iCarly Christmas
Chapter 4
iHelp Spencer
Freddie knocked on Carly's door and opened it slowly. "Hello, anyone home?" He said.
"In here." Freddie heard Spencer yell from his bedroom as he entered the apartment and closed the door.
"I'm glad you're here. I could use the help. Come here." Spencer said.
Freddie walked to Spencer's bedroom and stopped short of entering. He had never been in Spencer's room. It felt kind of strange to actually be going in. He opened the door and stepped in. It wasn't what he was expecting especially since there was a large sheet hanging from the ceiling down to the floor that didn't actually let Freddie see any of Spencer's room.
"Spencer? Why is there a sheet just in front of the door?" Freddie asked.
"It's so you don't see what I'm making you guys for Christmas." Spencer said.
"You're making us a group gift?" Freddie asked.
"Yeah." Spencer said as he dropped something. "Ow. My foot!" He yelled out.
"If it's a group gift what do you need me to help with?" Freddie asked.
"I don't need help with this. I need help figuring out what to get Carly.
Spencer said. Freddie heard movement from behind the sheet and a drill started up. He thought about it for a minute. He thought about what he was getting Carly and then realized he had forgotten something for Sam. Freddie cleared his head and said,
"Why don't you make her something?"
"Because. She's almost sixteen. I kind of want to get her something that she might be able to take out of the house." Spencer said.
"What do you mean Spencer? That smart purse you made her last year was awesome. Sure it locked up and she couldn't get her wallet out for a few weeks but it was still pretty cool." Freddie said.
"Yeah but people at school thought she was kind of a freak. At least that's what I heard her tell Sam." Spencer said.
"I'm sure she still loved the gift. High school kids are a little critical of fashion I guess." Freddie said.
"Yeah but I want her to have a normal gift. Especially since this gift for the three of you is so awesome!" Spencer said.
Freddie stood for a second looking at the sheet and reached for the edge and started to move it slowly to the right. Spencer slapped his hand from behind the curtain. "NO. Bad Freddie!" He said.
"Sorry. I promise I won't try it again." Freddie said. After a minute of standing listening to a drill Freddie reached for the curtain again. This time he was on the left side and started to open it. Spencer slapped his hand again. "Go wait outside. I'll be out in a minute!" Spencer said.
"Fine." Freddie said as he left the room.
After a minute of sitting on the couch flipping through the channels on TV Spencer came from his room and sat next to Freddie.
"I can't believe you tried to see what I was making you for Christmas. I would expect that from Sam. Any ideas of what I should get Carly that she could take to school and show off to all the fashionistas at school?" Spencer said.
"I don't know. A necklace? Clothes? Music for her PearPod?" Freddie said.
"I guess I could get her a necklace. She got me those light up socks last year." Spencer said.
"Yeah. That sounds good." Freddie said. "Do you know where Carly is? I was going to work on some show stuff."
"She went to the movies with Sam and Melanie." Spencer said. "She didn't tell you she was doing that?"
"No. I guess she didn't want me to give her more smart comments about how Sam and Melanie are the same person. She gets kind of mad at me when I do that." Freddie said.
"Well they should be back soon. If you want to go up and work on stuff you can. Just promise that you won't try to look at the gift I'm making? Because you'll feel really bad for ruining the surprise." Spencer said.
"I promise. I'll be upstairs when Carly and Sam get here." Freddie said as he jumped off the couch and went upstairs to the studio.
Freddie was upstairs working on his laptop and listening to his PearPod. He was singing along to a song:
I know everything changes, I don't care where it takes us, cause I know, how I feel about you now.
Freddie didn't notice that someone had come up behind him while he was working on the computer. They put their hands over his eyes. He immediately stopped singing and turned around.
"Sam? What are you doing?" Freddie almost yelled at her.
"Freddie I'm Melanie. Sam's sister." Melanie said.
"Oh. Right. Wait why haven't you made fun of me for singing to that pop song?" Freddie asked.
"Because I'm Melanie and it was cute." Melanie said.
"Okay." Freddie said. "So are Carly and Sam here?" He asked.
"Yeah their downstairs getting something to eat." Melanie said.
"Cool." Freddie said putting his hands into his pockets.
"So are you and Sam dating yet?" Melanie asked.
"What?" Freddie asked? "Why would Sam and I be dating?"
