A/N: I'M BACK! thank you to all of my readers so far! hopefully I've still got some readers after all of this wait! I am so super sorry for the long wait. I was so swamped with stuff that I had to get done, and then when all that was done, I got a mad case of writters block! (haha irony) ANYWAY... I swear I will not put this story on hold anymore, (unless its an emergancy) and every friday, there WILL BE AN UPDATE! now that this boring note is done, I'm sure your all dieing to read the story, so ON TO IT!
previously on: It is revealed that Sam and Freddie lost a baby before Charlotte, in tragic way. and a suprise visiter comes to visit.
CHAPTER NINE
She stood there in the door way, looking almost exactly as she did the day she disapeared. Sure, the years
had taken its toll on her slightly wrinkling face, her once shiny hair had lost a bit of its luster and had a few
new streaks of almost invisible grey, but this women at the door was undeniably Carly Shay.
"C-Carly?" Sam sputtered, at a loss for words.
"SAM!" Carly screeched, making the blond wince and instinctivly place a hand over her not so noticable
baby-bump.
"Carly." Sam stated, still trying to wrap her head around the shock of seeing her former friend. Suddenly, Carly
pulled Sam to her forcfully, and much Sam's dismay begain to sob histarically.
"Its been so long!" The darker haired girl cried, releasing her friend who signed in relief.
Suddenly, Freddie emerged behind Sam. "Who's at the-Oh my-" Freddie gasped, as Carly pulled him in too for a
strong bear-hug. "OH MY GOD FREDDIE!" Carly screeched, scaring the man silly. "hey, long time no see." Freddie
said simply, gently putting a hand to his ear when she finally released him. "I know its been forever!" Carly said,
still talking at an akwardly loud volume. "What are you doing here?" Sam asked, trying not to sound to harsh.
How could she not though? This was the girl who disapeared with no trace. She left her best friends at the
worst possible time, and now suddenly comes around again. How was this possible? "What? A girl can't just
drop in on her best friends who she hasn't seen in like, forever?" Carly laughed.
How could she be so relaxed? like she was on vacation for the last five years, while the whole world was trying
to find her? While everyone was assuming she was dead. deadwas what everyone thought. that's what
Sam thought. Her best friend was dead. stolen away by some mysterious stranger.
. that "Why don't you come in?" Freddie asked, pulling Sam out of her thoughts. He wrapped an arm around his
wife, and walked her towards their living room. Carly followed behind, "Come on Emma." Carly said motioning to
someone outside the door. "Emma?" Sam asked, wriggiling away from Freddie. A small five year old appeared in
the doorway. "Mommy?" The little girl said, looking up and wrapped her tiny hand around Carly's. Sam and
Freddie were absolutly gobsmacked. Both simolataniously Simultaneous looked from Carly to the little girl and
back at each other. The little girl had dirty blond hair, and deep chocolate brown eyes. She was holding clutching
an old teddy bear in a green t-shirt in her arm. What shocked them the most though, was the complete lack of
resemblence to her mother. "Emma, say hello to Sam and Freddie. These are mommy's old Friends." Carly cooed,
nudging the little girl towards the shocked couple. "Sam, Freddie, This is my daughter Emma." Carly started,
"She's a little bit shy."
"Hewo." Emma said shyly, looking at the carpet. She suddenly turned towards Carly. "I'm hungry." She
whispered. "Emma, you just ate." Carly whispered back, a smile plastered to her face.
"But that was foreber ago." Emma whined, pulling on her mother's hand. "Pwease I'm stwarving!" She cried,
rubbing her hands over her belly for dramatic effect. "Alright, Mommy will get you inside-out-burger on the way
home." Carly sighed. "you should see the appitite on this kid, I just can't keep her full!" Carly laughed. "I think
there's some crackers in mommy's bag if your that hungry." Carly reached into her purse and handed a baggy of
crackers to the child, who immediatly started shoveling them into her mouth. "Slow down, your going to choke
Emma!" Carly said, wiping soggy cracker crumbs off of the girl's shirt. "Well, we should be getting home, its a
long drive towards home. We just wanted to stop by and see how you guys were." Carly said, grabbing Sam for
another hug. "Let me give you my new number." Carly said, pulling a pen and a scrap of paper out of her purse.
"Call me sometime?" She asked Sam, handing her the number. "Why not?" Sam said flatly, stuffing the paper in
her pocket.
"Its great to see you guys again! we really need to catch up sometime. Someday when Emma's in school." Carly
smiled and looked down and the little girl. "She just started a few weeks ago. Before we know it she'll be
graduating." Carly started, trying to hold back tears. "Come on Emma." She said, pulling the little girl out in the
hall with her.
"Well, that was a suprise." Freddie said, closing the door behind Carly and Emma and joining Sam on the couch.
Sam stared blankly into space. "You ok Sam?" Freddie asked, his voice full of concern. "Yeah, just-just thinking."
Sam answered, leaning against Freddie's arm. "Either that kid got all of her looks from her father, or she's not
Carly's biological kid." Sam said, her eyes rolling up to the ceiling. "Thank God you see it too! I thought I was
going Crazy." Freddie said, Smiling at his beautiful wife.
"It just doesn't make any sense. Five years ago, she was still with Robert and there's no way that kid is his
either." Sam sighed, playing with a strand of her hair. "you don't think-" Sam gasped, her hand dropping down.
"Sam, no. That is impossible. Even if that was-why would she bring her back here?" Freddie said, trying to find a
logical reason to make Sam give up on her crazy scheme. "I know, its just-She's out there somewhere Freddie. I
can feel it." Sam said, a tear escaping down her cheek. "Its ok Sam, we're going to find our baby." He said
reassuringly to his wife.
"Hurry up baby." The women said, pulling open the door to the local fast-food restaurant. "What do you want
mommy to get you?" "Chweese bwurger." The little girl said, running ahead of the women. "Wait up a second
darling!" She said, running a hand through her dark hair, and catching up to the little girl. "Now, you know no to
run away from mommy." She scolded the girl, grabbing her small hand.
"Sworry." The girl said sheepishly, twirling a piece of blond hair around her tiny finger. The women smiled at the
girl, and hurried her towards the counter.
Welcome to inside-out-burger, what can I get for you?" The cashier said in an obviously fake cheery voice. "Um,
one small cheeseburger kidsmeal, with fries and a small fatshake." The women said, tighting her grip on the
girl's hand when she tried to pull away.
"Anything else?" The women said, her cheerful voice slipping just a bit. "Yeah, can I get a small salad and a diet
fatshake?" The women answered, pulling on the little girl's arm. "Sweety, you need to stay with momma OK?"
she was begining to get frustated with the little girl, who was continuing to pull away from her mother. "I want
to go over there." The girl whinned, stuggling to pull her hand out of her mother's grasp. "You can't go over
there. Do you want to go home right now?" The women said quickly, finally making the child stand still. "She just
can't stand still." She laughed at the cashier, who tried to mask her "I couldn't care less." face as she pushed a
tray full of food towards the women and the child walked towards a small booth at the back of the
restaurant. "Eat your food first." The women said when the little girl attempted to open the plastic toy that came
with her meal.
"Otay mommy." The little girl said, pulling the wrapping off of her cheeseburger. Her mother giggled as she
scarfed the burger down, and begain to shovel frys into her small mouth. "Slow down please, no need to eat so
fast!" She said quickly, pulling the frys away from the hungry child.
A/N So, there's the next chapter! was it good? terrible? did it make you want to throw your computer across the room in total anger? (um, so I kind of hope you didn't do that... that would be bad) you can look foward to the next chapter hopefully next friday, or sooner.