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.
A/N: Don't own the song in this chapter, but I do own the band name.
Chapter 44 (The Fan Arrives)
The next day, Carly and Sam were going through a list of iCarly ideas. Sam had to show Carly some pictures of her trip the prior week, so she took pictures of her relatives from her mom's dusty old album and then had Freddie put the image of a zit on her face, so Carly would think Sam had a pimple the prior week. It was just for show. They even put the pictures of Freddie's computer camp and Sam's relative visits onto the iCarly site, so the viewers could see how they fared the prior week.
Carly flipped through some note cards and read off one of the ideas. "Carly lets Sam cut her hair?" Carly asked while raising her eyebrow. She gave Sam a questionable look and Sam smiled innocently. It was an innocent idea, until Sam thought about how funny it might be if she cut Carly's hair about chin length. Carly chuckled lightly and shook her head slowly. "There is no way I'm letting you near me with a pair of scissors." Sam shrugged and flipped through the cards once more. She heard a noise and looked toward the door as Freddie entered.
"Hey guys, what are you doing?" Freddie asked while taking a sip of the drink in his hand. Carly looked over and smiled sweetly at him. Sam felt guilty at that moment because she wanted to slap Carly for smiling at Freddie in such a manner. Of course, people would tell her she needent feel guilty because of that, it was completely normal. She was just a better person for not getting overly angry and slapping Carly.
"We're looking through iCarly ideas." Sam shrugged and slowly flipped through the cards again. She didn't really know what to say at that moment, so she let Carly do the talking. If anything, she wasn't going to have a lot of fun when Freddie left, because she feared Carly was probably going to be talking a lot about him and how he was doing. "Did you ever get that program set up for the twister vision thing?"
"Yeah I think so, let me check." Freddie moved to the laptop and started typing, making sure the program was fully set up. It seemed to be working well. "We got it up."
"Okay then, we'll do twister vision!" Sam said with a quick voice.
"Cool…" Freddie looked at the computer once more and saw a comment from one of the viewers. The person was suggesting a live audience. "Hey, listen to this comment we got."
"If it's about that zit I had last week, I don't want to hear it."
"It's not, now listen." Freddie cleared his throat and began to read the message. "My name is Mandy, and I think your webshow is the most awesome show on the internet. I live in Seattle and I was wondering if you guys have ever thought about having a live audience, because I'd love to see the show in person! Please write back, love and hugs, Mandy."
"That sounds pretty cool," Carly said quietly.
"Yeah, and then she typed the smiley face that goes like this." Freddie made a cheesy grin and Carly giggled, causing him to frown and Sam to narrow her eyes.
"Don't giggle at my boyfriend," Sam thought while frowning and slowly standing up. "We don't have room for an audience." Carly pointed to the car seat and walked over.
"Well we have this car seat that Spencer gave us."
"I don't see why not." It seemed like a good idea, they had never had a live audience before. Carly bent over and picked up a card, raising her eyebrow.
"Carly and Sam roll Freddie in breadcrumbs and bake him at three sixty?" Freddie raised his eyebrow and looked at Sam.
"Well just until he's golden brown!" Freddie walked over to his laptop and shook his head, chuckling lightly. He thought it was cute how Sam came up with crazy ideas like that.
-NEW SCENE-
They had responded to Mandy and asked her to come, so on the day of iCarly, she was there. She seemed pretty crazy for the show. After a little bit of time of talking, they introduced Mandy.
"So, we thought we'd introduce our first live guest, Mandy Valdez," Carly said while turning around. Mandy smiled and walked into the room, holding a tray in her hands. She walked up to the lens and smiled at the camera while waving.
"Hi!" Mandy said in an excited voice. "Hi, I'm on iCarly." She turned and walked to Carly and Sam. "I made some cookies for you guys!" The girls made an 'aw' sound and took the cookies, surprised to see that Mandy had even made the cookies in their likeness.
