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iChoose

Revelations

By: Hartful13 & Tech-Man

One Week later...

Carly waited nervously at the mall for Teddy to arrive. It was the first weekend in June, and already she could feel summer creeping into Seattle. Granted, summer in Seattle was somewhat less intense than in other parts of the country, but it still signaled a general rise in the average temperature. They were supposed to meet here around one in the afternoon and spend the day walking around the mall. The evening was to end with movie. Carly had chosen the new romantic comedy that was just released yesterday, and after a little prodding managed to convince Teddy to take her to it.

She spotted Teddy making his way through the crowd. She couldn't help the feelings of joy that swarmed through her system at the sight of Teddy. He was right on time, a quality that Carly prized e greatly; due in large part to the fact that her best friend was notoriously behind schedule.

The date started off fairly basic with lunch in the mall's food court. Carly had a salad from the Looming Onion and Teddy ate a cheeseburger from Canaries. Conversation was lighthearted and centered on their plans for the next week. Carly was all abuzz for the upcoming senior trip, an activity she had eagerly been awaiting since freshman year. Teddy's plans on the other hand were vastly different, but no less glamorous. His school gave all of the seniors a week off prior to finals and graduation; during this reprieve from school he was going to be flying down to Las Vegas for a basketball camp.

The date progressed comfortably. Both Carly and Teddy seemed to be at ease talking to the other in an animated way. Conversation came easily to the two teens just as easily as it came between... "NO! I refuse to think about HIM during my date with Teddy," Carly screamed on the inside of her head. While their conversation flowed easily it seemed that every other thought running through Carly's head was comparing the two men in her life. To say that it was driving her crazy would have been a gross understatement.

After lunch they made their way through the mall. It seemed to Carly that her current predicament wasn't getting any better as things progressed. Carly was planning on doing a little shopping for her upcoming trip, and wanted to get Teddy's opinion. He was of course no help at all in the selection of anything remotely resembling 'Cute'. As far as Carly was concerned he had the same choice in outfits as... Physically stopping in her tracks Carly made an effort to cut off that thought before it could go any further. Putting on her best smile; she continued to look for clothes as Teddy followed behind.

The date ended with a movie. Carly managed to get her mind off of everything and started enjoying the movie. Teddy moved his arm around her shoulder and when she didn't protest he pulled her closer. Carly felt the warmth from Teddy's arm spread along her shoulders and snuggled in closer. It wasn't until she looked up into his face as he intently watched the movie did her thought betray her and imposed HIS face over Teddy's. The image burned into her retina's and she couldn't seem to relax any more as the warmth turned into a weight on her shoulders.

Carly forced herself to pay more attention to the screen in front of her, and completely ignore the tumbling churning thoughts that raced through her mind. After the movie her and Teddy took a walk through the mall; just watching the other people mill about aimlessly. That feeling of unease that had swelled to gigantic proportions in the theater had started to recede. It felt right to be spending time with Teddy. He talked about his hobbies away from technology. He told her about his love of the bass guitar and how practiced every Friday evening for fun. The idea of a relationship with Teddy started to seem possible again if not probable.

Changing direction, they left the mall and headed back toward Bushwell Plaza. The conversation started to stray back toward Teddy's love of technology. Carly, really wasn't listening and was caught somewhat off guard when Teddy mentioned an issue with Java that he had been having. A small laugh erupted from her lips. "What's so funny," Teddy asked his brow furrowed in confusion.

"Oh, I just love it when you talk all techie, it's cute and geeky all at the same time; its cuteky," Carly said before everything came rushing back at her.

3 years ago in the iCarly studio

Carly was playing "Violin Hero" and reaching the high score when Freddie hobbled in the room, "There you are," She says.

"Here I am," replied Freddie "Did Spencer tell you I was coming over? "

"Yea, he said you had to do something with the website? "

"Uh uh," He pulls out the server. "I'm just gonna bump up the speed with this eight- cord, three gigahertz server."

She stops playing, "Ooh, I love it when you talk all techie"

"Really? "

"Yea," She would walk closer towards him, "Its cute and geeky at the same time, its cuteky." she shows a bright smile that Freddie wavers under.

"You never called my tech- talk 'cuteky' before? " His will wavering as she strides closer.

"Yea, that was before we were you know" she pokes his chest "an item" as she leaned in and kissed him, it didn't feel anything what Jake's felt as he was comatose or rough like Griffin's, it was the softness that she never thought she would like, she was pleasantly surprised by how much she needed this, how much in her heart she was begging for a kiss like the one Freddie was giving. She could really get used to this...

Present Day

"Carly," Teddy asked gently shaking her shoulders before repeating her name louder a second time. "Carly!"

Carly shook her head as if dispelling a errant thought. "I'm so sorry about that. I guess I kind of blanked out there for a few minutes," she quickly apologized before forcing a fake smile onto her face. Quickly looking away she worked to hide to look of anguish on her face. Like never before she knew that Sam had been completely right. She really needed to do something.

She found herself before the entrance of Bushwell before she even realized they were close. "Well," Teddy spoke up breaking the silence that had surrounded them. "I had a great time."

"Me too," Carly replied while her mind still worked through the evenings revelation. Teddy leaned in for a quick kiss, and Carly made a split second decision to kiss him good night. The kiss nothing. It was like kissing a piece of plastic. Pulling away Carly turned to head into her apartment before calling over her shoulder, "Good night Freddie."

Teddy looked confused for a moment then reached out stopping Carly from entering the apartment. "Freddie? Isn't that the guy we went on a double date with last week," he asked the confusion evident on his face.

Carly sighed before launching into an explanation of the whole situation. "Yeah, he is. Look Teddy, you are a great guy, but you just remind me way too much of Freddie and it is starting to freak me out. It's not fair to you or me; so I think we should see other people, and be friends at the most," she finished hoping he would understand.

"I kind of had a feeling you were thinking about someone else," Teddy commented talking a step back and sliding his hands into his pocket. "It's cool though. I'll see you around sometime then," he called over his shoulder before turning and heading back the way they had just came.

Carly watched as he walked away. He was going to make some girl very happy one day, and if weren't for HIM that girl would have been me, but he is not HIM. Carly lightly shook her head as he hair flailed around her face in a vain attempt to dispel the guilt and comfort she felt as breaking up with Teddy.

Damn HIM, were her last thoughts as she headed into the elevator and up to her apartment.

A/N: A little side dish for you guys while we write the Senior Trip Arc, so enjoy it and we should get the Senior Trip Started ASAP! And please, most of all, enjoy reading!

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