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 40 (Trip to Nebraska)
"This is it!" Sam said in a quick and cheerful voice. The day came when Freddie would make good on the anniversary trip to the camping resort. Freddie was leaving at two in the afternoon. She couldn't leave at the same time as he did, so she was leaving a few hours later. Colonel Morgan had a private jet ready for both of them. Carly had also been told that Sam would be visiting relatives while Freddie went to a week long class on why hacking was wrong.
Sam bounded out of the bedroom and into the living room where Sasha and Lisa were. The two women were going to help her pack all her things that she needed. Of course, she was extremely nervous, she had never been on a plane ride in her life. If it wasn't for Tyrone, she would be flying with Freddie. Sadly, she would have to wait until she was in Nebraska to see him. "I'm happy and scared at the same time, I wish Freddie was able to go with me." Sasha nodded and Lisa smiled at Sam, it was understandable.
"I know, but at least you'll see him soon," Lisa said as she gave Sam a hug. There were so many fears, including if one plane crashed and the other didn't. Of course, in the end of the day, she was going to be extremely happy to see Freddie. Lisa would be the adult going with them, so she'd be leaving with Sam. Freddie would be riding in the private plane on his own, even though everyone was sure he wouldn't be truly alone. Tyrone was still spying on them, and they hated it. Nobody liked Tyrone, why would they?
"Colonel Morgan said Tyrone wouldn't be able to be there, so I'm glad. Yet, I still think Tyrone may manage to sneak by the military and somehow follow us, so I'm hoping that's not the case." Lisa nodded and Sasha started checking Sam's clothing for any blemishes that needed to be removed. "I think I look fine, don't you?" Sasha shrugged and started brushing some of the makeup that Sam was wearing. Sam didn't put on a lot of makeup, but just enough to look prettier than she usually did, even if Freddie said she was already attractive without the makeup on, no matter how she looked.
"We want to make sure you look perfect for Freddie," Sasha said with a smile. "Yet, you look perfect already." Sam blushed lightly and smiled.
"Yeah, we've just spent the entire day trying to put on makeup and all, so I think I look good enough for Freddie, don't you?" Sam walked toward a mirror in the living room and stared at herself. "Maybe I could use a bit more." She moved her eyes up and down and frowned. "My hair could use a little extra brushing and perhaps some more curling. Do my eyes look nice?" Sasha and Lisa glanced at each other and then laughed. Sam turned around and raised her eyebrow. "What?" The women shrugged and smiled.
"You look perfect," Sasha said while giving Sam a hug. "Anyway, I think we're done fixing you up, let's talk for a bit." A knock was heard on the door and Lisa went to answer it. Valerie stepped in and grinned.
"I just had to come say goodbye," Valerie said while rushing over to Sam and giving her a huge hug. Sam grunted as Valerie squeezed on her.
"Valerie, you're crushing me. I'm coming back at the end of the week, you know." Valerie chuckled and stepped back to look at her friend.
"Girl, you look beautiful. Jonah and I are going to miss you." Sam nodded and gave her friend a subtle smile, she would miss them also.
"I'm going to miss you too. We'll be sure to send you postcards and stuff…though not through the mail since it could be intercepted by Tyrone."
"I hate him." Valerie narrowed her eyes and her voice tone stiffened. Sam laughed and gave a nod. The other women bared their teeth as well.
"Yeah, he's annoying, but there's really nothing we can do about it."
"True…so tell me, what happened with the whole hacking thing?"
"Carly couldn't take it anymore and so she told Spencer. I was actually about to break on my own, but I didn't. Freddie didn't want me to get into any trouble, so he went to tell Principal Franklin that he changed the grades, then Carly went in…Of course, I didn't know they did that and I went in to tell him that I did it. He believed me and let us off with a warning and whatnot." Valerie gave a soft sigh of relief, she'd hate for Sam to get in trouble.
"Well, I'm glad you didn't get into a huge amount of trouble." Sam nodded and glanced over at the clock, it was only four more hours until she was going to be able to leave. With each passing minute, she grew more anxious and nervous about the ride and the wait. Freddie would be waiting for her at the airport, so she knew she wouldn't miss him. Yet, the wait was going to feel like forever.
