A Best Friend's Greed
Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly, isn't it great? Now read!
A/N: They are 16 now
Chapter 21 (Dating Jonah)
Three days later Freddie was still fuming over the loss, his father told him to just be happy for her and be happy for Jonah, that was all that he was able to do. Apparently he was supposed to not worry about it and be sure that if things were meant to be, things would happen. Freddie found Carly next to her locker, she asked him how French class was and he let out a groan.
"I couldn't concentrate on the test because Jonah was text messaging Sam the whole time!" Freddie exclaimed. "They've spent every second together for the past three days, it's sickening!" Sam walks over to Freddie and Carly while text messaging Jonah, she had to admit that she was slightly interested in how Jonah was acting. She merely acted more interested just to see how Freddie would react to it all.
"Hey Sam, what's going on?"Carly asked with a grin. Sam said that she was texting Jonah and Freddie groaned inwardly, he hated how she was acting.
"She's obsessing over him now, why does she have to obsess over him?"
"Aw, Jonah says the back of my head is totally cute, he's thinking about the back of my head!" Sam said with an excited voice. Jonah snuck up behind Sam and smirked.
"I'm not just thinking about it, I'm looking at it!" Jonah said with an energetic tone of voice. Sam squealed and hugged him while Freddie rolled his eyes. Sam said something to Jonah and then he said as long as she didn't sniff the fruit salad, Sam started to explain but then said you just had to be there. Apparently they had been at the smoothie place the other day and someone sniffed the fruit salad, then something else happened, but none of that was on Freddie's mind. Sam and Jonah walked away and Freddie scoffed.
"You had to be there," he mocked.
"Be happy for her, Freddie, she hasn't had a boyfriend since the fifth grade when Frankie Murkin rudely dumped her," Carly said in a quick voice.
"Carly, she broke his leg."
"Yes, and then he rudely dumped her!" Freddie rolled his eyes and shook his head, it was clear as day that Carly didn't understand. He remembered that, it was only a few weeks after he met Sam, and she didn't really date the guy.
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Freddie sat in his room and looked over as Henry walked in, he crossed his arms and waited for his father to say something. "Jonah just came by here," Henry said while crossing his arms. "It seems that Jonah's interested in adoption."
"That's interesting, I mean he's been living at the orphanage for over ten years, you would think if he wanted to be adopted, he would have said something years ago."
"Yeah, well he wanted to talk to you, but you were a little busy. We talked to him instead, and then sent him on his way. First off, is something wrong?"
"The other day, we were discussing our next iCarly and Sam was so obsessed with texting Jonah that she handed me a drawing of her with Jonah and hearts all over the place." Henry winced slightly and glanced to the side, he knew that couldn't be good for Freddie. "Carly's finally getting a bit annoyed by it as well."
"Son, don't let jealousy eat you up, I hope you know that." Freddie chuckled and glanced to the side, he didn't want to admit it, but he was jealous. He missed his chance to ask Sam out, and now she seemed really happy with Jonah. What he didn't know was that she wasn't, nor did he know just how unhappy she was.
"He's probably a better boyfriend for her than I am, I can guarantee that."
"Don't bring yourself down, have patience with yourself. I know Della told me that Sam did have some fights with Jonah." Freddie blinked and raised his eyebrow, Sam had always talked to his mom whenever something happened and there was no one else to go to.
"Is it really bad enough that Sam went to Mom about it?"
"I don't know the details, oh and about that adoption thing, Jonah actually asked if we wanted to let him live with us. We said he should talk to you about it, but we already have adopted Jessica. We've done all the custody work and everything, we couldn't possibly adopt another, so it's out of the question."
"You told him that? How well did he take it." Henry shrugged and walked over to the window, when they told Jonah that, he seemed pretty sad.
"Yeah, I think he was upset. He probably would have enjoyed being your brother and all, but as things are now, it just can't happen."
"I don't think I would want him to be my brother. I'm already struggling with some things concerning him, like running the risk of making another mistake." Henry raised his eyebrow and turned to look at Freddie, he crossed his arms and let his son continue to speak. "Before, with Jake, I ruined a friendship with my best friend because I thought Jake stole my crush after he told me he wouldn't. Jonah didn't promise anything, nor did he know that Sam was my crush, I think. I can't break off my friendship with him because of this."
"Then don't, it's as simple as that. You say he's a pretty good friend, and he didn't know that Sam was someone that you liked as more than a friend. Be happy for them and don't worry, it's going to work out for the best, Freddie."
"Dad, did Jonah seem mad at all when you said you couldn't adopt him?" Henry thought for a minute and shook his head, Jonah had been very quiet about it and left without any trouble. "You know, the other day also she blew off rehearsals to go play with Jonah at some water park."
"Ah, that's too bad."
"Not only that, she's got some ringtone that has him saying 'it's me' every single time he texts her! She ruined Carly's locker, and then later that day she shows up at rehearsal with Jonah. I don't ever want to hear the term 'playa' again, nor do I need Jonah watching our rehearsals. He didn't even make sense when he was there!"
