The Greatest Secret

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly

Chapter 82 (Misunderstanding)

A few days later, the trio of iCarly found themselves taking care of Lewbert. It seemed they'd accidently blew him up with a defective muffin basket. They probably wouldn't be messing with him very much again. Sam and Freddie both felt a little uneasy about taking care of him, but that was fine. He was the only one that knew their secret other than the inner circle of people. Luckily, he had done a very good job of keeping the secret. Although, sometimes it appeared that he'd forgotten about the secret altogether.

The group was once more at his apartment, cleaning it up. The place was literally a pigsty. They couldn't believe that a place could be so filthy. Sam even seemed to be getting physically sick from being at Lewbert's house, but there wasn't much for them to do about it. They found it odd that Lewbert actually reattached his wart. Perhaps his pride made him desire to remove it himself whenever he got enough money. After they were done cleaning, Carly wiped her brow and looked over. "Okay, we're finished, your apartment is clean…er..."

"I want some tomato juice!" Lewbert called out. He wasn't done yet, this was just taking advantage of them for basically injuring him, and he knew it. He just didn't care, he felt they deserved it. Sam was growing impatient with the man, since he just never seemed to show any appreciation at all. She put down what she was working on and turned to Lewbert, she was not the type to be ordered around and not hear at least one bit of appreciation. That was something Freddie loved and respected about her, he knew she wouldn't tolerate being pushed around.

"Hey! We've done everything you've asked for in the past five days!" Sam called out. Everyone raised their eyebrows and looked over to Sam, each holding a different reaction. Carly seemed a bit shocked and slightly displeased, she just thought everyone should just keep silent and cheer when it was over. Freddie crossed his arms and smiled, he actually admired Sam for it. Lewbert was simply appalled that someone would yell at him. "The least you could do is try saying thanks once." Lewbert thought about a comeback and decided to continue on with the battle.

"Well you didn't install an air conditioner!"

"We don't have enough money to buy you an air conditioner," Carly said while shaking her head in disbelief. How could one man expect three young kids to do something like that? They weren't even sixteen yet.

"You're just lucky Freddie's putting up that ceiling fan for you," Sam said as she pointed to Freddie on the ladder.

"Well I'd feel lucky if I were drinking some tomato juice," Lewbert said with a slight growl. Carly sighed and walked toward the kitchen fridge.

"I'll get you some tomato juice," Carly replied.

"Hallelujah!" Freddie rolled his eyes and stared at the fan he was working on. He needed some pliers to work with the wires.

"Sam, hand me my needle-nose pliers," Freddie said while holding his hand out. Sam grabbed the pliers and placed them in his hand, she had to appreciate how well Freddie was at fixing things. She knew when they got married, he'd probably be great to have around the house. Carly handed Lewbert the jar of what she felt was tomato juice.

"Here you go."

"This isn't tomato juice!" It wasn't, it was actually blood being used in some Wiccan ritual of his. He, of course, wasn't going to be telling them that.

"Uh nothing…" Carly looked at him suspiciously and shrugged her shoulders, she really wasn't caring anymore. "I need some more rest." Lewbert set the jar on the coffee table and groaned as he lay back on the couch. Freddie felt he had secured the fan enough, so he moved down the ladder.

"Okay…here's the remote that controls the fan," Freddie said as he handed the remote to Lewbert.

"Come on, let's get out of here," Sam said as she turned around. Carly nodded and suggested Lewbert call if he needed anything else, much to Sam's disdain.

"I'm hot!" Lewbert shouted. Sam slowly exhaled and turned toward Lewbert.

"So turn on the fan."

"What button?!"

"The green one," Freddie replied. That was the one Lewbert was pressing, but it didn't seem to work.

"I'm pressing the green one, but it isn't doing-" Just then the fan fell from the ceiling. Lewbert screamed and the girls gasped. Freddie groaned and closed his eyes, he couldn't believe he made a mistake. Lewbert groaned and the trio decided it was time to call the hospital, again.

-NEW SCENE-

Lewbert was in and out of the hospital in only one day. Freddie hoped all would be over and done with before all this, because he had tickets to take Sam on a cruise for their second year anniversary. Robert had been nice enough to help him get the tickets. The cruise lasted around four days, but that was fine, since it wasn't setting sail until May tenth. Jonah and Valerie weren't able to go along this year, but that was fine. Sam actually didn't know that Freddie had a cruise in mind, he was going to surprise her big time. He'd have to get her up early and take her to the boat by noon.

His thoughts were on the upcoming cruise as he and Emily helped Lewbert to the couch. Carly and Sam merely watched, both feeling guilty over the fan falling onto the man. At the same time, however, they were amused by it. Emily groaned and walked away slightly as Freddie moved to stand next to Sam. "This place is disgusting," Emily said while shuddering. She'd seen Robert's apartment, and it was clean. Not a single thing was out of place. Lewbert recognized Emily as the one that Robert wanted to ask out, but he thought she was too good for him.

"Welcome back from the hospital," Carly said with a smile and slightly humorous voice. Lewbert narrowed his eyes and stared at her with a look of disbelief.

"Don't you mean welcome back from the hospital…again!" Lewbert cried out.

"Come on, we didn't mean to drop the ceiling fan on you," Sam said with a quiet voice. She knew it was just one mistake, Freddie was normally good with his hands.