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Freddie stepped out of a car and looked toward the airport, it wasn't long now. His friend Jonah stepped next to him and placed his hand on his shoulder. Jonah would have liked to go to Nebraska with Freddie and Sam, Valerie wanted to go also, but this was supposed to be their time. Sam and Freddie actually offered for them to come, they knew their friends actually wanted to go. Their parents even offered to let them go. All they had to do was say they wanted to go, and they would be going to Nebraska with their friends.
It literally was a vacation of a lifetime for them, and they were being offered to go. On the ride to the airport, Freddie constantly reminded Jonah that he and Valerie were free to go and would not be in the way. They expected to have plenty of fun at the camping resort. Pitching a tent would be needed, and then they would have the sleeping bags as well, unless Sam and Freddie chose to cuddle together.
"This is it," Freddie said with a slight smile. Jonah nodded and glanced over, the military was everywhere. No doubt they didn't know why they were guarding Freddie and Sam till they made their way onto the plane, but they didn't need to know. All they needed to know was they needed to keep Tyrone away. "You know, all you have to do is tell your dad you want to go, and you can come with us. You and Valerie both know that." Freddie looked to his friend and Jonah shrugged. "Seriously, you might not get this opportunity again, and Sam really wants her friend to come and have fun also. She says it'd be fun, but as a group, it'd be even greater."
"Well, you know that as much as I would like to, I don't want to get in the way," Jonah responded. He probably would go if Valerie said she wanted to go, and she hadn't said she wanted to go with them. "Not only that, but it is your anniversary. Well, the first year anniversary of you two being together, so I don't think it would be right that we're there to keep you from enjoying it." Freddie smiled and rolled his eyes, he was glad that his friend was that concerned, but he and Sam had both discussed how it wouldn't be a problem. They thought it'd be great if they came along.
"Well Jonah, it is your choice. I'm not going to force you to go along with us or anything, but I do think it'd be a good treat for you to take your girlfriend along." Jonah nodded and tapped his chin lightly. "Sam and I will definitely miss you guys. I'm sure you're missing out on something." Jonah smiled and patted Freddie on the back.
"Thanks again for the offer, but I'll have to respectfully d-" Jonah's phone started ringing, so he checked it. Valerie was calling him. He answered it and grinned. "What's up, Valerie, aren't you with Sam? You are, yeah…She did?" Jonah raised his eyebrow and Freddie glanced over. "Oh, you're serious? Are you absolutely sure? You will? You are…okay, just nothing weird looking." Freddie's eyebrows rose and he glanced over at the airport. "Okay sure, sure, I'll tell him." Jonah hung up the phone and smirked as he looked to Freddie. "Well, Valerie said that Sam managed to convince Valerie how fun it be to go with you guys, so she wants to go."
"Oh, well that's great! Trust me, you guys will have a great time. I'm sure we all will. Just tell your dad that you and Valerie will be going and let's get moving, I'm not sure how long the pilot will wait." Jonah chuckled and nodded as he moved to the car. He started talking to his dad and told him that Valerie said she was going to drop by and pack his things. Freddie started walking toward the airport and smirked. "Hey Jonah, hurry up or I'm leaving without you! The sooner we go, the sooner we see the girls."
"Hey!" Jonah quickly parted with his father and ran to catch up with Freddie. Freddie glanced over as Jonah stared ahead. "Valerie's going to pack my clothes with Mom, so I'm a little afraid of what I'm going to end up wearing for the week." Freddie laughed and Jonah gave a small sigh. "That isn't funny, she thinks I look cute in my lesser good looking clothes. I don't look cute, I don't do cute." Freddie shook his head and sighed.
"Well, it's what the girls want, right?" Jonah nodded his head and looked forward as he and Freddie entered the airport. They were clear to walk directly toward the airplane, so they did. After all, it was a private jet, they didn't need much. Once they made it to the jet, they found the pilot standing erect and giving them a subtle nod. "Just think, in a few hours, we'll be seeing the girls. This is going to be perfect, we'll just set everything up and get prepared."