"What happened while he was there? Did he do or say anything stupid or something?"
"Yes, he critiqued our wig routine, Sam even did beautifully and he laughed. However, he thought Carly was funny when Sam did it, yet when Carly acted like Sam, he didn't even laugh."
"So what does that mean, he thinks Carly's funny but doesn't think Sam is?"
"No, he explained it as thinking that Sam is funny, but Carly didn't do a good job at all. He said Sam did a great job, and that was it."
"Maybe you should try that other thing then, what was it?"
"It was the fan bit, but Jonah didn't think it was funny." Freddie rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, he wasn't to fond of how things were going, it seemed like Jonah was controlling the webcast. "The only other thing is the wedgie bounce and no one really wants to do that."
"Yeah, that seems like it would hurt."
"Well we're not doing that one, oh and then they went on about Lewbert, calling him 'Captain Wart Burger' and so forth. It wasn't very funny. Then he ruined Spencer's clay movie that he was making and laughed it off like it was nothing." Of course, what Freddie didn't know was that was Jonah's way of reminding Spencer about their 'deal' they made. "Then, he took the fruit kabobs that Carly and I were going to eat, I'm telling you, he's starting to annoy me more and more."
"He's your best friend, right? Don't let him get under your skin like that, I mean sure he's annoying, but it's because he and Sam are dating and you're not sure how to deal with it. I mean, you like Sam and so you're trying to adjust to your best friend dating her. It will be fine, you'll cope eventually."
"Yeah, I'm sure it'll be just fine."
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"Tomorrow's the iCarly show, you'll be there I guess," Sam said with a slight chuckle. She wanted to stop while she was ahead, she was giving Jonah the wrong idea and she didn't like it. She and Jonah were sitting in her room, trying to talk about the show, and Sam was starting to think that Jonah was not so great to be around. "I'm not sure why, but I'm just getting a negative light from him." Jonah didn't seem to be doing anything wrong, but even still, Sam wasn't fond of him. She thought it was like that because she actually wanted to be with Freddie, not Jonah.
"You know I'll be there, babe," Jonah said with a grin. Sam nodded and glanced over at her door, she really did want to end it with Jonah, because he actually freaked her out somewhat. There were times when he seemed a bit overly obsessive, and even possessive, such as the constant text messages. Whenever she said she was with Freddie, he always seemed to ask her questions about him.
"Yeah, I'm glad you'll be there, it's good to have a boyfriend rooting for you!" Sam wondered how Jonah would take it if she broke it off with him, and if she started to date Freddie, how would she handle it. Sam talked a lot with Valerie in the past week, Valerie told her that she shouldn't have ever started dating Jonah because of her feelings for Freddie. She also told her how because she dated Jonah, Freddie probably would have some problems. "Not sure how badly Freddie would have taken it, since I don't think he ever noticed me aside from Carly. Freddie hasn't been going after her for a while, but Valerie's been a better friend to me lately, and Stephanie's a good friend too."
Stephanie told her almost the same thing that Valerie told her, she said it was a bad idea to date Jonah. Though, Stephanie told her something more about Jonah, that she was afraid that Jonah might stalk her. Sam was afraid of being stalked, Valerie said she even felt like she was being stalked by someone. There would be times when Valerie would go somewhere and she would feel eyes on her, and it gave her the creeps.
Sam was actually starting to probably feel slightly uncomfortable with him, he had started to try and kiss her once before when she was telling him no and she didn't want him to do that. He stopped when someone walked in and when they left, he apologized. He seemed really sincere with his apology, but when he told Stephanie and Valerie, they acted like it was a major crisis. Carly didn't, when she told Carly, she asked why Sam would refuse her first kiss.
"Hey, I'm going to go now, okay?" Jonah stated while standing up. "I have something to do." Sam smiled and nodded as Jonah walked away. He growled as he stepped out the door, he knew Sam was still in love with Freddie, and he knew that Sam wasn't really dating him for the sake of dating him, but she was dating him to get Freddie to notice her. "Sam doesn't want anything to do with me, the Bensons don't want to adopt me, and I know Carly will probably never be friends with me. The only thing I know, is I'll get Freddie's kid, since he doesn't even know Valerie's pregnant with his child, and it's all thanks to me."
Jonah walked down the stairs and smiled at Mr. Puckett as he walked out of the house, he walked down the street and pushed his hands into his pocket. "What would my parents do? Oh hell, they'd probably find a way to kill Freddie to get him out of the way…" Jonah blinked and stared ahead, he was right, his parents would kill Freddie. "If he were out of the way, then Jake would be my friend, wouldn't he? Maybe the Bensons would even adopt me…no, I wouldn't have it in me, killing isn't my style. I'm not strong like that." Jonah chuckled and shrugged his shoulders as he continued to walk home.
Hmm, what's going to happen in this next chapter? You'll be on the edge of your seat, I promise you that. Stick around and enjoy.