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: I'm updating early for one reason and one reason only! Well also I might not be updating tomorrow cause I'll be pretty busy, heh. Anyway, I need to reply to two anonymous reviewers: Neelix31 and Pam (Which also begs the question of why do people who appear to have an account ask questions in anonymous reviews that you can't reply to?) Pam first, since it's a simple one: I made no mention of Freddie's voice deepening for the very reason that Sam lives with Freddie in this story. His voice will deepen and she's going to notice during that time). As for Neelix, here you go man. Though I really wish you would have been logged in, if you had an account. I wouldn't have to update early ;P lol kidding. But still, if you do have an account, please feel free to sign in and ask questions so I don't have to answer them in the next chapter over...:
I update usually once a day, since I've got quite a bit of chapters to this story already written. Sure I'll slow down, but I can't resist the feeling of getting an exciting chapter out to excite the readers. I wouldn't dare post 20 in one day *shudder* As for you using my story for something you're using...what do you mean? Material wise like copying bits of my chapter and using them? Then no, I'd rather you didn't. If you mean using it to try to help yourself improve, but not copy pasting, then sure! Now OOC is an ignorant way to say something, I hate it. An author writes a character how they feel the character would act in a given situation. Now it is possible to write something out of character. Say you had Carly kill Sam for no valid reason whatsoever and she didn't even feel remorseful, that would be strongly out of the element for something Carly would do. In this story, Sam and Freddie are engaged to be married. There is no reason, in this story, that Sam would have to do any kind of physical harm to Freddie, and why would she? Also as someone else mentioned so long ago...Freddie can't be romantic? Excuse me, but what? EVERYONE can be romantic given the opportunity, and that very well includes Freddie. Also, I've mentioned in prior chapters, Sam does do things such as giving Gibby wedgies. She does tease Freddie every now and then, but she certainly (at least not in this story) wouldn't do something like put ice cubes in his bed. There is nothing OOC about this situation, it is how I, the author, feel that Sam and Freddie would act if they were dating. Plus, as people age, people mature. So realistically speaking, at some point of time, Sam is going to stop picking on Freddie (in the show). It annoys me that people don't quite get that.
You think I'm going to kill Emily off? Heh, the only one in danger of dying would be Tyrone and Carly (oops I let that one slip!). You'll see what I mean about that one in a far later chapter. I did not think about the thing with Tricia, hmm, nice catch there. ^_^. I'm glad you enjoy this story so far, as I'm glad that all the readers who enjoy it are enjoying it. Reviews, the keep my spirits up in these times. Well, that's all for this reply, read the chapter and enjoy! (In the future, anyone who has questions, please feel free to ask them while having an account or an email to respond to. It is more considerate to both the writer and the other readers...)
Chapter 72 (Almost Taken)
Freddie kicked a rock as he and Jonah walked through the park. He was going on about how annoying it was that they were dealing with this Shane guy. Jonah felt for him, he knew it had to be painful when your girlfriend pretends to like someone else. What was even more annoying was the fact that it wasn't even a role play.
"I'm sure things will work out," Jonah said as he patted Freddie on the shoulder. He was trying to think of something to say that might either lift Freddie's mood up or get his mind off of Shane. He would actually give anything for Sam to show up, since if she were here, she could definitely get Freddie feeling better. After all, if his best friend couldn't get Freddie feeling well, then his favorite girl in the world probably could. "You know Freddie, I'm thinking of growing my hair out a bit." Freddie raised his eyebrow and stared at Jonah, trying to imagine him with longer hair.
"Uh, why would you even think about doing that?" Freddie asked while trying not to cringe. Actually, the image of Jonah with longer hair wasn't exactly bad, but it was something definitely far different. "Have you discussed that with Valerie yet?" Jonah rolled his eyes and smirked, Valerie would be just fine with it if he grew his hair out. She thought he was hot anyway. "Though I can say, it'd look better than if you were a skinhead." Jonah raised his eyebrow and gagged slightly as he imagined himself with no hair.
