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 60 (The Invite)
After the webcast, the group went downstairs and found Spencer trying to do something with one of the golf courses. Freddie grabbed a drink from the refrigerator and handed the girls a couple drinks as well. He looked over at Spencer and walked over with the girls. "Hey, what are you doing?" Spencer looked back for a second and then got to working on the golf course bell.
"I'm trying to fix this thing," Spencer said as he shifted some wires around. "For some reason the bell won't ring and it seems like-" Just then the bell rang loudly and Spencer shouted while falling to the ground. The kids quickly surrounded him and helped him to sit up. "Yeah, I'm okay! I think the bell is working now!" The doorbell rang and Spencer screamed, not really wanting any part of anymore bells. Carly ran over to the door as Sam and Freddie helped Spencer to his feet. They looked over and saw Gibby and a few other kids in the doorway with golf clubs in their hands.
"We saw the mini golf on iCarly!" Gibby said enthusiastically. "We want to play."
"Whoa, no, no, no…" Spencer shook his head and walked over to the kids. "I'm sorry you guys, but this isn't a real course." Gibby took out some money and held it up. Sam raised her eyebrows and Freddie smirked.
"We'll give you money." Sam smiled and walked over to Gibby, stating it would be five bucks per kid. Freddie laughed inwardly and raised his eyebrow while Spencer gave a slow sigh. He didn't want their money.
"Hey, I can't take money from kids." Sam shrugged in reply.
"I can," Sam responded. Spencer rested his chin on his hand as Freddie positioned his hands in his pocket. Sam turned around and placed a hand on Gibby's back while looking to Spencer. "Do you want this kid to spend ten to twenty bucks on some boring mini golf game out there in the cold and rain, where bad kids might tempt him with unhealthy snacks?" Spencer thought for a moment and smiled, thinking of a joke to use.
"Well when you putt it that way…" Freddie shifted his eyes to the side and everyone stared at Spencer with baffled looks. He sighed and turned around. "Please enjoy the course." He walked away and Gibby smacked the money into Sam's hand, shocking her.
"Let's do this!" Gibby exclaimed as he started taking off his shirt. Sam looked over at him in shock, questioning why he would be removing his shirt. Freddie raised his eyebrow and Sam cringed slightly while Carly moved to answer the door. Sam leaned in toward Freddie and whispered to him.
"Is there any reason one would take off their shirt to play golf?" She asked while Gibby hit a golf ball. Freddie shook his head and the two looked over at Carly. She had a box from a delivery guy and a card. "What does the card say?" She smiled and read the card, grinning as her eyes moved over the words.
"It says please consider joining us as you enjoy these fine turkey legs, your friends, the students and teachers of Briarwood!"
"They sent you turkey legs?" Spencer had walked into the room as she read the letter, he raised his eyebrow and chuckled.
"Wow, they really want you at that school!" Spencer stated.
"Yeah," She replied while looking back at the card. Sam looked over at Freddie and he met her gaze. She drew in a breath and Freddie could see the distress in her eyes. She didn't want Carly to leave her, even if it meant Carly wouldn't be around to crush on Freddie, she still wanted Carly at their school. Freddie crossed his arms and looked over at Carly.
"What are you thinking?" He asked while narrowing his eyes. Carly chuckled nervously and looked up.
"I'm thinking of a bunch of legless turkeys going 'where are my legs!'" Freddie closed his eyes and slowly shook his head as Sam raised her eyebrow, it was a sad and slightly pitiful statement.
-NEW SCENE-
The next day, Freddie was reading a magazine while in class, there wasn't really anything important going on at the moment. The magazine was one that Sam took and wrote funny statements and notes on every page. One page had two celebrities, one of which was wearing a rather small dress. Sam wrote 'for one hundred bucks, I'll wear this for you' beside it.
"Heh, nice note," He said while giving a slight smirk. The magazine wasn't even about celebrities or dresses, but with Sam, it could be about anything. The teacher's desk phone rang so she answered it. Freddie thought he heard his name so he closed the magazine and looked at the teacher while she hung up the phone.
"Freddie, I have just been informed that your mother's car has been driven into the bottom of a swimming pool," the teacher said in a somber voice. "You are requested to leave class." His eyes widened and he quickly nodded.
