The Greatest Secret

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly, and I also don't own the song in this chapter.

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 18 (His Song)

"Okay, so you want me to do what?" Jake asked as he and Freddie ate their breakfast in the school cafeteria. Freddie was asking him to role play as the cool guy while Freddie pretended to be insanely jealous and thinking that he would steal his girl. "Dude, you're saying Carly might have a crush on me? You don't need to pretend to be jealous, I would think that'd be a given."

"Yeah, well maybe you're right," Freddie responded as he picked up his sandwich. "I would be jealous, so what." Jake raised his eyebrow and stared at his friend with confusion. Freddie bit into the sandwich and slowly chewed it. He swallowed and set the food back on the tray. "It's Carly, she's got a slight crush on you, and I'm jealous. Though I thought I'd let you know that I'll be doing a bit of role playing. Whatever Carly does with you, I'm going to act differently to you than I normally do."

"Ah, I get it." Jake crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair, wondering if Freddie really would be jealous. "I guess I kind of like Carly, but I just broke up with my girlfriend a week ago. Actually, I haven't gone public with that information yet…I'm not so sure I want to." Freddie smirked and leaned forward, staring at Jake with determined and fierce eyes. Anyone that knew him could easily say that Freddie had power behind his glare, but they weren't sure why or how it was even possible.

"I would like for Carly to at date at least one person before she dates me, why do you think I always say I'll be her second husband?" Okay, so he never said that, nor did he ever believe it. After all, how could he marry her when he was going to marry the love of his life? "I have been informed by a reliable source that Carly in fact has a little schoolgirl crush on you. However, I do know that she won't act on it because she believes you are taken by Stephanie. I am well aware of the chances that you have of getting back with your girlfriend, so I am in no way saying you have to date Carly if you don't want to."

"Well…"

"It is your choice, Jake." Freddie smirked and leaned back in his chair. Jake raised his eyebrow and watched as Freddie took a sip of his drink. "You don't have to do anything with Carly if you so choose. Yet, I'd give it a thought." Jake chuckled lightly and slowly stood up, Freddie did the same. He started to place fake food in his brown lunch bag, knowing Sam played a prank by giving him a locker between two wrestlers. He knew something was bound to happen.

"Okay, you can broadcast it or something, Freddie. Though you should know, a lot of girls are going to come after me…"

"Yeah, I know." A lot of girls actually liked him as well, but he wasn't about to let any of them have him. The two friends exited the cafeteria and Freddie immediately walked over to a crowd of chattering girls. Overly peppy and constantly chatty females usually got on his nerves, so he wanted to get this interaction done as quickly as possible. "Hey." No response, so he chose to raise his voice. "Hey!"

With that, the girls looked at him and gasped. "Freddie!" They screamed.

"Oh god…" Freddie closed his eyes and felt the girls start grabbing at him. "Where is Sam when you need her?" He growled and quickly shook the girls off. "Damn, I'm not s-" Freddie stopped himself and chuckled nervously, he was about to say that he wasn't single. "Anyway, I just thought I'd inform you lovely ladies that Jake Krandle has broken up with Stephanie Jeffers last night." The girls gasped and Freddie quickly covered his ears. As he did, the girls all screamed and ran down the halls, informing other girls about this.

"Man, if this is the reaction these girls have when a hot guy stops dating…" Freddie slowly shook his head and walked toward his new locker, he would have to replace it eventually. He looked over and saw Sam walk through the front doors, he let out a sigh and felt himself falling into a daze. He quickly snapped out of it and moved to his locker, he didn't need anyone seeing him fall into a daze over Sam Puckett, even though she was the most beautiful girl in the world.

He opened his locker and reached into it, humming the tune of Charlie Rich's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the world?" Freddie smiled and another song came to his mind, and soon he was humming the tune of Buck Ram's "Magic Touch." His silence was disturbed by two wrestlers, one of which was duke. He sighed and tried to escape, but soon fell victim to their crossfire. "Yep, here we go again." He could have pushed them off of him, but he didn't want Carly to see him portray any strength or 'coolness' that he had. Though, it was embarrassing because Sam was right there.

"Hey! Knock it off!" Freddie exclaimed. "Come on, this violates so many rules!" Sam watched with wide eyes. She knew he wasn't really getting hurt, because if he was, he would have swallowed his pride and pushed the guys off of him. Carly thought he was in trouble. Just when she was about to step in and help Freddie, Carly quickly walked over and told the wrestlers that there was free meat in the parking lot, even though there really wasn't any. Sam stiffened and slowly walked away, refusing to let her timing bother her.

"Here, let me help you up," Carly said as she took Freddie's hand. Sam looked over from a distance and saw Carly starting to pull him up when a girl walked over to Carly and informed her that Jake and Stephanie had broken up. "What? Really!" She then released Freddie and sent him crashing back into the ground, Sam's eyes were wide and she started to rush toward him, only to get caught up in the mass of girls. "Is it true? Is Jake Krandle really single?"

