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 73 (Womanly Competition)

The next day, Sam was resting on the couch with Emily and watching a crime drama. She was over what had happened with Tyrone the previous day. Emily had been rather annoyed when she heard what happened, but she was very thankful that Spencer had shown up when he did. As the commercials came on, a loud crash was heard from Carly's apartment. Emily quickly looked over and Sam jumped up, both were highly concerned about that.

"What was that?" Sam asked with wide eyes. It sounded like the elevator, and that's probably what it was. The elevator had been broken for a little while. "I'm going to go check." Emily nodded and Sam hurried out of the apartment. She ran in and spotted Spencer, Carly, and the mechanic. They seemed to be okay, so maybe no one was injured or anything. "Hey, did you guys hear that loud crash?"

"Everybody's a critic," The mechanic said while sighing and shaking his head. Spencer and the mechanic left, so that just left Carly and Sam to spend some time together.

"So where have you been?" Carly asked as Sam found a snack and put some food in her mouth. "We've got a ton of iCarly stuff to rehearse." Sam had finished her date with Freddie and then made it home to start watching a crime drama with Emily. Truthfully, she had just made it back home from her time with Freddie. Sam couldn't tell that to Carly, though. She wasn't about to risk Tyrone taking her away again.

"Oh, I was just getting my homework done early." Carly laughed with disbelief, she didn't think Sam would ever get homework done this early. The only homework they had was something that needed to be turned in next week.

"You were getting your homework done early? For what class?" Sam looked up and tried to think about what to say to this, but her mind was all in a jumble. Basically she was distracted by the things Freddie said and did on the date, things that Carly probably didn't need to know.

"You know…the one with the teacher who…says things." Carly rolled her eyes and smiled, she figured Sam was lying and was most likely with Shane at the time.

"You can tell me if you were with Shane." Sam blinked and glanced to the side, she hadn't been with Shane just yet. That was actually something Freddie was very pleased with. He had shown her his gratitude by kissing her and moving a rose along her body, trailing it with kisses. During that moment, Sam just kept getting more and more heated. Sam quickly left the daze she was in and saw Carly staring at her, possibly thinking Sam was in a daze over Shane. "Remember, we're going to be mature about this."

"Okay, I was with Shane…" Sam decided to humor Carly, but also she felt like using Shane as if he were Freddie. After all, it was the perfect time to release some tension if she had to. Though she didn't want to fight with Carly, it was fighting that would help strengthen a friendship. Carly smiled and walked around Sam.

"Great!" She stopped walking and looked to Sam, wanting to know where Sam and Shane had been. "Where?" Sam had to think of something, Freddie had bought her a smoothie a little earlier, so she could use that.

"He bought me a smoothie."

"Oh! Cool." Carly paused for a moment and figured she ought to continue the conversation. She wanted the better of it. She didn't want Sam to think Shane was doing for her what he wasn't doing for Carly. Plus, he had bought her a smoothie the previous night. "He bought me a smoothie last night."

"Oh nice!" Sam looked down and thought about what size of the smoothie she had with Freddie. She wondered if maybe she could get a little competitive with this. She hummed lightly and glanced up at Carly. "What size?" Freddie had given her a large.

"Medium…"

"Aw."

"That's all I wanted!" Sam started to walk past Carly, thinking of something Freddie had done for her that maybe Shane hadn't done for Carly. Well, Freddie had told her she looked incredibly cute.

"Did he tell you that you have a cute nose?"

"No." Carly looked worried, Shane didn't say a thing about her nose or any other body part. Sam spun around slightly and smirked, she had something.

"Interesting."

"Why? Did he tell you that you have a cute nose?" Sam had to start looking through a magazine for effect, but also so she didn't lose herself in remembering her event with Freddie. He had positioned the rose on her lips and traced her face, kissing her as his lips followed the flower. When he reached her nose, he said he always loved how cute it was. Then he moved it back to her lips and down her body. After a certain length, they stopped before they went too far with what they were doing.

"Ah, maybe. I don't remember, yes." Carly pressed her lips together and glanced away for a moment. Oh, it was on now. If Shane didn't do that with her, what was it saying? She then thought of something, even though she hadn't, she wondered if Sam felt Shane's muscles.

"Did you feel his arm muscles?" Sam raised her eyebrow and lifted her eyes toward Carly, she figured she might give this one to her.

