iCarly Christmas
Chapter 5
iSam
Previously:
Sam P. 2:05 pm
Meet me on the fire escape at 6pm. Don't tell Carly.
Sam stood on the fire escape at 5:55 pm waiting for Freddie to show up. She couldn't believe she was going to keep this from Carly especially when she got so mad over not being told about Freddie and her kissing. It kind of struck Sam as odd that Carly didn't get mad over Freddie kissing her. Carly was just mad that she wasn't told. The guy's in love with her and she doesn't get mad that he kissed someone else. She must really not think of Freddie as boyfriend material. Too bad that's what I have to talk to him about. Someone that's not Carly does think he's boyfriend worthy and I need to put an end to it before it starts. It would just screw things up too much. Sam stood on the fire escape impatiently waiting for Freddie. "Come on dork." She said to herself.
Freddie walked to the window and looked out at Sam. "What's up Puckett?" He said.
"I'm glad you're here." Sam said as she walked to Freddie and pulled him out on to the fire escape.
"What's up? And why wasn't I supposed to tell Carly that I was meeting you here?" Freddie asked.
"You told her you were meeting me didn't you?" Sam asked. Freddie nodded 'yes' and Sam said, "Dude, why would you do that when I told you not to?"
"Do I really need to say why again?" Freddie asked.
Sam groaned, "Fine. So she knows we're meeting and she didn't want to come along?"
"I told her we were meeting to discuss what you were getting her for Christmas." Freddie said.
"I'm surprised she would fall for that .I got her present a month ago." Sam said.
"What? Why would you get Carly a Christmas gift a month early? That's not like you." Freddie said.
"I happened to be at the right place to get something really cool that she wants that I wouldn't normally be able to afford." Sam said.
"So you stole her gift?" Freddie said a little confused but not shocked.
"I didn't steal it. I was able to make a good deal for it." Sam said.
"Right. So what are we doing out here in the cold?" Freddie said.
"Okay so I need to tell you something. You now how we kissed right? And then Carly got mad that we didn't tell her but she asked us if we liked it?"
"Yeah." Freddie said.
"Well, I kind of…" Sam said as she trailed off.
"You kind of… what? Liked it?" Freddie said smirking.
Sam smacked him across the face. "I didn't like it. I don't want to date you. Melanie does though." Sam said.
"Yeah we knew that. Carly even mentioned it earlier. She said it would be weird for me to date Melanie though. I agree for obvious reasons." Freddie said.
"Melanie's coming over tomorrow to watch us rehearse for the Christmas special and I want you to tell her you don't want to date her."
"Great. Is that all?" Freddie said.
"Yeah that's it." Sam said as Freddie started to turn away. "Wait one more thing." Sam said. As Freddie turned around Sam slapped him in the face again.
Sam and Melanie entered Carly's apartment the next morning. Carly was brushing her hair as she checked her email and Spencer was in the kitchen making pancakes.
"Who wants pancakes?" Spencer asked as they came into the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"Awesome." Sam said.
"Thanks for having us over for breakfast." Melanie said.
"No problem. I know today's a big day rehearsing for the big show on Friday." Spencer said. "I want you guys to have energy."
"Spencer was up at seven. He has a lot of energy today for some reason." Carly said. "Too much energy. He's made like 30 pancakes all ready."
"Will Freddie be joining us?" Melanie asked.
Sam looked over at Carly and saw her brushing her hair looking away. "I don't know. Is he Spencer?"
"I texted him last night." Spencer said.
"I'll go see if he's up yet." Sam said as she got up and went into the hallway.
Carly sat at the computer brushing her hair. Melanie sat at the table.
"I'm really excited to see the show." Melanie said.
"We're really excited to have you watch the rehearsal. We want it to go well." Carly said.
"Does Freddie have any skits in the show?" Melanie asked.
"He has one near the end. He'll be really busy with the tech side of it. It's very graphics heavy." Carly said.
"Cool. So I can hang out with him behind the camera and watch from there." Melanie said.
"Yeah that would work. As long as you don't get in his way. He has a lot to worry about during the show." Carly said.
They sat silent while Spencer flipped pancakes near the stove.
