a harness!"
"You heard her! Go back inside!" Shenzi ordered Chuckie.
"You first!"
"No! I'm not going anywhere!" Shenzi gripped on the rails stubbornly, the wind blowing her hair, which blended in with the night other than her white extension, all around.
"I mean it! Both of you get back inside, now!" Frankie yelled angrily.
"I'm not going unless Chuckie goes first!"
"I don't think so! Lil and I have to get the pictures for our geography project!" Chuckie brushed his hair from his face. "No matter how windy it is out here!"
"Chuckie, it's not worth it!" Lil told him, "And you guys are best friends! The perfect couple! You shouldn't fight!"
"Yeah! Friends shouldn't fight!" Phil chimed in.
"I just said that!" Lil exclaimed irritably at him.
"I thought it before you said it!"
"Fibber!" They broke out in an argument until Frankie broke it up.
"Man, it's really windy out here!" Chuckie remarked when a gust blew by. Losing her balance, Shenzi stumbled and accidentally hit the green button, making the platform lower.
"Oh no!" Frankie yelled in terror.
"We're moving!" Chuckie exclaimed.
"How do I make it stop?!" Shenzi yelled fearfully.
"Hit the red one!" Chuckie told her. She hastily did just that, and the platform stopped lowering.
"You guys okay?!" Lil yelled down to them.
"I think so!" Shenzi replied.
"But how're we gonna...?" Chuckie wondered aloud, but was cut off by the left side of the platform breaking; Chuckie fell, and held onto the pole for dear life! Frankie and the twins screamed in terror as the redhead kept his grip firm.
"Chuckie! Don't let go!" Shenzi screamed in terror, holding onto the rails.
"Why on Earth would I let go?!" Chuckie screamed.
On the safe ground, Chaz and Betty were exploring the city while their kids were busy on their projects. They stopped when they heard sudden high-pitched, but boy-ish screams coming from a distance upward. "What's that?" Betty wondered aloud.
"Hmm." Chaz extended the new handheld telescope he bought, and looked in it. To his terror, Chuckie was dangling from a window washer's platform! "CHU-U-U-UCKI-I-I-I-IE!" He screamed in horror as he ran in the building, with Betty following.
"Mom, Dad, we're at the building in Los Angeles," Frankie shakily said in her phone, "Bad things are happening! Shenzi and Chuckie are on a broken window washer's platform, and-and Chuckie's dangling from it!" After telling them the name and address of the building, and to hurry, she hung up.
"I'm gonna fall!" Chuckie exclaimed in fear and terror.
"No you're not!" Shenzi insisted.
"Yes I am! I'm slipping!"
"Don't slip!"
"It's not on purpose! It's the stupid gravity!"
Shenzi then decided to take action. "Hang on, I'm coming to get you!" She started scooting down while keeping her grip on the rails.
"Be careful!" Phil shouted down to her.
"Gee, thanks!" She shouted back sarcastically. "Okay." She then started scooting down some more. "Shenzi's comin'. I'm not scared," She whimpered, "This is great."
"Mom!" Phil exclaimed upon seeing the two adults.
"Chaz!" Frankie exclaimed.
"Chuckie, don't let go!" Chaz yelled down to his son.
"Yeah, we're pretty much on the same page!" Chuckie yelled back.
"Shenzi! What're you doing?!" Betty yelled to the black-haired girl.
"Just relax!" Shenzi yelled back. After a short couple of seconds, she stopped just above the redhead.
"Shenzi?" Chuckie whimpered.
"Here, grab my hand!" After whipping her hair out of her face, she held her hand down to him.
"I'm scared!"
"Me too! Just grab it!" Despite some struggling, Chuckie grabbed her hand and wrist firmly, before she started pulling.
"Mom! Dad!" Frankie exclaimed when she saw Felicia and Friar Tuck come dashing over.
"Shenzi, you're not strong enough to pull him up!" Chaz yelled down fearfully.
"Really?!" Using all her strength, despite a bit of struggle, Shenzi pulled Chuckie up to safety. Betty, Chaz, and the kids cheered when he was standing on the scaffold again.
"He's up!" Frankie exclaimed.
"Okay, I'm going to throw a rope down!" Betty yelled down to them.
"Hurry!" Chuckie exclaimed.
