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 45 (A Fan among Fans)
Later that night, Sam snuck out of Carly's apartment and entered the Benson apartment. It had been a while since she had entered her home, she needed to make sure her room was perfectly straight and clean. Mandy had not left for her home and surprised the girls by arriving at Carly's home.
Sam entered her room and breathed in, taking in the scent of a fresh and clean room. It seemed that Emily had kept her room clean for her, it was definitely something Sam was happy about. She moved to her bed and climbed onto it, taking the bear that Freddie gave her before and holding it close to her. She loved the bear, she also loved the baby chick that Freddie managed to get for her. She remembered the chick and quickly went to the cage that was in the corner, Preetish probably had Emily taking good care of him. She took the sheet off of the cage and smiled when she saw her little chicken look up.
"Hello Pree," Sam said in a quiet voice. "Did you miss me? You're still growing, but you're so cute!" Pree clucked once and Sam's shoulders rose slightly as she smiled. She placed her finger to her lips and kept her smile. "Shh, we don't want to wake everyone." Chances were it was at least one or two in the morning, so Freddie and Emily were probably both asleep. "I'm sad about something, Pree." Sam opened the cage and took Pree into her arms, the chicken didn't make a noise.
"You're always so soft, Pree." Pree moved his head toward the door and then back to Sam. Sam was looking at Pree sadly. "In a week or two, we have to send you to a farm because you're getting too big to live here. Lewbert complained about noise, I think…I'm going to miss you, you were my first pet. Oh, I got something for you, Pree." Sam reached into her pocket and pulled out a small piece of bread. "Here, I thought you might enjoy some bread." Pree stared at the bread as Sam brought it to her beak, he quickly plucked forward and took a bit of the bread. Sam smiled and let out a small sigh. "I don't want to let you go."
"He's getting pretty big to keep," a voice said. Sam jumped slightly and dropped the bread a few inches away. Pree left her arms and moved to the bread, picked up the bread, then moved back to Sam. Sam smiled and turned her head to see Freddie in the doorway, he had his arms crossed and was leaning with his shoulder on the side of the door. "I think you should have one Preetish, don't you?"
"Freddie, don't scare me like that." Freddie closed his eyes and chuckled as he walked toward Sam. He knelt beside Pree and placed his hand on the back of the chicken. "I'm afraid that if we get rid of Pree, then some idiot is going to come by and make him into a chicken or something. Well, he's already a chicken, but you know what I mean…" Freddie chuckled and looked into Sam's saddened eyes, he knew Sam's soft heart didn't want Pree turning into food.
"Don't worry about it," Freddie said quietly. "Mom's not going to let that happen to Pree. We're going to send him to a special farm that raises and takes care of livestock until they actually die a natural death. They don't send their animals to slaughterhouses or anything like that. Pree is going to live a nice long life." Sam smiled and Freddie placed his hand over her hand. "While Pree is living a nice long life and remembering you, you'll have another Preetish with you on his mind forever."
"As corny as that sounded, I still enjoyed that."
"I know." Freddie smiled as he picked up Pree and placed the bird back in the cage, he then picked up the remaining piece of bread and placed it in the cage. He turned around and took Sam's hand, pulling her up. "So, Sam, I thought you were going to sleep at Carly's place tonight." Sam shrugged and sat on the end of her bed, it felt good to be back on her own bed and not somewhere else. "Or was I mistaken and could you not go another second without being home?" Sam giggled slightly and lay back on her bed, placing her hands behind her head.
"I was there, then I wanted to come and see my Preetish." Freddie crossed his arms and chuckled as he tilted his head to the left.
"So you wanted to see your chicken, I see how it is. I guess you love your chicken more than me." Sam rolled her eyes and laughed as Freddie stepped in front of her, pressing his knees against hers. "Well I bet your chicken wanted to see you too, and I'm sure your Preetish was dying to see you tonight. After all, what is a King of Love to do without his queen?"