"When the girls get there, do you think we should offer them some smores and campfire stories?" Freddie nodded his head in return and stepped onto the stairs leading into the plane. Jonah and the pilot followed quickly after. They made their way to their seats and watched as the pilot moved towards the cockpit. "Hopefully the girls will have fun this week." Freddie nodded and Jonah leaned back in his chair.
"If the girls aren't happy, then we're not happy." Freddie stood up and put all of his luggage into the luggage department, then sat back down. The plane took off and Jonah glanced out the window, he enjoyed seeing the airport becoming smaller. Within minutes, they were thousands of miles off the ground. Jonah found a magazine in the back of one of the seats, so he began reading it. Freddie thought he heard someone sneeze from another area of the plane, so he quickly stood up. "Hold on, Jonah. I thought I heard something."
"Yeah, I heard it too…I think it might have been nothing important. We're on this plane for a while, we might as well sit back and relax. You know what I want to do most? I would love diving to the bottom of a lake, but that could be dangerous..." Freddie nodded and closed his eyes, he was pretty tired from all the excitement. Soon, the rumble of the plane lulled him to sleep. It would take about three hours to get to Nebraska, the state was also two hours ahead of the current time. This meant the current time on their watches would be two in the afternoon, in Nebraska it was currently 4 PM on May 9th. They would arrive in Nebraska when their watches said it was five in the afternoon, making it exactly seven in the evening.
"We're arriving when it's my anniversary with Sam," Freddie said while opening his eyes. "We'll have to set everything up for them, we want nothing going wrong." Jonah nodded and Freddie looked around. "How long have I been asleep for?"
"Two out of three hours…"
"Okay, just make sure to get all the rest you need now, because we want to be fully prepared to greet the girls when they arrive."
"Yeah, nothing should go wrong, because we don't want to upset our beloved women." Freddie chuckled lightly and gave a brief nod of agreement.
"True. You'll be lucky that Colonel Morgan is going to pay for-" Another sound was heard, but this time it was like a loud snoring sound. "I'll be right back, Jonah." Freddie slowly stood up and walked into another section of the plane, he crossed his arms and sighed when he saw Tyrone sleeping in one of the seats. He smirked and leaned close to Tyrone's ear. "Hey old man, wake up!" Tyrone shouted and jumped out of his seat. He stared at Freddie and blinked. "Guess what, we're going sky diving!"
"Where are you going on your trip to, Benson?" Tyrone asked as he recovered. Freddie rolled his eyes and sighed, he figured Tyrone might be wondering about that. At least he didn't know. "Well, where are you meeting your wife at?"
"Actually, that's the funny thing, we're stopping here." Tyrone raised his eyebrow and Freddie quickly grabbed onto a parachute from under the seat. "We're sky diving. After that, I intend to meet my bride in South Africa!"
"Okay…" Freddie took another parachute and put it on Tyrone.
"Come with me, Gramps." Freddie led Tyrone to the door of the plane and opened it. "Just remember, pull the strap."
"Huh?" Freddie quickly shoved Tyrone out the door, he smirked as he heard the man shout. "I'll get you for this, Benson! You and your little bride too!" Freddie placed his hands to his mouth and shouted.
"Pull the parachute cord! If you lose it, you can have this one!" Freddie took off his parachute and tossed it out of the plane. He watched as Tyrone's parachute opened up. "Freak…" He closed the door and turned around to see Jonah.
"Was that just Tyrone that you sent out?" Jonah asked as he raised his eyebrow.
"Yes. Once he lands, he'll probably search for me in Africa, but we'll be partying with the girls at our camping resort." Jonah laughed lightly and nodded as he and Freddie went back to their seats. At least they wouldn't have to worry about Tyrone.
Yes, you just have to love Freddie pushing Tyrone out of the plane. At first I wanted this to be a trip to Japan, but I went against that idea when I realized that an episode of iCarly was coming on that had the trio going to Japan. Hope you liked this chapter.