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 78 (A Secret Unraveled)
The next day brought about a smoldering laptop, which actually scared the crap out of Carly. So maybe it wasn't the best idea, but hey, Freddie actually got a thrill from it. He was more of an action buff, and that was a little bit of action in his life that he would enjoy. Of course, that wasn't to exclude the "action" that Sam always teased him with.
No, he and Sam never had sex, but they did take their relationship to the next 'gear' that Emily had once informed them about. Basically it was just playful patting and teasing while still clothed. His mind being on Sam, he was completely ignoring what Carly was saying to her brother when Spencer brought in the pieces of the sculpture. He was sure it had something to do with the fact that Spencer hadn't even started on the sculpture and it was so close to Sunday.
Freddie spotted the high score on the game and his eyebrows went up, it was a pretty high number. He looked over at Spencer and stared at him for a moment, how much time had Spencer been on the thing? "Hey, is this your high score? Eight hundred and sixty seven thousand?"
"Yep," Spencer replied. Carly's jaw fell and she looked at Spencer with annoyance while placing her hands on her hips. She seemed to be a bit upset that Spencer was even able to get that high, it had to have taken him a long time in order to do such a thing. While they talked, Freddie moved to the computer and looked up the highest score in Pak Rat, he was interested in knowing what the highest score ever was. When he searched, he found someone named Sasha Striker had scored the highest number, he found it pretty interesting that the girl had the same first name as his cousin.
"Hey guys, look at this." Carly and Spencer moved over and stared at the computer, Spencer's eyebrows rose when he spotted Sasha's name. "The highest score on record for a game of Pak Rat was achieved by a girl by the name of Sasha Striker."
"Yeah, I've heard of Sasha Striker…"
"It says when she was only sixteen, she became the number one Pak Rat player in the world." Yeah, that was true, and only a little over ten or eleven years ago. Now, she was the number one girl in Spencer's life. He had to love that. "Then she disappeared and no one's seen her since." Freddie clicked the next button and spotted the image of her at sixteen, she looked strikingly like Sasha, but Freddie hit that off as mere coincidence. Her score was pretty impressive too. "Whoa, she scored one million and thirty four thousand points in one game!"
"Not bad for a lady rat." Carly looked at Spencer and raised her eyebrow. He did actually think that was pretty impressive, his girlfriend really was the best Pak Rat player in the world.
"I bet you could beat her score."
"Don't encourage him!" Carly shouted. That actually wasn't a bad idea, Spencer could have bragging rights and tease her with it.
"I have to beat that score!" Freddie raised his eyebrow and watched an interaction between Spencer and Carly, she really wanted him to get his sculpture done. Chances were, Spencer would play until he fell asleep and then the doctor would come the next day.
-NEW SCENE-
Sasha was watching iCarly as she always tried to do, she often dropped everything, even her studies to watch it. Sam had told her once before that Spencer was still addicted to Pak Rat, and she herself had tried to find ways to get him off of it. It was unfortunate that she couldn't enter his apartment without possibly revealing their secret relationship. That meant she had to try for outside sources, and that wasn't easy at all.
Her eyes widened when Carly and Sam began talking about Pak Rat, Spencer, and Sasha Striker. She leaned back and screamed out. "Mom! Mom come quick!" Lisa ran into Sasha's room, greatly concerned with what her daughter needed. "Sam's talking about me on iCarly…well, about Sasha Striker."
"You mean when you changed your name so people wouldn't come find you all the time?" Lisa asked while raising her eyebrow.
"Uh huh…"
"Oh boy…"
"One of you has to know where Sasha Striker is," Carly said while pointing to the screen.
"And if you help us locate her," Sam stated with a smile.
"Or get her to locate us at …"
"Then you'll win one of these fabulous prizes." Sasha stared at the screen in surprise, Lisa was confused as well. Normally Lisa watched iCarly, but today she wasn't able to, so she actually had no clue what was going on.
"Why do they want to find you?" Lisa asked while placing her hand on Sasha's shoulder and staring at the screen.
"Spencer's addicted to Pak Rat and they want us to compete, I think. He thinks he can beat my score."
"How did all this get started, anyway?"
"Let's see, we were talking about our relationship, he was being funny and slipped…he hit his head on the Pak Rat machine and I told him to go ahead and play it." Lisa chuckled and shook her head, she and Sasha both knew how Spencer was with things like that. Though, it was most likely not just the fact that it was a game, but the fact that it symbolized Sasha in a way. He love Sasha, therefore he loved the game. He didn't want his love for her to be a secret, so his love of Pak Rat was not a secret.
