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 61 (The Mother)
Freddie and Sam led a large group of kids down the hallways of Bushwell, they made it to Carly's apartment and grinned, this was it. They opened the door and saw Carly and Spencer standing by the kitchen sink. Carly stared over with wide eyes and a slacked jaw. "Okay everybody, in we go!" Freddie grinned and Sam hurried over toward her two friends.
"Hey what's going on?" Carly asked in a quick voice, she was trying to get ready for her interview and didn't need a million kids in the apartment. Freddie moved his arms out and smiled.
"It's a mini golf party!"
"Right now? I'm getting ready to leave for my interview!" Sam blinked and looked over, a look of recollection coming onto her face.
"The Briarwood interview…is that tonight?" She asked.
"Yes it's tonight!"
"Don't worry, we're just going to play a few rounds," Freddie said as he waved his hand through the air. The doorbell rang and Carly hurried over to the door. Spencer frowned when he saw all the children, he could easily send them out of the apartment. He glanced over at the door and Mrs. Peeloff, his eyes widened and his hands slowly closed. Sam and Freddie looked over at him and saw his reaction, they knew something was going to happen when they saw him getting upset. They slowly walked over to Carly when she let Linda in the room. "Hey Carly." Carly looked over at Freddie and gave an exasperated sigh. Sam stepped in front of her and looked up at Linda, sneering slightly.
"Who's the chick?" Sam asked while narrowing her eyes.
"This is Mrs. Peeloff, the headmaster of Briarwood!" Carly stated while signaling with her hands that she wanted everyone out. She had been extremely nervous, and now she was petrified. Sam held up her hand and smirked.
"What's up Peeloff?" Linda looked away with slight disgust and Sam lowered her arm. She really wasn't fond of children and often wondered why she even bothered to work at a place with children. Spencer walked over and put on the best smile he could, there was no way in hell he was sending away all the kids.
"Well, this is my brother, Spencer," Carly said while gesturing toward him. Linda turned toward Spencer and Carly looked at him with a smile. "Spencer, this is the headmaster of Briarwood!"
"Ah, I see," He stated. He looked toward Linda and allowed his insides to burn with rage. This woman, this was the woman that conceived Carly but hated her. This was the woman who hated his father for having another child. This was the woman in which Spencer hoped to never see again.
"Hello," Linda said as she clutched her notebook tightly. "How are your buttocks?" Spencer blinked and glanced up slightly, he hadn't expected that one.
"My buttocks? They're fine…firm!" Linda nodded and looked at the stain on Spencer's shirt with a look of disgust and terror.
"Oh, that's just food."
"Lovely." Sam and Freddie laughed to themselves as Carly and Linda walked to the elevator. Once they made it inside, Freddie nudged a kid and gestured toward Linda. The kid hit a golf ball and shattered the window in the elevator, causing the woman to wince in shock. Spencer walked over to them and stared at them with a slightly blank expression. They looked up to him and grinned, causing him to raise his eyebrow and cross his arms, he pretty much suspected them to be responsible for the whole mini golf party.
"So, you guys did all of this?" Sam and Freddie nodded their heads and he merely smirked. "Not bad…I think this should be fun."
"We thought you'd be madder," Freddie said in a quiet voice. Spencer crossed his arms and shook his head.
"Nah, I don't think I could be angry." He walked off and Freddie looked to Sam with a smile.
"Hey, how's it going bad girl? Perhaps we should send the party after Linda by saying there's a 'magic ball' in her pockets." Sam chuckled and slowly shook her body as she stepped toward Freddie.
"Ooh, now look who is making the plans," Sam said in a slightly seductive voice. She placed a finger on his chest and moved it downward. "I think it's you who is the bad one here, bad boy." Freddie smirked and raised his eyebrows. "I'll go ahead and try to grab their attention." Sam stepped up onto the couch and clapped her hands. "Hey!" Everyone stopped what they were doing and Freddie looked up at his girlfriend with pride and love. "Okay, so whoever finds the magic purple golf ball wins free tickets to mini golf for a year!"
"A whole year?" Gibby asked, once again being shirtless. "Well give us a hint on where it is!"
"Okay...It's upstairs inside a grown up lady's pocket!" Spencer looked over and snorted at the statement, it was too perfect. The kids all screamed and ran up the stairs with excitement. Spencer shrugged and turned around to the sink. Freddie took Sam's hand and pulled her off, causing her to let out a tiny squeal as she placed her hands on his shoulders and he caught her sides.
