Sorry that it has been a few days since my last update, it was the climax though so I thought that I would wait longer.

So here it is! Chapter 12, which is going to be the second to last chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of iCarly.

I ran up the stairs, ran as fast as I could. Which is pretty fast, not as fast as Sam, but not that bad. I ran up to the iCarly studio and turned the webcam on; I would have to thank Sam later for putting it up all that time ago.

They were standing in the exact same place as where I left them. Both standing opposite each other a few metres apart, just behind the couch. Their mouths were wide open and their eyes were bulging, it was very similar to the expression Freddie had had just minutes before when he had walked in on me talking to Melanie. They were both still staring at the stairs I had just gone up. I had been gone for over a minute; surely they would have done something by now!

There is this really awkward silence; I'm holding my breath because it is really intense. They have both closed their mouths and are both staring in opposite directions, taking turns to glance at each other. They catch each other's eye and I can feel the tension mounting. Freddie opens his mouth to speak but...

Just then, it's as though she wants to ruin it this for me, Ms Benson comes running in.

"What's going on? I heard shouting!" she yelled, she saw Sam "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SON!"

Sam opened her mouth to speak when Freddie said,

"Nothing, she didn't do anything to me."

"I heard screaming!" Ms Benson insisted.

"We were rehearsing for a new iCarly bit." Sam covered up. "It's called random shouting." She added.

"Yeah, don't worry about it." Freddie said.

"Okay, but one more yell and I will be back in a flash." Ms Benson said as she left.

"Who still says 'back in a flash'?" Sam asked Freddie in an undertone. Freddie shrugged.

Then they both fell back into an awkward silence. (Operation Buckket has 2 awkard silences)

"So..."Freddie said.

"So..."Sam replied.

"Um, about what Carly said..."Freddie started and then kind of drifted off.

"Um, yeah."Sam said. I could tell this was going to be awkward, not the romantic ending I had hoped for. But as the saying goes, you can't have everything in life.

"We are stubborn." Freddie admitted, he took a small step forward.

"And have way to much pride." Sam agreed, taking a step forward also.

"We did decide not to tell anyone." Freddie stated, again taking another step.

"Apparently we do have chemistry." Sam said, she also took another step.

"It is both of our faults." Freddie said, with another step.

"Do you think you could ever love someone that picks on you all the time?" Sam asked, taking one final step.

"Do you think you could ever love a dork?" Freddie asked back. They were now face to face.

"You know what Benson, I think I could." Sam answered. I saw their lips meet. Now I am not one to go into all the details but I can honestly say it was so cute. And romantic.

"You know what Puckett." Freddie said as he pulled away, "I think you could too."

Author's note: Awww, I just love Sam and Freddie. I can just imagine them doing this. It is so sweet.

I am sorry the chapter is really short (in fact it is my shortest chapter) but I didn't want to draw it out heaps, that would just be weird.

One more chapter after this, just to explain what happens to Operation Buckett.

Thanks to EVERYONE who made it this far.

Thanks for all the reviews, the story and author alerts, the favourite stories and favourite authors. It makes this so much more fun!

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