"So what will you do, Sasha? I'm sure the press will find you because of iCarly…"
"Not if Spencer beats my score…" Lisa raised her eyebrow and watched as Sasha slowly stood up. "Mom, call Freddie and Sam over here." She was going to do it, she was going to come out of hiding this one time. Lisa could do nothing but support her. She smiled and moved to the telephone as Sasha left into another room. As she prepared herself, Lisa asked for Freddie and Sam to arrive. So in about ten minutes, Sam and Freddie had arrived, Sasha was sitting on the couch with a trophy in her hand.
"You wanted to see us, Sasha?" Sam asked while walking toward the couch. Her eyes moved toward the trophy and her eyebrows rose, Freddie's did as well. The trophy looked just like that in the picture of sixteen year old Sasha Striker. Both Freddie and Sam's jaws nearly fell to the floor, could it be that Sasha was actually Sasha Striker?
"Eleven years ago, I used the last name of Striker so that people wouldn't know it was me. Then I went back to living a normal life, holding that high score to my name. If Spencer thinks he can beat my score, I would like to see him try."
"You're kidding me," Freddie said with slight disbelief. "You are the famous…"
"Is there something wrong Cuz?"
"No, no not at all, I am just a bit shocked…that's it…" Sasha smiled and slowly stood up, she had confidence that the press probably would leave her alone. Really the only people who would bother were video game geeks on the gaming channel, so it was rarely a problem for her. After all, people didn't bother Carly that much.
"So, I will challenge Spencer and see if he can beat my score." She smirked confidently while Lisa leaned against the doorway and smiled. Sam and Freddie nodded their heads and grinned, this was too good.
-NEW SCENE-
The next day was the day, Sasha was ready, and had decided to wear her purple tank top that Spencer loved. Sasha had decided to tell Sam about her relationship with Spencer. Sam was pretty shocked when she found out. Freddie didn't know quite yet, because Sasha wasn't sure if she wanted to reveal it to that many people just yet. Even though it was just one person more.
Sam and Freddie ran into Carly's apartment, both of them were in a hurry. "She's here!" Sam called out. "She's coming up the elevator!" Carly cheered and quickly unplugged Spencer's game cord as he was playing. He yelped and quickly plugged the cord and pointed at the three.
"Uncool!" Spencer exclaimed.
"Just stop playing for a minute," Carly stated with a desperate voice. Spencer groaned and rolled his eyes, it was like asking him to stop loving Sasha, that would never happen.
"No. I did what you asked me to do! I shaved, I took a shower, I mailed that movie back to-" Just then the elevator started to open, Spencer raised his eyebrow and glanced over in time to see Sasha. She looked absolutely stunning. This was bad, Spencer might just drop the bomb and reveal the secret, that purple dress always got him worked up. "Who's the girl in the sexy purple tank top?"
"Her name is Sasha," Sam replied. Who was he kidding? He knew her, he knew her well.
"Sasha Striker," Freddie added while smirking. Spencer made a slight noise and looked to Sasha, he wanted to embrace her right then, but couldn't. Sasha stepped next to the trio and smiled at Spencer, Carly moved toward her and raised her eyebrows.
"The number one Pak Rat player in the world," Carly stated as a matter of fact.
"H-How did you guys find her?" Spencer asked. He stuttered on his voice, he couldn't believe Sasha actually came to see him. He couldn't believe that the group actually found her.
"Through the power of iCarly," Freddie replied.
"Now just play Pak Rat and beat her so you can retire for good!" Sasha smirked and stepped toward Spencer, he stepped back, trying not to be tempted to break their secret relationship. It seemed like she was trying to seduce him into doing it, though. It also looked like she was in a competitive mode.
"Yeah, I hear you're really good," Sasha said while looking into Spencer's eyes. He chuckled lightly and continued moving back while Sasha continued moving forward. "So why don't you beat me."
"You don't think I can, do you?"
"I know you can't. But I like a challenge." She nodded and Spencer swallowed hard, he and Sasha both knew he was loving this.
"You know, I feel scared and attracted to you right now." Sasha smirked and continued looking into his eyes. They knew who would win this battle. Spencer could never resist her when she was trying to seduce him.
"Are you two going to make out or play some Pak Rat?" Sam asked while growing increasingly impatient. Spencer and Sasha glanced over, they knew they'd better get it over with. The doorbell rang and everyone glanced over in confusion, just then a bunch of cameramen barged into the room.
"Hey! Who are you guys!"
"I'm Barry Shatt, from the videogame channel!" He spoke and held up a microphone as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Why are you guys here?" Sam asked while raising her eyebrow. She didn't like the people already, they seemed far too weird.
"We heard Sasha Striker was going to be here!"
"To defend her Pak Rat title," One videogame geek said quickly. He looked odd, his hair was all messed up and he seemed to smell.