"No."

"Oh…" Carly walked past Sam and smirked. "Well they're large." Sam started to take the defensive on that.

"You didn't feel his arm muscles!"

"Yes I did too!" Carly then began to defend herself by making up a story, but she spoke a little too quickly. "He told me he could beat his dad at arm wrestling and I said no way and he said no way it's really true. So I said 'wow, you must be really strong,' and he said that he worked out a little bit and asked me if I wanted to feel his biceps and I said sure, so I felt them and they felt awesome." Carly looked daringly into Sam's eyes, causing Sam to close her eyes and chuckle slightly. Carly really knew how to whip up a story.

"I think that's great." Carly nodded and Sam clasped her hands together, staring at Carly sadly. "But wouldn't it just be easier if you wrote 'I'm desperate' on your forehead?" Carly looked back at Sam with wide eyes, she was shocked by what Sam had just said. Of course, Sam could tell that Carly looked different. Carly was wearing a helping bra, something that pushed the breasts up and made them more noticeable. Sam didn't need to wear one of those, Freddie was happy with her anyway. Not only that, her chest wasn't exactly as flat as Carly's was.

"You take that back!"

"You take it back!" Okay, Sam didn't know what she was saying there, perhaps it was something about Carly liking Freddie and she wanted her to stop.

"Take what back?"

"I don't know, just take it back!" She wanted to scream for Carly to not like Freddie, that's what she wanted to do. Only, she knew it would create more trouble if she did that, so she couldn't say what she wanted to say, and therefore did not know what to say at all.

"Stop dating Shane!" With Sam's current mindset on Freddie, it was as though Carly was telling her to stop dating Freddie, and that was not going to happen.

"No, you stop!" She stopped herself from continuing the statement, since she might have shouted for Carly to stop crushing on Freddie.

"No!"

"I saw the boy first!" It was true in regards to Freddie, she had seen Freddie a long time before Carly ever did.

"We saw him simultaneously!"

"You're just jealous because he said I have a cute nose." Carly growled slightly and tried to think of a comeback, she had to admit the one she thought of was kind of weak.

"Well when he said that, did he mention the booger in it?"

"There's nothing in my nose."

"Well I don't care, because I have a date with Shane tonight!"

"Obviously."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well why don't you ask your new helping bra." Carly gasped and looked at Sam with wide eyes, this accusation, while true, angered her.

"That's it, I'm out of here!" Carly left the apartment and Sam raised her eyebrow, wasn't this Carly's home? Carly opened the door and glared at Sam. "This is my house!" Sam didn't want to continue the fight, so she just left the apartment. She leaned against the wall and sighed sadly, looking over only when Freddie opened his door.

"Sam?" Freddie asked while raising his eyebrow. He was actually about to leave for the gym, but if Sam was upset about something, then he could wait. Sam wiped her eyes and walked over to Freddie. "Is something the matter?"

"Carly and I had a bad fight…"

"Oh, Sam…" Freddie hugged her and gently kissed her forehead, he hated to see Sam upset, and he hated to see Carly and Sam fight. He led her back into the apartment and onto the couch, Emily wasn't there at the moment since the show had finished. Freddie tucked Sam's hair back and smiled as he looked into her eyes. "Hey, don't worry too much about it, I'm sure Carly will forget all about it tomorrow."

"We argued over Shane…well, I was actually using him as if he were you." Freddie raised his eyebrow and frowned, if she had done that, then she probably would have gotten defensive over anything that Carly said. That wouldn't be a good thing at all. "I feel really bad…" Freddie hugged her close and kissed her forehead once more, all he really could do for her right now was hold her. They would work on what to do later, but right now, Sam just needed comfort.

-NEW SCENE-

The next morning, Sam brought some cookies to school with her. She and Valerie had baked them, it was basically a peace offering to Carly. Sam moved toward Carly's locker and found her standing next to it, she smiled lightly and slowly exhaled. Freddie told her she should be the one to apologize, so that's what she was going to do. "Hey." Carly frowned and looked down slightly, she felt bad about the fight as well.

"Hi."

"I feel really bad about our fight yesterday."

"I do too." Sam smiled and held the plate of cookies to Sam.

"I brought make up cookies."

"Oh!" Carly started to take one, then looked at Sam suspiciously for a moment. "You try one first." Sam sighed and rolled her eyes slightly.

