AN-So I got this request way before iGoodbye, but when I started writing it, I thought it would be cool to kind of make it go along with iGoodbye. Hope you enjoy.

Oh, and to answer a question I got, I get the titles for these chapters from a random word generator, and then I just pick one when I begin writing the oneshot. Even if I only use the word once, it actually helps me think up what I'm going to write about.

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Annoying

"Wait, put the banner a little higher," Freddie said, watching as Spencer and Gibby struggled to hang a large banner in Spencer's kitchen. "It looks a bit higher up on the left side than it is on the right."

"If you're going to be so picky, why don't you come do it?" Spencer snapped, trying to keep his balance on the ladder he was standing on.

"You guys still haven't hung that banner yet?" Sam asked, letting herself into the apartment carrying a stack of pizzas. "I left half an hour ago to get these pizzas!"

"Freddie keeps complaining that it's lopsided," Gibby told her.

"Fine, have a lopsided banner, see if I care," Freddie shrugged.

"Dude, it's fine; quit being annoying," Sam said, setting down the pizzas on the counter. "Okay, so decorations are up, we have food, music…what time's Carly getting in again?"

"Um, she left Italy at three this morning," Spencer replied. "So her plane should be landing in about two hours. Man, wait until she sees this surprise party we have for her! She's going to be so surprised!"

"Hey, is that where the name comes from?" Gibby asked, hopping down from the counter. "I always wondered why they were called surprise parties and not, oh, I dunno, glad parties or scared parties or some other emotion."

"What's wrong with you?" Sam frowned. Then she shook her head. "You know what? Never mind. I don't have time to hear it." She turned to Freddie. "So you have everything all set up for iCarly tonight?"

"Yup," Freddie nodded. "Wow…Can you believe this is going to our first web show in almost ten months?"

"I can't believe its been that long since we've seen Carly," Spencer said.

"Yeah, I don't know how we did it, but we all survived," Sam smiled.

"At least she's coming back for good now that her dad's been stationed in Washington again," Freddie said. He put his arm around Sam. "Bet your happy about that?"

"Eh, your company wasn't that bad," Sam grinned, giving him a quick kiss.

"Gross," Spencer cringed. "I'm sure Carly doesn't want to walk back in here and see her best friends making out in the middle of her surprise party."

"Yeah, that would be really weird, since Carly doesn't even know they're together," Gibby said.

"Gibby!" Sam and Freddie exclaimed.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Spencer said. "You guys got together like, a month after Carly left. You mean in all that time since you haven't told her?"

"Well…we didn't want to tell her before we really knew if this was anything serious," Freddie said. "I mean, last time we were together we barely lasted a month, remember?"

"Okay, but now its been nine months," Spencer said. "And from all the make-out sessions I've been forced to walk in on lately, I'd say it's pretty serious."

"Look, we've been wanting to tell her for awhile now," Sam said. "But every time we get a chance to video chat with her, it's hard to bring up. Carly hasn't exactly had the best dating life over in Italy, you know. Not many guys speak English. The closest thing she's had to a date is the son of a guy in her dad's unit asking her to get gelato…with a group of four other people. We didn't want to rub our relationship in her face."

"But we're going to tell her," Freddie said. "Tonight. Before we do iCarly."

"Speaking of iCarly," Gibby said. "Since it's sort of a big show tonight, do you think I could-"

"No," Sam said, cutting him off. "There's no way we're letting you do your bra skit."

"Aw, come on!" Gibby moaned. "You guys never let me have any fun."

…..

"Alright, Carly. Here we are! Walking into the apartment!" Spencer said loudly, opening the door for his sister.

"Yeah, Spencer, I see that," Carly smiled. "I know its been ten months, but I still think I-"

"Surprise!" Sam, Freddie, Gibby and T-Bo all shouted, catching Carly off guard.

"Oh my God, what is all this?" Carly exclaimed, grinning.

"A surprise party!" Spencer said. "For you!"

"Aw, you guys, you didn't have to do this," Carly said as Sam rushed over to her best friend.

"Shoosh yeah we did!" Sam said as her and Carly embraced. "We haven't seen you in almost a year! Well, other than over webcams, but that doesn't count."

"Yeah," Freddie agreed as him and Carly exchanged quick hugs. "We had to go all out."

"And see, I even made Italian smoothies for the occasion," T-Bo said, pointing to the kitchen table, where he had dozens of cups set up.

"Oh wow, that actually sounds like a good smoothie idea," Carly laughed. "So what kinds did you make? Oh, did you use the gelato?"

"Nah, too pricy. T-Bo's got to make a profit," T-Bo replied. "I've got Spicy Meatball Mania, Lasagna Luxury and Pizza Paddodle."

"Paddodle?" Carly repeated.

"I came up with that one," Gibby said proudly.

"Glad to see you haven't changed a bit, Gib," Carly chuckled. "So, do I even want to know what a Paddodle is?"

"No you do not," Freddie said.

"You want to try one?" T-Bo asked, handing Carly a cup.

"Um…I'm actually pretty full from all the airline peanuts," Carly said quickly.

"Suit yourself," Sam said, taking the smoothie and slurping down half of it in one gulp.

"Man, it's so good to be back," Carly said, looking around at her brother and friends. "Being in Italy with my dad was fun and all, but you have no idea how much I missed you guys."

