I wanted to thank those who enjoyed the last chapter. It wasn't my best but I hope this one makes up for it lol. This is my favorite chapter of all time because Sam and Freddie will finally reunite after the incident where he called her weak and she slapped him hard.

I also wanted to say that this story has officially gotten over 100 reviews. That is such an accomplishment for me. The very first FFnet I published only received 60+. I am more than excited right now. Thank you all soooo sooo soo freaking much. *HUGS* hehe.

Enjoy this chapter. I know you will.

Disclaimer. No I do not own iCarly but also, I do not own the song that I am using in this story or True Jackson VP. Yeah... sadness.

iDavid

CH14: Welcome Me Home

I don't know how I managed to stay so awake. I haven't slept at all these past two days. It was probably those butterflies in my stomach or the nerves going through my body. Maybe it was the thoughts that clouded my mind with nothing but Freddie's image. The image if his smile, those amazing eyes, his hair being perfectly messy, and more.

One week without him was absolutely agonizing. When Freddie started hanging out with me and Carly, I would have gone out of my way to make Freddie disappear but now I feel like I can't live without him. Like a part of me would die if we never spoke to each other again.

I couldn't believe. Everything has happened so fast, it was overwhelming. This was it. The day of the Halloween Bash. Normally, I'd be excited but truth be told I was nervous as hell. No more denying. This was the day to let it all out and tell Freddie how I really feel about him.

I was on my bed staring at the white ceiling of my room. In my mind, random figures were being painted on the ceiling. I saw little unicorns, ninjas, even a piece of ham. Something caught my attention as I continued to stare. I saw a line traveling and it flawlessly formed itself into the figure of a familiar looking person. The person was Freddie. Then another line made it's way next to the imaginary Freddie and it formed itself into... me. I was going insane. I just wanted time to fast forward so I can see him and tell him how wrong I was. I'm not the type of person who admits they are wrong. I fight until I am right but honestly, I've done a lot of things that I never imagined myself doing lately. If I wrote down all the firsts I have experienced, I would have three essays completed. That's how long the list would be.

I realized that Freddie is worth it all. He is worth me shoving my pride aside to tell him everything that's inside of me. He is worth me going through so much trouble to glam myself up a little bit just to impress him.

I snapped out of my thoughts and I got out of my bed. Looking at imaginary lines all day wasn't going to lead me to him. I quickly made my way to the bathroom. I looked at myself. God, I was a mess. My eyes were puffy, but not from crying. It was the lack of sleep. I looked like I was ready to pass out but I was feeling so awake.

I took a quick shower and dressed myself in jeans, a stripped black and green hoodie, and sneakers. I was out the door in less than thirty minutes.

I made my way to Bushwell cautiously. I didn't want to see Freddie until it was time for the dance. I walked in and there was Lewbert, rubbing some kind of ointment on his wart and screeching words I never heard of at me. I grunted at his annoying screams and I took the elevator that lead me to Carly's apartment. If I took the main one, There was a slight chance that Freddie could come out from his apartment.

The elevator took me to Carly's living room and I saw Carly on her couch having cereal and watching some stupid show called Jersey Shore. I had to admit though, that show was disgustingly addictive.

"Sup Carls?" I greeted her and plopped myself on her couch.

"Hey Sam, I talked to Freddie last night." she said as she stuffed a spoonful of cereal and milk into her mouth, not taking her eyes away from the TV. "Everything is going according to plan. He is going to the dance and he already has a costume?"

"Really? So far so good." I smirked. I shifted myself on the couch so that I could face her. "Hey um. Did you pick a song?"

"Yup," she answered quickly. I tilted my head and looked at her with my eyebrows raised all the way up.

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"What song did you pick? God Carly if you picked a cheesy love song with sappy lyrics, Lords knows the fit I'm going to throw."

Carly, her eyes still glued to the TV ( the show IS addictive), just giggled. "Don't worry Sam. I picked the perfect song for you."

"Okay..." I said to her before I sat turned back to the TV. God, what a stupid show.

After having breakfast and watching more Jersey Shore, me and Carly made our way to the mall. I was excited to see how the dress turned out. The mall was surprisingly empty for a Sunday morning but since it was Halloween, people were probably working on setting up their candy and getting their costumes ready.

We arrived at Dress Couture a few minutes before noon, just like I always do at any occasion. Some things just never change.