"This is big!" The cameraman positioned his camera onto Barry and Sasha simply smiled and looked pretty into the camera. "This is Barry Shatt and I am here live in Seattle where Sasha Striker has come out of retirement to defend her Pak Rat title against…" Barry held the microphone to Spencer and let him speak his name. Just then, the other odd geek grabbed the microphone and spoke into it.
"If there's any girl out there that would like to go out with me, any girl at all!" He was desperate, these kind of people annoyed the group. Barry whacked him on the head with the microphone and turned away. Sasha and Spencer turned to each other and gazed into the other's eyes, the chemistry between them could not be denied.
"Well I guess we're going to do this," Spencer stated.
"I guess we are."
"It could take a long time."
"I got time." Sasha took a fingerless glove and pulled it onto her hand. Spencer couldn't deny how attractive she looked to him. Just then the desperate geek pulled Spencer out of the way, thus interrupting the connection. Spencer glared at him with disgust, how dare he do such a thing!
"Do you have a boyfriend?" The man asked. Spencer narrowed his eyes and Sasha quickly slapped him across the face, earning a slight smirk from Spencer. They moved to the game and began to play, it took a long time, approximately six hours in total. Sasha finished with one million, three hundred and twenty two thousand points. She trailed by over two hundred thousand points and Spencer only had one more rat left in order to beat that score.
"Good luck, you'll need it." Spencer smirked and quickly began.
"Oh I'll win all right!" Spencer was determined, nothing was going to stop him from winning the game. It took a lot of time, and a lot of willpower to not stare at his girlfriend. While he was playing, he thought about the ramifications of the situation. He loved Sasha, and he couldn't use a game to symbolize or idolize her. The real thing was much more important. So he was going to beat her score and give up the game, but there was another thing he had been thinking of. If all this started because he wanted to keep the relationship a secret, then it never would have started if the relationship wasn't secret to begin with. Mrs. Benson wouldn't care, and surely Tyrone wasn't going to do anything. Spencer didn't think Tyrone was worth a crap. Then it happened, Spencer finally won the game, he had beaten Sasha's score.
"It happened!" Barry shouted out. "It happened right here in Seattle! Spencer Shay has defeated the great Sasha Striker and is now the number one-" He was cut off by Sam shouting into the camera. She began pushing them out, she had had enough of them. Freddie and Carly helped to lead the group out of the apartment as Spencer and Sasha looked into each other's eyes. They had fun to say the least, now came the question of whether or not they were to make the leap, make the jump and reveal what they had kept secret for so long.
"If I wait, I'll never be ready," Sasha thought while walking to the elevator with Spencer. "I know it hurts him to keep this a secret, even though he doesn't tell me how much it does…we're just like Freddie and Sam, and I can see that it hurts Freddie deeply, but they have to keep it hidden." Sasha smiled and held out her hand to congratulate Spencer for winning the game, she was ready to reveal the secret, but she wasn't sure if Spencer was or not. "Well, you're the real deal, nice game."
"Thanks." Spencer shook Sasha's hand and smiled as he gazed into her luminous eyes. "Right back at you."
"Want to go for a ride?"
"I would love to…" Spencer looked over at Sam, Freddie and Carly, they were expecting him to get to work on the sculpture. He knew that Sasha wanted him to work on it as well. He sighed and looked to his beloved girlfriend, he didn't want to keep this relationship a secret, not anymore. "This is all I can give you right now." Spencer took her by surprise and grabbed her arms, pulling her toward him. His lips crashed into hers and she deepened the kiss with him. Carly and Freddie felt their jaws drop, Sam had already known the two were together, but she hadn't expected this to happen. Upon release, Sasha stepped into the elevator, dazed by the surprise kiss. They had a lot of explaining to do.
"Call me."
"We'll see." Spencer quickly moved over to the trio as Sasha left in the elevator. He clapped his hands together and grinned. "The rich doctor's going to be here in nine hours to pick up the sculpture I haven't even started yet! Who wants to stay up all night and help me finish it?!" The trio seemed rather tired, they didn't really look all that interested in helping. "I'll give you each twenty dollars!"
"Great, whatever," They stated as they moved over. They started working on the sculpture with Spencer and worked through the night, they had finished with only three hours to spare. When the doctor came, he stated that while he liked it, it was his wife's opinion that really mattered. He called his wife in and she took one look at the sculpture, screamed and picked it up, then screamed as she ran out of the door. The doctor smiled and turned to Spencer, the woman liked the sculpture, so he would get the payment. Spencer knew one thing was for sure, he was never going to let a game stall him again. He and Sasha would also have to tell Emily, but that would come with time.
I hope you liked that chapter. It seems Sasha and Spencer have let their secret out to Freddie, Sam and Carly. Next chapter's going to be big. We see Sam actually getting mad at Carly for the first time.