But when the rope was thrown, it landed on Shenzi's back; It sent her falling, until she was dangling upside down! "SITUATION!" She screamed in horror, "SITUATION! SITUATION!" Her family screamed in terror at the youngest daughter in great danger.
"Shen, no!" Chuckie exclaimed, before he grabbed her ankle. "I've gotcha!" Before long, Shenzi was safe again. Or as safe as she could get.
"Thanks so much!" She shouted sarcastically at Betty.
"Tie the rope around yourselves, and we'll yank ya up!" Betty commanded.
"Okay!" They did just that.
"You kids ready?"
"Yes!" Chuckie replied.
"Pull us!"
"Help me!" Betty commanded, so Chaz, Felicia, Friar Tuck, Frankie, and the twins grabbed the rope, and assisted in getting the two former(?) friends to safety. After around half a minute, Betty and Chaz managed to grab them and bring them back into safety, as they hugged them.
"You guys okay?" Chaz asked them, his hand on Chuckie's shoulder.
"Y-yeah," Shenzi nodded as her family bombarded her with tight hugs, but she accepted them all.
"That was way too close!" Betty exclaimed.
"Yeah," Chuckie nodded, heavily breathing from the scare. "But... we made it."
"Yep," Shenzi agreed, "And neither one of us cried the whole time."
"Nope," Chuckie shook his head. "We're big... brave, dogs." He chuckled a bit, but it didn't last long. He and Shenzi finally let it sink in; If the fighting had continued, they wouldn't be here right now. They would've fallen to their inevitable deaths. Finally letting themselves cry from the fear of it all, they shared a tight embrace, symbolizing that the fight was over.
Lil smiled at the scene, before turning to Phil. After realizing that their fight was ridiculous as well, they shared an emotional embrace as well. Frankie hugged her parents one-by-one, still shaky from witnessing her sister almost fall to her death. After shrugging, Betty and Chaz hugged as well.
"I'm so sorry!" Shenzi sobbed in Chuckie's chest. "I was such an idiot!"
"Me too!" He cried in her hair and shoulder.
"I can't lose you again, Chuck! You're the greatest friend I've ever had!"
"Ditto!"
Ding Dong
Chuckie ran over to the door when the bell was rung, and answered it; He smiled when he saw Shenzi at the door, carrying a black and white checkerboard duffle bag under a pillow with a black Ouija Board design pillowcase over it. She herself was wearing a black velvet cat face dress, classic Converse high-tops, and black barbell earrings. Surprisingly, her hair was extension-free. "Hi Shen."
"Hey Chuck." She shared a hug with him, before she walked in the house. Ever since their fight ended, they were closer than ever. They could barely stay away from one another, so Felicia and Friar Tuck allowed her to sleep over at his house with him, while feeling shaky from the scare. They thought she would sleep better with him in the same room. Chaz and Kira felt the same way, so they allowed Chuckie to invite her over.
"If you haven't had dinner yet, you can eat with us," Chuckie offered.
"Thanks," Shenzi smiled, "I haven't yet; That sounds great."
At dinnertime, she and the Finsters were having spaghetti and meatballs. Chaz had to bring in an extra seat for their guest. She tried to insist on standing up, but they wouldn't have it. "So you guys were really on a broken window washer's platform?" Kimi asked them. She hadn't witnessed the event, and wasn't even aware until Chaz and Chuckie told her and Kira. They were both very scared for them, but were relieved that they weren't hurt in any physical way.
"Yep," Chuckie nodded, "Not gonna lie, it was the scariest moment of my life."
"Mine too," Shenzi agreed.
"Well, I'm glad you're okay," Kimi smiled at them, "And that you're friends again."
"Thanks," Chuckie smiled back, "I am too."
"Me too," Shenzi agreed, before taking a tomato sauce-filled bite. After swallowing, she gave Chuckie a playful kiss on the cheek, leaving a small amount of sauce.
"Hey," He laughed a bit, wiping it off his cheeks. Before a playful sauce fight could break out, Chaz and Kira told them to stop and just eat, so they did. They also said to save the playing for after dinner.
After they were done, and Shenzi thanked Chaz and Kira for the meal, she and Chuckie went to play video games together in the living room. When it started getting late, they stayed up in Chuckie's room, just hanging out before going to sleep clad in their pajamas. Chuckie was sitting cross-legged on his bed, wearing his purple and blue pajamas. Shenzi was laying in her pink candy bow sleeping bag, wearing a black Wildfox cropped camisole, and pink patchwork sleep pants.
