iCarly Christmas
iReally am Stressed
Freddie stood in the hallway at his locker looking through his history book one last time before the final he had in a couple of minutes. He looked up as Carly stood next to him to get her books.
"Hey Carly." He said closing his book accepting the fact that he knew what he knew and a few minutes wasn't going to change that.
"Hey Freddie." She said as she grabbed a book from her locker.
"Have you and Sam come up with good ideas for the iCarly Christmas special" Freddie asked.
She looked at him for a second with a puzzled look on her face. "What Christmas special?" She asked.
"The one that we are planning to air on Christmas Eve. You guys spent an hour or so yesterday coming up with ideas." Freddie said.
"What are you talking about Freddie? Sam and I haven't spoken in a couple of weeks. Don't you remember we quit doing iCarly?" Carly said.
"What do you mean we quit doing iCarly? We didn't quit. You guys made up." Freddie said. Carly looked at him with a blank expression.
"Remember? The window washer, the wind, you guys almost fell 14 stories down to the pavement? You saved each other and we got you inside? You guys hugged and made up?" Freddie asked wildly.
"Freddie I know you want Sam and I to be friends again but we aren't. We couldn't fix things. The only time I see Sam now is in class." Carly said rubbing his arm slightly and giving him a sympathetic look.
"What? This isn't right. I know you guys made up. I was there and I saw it happen." Freddie said. The bell rang and Carly started to head to class.
"You'd better get going Freddie. You are going to be late for that final." She said as she walked away.
Freddie stood there in the hallway as it cleared. He turned to head to class when he saw Sam walking lazily to her locker.
He grabbed her by the arm and spun her around. "Freddie what are you doing?" She asked angrily.
"Please tell me you and Carly are still friends." He said.
"God this again? Freddie you need to let it go. We aren't friends anymore and we aren't doing iCarly anymore either. It's over." Sam said.
"I know this isn't right. We are all friends and we still do iCarly. We were planning a Christmas Special last night." Freddie said.
"You're late for your final Freddie." Sam said as she walked away. Freddie stood in the hallway trying to figure out what was going on when he sees Spencer on a unicycle.
"You're late for your final Freddie. Get going!" Spencer yelled at him.
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Freddie woke with a start and looked around his dark room. He reached to his cell phone and saw that it was six in the morning. An hour until I have to get up. I might as well get ready now. He thought as he got out of bed and went to the bathroom.
Later that morning Carly and Sam were standing next to their lockers getting ready for their classes when Freddie approached them.
"You guys are friends right?" he asked. They both nodded yes. "And we are planning an iCarly Christmas Special right?" Freddie asked. Again they nodded yes.
"Yes!" Freddie said as he hugged both of them.
Carly and Sam looked at each other.
"What up with him?" Sam asked.
"I have no idea." Carly said.
Freddie let them go and said, "I'll tell you after school. I have to get to my history final now." The three of them walked to their classes to take their finals.
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Carly, Sam and Freddie sat in her apartment after school. They were drinking juice and Freddie had his computer out.
"So how did that history final go, Freddie?" Carly asked.
"Good I think. I was worried because I woke up really early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep." He said clicking away on his computer.
"Yeah, what was that about this morning before class?" Sam asked.
"Did you forget the 14 story adventure we had?" Carly asked.
"No. I had this really weird dream last night where you and Sam didn't make up. You weren't friends and iCarly was finished. It was creepy. And then Spencer was riding a unicycle." Freddie said.
"That is pretty weird. You were probably just stressed about your final. Now it's done and we can get back to planning iCarly." Carly said.
"You worry too much about school. I didn't even finish studying for my math final and I don't feel worried at all." Sam said.
"Why am I not surprised?" Freddie said.
"Sam you promised you would study!' Carly said.
"Sorry, besides we have to make sure theses ideas for the Christmas special are going to work out." Sam said.
"You know iCarly isn't the most important thing." Carly said. Freddie and Sam looked at her. "I mean it's a large part of our lives but we do need to make sure we get out of high school eventually." She said.
The three of them sat on the couch going over sketch ideas when Spencer came into the apartment with a box under his arm. "Hey teens." He said as he closed the door.
"Hey." Carly said.
"Hi." Sam said.
"Hola senior Spencer." Freddie said.
"What are you guys doing?" Spencer asked.
"What we're always doing, planning iCarly and reminding Freddie that Carly will never date him." Sam said.
"Well, as long as you're not doing anything bad." Spencer said as he opened the box. He pulled out plastic parts and started to put them together.
"You got a plastic tree this year?" Carly asked.
"Well after the other ones kept catching fire I figured it was the responsible thing to do." Spencer said. "Plus I got lights!" He said as he held up a few boxes lights.
"Are those little reindeer lights?" Carly asked.
"Yeah! And they have little Santa hats and their noses light up!" Spencer said. Carly, Sam and Freddie laughed.
"You guys want to help me put the lights on?" Spencer asked.
