The Greatest Secret

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly

A/N: As you know, thoughts are in italics and speech is in regular font.

Chapter 111 (Reunion: Surprises Begin)

"Sam! Wait!" Rueben shouted out. Shannon winced as Kyle and Amanda glanced over with confusion etched on their face. Rueben sighed and shook his head. "It's a long story, we need to catch up with her before she thinks I'm a creepy stalker or something." Shannon gave a quick nod and ran with Rueben. Amanda and Kyle followed close behind. "Sam, hold up! It's not what you're thinking!"

"I don't want to talk to you right now!" Sam called out as she looked behind her. She was running to find Freddie, that's who she wanted to talk to. She wanted to get away from where Rueben was. On any normal day, she would have shoved him against the wall and demanded to know why he was there and what he was doing, but today was a really bad day for that. If anyone saw her doing something like that, then Freddie's family would look down on her. She ran past a few people and made sure not to push them. "Excuse me, sorry, coming through! I'm looking for Freddie…"

"Did she just say Freddie?" Shannon asked while panting. They weren't running very fast, but it was still enough to cause her breath to shorten. Rueben nodded in response to her question, he was confused as well. He didn't know any of the Davidson relatives, so he couldn't tell if Freddie was related to them or not. He surely didn't think that was the case. If he was, what exactly was Sam doing here? Both he and Shannon still had their suspicions that Freddie and Sam were together, but they had never figured it out. Rueben turned his head to Kyle and Amanda, looking for an explanation.

"From what I remember," Kyle said while huffing slightly. He had done like Sam and learned all of the relative names, but he wasn't exactly presenting the family history. There was no reason to do that when Sam was doing it. "I believe Freddie is the grandson of Besim's brother, Arian." Rueben raised his eyebrows and stared ahead, making sure to keep pace with Sam. "In any case, like Amanda, he too has to announce his spouse today." Shannon's jaw fell and she quickly glanced over at Rueben.

"Rueben, do you think that means-"

"I don't know, but we'll see eventually," Rueben stated. As they rounded the corner, they spotted Jonah leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. Standing in front of him was Freddie, and in Freddie's arms was Sam. Reuben and Shannon stopped in their tracks and stared on with wide eyes. What they were seeing was possibly the confirmation of what they had suspected ever since before that triple date. "Sam, Freddie, you two are…together?" Kyle and Amanda were still feeling a bit out of the loop, so they were pretty close to demanding to know what was going on.

"Yeah, Sam's been my chosen wife since I was thirteen," Freddie answered as he held Sam close in his arms. "September 27th, 2008 was the day of selection…" He sighed softly and turned his head to Sam. "I'm sure they have a valid reason for being here, Sam. I doubt they're stalking us." Sam chuckled nervously and stepped back slightly, Freddie did have a point. It still didn't take away from the creep out factor. Freddie looked back to Rueben and smiled. "She was a bit creeped out by the fact that you were here…I'm sure you've got a good reason. After all, only family or friends of family know about this reunion…"

"Yeah, I had a feeling she might be creeped out about that." Rueben chuckled and crossed his arms over, he turned his head toward Kyle and smiled. "By the way, we'll let you in. A little over a year ago, almost two years, Shannon and I had some crushes on these two. We even went on some triple date with them…when Gibby actually liked Shannon and wanted to date her." Rueben scoffed and slowly closed his eyes. "Yeah, I wouldn't have been happy with that."

"Well now we know," Amanda said with a slight chuckle. She had been worried about Sam, wondering why she was running from Rueben. She stepped toward Sam and gave her a kind smile. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, it's no big deal," Sam replied. "Although, I still wonder what they're doing here." Rueben rolled his eyes and smirked as he pointed his thumb to Kyle.

"Kyle is my brother," Rueben stated as if it were obvious. Sam paled and then her cheeks turned bright red from embarrassment. It was no wonder that Rueben and Shannon were here, the sibling relation explained everything.

"Why the hell…didn't you just say that…before I embarrassed myself by running off to find Freddie!"

"Well, I thought it might have been obvious."

"No it's not obvious you douche bag!" Rueben laughed and Freddie slowly shook his head. Sam crossed her arms and frowned, she was trying to get over the major embarrassment. "And why the hell are you talking normally now!" Rueben raised his eyebrows up and Shannon gave a small laugh as she walked over to her boyfriend.

"He only talked like that because he was nervous," Shannon said as she placed her head onto Rueben's shoulder.

"If there's anything to thank you for, Sam, it's what you said to me that night," Rueben said with a small smirk. Sam wished she wasn't held accountable for the things said and done on that night, she hadn't exactly been in the right frame of mind.

"I was in a bad mood that night, Rueben. Don't hold me accountable for whatever I told you…" She blinked and thought for a moment, trying to figure out just what she told him. She didn't even think she had said any real words. "I just made up words and you got upset…so what did I say to you, anyway?"

"You don't want to know." Sam's eyebrows rose in surprise, she wouldn't be pursuing that anymore.

"You know, we had been contemplating setting you two up back then," Freddie stated. He rubbed his chin and a smile formed at his lips. "It seems we didn't have to do that, since you two got together on your own."