We saw True come out from the back of the store with a worried look on her face as soon as she saw me and Carly. I was starting to freak out a little bit. No one looks at me with a worried expression unless something bad happened.

"Hey girls. I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Me and Carly exchanged looks before I answered.

"Uh, bad news I guess." I said and True took us to the back of the store and we all sat down on a small table. Her two friends were there looking very guilty. True sucked in her breath and let out a very exaggerated exhale.

"Okay. So It took me an hour to design your dress. I asked Lulu here to bring me the sheer black material to make it puffy but she somehow managed to get it lost." she turned to glare at her friend. She looked at me and laughed nervously. "Then Ryan found it in the water fountain but some little kid yanked it from him and it ripped into a million pieces." It was True's husky friend's turn to laugh nervously this time.

"So?" I asked, raising my eyebrow. "What happened after that?"

"Well, that was the last piece of sheer material we had. Without that fabric, the dress just looked awful. We were left with nothing but red silk like fabric. That's pretty much it. Lulu. Ryan. Apologize to Sam for ruining her dress."

With their heads down, they stood up form their chairs and walked towards me. They both had these sad puppy dog looks on their faces.

"We're so sorry Sam." said Lulu. Then Ryan spoke. "Yeah Lulu didn't mean to get your dress lost."

"Hey," Lulu yelled and smacked Ryan on his shoulder. "This was your fault too don't blame it all on me."

"I'm not the one who lost it." They continued to argue until True had to kick them out of the room so they could argue some more. I laughed at the familiarity of their bickering.

"Sorry about that. Anyways, the good news is, I made you a back up dress. It's not a dark princess kind of dress but I think you will like it. I also bought you some accessories to go with your dress. And it's all on me as a sorry for my friends' mistake."

"Okay. Can we see it?" asked Carly and True went to another room and brought the dress she made me.

"I hope you like it Sam," said True before she showed us the dress.

I looked at myself in the mirror. I didn't want to sound conceited but I somehow lost my breath when I saw myself. This wasn't what I envisioned in my mind. It was so much better. In my head, I imagined myself in a big black dress, crazy dark eyeliner, and my signature Converse.

I was in a strapless red dress. It was bubbly in different layers on the bottom and tight around my chest and waist. It stopped right above my knees so I didn't have to worry about it being too short. There was a small bow right under my breasts. True made an incredible dress. I really did feel like a princess.

"Sam can I come in? I wanna see what you look like," said Carly after knocking on the bathroom door multiple times. I opened the door and walked out. Carly's mouth was hanging down and her eyebrows were up. She looked shocked.

"Wow. You look amazing, Sam. What do you think of the dress now?"

"Honestly," I started. "I love it. It's not girlie enough to make me puke and I like the color." Carly started chuckling.

"Well, now it's time for your make up. Close you eyes." I did as I was told. I felt a cold sponge glide all over my face three times. Then I felt a brushing, tapping, and fingers rubbing all over my eyelids. Carly made me open my eyes and I felt a soft pencil across my top eyelid and then I felt something tugging my eyelashes.

"Okay I think we are done here. You don't need anything in your hair so we can leave it like that. God, I wish I had naturally curly hair like yours." I rolled my eyes and Carly handed me a mirror. My face looked flawless. No one could tell that my eyes were previously puffy from my lack of sleep. My eyes looked amazing. There was some sort of bronzed colored eyeshadow on my eyelid, gray on the outer corner of my eyes, and shimmery silver shadow above my eyelid. The mascara made my eyelashes look bigger and my blue eyes looked ridiculously more blue than normal. I was impressed.

"Wow," I whispered to the mirror.

"Sam, you look gorgeous. Now let's put on these awesome accessories that True bought for you." Carly pulled out a black leather jacket. It was a lot better than the last one I had to wear. She handed me this necklace that looked like a chain and a pair of black and white sunglasses.

"What am I gonna do with these? I'm not wearing sunglasses in the dark," I said, eying the sunglasses.

"Silly Sam! You wear these on your head. Sort of like a tiara." I put on my accessories and my black Converse. No matter what, I am wearing these shoes. That's just the way Princess Puckett rolls. Carly motioned me to spin around and she gave me a huge smile.

"You look like such a rock star princess, Sam. It's mind blowing. Freddie is going to me amazed."

"You think so?"

"I'm sure of it. Now give me thirty minutes to put my costume and make up on and Spencer will take us to school." She looked at her cell phone to check the time. "Okay Freddie should be at the dance at any minute so I better hurry up. There is some popcorn in the kitchen if you want to have some while I get ready."