"I don't know, what would he do without his queen? Maybe he'd go insane." Sam smirked and Freddie returned her smirk. "What would his queen do without him? Maybe she'd go crazy, but I wonder if she'd remain sane." Freddie laughed lightly and glanced toward the window, a tree branch was hitting it. He glanced back to Sam and looked into her eyes, her mouth opened slightly and she moved her arms out to the side as she gazed back into his eyes. "Your band was great, Freddie. I absolutely loved it. I can't believe it, I'm in love with bad boy Benson." Sam laughed and Freddie sat next to her. He looked at her and a smirk began to grace his lips.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, you are indeed in love with a bad boy. Of course, that doesn't change the fact that I'm in love with a bad girl." He smirked and placed two of his fingertips on Sam's hand. "Also, a very ticklish little girl like you." Sam gasped and her lips curled into a slight smile. She suppressed a laugh as Freddie started moving his fingers across her arm, tickling her. She squirmed and Freddie merely smirked.
"No Freddie, that tickles!" Freddie moved to the indent in her arm and smirked. "Oh no, not there Freddie!" Freddie started brushing his fingers across her skin rapidly, causing Sam to squeal and try to suppress her laughter. He quickly positioned his other hand onto her side and smirked. "No, what are you planning? You'll never do it, you won't get me to laugh!" Freddie started tickling her, causing her to break out into a loud laugh. "Freddie! S-s-sto-hop! I can't stand it!" Freddie laughed once and continued to tickle her, having too much fun. She continued to squirm.
"Say you love me, and I'll stop." Sam laughed and shook her head.
"No, never! You'll never get me to say such a thing!" Freddie shrugged and started to tickle her harder. "Ah!" She squealed and laughed harder, squirming beneath his fingers. "No more!" She laughed harder and started to turn red with excitement, she was enjoying it. "Freddie, I'm going to wet my pants if you don't stop!" He shook his head and Sam arched her body upwards. "Fine, I'll break! I love you, Freddie. I love you and I always will. There, I said it, now stop tickling me!" Freddie nodded and stopped, but Sam continued to laugh and try to catch her breath. He smirked and Sam looked at him smirking as well. She grabbed a pillow and tossed it at him with a laugh. "Bastard…" Freddie laughed and smirked at her.
"Yep, and I'm your loveable bastard." Sam laughed and watched as Freddie lay back on the bed. Sam flipped over on top of him and straddled his waist. Freddie placed his hands on her side and gently kissed her lips. "So, to what do I owe your stunning presence, my beloved Angel?"
"Well I got tired of Mandy," Sam said in an exasperated tone of voice. Freddie raised his eyebrow and she let out a sigh. "So I was supposed to sleep over with Carly tonight, and it was going pretty well. I guess we fell asleep and woke up to see that Girly Cow show that Carly likes. Well, the next thing we know, there's this crazy laugh and we see Mandy sitting on the couch next to us!" Freddie winced and Sam slowly shook her head. "She stayed until both she and Carly fell asleep. I took that opportunity to come over here."
"You wonder if Tyrone isn't still spying on us?" Sam groaned and moved back to sit on the edge of the bed, Freddie sat up next to her and looked at her with concern. "I hate him as much as you do, he's keeping you away from your home, and that's not right." Sam nodded and slowly closed her fists, she was sure she'd enjoy seeing Tyrone sent away somewhere where he would never bother them again. She hated that he threatened to tear Freddie away from her.
"He just annoys me so much. I don't care if he's spying or not, I want to be with you. I already have to deal with Carly possibly hating us if she ever found out…not only that, she has that crush on you. Now there's Mandy, I think she even has some silly crush on you. It's getting harder and harder to handle." Freddie gave an understanding nod and wrapped his arms around her in a hug, he could do nothing but comfort her at that moment. "I don't even want to think about Tyrone anymore." Freddie lifted his hand and placed his finger under her chin, he slowly turned her head to meet his gaze. She blinked and felt herself seemingly pulled into a trance.
