The Greatest Secret

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly

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Chapter 163 (Coming Clean)

"Mom, Dad, I have something to say." Carly stood in front of Robert and Marissa, both were sitting on their living room couch. Freddie was next to her and patting her shoulder while Sam stood beside her. Marissa was eyeing Freddie's black eye curiously and was about ready to go after whoever started a fight with him. Carly breathed in deeply and wrapped her finger around her wrist. "There are a couple things. You need to hear from Sam and Freddie first, though. I um…I know about them." She stepped back and pushed the two together with a smile. "I know Sam is Freddie's fiancé."

Marissa gasped lightly and slowly stood up, smiling at them. "I see, and I suppose the way you've found out will explain why Freddie's got a black eye?" Carly nodded her head while Robert started looking towards the kitchen. They were pretty certain that they'd have to grab a bag of frozen peas. Medically wise, frozen peas were actually the best thing to put on a wound because they were round, separated, cold, and could be continually reused. Marissa walked to Freddie and put her hands on his jaw, tilting his head up and examining him. "I see the black eye's all you have."

"Yeah." Marissa nodded and hugged him. After the hug, she moved over to Sam and inspected her in the same manner, hoping not to find any problems with her. She would be greatly agitated if Sam had any injuries at all. Fortunately, upon inspection, Sam was just fine. When she lowered her arms, she looked at the two, expecting an explanation from them. Freddie took Sam's hand and gave her a reassuring smile. "I'll let Sam tell you what happened. It's okay Sam…"

"We were at the house and Shane came over." Marissa raised an eyebrow and grunted in surprise, she hadn't heard of him in a long time. What did he want? "H-He took me and kissed me in front of Carly and Freddie!" Marissa gasped and anger flew past her eyes.

"He did what?" Robert rose up, joining Marissa's exclamation. He wasn't too happy with the idea of some stranger coming in and trying to ruin a good relationship between his step son and his fiancé, which is what it sounded like.

"Freddie got into a fight with him, but Uncle Morris pulled them apart."

"Oh god…Come here sweetie." Marissa hugged Sam gently and rubbed her back, hoping to comfort her in the best way she could. "It's okay." She took a step back and pointed to Freddie "As for you young man, you're in trouble for getting into a fight. At least you should be, but since it's almost Christmas, there's no need for that. Robert, take him and get something for his eye would you?" Robert nodded and led Freddie into the kitchen while Marissa looked back to Sam for more of an explanation.

"Thanks, and yeah…Carly knows about us now, but that's okay. She and I are good friends and I trust her. She's not so stuck under Tyrone's thumb anyway."

"Tyrone? I wonder…" She rubbed her chin and narrowed her eyes in thought. Sam and Carly could easily see what she was thinking about, and the unfortunate thing was, she was absolutely correct. "Did Tyrone put Shane up to this? I remember hearing that Carly told Tyrone about you two being locked up, so if he suspected anything from that, then…I wouldn't put it past him to have something to do with this."

"He did. I don't know that Shane's going to tell him anything though, Uncle Morris scared the hell out of him. I could see it in his eyes. So Carly and I are good, which I'm really happy about."

"I'm happy about that too." Marissa turned to Carly and gave her a hug. "I'm proud of you. I want you to know that I think you're growing into quite the woman." Carly beamed with pride and joy, and then she paused. Now came the tough part, she had to bring in Griffin. She let out a small sigh and looked over as Robert came walking back into the living room. Marissa glanced back at him and stood straight. "How's Freddie?"

"He's good, he's got something for his eye. I couldn't help but to overhear, I'm proud of you girls." Sam smiled and Carly nodded. "So Carly, you don't seem too happy about something, what's on your mind?"

"I was getting to that…I'm not too sure you're going to be happy with me in a minute." Her parents raised their eyebrows as she slowly walked to the door. They'd at least met Griffin while he was over helping with a song, they seemed to get along with him then, but how would they be now? "I know you guys are going to start looking for someone for me, but I think I might already have someone." They smiled and Sam watched her with pride, it had been her to tell Carly to just stand tough.

"You have? Who is it?"

"You've kind of met him." She opened the front door and Griffin was sitting on the porch steps. Marissa and Robert stared at him for a moment, wondering what to say. "Griffin, we're ready for you in here."

"Awesome!" He stood up and started walking inside. Carly took his hand in hers and kissed the corner of his lips. He waved at the parents and they waved back. They didn't seem unhappy with him, so it was a case of so far so good. "I'm Griffin, but I guess you guys already knew that."

"Yes," Robert said as he stepped forward and shook the boy's hand with a smile. "You're a part of the band now, aren't you?"

"Yes sir. I'm enjoying it and also learning a lot, it's great to mix in with everyone." Carly smiled and held her hands together behind her back, she hoped they could overlook the biker part about him, but then it seemed like they might be able to do just that.