"Yes," the girl said while talking to the group. "Jake Krandle and Stephanie Jeffers broke up last night." Sam raised her eyebrow at that, Freddie must have gotten stressed or something and said the wrong thing, Jake and Stephanie broke up almost two weeks ago. The girls started to scream loudly and Sam winced in pain, so she quickly walked to the center of the girls.

"Wait," Sam said in a quick voice, silencing the girls. She loved how she had some control over groups of girls, it made it easy for if girls ever started to swarm Freddie. "So we're all going to lose our minds because one of us has a chance to date Jake Krandle?" The girls all screamed again and Sam quickly placed her hand to her ear. Carly sighed and patted her back while moving her from the crowd.

"Does that answer your question?" Carly asked as she smiled toward her friend.

"Yeah, and it shattered my eardrums too!" Sam winced again and looked over at the lockers to see Freddie leaning against one, smirking. "Oh don't take that pose, Freddie! Don't flash that smirk at me. I'd rather not turn to jelly right now." Sam blushed at his smirk and he triumphantly walked away. Carly raised her eyebrow and stared at Sam in confusion.

"Why are you blushing?" Sam quickly shook her head and sighed, she knew it was his response to her prank of moving his locker. He knew he had that effect on her, and Carly was right there, so vengeance was his. "Did you see a hot guy or something?"

"Yeah, something like that…" What she saw was more what she would term a hot dork. "Come on, let's go see if we can find Jake anywhere." Carly nodded and the girls started walking. Suddenly, Carly stopped and her eyes grew wide. "What's wrong?"

"Wait, I have a crush on Freddie…what am I doing?" Sam rolled her eyes, but only because she was annoyed. She was trying to help her friend because she knew that if Carly continued on like this, she was only going to be hurt in the end.

"It doesn't mean you're giving up on him, it just means your sampling other guys to see what you like in a guy. Once you find that out, then you'll find out if Freddie is even your type at all. Does that make any sense?"

"Yeah, that does." Sam sighed and continued walking.

"Good. I hope you find the guy you're looking for. I just wish I could tell you that Freddie isn't in that sea of fish."

"Hey, there's someone singing in the choir room!" Sam raised her eyebrow and followed Carly as she hurried toward the doors of the choir. There seemed to be a small group of students surrounding Freddie.

"I'm going to devote this one to the most beautiful girl in the world," Freddie said while smirking lightly. Sam inhaled and smiled, that meant he was going to sing to her. Carly sighed and rolled her eyes, thinking he was talking about her.

"Great, why this?" Carly asked while she crossed her arms and looked away, not really paying attention.

"We had a little argument last night…" Freddie looked to Sam and smirked, she felt herself blush when he looked at her. They did have an argument, but they worked it out in the end. It wasn't a major fight, not like the one they had over Carly some time ago. "So here's this one, done by Charlie Rich. I hope you enjoy this."

"Oh, I'll enjoy it," Sam thought while placing her hand on the door. They hadn't entered yet, but they could at least hear Freddie through the windows. She pressed herself closer, hoping to hear him better.

"Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world? And if you did, was she crying? Crying? Hey, if you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me, tell her I'm sorry. Tell her I need my baby! Ooh, won't you tell her, that I love her?" Sam shifted her eyes over to Carly, Carly was leaning against the wall and staring off, not trying to pay a lot of attention. Though she could tell Freddie had a great voice. Sam loved that voice, he serenaded her often.

"You crazy dork…"

"I woke up this morning, realized what I had done…I stood alone in the cold grey dawn, knew I lost my morning sun. I lost my head and I said some things. Now comes the heartache that the morning brings. I know I'm wrong, I couldn't see. I let my world slip away."

"We made up, why are you singing this?" Sam felt a tear falling down her face and quickly wiped it away, making sure Carly couldn't see it. Carly wasn't really watching though, she had her eyes closed and was tilting her head back against the wall. "Freddie, if she wasn't here, I would be rushing in there to kiss you right now. Well, then again, your friends are there too."

"Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world? And if you did, was she crying? Crying? Hey, if you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me, tell her I'm sorry. Tell her I need my baby! Ooh, won't you tell her, that I love her? If you happen to see the most beautiful girl that walked out on me, tell her I'm sorry. Tell her I need my baby." The song ended and the students surrounding Freddie applauded, Sam wiped away her tears and glanced over at Carly. Carly sighed and looked over at Sam, she never even realized Sam had been crying.

"He actually has a great voice," Carly said while smiling. "I wouldn't mind him serenading me, but not like this." Carly didn't catch the eye roll that Sam did, but that was fine.

"Freddie Benson, you're the biggest Dork ever," Sam thought as she looked through the window and smiled at him. He caught her smile and smiled back. She then felt Carly grip the back of her shirt.

"Come on, let's go find Jake. I don't know if I could stand Freddie singing another song…I mean he has a pretty nice voice."