"Then we don't have to think about him. Right now, the only important one is you and me, that's all that matters." Sam smiled and Freddie lowered his arm, lifting his other to wrap it around her shoulders. "Never will anyone tear us apart. Never will Carly's crush become anything more, nor will she be a problem in the near or distant future. As for Mandy, she's just a mere pebble amidst the rocks. However, as are all rocks, they are still small and on the ground. They are not big enough to hinder us or our relationship, and they never should be. I won't allow that to be the case." Sam crossed her arms and gave a small and exasperated sigh.
"Yeah, well some of these things I consider to be boulders!" Freddie closed his eyes and slowly shook his head. He leaned forward and gave a soft and gentle kiss to her forehead. She smiled and scooted closer to him, resting her head onto his chest. "Whenever I'm with you, though…They do seem like they're just small rocks."
"Yeah, let's leave them as that."
"You know, I feel like I'm in some sort of romance movie…"
"Then as a boyfriend, I'm doing my job." The two heard a soft tapping on the door and looked over to see Emily smiling at them. "Hey Mom, how's it going?"
"It's kind of late and I woke up hearing Sam scream," Emily said as she tilted her head to the side. "I was wondering, what on earth could be going on." Sam snickered and smirked deviously.
"Your son was tickling me, and then he wouldn't stop, you should arrest him!" Freddie's jaw dropped and Sam gave a light laugh. "I don't know what I'd do without him, though." Emily chuckled and crossed her arms.
"I think you should know, Mandy is in the kitchen right now because she woke up and wanted to know where you went. She knocked on my door and proceeded to ask about Freddie and if she could perhaps cuddle with him." Freddie's face twisted to a disgusted look and Sam shuddered. "Meaning, Sam, hide…Freddie, I'll think of something."
"Oh yeah, if Mandy knew we were together, bad things would happen." Sam quickly moved to the other side of the bed and ducked down, Freddie sighed and dusted his pants off as he stood up.
"Okay, bring on the insane one," Freddie said in a quiet voice. "I'll talk to you later Sam, you might want to find a way to sneak back into Carly's apartment." Sam nodded and watched as Freddie walked out of the room.
-NEW SCENE-
A week later, Sam, Freddie and Carly ran into Carly's apartment trying to get rid of Mandy. Spencer was sitting at his new, red drums and glanced up at the guys with a look of concern.
"We're trying to get away from Mandy," Carly said in a quick voice. Spencer raised eyebrows and gave a single chuckle, he was sure she was gone.
"I thought she went back to Tacoma," Spencer replied.
"Yeah, and then she transferred schools! Oh, and she did her impression of a duck and quacked right in my face!"
"Mandy's nuts, dude," Freddie said while taking a drink from a glass. He eyed the drums and raised his eyebrow, he was sure Spencer's drums were silver, ugly and old, not red. After Carly stopped saying what she was saying, he spoke up. "Uh, are those new drums?"
"Yeah, I didn't tell you guys yet," Spencer said quickly. "I auditioned for the band and they let me in!" Freddie's jaw fell slightly and Sam gave him an odd look. He merely shrugged and turned around. A rapid knocking was heard at the door, so the girls turned to face it.
"It's me!" Mandy shouted.
"How can she be back?" Sam asked with wide eyes. This wasn't good for the stress of finals, since it was the last week of school. Freddie walked over as Carly answered the door. The girls started talking to Mandy about the chips they had her search for, what shocked them, was she found the nonexistent chips.
Hours later, Sam and Freddie were in their apartment, Sam was feeling confident that Tyrone wasn't spying, so she could be home again. They heard something coming from Carly's apartment, so Freddie decided to check it out. He stepped out of the apartment and next to Carly's door, what he heard was loud and horrible drumming, but the music of the band they were going to compete against later that night. They were going to compete in front of a few live judges. The group stopped playing and soon Spencer gave a joyous exclamation.