She commented on his merchandise featuring Armadillo Dave, and revealed that she liked the comic book series as well, but was a bit shy to fully reveal it.
"Y'know, I actually forgot why we fought in the first place," Shenzi admitted.
"Well, it was because I made you that shirt, and you traded it for concert tickets," Chuckie reminded her. "But... I know you were trying to do something nice for me," He added when she looked guilty. "I'm sorry I reacted so angrily."
"It's okay," She smiled, "I shouldn't have reacted the way I did either. Both of us were wrong."
"Yea," He nodded, "Well, why don't we go to sleep? It's almost 11."
"Okay," She agreed, "'Night, Chuck."
"'Night, Tuck." Shenzi giggled at his rhyme, before he turned off his lamp and they both laid down to sleep.
After around a half hour, Shenzi started squirming a bit in her slumber, a horrible nightmare going on in her subconscious.
She opened her eyes when she felt wind blowing. She was surprised to find herself back on the broken scaffold from earlier that night, but something was off; Where were Frankie and the twins? What about Chaz, and Betty? They were all gone! It was just her and Chuckie, who was hanging onto the pole for dear life. "Chuckie, grab my hand!" She held her hand down to him, like she did earlier that night.
But his reaction was completely different from what she had expected. "Why? So you can trade me for a gift certificate?" He glared, despite the danger he was in. "No! Of course not!" She exclaimed, "Just take my hand! I'll pull you up!"
"I don't need your help!" Chuckie yelled angrily. But to her horror, his grip was loosening fast! "I can take care of myse-AAAAHHH!" Before he finished, his hands slipped off the pole, and he went plummeting!
"NO-O-O-O-O-O!" Shenzi screamed in terror.
"No!" Shenzi shot up, and looked around. Even though it was dark, she could tell that she was back in Chuckie's room. A second later, the lamp was turned on, and despite her blurry vision, she saw the redhead putting his glasses on his face hastily.
"Shenzi, are you okay?" Chuckie jumped down on the floor, and knelt down next to her.
"Y-yeah," She nodded, her breath shaky, "I just had a bad dream."
"What about? Or would you rather not talk about it?"
"Well um, we were on that scaffold like earlier tonight," She started retelling it, "But this time, we were alone. And... y-you refused to let me help you up." Chuckie listened intently, feeling more concerned the more she explained. "And... you fell off of the sca-scaffold!" She finished as a sob escaped. Chuckie hugged her tightly, as she cried in his chest. "It was horrible!"
"It's okay Shen," Chuckie rubbed her back in an attempt to soothe her, "I'm fine, I didn't fall. Neither of us did. Just let it out." He couldn't believe that he had reacted so horribly to her, when she was just trying to do something nice for him. He was such a jerk, an idiot. He didn't deserve a friend as wonderful as her. And because of his reaction, they almost died! He vowed to never get angry at her for anything ever again. Hopefully he would remember in the future; He couldn't lose her as a friend again.
After around half a minute, she was able to regain her composure. "Th-thanks Chuck," She sniffled and wiped her eyes.
"You feel better?"
"Yeah," She nodded, "Thanks. Um, this is going to sound weird, but... can I sleep with you tonight?"
"But you're already..."
"No, I mean in your bed. With you," She explained. "I think it'd help me sleep better."
He raised his eyebrows in surprise for a second, before he made his decision. "Well, okay you can do that. Anything to help you with nightmares."
"Thanks," She smiled timidly. Before Chuckie turned off his lamp again, she climbed into his bed, leaving her pillow and sleeping bag on the floor. "'Night, Chuck."
"'Night, Tuck." Shenzi giggled at his rhyme again. She had a feeling that he would say it more often, considering how much she liked it. Feeling a bit timid, she laid her head on his chest instead of the pillow he was using. After around a minute, her breathing evened out as she slept peacefully. Chuckie held her a bit closer as he stayed awake. Now he felt even worse for getting angry at her for a nice gesture. He was truly an idiot.
After planting a comforting kiss on her head, he drifted off to sleep himself, his face in her soft, dark hair.
(A/N: Well, there you have it. Sheckie is back together. X3 You know the disclaimer.)
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