"That was perfect, my angel," Freddie said in a soft and quiet voice. Sam giggled and he kissed her lips. Sam pulled her lips back and touched Freddie's nose with hers.
"Spencer's right over there," she whispered.
"See if I care." He set Sam on her feet and tangled his fingers in hers. "You want a drink?" She nodded and Freddie turned to walk into the kitchen, Sam snapped out of her daze and quickly followed after him. Spencer turned around and watched as Freddie poured a drink into two glasses, giving one to Sam and smirking. "We are bad."
"We are." Spencer looked over and walked toward the bathroom, he would need to take a shower. Carly ran down the stairs and glared at her two friends.
"Why!" Carly exclaimed.
"Why?"
"Why would you two intentionally sabotage my interview!" Sam and Freddie both glanced at each other and silently sipped their drinks, they hadn't planned on that, Gibby or someone probably told Carly it was them. "Don't nonchalantly sip your drinks! Answer me!" Sam slowly put her drink on the counter and glanced toward the side as Freddie gave a concerned glance toward her and then looked back to Carly, she did seem to be pretty angry.
"We didn't want you to go," Freddie said honestly. Even though it was more Sam who didn't want Carly to leave.
"You wouldn't like it at Briarwood," Sam quietly added. Freddie sighed softly and looked toward Carly.
"We were only thinking of you."
"No, you were thinking of yourselves!" Carly exclaimed, seething with rage. They were sure that if she knew about her mother, she wouldn't be angry, but they weren't going to be the ones to tell her. If Spencer hadn't told her, then they shouldn't be the ones to do so. Sam slowly got over and walked toward her friend. "This interview was really important to me!" Freddie stepped next to Sam and looked into Carly's eyes.
"You don't want to go to a snotty rich kid's school."
"Well maybe I did and maybe I don't, but I'll never get to make the choice because you ruined it for me!"
"Come on Carly, it wasn't that bad," Sam replied. The elevator opened up and everyone looked over to see Linda walking out. She was staggering, her clothes were torn and tattered. "Okay, so those kids did do more damage than we thought…oh god…" Freddie walked over to Linda and the woman shrieked, she held out her purse in defense.
"Don't blame Carly for all this stuff," Sam said as she stepped next to him. Linda raised her eyebrow and Sam gave a slow sigh. "She had nothing to do with it, we tried to mess with the interview." Carly looked over at her friends and furrowed her brow.
"We did it because she's our best friend," Freddie said with a quiet voice. Currently, they were trying to ignore the fact that this same lady was also the woman that had been Carly's birth mother. She entered the apartment and not once did she acknowledge that fact.
"We didn't want her to leave our school." Linda shifted her eyes from Freddie to Sam and back, remembering exactly why she hated children in the first place. They were insane, crazy, and now they wanted a ball. Of course, she was baffled by Freddie and Sam.
"We'd miss her…but she's like the best kid you could get at Briarwood." Carly smiled at that statement, she was pretty impressed with how the two were acting. They didn't have to do that, but it was fine that they were.
"Don't just go and not let her in because she has a couple rotten friends, she's more than perfect for the school…" Freddie looked over to Sam as she frowned, thinking the statement had to be true. Carly rolled her eyes and smiled as she walked over to them and stepped next to Linda.
"You guys aren't rotten," Carly said with a subtle smile. "Usually." She smirked and Sam gave a tiny smile. Linda sighed and her face softened.
"Well I think there is something to be said for a girl who has friends that care so much about her," Linda said with a smile.
"We do," Freddie responded. He cared about Carly as a friend just as Sam did, though she did annoy him at times with the crush and hurt Sam without knowing it, it wasn't her fault at all. Carly turned to Linda and smiled sweetly at her.
"So there's still a chance that I might get into Briarwood?" Carly asked, still hoping that there was a chance of it happening.
"Well, I won't make any promises," Linda replied. She didn't think Carly really should go, she remembered why she hated the Shays in the first place. Having one of them in her school could prove hazardous. Gibby and several kids ran down the stairs and screamed at her to give them the purple ball. "I don't have a purple ball!" The kids screamed and chased her into another room.
"Go help her!" Sam shouted out at Freddie. He nodded and grabbed a golf club while running after them. He soon ran out and looked at the girls with wide eyes.
"They chased her into Spencer's shower!" The girls stared in shock as Linda ran out of the room and out of the apartment. Emily, hearing all the screaming, opened the door in time to see Linda rushing out. She smirked and grabbed her, pulling her inside and slamming the door shut, ignoring the kids banging on the door.
