The Greatest Secret

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly

A/N: Yes, the Kiss episode is going to be twisted. Maybe, maybe not as much as the Money episode was. But there's really no way to fit the Kiss episode in this story if it's not twisted around a bit.

Chapter 96 (Sam's Fear)

The next week was when they revealed that Freddie hadn't ever kissed a girl. It seemed that it was going according to plan, Freddie just needed to act really upset about it. Jonah and Valerie actually wondered why their friends would even bother with such a thing. "I don't want to be here," Freddie said as Carly pulled him into the school.

"Come on," Carly said while trying to pull him in. She was impressed by the amount of strength he had. She finally did manage to pull him in, but he was still bugged. "You can't ditch school." Freddie groaned as Carly pulled Freddie toward the lockers.

"Everyone's going to make fun of me." Carly sighed and slowly shook her head, she didn't think there'd be a big problem with him going to school. She did, however, think there was a big problem with the disguise he was wearing. "Now come on, take off that ridiculous disguise." Freddie slowly took off his shades and the fake afro. He handed them to Carly and fixed his hair over slightly. "See, I told you, you're just being too-" Just then a group of guys walked by and called out to Freddie. He raised his eyebrow as they made kissing sounds in order to poke fun at him. He wanted to pop them in the jaw and tell them that he had kissed someone, he had kissed Sam Puckett several times. Though, he knew the art of restraint and just shrugged them off. Freddie turned to Carly and held his hand out.

"Give me my afro."

"No, just because a few rude guys made kissy noises at you doesn't mean-" Just then a British sounding teacher called out to Freddie and walked over. Freddie sighed and turned around, raising his eyebrow and wondering what this teacher could possibly want.

"Freddie, I don't mean to be rude, but I hear you've never kissed a girl," The teacher said while raising his eyebrow. Freddie blinked and stared at him with a nonchalant look on his face. Really, when would these people learn he didn't care?

"Well, thanks for stopping by!" Carly said while trying to get the teacher to leave. The man patted him on the shoulder and pulled him over slightly.

"The important thing is to be proud of yourself. Face the world with shoulder's cocked and say, I am Freddie Benson and I have never kissed a girl!" The man said that loudly so everyone could hear. Freddie sighed and whispered to the man.

"Do you know Tyrone Shay?" Freddie shifted his eyes over and made sure no one was hearing.

"No, can't say I've ever heard of him." Good, it seemed true considering the teacher was actually very new to the school and city.

"Well then, I'll have you know I have made out with a girl named Angel several times over the last…oh say…not quite three years. Now that you've just done this and gathered all this lovely attention, run before I pummel you enough times to make you have amnesia for the rest of your life." The teacher took the warning well and decided to run. Freddie simply ignored the people surrounding him and laughing at him. He was shocked that so many people thought it to be their business if he kissed a girl or not. Freddie turned to Carly and raised his eyebrow.

"Okay, so far things don't seem to be going that well," Carly said with a sad voice. Just then, several little girls started laughing at him. Freddie closed his eyes and sighed.

"Can I go home now?"

"I would." Freddie nodded and made his way out the door. His work was done, he just needed to miss rehearsal a few times and then miss iCarly. He didn't actually care all that much about iCarly. Then Sam would think of a way to apologize.

-NEW SCENE-

The day of iCarly, Carly actually got upset with Sam. It was shocking in a way, as Carly never got upset with Freddie over what he did to Sam, no matter what the thing was. However Carly always got upset with Sam. This was valid, though. It wasn't like when Freddie sent the fake text to Sam, Carly complimented Freddie about it. No, this was different. Either way, when the truth came out, that would be when Carly would be the most shocked. Jonah always opted for Freddie and Sam to not remain her friends because he didn't trust her at all, but they all knew that wasn't going to happen.

Sam decided to go out and talk to Freddie, it was actually a nice way to get away from doing iCarly for a little while and spend some extra time with Freddie. Sam was actually at the point where she didn't really care all that much for iCarly. She never really did, she was just always scared of something bad happening with it. She'd heard so much about bad guys that find people online and rape them or murder them, so she was always a bit fearful.

Sam made it to where Freddie was on the fire escape, she smiled and heard the sound of music being played. Freddie had been watching iCarly, he found it rather funny that she threatened bodily harm to anyone that teased her. It was true though, he would hurt anyone that dared to pick on her. He could handle people picking on him, but he didn't want anyone doing that to Sam. He was just too protective of her. He would have nearly killed Rodney when he found out what Rodney said to her back then, that was why Jonah was a good friend to have around.

Sam sat on the windowsill as Freddie turned off the radio, he smiled and gazed into Sam's eyes. This was their moment, they had some things to discuss. Sure, it could have waited until iCarly was over, but Sam had to make Carly believe she was physically apologizing to Freddie. "You know Freddie, it just seems so dumb how people get so freaked out over their first kiss," Sam said with a slight chuckle.

"Yeah, I agree, it really does," Freddie replied. Of course, it really wasn't that big of a deal. "Even still, it was a big deal to us, remember?" Sam smiled and closed her eyes, she remembered. The emotion, the feeling, everything about that kiss had been nearly perfect.