"She put our faces on the cookies!" Sam said in an excited voice. "Freddie, zoom in on these!" Freddie did so and the girls started playing around with the cookies. Mandy laughed and the zoom went back onto the girls.
"You made my cookies talk! That's so funny." Mandy hugged Carly, causing her to chuckle nervously. "Oh! I also made a Freddie cookie!" Mandy took out the cookie she made for Freddie and moved up to the lens. "Here's your cookie, Freddie." Her voice was sweet, as though she too had a crush on him. Sam's mouth fell slightly and she quickly shook her head.
"Uh, you're a little close to the lens," Freddie said while holding the camera and backing away slightly.
"Oh, sorry…" Mandy moved back and the girls started talking some more. Eventually Mandy sat on the car seat sculpture that Spencer had made, the girls were kind of awkward with Mandy around. They figured it would be good when Mandy was out of there, so they wouldn't have to deal with her again. At the end of the show, they left the studio and Mandy followed quickly behind them. "Wow, so this is the first floor of your apartment, where you eat and socialize?"
"Yeah, that it is," Carly said while giving a slight chuckle.
"That's so cool!" She looked over and saw some drums in the middle of the room, she raised her eyebrow and stared at them. "So what's up with the drums?"
"I'm not sure, I don't know why they're there."
"Oh, a mystery…" Carly inhaled and nodded as she glanced to the side. Spencer stepped out of the room and asked about his bottle of lotion.
"Spencer!" Spencer yelped and threw his hands up as Mandy hugged him.
"Awesome!" He chuckled nervously and looked down at her then at the others, wondering who she was. "I haven't seen you since…the past."
"That's Mandy," Freddie said while giving a small sigh.
"She watches our show a lot, so we had her on as a guest," Carly stated as she crossed her arms. "You don't know her."
"Oh, I see." Spencer grunted as he slowly pushed Mandy off, she quickly reattached herself to him and he pushed her off again. "Okay." He was a bit freaked out, but that didn't matter too much. He walked over to the drums and Carly pointed at them.
"What's up with the drums?"
"Yeah, we were curious," Mandy said in an awed tone of voice.
"Well there was a flyer outside for a band that needed a drummer," Spencer said while giving a brief nod. Freddie raised his eyebrow and wondered if that band was the particular band that he was going to compete against. After all, he was starting a band with Jonah and Jake. The girls hadn't heard them just yet, but they were going to hear them pretty soon.
"Awesome!" Spencer jumped slightly and started to walk away. Carly, Sam and Freddie made their way to the door and Mandy looked at them with excitement. "So what are you guys going to do now?"
"Oh, we were just going to grab some smoothies," Carly said with a smile.
"Awesome, let's do it! I've got money!"
"You want to come with us?" Mandy nodded excitedly and Sam pushed Freddie to her.
"Freddie, talk to Mandy!" Sam said in a quick voice. He groaned inwardly and sighed as he waved at the fan.
"I like your camera work," Mandy said in an awed voice. "Sweet zooms…" Sam raised her eyebrow and ignored the comment.
"Thanks, I try my best to zoom well," Freddie answered nervously. It was clear, he really didn't like Mandy. Of course, she freaked him out. The way she stared at him with the buggy eyes through her little glasses, and the way her grin resembled the cat in Alice in Wonderland, it was all just creepy to him. After some time, Carly and Sam told Mandy to come along and go to the smoothie shop. It would be there that they'd meet up with Valerie and Jonah, then it would be there that Freddie and his band would play a few songs.
-NEW SCENE-
Freddie walked around the back of the smoothie shop, his hands in his pockets and a smile on his face. Jonah and Jake were waiting for him, smirks on their faces as well. "This is going to be our first gig, guys," Freddie said as he patted his friends on the shoulders. "What do you say we go in there and knock em dead?" Jonah grinned and nodded as Jake pointed his thumb up. They had practiced for a few months and finally they were going to play. They would also compete with a band at one point of time and try to get tickets to Seattle Beat.