"Tyrone! It has to be that bastard!" He grabbed his backpack and quickly left the room. He hurried down the hall and started heading toward the stairs, he would have to get Sam out of her class as well. He looked over to see Sam already out of class and pacing the floor, he raised his eyebrow and made his way toward her. "Sam, mom's been in another accident." She placed her hand on his shoulder and sighed while walking with him and telling him to calm down. "You don't understand, I think its Tyrone…my mom's car is in the bottom of-"
"She's fine!" Sam said while placing her hands on his shoulders and looking into his eyes.
"I just got a message saying…"
"I sent the message to the teacher!" Freddie raised his eyebrow and Sam let out a slow sigh. "I had to get you out of class so we could talk." He thought she understood the concept of text messaging him if she needed him, but apparently not.
"But…" Sam clasped her fingers onto her nose and imitated the school secretary.
"Ma'am, could you please give a message to Freddie Benson, his mom drove her car into a swimming pool." Well, he had to admit that he admired her on that one, she was a regular. He chuckled and shook his head.
"You are a sick person."
"We have a problem." Sam frowned and her eyes grew heavy.
"What kind of problem?" She sighed and walked slightly past Freddie.
"Well, in homeroom, Carly told me she's going to have that interview with the headmaster of Briarwood." She looked at Freddie and he frowned at the statement, this was not good news.
"So Carly's going to go there?"
"Yeah, if the headmaster likes her."
"Yeah well who doesn't like her, right?" Sam rolled her eyes, knowing he was right. Everyone liked her, but that wasn't going to help anything.
"That's the problem!" Freddie nodded and shifted his eyes to the side, he thought it might actually be okay if Carly went there, but at the same time, he didn't want Sam to have to deal with losing such a good friend to her. "Of course she'll like Carly! Then Carly's going to go there, make all new friends, and then bye-bye us."
"Well we don't want that to happen."
"Good, because I have a plan and you're going to help me." He had to admit, he didn't really want to prevent Carly from doing what she wanted to do. He turned around and Sam grabbed his backpack, nearly falling over at his strength, but somehow managing to stand in place. She knew she wouldn't be walking anywhere. At least Freddie wasn't using all of his strength to get away. If he had been doing that, Sam would be dragged across the hall, and no one wanted that to happen. He stopped and sighed while turning his head toward Sam, she sighed and crossed her arms. "I know you don't like her having that crush on you, I don't either…but I also don't want her to leave us behind."
"I understand." He placed his hands on her arms and lightly kissed her forehead. "What's the plan?"
"We call the headmaster of Briarwood and move the interview to Carly's place." Freddie nodded and the two moved to a small bench. Freddie sat down as Sam read to him the number to Briarwood. He placed the phone to his ear and waited as he was put on hold. Sam looked around as people started to enter and leave the school. "Come on, what's taking so long?"
"I'm still on hold." Freddie shifted his eyes over and moved the corner of his lips back. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes! We're doing this for Carly, she wouldn't like Briarwood!"
"I know..."
"And if you do this, there's a better chance she'll fall more in love with you one day." Sam smirked and Freddie looked up, they knew the game. Sam was saying Carly, but referring as herself. Though, she wasn't sure just how much more she could love him, since she loved him more than anything. "Of course, right when I think I couldn't love him more than I already do, he makes me love him even more…"
"You're right, we have to do this for Carly." Freddie stood up and Sam smiled at him. "Of course, there is the possibility that the headmaster doesn't believe I'm Spencer and she thinks-" Just then the headmaster's voice came onto the phone, so he quickly spoke to her. He imitated Spencer's voice and managed to establish that he wanted the interview moved to the apartment. He wasn't sure why, but that's the way Sam wanted it to be. When done, he hung up the phone and looked to Sam. "So why do we want to move the interview to the apartment?"
"Well, the headmaster wants to make sure the headmaster is Briarwood material, right? A nice and proper good girl?" Freddie nodded and Sam walked over to her backpack. "Imagine an apartment filled with dozens of loud, screaming kids…" Sam took out some flyers and handed one to Freddie. "Playing mini golf…" Freddie looked at the flyer and raised his eyebrow.
"Free mini golf, tonight at Carly Shay's apartment, from five thirty to midnight." Sam smiled and he smirked while shaking his head with approval. "You're bad, you're a bad girl." Sam smiled shyly and Freddie held his smirk. "Did I mention you're a very naughty girl?"
