Disclaimer: Please see prologue.
Summary: Sequel to iLove the Dark. How have Sam and Freddie's lives progressed since they got together?
iHave Everything: Chapter 14 - An Adorable Family:
2 Months Later:
There was a soft knock on the door of Sam's hospital room and three of the four occupants looked up. Carly waved at them through the small glass panel and Freddie grinned, motioning her in. She entered the room and closed the door, stopping just in front of it to take in the sight of her two best friends lying together on the hospital bed, a tiny bundle of lilac blankets clutched to Sam's chest.
"I'm so proud of you two." She beamed. The new parents smiled back, Freddie kissing Sam's temple and wrapping his arm more securely around her shoulders.
"Hey," Carly greeted Melanie who was seated in a large chair beside the bed, her elbows propped on the edge of the mattress as she stared with rapt attention at her niece. "Hey," she replied automatically, unable to tear her gaze away from the baby. Carly laughed and shuffled the elder Puckett over so she could share her chair.
"Can I see her?"
"Mmhm," Sam kissed her daughter's forehead before carefully handing her over to Carly.
"She's beautiful." The brunette cooed, holding her finger out for the baby to grasp.
"Yeah," Sam laid her head on Freddie's shoulder, closing her eyes.
"I love you." He murmured and Sam smiled, too tired to answer.
"We're going to name her Mollie," he informed Carly and Melanie.
"Aw, you're going to be the most adorable family ever." Carly exclaimed, sitting back in the chair and turning slightly so Melanie could have a better view.
"Also, we'd like for you two and Joel and Cody to be the Godparents."
"Oh my God YES!" Both of them shrieked, their eyes lighting up and Mollie began crying loudly.
"Oh, sorry," Carly stood to place her back in Sam's arms.
"Shh," Sam hushed, her eyes still half-closed whilst she rocked Mollie gently.
As soon as the crying stopped Sam handed her daughter to Freddie, kissed his cheek and nestled down into the pillows, falling asleep almost immediately.
"Can I take a photo?" Carly asked. "Sure." Freddie replied, still looking at Sam. Her hair was pulled back in a loose French plait which Melanie had fixed as soon as she arrived and her expression was peaceful with a small smile, her eyelids flickering slightly as she dreamed. Carly smiled and produced a camera from her handbag, snapping a photo of the new family and then one of them with Melanie, who then took one of Carly with them.
"That's definitely going on the iCarly site." She bubbled, viewing the photo before placing the camera back in her bag. "Are you sure it's okay for me to bring Aimee with me tomorrow?"
"It's no problem; I know she's dying to see Mollie."
"Okay, thanks, I'll leave you alone now."
"Me too," Melanie stood up, leaning down to kiss Mollie's hand and then Sam's head.
"See you," Carly grinned, waving as she and Melanie exited the room.
Freddie carefully slid off of the bed and circled it to lay Mollie in her wheeled crib. He stared at her for a moment, still in awe that she was all his and Sam's, before climbing back onto the bed behind Sam, wrapping his arm around her waist. She wriggled around until she was facing him and mumbled drowsily,
"I love you," she pecked his nose, "if you move before I wake up I'll break your leg."
He chuckled as she set her head on his arm so their foreheads were touching and fell back into sleep.
Freddie smiled contentedly and closed his own eyes. He traced small circles over Sam's lower back, enjoying the soft murmurs of appreciation she gave, even in sleep. He lay listening to Sam occasionally whispering his name and the soft baby-gurgling of their new daughter and felt like the luckiest man in the world.
-o-
Another ten months later:
"I can't do it Carly," Sam admitted in a strangled little voice, handing the brunette her bouquet and backing away from the door, shaking her head.
Carly went white underneath her makeup and looked around helplessly, "what do you mean you can't do it?" she asked at last.
"I just..."
"Everyone gets nervous on their wedding day; don't you want to marry Freddie?" Melanie stepped forward and placed a comforting hand on Sam's shoulder.
"I..."
Jade moved to Sam's other side and lifted the blonde's veil to see her eyes.