"You know, I'd hate for anything to happen to my daughter, and I hope you do know that we're going to be watching you for a while." He chuckled and nodded his head, he hoped to give them no reason to dislike him. After all, he didn't want anyone else winding up with her. "How do you two feel about each other? I mean, I'm guessing you've been together for a while?"

"Yes, and I love her very much. I would hope she loves me too." Carly grinned brightly and hugged him, there was no way in hell that she didn't love him. "I want you to know that I would never do anything to hurt her. She's beautiful, strong, smart, and I'm lucky to have her in my life."

"Well she is definitely all those things and more. You don't mind if we also look into your family life? I know we'll have to talk to your parents about our culture and procedures, if you don't mind."

"I'm fine with it. You have to do what you have to do. Just don't break her heart and don't ever do anything to hurt her. If you do, you'll have to deal with more than just a woman scorned."

"I know, and I won't." Carly sniffed and stepped forward, clearing her throat.

"I have one other thing I need to say…" Marissa and Robert looked at her and Sam took hold of her hand, squeezing tight. Griffin stepped next to her and put his arm at her waist. She needed all the comfort and love that she could get, because what was about to come out of her mouth was going to be extremely difficult for her. "A year and a half ago, I dated someone else, it was around the time Jake died." The two parents frowned in remembrance and gave her a nod. "His name was Steven and he seemed like a really great guy. He was, until I found out he was cheating on me with another woman."

"Oh, honey!" Marissa moved closer, but Carly wasn't quite done. Her body shook gently as a cold chill ran down her spine. She didn't want to say this, but she had to. She swallowed hard and a tear slowly fell down her face as her heart started rapidly slamming against her ribcage, wanting out.

"There was a time. We were kissing, one thing led to another…" Marissa and Robert stared once more, their jaws dropping in surprise. Carly had sex? "I was pregnant. I hid it, trying to figure out what I could do, but…" Marissa frowned and quickly hugged Carly, seeing where this was going. Rage shot through his body as Carly slowly lifted her head up and bravely continuing on. "I-I had a miscarriage. It was a miscarriage. I wanted to cry, I still do."

"You went through all that on your own?"

"Yes."

"Oh my god…" Marissa quickly pulled Carly over to the couch and sat down. She hugged the shivering girl close to her and rubbed her arm. "It's okay Carly, that is in the past. You can be happy now, okay?"

"I know, I just…I just want to know why it happened like that. I mean, what kind of bastard would do that to someone? It hurt, why does it have to hurt?" Sam sat next to her and gave her a small hug. "I think if I ever saw him, I'd probably punch him in the face."

"Can't say I blame you there…Carly, I'm proud of you for coming out with the things you have done." She smiled and looked over to Sam, who was giving her the same look of pride. "I'm guessing the fact that Griffin is motorcyclist?" Carly's eyes widened and she eyed her mom with surprise, how the hell did she know that much? "How did you know?"

"Well when he was over here before, I saw a motorcycle parked down the street a bit. Right now, curtains drawn, I'm seeing a motorcycle parked at the curb." She turned her head to the window and Sam snickered once. Griffin smacked his forehead and Carly saw the motorbike in full view. She chuckled nervously as Marissa gave her a very motherly look and Robert eyed the bike with mild uncertainty.

"Yeah he's a motorcyclist, but he won't really let me ride that bike very much. At least not with him driving. He says it isn't all that safe."

"Good, he's right about that. I don't want you riding the bike and getting hurt."

"I second that!" Robert said while holding his hand up. He smiled at Carly and crossed his arms over. "Just don't go riding that motorcycle, that's my only thing about it…other than that, I like Griffin, he seems like a good guy." Carly brightened happily as Marissa gave a nod of approval.

"Yes, we'll definitely consider him. How long have you two been dating?"

"A year…"

"Okay, very good then." Marissa stood from the couch and looked at Sam, to Griffin, and back to Carly. "I think everyone's had a pretty big day, so how about getting some rest and we'll have supper ready soon." She turned her eyes to Sam and smiled. "We'll try to get to bed early to see you and your family off tomorrow morning. When are you leaving?"

"It's a three and a half hour drive. We're leaving at 9:30 in the morning, so we should get there by 1:00. The traffic shouldn't be too bad at all during those times." She grinned widely and Marissa slowly nodded her head.

"Okay then, we'll definitely be stopping by before you guys leave. I know you're going through mountains to get to Richland, that should be fun."

"It is going to be awesome! I'm taking my camera because I haven't been there before. I can't wait!" She jumped once and Carly grinned. Christmas was going to be an exciting time all around. As long as Tyrone didn't do anything to spoil it, that was. She knew he'd want to know about Sam and Freddie, but she meant what she said when she said that there was no way in hell she would tell him a thing. All she was going to do was look forward to Christmas with family and performing at the Groovy Smoothie with the Imperial Fireballs. There was nothing that could take her down from this emotional high, and she dared anyone to try and shake her.

Carly's come out about her relationship with Griffin, I'd say I'm proud of her.