"Excuse me? Skinhead? Freddie, have you lost your mind?!" Freddie laughed and Jonah shuddered at the thought. He would have to get Freddie back for that, somehow. Maybe he'd find a way to pull a prank on him. Jonah's phone begin to ring, he checked it and saw that Sam was calling. That was odd, so he decided to answer. "Hello? What's going on?" Jonah listed as Sam spoke and looked over to Freddie. "Hey, uh Freddie…is your phone off?" Freddie blinked and checked his phone, he had missed a call.
"I must have had my phone on silent."
"Ah, well Sam's been calling you."
"I see." Jonah handed Freddie the phone and smirked, he found it amusing that Freddie would have his phone on silent. "Sam? What's wrong?" Sam seemed to be a bit upset about something, but she didn't really say it. What she wanted was to see Freddie. "Jonah and I are at Seoul Park, you want us to wait for you to come here or us to come to you?" She wanted to go see Freddie. She had thought he'd be home, but he clearly wasn't. "Yeah, I needed to talk to Jonah about some stuff."
"I'll be right there," Sam said as she hung up the phone. She wasn't going to bother with bugging Carly about Shane, especially since she didn't care for him. Though the pretending would be good, even though she sometimes got sidetracked and started treating Shane as if he was Freddie. After some time, Sam managed to find Freddie and Jonah walking in the park, she quickly ran toward them. "Freddie!" Freddie stumbled slightly as she hugged him, Jonah merely chuckled and watched his two friends. Sam looked into Freddie's eyes and smiled lightly. "Freddie, I'm sorry this thing with Shane is bothering you…"
"It's okay, really. I mean, yes I'm jealous, but I know who you'll come running to in the end." Freddie smirked and kissed Sam's forehead, she smiled and sighed lightly. She felt comfortable knowing that Freddie wasn't too overly worried about Shane. She let go of Freddie and the trio continued to walk through the park. "Hey Freddie, Carly wants us both to date Shane…" Freddie raised his eyebrow and Jonah glanced over with concern in his eyes. Neither guy was sure that would end well. Freddie trusted Sam, though. He crossed his arms and let out a small sigh.
"As long as it doesn't get too far and I get to spend the majority of the time with you on dates and stuff." Sam smiled and nodded her head, she didn't mind that at all. She would definitely ask Shane out, but she wouldn't make a big deal out of it. She loved Freddie and only Freddie. "In fact, maybe you and I can get a smoothie tomorrow." Sam smiled and nodded her head, that sounded like a good idea. "Maybe we could go catch a movie and then top it off with a smoothie."
"I would love that, Freddie." Jonah smiled at his friends and glanced over to his right, he thought he saw Tyrone walking in the distance. This was bad, Freddie and Sam needed to get away from each other and fast. If Tyrone spotted them, who knew what the old bastard would do. Jonah quickly pushed Sam and Freddie apart and stepped in between them, his two friends just stared at him with confusion. "Jonah, what are you doing?" Jonah placed a finger to his lips and pointed over to where Tyrone was.
"Old bastard at three o'clock," Jonah said in a quiet voice. Sam and Freddie looked over and their eyes grew wide. They were about to leave when Tyrone spotted them and walked over, a huge smirk on his face. "Damn it…" Tyrone crossed his arms and stared at the trio. Freddie kept a calm look on his face, as if he wasn't doing anything at all, while Sam and Jonah were trying not to panic.
"So Benson, what are you doing here?" Tyrone asked while raising his eyebrow. "Much less, with Samantha Puckett…"
"And my best friend, Jonah Brown," Freddie replied while crossing his arms.
"I don't care about him, I would like to know…is this girl your bride?" Sam remained silent and Freddie slowly shook his head, it was best to say no to Tyrone, no matter what.
"Nope, sorry, but that's not the truth. Why would my mom choose her, anyway? We rarely ever get along." Tyrone narrowed his eyes and growled, he wasn't sure if Freddie was lying or telling the truth, but he would find out.