"Uh-huh." She smirked and looked into Freddie's eyes. "What are you going to do about it?" He stepped closer to her and held his gaze into her eyes, their noses mere centimeters apart. Sam felt the heat starting to rise in her body as she gazed into his hypnotic and chocolate brown eyes.
"I guess I'm going to have to discipline you." She raised her eyebrow and tilted her head a tiny bit to the side.
"How would you go about that?"
"Tell me, have you ever had a spanking?"
"No, I don't recall…" Freddie smirked and playfully smacked Sam's rear, she yipped and blushed lightly.
"Now you have."
"Well then, maybe I should return the favor." They heard someone clear their throats and turned around to see Jonah and Valerie looking at them with awkward glances. Sam and Freddie chuckled nervously and blushed.
"Okay, question," Jonah said as he lifted his finger in the air. "Do I want to know?"
"I think maybe we came at a bad time," Valerie said while closing her eyes and slowly shaking her head. "Better us catching you in the act rather than someone else, don't you think?"
"Yeah, we'll just go and let you have your privacy." Jonah grinned and Valerie put her hand over her mouth, covering a smile.
"Uh…or you could help us…distribute these flyers," Sam said as she nervously held up the papers. Valerie took the flyers and read it, raising her eyebrow in the process. She looked up at Sam with question. "We don't want Carly to transfer over to Briarwood and forget all about us." Jonah tapped his chin lightly and slowly shook his head, he didn't understand how Sam wouldn't want that. After all, it would mean Carly wouldn't bother them anymore.
"If she forgets you, then you don't have to worry about her anymore. She won't ever act on that silly crush she has on Freddie and you don't have to be hurt ever again…I say why prevent her from going to the snooty little school for rich kids?"
"Because she happens to like Carly," Freddie replied while crossing his arms. Jonah looked up and over at Freddie, believing Freddie was most likely correct on that. "Carly and Sam are best friends and Sam would be hurt if Carly forgot about her. Also, I am her friend too. Why would I not be friendly to someone that is the friend of my fiancé?"
"Well, that's understandable." He closed his eyes and took a flyer from Valerie. "Let's go hand these out. I'll take the south side of the school."
"Right, and I'll take the north…Valerie, Sam, you guys can handle the east and west sides of this building. After that, we'll meet back in the center. I want to get as much done as I possibly can because I failed to mention what mom told me last night."
"What was that?" Valerie asked.
"Linda Peeloff, the headmaster of Briarwood used to be Linda Shay. That woman is the mother of Spencer and Carly, Carly never met her." Sam gasped and Valerie's eyes widened, Jonah simply crossed his arms and waited for Freddie to continue. "Mom told me that Linda didn't want anything to do with them and divorced their father, giving him custody of them. Spencer was only thirteen when she left, she waited until Carly was born to leave Mr. Shay."
"Oh my god, but why would she consider Carly for the school?" Sam asked while rubbing her chin. "If she hates her so much…"
"Probably because Carly is now famous…selfish reasons…"
"How did Emily figure that out?"
"Mom was doing some research and decided to take a break by looking up Briarwood. It's possible Spencer doesn't even know that his mom works there."
"Okay, so it's settled," Valerie said as she looked toward the flyer in her hands. "Let's hand out as many of these as we can and get as many kids there to keep Carly away from that lady, she doesn't deserve to go to a school run by a vicious bitch of a mother." Sam nodded and the group turned to leave the area, handing out as many flyers as they could.
So we know Carly's mom. I hope you enjoyed this story. Oh, and I feel bad to ask this since I probably shouldn't, but could people read my other story, HUNTING FOR ORIGINS and leave some reviews? It's really depressing to get only one review per chapter...even though I'm not writing for reviews, I'm writing for the sheer enjoyment of it, it's still depressing. Sure it's a crossover, but pretty much everything about the show being crossed with is actually explained to you in the story...around chapter 4. I know you would enjoy it, there's no doubt in my mind. I just think people didn't give it a chance at first...
Anyway moving on, I believe you will love the next chapter. We get to see Emily actually interacting with Linda, I wonder what will happen. Oh wait, I do know, but you'll have to see. I've got full confidence you'll enjoy it!