In the hallway Sam knocked on Freddie's door. After a minute his mom answered.
"Yes Sam." She said.
"Is Freddie up? We have rehearsal in an hour." Sam said.
"He's in the bathroom flossing again." Ms. Benson said.
"Why is he flossing again?" Sam asked.
"He has to use his special floss after the normal kind." Ms. Benson said.
Sam looked at her for a minute as Freddie came into the living room behind his mom.
"Mom I'll be at Carly's today. We're getting the Christmas show ready." Freddie said.
"Make sure you don't hurt yourself. You guys do some dangerous skits on that show." Ms. Benson said.
"I'm not going to get hurt. We've been doing the show for a while and I've never been hurt. Unless you count Sam hitting me." Freddie said.
"I just don't want you to be a hero if something goes wrong. There's no reason for you to save anyone's life." Ms. Benson said.
"I'll be home later." Freddie said.
"Be careful." Ms. Benson said as she closed the door leaving Freddie and Sam together in the hall.
"You're mom is a freak." Sam said.
"Yeah. She's getting better. Kind of. I think me moving out freaked her out." Freddie said.
"Sure. You moving out would freak me out too. Okay, Melanie is in there. Remember today you are telling her that you don't want to date her." Sam said.
"Yeah I know." Freddie said as they both reentered Carly and Spencer's apartment.
The four of them were finishing their pancakes when Spencer said, "Okay who wants to help me clean up?"
"We really need to get rehearsing. It's going to take all day." Carly said as she, Freddie, Sam, and Melanie all got up and ran upstairs.
After a few hours of rehearsing Carly, Sam, and Freddie took a break.
"I think this is going to turn out great. It's a good thing we are rehearsing the reindeer sketch. It's going to need to be cut down a little." Carly said.
"Yeah and I want more time for the talking bra segment. I think that's going to be a big hit." Sam said.
Freddie was editing some audio for the show when Melanie came up behind him.
"Do you want to hang out after this?" She asked.
"I don't think I'll have time. I still have to get the audio and graphics synced up." Freddie said.
Sam saw Carly getting uncomfortable. She wasn't sure why though. Maybe it was seeing someone hit on Freddie. "Hey Melanie what did you think?" Sam asked.
"It was really funny." She said. "I think Freddie did a great job with the tech stuff. I mean it really wouldn't have worked out if he wasn't so talented."
"It's a group effort and Carly and Sam are the ones who make it funny." Freddie said.
"Yeah but it wouldn't look as cool if you didn't do your part." Melanie said playing with his hair.
Sam saw him get uncomfortable. "Melanie, I don't want to date you." He blurted out. "I mean, you're nice and it's good to know that you and Sam are different people but it is too weird and I love Carly. " Freddie said.
"Right. Why be with someone that actually wants to be with you when you can spend all your time hoping someone who doesn't like you might one day." Melanie said.
Sam saw Carly tense.
"You live in another state. I'd rather be friends with someone who I can see everyday than date someone who I can't see for months at a time just to say I'm dating them." Freddie said.
"We don't have to date. We could just make out. That's more than you would ever get to do with Carly anyway." Melanie said.
"Melanie!" Sam said. She grabbed her by the arm and said, "I'm going to take Melanie home. We still have water damage to clean up." Sam said. They left and Carly and Freddie stood alone in the studio.
Freddie went back to his laptop. "Melanie seems to be a little lonely this holiday season." Freddie said. He looked at Carly awkwardly. She just stood there. "It's the holidays and people get lonely. Plus there's that water damage…"
Freddie was cut off as Carly stepped forward quickly and kissed him. Freddie was stunned and tentatively kissed her back.
Author's note: Thanks for reading this new chapter everyone. Sorry if Melanie sounded kind of out of character. I wasn't really sure how to make her act. She was only in one episode and she seemed nice but I thought maybe she might have a hard time getting over Freddie. Who wouldn't right? I wanted to have a chapter from Sam's point of view because I felt like I was neglecting her character a little. Tell me what you think of it. Thanks for the reviews. I'm hoping to have the next chapter up tomorrow or the next day.
