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 53 (Rodney's Fright)
Jonah stepped into the school hallway and narrowed his eyes, he wasn't sure exactly what happened, but he knew Rodney needed a stern talking to. All he knew was Rodney said some very bad things in the manner of threats to Sam, and Freddie wanted Jonah to have a "friendly conversation" with the guy. He was definitely going to have a conversation with him.
Currently, it was after hours in the school. Rodney usually hung out in the school after hours, so there wasn't any real problem. He cracked his knuckles and stared down the dimmed hallway, Rodney would be found somewhere, most likely by his locker. Jonah slowly walked down the hall in the direction of the locker where the con man would be found. He knew these hours were reserved for Rodney's special appointments, when students got special and highly priced goods. No student would be buying anything tonight, however. He slammed his fist into his hand and slanted his eyes more, he was angry enough as it was.
He moved to an intersection of the school and looked to the left, then to the right. He could see Rodney in the distance, so he turned and slowly started walking toward him. Rodney was busy ripping off a student, so Jonah decided to lean against a locker, slightly out of sight, until he was done. He crossed his arms and glanced up toward the ceiling. Freddie did tell him not to use much violence, but it would be okay to rough him up a bit if needed. For Sam, he was definitely going to rough up Rodney.
The student walked way and Jonah smiled at him, giving a slight wave. He looked over and saw Rodney open his locker, now was the time to go and have a chat with the con artist. He put his hands in his pocket and calmly walked toward him. Upon arriving at the locker, Jonah whistled a small tune and placed his hand on the top of the metal door. Rodney moved his head back and raised his eyebrow as he looked at Jonah, a look of confusion etched across his face. Jonah smiled and put his hand into the air, waiting patiently until the guy was done with whatever it was he was doing.
Rodney furrowed his brow and continued to stare at Jonah. Jonah wasn't one of his usual customers, nor had he told him that he was going to be here. "Hey Rip-off, how's it going?" Jonah asked with a small smirk. "I would like to have a little talk with you, if you don't mind." He raised his eyebrow and stepped back from his open locker, still a bit wary about Jonah being there. He crossed his arms and moved his mouth back slightly.
"I'm sorry, sir, but nights are for special request customers only," Rodney said in a quiet voice. He started to turn back to his locker, but Jonah quickly closed it with his hand. "Uh, I need to get my stuff out of the locker, if you don't mind." Jonah frowned and Rodney glanced over at him, becoming a bit nervous with the situation, he was uncomfortable of course.
"Consider me a special request, as I'm paying you a very special visit. I believe it was you that terrorized a friend of mine with words." Rodney laughed and shook his head, knowing well what Jonah was talking about.
"It was just a joke." Then he stopped and shifted his eyes to the side. "Um, I don't know what you're talking about!" Jonah narrowed his eyes and flared his nostrils. Rodney swallowed nervously and felt fear rising up.
"Something tells me you do know, Rodney." Rodney chuckled nervously and reopened his locker, he was starting to sweat. "I can see the beads of sweat running down your face, I know that you know what I am talking about. Sam Puckett." Rodney's eyes widened and fear shot through him. He didn't really care about her, but he hadn't known she would send in someone to talk to him about it. Given his definition of "talking," he figured it wasn't anything good. He was going to have to talk or run away.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He ignored his locker and bolted into a high run. Jonah slapped his forehead and groaned.
"Rodney! I'm not through with you, get back here!" Jonah bolted after him and clenched his teeth together. "You're not getting away that easily, I just want to talk. I'm not going to hurt you!" It depended, he wasn't going to do anything too damaging, but he was going to give the guy a scare. "Running and hiding only proves your guilt! Now come on out and let's have an understanding about this." Jonah stopped at the end of the hallway and growled. "There's nowhere for you to run. I'm not in the mood to chase."
He turned around and spotted a locker door that was slightly open, he smirked and started walking toward it. "I wonder where the rip-off artist is, I still haven't talked to him yet. Jonah beat the side of his closed fist onto the lockers as he walked toward the one that was slightly open. Upon reaching the open locker, he knelt down and opened the door, staring into the eyes of Rodney with a smirk on his face. "Why hello, I believe we have some business to attend to." Rodney shook slightly and chuckled.
