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"Well, here we are," Freddie said as him, Sam, Carly and Gibby, along with all their kids, walked into the large Seattle ampatheatre.
"This is really Webicon?" Emma frowned, looking around. "I thought this would be cool. All I see around here are dorks and losers."
"She's not wrong," Sam mumbled.
"Oh come on you guys, this is going to be exciting," Carly said. "I mean, how insane is it that they asked us here to do another session with Webicon for iCarly even though its been like, twenty years since the show ended?"
"Yeah, but you remember what happened here last time," Sam pointed out.
"What happened?" Jason asked.
"Nothing," Sam, Freddie, and Carly all said quickly.
"Wait, can't you guys at least tell me what happened?" Gibby asked. "I wasn't there, remember? I had to deal with my grandpa's crazy antics."
"We already told you what happened years ago!" Freddie hissed.
"You did? Hmm, probably wasn't paying attention then," Gibby shrugged.
"Alright, well we should go check in," Carly said, checking the time on her Pear phone. "We're supposed to meet our guide in ten minutes."
"And we have to find the Fat Shake stand first," Sam reminded them.
"Alright, you guys, make sure you all stick together," Freddie said. "Or if you really have to split, will you at least make sure that someone stays with the younger kids?"
"Who are the young kids?" Tyler asked.
"You, Kirby and Huey," Sam replied, earning herself indignant looks from Tyler and Gibby's two younger sons.
"And remember, the iCarly portion of webicon starts at noon," Carly said. "So make sure you're back by then so you can see you parents in action."
"Was iCarly really that popular back when you guys were teenagers?" Clarissa asked your mom.
"Hey! It was one of the most watched web shows in history!" Carly said.
"Yeah, it made me a star!" Gibby added.
"If you say so, dad," Quincy mumbled.
"Guys, come on, let's just get going," Ashton said. "I want to go see the World of Warlords section."
"I can't believe you like that game," Sam said, shaking her head.
"Hey! Don't ruin my daughter's love for the Hoopsher fields and Org armies!" Freddie snapped. "You guys go and have fun there."
"Yeah, I can at least test out my new sling shot on all those freaks dressed up in their lame little 'stumes'," Emma said, pulling a sling shot out of her pocket.
"Wait, Emma, don't-And they're gone," Freddie sighed as the kids all disappeared. "Hopefully Quincy will be able to convince her not to hit too many people with that thing."
"Alright, anyway, before we go check in, I think we need to go over our game plan one last time," Carly said. "So we don't have a repeat of what happened last time."
"I still don't know what happened!" Gibby exclaimed.
"You idiot! All our crazy fans started a fan war over who they thought Freddie was dating!" Sam snapped, hitting the back of his head. "Me or Carly."
"Yeah, the Seddies and the Creddies," Freddie nodded.
"But…Sam and Freddie are married now," Gibby frowned. "And Carly's married too. How can there be a fan war now?"
"Oh, you know there are still some crazies out there who claim because I smiled at Freddie or something, I sercretly love him," Carly said, rolling her eyes. "Besides, Sam and Freddie never announced they were getting married or anything on iCarly. No one knows that they're together."
"Are you guys going to say anything?" Gibby asked.
"No, and you'd better not either!" Sam snapped. "The last thing we want is a bunch of fans freaking out."
"Yeah, that'd be a nightmare," Freddie agreed.
"So we're gonna make sure that we don't talk about our relationships in anyway," Carly said. "That way we can keep this strictly about iCarly. Sam even registered as Sam Puckett instead of Sam Benson. That way her name plate won't give it away either."
"You see? We've thought of everything," Freddie grinned.
"Yeah, yeah, we're good," Sam said. "But seriously, if I don't get a Fat Shake in me in the next two minutes, I'm gonna go crazy."
…
"Oh. My. God," Carly whispered, poking her head out from the curtain, staring into the sea of iCarly fans. "There must be at least a hundred people out there!"
"Yeah, don't you remember what our guide said?" Freddie said. "There was a line of people here to buy tickets when they went on sale, and they sold out of passes to see iCarly in like, ten minutes."
"Insane," Sam said, sipping her Fat Shake.
"Hey," Gibby said, walking through the back door and joining the other three. "We ready?"
"Just about, did you find the kids yet and tell them that it's starting?" Carly asked.
"I found Quincy," Gibby replied.
"And you told him to tell the others?" Sam asked.
"Well, no, him and Emma were making out behind some Aruthor cut-out," Gibby explained.
"And you didn't stop them?" Freddie exclaimed. "Dang it Gib! Tell your son to keep his lips off my daughter's face for two seconds, will you?"
"Dude, they are dating," Carly chuckled.
"So? That doesn't mean they have to kiss," Freddie mumbled.
"Freddie still likes to think that one day Emma and Ashton will decide to be nuns or something," Sam said, putting her arm around her husband. "Anyway, the kids have their passes, they'll just come in later. We need to get this thing on the road."