"My buddy Socko knows someone on Seattle Beat and he got you guys booked!" Spencer exclaimed. Freddie's face fell and he took a step back from the door, shocked at what he just heard. This meant the competition wouldn't be happening, and he'd be receiving a call from the band. His apartment door opened and Sam stood in the doorway, she saw Freddie looking like he was about to faint. He turned around and choked as he moved into the apartment.
"Freddie, what happened?" Sam asked as she wrapped her arms around him and walked to the couch. "You look like you've seen a ghost or something. Do you need water?" Freddie nodded and Sam quickly hurried into the kitchen, she returned a minute later and saw Freddie staring into space. "Here…" Freddie slowly took the water and drank it in large gulps. He sighed and placed the glass on his leg while still holding it.
"I'll have to call the guys," Freddie said in a quiet voice. Sam raised her eyebrow and he gave a small sigh. "The competition tonight won't be happening…Spencer just gave our competition a free ride onto Seattle Beat."
"Oh no…" Sam frowned and gave Freddie a hug. "I'm so sorry, and you guys were looking forward to that. Maybe I should go over and set them all straight!"
"Nah, don't even worry about it. Spencer's drumming is pretty bad, so they probably won't do too well…actually, I kind of feel bad, maybe I should get Jonah to help him with the drumming or something."
"That would be nice of you, I guess. I mean, it would be helping your competition out."
"Yeah, but I can't just stand by and let them do poorly." Sam smiled softly and kissed Freddie's cheek.
"That's my man, always thinking of others." Freddie smiled and wrapped his arm around Sam's waist, she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Freddie would talk to Jonah tomorrow after iCarly and see about him helping Spencer out with the drums.
-NEW SCENE-
The next week, Mandy was still with them, annoying the crap out of them. Not only that, it was the last week before Freddie had to go away to the Military camp for the summer. He was set to leave tomorrow morning, and the iCarly session was going to be the last time Sam got to see him, since Carly practically begged her to spend the day with her.
"I'm going to miss you," Sam said as she leaned against the door of the apartment, they were inside. Freddie stood in front of her and smiled lightly. She had some tears in her eyes, she didn't want to see him go, or spend the summer without him.
"You know I'm going to write all the time, right?" Freddie replied. "You and I can correspond, but whatever you do, don't send me a Dear John letter!" Sam laughed lightly and Freddie smirked. "What's this I hear? You're laughing? It sounds so sweet to my ears." Sam smiled at him and cupped his cheek with her hand.
"Don't you dare come back any different than you are now."
"I promise you, I won't." Freddie placed one hand on the small of her back and gently kissed her lips. "I love you."
"I love you, Freddie." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back. After a short time, they broke apart and looked into each other's eyes. "We should get to Carly's!"
"Yeah, let's go." The two exited and entered Carly's apartment, they saw that Spencer appeared sad for some reason. "Hey, why is he sad?"
"The band left him a note and kicked him out."
"Aw, that was mean," Sam said in a quiet voice. Freddie sighed and crossed his arms, he had to agree. They probably didn't even hear Spencer after he worked with Jonah.
"Yeah, they'll be on Seattle Beat today, probably. Anyway, let's go upstairs and do iCarly." The trio went upstairs and started to do iCarly, expecting Mandy to come up soon. They managed to do the entire show and Mandy never showed up, surprising them.
"Awesome show you guys!" Freddie picked up three glasses of punch and carried them to the girls. "Here's some punch for you, you, and for me." He smirked and lifted his glass up. "To Mandy, who knows what happened to her!"
"Let's just be psyched that she's out of our lives," Carly said as the trio tapped their glasses together. Soon Spencer came running into the room.
"Turn on channel seven!" Spencer exclaimed. "I turned on Seattle Beat to see if the band was using my stolen drums…they were…and right in the middle of it-"
"I got it," Freddie said as he clicked the channel on. Right on the screen was Mandy. Their jaws fell slightly as Mandy started to torture the band. The group started laughing at the sight, it was definitely a fitting end. "My present to you."
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