The Greatest Secret
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly
A/N: This story details what it would be like if Sam and Freddie were secretly together during the series. Read it, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Chapter 5 (iCarly is Born)
After the auditions, Sam and Freddie made their way to their apartment. Whenever Sam passed Carly's door, she had to make sure that no one saw her enter into the place, or else questions might be raised. Sam quietly entered and found Freddie waiting for her, she smiled and closed the door behind her. He was smirking at her, again. He had to know the effect that had on her, it always took her breath away.
"Hey Sam," Freddie said as he walked over to her. "The auditions were interesting. I swear, the only thing interesting were you and Carly." Carly chuckled and placed her hands behind her, pressing her palms against the door as Freddie stepped close to her, gazing into her eyes. Sam took a deep breath and closed her eyes, she swore she could feel his breath on her face. "Of course, that one blonde girl was smoking." Sam raised her eyebrow and stared at Freddie.
"Which blonde girl was that?" Freddie held his smirk and shrugged.
"Oh I don't know, the hot blonde." Sam's mouth opened slightly and she chuckled as she narrowed her eyes.
"Freddie Benson, I hope you're not talking about the pogo stick girl!" Freddie smirked and placed a hand on Sam's waist as he moved his face close to Sam's, breathing onto her. She closed her eyes and sighed as she felt his cool breath hitting her face.
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. I'm just talking about the blonde that I thought looked more beautiful than any other creature in the room. Personally, I mean the one that happens to be the most stunning thing I've ever seen in my life."
"Keep talking."
"I'm talking about the girl that takes my breath away. She's got those fascinating curls with the hint of beautiful gold, and the most stunning blue eyes I've ever seen."
"I see. I don't remember pogo stick girl having these golden curls that you speak of."
"Oh, you don't remember that? Hmm, and I thought she did. I guess I was wrong, it's you that has these wonderful curls." Freddie lifted his hand up behind Sam's back and in between the back of her neck and her hair. He gently took a few strands of her hair in between his index finger and his thumb, then slowly slid his fingers down her hair while gazing into her eyes. "Oh yeah, that's definitely the golden curls that I was seeing." Sam felt her heart start to quicken its beating, she knew she didn't want this moment to end. It always seemed like this with Freddie, he always had this natural romantic way of acting.
"I swear, where did you learn how to be so…so…romantic? I guess that's the word I'm searching for."
"My father was a romantic, my father's parents were romantic people, and the generation line keeps going. I guess it comes natural to me. I can be romantic when I want to be, and whenever I'm around you…I want to be." Sam chuckled nervously and felt beads of sweat starting to form at her temples. She wanted to kiss him, she wanted him to kiss her, but she knew it wasn't the right time. "Anyway…" Freddie stepped back and sighed. "I posted that video up like you guys wanted me to, and I made sure to edit out anything that involved you guys."
"Okay, well that's good." Sam stepped past Freddie and walked into the kitchen, he followed close behind. Sam opened the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of water. "You want one?"
"Oh, no thanks." Freddie grabbed a peach from the fruit basket on the counter and bit into it. Sam unscrewed the cap on the bottle and started drinking it, Freddie couldn't help but to watch her as she drank the liquid. "Hey Sam, don't you have to be at Carly's soon?"
"Aw, that eager to be rid of me, dork?" Freddie laughed lightly and took another bite of the peach.
"No, I'm just making sure you're not late or suspicious to Carly. After all, we don't want her to learn of who is romancing you behind the scenes, right?" Sam chuckled and shrugged her shoulders. She knew he had a point, if she knew, then Carly was going to feel betrayed by Sam. Not only that, she might talk to her father, and then who knows what would happen. She might be torn away from Freddie. Sam's eyes widened at the thought and she quickly shrugged it off.
"Yeah, I better get moving. I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Dork boy."
"You know how much I love when you call me that…"
"That's why I do it." Sam smiled and walked past Freddie, heading for the door. She stepped out and took one long step across the hall. "One small step for Sam, and one large leap for…Sam-kind!" Sam lifted her hand and knocked on the door. She took another sip of her water bottle and looked over as Carly's door opened.
"Sam! I thought you'd never show!" Carly said as she hugged her friend.
"Yeah, I thought I'd show up fashionably late as usual." Sam walked past Carly and sat on the couch, missing Carly's confused look.
"Why do you look all heated up and stuff? Not only that, but you smell like cologne." Sam chuckled and shrugged.