I nodded and made my way to the living room. There was a big bowl of popcorn, no butter, and some juice pouches on the table in front of the couch. I guess Carly didn't want me to eat something that might ruin my dress. Smart girl. I grabbed the remote and began to flip through the channels. I grabbed some popcorn and popped some into my mouth, followed by some sips from the juice pouches.

There was absolutely nothing good on the TV. Well, my favorite episode of Girlie Cow was on but I had no interest in watching it. I didn't show any interest in anything that was on. I couldn't stop thinking about Freddie. In less than an hour, I was going to face him and it made me nervous. My legs started shaking and my nervousness grew. I turned off the TV and lied on the couch, facing the ceiling. I took deep breaths.

"It's okay Sam. Don't worry about anything," I said to myself repeatedly until Carly came downstairs.

"Ready Sam?" I stood up and I looked at Carly. She was dressed as Belle form Beauty and the Best. She actually looked great. It was like a modern version of Belle. Instead of a long puffy dress, she had a short yellow skirt and a white tank top. She had a yellow headband and knee high black high heel boots.

"Wow Carly, you look sort of like hot," I said, rather impressed.

"Well thank you Sam. Are you ready to go? Spencer is waiting for us in the garage."

I nodded and we made our way towards the elevator, leading us to the garage. On our way to Ridgeway, the butterflies in my stomach grew more and more vicious.

We arrived at Ridgeway and there were dozens of people in costumes walking towards the gym. I stepped out of the car and adjusted my dress. Carly stepped out and gave Spencer a kiss on the cheek through the car door.

"Bye Spencer. Thanks for the ride," I said.

"No problemo. Have fun girls and be safe." And with that he drove away.

Carly and I walked towards the gym silently. I went from nervous to being completely scared.

We stopped by the door and Carly peeked her head through the door to make sure Freddie was there. She gave me a thumbs up and she made her way inside. I stayed behind though. I didn't have the will power to make it through that door. Carly came back out and crossed her arms in front of me. "Sam, what are you waiting for?"

"I can't do this," I said softly and I leaned against the wall, closing my eyes in the process. Every word I was planning on telling Freddie flew out of my head. I had no idea what I was going to tell him, how I was going to tell him, or if he would even listen to me.

"Sam!" Carly screamed and she grabbed my arm, dragging me inside the gym. I tried to fight her but there was no use fighting with Carly. She just doesn't give up. "Freddie is in there waiting for you. Just go talk to him."

I sighed and gave in. "Okay fine. Go to the DJ and play the song you picked out for us. Hurry up and do it before I change my mind."

"Good girl," said Carly and ran towards the two giant speakers. In the middle was a man holding a pair of headphone to his ear in one hand, and the other spinning some sort of cd.

I walked around the room. It looked so... magical, in a Halloween kind of style. There were balloons covering the ceiling and different colored balloons all over the floor. There was green, red, black, yellow, and white balloons. Different colored lights were swimming around the dark room and there was a disco ball in the middle. I couldn't believe this was the gym. One of the the places I hated most about our school.

I looked around the crowd of familiar people. There was Gibby in a cowboy hat and a vest. No shirt. I can't say I was surprised. Rip off Rodney was wearing a costumed that made him looked like he belonged in the mafia. I saw everyone except for Freddie. Where could he be?

Suddenly the music stopped and there was a single spotlight in the front. It was on Carly.

"Attention everyone. I would like for Freddie Benson and Sam Puckett to make their ways to the middle of the dance floor."

I looked at everyone around me confused. I don't remember telling Carly to make my situation public. Everyone surrounding me made a path for me. It lead me towards the middle of the room. I made my way slowly. I didn't want to look eager or desperate to see Freddie. Besides that, my stomach was killing me from the nerves. I finally made my way to the middle and I saw another path on the opposite side of the room.

Slowly, I saw a figure walk down the opposite path. It was Freddie. He looked amazing. He was wearing a small white t shirt, a leather jacket, blue jeans that weren't too tight or too loose, and black Converse. His hair was styled so that it made him look a greaser. He looked like the guys from The Outsiders. And no I didn't read the book. I watched the movie like any lazy person would. Anyways, he looked breathtaking.

I made my ways towards him and once we were face to face, Carly spoke.