"Hey man, if we get onto Seattle Beat, it's going to be great," Jake said as he hit Freddie's fist with his. "I mean, we'd have to be pretty good to get on there, of course."
"Jake, my man, are you saying we're not good enough?" Jonah asked while giving a slight laugh. "Come on man, they set the stage up in the smoothie shop and all our instruments are there, let's just play! After all, I want to see my girlfriend get all excited when we're up there."
"Yeah, and one day we will get onto Seattle Beat," Freddie stated. "The only thing we have to do is beat that weird band…either way, they're looking for a drummer, I saw their flyer in the lobby of the plaza. As long as they don't have a drummer, we're good."
"All right, then let's get in there and rock out!" Jake said as the group entered the back of the building. Sam and Carly had actually wondered where Freddie vanished to, but they were thinking that he was lucky not to have to deal with Mandy.
"Where did Freddie go?" Mandy asked while leaning against the counter.
"I don't know, and I don't care," Sam replied. Carly shrugged and sat at the counter. They ordered their food and glanced over to see a stage with a red curtain around it. "Hey, when has that stage been there?" Carly raised her eyebrow and shrugged, she had no clue.
"I guess they're trying something new," Carly answered as the server placed some smoothie cups in front of them.
"There is a new band and we've booked them here," The server said when he saw the girls eyeing the stage. "Speaking of the band, I think its time to introduce them…"
"A new band, and we got here in time to see them? Awesome!" The server stood straight up and smiled as he commanded the attention of the building. All the patrons looked at him and silenced.
"May I have your attention please! We have the honor of presenting to you, Seattle's newest band, please give your attention to the Raging Inferno!"
"Hey, do you think this is Freddie's band?" Valerie asked as she stepped next to Sam. She looked at Mandy and pointed. "Who is that?"
"Oh, she's our greatest fan," Sam said quietly. Mandy glared at Valerie and caused her to turn away nervously. "She probably doesn't like you all that much, and I wouldn't know why." The restaurant broke out into applause as the curtain opened. Freddie, Jake, and Jonah stood on the stage and smirked. Freddie lifted his hands up and shouted.
"Good evening Seattle!" Freddie called out. "I am Freddie Benson, the lead singer of this band. On the bass, we have Jake Krandle, and on the drums we have Jonah Brown!" Everyone applauded and Valerie whistled. Carly gave a whistle as well and Sam raised her eyebrow as she stared at her friend. "I have a few great songs lined up for you. First, I'll start off with a song that the guys and I have practiced, it is from one of the many bands that had inspired us. The song has been performed by George Thorogood & the Destroyers. The song is called Bad to the Bone." The audience cheered as the music started. Freddie lifted his hand in the air and beat his fist to the beat, signaling the start.
"Freddie didn't tell us he had a band," Carly said with wide eyes. Sam chuckled and shrugged her shoulders.
"I guess the dork is trying to become cool. I bet he fails miserably." Sam took a sip of her drink and Valerie smirked, she knew Sam was getting ready for some serious swooning.
"On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered around." Freddie hit his guitar and Jonah banged the drum, all seemed to be doing very well. It was impressive to Sam, that much could be said. "And they gazed in wide wonder, at the joy they had found! The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone. She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone!" Freddie smirked quickly and his eyes met with Sam's.
"Hey, he's pretty good," Carly said in a shocked tone of voice. Jake and Jonah sang into their microphones, their voices adding with Freddie's. It was clear that Jake practiced up on his voice, since he sounded almost as good as Freddie did.
Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
Freddie pointed out at the audience, nobody could be sure if he was pointing at Sam or Carly, but by eye contact, Sam knew he was pointing at her. "I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you. I'll break a thousand more, baby, before I am through. I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone! I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone!" Sam blushed and glanced to the side, Valerie was smirking at her.