"No reason…" She placed the bottle of water on the table and leaned back on the couch. "Am I still blushing from Freddie? Cologne…oh yeah, Freddie was wearing cologne." Sam closed her eyes and inhaled, remembering the scent. "Oh you know, it was just another one of Mom's boyfriends that she had over."
"Oh, well that explains why it would be all over you." Sam raised her eyebrow and shrugged once more.
"It got all over my mom, she tried to hug me, and then it got all over me." Carly sighed and sat next to Sam, she leaned back and placed a blanket over her legs. "Sam, how come you never told me about your dad?"
"I'd rather not talk about him."
"Oh, sorry…" Freddie was the only one that knew anything about her father, and she intended to keep it that way. It was always a hard subject to bring up, and she never cared to bring it up with anyone. Of course, she had never told Carly that she lived with Ms. Benson, and now she wasn't going to be doing that. So, she had a fake mom.
"Yeah, well it beats the mother that Freddie's got. His mom is just plain psycho."
"Really? I haven't met her yet. I bet she's a great mother. I mean she would have to be, especially if he's as smart as he is." Sam nearly choked and looked over at Carly, she had an almost dazed look in her eyes.
"Hey, you're not falling for him are you? I mean…he's…he's like a dork! He's horrible and, icky."
"I know that's what you think, but at the same time…well I don't know. I mean, he is pushy and all, that's definitely not a plus. It is actually annoying."
"Well keep that in mind, then." Sam turned on the television and Carly just stared at Sam with her mouth open.
"You don't want me to date him, do you?"
"Huh?"
"You hate him so much that you don't want me to be happy?" Sam blinked and continued to stare at the television, trying to think of a way to change the subject.
"It's not that, Carly. You know I'm just looking out for you, you'll be hurt." It wasn't a lie, Carly would be hurt.
"Well you better not be dating him or something." Sam paused and started to laugh hysterically, Carly just stared back at her with wide eyes.
"I'm not dating that thing, don't even think that." Sam glared at Carly, quickly silencing the girl. "Don't try to make threats with me, either."
"O-Okay, well I'm sorry, and I wasn't threatening…let's just watch the show!"
"Fine by me." As they watched the television, both girls stated to fall asleep. In Sam's mind was a scary sight to see. It involved Freddie and Sam being chased down by a mob of people that didn't want them together, Carly and her family were leading the mob. They had torches, tridents, and various weapons with them. "Freddie, where do we go? Where do we hide?" Freddie was standing strong and firm, determined to protect her and make it alive. Just when things seemed to be getting good, Freddie had been shot in the leg. "No! Freddie!" She wrapped her arms around him and he wrapped his arms around her, protecting her as bullets started to enter his body.
"I love you, Sam." Just then, hands grabbed onto them and began pulling, tearing them apart. "SAM!" Freddie and Sam both extended their arms and Sam screamed out his name as he vanished into the darkness. Soon, she was alone and terrified. Soon a strange scent entered her nostrils, it was a scent that she was not familiar with. She opened her eyes and found Carly's foot in her face, apparently the girl was trying to wake her up. She yawned as she sat up and Carly leaned forward.
"What time is it?" Sam asked.
"Late, what time is your mom picking me up?"
"She's not, I told her you invited me to sleep over." Carly chuckled and glanced over.
"I didn't invite you."
"Oh, well I think you should invite me, because I'm not leaving." Carly chuckled and walked over to the computer, probably to check if Freddie uploaded the video onto the site. Sam stood up and started to stretch, stopping when Carly let out a scream. "What happened? Freddie uploaded the videos didn't he?"
"No, he uploaded us!" Sam's eyes widened and she quickly rushed over and looked at the screen. It was true, Freddie accidently uploaded the girls instead of the real videos.
"Stupid!" Sam glanced at the bottom of the screen and noticed that thousands of people saw the photos. "Oh no, that's not good. We even made fun of Mrs. Briggs…I need to get Freddie!" Sam quickly rushed out of the apartment and into Freddie's, ignoring the fact that he was probably asleep. She made her way to his bedroom and flung the covers off of him, she grabbed his legs and started dragging him out of the bed.
"Sam! What are you doing!" Freddie exclaimed.
"No time, but Carly thinks I hate you, so start screaming." Freddie sighed and began screaming as Sam dragged him out of the room. "Oh god, I'm so sorry for this…" Freddie stopped screaming for a minute and smiled softly at Sam.
"Don't worry too much about it, but let's not make a habit out of this, I'd like to keep my vocal chords intact." Sam chuckled lightly and continued pulling as Freddie screamed out. Soon they made it to Carly's apartment and Freddie quickly stood up. "What is the matter with you!"
"You uploaded us into the computer!"