"I can't believe you'd think I would poison the cookies." Sam wasn't a murderer, she wouldn't even lace a cookie with poison and give it to Tyrone of all people.

"Well with me out of the way, you'd have an all access pass to club Shane." That would have made Sam laugh, and it did, but only inwardly. All she needed was Freddie, and she already had him to herself. It was clear Carly was joking, though. Carly took a cookie and bit into it, she was really impressed with it. Freddie walked up and spotted the cookies, he grinned and raised his eyebrow.

"Hey hey, I see cookies!" Freddie said with a hungry tone. Sam smiled and offered him the plate. He took a cookie and bit into it, it was really good. "Mm, who made them?"

"Sam." Freddie then made a gagging sound to tease Sam.

"It's okay, she didn't put anything bad in them."

"Yeah, but when was the last time Sam washed her hands?" Freddie smirked and Sam smacked her lips together. Actually, she had done a little fondling with Freddie before taking them out of the oven and setting them on the plate. A little playful touching never hurt anyone. Carly frowned and set the cookie back on the plate, Freddie did the same with his. He was going to eat it later, as well as the other cookies, but Sam unfortunately threw them away.

"So what are we going to do about this Shane thing?" Carly asked with a slight frown. Sam shrugged and slowly shook her head.

"I don't know," Sam said with a quiet voice. Freddie raised his eyebrow and looked between the two girls, he could tell it wasn't working so well.

"I thought you decided you'd both date him?" Freddie asked.

"We did, but it's not working out." Freddie rubbed his chin and looked over to see Shane walking up. "Hey Shane." Carly was already gazing at him, Sam decided to mimic her. Freddie didn't exactly like that, but he wasn't going to say anything about it.

"Hey, we have an AV club meeting," Shane reminded Freddie. He had almost forgotten about that.

"Right!" Shane turned and smiled at Carly and Sam.

"Hey Carly, hey Sam."

"Hi…" Their voices were slightly dreamy.

"Oh your hair looks a little funny in the front," Sam said as she moved to Shane and started fixing his hair. She wanted to rile Carly up.

"No it doesn't," Carly said while going in and trying to fix what Sam was doing. Sam turned to Carly and frowned.

"Uh, you made it worse."

"No I didn't."

"Yes you did!" Freddie watched as the two girls competed and started trying to fix Shane's hair. He was starting to grow a bit annoyed by now. He quickly pushed their arms away and stepped in front of Shane.

"That's enough!" Freddie called out. He grunted and Sam shifted her eyes to the side, she figured he might be a little troubled by that. Shane and Freddie quickly left and Sam turned to face Carly.

"Okay, obviously only one of us can date Shane unless we want to end up murdering each other," Carly said while heaving a sigh. Sam had to admit, that was true. It also rang true with Freddie, there was no way Sam would let Carly date Freddie without someone getting injured in the process.

"So, what do we do, flip a coin?"

"Nah, I don't think we should decide this randomly." Carly had a good point, so Sam decided to suggest they let Shane pick somehow. She was sure Shane would pick Carly anyway, and if he didn't, she'd make sure he did.

"So, do we let Shane pick?" Carly was then struck with an idea, Shane should pick.

"Yeah, we should! I got it! Whichever one of us that Shane kisses first gets to date him." Sam thought about that for a moment, she had to wonder how Freddie would take it. She probably wouldn't do anything, but she still had to make it look like she was trying to be competitive with Carly.

"Rules?" She had to make sure she wouldn't take it too far, there was no way she was seriously going to kiss Shane. Definitely not when she had the man of her dreams with her.

"We can't kiss him, he has to kiss us."

"Terms of the kiss?"

"It has to be lips to lips." Sam would have winced at that, but she started thinking of Freddie's lips on hers. How she loved every minute of him kissing her lips and kissing her body. His lips on hers, it was truly the greatest feeling ever.

"I enjoy lips to lips…"

"It has to be three seconds."

"Or longer…" Sam was already in a daze, she just couldn't get Freddie out of her mind.

"Oh yes, longer would be nice." Both the girls now seemed to be in a daze, it was only broken by the ringing of the school bell. They snapped out of their daze and looked at each other, chuckling nervously and parting for their classes.

Hope you liked this chapter. Nice way for Sam to get distracted from matters of Shane, just start thinking of Freddie, hah!