"We missed you too, kid," Spencer said. "You have to tell us all about Italy."

"Yeah, I hear Italian babes are smoking," T-Bo said. "Is that true?"

"Um, sure, I guess," Carly said. "But I'll tell you about Italy later. Right now I really want to catch up on what's been going on with you guys. Anything new?"

"Er…" Sam began, looking at Freddie. "Actually-"

"I started an acrobatics club at school," Gibby announced.

"Really?" Carly said. "I didn't know you could do anything flexible."

"I can put my whole fist in my mouth," Gibby said.

"Um, no offense, but how does that qualify as acrobatics?" Carly asked.

"It takes real skill!"

"Okay, okay," Carly conceded. She turned back to Sam and Freddie. "Anyway, what were you going to-"

But just then, Freddie's phone began to beep.

"Holy chiz, it's already seven o'clock," Freddie said, looking at his screen. "We need to start getting ready for iCarly!"

"That's right!" Carly said. "I can't believe we're finally doing the show again! It's been so weird not doing it for this long."

"I know," Sam agreed.

"The Internet's been going crazy ever since you made the announcement that you were going to start the show back up again last week," Spencer said. "You'd better go set up. You don't want to keep those fans waiting."

"Yeah, good idea," Carly nodded. "How about we finish up this party once the web show is over?"

"Sounds like a plan," Freddie said. He picked up his video camera, which he had sitting on the coffee table. "Let's see if after ten months we've still go it."

…..

"How many?" Sam exclaimed.

"Two million, nine hundred and seventy-one thousand views tonight," Freddie grinned, setting down his camera. "More than twice our largest audience."

"That's insane!" Carly said. "Come on, I think this deserves a group hug!"

She held out her arms for Sam and Freddie to join her. Sam and Freddie avoided eye contact with each other. Right about now, the wanted to do a bit more than participate in a group hug with the other…

"Should we head back downstairs now?" Carly asked. "Hopefully Gibby got his head out of pot by now…"

"Um, Carly, you think we could sort of talk to you first?" Freddie asked. "It's about what Sam started to tell you earlier."

"Oh, sure. What's up?" Carly asked.

"Okay, well, first, don't freak out," Sam said.

"Oh God," Carly sighed. "This isn't sounding promising…Freddie, you knew that with me gone it was going to be your job to keep Sam out of prison!"

"It's nothing like that," Freddie said quickly.

"Yeah, I haven't been in any legal trouble since you've left," Sam assured her. "Well, other than that whole incident at Build-A-Bra, but that old lady in there was asking for it."

"Well then what is it?" Carly asked.

"Look," Freddie said. "Sam and I realize this is something we should've probably brought up during one of our web chats a long time ago. But the timing never seemed right."

"Guys, you're really starting to sound weird," Carly frowned. "Just tell me what's going on."

Sam took a deep breath. "Freddie and I have been dating."
Carly didn't reply.

"Um, we started about a month after you left," Freddie added.

Again, Carly didn't say anything. Sam and Freddie looked at each other, confused.

"Carls, we're really sorry we didn't tell you sooner," Sam said.

"Yeah," Freddie nodded. "But we just wanted-"

"Wait, is that all?" Carly asked.

"What?" Sam frowned.

"What do you mean 'is that all'?" Freddie asked. "Aren't you going to freak out about us keeping it from you for so long? I mean, you went crazy when you found out me and Sam kissed each other back in the ninth grade, after all."

"You guys," Carly laughed, rolling her eyes. "I might have been in Italy for the past ten months, but that doesn't mean I'm an idiot!"

"Wait, I'm lost," Sam said, shaking her head.

"Come on," Carly said, smiling. "I've known you guys have been seeing each other for months know."

"Huh?" Sam and Freddie said simultaneously.

"You guys may have been careful to avoid specifically saying anything to me on our web chats," Carly said. "But I do have eyes, you know. You guys would always give each other little 'couple' looks. Sam, you didn't hit Freddie as aggressively as you usually do. Freddie, you laughed after pretty much everything Sam said. Plus there was time you and Sam were practically sitting in each others laps!"

"So…you knew this whole time?" Sam asked. "But why didn't you say anything?"

"Yeah, you're Carly, for crying out loud!" Freddie said.

"Oh, believe me, it wasn't easy," Carly said. "But, well…I knew that trying your relationship again was probably going to be hard on both of you. I didn't want to add any stress to it."

"Thanks, Carls," Sam smiled. "But I think we're pretty safe with it now."

"Yeah," Freddie agreed. "We made it this far."

"That's great, you guys," Carly said. "I'm really happy for you two. At least you managed to have some romance this past year. I've been boy deprived for way too long!"

"That's tough kid," Sam said. "But now that you're back where the guys speak English, you'll have no problem."

"Well, I did manage to get the cute guy at the baggage check's number a few hours ago," Carly grinned.

"Wow, impressive," Freddie laughed.

"Well thanks," Carly said. "But hey, we should get back downstairs…I really hope T-Bo doesn't make me try one of those Italian smoothies, though."

"Hey, give the meatball one a chance," Sam said. "It's probably the best thing I've tasted in my life."

"It's like I never left," Carly laughed.