"You guys all ready?" their guide asked. "The fans are starting to get rowdy."
"Yeah, we're good to go," Carly said. She turned back to the others. "Remember. We're not turning this into another fan war."
"No worries, Carls, we know how to handle it this time," Freddie said.
"Webicon is proud to present the stars of everyone's favorite classical web show, iCarly!" they heard the guide announce up on the stage. "So put your hands together for Carly, Sam, Freddie and Gibby!"
The four heard cheers and applause, and they made their way out from behind the curtain.
"As always, we'll begin with a Q&A session," the guide said as the four adults took their seats. "So raise your hand and the iCarly cast will get to you as soon as possible!"
At once nearly every hand in the audience went up.
"Um, wow," Carly smiled, speaking into the microphone that they each had in front of them. "It's great to see even after all these years you guys are still so eager to hear from us! So, let's see…how about the girl in the pink shirt?"
"Hi Carly! Sam, Freddie, and Gibby!" the girl said, jumping to her feet. "I was so excited when I heard you were going to be here; I've missed iCarly so much."
"Well thanks," Freddie grinned. "So what's your question?"
"Well, I was wondering if you have ever considered starting the web show up again?"
Cheers of approval erupted, and it took a moment to calm everyone down.
"At least that was a semi-normal question," Sam whispered to Carly.
"So far so good," Carly whispered back.
"Well, we did have a lot of fun doing the show back when we were teenagers," Freddie told the girl. "And we do miss it. But we do sort of have new things going on in our lives now. I think we've all accepted that the iCarly chapter in our lives, though a happy one, is officially closed."
"But I still have my blog!" Gibby spoke up.
"Any more questions?" Carly asked. "Um, you there, in the blue dress."
"Yes, I have a question," the girl said, standing up. "What sort of things are you all up to now that iCarly's over?"
"Oh, well, Freddie's a developer for the Pear Company," Carly answered. "Sam and me both work at television writers, and Gibby…well, none of are really sure what Gibby does exactly."
"Maybe if you read my blog…" Gibby said.
"So you and Sam work together?" the girl asked.
"Yup," Carly nodded.
"Interesting…and do your teenage fights over Freddie sometimes resurface?"
"Um…no, because there were no fights," Sam said firmly.
"And we're actually going to refrain from talking about any of our relationships in general," Freddie said. "So, who else has a question? Um, glasses, in the front."
"Freddie," the boy said. "I notice that your elbow and Carly's elbow are no more that three centimeters away from each other right now. From that evidence, you clearly can't deny that there is a relationship between you two."
"No!" Carly said as her and Freddie jerked their elbows away. "No relationships!"
"That's right, because Freddie's obviously more interested in Sam!" another fan said, holding up a large, purple Seddie sign. "Seddie all the way!"
"Yo! Enough with this relationship chiz!" Sam yelled into her mike.
"Carly and Freddie were meant to be together!" a girl in the back yelled, holding up a Creddie poster. "Creddie! Creddie! Creddie!"
"Listen, you guys, we're not-" Carly began, but she was cut off as half the room joined in with the girl's chant.
"I thought this wasn't supposed to happen this time!" Sam hissed to Carly.
"Well what do I know?" Carly snapped. "These people are just as whako as last time!"
"So what do we do?" Freddie asked as the other half of the room began chanting "Seddie! Seddie! Seddie!"
"We have to try and calm them down again," Carly said desperately.
"Yeah like that'll work," Sam snapped.
"Well can't Freddie just say that he married Sam?" Gibby whispered.
"That wouldn't end this, Gib, that would just make everything worse," Carly sighed.
"Yeah, the best thing to do here is for us to just keep remaining neutral on this whole relationship thing," Freddie nodded.
"Okay, well you guys can handle this," Sam said. "I'm gonna run and get another Fat Shake."
"No!" Carly and Freddie both shouted.
"Fine, I'll stay," Sam mumbled.
…
"This place is so boring," Emma moaned as her and the other kids headed towards the room where the iCarly session was being held.
"How would you know? All you've done today is make out with Quincy!" Ashton pointed out.
"What?" Jason frowned, glaring at his younger sister's boyfriend.
"Um, she-she's lying," Quincy said quickly.
"Well this place is filled with losers," Emma said. "I love the Internet, but this place is making it seem like the entire Internet population is losers and geeks."
"But we can see our parents now," Clarissa pointed out as they reached the room. "Aren't you guys all just a little excited to see them talk about iCarly? Especially if it was as popular as they say."
"Don't you think that they were exaggerating about that just a little?" Ashton said. "I mean, I'm sure the show was cool and all, but still."
"Hey, why is there a bunch of screaming going on in there?" Tyler asked, listening at the door.
"No clue," Jason frowned. "Come on, let's go in and find out."
"Finally, a little excitement," Emma said as the kids all entered.