"Go home!" Emily shouted out at the children. "Get yourselves home before I order every cop in Seattle after you!" The kids stopped and quickly ran off. She smirked and crossed her arms while leaning against the door. "Hello Linda, how are you?" Linda sighed and panted while looking over at her savior. She didn't realize she was looking at the very woman who birthed Spencer, and therefore the very woman who probably despised her more than anything for leaving Robert, Spencer, and Carly behind.
"I'm just fine, thank you," Linda replied. She straightened herself up and extended an arm. "I'm Linda Peeloff."
"I'm not shaking your hand." Emily sneered in disgust and Linda slowly lowered her arm.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"So this is the bitch that Robert married, the one that didn't want anything to do with him or his children." Emily narrowed her eyes and circled the woman like a shark, eyeing her. Linda raised her eyebrow and slowly reached for the door. "You're going nowhere yet!"
"Oh! Sorry!" Linda quickly recoiled and Emily held her glare.
"Well, Robert didn't see anything in her I suppose…The thieving, vindictive woman." She tapped her finger on her arm and made a humming sound. "So, you're the headmaster at Briarwood?"
"Yeah…but how did you know that? Better yet, how did you know my name?"
"Robert." Linda froze in shock, she narrowed her eyes and growled lightly.
"Oh."
"I'm guessing you didn't bother telling Carly that you're her mother."
"It doesn't matter, she doesn't need me."
"Every girl needs a mother!" Emily quickly slapped Linda across the face and glared with intense fury. "A motherless child can't grow properly, without a mother, who the hell is going to do all the things with her that a mother should? Who is going to care for the wounds the way a mother would do?"
"I don't know, I suppose Spencer's doing a great job of it."
"Yeah sure, and I just got crowned the queen of the world! He needs a mother too, he can't be Carly's mother if he's her brother." Linda rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over.
"Look, I just need to get home and change my clothes, okay?" Emily scoffed and rolled her eyes, she didn't care at all about her wants.
"So, Peeloff, what is your husband like?"
"I don't have a husband, I hate kids." Linda narrowed her eyes and growled slightly. "I used my maiden name."
"Yes well, your maiden name doesn't sound as good as 'Shay' does it? Here's what I think you should do, I think you should take a vial of your own saliva and drink it, poisoning yourself with your own venom!"
"Oh get over it." Linda rubbed her chin and stared at Emily, slowly remembering who she was. She smirked and narrowed her eyes. "I guess you're just mad because Robert chose me over you." Emily hesitated for a split second and a threatening growl escaped her throat. Robert didn't choose her, it was Tyrone that forced the two together!
"I don't give a damn about that spineless coward. Although, I think you'll agree that his father is worse."
"Well obviously…but hey, surely you don't have a problem with me."
"Of course I do! You left your daughter, step son, and husband behind. The kids need a mother and you deny them that basic right! No, not a right, a necessity!"
"If you're so damn concerned about them having a mother, then why don't you be their goddamn mother!" Emily gasped and Linda glared fiercely into her eyes. "I don't want to mother a couple of Shay children, not when there is that goddamn dictator fathering a spineless puppet! I bet Spencer's not any better off, and Carly's bound to grow in the same path!" Emily gasped and swiftly punched Linda, silencing her.
"You shut your mouth. I don't want to be their mother because I can't trust the Shay family all that much…I have no reason to mother them, you do." It was of course, a big lie. She wanted to mother Spencer at least, since he was her child. Carly deserved a mom as well. Linda scoffed and shook her head, she could really care less about any of what Emily was telling her. Emily smirked and tilted her head to the side. "I think we know who the better woman here is."
"Yeah, how unfortunate for you." Emily seethed and Linda opened the door. "Well…goodbye Emily." Linda stepped one foot out of the doorway and slowly turned around, giving a slight smile and twist of her head. "By the way, I thought I'd let you know-"
"See you later bitchy, I don't care." Emily slammed the door shut, hitting Linda and causing her too fall back and hit her head against the wall. She moaned lightly and slowly stood up, rubbing her head. She looked to her left and to her right, frowning when she saw several heads peeking around the corner. She groaned as Gibby jumped out and shouted for everyone to get her.
"That's it, I'm going to quit my job after this." The kids surrounded her and pulled her down, slamming her against the ground. She yelled out as the children all tackled her. "I hate children!"
I hope you enjoyed that chapter. I personally enjoyed Emily's banter with Linda.