"And his voice is all for me." Sam quickly lifted her hand to her lips and blew Freddie a kiss, he lifted his hand and closed it, signaling that he caught the kiss. "Carly, can you let go of me? I can walk on my own."

"Oh, sorry." Carly let go of Sam and the two headed up a nearby staircase. Carly stopped and set her backpack on the ground. "I'm a bit hungry…" Sam raised her eyebrow and watched as her friend reached in and pulled out a brown sack, she then reached into that and pulled an apple out. "Did you want anything?"

"No I'm good." Sam was still breathless from hearing Freddie's breathtaking song, but she wasn't about to reveal that. They heard Jake's voice from down stairs and looked toward him, seeing him talk to a few friends. She didn't really care for this, she wanted to go back to Freddie and see if he was going to sing another song.

Carly immediately started talking and Sam smiled at her, listening to her. "Okay, so it's not like I'm going to get all crazy of a hot guy like Jake Krandle!"

"But…"

"Ooh, he's so hot that I just want to bake cookies off of him!" Sam chuckled and nodded her head. In her mind, she visualized Freddie and baking cookies off of him.

"Mmm…I'd eat those cookies." Sam blinked and shook her head, trying to get back on topic with Carly. "If you like him so much, why don't you say hi to him?"

"What!" Carly's mouth fell and she shook her head. "You can't just say hi to a guy like him! I mean, what if he says hi back, then what do I say." Sam sighed and rolled her eyes, that had to be the lamest excuse ever. After all, she said hi to Freddie when he first spoke to her, but then again, they were six then. Sam still wanted to head back to where Freddie was, and she knew an alternate route to go than the way they had just left.

"You say…I'm sorry I hit you in the head with an apple." Sam quickly took Carly's apple and tossed it onto Jake's head, shocking her friend. Jake held the apple and looked up to Carly and Sam while rubbing his head. Sam then took the advantage to run toward Freddie. "Carly did it!" Carly gasped and grabbed a hold of her as she tried to run, but Sam's determination to reach Freddie prevailed and she escaped her friend's grasp and ran down the hall.

"Sam!" Sam hurried down the hall and laughed when she should have been looking. She immediately ran into someone and knocked him over.

"Sam, why are you running through the halls?" Freddie asked as he stood up. Sam gasped lightly and gave a nervous laugh as she looked up to Freddie, blushing under his gaze. Freddie took Sam's hand and pulled her up to her feet. "You have the dangerous tendency to plow into people if you run through the halls and not look, I do hope you know that." Freddie smirked deviously and Sam merely rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, whatever. Hey, is there anyone around?" Sam looked behind Freddie and he looked behind her, nobody was within eye or earshot. She sighed and looked to Freddie, smiling at him. "Hey, I heard your song."

"Yeah, I thought that was you standing outside those doors. I would have sung another one, but I think you got pulled away before I could."

"Yeah, but that's fine." Sam lifted her hand and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "I just wanted to say, you have a great voice, and I love you." Freddie smiled and gave Sam a tight hug.

"I love you too." He kissed Sam's lips with passion and Sam felt pleasure shoot through her body once more. He parted lips with her and she gave a soft and contented sigh. "I don't think anyone can consider that PDA, since no one's here."

"Screw the rules."

"True." Sam smirked and quickly wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him back with passion. They broke apart once more and looked around, nobody was anywhere near. "I'd say that's the hottest kiss in school I've ever had." Sam chuckled and placed her index finger on Freddie's chest, staring into his eyes.

"Yeah, well it better be the only kiss in school you've had so far. I recommend it being only by me as well." Freddie laughed and nodded his head, he would never let the kiss be from someone else. "By the way, Carly's talking to Jake, let's go see what's going on!"

"Sure, why not." Freddie followed Sam toward the stairs and he leaned against the wall while Sam peered out. "Tell me what's going on."

"I think they're talking about the possibility of Jake seeing the studio. They do seem to be hitting it off. Oh, they're saying their goodbyes, I'm going to talk to her!"

"Go right ahead, and I'll see you later, my golden angel." Sam blushed and closed her eyes as Freddie walked off. She shook off the blush and ran down to meet Carly.

"What did he say? Tell me everything!"

"He said we should hang out sometime!" Carly cried out with excitement. With that, both girls began to scream. Their scream silenced when a teacher walked out of two doors. "Actually I think teachers should give us more homework."

"Right, more homework and more discipline!" Sam smiled sheepishly and looked over at the teacher, he was eyeing her suspiciously, as if he knew something. Sam hoped he hadn't seen her kissing Freddie, because just about everyone knew who his mom was, and that teacher could get them into a lot of trouble. The teacher walked into a classroom and both girls continued to scream out with excitement. Sam had her own reasons to be excited, this was a possible new relationship for Carly. That meant if she went out with Jake, maybe she wouldn't crush on Freddie.

I hope you liked that chapter, I enjoyed writing it. Let me know your thoughts and prepare for the next chapter.