"I-I still don't know what you mean, I didn't do or say anything to Miss Puckett!" Jonah roared and slammed the locker door shut, he then stood up and started kicking it repeatedly. "Ah! Stop, stop, it sounds like gunfire! It's loud, I can't stand it!" He then opened the door and saw Rodney panting heavily with sweat running down his face. "Seriously man, why do you care anyway? I know you dated her once, but she broke up with you because you tried to cheat on her. Isn't that the case? What does it matter, seriously?"
"That doesn't mean I don't still care about her." Jonah reached in and grabbed Rodney's shirt, he then growled and pulled him out of the locker. Rodney shouted and lost his balance as he stumbled and hit a wall. He fell to the floor and looked up with a whimper, seeing Jonah glaring at him while menacingly approaching him. "Sam tells me that you said some pretty bad things to her." Jonah grabbed Rodney's shirt and pulled him up. "Do you care to enlighten me on what some of these things might have been?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, honestly!" Jonah narrowed his eyes and glared into Rodney's. "Seriously, I said nothing to her." He was lying and he knew it, he just didn't want to get into any trouble. He quickly pushed Jonah off of him and ran off once more. He heard Jonah shout at him as he turned the corner. "Damn it, I'm in so much trouble right now. All this just because I scared Sam into giving me that shirt, it was just a lighthearted fun." He quickly grabbed the handle of a classroom door, not really thinking. He looked over and saw Jonah turn the corner and stare him down, he gulped and started pulling on the handle as Jonah walked toward him. "Come on! Come on, open!" It was locked, obviously.
"Having a little trouble there, Rodney?" Rodney flipped around and pressed his back against the wall. His heart was racing, he was in a panic at the moment. "I'm not going to hurt you, Rodney. You know that, violence just isn't my thing. Sam wouldn't want violence, however I do want to talk to you, and maybe rough you up a bit. You know...just give you a little scare, get your heart pumping!" Rodney gulped and met Jonah's intense glare.
"Look, I didn't say anything!" Jonah grabbed at him, but he swiftly dodged to the side and hurried down the hall. He was not going to let Jonah catch him so easily.
"Again with the running? I said running is only an admission of guilt!" Jonah chased after Rodney once more and saw him running up the stairs. "You would think you'd run anywhere but upstairs." He quickly followed Rodney up the stairs and glanced over to see a curtain hanging from the wall. Normally it was flat against the wall, but this had a huge bump in it. He rolled his eyes and crossed his arms as he walked toward it. "Gee, this is a perfect hiding spot, Rodney!" Jonah grabbed the curtain and pulled it back, smirking as Rodney gave a small chuckle.
"Heh, you found me…well then…bye again!" Rodney tucked under Jonah's arm and ran off. Jonah narrowed his eyes and followed after him. "I don't know why you're making a big deal out of this! All I told her was it was either a kiss or the shirt." Jonah raised his eyebrow and Rodney cursed himself, he had just admitted guilt. He made it to a wall and Jonah quickly trapped him by placing his hands on the wall on either side of him. Rodney gulped and stared into Jonah's eyes. "Okay, so I said I always wondered what it would be like to press a girl against a wall and take her…"
"Bastard…" Rodney quickly gutted Jonah, causing him to grab his stomach and seethe. Rodney quickly ran off once more and Jonah let out a shout. "Get back here! We need to talk about this!" Rodney looked back as he ran and saw Jonah chasing him, he really didn't like getting caught in this situation. "Come on Rodney, let's talk about what possessed you to terrorize an innocent girl like that!" Rodney rolled his eyes and shouted back at Jonah.
"What do you mean by 'innocent girl' huh? It's Sam Puckett that we're talking about! How is she innocent? I bet she's not even virgin!" Jonah growled loudly and Rodney quickly ran around a corner, he needed to get away from Jonah and fast. He couldn't admit wrong, hell he didn't even think anything he did was wrong. "I'm not guilty at all, seriously. I mean, it was just a joke! It didn't terrorize her, she's not bothered by these things!" He quickly ducked into a crevice in between lockers and a wall. He hoped Jonah would pass him up and that he could make it to the other end of the lockers and bolt in the opposite directions.