"Well it was sort of because of you two that we got together," Shannon replied as she tangled her arm with Rueben's. "After I left, I saw Rueben sitting against the wall. He seemed to be cursing himself, so I went over to talk to him about what had happened…we talked for a while, then he asked me out, and he didn't say one odd word the entire time."

"After what you said to me, I felt it was about time to stop being so strange when I was talking. I figured it wasn't helping me in any way, so I just sucked up my nerves and asked Shannon out…ignoring the fact that I had a friend who liked her." It hadn't been too hard after that, Gibby basically got over Shannon that night, figuring he'd never get her then. "Back then, I had a massive crush on Shannon…more so than you, Sam." That news pleased Sam greatly, she didn't want him liking her as anything more than a simple friend. "Ever since we started dating, it's like nothing else even matters anymore."

"I know what you mean by that," Freddie said as he took Sam's hand in his. She smiled as he gently kissed her cheek. Shannon gave a small squeal that sounded like a squeal of triumph. Freddie and Sam raised their eyebrows as Shannon smirked toward them.

"We knew you two were together, you had to be!" Shannon quickly stated. Freddie and Sam gave each other quick glances, they were unsure of how Shannon and Rueben could have figured it out. If they figured it out, then who else could have figured it out? Carly still hadn't, she was clueless. Tyrone hadn't figured it out either, or else he would have attacked them by now. "I mean, it wasn't like it was obvious or anything, we just sort of suspected it from how you two looked at each other once…"

"Oh, I guess you can see some small hints here and there," Sam replied as she shifted her eyes to the left. She really did hope it wasn't dead obvious to anyone else, that would be a major problem if it was.

"Then I remember seeing Freddie walk out with some lipstick on his face." Freddie's face grew red as he remembered the moment. He had forgotten to wipe off Sam's lipstick for a brief moment. That meant anyone could have seen that he was with someone. "Then how you were acting at the date…we put two and two together then figured that you must have been dating!"

"They came and asked us about it," Kyle said as he leaned against the wall. When they asked them about it, Amanda suggested the possibility that they were keeping the relationship secret, as she had been doing with Kyle. They didn't want Tyrone figuring them out, either. "We told them to just keep quiet about it, we didn't want Tyrone bothering you." Kyle smiled lightly and pointed his thumb to Amanda. "She knew Freddie was her cousin in a way, so that's why she felt you two were possibly keeping your relationship secret…you didn't want Tyrone discovering."

"Yeah, well he won't be discovering anything at all," Freddie replied. "I would sooner die than let him threaten Sam." Kyle nodded in agreement, that was pretty much how he felt about Amanda.

"Though we were surprised to be the first Davidson relatives learning about you two," Amanda said with a soft chuckle. When her mom selected Kyle as her future husband, they immediately told their relatives. Amanda had asked her mom if anyone said anything about Freddie's spouse being chosen, but nobody said a word. "When I asked, everybody kept saying they never heard from Emily…"

"Yeah, we had some things keeping us from being able to tell anybody. I think it will change soon…maybe. Here's hoping that something happens and Tyrone manages to leave us the hell alone." Amanda gave a quick nod and Jonah pushed himself from the wall, he wanted to go see Valerie.

"Val's in the kitchen, right?" Jonah asked as he glanced over at Sam. Sam nodded and Jonah gave a smile. "Thanks!"

"She might not want to be bothered right now," Sam warned. Jonah chuckled and shrugged his shoulders.

"I always bother her when she's cooking…" Sam laughed as Jonah walked away. She knew very well that it wouldn't be long before Jonah returned and tells them how Valerie got annoyed with him.

"He'll be back soon." Sam crossed her arms and smiled politely. "So, what do you say we all go and get to know each other? I mean no major events are going to happen just yet…" Just then, Arian's voice rang out on the speakers.

"Everyone meet in the church's main foyer, it's time to get this family gathering started."

"Aw man, well I guess we'll talk more after this first announcement." Sam knew she had some time before she needed to worry about giving her presentation, this first meeting was just going to be the welcoming. Everybody walked into the auditorium of the church and sat in the various seats. On the stage stood the elder members of the family, Arian, Zamira, Besim, Vera, and Era. After a few minutes, people had stopped entering and it was then that Sam saw just how large the family really was. She knew from all the names that they were extensive, but she hadn't actually seen them all. The nervous feeling inside of her began to creep up once more, so she tried with all her effort to keep it down.

"Welcome to the Davidson reunion of 2011, I believe that's basically been said…we've got some great events all planned out for you today, but all of them will be after noon. At noon will be when we have lunch, we have some fantastic chefs that will be cooking the meals. After lunch, we will announce new family members, and we do have a good handful." As Arian and his siblings all welcomed the relatives one by one, Sam's nervous feeling seemed to dissipate. The more the 'pillars' of the family, as she called them spoke, the more it seemed to her that everything was going to be fine. She was eagerly awaiting the rest of the day.

I hope you enjoyed that chapter. Seems Rueben is the brother of the man marrying Amanda. Well stick around for the next chapter! If you thought Rueben and Shannon was a big shock, just wait till you see the REAL shockers