"I was only here to ask Freddie and Jonah how a guy would like to be asked out," Sam quickly stated in defense. Tyrone raised his eyebrow and looked suspiciously at Sam. "I want to ask out Shane Johnson, but I'm really shy at this type of thing."
"I say just call him up and ask him out," Jonah stated while patting Sam on the back. Sam nodded and pulled out her cell phone. Despite the fact that she told Carly she wasn't going to ask Shane out right away, she had to do it or else something bad might happen. She dialed Shane's number and Tyrone continued to watch with suspicion. Sam turned around and started to walk a bit, concealing her face from the old man.
"Hello, Shane? This is Sam Puckett…yeah, Freddie's friend. I want to know if you'll go out with me. A date…" Shane told her that Carly had already asked him, but it would be okay if it wasn't entirely serious dating. He might consider making one of the two girls his girlfriend in the end. "So that's a yes? Thank you so much!" Tyrone rubbed his chin and narrowed his eyes in defeat, he still couldn't be sure that the group wasn't lying to them. Sam hung up the phone and moved over to the guys, smiling brightly. "He said yes!"
"That's great, I'm happy for you!"
"Yes, but I am still going to take you from Freddie," Tyrone stated. Freddie remained stoic, but inside he was starting to panic. Sam looked over and Jonah raised his eyebrow. "No girl needs to be close to Benson. I understand you're just friends, but I have questions for you that you can't answer while with him."
"What are you talking about?" Freddie asked while raising his eyebrow. Sam had done nothing wrong at all. "Sam's done nothing."
"I don't care. If she is lying to me about being your bride, it's possible that you're forcing her to lie. That means she can't be honest to her savior while you're around." Tyrone grabbed Sam's arm, causing her to shout out. She didn't want to go with him, so she started to struggle. Tyrone was too strong, so he just started walking away while pulling Sam with him. Freddie growled and started to hurry toward them, but Jonah placed his hand on Freddie's shoulder.
"Let them be, Sam will be fine I'm sure," Jonah said in a quiet voice. Freddie looked over and Jonah gave a small sigh. He was sure that Sam would lie as much as possible and Tyrone would believe her. Most likely, he would lay off of Sam. "Sam's a tough girl, she wouldn't give in to his demands." Freddie nodded in response and watched as Sam moved with Tyrone, still struggling in his grasp. The simple act angered him, but if he went after Tyrone, then all would be revealed and Tyrone would definitely take her from him for good. "We'll follow them..."
As Tyrone dragged her out of the park, Sam took up the idea of screaming. "Let me go! If you don't, I'll start calling for help!" Sam shouted out. Tyrone wasn't afraid of that, he could handle her well.
"I just want to know if you are the one that Emily has chosen to marry Freddie."
"No! I don't like him like that, anyway!" Sam couldn't believe the things she was saying, but she had to, or else Tyrone was going to tear her from Freddie forever. "I like Shane! Shane Johnson! Let me go, right now!" Tyrone turned to Sam and narrowed his eyes, she did seem sincere enough in what she was saying. Nearby, someone cleared their throat to try and catch their attention.
"Hey Gramps, what are you doing?" Spencer's voice rang in Sam's ears, her eyes widened and she quickly glanced over at him. Spencer was standing with his arms crossed and eyes narrow. "Are you kidnapping?"
"No Spencer, I was simply trying to ask this girl if she was the chosen bride of Freddie Benson." Spencer already figured that much out, he had heard Tyrone ask Sam the question. Spencer sighed and coolly walked over to Sam and Tyrone, he took Sam and pulled her from the man's grasp.
"You know, something like this is what you could get charged for assault or even kidnapping, Grandpa."
"And how would you know? You're no lawyer, you dropped out to start working with your art!"
