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 51 (The Shirt)
"Freddie!" Sam exclaimed as she ran toward the back of the school. She knew Freddie usually hung out behind the school during lunch and stared at the clouds, he was always intrigued by them. Sam turned around the school and saw Freddie looking at her curiously, she was wearing a different shirt than she normally was. She had a tear streaking her face. "Freddie, I'm in trouble." She wiped her tear and tensed her body up.
"What? Why?" Freddie stepped toward Sam and looked at the shirt, she was supposed to be wearing the shirt that Carly had given her for the anniversary of when they met. It was actually an iCarly t-shirt that Carly had made for her. Upon realization, he saw that she was wearing the jacket belonging to Rip-off Rodney. "Um Sam, why are you wearing Rodney's shirt…and what did he do to you? You're crying, your shirt is missing, and you are wearing Rodney's shirt…" His eye twitched and Sam saw where he was going with his thoughts, she needed to get him away from there.
"No! It's not that kind of trouble!" Rodney had said something really bad to her, though. Something that scared her, but she didn't want to tell Freddie because she was afraid of what he might do to Rodney. Freddie looked at Sam and sighed as he placed his hands on her sides and kissed her forehead.
"Okay. Then what is wrong, baby." Sam sniffed once and sighed.
"I gave Rodney the shirt! Carly's going to be so mad at me!" Freddie raised his eyebrow and Sam took out the two Cuttlefish concert tickets and stared at them. "I asked him for these, he said they were worth two hundred dollars and I said I didn't have two hundred. Then he said that the iCarly shirt was worth it…I don't know what I was thinking, I just gave him the shirt! I know it was wrong. You must be upset with me too."
"No, no, I could never be mad at you for something like this." Sam sniffed once and looked into Freddie's eyes, he smiled softly and pulled her close, giving her a comforting hug. "Listen, you only did it because you wanted to find something to give to Carly for her gift on the anniversary of you guys meeting. You probably weren't thinking properly and that's fine, I'm sure Carly will understand. Just tell her that it's something that you two could do together and that you didn't mean to give away the shirt."
"What if she gets mad, though?" Freddie gently brushed Sam's hair back and placed his chin on top of her head.
"It's going to be fine. Anyway, lunch is just about over, so I'll talk to you in a little bit, okay?" Sam nodded and Freddie wiped away a tear from her eyes. "Let's not dry those tears. It's no big deal. It's just an iCarly t-shirt that Carly made, she can make a new one. If possible, both of you can work on making a new one. This Cuttlefish concert, though, it will go away."
"Yeah…thanks, Freddie. I'll talk to you later. I love you."
"And I, you…don't forget iCarly is tonight." Sam nodded and gently kissed Freddie's cheek before rushing back into the school. Freddie smiled as he pushed his hands in his pocket. He pressed his teeth together and breathed through them. "Rodney…"
-NEW SCENE-
Freddie got through cleaning his lens for iCarly and headed down the stairs, the show was set to begin in two minutes. He figured Sam was telling Carly that she traded the shirt for the tickets and that she didn't mean it. What he didn't know was she was going about it the wrong way and Carly wasn't as accepting and forgiving as they thought. He made it down the stairs and looked at the girls, they seemed to be arguing. He walked over to them and Carly was yelling at Sam, putting Freddie on the defensive.
"Hey!" Freddie said in a quick voice. "You know that iCarly thing we do every week? Yeah, it's starting!" Carly brushed him off and Sam looked at Carly, not showing the signs of being hurt.
"Okay, make me another shirt if you want to, but we can still go to the concert!" Sam said quickly. Carly scoffed and handed Sam back the tickets.
"I'm not going to the concert with you!" Carly exclaimed. Freddie rolled his eyes and pressed the elevator button.
"Okay, now you're being ridiculous."
"Well it's better than being someone who gives away gifts!" Sam was on the verge of tears, but her pride wouldn't let her stop the arguing and admit that she was wrong.
"Fine, don't go to the concert!" She would just go with Freddie.
"I won't!" At this point, Carly didn't realize it, but everything she did before that hurt Sam concerning Freddie was rising up inside of Sam and fueling her anger.
"I don't care!" Freddie walked over to the girls and crossed his arms, growing impatient with them.
"I care way less than you!"
"You don't know how much I don't care!"
"Yeah, well all you think about is ham!" That wasn't true, that was far from the truth. Freddie narrowed his eyes and frowned, Carly was going a bit too far with that.
"I'd rather have a shirt made of ham!" The elevator opened and Freddie pushed the girls in, trying to ignore the constant yelling they were doing. He wasn't pleased with this. They made it to the studio and walked out. Carly shouted something about Sam not caring about her feelings. Freddie almost shouted at Carly with that statement.
"If she didn't care about your feelings, she would have spared them and told you up front to back the hell away from me because you can't have me," Freddie thought while grabbing his camera and walking to the girls. They started the show and put up a video of a mom receiving a gift from her kid. After some amount of talking, they continued the fight and left the studio. Freddie sighed and turned the camera on himself. "Yeah, iCarly is experiencing some technical difficulties…" Freddie turned off the camera and set it down, running his hand through his hair. "Damn it, I am going to have to do something, aren't I?"