"You love Freddie, don't you?"
"Of course,"
"So you want to marry him, you're just nervous."
"I guess,"
"Hey, you're doing better than I did, remember I threw up just before I walked down the ailse."
"Yeah," Sam shuddered, "all over my shoes."
"Sorry," Jade chuckled apologetically, "at least you got to wear flats instead of those stilettos."
"I'm still not convinced you two didn't plan that." Carly cut in and Sam gave her a shaky grin.
"It's just a ceremony, no big deal."
"But what if I mess up the words?" Sam twisted her hands nervously and Carly and Jade reached out, linking their fingers through hers.
"No one's going to mind," Jade assured her as Melanie slipped quietly through the door.
"They'll laugh at me. Freddie'll think I'm messing around."
"Nonsense," Carly reprimanded, "Freddie knows how much you love him, how much this means to you,"
"as much as it means to him." Jade continued Carly's point, "just focus on him."
"He's waiting for you at the end of that aisle." Carly smiled.
"I'm gonna fall over or sneeze or- or- something's going to go wrong."
"Nothing's going to go wrong, we've got everything covered." Jade soothed.
"Yeah, but what if I tr-" Sam stopped talking and looked up as the door opened. Melanie entered the room with Mollie perched on her hip, the little girl staring intently at her auntie's bouquet of purple, white and lilac flowers.
"Hey," Sam whispered and Mollie looked up at the sound of her mother's voice.
"Mama!" she trilled, holding her arms out and flexing her fingers towards the nervous bride.
Sam lifted her from Melanie's arms and held her tightly; burying her face in the soft brown curls around her head and closing her eyes.
Jade patted Melanie's shoulder in praise and Carly gave a long sigh of relief.
"I love you," Sam cooed, kissing Mollie's head. "Mama," Mollie repeated, leaning into Sam and giggling.
"So, I've gotta go marry your daddy," she murmured, prompting more giggling. Sam smiled and handed her daughter back to Melanie.
"Let's get this thing over with."
"Let's do this!" Carly echoed, passing Sam's bouquet back to her. Sam pulled her veil back into place and took a deep breath before opening the door and looping her arm through her step-father's.
"You look beautiful," he beamed at her proudly,
"Thank you," she kissed his cheek and tightened her grip on his arm as the music started up. He patted her hand comfortingly and led her forward as Carly, Melanie and Jade fell into place behind her.
-o-
"Sam," Freddie's voice was quiet, his lips near her ear.
"Yeah?" she murmured back, her eyes closed.
"You're honestly the most beautiful woman in the world."
Sam froze for a moment before lifting her head from his shoulder and turning her face towards her husband. He smiled down at her, his eyes shining happily and she stared back, lost for words. "I love you," he chuckled, curling his arm more tightly around her waist, stopping their swaying.
"I love you too Freddie."
"More than ham?"
"Eh," she placed her head on his shoulder once more, wiggling her fingers out of his to clasp her hands behind his neck.
"Yeah," she whispered a few moments later, "much more than ham."
Freddie bowed his head to hide his smile in the crook of her neck.
"Aren't they just the most perfect couple?" Carly cooed tearily to Melanie who was standing beside her at the edge of the dance floor. "I can't believe this almost didn't happen."
Melanie nodded, "I have a couple-crush on my twin and her husband," she laughed.
Carly giggled and laced her fingers through Joel's, tugging him onto the dance floor. Melanie grinned and followed suit, towing her husband Cody behind her.
Sam looked up as the two couples came to stand on either side of her and Freddie, and beamed at them. "Hey," she chirped.
"Having the best day of your life?" Melanie asked.
"Yes." Sam grinned and Freddie leant down so his lips brushed her ear, "It's gonna get even better later," he whispered. Sam's cheeks reddened but she whispered back, "looking forward to it." Freddie laughed quietly and kissed the side of her head.
Sam bit her lip, casting her eyes downwards shyly and Freddie swallowed loudly.
"I supposed it would be impolite to leave now?" he asked.
"We haven't even finished our first dance," Sam chuckled.