"What?!" Freddie's eyes widened as he quickly rushed to the computer. "I edited you guys out, that can't be right." Freddie typed and found the videos, he stared at the screen in shock as Sam and Carly appeared. "Crap…"
"So take it off!" Carly exclaimed.
"Relax, I'm working on it…" Freddie started typing again and inputted his password, deleting the video. "Uh, it says the video will be deleted…by tomorrow morning."
"What! Oh god, I can't believe this! This is embarrassing!" Sam had to agree, she'd never been online before in a video, and was sort of afraid of being seen by thousands of viewers.
"Relax…um, why don't we see what people are saying about you."
"Like there's going to be anything good there." Freddie shrugged and read some of the comments.
"Let's see…Carly and Sam, you guys are hilarious!"
"Oh sure, there's just one."
"Carly, you're hot." Freddie rolled his eyes and wondered if anyone thought Sam was. Then again, he didn't want anyone else calling her hot. Even if it was true, it would most likely cause him to flare up with jealousy. "It's true." That was actually the rest of the comment, but Carly thought it was Freddie talking to her.
-NEW SCENE-
Monday came around and Freddie could hear Carly ranting with Sam as she stormed down the hall. He sighed and walked toward the door, glancing through the peephole, it was there he saw Sam go into Carly's door. The girls seemed upset, so he thought he'd go ahead and try to make them feel better in any way he could. If only Carly wasn't there, he could make Sam feel perfect, but that would have to wait until later. He exited the apartment and knocked on Carly's door, hearing her shout about someone being what was wrong with the world.
"Who's what's wrong with the world?" Freddie asked while looking at Carly. He glanced over and spotted Sam cutting up some ham, he smirked and started to make his way toward the ravishing beauty.
"Mrs. Briggs is!" Carly shouted out.
"Oh, yeah I'll agree with that." Sam looked at him and gave him a tiny smile as she continued cutting up the ham. Freddie watched her as Carly went on to rant about Mrs. Briggs and how the teacher wouldn't let any of the kids audition. Sam's eyes met Freddie's gaze as he smirked and quickly snuck a piece of ham away. He loved ham as much as she did.
"Why do they always put the bone in the middle of the ham?" Sam asked as she continued to cut it. Freddie couldn't help but to smile as he stood up straight. Then Carly suggested something that caught Sam's attention, and soon his. She was talking about how the kids liked the videos that were posted, and suggested giving them more of the videos.
"More?" Freddie asked while raising his eyebrow.
"Okay, what are we talking about?"
"A webshow," Carly said in an excited voice. "We'll do funny stunts where people can say and do what they want, and we'll put up a new video each week!" Sam froze slightly and soon went back to her ham, she couldn't imagine herself being put online for the world to see. Freddie slightly liked the idea, but he did have some trouble with it. After all, who knew what sick and vile creature would be watching and seeing Sam, and who knew what that sick and vile creature would do when watching the girls. But then, several people put their stuff online, and it was safe for them, so perhaps it could be safe for Sam and Carly.
"What's this going to be about?" Freddie asked as he raised his eyebrow. "As long as it doesn't put Sam in any danger, but I'll protect her if danger should come."
"Wouldn't it have to work?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, I mean you'd have to prepare for it of course."
"Then you can do the work and I'll just show up and be your amusing little sidekick." Freddie nodded and glanced to the side, that worked for him.
"Cool, and for the first show…kids with great talents."
"Oh nice, say yes to what Mrs. Briggs says no to. Very clever."
"Yeah, clever," Freddie said while glancing at the ham. He thought for a minute of shifting the attention away from Sam, if people didn't focus on her, then people wouldn't try to do anything and she would be a little safer from online dangers. "Why don't you call the show iCarly?" Carly and Sam both looked at him, wondering what he was thinking about. "You know, I for Internet and Carly for…you. The main person of the webshow?" Sam smiled and nodded her head, she was fond of the idea, since her name wouldn't be posted online. Though she did worry about Carly's name being there.
"I like it…"
"You know, you're going to need a tech producer. Someone who knows how to work the lights, equipment, audio…" Sam smiled at him and lifted her eyes upwards, she knew he wanted to be there. Not only that, she wanted him there anyway.
"Aw, Freddie wants to be our geek." Sam looked to Freddie and met his gaze, he narrowed his eyes and flashed a quick smirk, causing Sam to have to keep herself from fainting. The game was afoot.
"You've got a big mouth, lady!" Sam smirked and pointed toward him.