-NEW SCENE-
Sam and Carly were at their lockers when they saw Rodney walking buy with the iCarly shirt on, and there they began their fighting once more. Freddie saw Rodney walk buy and narrowed his eyes as he walked toward the girls, waiting until they stopped slamming their lockers, and they never did. "Hey…enough with the lockers…" They continued to slam the lockers and Freddie let out a growl. "Enough!" The girls instantly stopped and looked toward him. He sighed and shook his head. "Come on, this is too stupid. You guys are best friends."
"Were best friends," Sam replied. She and Carly began making noises at each other, further annoying Freddie. He sighed and shouted once more.
"Okay, so what about iCarly? If you guys hate each other what's going to happen to the show? Think about our fans…and me. Without that, then I'm back to painting clay mugs with my mom!" Okay, that was an exaggeration, he never really did that with her. Carly sighed and turned toward Sam, both girls knew he was right.
"You know, maybe Freddie's right," Carly said in a shy voice.
"Yeah, this thing just got out of control." Freddie crossed his arms and sighed, that much was true.
"This whole thing happened because we were trying to do something nice for one another..."
"If I say I'm sorry, then will you?" Just then, something unexpected happened. The girl that Sam said she would take to the concert, though she wouldn't, ran around and screamed that she was so glad about it. Nobody knew how she knew about that, but it was probably because Freddie accidently had the camera on when Sam said it. Carly sneered and turned toward Sam. The fighting started up again and Freddie groaned. The girls started yelling and Freddie slowly shook his head.
"They were so close," Freddie said in a quiet voice. "About to make up, about to hug…" The girls started slamming the lockers and Freddie rubbed his forehead. "This again…" The girls left and a teacher came out of the nearby classroom. "Oh crap." Freddie soon found himself being dragged away for slamming lockers.
After about thirty minutes of explaining that he didn't slam the lockers, he finally stepped out and saw Rodney walking toward his locker, the shirt was off and he was wearing something else. "Rodney…" Freddie breathed out a growl and followed Rodney to the locker, leaning against it and smiling kindly for one brief second. He wasn't sure why, but there was just something that he felt that made him despise Rodney in that moment. What did Rodney do? He only took a shirt, that was all. Yet Freddie felt something more must have gone on. "Rip-off Rodney, how are you?" Rodney raised his eyebrow and looked over at Freddie, smiling at him. He crossed his arms and slowly closed his eyes.
"This is hurtful, yet appropriate." Freddie shrugged, not caring.
"Do you know what else is hurtful, and not quite appropriate?" Rodney thought for a moment and shrugged in response. "Where is the shirt, Rodney? Cough it up." Rodney raised his eyebrow and started to close his locker, but Freddie quickly put his hand on the edge of the locker door and held it open. "Is the shirt in here? You better not have given it to anyone else." He was serious, but Rodney failed to see that in his eyes.
"Heh, and exactly what is this shirt that you are talking about?"
"It was an anniversary present from Carly to Sam, Carly desires it back, so cough it up." Rodney closed his eyes and slowly shook his head.
"I earned the shirt fair and square, it was worth about two hundred bucks. You know the work I do is fair. Sam gave the shirt to me, and that earned her something of equal value. The tickets for the shirt, both of which were worth two hundred bucks…" Freddie raised his eyebrow and quickly grabbed Rodney's shirt in his fist, glaring into his eyes and clenching his teeth together. Rodney held up his hands and gulped when he saw the fire in Freddie's eyes. Freddie exhaled slowly and flared his nostrils.
"Who the hell do you think made you who you are today, Rodney? I know all about your game. I may not participate in your kind of business, but I do know all about it. So give me what I need, asshole."
"Look, I'm telling you…my, that's a scary face." Freddie rolled his eyes and Rodney gave a brief sigh. "Do you have anything to buy the shirt with?" Freddie narrowed his eyes and Rodney held his hands out. "I mean, I can't give it to you for free, if that's what you're asking."
"You want compensation for the shirt, is that what you're asking me? You're telling me that it has a fee? Okay, well, is a knuckle sandwich enough of a payment for you?" Rodney raised his eyebrow and Freddie swiftly punched him in the face. He screamed out and blood came from his mouth. "That may leave a bruise as well. That's also my pay."
"Listen dude, damn that hurt! I just can't give you the shirt!" Freddie raised his eyebrow and opened the locker door all the way, he looked in and saw the rolled up shirt sitting on the bed of the locker. "Uh, you're not thinking of taking the shirt are you?" Freddie quickly turned his glare onto him and he immediately silenced. "Okay, take it! I've got nothing against you taking it with you." Freddie smiled and nodded his head at Rodney as he took the shirt from the locker.
"Thank you, Rodney. It was a pleasure doing business with you." Freddie released his hold on Rodney and let him dust off his clothes. He placed his hand on the locker door and shut it. "By the way, this conversation, it never happened." He turned around and started to walk away. Rodney glanced up and called after him.
"Do I at least get the tickets back?!" He received no response, meaning he would not be receiving any tickets. Freddie stopped and glanced back at him.
"Hey, it's a fair trade! This shirt for a swift punch, nosebleed, and a black eye…I think you've gotten your money's worth." Rodney groaned and leaned against his lockers. Freddie merely growled and walked off, still completely frustrated with the way things were going at the time.He had no clue what made him so angry with Rodney. Maybe it was the fact that for Sam to be crying, something more must have happened than what she had told him. "I'll give this shirt back when they make up. To think they could start a fight over a shirt…I'm sure it's more than that, though. Sam has been angry with Carly lately because of her damned crush on me."
Well hope you enjoyed the chapter. Thank you for all the reviews. The next chapter should be up soon.