"Okay, I'd like for Sam and Freddie to be the only ones dancing to this song that the DJ is about to play. I hope you two like this song." With that, Carly handed the DJ a cd and he started playing the song. It wasn't completely slow but it was slow enough to well, slow dance. The song started out with a light piano tune and then the voice of a male started blasting through the speakers.

I looked at Freddie and I opened my mouth to speak. He quickly put his index finger up to my lips to shut me up. I stayed quiet. He grabbed my hands and placed the around his neck. Then his arms slid around my waist and he pulled me closer to him until our bodies were touching. I looked at him. He's been very bold lately and I loved that about him. We smiled at each other before I rested my head on his chest, closing my eyes as we began to sway to the music

I'm ready to let you break my heart again

I'm ready to live again

I'm ready to do whatever it takes

I'm ready and willing to face everything

Cause there's nothing left to me

Without you, without you

I know I don't have much if there ain't no us

I'm not giving up because

It's your love, your love that just keeps me going on and on

I don't wanna fight it, I can't deny it

Cause no one, no one could ever do it better than you can

I know I was wrong. Could you welcome me home?

I couldn't help but smile at the lyrics of the song. Carly really picked out a song that fit into this whole ordeal much as I denied my feelings to Freddie and as much as I wanted to oppose these feelings, it was completely impossible. The more I fought them, the more miserable I became. Being in his arms again felt so relieving and uplifting.

I opened my eyes and all everyone in the room were looking at us. Every single person eying us either had a camera or a phone with them. They were pointing their gadgets at us, taking pictures. Millions of flashes were beaming at me, blinding me temporarily. I closed my eyes again and I focused on dancing with Freddie.

His hands were gripping my waist securely and he lowered his head so that it was resting on mines. We moved back and forth, back and forth. I could hear his heartbeat. It was going pretty fast, just like mine.

I'm sorry I turned your smile upside down

I'm sorry I'm missing out

I'm sorry I took things way too far

I'm sorry about the way I treated you

When all that I put you through

Was so wrong, so wrong

You know I lost so much when I lost your trust

I'm not giving up because

It's your love, your love that just keeps me going on and on

I don't wanna fight it, I can't deny it

Cause no one, no one could ever do it better than you can

I know I was wrong. Could you welcome me home?

This part took me to the time me and Freddie used to bicker a lot. All the name calling and all the physical abuse on both parts. He's always been a part of me, in an odd way, even before I began to feel this way about him.

As wrong as I may have been to kick him around and tease him the way I did, if I had the chance to go back and not bully him, I wouldn't. Everything that has happened between us was for a reason. We didn't just annoy the shit out of each other for nothing. It all lead to me and him falling in love. Only he can make me feel this way and have me thinking these sappy thoughts.

To a place where I can feel complete

Cause when no one else would ever take me

I'm sick and tired of these memories

I wanna get us back to where we used to be

It's your love, your love that just keeps me going on and on

I don't wanna fight it, I can't deny it

Cause no one, no one could ever do it better than you can

I know I was wrong. Could you welcome me home?

We heald each other tightly as the song finished. When the song ended, I lifted my head up from his chest and I gazed into his eyes. The crowd went wild but I barely noticed. It was just me and Freddie in the middle of the dance floor. With our arms still around each other, he leaned down and pressed his lips on mine. This was our third kiss and every time, it felt as if it was our first. Sweet, innocent, and full of passion all at the same time.

As we kissed, the crowd went even more crazy. We pulled away and began to laugh as the crowd cheered and flashed us with many of their camera lights. I looked at him and his laugh turned into a frown. "We have to talk," he whispered to me.

He took my hand and wrapped his fingers around mine. We walked out the school and silently made our way back to Bushwell. I knew that this talk was going to me full of laughter, smiles, and cries. Never in my life have I felt so prepared to have such an emotional talk.

Yayyy. I hope this was good enough for you all. I was originally going to include their emotional talk in this chapter but I didn't want to make the chapter too long. I know sometimes I don't like reading super long chapters.

So the next chapter is officially the last chapter. Then I will write an epilogue.

Once I'm done with iDavid, I will be fully committed to my other story, You Loose You Win. Be sure to read it. :)

Review please.

Ps. The song I used in this chapter is called Welcome Me Home by one of the favorite bands. Their name is WOW. Look up the song on Youtube. It's a pretty good song. I saw them perform this song almost a year ago and they were incredible. I also put up a link to the picture of Sam's dress on my profile. Check it out.