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
Freddie stepped forward and glanced at a rich looking woman. She was rummaging through her purse and pulling out money, Freddie smirked in response. "I make a rich woman beg." Another woman, possibly sister, took the money from her. "I'll make a good woman steal!" Carly laughed at the sight and Freddie glanced at an older woman. "I'll make an old woman blush." He winked at her and a red tint hit her cheeks. An older man that was with the woman narrowed his eyes and Freddie quickly turned to the side. "And make a young woman squeal." Mandy jeered and then squealed at the sight, Freddie raised his eyebrow and his eyes met Sam's. "I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and yours alone. I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone!"
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
The intermission had the whole place screaming as Freddie and Jake strummed their guitars and Jonah continued to hit the drums. Freddie smirked and glanced to the left, then the right and continued. "And when I walk the streets, kings and queens step aside. Every woman I meet, they all stay satisfied." Freddie snuck a wink at Sam and she thanked the fact that the place dimmed the lights, no one could see her blush.
"Go Freddie!" Carly exclaimed. Sam stiffened slightly and Valerie gently placed a soothing hand on her shoulder. Freddie lifted his hand and pointed at Sam and Carly, really only pointing to Sam.
"I wanna tell ya pretty baby, ya see I make my own. And I'm here to tell ya honey, I'm bad to the bone!"
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
The song had eventually come to an end and the restaurant was filled with applause. Sam couldn't help but to join Carly and Valerie in the cheers and whistles, the song was perfect. Freddie held up his fist and shook it once in the air. "Thank you! Thank you so much, I'm glad to be here! Look forward to seeing us on Seattle Beat, live! We are going to take a five minute break, and then we'll be back up here jamming for you guys again."
"I didn't know they were aiming to get onto Seattle Beat," Sam said while tilting her head.
"Yeah, they just need to compete with this one other band," Valerie said while smiling and leaning back. Carly and Sam looked to her and raised their eyebrows. "The boys are pretty good, so I think they'll definitely get on. The only way is if something should go wrong and someone or something gets that other band booked with Seattle Beat. It shouldn't happen, though."
"Yeah…" It was actually the first time Carly noticed Valerie standing near them, she wondered why Valerie was. Although, she knew Sam had started to become slightly better friends with her, so she said nothing.
"How do you know so much about their band?" Carly asked while raising an eyebrow.
"I overheard them talking," Valerie said while walking away. She felt odd with Mandy glaring at her. After a few minutes, Freddie stepped next to the girls and crossed his arms, smirking.
"Hey ladies, the band's taking a bit of a break," Freddie said while giving a low chuckle. "What do you think?"
"I thought it was great," Carly said with a smile. Freddie smiled back at her and looked toward Sam, really wanting her statement. "Freddie! Do you think you could sing on iCarly for us?" Freddie raised his eyebrow and shook his head.
"Nah, at least not until we become bigger…"
"Oh, well if you ever change your mind, let me know!"
"Yeah…I'll do that for you."
"I don't know what to say, Dork," Sam said while taking another sip from her drink.
"You were so cool," Mandy said with wide eyes. "So totally awesome, I totally love your singing!" Sam raised her eyebrow and slowly turned her head toward Mandy. Freddie chuckled nervously and took a step back.
"Right, whatever you say," Freddie said as he stuck his thumb up. "Well, I have to get back on the stage. I think I'm going to have to head home after we're done, so I'll talk to you girls later."
"Whatever you say, dork," Sam replied. Carly rolled her eyes and smiled.
"You did great," Carly stated. "Go up there and sing, we all enjoyed it!" Freddie nodded and rushed toward the stage, Sam was going to have to tell him what she thought of his singing later. She loved it, that much could be said.
In case you didn't realize, the rival band that Freddie's group is competing against is the same band that Spencer tries out for. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please feel free to review! It makes me happy and can make me chug 20 gallons of water. Okay, seriously, I wouldn't be able to do that, but do review anyway ^_^.