iWon't Desert You
Disclaimer: I do not own iCarly
A/N: Ok so this is the next chap of iWont Desert You. Sorry for the cliffhanger the previous chap, so I decided to add this slightly earlier than expected. Thoughts are in italics. Enjoy
Chapter 12 – Hospitals
"Sam! Sam wake up!" Freddie shouted in the hallway of Ridgeway. Sam was lying in the hallway. The doors to the cafeteria burst open, Carly standing in the front of the group. Everyone crowded around Sam.
"What happened?" Carly screamed, she was extremely worried that her best friend had fainted.
"I don't know. She just fainted. Quick, call an ambulance." Freddie figured that the school nurse would not be able to do anything.
Carly nodded and took out her cell phone and dialled for an ambulance. With all the commotion, Ms Briggs walked by to check it out.
"Move out of the way!" She wailed while shoving through the group of students surrounding Sam. "Oh my god, what happened? Everyone, give here some air." She said signalling the students to move back.
"She just fainted." Freddie said, Sam still in his arms.
"The ambulance is coming." Carly announced hanging up the phone.
"Good, we should get her outside so it's quicker to get her in the ambulance." Ms Briggs screamed. Freddie picked Sam up and headed for the front door. The other students moved out of the way as Ms Briggs led the way. Carly was following closely behind.
Soon they reached the front entrance and the road ahead. As if on cue, the ambulance appeared around the corner. It stopped in front of the school and two men burst through the doors, pushing a stretcher. Freddie laid Sam on it and she was wheeled into the ambulance.
"Okay, only one person can follow in the ambulance." The paramedic said.
"I will go." Freddie volunteered. The paramedic nodded and walked into the drivers seat. Freddie turned to Ms Briggs.
"It's okay. Carly and I will follow in my car." Ms Briggs said and hurried to her car, carly following at her heels. Freddie nodded and jumped into the back of the ambulance.
He took a seat next to Sam as the ambulance started to move. He looked at Sam. His heart ached seeing Sam so defenceless. He took her hand in his and squeezed it.
"Sam, you have to wake up." he said, holding her hand to his lips and kissing it. A single tear fell from his face. The siren of the ambulance drowned out all other noise and soon they had arrived at the hospital.
The doors opened and Sam was rushed out and Freddie followed. "Sir, can you inform the reception this girls name and any information about her that you may know." Freddie nodded and rushed to the reception.
"Okay sir, what is the girl's name and does she have any family members to contact?" The receptionist asked.
"Her name is Sam Puckett but both her parents have passed away and she has no siblings." Freddie replied.
"Okay, Miss Puckett has been sent to ward 3B." She said.
Freddie turned and ran towards the ward. He waited outside as the doctors were inside. He looked through the window as doctors attached tubes into Sam. Freddie closed his eyes. He couldn't bear seeing Sam like that.
"Freddie!" Freddie heard someone call him and turned to see Carly and Ms Briggs running towards him. "How's Sam?" Carly asked.
"I don't know, they haven't said anything." Freddie replied and turned back to the window.
Time passed. It had been thirty minutes since Sam was admitted but it felt like an eternity. Carly and Ms Briggs were sitting in the chairs outside the ward. Carly was biting her nails. The worry was killing her and it showed. Freddie was pacing up and down waiting for some news about Sam.
Just then, the doctor walked out of the ward. Freddie quickly rushed over to him. Carly stood up and did the same.
"How is she?" Freddie said, panic apparent in his voice.
"She is fine for now. She fainted because she hasn't been eating enough and added stress has been making it hard for her." He said.
"Can we go in?" Ms Briggs said.
"You may but Miss Puckett is in a sort of Semi coma. She's not really in a coma but very deep sleep, so she may not wake up when you're in there." He replied.
They nodded and entered the room. Freddie took a seat next to sam in the bed. "She looks so weak." Freddie said and held her hand.
"Thanks Ms Briggs for coming." Freddie said not taking his eyes off Sam.
"It's nothing. To be honest, Sam has started to grow on me." She said and smiled.
Carly walked to the other side of the bed. She couldn't stop thinking that she was responsible for Sam condition.
"Sam, I'm so sorry. If it weren't for me telling Valerie, probably you won't even be in here." She started crying. "Carly, don't think that. It wasn't your fault. If it's anyone's fault, it's mine. She probably couldn't handle me asking her out like that." Freddie said.
"Stop it you two. It's not anyone's fault." Ms Briggs said. "Come on Carly, let's go get your face washed up." Carly followed Ms Briggs to the bathroom.
Freddie was once again alone with Sam. "Sam, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done what I did. I just….couldn't hold it in anymore. I can help but feel that that was the additional stress that you didn't need." Freddie looked down.
"It's not your fault." Freddie looked up to see that Sam awake. "Sam, you're awake."
"You didn't give me any stress. I never told you this but I wanted to kiss you for a long time now." Sam said.
"Oh … okay." Freddie said blushing.
"Are you blushing? Freddie Benson is blushing?" Sam said giving a weak smile.
"Nice to see you smiling again." Freddie said.
"Yeah, perhaps you could get me some water." Sam said.
"Oh sorry." He walked over to the table and got her a glass of water. Sam took I sip and placed the glass back on the table.
"Freddie, I never got to say this but…." Sam said and hesitated.
"Say what?" Freddie asked raising an eyebrow.
"I….I …love you too." Sam said. Freddie smile and gave her a hug. "So I guess we're boyfriend and girlfriend."
"One condition. I get to be the boyfriend." Freddie said.
Sam laughed and said deal. Little did they know that Ms Briggs had already entered the room. Carly however stopped when she saw that Sam was awake.
"Sam, you're awake." Ms Briggs Shouted.
"Ms Briggs? Oh my god. I'm still asleep. Quick, pinch me." Sam said.
"You're not dreaming. Ms Briggs came along." Freddie said.
"Oh but why?" Carly was no longer outside the room. she ran away. She just couldn't face Sam.
"Well, one is that you have become one of my favourite students." Sam raised and eyebrow.
"Believe me, it's true. And two, I came to bring Carly." Ms Briggs finished her sentence. Sam sat up straight.
"Carly's here? Where?" Sam said.
Ms Briggs looked outside to notice that Carly was no longer there. "Strange, she was here a minute ago. Sorry Sam." Ms Briggs said.
Sam seemed disappointed. "Look on the bright side, you're awake and you've got yourself a boyfriend." Freddie said.
"Yeah, I'm sooo lucky."
A/N: Not too happy with this one. Seemed a little boring compared to the other chap. Originally, I was going to end the story here but I figured I would squeeze in an epilogue. I didn't want to leave the story like that. Anyway hope you like the chap. Second last one. I would be posting either a new story or oneshot together with the last chap of iWont Desert You.
Lastly, merry Christmas and happy new year. Please review.