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 122 (Girls' Day Out)

Carly was walking with Sam and Valerie, they had been at the mall for a few minutes and were getting ready to head to the car. Jonah wasn't too keen on Valerie hanging around Carly, but he wasn't going to worry too much about that. Valerie could be friends with Carly if she wanted to, but he was still concerned with it, as well as being concerned with Sam and Freddie hanging around her.

Currently, Carly was discussing what Tyrone had found out once before, that Amanda Becker was not Freddie's bride. Tyrone had been a bit freaked when he saw Arian there, he didn't even know why Arian was there to begin with. Carly was surprised, she may have been wrong to assume it was Amanda, but it sure did seem that way. Then if it wasn't her, who was it? It couldn't possibly be Sam, Sam despised Freddie for all it was worth. Plus, Sam didn't even appear to want to live with Freddie, so why would she possibly be his bride?

"So, why did you say Amanda was his bride?" Carly asked with a suspicious voice. Sam rubbed the back of her neck and looked over at Valerie. She shrugged and let out a small sigh. It was Carly who had assumed she said Amanda. The description fit, but Sam never did actually say it was her.

"You only assumed I was talking about Amanda," Sam replied. This was true, Carly didn't actually think much about it. Sam needed Carly to stop being so hard, then she could trust Carly with the information that she was Freddie's wife. "Plus, when they took me to that reunion, I learned something…"

"What?"

"Amanda is related to Freddie." Carly's jaw fell and she stopped moving. Sam and Valerie stopped walking and turned to face her, raising their eyebrows as they stared at her. Carly was shocked by the news. This meant Amanda was involved in arranged marriages as well? Tyrone told her that he met up with an old enemy of his, but he didn't say much about the guy, other than the person told him to get the hell off the property before he called up the police. "Oh, I learned so much at that reunion, so many things that I honestly didn't think were possible…"

"Like what?" Sam shrugged and continued walking. She wasn't sure if she should actually tell Carly what she learned or not. It was important that Carly know some things, but it could end badly. No, it was best that Spencer and Robert tell her these things at their own pace, it was not her place to tell Carly.

"I uh…I can't tell you." Carly frowned and rolled her eyes slightly, she honestly was getting tired of all the secrets going around. Of course, she wouldn't bother so much with it. Valerie chuckled and looked over as the neared the exit of the mall, she saw a shop with items for babies. They just bought a few things, but she could always use more things for Aaron. Sam saw what Valerie was looking at and shook her head, she didn't need to buy more things for the baby at this moment. After all, Aaron probably had millions of every necessity that babies needed by now. She took Valerie's arm and smiled lightly. "I think your baby has everything he needs, Valerie."

"Aw but I could buy him another pack of diapers!" Sam raised her eyebrow and slowly shook her head. Valerie already had month's worth of diapers. Carly found this exchange very amusing and wondered what she'd be like when she was a mother. Sam pulled on Valerie and started to drag her friend out of the mall. Carly was trying to keep from laughing as she watched Valerie squirm.

"You already have enough diapers, Valerie!"

"Yeah, but you can never have too many!" Valerie tugged again and looked to her friend with pleading eyes. "At least let me get some Gerber food for Aaron!" She already had more than enough of that as well, plus the mall always overcharged everything. Carly's phone started to go off, so she quickly answered it. The girls left the mall and Valerie gave up, she realized she didn't need to buy any more stuff for a while anyway.

"Hello Daddy," Carly said into her phone. She loved hearing from her dad, especially since he lived closer and could actually talk to her more often now.

"Hey sweetie, how are you?" Robert asked. He had some things he needed to talk to Carly about, but not over the phone. He wanted to tell her about the wedding, but most of the other stuff would have to come when the time was right. After all, he didn't want to overload his daughter with too much. "I hear you're with Sam and Valerie. Are you having fun?" Carly laughed and nodded her head, she was having tons of fun with the two. She actually saw Valerie now for who she was and not some stuck up snob that she thought she was so long ago. It was actually nice getting to know Valerie, and to see the real girl rather than the fake one.

"Yeah, I never knew Valerie was actually nice, you know?" Robert chuckled and closed his eyes. He had actually forgotten that Carly's first meeting with Valerie wasn't exactly on good terms. "You know what's strange? Her husband doesn't even give me the time of day, and he came on to me when we first met…I guess he hates me for telling Sam what happened." Valerie rolled her eyes and sighed, so Sam gently patted her back. Robert actually nearly choked at Carly's statement. It was unfathomable for Jonah to ever come onto Carly, that's how he felt.

"Wait, wasn't that a role play as well? Yeah, it was…" He slowly exhaled and shook his head, it was better for Carly to think that was the reason Jonah didn't like her, wasn't it? Whether it was or not, that was the reason they needed Carly to think at the moment. "Carly, honey, will you be going back to Spencer's house soon? Well, your house…we have some things that we need to discuss with you."

"Oh, sure…I'll see you there. Love you dad."

"I love you too sweetie." Carly hung up the phone and looked to her friends as they started to enter the car. Carly got into the backseat and put her belt on.

"Hey Valerie, can you take me home? I think my dad wants to tell me something." Sam and Valerie looked at each other and then shrugged. Carly was anxious to find out what her father wanted. Valerie started up the car with a sigh and drove off. Sam leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes, she wondered as well what Robert would be telling Carly. It was probably about the move.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Sam said as her eyes fluttered open. She turned to look at Carly and gave the best triumphant smile she could. "I don't have to live with those Bensons anymore!" Carly blinked and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. If Sam didn't live with Freddie and his mom, where would she move to? "I'm going to live with one of my relatives."

"But Sam, I thought your relatives were bad people?" Sam shook her head and leaned back into her chair. She wasn't surprised Carly still thought that, and she had every right to, but it wasn't like that anymore for her relatives. Ever since the reunion, they've proved themselves time and time again.

"No, they've changed a lot. They actually care about me now, so I've given them a chance when they asked to take care of me. Plus, it's anything to get away from those crummy Bensons, right?" Valerie closed her eyes for a second and took a small sigh. She knew it was for the secret that Sam had to say those things, but she also knew Sam felt very sick saying such things about Freddie's family.

"How can you say such things so easily?" Valerie whispered loud enough for Sam to hear, but quiet enough that Carly couldn't. Sam frowned and looked at her feet, she felt horrible for saying such things. She always felt bad about it, but how else could she make Carly not think that she and Freddie were together.

"It's not easy…" Valerie gave an understanding nod as she pulled into the Bushwell Plaza. The girls entered the building and made their way to the elevator. Sam felt kind of nervous, she wondered if she should be there when Robert told Carly about the wedding or not. Freddie was supposed to be with Jonah and helping to take care of Aaron on the girls' day out, so he wouldn't be there. Perhaps if Carly felt she wanted her there, then she would stay. "Carly, would you like for me to stay with you? Valerie also?" Carly thought for a moment and nodded her head. She would need someone there, because she was getting a very nervous feeling inside of her.

"Yeah, if you could stay, that'd be great." Sam gave a nod and smiled as she patted Carly on the back, she would definitely be there for her.

Hope you liked this chapter, it's sort of a breather. These next few chapters will be big ones. Please enjoy, and review