"You too have such amazing chemistry." Melanie said.
"Okay now I know it's you Sam. Come on, quit playing around. You know I'm in love with Carly. Nothing's going to change that." Freddie said.
"You can think I'm Sam but I'm not and she kept talking about you all day. Carly barely said two words about you. That's all I'm saying." Melanie said as she turned and headed for the door. "We should probably meet them downstairs." Melanie said as she left.
Freddie stared after her for a minute taking in what she had just said. He put it out of his head as he walked down the stairs into the kitchen. Carly was standing their by herself drinking a cola.
"Hi." She said giving him a small wave.
"Hi. How convenient that Sam and Melanie are gone." Freddie said.
"They had to get home. Sam's mom kind of flooded the bathroom." Carly said.
"So why would they want to go home to that?" Freddie asked.
"They have to try and save Sam's CD collection." Carly said.
"Yeah. So what movie did you guys see?" Freddie asked taking a seat next to her at the table.
"We saw that movie with the talking animals." Carly said.
"Was it any good?" Freddie asked.
"Kind of. It was probably better than that teen movie that was out." Carly said.
"Cool. Want to hear what I did this afternoon?" Freddie said.
"Sure." Carly said.
Freddie grabbed her by the hand and led her to the computer. "Okay, this is the iCarly website now right?" He said bringing up the home page. "Well, this is what I designed for the Christmas special." He said as he clicked on another page. It was decked out in red and green with Christmas lights all around the video player and the side bars that listed the blogs and pictures.
"Cool. It looks great." Carly said. They heard a loud crash come from Spencer's bedroom and the both rushed over to his closed door.
"Spencer are you okay?" Carly yelled.
"Yes. Don't come in!" He yelled back.
"Are you sure Spencer? It sounded like it hurt." Freddie said.
"I'm sure! Everything is fine. Why don't you two go upstairs alone for a little while?" Spencer yelled at them.
"Okay." They said together as they turned and headed to the stairs. They heard another thud as they disappeared upstairs.
"That was weird." Carly said.
"He's working on a super secret Christmas gift." Freddie said.
"Wow." Carly said as she sat down on a beanbag chair. "Hopefully he doesn't kill himself finishing it"
Freddie sat down on a chair next to her and asked, "What happened to your necklace?"
"Oh. It broke at the theater today. It got caught on the door and ripped clear off." Carly said.
"That sucks. Would it be something that you would want replaced?" Freddie asked.
"Maybe." Carly said in a funny voice with a funny look in Freddie's direction. "Are you trying to figure out what to get me for Christmas?"
"Maybe" Freddie said raising his eyebrows at her. She laughed a little and stretched. "So, Melanie said that Sam was pretty chatty today. Did she talk about anything besides food?" Freddie asked.
"Not really. I mean she kept making fun of you but it was just normal Sam stuff. She was kind of hopped up on candy at the movie. And Melanie kept going on about how much she likes you. I'm glad she lives in another state." Carly said.
Freddie looked over at her and said, "Really? Why's that?"
"Oh, well I mean it would be really weird for all of us to have you dating a girl that looks so much like Sam." Carly said. Freddie's face fell a little.
"Oh. That would be awkward." Freddie said.
They sat in silence for a little while, "I really liked watching that movie with you." Carly said.
Freddie gave a big smile and said, "Me too." Freddie took out his phone and sent a message to Spencer, "Get Carly a new necklace."
"What are you doing?" Carly asked.
"Nothing." Freddie said.
"Fine. Want to watch some user videos from iCarly?" Carly asked.
"Not really. I kind of want to take a nap." Freddie said.
"Right here?" Carly asked.
"Why not? Spencer told us to go away for a while."
"I don't think he meant we should come up here and sleep on beanbag chairs." Carly said.
"You don't have to take a nap. I'm going to though." Freddie said.
"Setting up that new home page really wore you out at 2 in the afternoon?" Carly said.
"Yes. It's hard work and I don't really want to go home to my mom." Freddie said.
"Fine. Could I put a movie on while you sleep?" Carly said.
"Sure." Freddie said as his phone beeped. He picked it up and looked at the text message.
Sam P. 2:05 pm
Meet me on the fire escape at 6pm. Don't tell Carly.
Authors Note: Thanks for reading everyone. I hope you liked this chapter. Thanks for the reviews and I hope to have another chapter up in the next couple of days.
