Riot

"I still can't believe you and Freddie have been together for ten months," Carly smiled, helping Sam with the clasp of a silver necklace.

"Me neither," Sam said honestly, staring at her dolled up reflection in the mirror in Carly's bedroom, where her best friend was helping her prepare for her date.

"So," Carly said. "Where's Freddie taking you on this big date?"

"He's taking me to the aquarium," Sam said.

"The aquarium?" Carly repeated. "Wow, talk about an unusual date."

"I know," Sam nodded. "We usually just go out for dinner or a movie on our dates. I was totally shocked when he told me we were gonna do this instead."

"Well I think it's sweet that your boyfriend is being spontaneous," Carly said. "I just wish I had someone to take me on cute dates like that."

"Hey, come on kid, you're hot!" Sam said. "And for your information, you had a date just last week!"

"Yes, and he wound up spilling marinara sauce all over me before I could even get to know him," Carly said.

"That's horrible," Sam cringed.

"I know!"

"What a total waste of marinara sauce," Sam said, shaking her head in disgust.
"Yeah, that was the problem," Carly scoffed. "Not the giant stain on my brand new white dress! But hey, have fun tonight, okay? And I want details the second you get back."

"Will do," Sam promised. "You know, I haven't been to an aquarium in years. Not since I got banned from one when I was seven."

"Banned?" Carly frowned. "Why'd you get banned?"

"Oh, see, I really wanted to see if I could get the clown fish to-"

"You know what? I don't think I want to know," Carly said quickly.

"You know, baby," Sam said as her and Freddie walked through the aquarium, looking at the many types of fish. "You may be sort of lame. And a dork. And totally nubbish. And a-"

"Are you going somewhere with this?" Freddie asked, rolling his eyes.

"But you still know how to pull off a pretty awesome ten-month anniversary date," Sam grinned, leaning up to kiss him.

"You really like it?" Freddie asked.

"Duh," Sam nodded. "Going to an aquarium is a lot better than just going to some snooty restaurant…But hey, there is still gonna be food at some point tonight, right?"

"Sam, I've been with you for ten months," Freddie said. "Do you really think I'd plan a date and not include food? There's a small café across the street from here I figured we could stop by."

"Nice," Sam said approvingly. "So do you know when feeding time is at the shark tanks? I really want to-"

"Whoa!" said a voice suddenly behind the couple.

Sam and Freddie turned around and saw two girls.

"Um…hello," Freddie said, not recognizing the girls.

"You're Sam and Freddie from iCarly!" the first girl squealed.

"Oh, yeah," Sam shrugged. She never exactly loved being recognized on a normal day, but tonight she found it especially annoying, since her and Freddie were on a date. But she bit her tongue.

"Is Carly here too?" the second girl ask.

"Um, no, she's-" Freddie began. "She's-"

"Wait," the first girl said slowly, looking down at Sam and Freddie's hands, which the couple just realized were still entwined. "Are-Are you guys here on a date?"

Sam and Freddie hadn't announced their relationship on iCarly yet. They both decided they wanted to wait at least a year before doing so, to give them a chance to enjoy each other with having to deal with any crazy fans.

Sam and Freddie exchanged quick glanced.

"Okay, yes," Freddie nodded. "But see, we'd really appreciate it if you girls would-"

"Oh no!" the second girl cried. "Does that mean Creddie is dead?"

"No!" the first girl moaned. "Creddie was such a perfect couple!"
"Freddie? Don't you know how happy you could be with Carly?"

"Creddie rules!"

"You've got to be kidding me," Sam mumbled.

"I'm perfectly happy with Sam, thank you very much," Freddie said firmly, narrowing his eyes. "Now if you'll excuse us, we're going to go see the shark exhibit."

"But what about Creddie?" one of the girls yelled after them as they turned to walk away.

"Creddie for the win!"

"Wow," Sam said as the girls cries faded away. "Guess this place doesn't have a no nut case policy."

"You okay?" Freddie asked her.

"Huh? Why wouldn't I be okay?"

"You know," Freddie said. "Because those girls were sort of…"

"Dude, I don't care what those lame iCarly fans say," Sam said. "I mean we see stuff on the website every week about how in love you are with Carly because you laughed at something she said."

"Okay," Freddie nodded.

The couple made their way over to the shark tanks.

"Man, those things are huge," Sam commented, watching the large sharks swimming around.

"I know," Freddie agreed, putting his arm around her. "Hey, do you think they-"

"Okay, Freddie, hear us out," the two Creddie fans said, rushing up to the couple out of nowhere.

"We get that you may be a little confused right now," the first girl said.

"But we know that if you look deep down into your heart, you'll realize that Carly really is the only girl for you," the second girl finished.

Sam felt her fist clench. She knew Freddie would probably be upset with her if she knocked those two girls out in the middle of their date, but it was getting pretty hard to resist the temptation.

"I'm not confused about anything," Freddie said, trying to keep his cool. "I don't have feelings for Carly, so I'm not going to date Carly. I'm in love with Sam, so I'll continue to date her."

"But Freddie, Carly's such a better pick for you," the first girl said. "We know you'd be so much happier with-"

"Let's get out of here," Sam muttered, grabbing Freddie's hand. She shoved past the two girls, hard, and led her boyfriend out of the aquarium.

"Sam," Freddie said, watching as Sam stormed out onto the sidewalk. "Sam, I know that those two girls were totally out of line. But don't let what they said get to you. None of it's true."

"I know that!" Sam snapped, turning away from him.

"Then why are you getting so upset?
"I'm not upset!"

"Baby," Freddie said gently, pushing back a strand of her hair. "You can talk to me. You know that right?"

Sam sighed and looked down at her shoes. "Do you ever, you know, think about it?"

"Think about what?" Freddie frowned.

"What it would be like if you wound up with Carly instead of me," she whispered.

Freddie shook his head. "No."

"Come on, not even once?" Sam scoffed.

"No, I've never had a reason to," Freddie said honestly.

"You never thought about what it would be like to have Carly Shay as your girlfriend?" Sam said, her voice filled with disbelief.

"Okay, maybe when I was thirteen," Freddie shrugged. "But you know those weren't real feeling back then."

"I know," Sam said, shaking her head. "Sorry…"

"But do you know what?" Freddie continued, taking her hands in his. "If I wound up with Carly instead of you, my life would be so different. I'd never have anyone to argue with about movies because Carly would always let me pick what I wanted to see. I would've never experienced how amazing bacon-wrapped ribs are because Carly would never even come close to those things. I would've never landed a seat on the debate team this year because I wouldn't have gotten so much practice arguing. My life would've been so…simple. But now with you, there's never a dull second. You keep me on my toes. And I absolutely love that. And you. I don't care if I get bombarded by a riot of Creddie fans telling me how perfect I'd be with Carly; I know that my life couldn't get any more perfect than it is right now."

Sam smiled and kissed him. "No one's ever told me anything like that before."

"I'll tell you that every day if you want me to," Freddie said.

Sam chuckled. "Let's not get carried away," she said. "I may wind up puking from all the gushiness."

"Fair enough," Freddie laughed. "Now do you want to go back inside? I think they're going to dump the shark chum into the tanks in a few minutes."

"Shoosh yeah!" Sam nodded. "Let's go, Benson!"

"After all," Freddie grinned. "What's a ten-month anniversary without watching sharks viciously tear into fish guts?"