"Yeah, you were role playing as some vampire and I was just a poor and innocent little village girl." Freddie smirked and nodded his head.

"Yep, do you still have that blanket?"

"I've never gotten rid of that thing. I call it Freddie's Cape, just because you were using it as if it were your cape." Freddie laughed and Sam leaned back slightly. They sighed and smiled at each other. "It's impossible to forget our first kiss, and why would we?"

"I don't know, it was just so perfect for that moment. Just you and me up in the studio, searching for those missing chicks…I think someone distracted me." Sam raised her eyebrows and chuckled, she thought it was the other way around.

"Maybe it was you who distracted me."

"Perhaps both of us distracted the other." Freddie walked to Sam and leaned over her, placing her in between his arms which rested on the windowsill and the railing of the fire escape. She breathed in and felt Freddie slowly breathe onto her. "My mistress, we meet again." So the game was afoot once more. Sam raised her eyebrows and smiled lightly.

"What is it you desire?"

"I believe it is you that has my cape."

"But your cape is so warm and comfortable, I just couldn't, I couldn't part with it!" Freddie moved his right hand beneath Sam's chin and tilted her head upwards.

"You couldn't part with it, you say? How long has it been since we've last met?"

"It must have been years, I simply can't bring myself to return the cape after all this time."

"I see, then do you have something for your lord? Perhaps I shall sink my fangs into you? Perhaps I will seduce you."

"Seduce me if you desire, I will never return your cape. I love it too much." Freddie smirked and moved closer to her, pressing his body against hers and gently kissing her lips. Sam wrapped her arms around his neck and held him close. "If this is your way of seducing me, then I think it's working…"

"Yes, and now I shall make you mine once more. You escaped me once, you will not do it again." They heard a noise inside and quickly backed up. Sam silenced herself and Freddie looked into the window, there was nothing to worry about. Freddie chuckled lightly and looked to Sam. "I think it was just our imaginations, but let's stop for now, shall we?"

"Y-Yeah…oh Freddie, I've been thinking."

"Yes?" Sam stood up and slowly traced a circle over the windowsill. "How long will we do iCarly for?"

"How long do you want to do it for?"

"I don't know…I mean, I love it, but…" She didn't want to quit it, not when Carly enjoyed it so much. She was just really scared sometimes. The prior night, she had a nightmare that had been reoccurring for her. Over the years, she had kept dreaming about a random stranger that showed up at her door, asking if she was Sam Puckett from iCarly. This stranger would always end up killing her. "Carly likes it so much, but I keep having these weird dreams…"

"Dreams? You've never told me about these dreams." Freddie looked at her with concern and placed his hand on her lower arm. "What's going on, Sam?"

"Well, I never wanted to say this, but ever since we began iCarly, I keep having this weird dream. I keep thinking that this weird person shows up at my door and asks if I'm the girl from iCarly. And every dream is different, he does something different every time. It always opens with this man appearing there and it always ends tragically. One time even, I think you were killed."

"Sam…" Freddie sighed and gave her a comforting hug, he hated to see Sam fearful of something like this. He knew where he stood with iCarly, but he didn't want to take it from the girls. They did actually give personal information away, and that was a bit of a problem. "I promise, if anything like that ever happens, iCarly will end. I won't give it a chance to happen. In fact, I'll start thinking of what to do as soon as I can, okay?"

"No, I don't want to end something that makes Carly happy. Not just because of senseless and pointless fears."

"No, no, no…Sam…" Freddie placed his hands on her arms and looked at her, filled with concern. "Look at me, Sam." Sam turned her head and met his gaze, she looked like she was about ready to produce tears. "Carly's happiness is not the factor here. It's not as important to me as you. If you're afraid, then I want you taking a break from iCarly. If you're afraid, then I don't want you doing iCarly. If you think it's getting worse, if there's even a problem that comes because of iCarly, I promise you…not only will I protect you, I will make sure that iCarly ends right there. Do you understand? I don't care one bit about whether Carly wishes to continue it or not, I care more about whether you're scared or happy. If you're not happy, then guess what."

"Then you're not happy?" Sam gave a tiny smile and Freddie nodded his head. He gently kissed his forehead and hugged her close.

"I won't let anything bad happen to you."

"Thank you…" Freddie rubbed her back and let go, Sam knew he spoke the truth. She actually hoped he'd make a decision. If he wanted her to quit, she would gladly quit. "I'm going to head back now, what about you?"

"I've got some thinking to get out of the way, don't worry. I'll be in soon." Sam nodded and went back inside, Freddie watched on as she left. He chuckled to himself and leaned back, he couldn't help but think of Nevel from some time ago. Pity the kid, trying to find ways to rid the internet of iCarly. If only he'd realize that he just had to ask Freddie and Sam to end it, Freddie would gladly do so. Instead he tried to force the end of it, that would never happen.

You're going to enjoy the next chapter, it takes place after the car episode. I hope you liked this one ^_^