iTurn Back in Time

Chapter 12 : iCelebrate

Beep, beep

There was a text message from Carly. I wonder what it was. My hand went down to the bottom of my pocket and reached for the phone vibrating. It was tickling me. Keypad unlocked.

The message said:

Freddie, need some help here. We have a problem in the studio. : ( Sorry for bothering you at a time like this. Please come ASAP.

Carly's place was only next-door so it just took me a minute to get there. It was a sunny Saturday morning. I had a great feeling that moment and I didn't know why. Whatever. Who cares?

Without knocking, I turned the knob and entered Carly's apartment. After going inside, I realized that I should have knocked first. I looked around. Nobody was here.

"Hello?"

I expected someone to respond but no one came. My voice echoed through the walls of Carly's apartment as I trudged myself to the stairs on my way to the studio.

At last I reached the pink door that says iCarly. It was the door to the studio but before going in, I decided to take a peek inside. It was pitch black. The lights were turned off. I went in to check and took a few steps. With a bang, someone closed the door behind me and the lights flickered open.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDDIE!"

My eyes adjusted to the light. There were the three of them; Carly, Sam and Spencer in front of me. They were wearing party hats in different colors, dancing their asses off as Carly turned the music on. Sam used the poppers and Spencer blew a golden trumpet.

"Parteh, parteh!" Sam danced to the beat as she raised her hands up in the air.

"Yeah, parteh, parteh!" Spencer followed. "Here Freddie. This trumpet is my present for your coming of age."

"Thank you." I thought something was weird with the trumpet. Anyway...

"Freddie, it's time to blow the candles!" Carly excitedly brought the cake to me with sixteen candles neatly placed on top of it. She winked. "Hey guys, let's sing!"

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, happy birthday…happy birthday to you!" The trio sang in unison. Sam was clapping her hands when she smiled at me. Her face was flushing with excitement.

I smiled back. I'm now getting the feeling that this day would turn out great.

"It's time to make a wish!" Said Spencer.

I nodded. I closed my eyes and paused for a moment to think for a wish. Oh, I know! I blew the candles and smoke came out from the tips.

"Happy 16th birthday Freddie!" Carly hugged me soon after she placed the cake on the table.

Spencer raised his hand and gave me a high five. "Nice one, dude."

"Thank you so much guys!" I glanced at Carly. "I didn't know that this was the problem you were talking about."

I thanked them over and over again. There was a big grin written across my face

"Let's eat!" Sam grabbed the whole plate and ate the chicken on her own. "I gotta love chicken!" She munched on her food when she realized that something was missing. "NO GRAVY!" Sam whined.

I laughed. "Sam, this is my birthday. Not yours." I grinned.

She looked at me sternly then back to her food.

Wait, did she just ignored me?

"Sam?"

She glanced at me. "What?"

"What's wrong?" I sat beside her and gave her a worried look.

"Nothing." She denied as she quickly took my eyes off of me.

"Are you sure?" I insisted.

"Yeah." Sam nodded. "Eat!"

I laughed again. "Okay." I must have been just weird.

We partied all day. We sang together, danced…everything! We went to different stores and stopped by Groovie Smoothie and ordered the usual thing. We planned the events for our next webisode for iCarly but ended up laughing together at the crazy ideas Spencer was giving us. Carly told us to just enjoy the rest of the day without worrying to much about it and reassured us that she'll be the one to manage it all.

It was extremely exhausted. No worries, the day was worth spending! This was probably the best birthday I'd ever had…with Sam.

"Good night Freddie." Carly waved at me as she closed the door.

I looked at Sam beside me who was acting different throughout the whole day. I think this was just going too far. I need to ask her. "Hey, can I talk to you?" It has been a long time since the two of us had spent our time together.

"About what?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Follow me."

We ended up on the fireplace where we shared our first kiss. We sat on our usual places. A minute or two passed before Sam broke the silence. "I thought you were going to tell me something?"

I know. I was thinking whether telling her about the future or not. "Oh yeah. Uh, actually, uh…" I was running out of words. Freddie, think of something!

"Haven't you gotten over it yet?" Sam asked bluntly.

That surprised me. I didn't see that coming. Sam was sure strange.

"You mean… the kiss?"

She nodded.

My eyes widened. "I thought we swore to each other that we won't be speaking of it ever again?"

She licked her lips. "I don't know. Somehow, it got stuck on my head and I don't why. I have been thinking of it almost every day and obviously cannot tell Carly about swore that we wouldn't tell anybody, right? I don't break rules."

"You are. You actually just asked me about it."

"And you too because you're talking to me."

There was a long pause. Man, how could this be so awkward? I never imagined Sam telling me about what she feels. I thought she would just ignore the whole thing but it was actually the opposite! Or was she just...?

"Yes," I replied sincerely. "I haven't gotten over it." My heart spoke with my mouth. Shoot! I am starting to feel regret!

Sam looked away. "Oh."

"Uh," I didn't know what to say after wards! What to do?

"What?"

"Why are you acting so weird today?"

She clenched her fists. "I was just trying not to upset you on your most important day."

This stuff was getting confusing. "What do you mean?"

"You know it's my hobby to tease you right? As a gift, I am not torturing you today. But it was too hard for me so I decided to keep my mouth shut and spend the whole day quiet. Understand?"

Woah, another blast from Sam.

"That's it?" I cocked an eyebrow.

"Yeah, why?" Sam looked troubled.

I smiled at her. "I think I have to thank you for that." I leaned to her and crushed my lips into hers. I can feel her breathing. She deepened the kiss as she let me enter her mouth. Her hands grabbed the sleeves of my shirt as we kissed. I held her cheeks as she brushed my hair with her hands. I opened my eyes and saw that her eyes were closed at the moment, bringing me relief. When we pulled apart, I felt my heart beating inside my chest.

"Sam I…"

"Don't come near me." Sam flinched. "I'm sorry, Freddie."

Tears stung her eyes and I sensed a pang of guilt. Sam stood and walked away.

Crap, what did I do!

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