Here's the gift!

It had been two hours since we'd all finished eating the cake. After we ate it, we pretty mush just hung out like normal. We planned for the next iCarly, danced around like idiots to music, and as usual, Sam and Freddie fought.

"So," Sam said as she flopped lazily on my couch "What are we gonna do now?"

"What if we had a paint war? You know, throw water balloons filled with paint at each other"

I liked that idea, but Freddie shouldn't put himself in a position where Sam had permission to beat him with things. I was about to say this but Sam beat me.

"You don't wanna get paint in you brand new antibacterial underpants."

Freddie looked at me in shock "You told her?!"

"There was nothing to talk about in homeroom!" I yelled in defense.

Sam smiled "So are we gonna have a paint war?" and she looked at Freddie. It looked like she was imagining her attack on him.

"Uh, actually," I said, something occurring to me "I have homework to do."

Sam shot up and said "Later." as she ran out the door. Yes! It worked.

Then, Spencer came in the room, NO! "Hey guys. What's up?" he asked.

"Carly has homework, so Sam fled the apartment and I'm about to go." Freddie answered.

He turned to leave. Then I realized something. "Wait, Freddie. I need your help with my homework."

He turned back around "What is it?"

"Uh, that paper about 'going green' for Mr. Henning." I already had this paper done but I needed to be alone with Freddie now.

"Oh, I got that done a week ago. I just thinks it's stupid he's making us write a paper about global warming when in a few months we have to do a project on it too."

I smiled and nodded. I was getting nervous now. "Uh, my laptop is upstairs in the studio." I said pointing to the staircase. He began walking up the steps and I followed behind him as Spencer said "Good luck." while we disappeared.

I walked into the studio behind Freddie, and headed for the middle of the room. Then I turned to face the birthday boy.

"Okay, what do you need help with?" he asked me.

"Nothing." I said and he looked confused "I just thought you'd want your birthday present now."

He perked up "Oooh! Yes! What do I get?"

I motioned for him to stand near me. As soon as he was by my side, I looked him deep in the eyes "Alright, before you get your gift, you have to understand something." I stated.

"Okay, what?"

"We are ONLY friends, and NOTHING more. We will also BE nothing more. Got it?"

He looked at me confused "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Just answer the question."

"Uh, okay. I understand."

"Alright, close your eyes." I demanded and he looked at me like I was losing it "Just do it." I sighed and he obeyed.

I breathed in deeply. I approached my friend saying 'It's for his birthday. It's for his birthday.' over and over in my head.

I sucked in another sharp breath. I pulled Freddie close to me and whispered in his ear "Happy birthday." before I wrapped my arms around his body and pressed my lips to his.

I could tell he was surprised by my action because his body went stiff and his lips were frozen, but after a couple seconds he reacted to me. He kissed me back with passion.

But something was weird, it felt…odd kissing him. Like not as if I were kissing a friend, but not a boyfriend either. It was…different, maybe stronger. A strange feeling came over me as we continued to kiss. Was this how it felt to kiss someone you didn't had no feelings for?

After a few more seconds, we broke apart.

Freddie and I were speechless. Him probably because he didn't believe that what we did just really happened, but me because I was deep in thought 'Should it feel like that to kiss a friend?' I asked myself. There was only one way to find out, I had to test some more.

"Wow, Carly. That was the best birthday present any-" Freddie was saying before I cut him off.

"Now just shut up for a second, and let me see something."

I pulled Freddie close to me again. This time though, Freddie wasn't the only one delivering huge amounts of passion to the kiss. This one was much deeper than the last. I ran my fingers through his hair and he held me tighter. 'No,' I answered myself mentally 'This is NOT how you feel when you kiss a friend.' Realizing this, I put more force into the kiss, and he did the same. I ran my tongue along his bottom lip and he opened his mouth so our tongues could dance together. Now that I think about it, Freddie is pretty cute. Plus he's smart, funny, and sweet. Why had I never seen this before?

Our lips separated as we gasped for air. After a few seconds, Freddie looked at me smiling "So the first kiss was for my birthday. What was the second for?"

It was quiet for a moment "I uh…had to…uh…check something." He gave me the same look I gave him this morning, the one that said 'Yeah right, what's the real reason?' "Ugh, fine!" I yelled "I felt something…weird when I first kissed you and I had to see if it was what I thought it was or if it was just a weird feeling from kissing a friend." It didn't make much sense but that was the best answer he was gonna get.

A smile crept back to his face "You like me don't you?"

"I…well I…I DIDN'T! But then I kissed you and then well..." I trailed off almost forgetting how to speak. That kiss had done more to me than I thought.

Freddie pulled me close "You're so cute when you're in 'panic' mode."

I laughed quietly as he pressed his lips against mine once again.

Hope you liked the kiss! I know it was predictable (I was quite shocked nobody guessed it in reveiws). I want to thank everyone who read and reveiwed. (I was originally going to have another chapter to this but it seemed unnecessary. But if enough people want it posted, I will put it up) ;P