iWon't Desert You

Disclaimer: I do not own iCarly

A/N: Ok so this is the next chap of iWont Desert You. It takes place a year after the previous chapter. Thoughts are in italics. Enjoy.

Chapter 1 – Bad Day

Sam walked into school, head throbbing from the massive headache she had. She walked over to Carly's locker to see her best friend rummaging through her locker.

"Hey Carls, what are you looking for." Even talking made her headache worse. "I should have just stayed home today. This headache is killing me."

"Oh nothing, I just know I left a muffin in my locker yesterday but I can't seem to find it." Carl said, head still buried in the locker.

Sams eyes widened. She had taken the muffin the previous day when carly was not looking. "I would not know anything about that." Sam claimed trying to hide the guilt in her voice.

"You ate it didn't you." Sam smiled and gave the I was hungry look. Carly simply shook her head and closed the locker. Soon Freddie appeared carrying a wire in his hand

"Hey Freddie, what's that wire for." Carly asked, not actually caring what it was for.

"Just something for my laptop. It makes…."

"Opps don't care." Sam interrupted. Usually she would not mind hearing Freddie's voice but today, every word anyone said was a jolt to the brain, sending pain coursing through her head.

"Are you okay Sam." Freddie asked, concerned about Sam. In the year that past, Freddie finally realised that Carly was never his type. However, he never did manage to tell Sam about the way he felt about her. He did try to act nicer towards her and avoided insulting her like they used to, hoping it was giving hints.

"Yeah, just a major headache." Sam said, rubbing her temples. "Let's just get to class."

The trio walked towards their classroom. They could hear the din coming from the class from the hallway. Carly opened the door and the sounds of children shouting flooded the hallways. Sam winced in pain but shrugged it of and walked in taking a seat beside Carly.

"Maybe you should go home and see a doctor." Freddie said while sitting in the chair in front of Sam.

"I'm okay. Just mind your own business dork."

Freddie just turned to face Carly and started talking about what to do on the next iCarly. Sam was happy that Freddie was so concerned with her but it was short-lived due to the headache. Sam, for the first time could not wait for the teacher to walk in, silencing the class.

Sam eyed the door knob, hoping it would turn in the next few seconds. Suddenly she saw the handle turn and for a second felt relieved but I disappeared as it was only Gibby.

"Hey everyone, Miss Briggs and Mr Howard are out sick today!" he shouted.

There was a moment of silence as the class took in the information. Then the silence was broken with a loud cheer from the students. Sam covered her ears but it was not enough to block out all the sound of children screaming. Freddie turned around and smiled at Carly and Sam. Carly smiled back, knowing that they would have some free time in class today. Sam simply gave a weak smile and dropped her head on her desk.

The bell rang and the class proceeded to the cafeteria for lunch. For Carly and Freddie, the day has past by quite fast but for Sam, it was one of the longest and worst days of her life. During the few lesson in the morning, Sam also realised that she was developing a cough.

Sam was walking behind Freddie and started to cough. Her two best friends turned around and looked at her. They hardly ever saw Sam sick and whenever she did get sick, it was all minor illnesses.

"Maybe you really should go home." Carly said.

"I'll think about it over lunch." Even though she had no appetite, her figured maybe some food would help her feel better.

They walked into the cafeteria and queued for their food. Today they were serving pizza. They took their trays and sat at a table. Carly and Freddie dove into their food while Sam sat there and just stared at her tray. The smell was making her nauseous.

"Aren't you gonna eat that. It's your favourite junk food." Carly stated taking another bite of her pizza.

"Yeah." Sam said and took one bite of the pizza. She placed the piece back onto the tray and pushed it towards Carly. "I'm full, you guys can have the rest."

Carly and Freddie raised their eyebrows and stared and Sam.

"I think I'm going to see the nurse. I don't fell to good." Sam said, cupping her hand on her mouth.

"You should we don't….." Carly said but before she could finish her sentence, Sam excused herself and ran to the toilet.

"Aren't you gonna help her." Freddie asked while pointing at the door Sam just ran out.

Carly shrugged and Freddie sighed and got up, taking the same route Sam took.

Freddie walked out of the cafeteria to see a glimpse of Sam running into the nearest washroom. He waited outside and could faintly hear the sound of someone throwing up in the toilet. He knew it was Sam as everyone was in the cafeteria having lunch.

Finally Sam emerged and saw Freddie leaning against the wall outside the bathroom.

"What are you doing here?" Sam exclaimed and started walking to the nurse's office.

"Just making sure your okay." Freddie said, following behind her.

"whatever dork." Freddie smiled

Sam stepped into the nurse's office and saw Mrs Sprouse sitting at her desk.

"Uh…..hello?" Sam said.

"Oh hi there." Mrs sprouse exclaimed. She did not realised that anyone had come in.

"My friend here is kind of sick and she needs to go home." Freddie explained.

"Ok what are your symptoms." The nurse asked.

"Headache, slight fever, coughing and nausea" Sam said.

"Ok I thinks you have a case of the common cold and I give you a note to leave school early today. When you get home, make sure you get some rest. If your still not feeling well tomorrow, I suggest you see a doctor." Mrs Sprouse gave her diagnosis.

"Ok, thank you Mrs Sprouse." Sam said and walked out of the room.

"Hey, maybe you should call your mum to pick you up." Freddie suggested.

Sam nodded and took out her cellphone and called her mum.

Sam lay on her sofa and was watching television. Her mum went out to get some groceries.

Nothing was on television and Sam was feeling worse than before. She looked over to the clock and saw that it was 3.30 pm. "Carly and Freddie should have finished school by now."

She turned to the television and saw that the news was on. She could not hear anything as she put the television on mute.

Sam wasn't paying attention to the headline that flashed across the screen but when a photo of a man appeared, it caught her attention. She had seen him somewhere before but could not put her finger on it.

She turned the volume on and then it hit her. it was the fruit stall vendor she had been patronising a few months back when her mum was doing the healthy food regime. Her mum soon lost interest in it and stopped. She hasn't bought fruits from the in over six months. She continued to listen to the report interested to know what happened.

Soon, curiosity turned to horror and her jaw fell from what she heard from the news.

A/N: Okay, first of all I would like to apologize for the cliff-hanger but I had to end this chapter there. So in this chap, Sam is starting to get sick and what was on the news that was so shocking. Find out in the next chap.

Also, if anyone can guess the illness Sam is suffering from, you have my respect. The symptoms in the story are real symptoms of the illness. I would also like to thank all those who reviewed the first chap and thanks for the kind words. Please review.