iCarly Christmas
Chapter 7
iGo Live With a Confused Heart
Carly and Sam sat in Carly's apartment going over their notes for the Christmas show. They could hear Spencer working on a sculpture in his bedroom.
"Should we go upstairs?" Carly said loudly to Sam.
"Why?" she asked.
"Ummm, because of the loud drill." Carly said as she pointed in the direction of Spencer's room.
"It doesn't really bother me. We've had plumbers in the house the last couple of days working on the plumbing problem. You want to talk about people being loud." Sam said.
"Okay, well it bothers me. Let's go upstairs." Carly said as she started to get up from the couch.
"Aren't we waiting for Freddward?" Sam asked.
"Oh, yeah. Who knows when he'll be here?" Carly said looking at the papers in her hands.
"Didn't he say he would be here at 6:30? It's almost that time." Sam said checking her cell phone.
"Oh, well we could wait for him I guess. Spencer!" Carly yelled.
Spencer came out of his bedroom holding a drill and put his goggles on top of his head. "Yeah. What's up?" He asked.
"Could you stop with the drilling for a little?' Carly said as she waved her papers around.
"Sure. I'm sorry." Spencer said with a sad look on his face. "I'm just putting the finishing touches on your Christmas gift." He said as he moved the drill from hand to hand.
"What's wrong Carly? You've been kind of on edge the past couple of days." Sam said.
"No I haven't." Carly snapped. Sam and Spencer looked at her with shocked looks.
"Well, since I'm taking a break from drilling I might as well get something to eat. Do you guys want anything?" Spencer asked as he put the drill down on the table next to the couch and walked to the kitchen.
"No. I'm fine." Sam said.
"Carly?" Spencer asked.
"No. Thank you. I'm fine. Sorry for being so snappy." She said.
"What's going on with you Carles?" Sam asked looking her in the eyes.
"It's nothing. Just, I don't know." Carly said.
"Well is it about the show? Are you nervous? Is it about the New Years Eve party? Are you regretting asking Griffin?" Sam asked.
"It's nothing really." Carly said.
"It's something. Remember we said that we would tell each other everything from now on? No secrets. Obviously something's wrong. What's going on?" Sam asked more earnestly this time.
Carly looked at Spencer. She couldn't figure out how to tell Sam that she kissed Freddie. It wasn't like she did that every day. She couldn't figure out how to tell Sam that she felt like crying because Freddie hadn't spoken to her in the past couple of days. She couldn't figure out how to tell Sam that she didn't feel like putting on a happy face and doing the Christmas show.
Spencer interrupted her thoughts, "I made a few extra sandwiches just in case you guys get hungry. If you want to head up to the studio and start getting ready I can tell Freddie you're up there."
"That'd be good." Sam said. She took the plate of sandwiches and led Carly upstairs.
Once they were in the studio Sam closed the door and she and Carly sat on beanbag chairs.
"Okay, Carly. Spill. What's going on?" Sam asked.
"There's just a lot going on. The show is tonight and then there's Christmas tomorrow and then New Years. It's too much. I thought we were supposed to be on break?" She said.
"We're ready for the show. Christmas and New Years are just parties. Are you sure there isn't something else?" Sam said.
Carly started to cry a little. Sam looked worried. "What's wrong?" she said.
"I kissed Freddie a couple of days ago and now he won't talk to me. I've tried calling him and texting him. I went to his apartment but he won't answer. His mom told me yesterday that he was taking a flea bath!" Carly said as tears fell down her face.
"I'm gonna handle this." Sam said as she got up.
"What do you mean? What are you going to do Sam?" Carly said.
"Leave it all to me." Sam said as she went downstairs. She rushed down the stairs and ran into Freddie who was heading up to the studio. He fell backwards down the stairs. Sam stumbled but didn't fall. She marched down the stairs and pinned Freddie's arms to the ground.
"What are you doing Sam?" He yelled at her.
"What are you doing to Carly?" Sam asked.
"I'm not doing anything to Carly." Freddie said as he struggled to break free from her grasp. She was stronger than Carly.
"You haven't talked to her in a few days. That's doing something to her." Sam said.
"Let me up and we can talk about this Sam." Freddie said. She let him up and they stood at the bottom of the stairs.
"So you two kissed and now you're not talking to Carly? That's jank and you know it" Sam said.
"It's complicated." Freddie said.
"Not really. You two kissed and she doesn't want to take it further and stopped talking to her." Sam said.
"It's not just that she doesn't want to date me Sam. I mean, she kissed me and I thought for a second there was hope. Then I find out she invited Griffin to New Years Eve." Freddie said.
"I know this is hard for you Freddie but she doesn't want to date you. She does want to be your friend though." Sam said. "She needs you for iCarly too. As much as I hate to admit it, this show doesn't work without you."
"I know. I'm gonna go talk to her." Freddie said as he went up the stairs. Sam followed him and they both entered the studio to find Carly setting up the camera. Sam noticed she had wiped the tears from her face.
"Hey guys." She said. "We should get things set up. We go live in 10 minutes."
"Can we talk in the hall Carly?" Freddie asked.
"Sure." She said. They both walked to the hall and Freddie closed the door.
"So, I've been kind of hard to get in touch with." Freddie said.
"Yeah." Carly said.
"I'm sorry about that. I know this wasn't the best time to stop communicating with the Christmas show and everything." Freddie said.
"Do you know how bad it hurt me that you just stopped talking to me? That you just stopped being my friend?" Carly said.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you but I was really mad that you didn't tell me about Griffin." Freddie said.
"Are you going to do this every time I go out with a guy now just because we kissed?" Carly said.
"No! I just… I just was taken back by the fact that Griffin was going to be at the New Year's Eve party.' Freddie said.
"Why? Because you wanted to be my date?" Carly asked.
"What if I did? I asked you last week and you laughed it off. Like you always do, Carly. How long do you expect me to wait for you Carly?" Freddie said.
"I never asked you to wait for me!" Carly said.
"No. But you're okay with me being the back up for 'some day'. How long am I supposed to wait Carly?" Freddie asked.
"Just until we decide to not do iCarly anymore. Then you won't have to be friends with me out of obligation to the show!" Carly said.
Sam poked her head out of the door, "Guys we go live in 2 minutes." Carly and Freddie looked at each other in the eyes while Sam went to get ready.
"I'll always be your friend Carly. I was your friend before iCarly and I'll be your friend after iCarly. I do the show because I want to, not because I have to." Freddie said. "I'm just getting tired of waiting for you to see that I'm perfect for you." Freddie said as he opened the studio door and entered. Carly followed and took her place next to Sam.
"Okay, Christmas show spectacular in 5, 4, 3, 2..." Freddie said as he held the camera.
"Happy Holidays!" Carly and Sam said together. Carly forced a smile and tried to remember her lines while having to look at Freddie holding the camera.