"How long is this song?" Freddie whined, glancing over at the raised platform where Cat was stationed in front of a microphone. Sam stepped on his foot, although not hard enough to actually hurt him.
"Patience," she chastised fondly.
"Well, there's a turn around, who'd have thought one day it'd be you telling me to be patient."
"I've finally corrupted you." She smiled proudly.
Freddie's reply was cut off by Sam's parents approaching.
"Hey kiddos, think you can keep up with us?" her step-father grinned.
"Pft, bring it on," Sam pecked Freddie's lips before moving away from him to dance with Peter. Pam looked Freddie up and down and he laughed nervously as he placed one of his hands on her waist, offering the other up for her to hold.
Sam laughed lightly. "He'd better be alive at the end of this dance." She chuckled.
"No promises," Peter laughed. Sam smiled and laid her head on his shoulder.
...
"Hey," Jade smiled, coming to stand beside Sam at the buffet table.
"Hey," Sam nodded, setting her drink down.
"So are you glad you decided to marry Freddie after all?" Jade asked, one eyebrow raised pointedly.
"I am," Sam replied sheepishly. Jade rolled her eyes with a laugh before her face turned serious.
"Are you going to tell Freddie about your father?"
"No."
"Sam-"
"and you have to promise me you won't either."
"Why?"
"I just... I need a place that I can go to get away from everything. It makes me feel... I can't really explain it, I just need it."
"Okay, I promise."
"Thank you. I won't run away from Freddie again; he's stuck with me forever," the two grinned, "but I might not always be going where I say I'm going when I go away for the weekend. If anything happens you'll know where to find me."
"Okay." Jade nodded with a solemn smile as Spencer approached them, asking Sam to dance. Jade watched them to the dance floor before returning to one of the tables at the side of the room where Beck, with Mollie on his lap, was telling a story that had Ava and Aimee giving him their complete attention. She smiled as she sat down beside him, tuning into the tale which, it turned out, was about a cat who had misplaced her whiskers and embarked on an adventure with her two best friends – a parrot and a pony - to find them. Sometimes Jade didn't know whether to marvel over Beck or worry about him.
After dancing with a myriad of people Sam finally found her way back to Freddie and threw her arms over his shoulder, burying her face in the crook of his neck.
"I love you," she murmured against his skin. He wrapped his arms tightly around her waist, one hand rubbing large circles over her back, "I love you too."
"This is so bloody cliché," Sam laughed.
"You wanna get out of here?"
"Absolutely,"
"then let's go say our goodbyes and hit the road," Freddie took her hand and began towing her across the dance floor towards Carly who was swaying back and fore in time with the music that accompanied Cat's voice, Mollie held securely in her arms. The little girl was cooing happily, her fingers tangled in Carly's hair.
"Hey," Freddie smiled at Carly, "we're going to take off now," he informed her as she handed Mollie over to Sam. The blonde kissed the side of her daughter's head, "You be good for Auntie Carls okay Angel, don't eat all of the food and don't break anything of Aimee's." She crooned.
"And no throwing rattles at Daniel. He doesn't need another black eye this year." Freddie added, tousling her curls. Mollie giggled, grinning up at her mother who winked at her. Carly rolled her eyes, a smile playing at her lips.
"Have a great time okay, I'll see you both in three weeks," she beamed, pulling her two best friends into a hug, Mollie sandwiched in the middle.
"We love you Carls, Mummy and Daddy love you Mollie," Sam grinned, her eyes shining.
"Lots and lots," Freddie kissed Mollie's forehead. "See you," he smiled at Carly and broke out of the hug, slinging an arm around Sam's waist to pull her away.
"Come on Princess, time to go," she giggled, shaking her head fondly and let him lead her out of the reception hall.
Before getting into the wedding car they looked back to see Carly standing in the doorway with Mollie on her hip. She waved the little girl's hand at them, smiling brightly, tears glistening on her cheeks. Sam waved back and kissed Freddie chastely before slipping into the car. He slid in beside her and the door clicked shut.
So that's it :) Just the epilogue left now...