"Is that a new shirt? I don't like it." It was funny, because she was the one who requested him to wear it. Sam stuck a piece of ham in her mouth, awaiting Freddie's comeback.
"I don't have to take that!" Sam chuckled lightly and looked toward him.
"Oh yeah, you do."
"Okay, you know what Sam?" Freddie stepped forward and Sam lifted her hand, pressing her fingers together and releasing several times while imitating a talking noise. "Oh, that is so mature!" After a while, Freddie soon joined Sam in the noise, flashing his tongue several times. Carly sighed and rubbed her forehead, knowing full well that they would not cease.
-NEW SCENE-
Freddie and Sam both sat on the couch in their apartment, Emily was at work, but would be home soon. "So, this webshow is really happening," Sam said in a quiet voice. Freddie nodded and wrapped his arm around Sam's shoulders, pulling her close to him.
"Are you nervous?" Freddie asked.
"Not really, are you?"
"Scared." Sam raised her eyebrows and looked at Freddie, chuckling at the near impossibility of that statement.
"Oh, the great Freddie Benson is scared? Of what, may I ask?"
"You and Carly are putting yourselves online every week. Do you know the dangers that are out there? Who knows what kind of sick bastard is out there just looking for someone to…you know, hurt."
"Oh…yeah…to be honest, I'm a bit concerned about that as well. I think we'll be okay though, it's not like we're going to be hosting live guests that we don't know, right? Also, if we do, then we can always have Ms. Benson check up on them, I mean she is a police officer."
"Yeah, you girls will be fine. Besides, I'm not going to let anything happen to you, you're my angel don't ya know." Sam giggled and felt a blush rise to her cheeks. "So in the battle of tongues earlier, who do you think won?" Sam coughed and let out a small laugh.
"Do you realize how that sounded just now? Battle of the tongues, seriously Freddie."
"Oh, did it sound like I want to kiss you?"
"Well maybe…" Freddie smirked and gazed into Sam's eyes. "We were waiting to see if we were falling in love before our first kiss, though."
"Yeah, that's true. The first kiss must always be shared with the one you love. I know I want to share it with the one I am in love with."
"Same here, and…" Freddie lifted his hand and cupped Sam's cheek with it. Sam let out a tiny gasp and placed her hand on top of his, she couldn't stop gazing into his strong and fierce eyes. Whenever his eyes met with hers, it felt as though he was gazing deep into her soul. He knew everything about her and she knew everything about him. If there was anything they could hide from one another, it wasn't much. They probably couldn't even hide the fact that they were actually stricken by the other. "Freddie, do you…"
"Love you?" Sam's mouth hung open as Freddie continued to gaze deeply into her eyes. "More than anything, I love you." Sam took a sharp breath as she soon found herself growing closer to Freddie. Her lips remained parted and her heart began to beat at a rapid pace. This was it, this was the chance that their first kiss would happen. His lips continued to grow closer, nothing could break the moment. Just as their lips were about to meet, a rapid knocking was heard at the door. Sam stopped and Freddie looked at her with concern. "Let's ignore it."
"Freddie!" It was Carly's voice. "Freddie, I have to talk to you about something. It's about the show!" Freddie groaned and Sam gripped the back cushion of the couch, resting her head on it. "Freddie? Are you there? I'm coming in."
"Crap…"
"I'll be in my room," Sam said while slowly getting up and leaving to her bedroom. Freddie gave her an apologetic look and smiled softly.
"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll think of a way to make up for it." Sam gave him a soft smile and shrugged as she continued toward her room.
"Eh, I wouldn't worry too much. Just being with you is enough. Let me know what Carly wants." Freddie nodded and walked toward the door, silently cursing the fact that the moment was broken. Now he would have to think of a way to make up for it, and Carly had better needed something important. When he saw her, she had two wardrobe outfits on.
"Which should I wear for the first show?" Carly asked in a quick voice. "I mean, Sam's nowhere around, so I can't ask her, and you were the closest person I thought of." Freddie's eye twitched slightly as he lifted his hand and pointed to one of the outfits. "Oh, thank you. I really wasn't sure which to go with, and-" Freddie closed the door and pressed his back against it, sinking to the floor as he placed his hands to his head and groaned.
"Damn, that's all she wanted to ask?" Freddie sighed and shook his head, he would have to build the moment up at a later time. The first kiss would happen when it was the right time.
I hope you liked the chapter. Yes, there will be six chapters for the first episode, but that's it. After this, chapters detailing episodes will pretty much mention them or last about two, but there are chapters in between. I feel really bad for both Sam and Freddie right at the end there, and to think that Carly only wanted advice on wardrobe.