iWon't Desert You
Disclaimer: I do not own iCarly
A/N: Ok so this is the next chap of iWont Desert You. Sorry this update took so long but I have been extremely busy. Thoughts are in italics. Enjoy.
Chapter 6 – Truth
"Carly. You have to tell me what's going on." Freddie shouted following carly in the hallway.
"No. No and for the next time you ask, my answer is NO." Carly screamed and walked into her class.
He walked over to a random locker and slammed his head into it. At first it seemed like a good idea but the pain changed his mind. He move back from the locker rubbing his head.
"Why did you just do that?" Sam asked as she reappeared around the corner.
"Oh you know. Just want to imprint my face on the locker." Freddie said sarcastically.
"You know it's going to be difficult not to insult you when you act like that." Sam replied.
"Then go ahead. I hate to admit it but I miss your insults." Freddie said.
"Wait wait hold up. Did you say you miss my insults?" Freddie nodded and looked at Sam. "And you said I was acting weird."
"No it's just that we always fight and the sudden calmness between us is sort of awkward. Usually we just argue when we're together but having nothing to argue about is really weird." Freddie said.
"Whatever dork." Sam rolled her eyes and walked of to class.
Freddie smiled and followed behind her. He hadn't heard that word very often these past few days and hearing it was pure bliss. They had the same class and were heading to the classroom.
"So how was your talk with Carly." Sam asked.
"Not good. She didn't want to tell me anything."
"Good." Sam whispered not wanting Freddie to hear. She was glad Carly never told him of the AIDS issue.
"What?" Freddie said. He heard Sam mumble something but could not catch it.
"Nothing."
"What I still don't get is why you can't tell me. I mean you know what happened." Freddie questioned.
"My lips are sealed. Maybe if you keep pestering Carly today she will tell you." Sam said. She didn't count on it but wanted to avoid the whole interrogation by Freddie. "You should sit with her during lunch and pester her like your life depended on it."
"Okay." Freddie raised his eyebrow and walked into class.
The bell rang and everyone rushed out of class. Sam and Freddie were the last to leave the class.
"So I should go sit with Carly and talk to her?" Freddie asked.
Sam simply nodded. When they entered the cafeteria, they saw that almost everyone had already gotten their food and were sitting down. The two took a tray and got their food as well. Freddie saw Carly sitting at a table eating her lunch.
"There she is. Let's go." Freddie said pointing over to carly and looking at Sam.
Sam gave him a blank stare and walked to the table at the corner of the cafeteria.
"Oh right,"
Freddie walked over to Carly and sat down across her. "Hey."
"Hey." Carly said and went back to her meal.
Freddie placed a fork into his food and twirled it around. He was thinking of what to say. " So…how was class?" "What?"
"It was okay." She replied.
"Okay I cant take it anymore you have to tell me what's going on." Freddie said.
"I already gave you my answer this morning." Carly responded not looking up from her food.
"But…" Freddie sighed and began eating. He didn't bother arguing with Carly. She would never give in.
Freddie looked over to the table at the corner of the room. Sam sat there with a few other people. She wasn't talking and was playing with the peas on her plate. Freddie hated to see Sam so depressed.
"Hey look at her, don't tell me you can stand seeing your friend so sad." Freddie said to Carly.
Carly didn't look over. She felt horrible for treating Sam that way, especially since she was the first person that Sam told her problem to. Looking at her sad friend would have made her guiltier.
"It's complicated. I don't think Sam wants me to tell you anyway. She will tell if she's ready." Carly said.
Freddie sighed and look to Sam as she coughed.
"I … I got to go to the bathroom." Freddie glanced over to Carly and saw a tear fall onto the table and she was running out of the cafeteria.
Guilt crept up on him. He didn't mean to make her cry, he just wanted to get he two friends back together. For the first time in his life, he didn't know what to do.
Sam was walking home and decided it was time to tell her mum about her illness. She knew her mum would love her no matter what even if she was a bit neglectful.
She walked into her house and saw her mum at the living room couch. She wasn't watching television or doing anything for that matter. She was just sitting there in deep thought. She didn't even realise Sam had come home.
"Mum, are you okay." Sam asked causing her mother to jump in her seat.
"Oh I'm fine." She said. There was a moment of silence between them and Sam was just standing there.
"I need to tell you something." Both of them said in unison. They were slightly shocked that both of them needed to talk to each other. Sam took a seat next to her mother and looked into her eyes. She had never seen that her mum had the most calming eyes she had ever seen.
"Do you want to talk first?" Sarah Puckett asked. Sam nodded and took a deep breath.
"Mum, I have to tell you something about me. You remember the day I went to the doctor." She asked and her mum nodded.
"Well I went to have a HIV test and the results were positive." She wasted no time in saying it out. She kept it bottle up for so long and just had to let it out.
She looked up to her mother expecting a shocked expression but all she saw was a pained expression.
"Sam, I have failed you as a mother. I have not been honest with you." Sam felt confused. She had no idea why her mother was saying this. "I should have told you this long ago but could not. I have AIDS too."
"What?" She was shocked. She didn't expect her mum to have AIDS as well. "How?"
"I actually had AIDS long before you were born. Before I met your father, I had a boyfriend who had AIDS. I didn't know until he actually passed the virus to me." Tears were starting to flow down her face. "I was distraught when I found out I had AIDS. I didn't want to live anymore but I had to because I was pregnant with you. Then I met your father and he made the grey clouds disappear. He became your legal father when you were born as we got married. He used to always say, Don't let AIDS stand in the way of love." Sam was astounded and confused at the same time.
"But I thought I contracted AIDS from the fruit vendor down the street?" She asked.
"Sam, do you remember what day that was?" Sarah asked.
"Um it was the first of April right." Her mother stared at her but Sam didn't get it.
"It was a prank by the news centre, it was all over the papers the next day. You really should read the papers you know." Sarah exclaimed. They both laughed.
"We really shouldn't be laughing now." Sam said trying to stop laughing.
"I know and I'm really sorry you had to suffer this."
"It's okay at least now I know that there is someone who can help me. Besides Freddie." Sam said.
"You told him already?" Sarah asked.
"No but I told Carly, but it didn't turn out well." Sam said and looked down.
"I'm so sorry dear." She said. "Sam I also have to tell you another thing."
"Sure." She was feeling much better but soon that changed when she saw her mothers face.
"As you know, I've been infected for many years now and although I have gone for treatment to make the progress of the virus slower, my time is almost up. I don't know how long more I have. It could be ten days or ten years."
"But it can't be possible." Sam asked. She could not bear losing her mother.
"Don't worry. No matter what happen, you know I will always be in your heart. So now you know why I always wanted you to stay at Carly's. Sometimes I needed to go to the hospital but didn't want you to know."
"Okay but…. but. I need to think." Sam said
"I understand honey. Try the park. I always go there and it does wonders for me." Sarah said.
"Okay." Sam left the house and went to the park.
"Oh Sam, I can't bear to leave you but it cannot be helped." Sarah said.
A/N: Hey so do you guys like the twist in the story. I'm so sorry I lied to you guys in the beginning. I had 2 reasons. 1) I wanted to see if anyone could guess I was lying and see the twist coming. (apparently not) 2 ) I wanted to see how many people could actually tell me what I had written was wrong and I'm glad there were many.
You can't contract AIDS from fruit. The virus can't survive and there is no such news report of the fruit thing, I made it up. For those who knew, kudos to you. For those who didn't, I hope this helped inform you.
Anyway, hope you liked the chapter. I came up with the April fool's thing when big shops here in Singapore pull pranks on their customers during April fool's day. Please review.