"I thought the brackets were secure enough," Freddie added. Then began a heated argument between Lewbert, Sam, and Freddie. Emily rubbed her temples and walked over to quiet them down. Typically, she would side with Sam and Freddie, but it wasn't exactly the time for that.

"Would you two please stop upsetting this injured man," Emily said while gesturing the kids to move away. The group nodded and backed up as Emily moved toward the other side of Lewbert and sighed, she figured it was best to be nice to him. "Poor thing, you look awful."

"He looked awful before the accident!" Sam said with a quick voice.

"Sam!" Sam quieted down and Emily slowly shook her head.

"Well I feel worse than I look," Lewbert said with a slight groan. Emily hummed lightly and looked toward his feet, it seemed his leg wasn't up enough.

"Well that's because your leg isn't properly elevated." Lewbert shouted out as Emily started to fix his leg, he sighed when he actually felt better. She did learn a few things from having a doctor as a best friend.

"Thank you Ms. Benson…" Emily raised her eyebrow and smiled, she decided to just tell him her first name. She didn't exactly like him, so she probably wouldn't be around him enough to actually care.

"Please, call me Marissa." She was starting to like the name a little bit, but she still despised it.

"Marissa? That's a pretty name…" Freddie and Sam raised their eyebrows and glanced over, this conversation just became odder. Emily raised her eyebrow and shrugged, continuing to hold her polite smile.

"Uh thanks, it's French. It means honeysuckle."

"Ooh, I like honeysuckle." She lifted her eyebrows up and glanced to the side slightly. Freddie knew she wasn't actually liking him, she was just being a good person by taking care of him. Lewbert was actually trying to beat Robert to dating her. There was just something he didn't like about Robert, but then, he didn't like anything about anyone. Emily sighed and stood up, looking toward the other three.

"Look, why don't you kids run along and I'll look after Lewbert." That was good enough for Sam, as she bolted directly out of the doors. Freddie and Carly chuckled lightly, both assuming different things about why Sam just ran out. Freddie knew she was uncomfortable around Lewbert, but Carly just figured Sam wanted to go be lazy or something. So, the two followed Sam out, not really caring to help Lewbert much more. Freddie felt that Lewbert would be off his feet soon enough, and that would most likely be before the anniversary cruise he had in mind for Sam.

-NEW SCENE-

It didn't take long for Lewbert to misunderstand Emily's kindness. Not only that, but both Freddie and Robert seemed to think that Emily liked Lewbert and was beginning to date him. They really couldn't have been more wrong, but they didn't think to ask Emily about it. Robert was trying not to let it get the better of him while Freddie was concocting a plan with the girls. They needed to make Emily and Lewbert separate.

Carly didn't exactly think it was for the same reason that Sam and Freddie were. Both Sam and Freddie were doing it so Robert could be confident and sure enough to date Emily. Carly thought it was just because Freddie thought Lewbert was gross and disgusting. It stood that it actually was both of those situations put together. Their plan involved Freddie falling onto the floor, getting Emily to be plenty concerned about Freddie. Lewbert acted selfishly enough, and his actions put an end to Emily's kindness toward him. The group left the area and Lewbert limped back to his desk.

When he made it, two big trucker's entered the building. Lewbert didn't realize that they were the truckers that Spencer had been messing with while he was away. He didn't even realize what Spencer had been doing. The men walked up to the desk and Lewbert raised his eyebrow. "Who are you clowns?" The shorter, fatter man pointed to himself and narrowed his eyes.

"Pork…chop." Lewbert didn't get it, but he didn't have time to ask what the person was talking about. The taller man, Sledgehammer, spoke up before he could say a word.

"Are you the doorman?" Sledgehammer asked.

"Yeah I'm the doorman, what of it?" With that, the two men started walking around the desk. "Hey, what's going on?" They threw him to the ground and began beating him up. He screamed out, but sadly no one was around. Just then, Robert entered the building and saw two people beating up on someone. He frowned and moved over.

"Hey! Hey! What's going on here?" Robert asked while crossing his arms and tapping his foot. The two men quickly stood up and Robert tilted his head, they looked like two people who had been talking to Tyrone once before. Robert pointed his thumb toward the door and growled. "Get out of here before I call the cops on you."

"Hey man, we weren't trying to cause any problems," Sledgehammer said while raising his hands up. The two men didn't want any trouble, so they quickly left the building. It was partly because he was Tyrone's son, that they were afraid if they started beating up on Robert, then Tyrone would get upset with them. Robert sighed and took Lewbert's hand to help him up, but stopped midway when he realized that it was Lewbert.

"Hey…you okay there, Lewbert?"

"Yeah, I'm just fine," Lewbert said with a slight groan.

"You still dating Emily?"

"We never dated…and her name's Marissa."

"She hates her first name, goes by Emily." Lewbert raised his eyebrow and Robert glanced upwards. "So, that means you're not with her, then."

"Of course not…"

"Good to hear…" Robert then released Lewbert's hand, causing him to fall down and bump into the ground. He shouted out and Robert walked around the desk. Perhaps now would be a good time to ask Emily if she would like a date. After all, if he didn't, then someone like Lewbert might steal her away.

I hope you liked that chapter. The next chapter, Robert asks her on a date. It used to be this chapter, but it ran long a bit so I shortened it.