"We're going upstairs to start rehearsing iCarly.' Carly said as she and Sam started to head to the stairs. "Coming Freddie?" Carly asked.
"I think I'll help Spencer put some lights on. I'll be up in a minute." Freddie said.
"Okay." Carly said.
"What ever helps you calm down after your academic freak out." Sam said.
Freddie stood and walked over to Spencer and grabbed a box of lights. He took them out. "These really do have Santa hats on them." Freddie said as he uncurled them.
"So why are you down here instead of upstairs with Carly and Sam working on iCarly? You really seem to be slacking lately Freddie." Spencer joked.
"I just need a little break from iCarly for a little bit. Now that school is almost over for the semester and I can stop worrying about finals I should be back to it again tomorrow. I had the weirdest dream last night where you were riding a unicycle. That's how stressed out I was."
"You mean you don't normally dream about me?" Spencer said faking hurt feelings.
"Not really. Hey can I ask you something?" Freddie said.
"Shoot!" Spencer said.
"What should I get Carly for Christmas? Has she mentioned anything she wants? That a guy without a job could afford?" Freddie asked.
"She loves build-a-bra." Spencer said. Then after a moment of silence Spencer said, "That might be kind of awkward. Forget I said that."
"Maybe I could get her a stuffed animal. That seems kind of childish though. But she's a girl. Girls like stuffed animals for ever, right?" Freddie said.
"You could always make her something. You are tech geek extraordinaire right?!" Spencer said giving Freddie a small punch on the arm.
"Yeah. Good idea Spencer." Freddie said as he dropped the Christmas lights and ran upstairs to join the girls in rehearsal.
"Thanks for the help!" Spencer yelled after him.
Upstairs Carly and Sam had both put on Santa suites and were doing a random dancing segment.
"Nice of you to join us Freddork." Sam said as her Santa hat fell from her head.
"Yeah, Yeah Puckett. I'm here now. Let's see how things look on the camera.
Carly and Sam continued to dance. They spent the next hour and half working thru the sketch ideas that they had come up with over the past two days.
"Okay so the cat sketch is definitely not going to work." Carly said.
"The Gibby sketch might work but we have to decide if we want him to be a reindeer or an elf." Sam said.
"The new backgrounds for the green screen are going to look great with this new program. We can actually make it look like snow is falling on you so we don't have to use paper anymore." Freddie said.
"Okay so I would call this rehearsal a success. I think we have all earned some fizzy cola's and cupcakes!" Carly said as she led them downstairs.
As the three of them came down the stairs they saw Spencer sitting next to the Christmas tree wrapped in lights.
"Help please." He said.
"How did that happen?" Carly said looking at Freddie.
"I don't know he was fine when I left him." Freddie said.
"Okay, well we should help him." Carly said.
Sam continued past Carly and Freddie into the kitchen and grabbed the cupcakes. "What? He's not going anywhere. No reason we shouldn't eat the cupcakes just because he is tangled in lights." Sam said.
Carly and Freddie walked over to Spencer and tried to untangle the lights.
"We need to find the start of one of these strands." Carly said.
Carly and Freddie walked around Spencer trying to find the start of the strands.
"I got it." Carly and Freddie said in unison. Freddie's hand was over Carly's as they held the start of the Christmas lights. The looked at each other for a second. Carly blushed and Freddie quickly removed his hand and took a step back and put his hands into his pockets. Spencer looked up at them.
"Can you start unwrapping me please?" Spencer said.
"Yeah." Carly said as she started to walk around Spencer with the lights untangling them from around him. When she was done Spencer stood up and yelled, "I'm free!" He ran to the kitchen and grabbed a cupcake.
"Okay. Well I'm gonna go home. See you tomorrow for the last day of school." Sam said as she headed for the door.
"See ya." Carly said.
"I should probably get going too. I have more studying to do." Freddie said.
"Yeah. I should get back to studying too." Carly said.
Carly and Freddie looked at each other for a moment longer when Sam grabbed Freddie from behind and said "See you tomorrow Carls." The two of them left the apartment.
Carly went into the kitchen and grabbed a cupcake. She stared at it.
"What you thinking abut kiddo?" Spencer asked.
"I don't know. The last day of school. The special we are planning. What to get my friends for Christmas. I have Sam's gift all ready but I have no idea what to get Freddie. What do boys like?"
"Water guns. Remote control cars. Circuses." Spencer said.
"What would Freddie like?" Carly said.
"You know him better than I do. You guys have been friends for years. Is there anything that has special meaning for you two?" Spencer asked.
Carly thought about it for a minute. She got a big smile and said, "Yeah. Thanks Spencer." She put the cupcake down and ran up to her room.
"So, you're leaving me alone with the lights again? What if I get into trouble again? Carly?"
Authors Note: Thanks for the reviews everyone. I'm glad you guys like it. I promise it gets more Creddie as we go along. I hope you like this chapter too. Thanks for reading!