"Yeah? Well screw you!" Spencer was nearly a lawyer anyway, and when he became one, he'd have to see about a possible restraining order. He wanted to keep Tyrone away from Carly, away from Freddie, away from Sam and everyone else. "Sam Puckett and Freddie Benson are enemies, Gramps…They're friends, but they're also rivals. Mrs. Benson wouldn't choose Sam for Freddie to save her life, I mean come on…she'd have to be pretty stupid to do that! Do you not see how much Sam tortures Freddie?"
"Hmm, good point…" Sam looked to Spencer with her eyes beginning to water, she wasn't going to cry though, not in front of Tyrone. Tyrone was the enemy. If he saw her tears, then who knew what would happen. Spencer looked to Sam and frowned, he understood her fear and terror. He looked over at Tyrone and narrowed his eyes.
"You've terrorized this girl enough, Gramps. I think you should leave now, don't think I won't call the police on you."
"You would call the police on your own grandfather?" Tyrone's eyes widened, he was shocked and appalled by this. Spencer couldn't do that, it just wasn't right. "Spencer Shay, I'll have you know-"
"Frankly I don't give a damn right now, get the hell out of my sight!" Tyrone stepped back and Sam's eyebrows rose up slightly, she was pretty shocked at Spencer's attitude with the old man. Tyrone growled and walked away, not wanting to start anything.
"Don't think we're not going to have a talk about this later!"
"Yeah, whatever…" Spencer turned to Sam and smiled softly as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay to cry if you want, Sam." Sam nodded and let the frightened tears leave her eyes as she grasped Spencer's shirt. She was safe, and Tyrone wouldn't be taking her away from Freddie. Spencer helped her, and she didn't know why, but she was thankful.
"Thank you, Spencer," Sam said as she closed her eyes. Spencer nodded and patted her back. He looked up and saw Freddie and Jonah running toward them. He was still unsure, but at the same time he was pretty close to thinking that Sam and Freddie were chosen to be married. If that was the case, with Tyrone around, it was understandable why they would keep it secret.
Freddie and Jonah stared at the two with yearning, as if they wanted to talk to Sam but were holding back. Spencer glanced to the side and hummed to himself, perhaps it would be best if he left now. Spencer pushed Sam back slightly and smiled at her, he pointed past her and she followed to where he was pointing. She was relieved to see Freddie, so relieved that she didn't even notice when Spencer turned and started to walk away. She quickly ran over to Freddie and hugged him, not wanting to let go.
"Sam, are you okay?" Freddie asked as he held her close, refusing to let her go. Sam nodded and buried her head into his neck. Jonah rubbed Sam's back, trying to provide comfort in any way he could, he really wanted to punch Tyrone in that moment. "Don't worry, Tyrone's not going to take you away. I'll see to it that he doesn't."
"Spencer stopped him from taking me," Sam said in a quiet and confused voice. "It was odd, like Spencer didn't even like Tyrone…" Jonah chuckled and a smirk formed on his face.
"Heh, even if he were my grandfather, I'd hate him," Jonah responded. Sam smiled at him and Freddie wiped her tears away. He wanted to thank Spencer, but figured it'd be a bad idea unless they wanted to reveal their secret. "Hey, how about I call Valerie and we do a fun role playing game?"
"Or we could just do one right here," Freddie said with a small smile. Sam grinned and nodded her head, role playing would be fun, especially since they hadn't had a chance to do one in a little while. Sam quickly jumped up on a small rock and looked down to Freddie and Jonah.
"I am the queen, and you two are my royal subjects!" Sam said with a quick voice. Jonah and Freddie chuckled and got onto one knee, bowing their heads down.
"What do you desire, my lady?" Role playing would definitely help Sam to push what had just occurred out of her mind, it was always a distraction method if it could be. She loved to do a good role playing game, and somehow, Freddie always made it exciting. Perhaps because a lot of games ended with him kissing her and making her feel great. Chances were, this time would be no different.
Well I do hope you enjoyed that. Drop a review, I do appreciate getting them every now and then ^_^. So it seems Spencer may know about those two being together. Good thing he was at the park and got Sam back.