It was more than a little excitement, for when they entered, all the fans were on their feet, yelling at each other, waving their Seddie or Creddie posters in the air as they chanted.
"Whoa! What's going on?" Clarissa exclaimed.
"It's like some big nerd riot!" Quincy said.
"Look, there's mom and dad," Tyler said, spotting his parents, who were apparently trying to calm things down, but could scarcely be hear, even on their microphones.
"Hey, what's Seddie and Creddie?" Emma asked, reading the sign.
"Well, gee, Emma, maybe if you look at the pictures underneath the words, you could figure it out," Ashton said, rolling her eyes. "Look, the Creddie signs have pictures of Clarissa's mom and our dad, and the Seddie signs have pictures of mom and dad. They're obviously those little couple names that people come up with, you know, like what they do for celeberties."
"Well how come all these people want to see my mom and your dad together?" Clarissa asked.
"Yeah, don't they know that your parents are sort of married?" Quincy asked.
"You know what? I think this is what our parents were talking about earlier," Jason said. "You know, about the big thing that happened last time they came here before we were born? Look, mom's name plate says Sam Puckett instead of Benson. They must've not wanted to tell these nut jobs that mom and dad really are married."
"Oh, and they didn't want to tell us because it's sort of weird," Clarissa nodded. "I see…"
"I've got to hand it to them, though," Ashton said, somewhat impressed. "If all these people are still fighting over who dad should date after all these years, their web show must've been really popular."
"So…what do we do?" Quincy asked.
"I dunno, this is sort of fun to watch," Emma grinned.
"You just like anything where people fight," Ashton said.
"Um, duh," Emma nodded.
….
"Okay, we need another flare gun in here or something," Carly cried, ducking as a chair was thrown on stage.
"Yeah, no chiz!" Sam exclaimed.
"Hey, look! The kids are finally here!" Gibby said, spotting the kids in the audience.
"Oh great, looks like we get to have a nice, fun conversation about this whole thing with them on the way home," Freddie groaned.
"Hey! Hey!" someone from the crowd shouted, and everyone finally fell silent. It took Sam, Freddie, Carly and Gibby a moment that the reason everyone had fallen silent was because they were all staring at the kids.
"Newcomers!" a man shouted. "You must state your ship if you want to enter!"
"Um, we-we don't really know what you guys are-" Clarissa began.
"If you have no ship!" a woman said, grabbing Emma's arm. "Then you must-ow!"
Emma had shoved the lady off. "Get your nerdy hands off me!" she snapped.
"Okay, okay!" Carly said loudly. "This has gone on for long enough!"
"Yeah, those are our kids!" Gibby said. "And since half of them are Sam and Freddie's kids, I'd assume they'd ship Seddie."
Everyone gasped.
"Gibby!" Sam exclaimed. "You weren't supposed to mention anything about relationships!"
"I didn't!" Gibby defended. "I just told them you and Sam had four children together!"
"Unbelievable," Freddie said, shaking his head at Gibby.
"The spawn of Seddie is among us!" a Seddie shipper yelled excitedly.
"Did they just call us the spawn of Seddie?" Ashton frowned. "Gross."
"Hey!" Carly yelled, quieting everyone down. "Okay…now that Gibby had to go and ruin everything…It's true. Those are our kids. Those three over there are Gibby's kids, Quincy, Huey and Kirby, that's my daughter, Clarissa, with the dark hair, and those four are Sam and Freddie's kids. Jason, Emma, Ashton and Tyler."
"Yeah," Freddie sighed. "Me and Carly never had any relationship. Sam and me…well, we love each other. We've been married for close to twenty years and we have four kids together."
"So there's no Creddie!" a Seddie fan said happily.
"That's not true!" A Creddie shipper yelled back. "Look at Carly's daughter! She has Freddie's eyes!"
"What? No she doesn't!" Sam said.
"Yeah! They're brown!"
"My eyes are brown, you loony!" Carly cried.
"She's not denying it!"
"No!" Freddie said firmly. "The only kids that I have are the ones I have with Sam."
"Yeah," Gibby nodded. "Their daughter, Emma, is even dating my son, Quincy."
There was another round of gasps.
"Uh-oh," Sam whispered.
"This can't be good," Carly mumbled.
"It's a new ship!" someone in the audience yelled. "We shall call it Quemma!"
"No way! Gibby's son should totally be dating Carly's daughter. Quilrissa! Quilrissa!"
"Oh my God, Gibby!" Freddie said as the fans began to argue again. "Do you realize what you've done?"
"No? What?" Gibby frowned.
"You started a new fan war!" Carly exclaimed.
"Really? Awesome!"
"Gibby!"
"Well, at least they're not freaking out over us anymore," Sam shrugged.
"We'd better get the kids and get out of here," Freddie said.
"Yeah, you're right," Carly nodded. "Before they get trampled by the fans…"