"Yeah, explain why she was crying after you said it. Also, you just pissed me off! For the record, Sam is a virgin." Jonah stopped by the lockers and listened, he could hear a soft rustling noise. It sounded like someone scraping against a wall to get away. Jonah sighed and stepped toward the crevice, looking in. Rodney gasped when Jonah's shadow fell on him. He quickly looked up and over at his pursuer. "Hello Rodney, we meet again." Jonah grabbed the sides of the locker and started shaking them, causing a loud noise to enter Rodney's ears. Rodney shouted out and groaned as he slowly made his way out of the crevice. "We're shaking up your world, Rodney!"
"Damn it, that was so loud!" He quickly dashed past Jonah and rubbed his head, he now had a massive headache. Jonah turned around and started chasing after him. Rodney looked back and saw the intense flames in Jonah's eyes. He looked forward and moaned. "What do you want!" Jonah barked after him and Rodney turned the corner, Jonah turned after him. If his heart could beat any faster, he might risk having a heart attack. If all Jonah wanted to do was scare him, then he was succeeding in his mission.
"Retribution, that's what I want! I want to make sure you're never going to talk to Sam in such a manner again, perhaps not even look at her in such a way!" Rodney gulped and found a set of double doors, he grabbed the handles and fumbled around for a moment before opening and entering. Once he was in, he frowned and looked around, he had just trapped himself by entering the school's gymnasium. He walked toward the center and heard the doors open, he gasped and closed his eyes. "Well Rip-off, seeking solace in the gymnasium, this is pure genius!"
"Shut up, please." Rodney heard Jonah's slow footsteps and turned around to see Jonah walking toward a large basket full of balls. "Oh no, oh please no…" Jonah grinned and took a rubber ball from the basket, he cracked his neck and turned to look at the wide eyed mouse. Rodney chuckled nervously and took a single step back as Jonah slowly turned around to face him. "Heh, w-what are you planning on doing with that ball?" Jonah smirked and raised his eyebrows as he tossed the ball up slightly and caught it.
"How about we play a little game, Rodney…This is what I like to call dodgeball. Oh and what is this? My, my, you don't seem to have any balls." Rodney gulped and saw Jonah take out a second ball. "We're going to go until you say you are going to apologize to Sam and you will never say anything to her again unless it is something good and not something that will scare her. Let me show you just how scared she was, and I will show you by getting you to feel her fright. However, her fear was probably on a much higher level than yours will be."
"You've already scared the crap out of me, so come on dude!" Jonah slowly shook his head and shouted as he tossed the two balls toward Rodney. He yelped and quickly dodged the balls.
"Aw, is the little pansy afraid to get hit by a rubber ball? I'm not done yet, I've got plenty more right here." Rodney gulped as Jonah took another ball out. He started to throw the balls at a rapid pace, Rodney dodged some, but a couple hit him in the chest. Jonah was actually trying to miss, but Rodney's dodging was causing him to get hit.
"Please stop!" Jonah growled and threw another ball toward him.
"Did you stop to think about what you were saying to Sam? I don't think so!" Jonah tossed another ball and Rodney let out a yelp as he spun around, but still got hit in the back. "Do you ever wonder what a girl is going through when a threat of some guy probably physically stronger than her taking advantage of her? That is a lot of fear. I hope this shows you just what it's like to have someone else be in control and you are the one fearing!"
"Oh come on! It wasn't anything bad!" Jonah threw another ball toward Rodney and missed his head by an inch. "Please, I'm scared enough!" By now, Rodney was crying and his heart was racing completely. If this was what it was like to have someone else be in control and terrorize someone, then he had to admit that it felt really bad. He had to agree, maybe Sam's fear was magnified tenfold because of the type of terror she was being put through. Rodney dodged another ball, but hit his foot into the wall. "Ouch!"
"Oh, did you hurt yourself? You keep trying to dodge, but whenever you do, you end up hurting yourself. That's a shame." Rodney shouted as Jonah threw another ball toward him. "Say you're going to tell Sam you take back your threat! Say to me that you will never threaten her in such a manner again, and then I will be satisfied!" Jonah threw another ball and Rodney yelped as he tried to dodge the ball. "You've still got no balls. I think I'll go ahead and throw one of these where the sun doesn't shine, what about that, Rodney? Does that sound good to you?"
"Okay! Please, enough of this!" Rodney clasped his hands together and fell to his knees. Jonah raised his eyebrow and bounced a ball in his hand. "I'm sorry!" Now Rodney sounded like a blubbering fool. Jonah slowly walked toward him and dribbled the ball slowly on the floor. He waited patiently as Rodney continued to plead with him. "I won't do it ever again, I promise! I'll even tell Sam that I'm sorry. You're right, she must have been so afraid, I'm sorry! I deserve this terror, I won't mention this night if you don't ever mention what I did."
"I won't tell anyone at all what you've done." Jonah smirked and tilted his head to the side. "You just never mention this night. Thank you, I'm glad you've seen the error of your ways, Rip-off. Have a good night, and enjoy school tomorrow." Jonah started walking toward the door and tossed the ball into the basket. Rodney fell forward and curled up as the gym door opened and closed, he closed his eyes and sobbed once, eventually going to sleep amidst all the balls. When he opened his eyes, sunlight was pouring down on him.
"Rodney?" A voice asked. Rodney moaned and got up on his hands, he looked over to see Sam staring at him with confusion and wide eyes. She had gym class first. He only saw Sam, he did not see the class or teachers walking in. Sam swallowed hard and slowly crossed her arms. "Why are you sleeping on the gym floor? Also, why are there dodgeballs all over the place? Hmm…are you comfortable on that floor? If you are, I'm glad. You deserve to sleep on the cold, hard floor."
"You're right!" Rodney exclaimed as he quickly rushed over and held onto her legs. She gasped and stiffened up.
"R-Rodney, what do you intend to do to me with the class here?" Rodney looked over and saw Freddie watching, he then looked to Sam and quickly released her.
"Nothing, and I'm sorry…I shouldn't have said I wanted to force you or take advantage of you in any way! I was wrong to threaten you, and I never will do it again! Honest, I won't ever do it again!" Sam's eyes were wide with shock and Freddie's lips slowly formed a satisfied smile, Jonah had done his job. "You're an innocent girl, you don't deserve a man making sexual threats or advantages toward you. I know you probably won't forgive me, but that's fine! Just know that I will never do this again!" Rodney felt someone step next to him, he swallowed and looked up to see Ms. Briggs staring down upon him. "Hi there, Ms. Briggs, what can I do you for?" The teacher narrowed her eyes and Rodney knew he was in trouble. If not for sleeping in the school at night, there was the fact that he just admitted to making a sexual threat toward Sam in front of the entire class.
"Young man, stand up," Ms. Briggs ordered. Rodney slowly stood up and started at the ground, shamefully. If anything, he was not going to look into Sam's eyes. He didn't want to see her expression. He didn't want to see just how guilty he really was, and he knew he was pretty guilty. "You made a sexual threat toward Miss Puckett? I want you to follow me." Ms. Briggs grabbed his arm and started tugging at him. "I'm sure Principal Franklin will place proper judgment upon you." The teacher stopped at the door and looked toward the others. "Class will begin when I return. Until then, I want you to sit quietly."
"So, why are you here? Where's the usual teacher?"
"I am teaching in his place today, that is all. Now keep quiet." Ms. Briggs looked over toward Sam and sighed. "Miss Puckett, you are exempt from all exercises today unless you wish to participate. Rodney will receive proper punishment." Sam gave a slight nod and watched as the teacher pulled Rodney away, she was still confused by what exactly had happened. Either way, she was glad to be done with it now. She had no reason to fear Rodney anymore, since he looked like he would never use fear to get what he wanted again. She did have a suspicion about who may have been involved in his fright, though.
Hope you enjoyed that chapter, I decided to post earlier than usual. Leave a review if you wish, hopefully you will ^_^.