The Greatest Secret

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own iCarly

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Chapter 187 (Fun in the Pool)

After an hour, everyone was already swimming and playing in the larger pool, to make room for other hotel guests that wanted to use the hot tub. Tasha, Sam, and Carly had their backs against the side and were watching the boys slap each other around with the pool toys. Jonah was on the opposite side, eyeing the three boys with mild embarrassment, ignoring their every attempt to call him into the game they were playing. The girls looked at each other and Sam chuckled vainly. "Ladies and gentlemen, the men of our dreams right there." Tasha shook her head, smiling, and Carly laughed.

"Boys will be boys. Can you blame them, though? They see the pool toys and immediately they have to grab them. I'm just surprised Jonah's not getting involved."

"In the years I've known Jonah and Freddie, Jonah is usually the more serious natured one." Sam chuckled once more and smirked. "Hold on, let's see if I can't get him involved in some way." She swam over to Jonah's corner and leaned against the wall next to him. She put her elbows on the concrete and sighed as he looked over at her. "So, why are you all the way over here and not having fun with the guys? You could come talk to us girls if you wanted."

"I'd rather not, but thanks for the invite." Sam pressed her lips together and moved her eyes over to Freddie, smiling as his pool noodle hit Gibby in the back, all in good fun. "They're going nuts over there. I'd join on any other day, but right now, I'm just too exhausted." She nodded and glanced up into the air.

"It has been a long trip." She could tell Jonah probably missed Valerie and missed Aaron. As far as Valerie went, he was doing all that he could to keep up, simply because he knew she would be visiting once a month from here on out. "Does Valerie know when she's going to get a few days to come over here? The last time I talked to her, she said she and Miss Ray were working it out."

"Yeah, they are. I think it's going to be around the twentieth. She's having a lot of fun over there with the Food Network Chefs, you know."

"Yeah, I think that's amazing. I would love to meet with my hero."

"I thought that was Mrs. Benson."

"Well she's someone I look up to. There are lots of people I look up to. Uncle Morris, Aunt Maggie, mom, Marissa…" He nodded and leaned his head back against the concrete, closing his eyes and sighing heavily. "So uh…what do you make of everything?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, like Carly…" She had heard a lot of thrill from Valerie over the fact that Carly knew about her relationship with Freddie, the girl believed now they could all three be even greater friends now that the secrets were behind them. Jonah, however, she didn't know if he still didn't trust her or if he did. "I know it wasn't long ago that you didn't even trust Carly enough to speak to her. Now, you're at least able to keep a cordial conversation with her."

"Yeah." His body sank a bit in the water as he lifted his head up and looked over to his friend. "I think after what happened with Shane, also her being with Griffin, it's all good happenings for her. I mean, it seems like to me, she is a major proponent of you and Freddie. Also, Freddie knew her knowing would make you happy, so he was debating telling her for a while. Shane just had really bad timing." She nodded and felt her heart rise up a bit. She hadn't known Freddie was thinking about telling Carly, all for her. It was a very important thing for her and she was truly happier now with Carly knowing than when she didn't know. "What really matters isn't what I think. She was going to find out anyway, being Freddie's sister. However, yes, I can be friendly."

"I'm glad to hear that. Anyway, feel free to come over and talk to us or get involved with-" She glanced over and squealed as a beach ball came flying towards her. It was too close to hit back and too close to dodge, but it flew past her and hit Jonah instead. Jonah grabbed the ball and glared at the boys, they were taunting him and waving for him to join them.

"Oh that's it, you're dead now." He threw the ball at them and started swimming towards them with rapid speed. Sam laughed and hurried over to the girls, who were watching with amusement as Jonah tackled Freddie. Gibby and Griffin joined in the assault, whacking Jonah with the pool weapons they wielded. Tasha pulled her lips into a smirk and rolled her head to the side.

"The men are whacking each other with their noodles, yes it seems to be a very manly sport." Sam and Carly chortled as the men stopped what they were doing and glared over at Tasha. "Uh oh, we're in trouble now. You boys don't want a piece of this, trust me. Sam. Carly. I'm taking one for the team." She dove beneath the water and started swimming towards the men. Sam watched with amusement as the boys started being pulled beneath the water.

"Yeah!" Sam cheered on and pumped her fist in the air. "You go girl!" Freddie and Griffin began thrusting their sticks into the water as Tasha came for air.

"Careful boys, I'm not sure how Gibby would feel about all your noodles around me like that. Then again, Gibby, you're with them? So you get a kick out of a potential orgy?" Gibby flushed as the other men swam away and released the noodles, then grabbed water guns from the back side of the pool. They smirked and filled them up as Tasha watched on. "Now what are you boys up to?"

"Run Tasha, run! They've got water guns!" The men grinned from ear to ear as Tasha's eyes grew large.

"Uh oh." Just as she started to turn around, they brought up their guns and began squirting her with water. She squealed and laughed while spinning around in a circle. "Okay, okay, you got me! You win! Mayday, mayday, woman down! Backup requested!"

"We're coming, Tasha!" Carly and Sam dove under the water and grabbed two water guns that they had spotted earlier, possibly forgotten by some kids. They popped out of the water with a shout and began blasting the boys, who immediately cringed and held up their hands.

"We surrender!" Gibby proclaimed. "We surrender! Don't kill us!"

"That's what you get! Girls rule!" The three women cheered and gave each other high fives while pumping their guns in the air. As they did this, the men surrounded them and tackled their respective mate from behind as Jonah watched, shaking his head. The women squealed and spun around. Sam put her hands to Freddie's shoulders and smirked into his eyes. "You know, I'm going to win every time." He smirked back and wagged his eyebrows.

"Is that what you think? I think I win when I get what I want."

"Oh? And what do you want?" She eyed him with growing suspicion. He was sneaky and she knew it, so she had to expect something. He closed his eyes and breathed in.

"Well if I did it then Uncle Morris would have my head, but it involves taking off that two piece bathing suit of yours." Her face grew red as he grinned and nipped her neck, light enough not to leave a mark. She breathed in as the sensation of the bite clenched her nerves in a brief moment of pain turned pleasure. The others glanced over and Jonah quickly swam next to Freddie.

"All right you two lovebirds, no making out in the pool with all your friends around, come on." Sam laughed and let her hands fall to Freddie's chest. Her blush grew deeper as she moved her eyes lustily towards his firm pecs. She always enjoyed the feeling of his bare chest. One thing she noticed that she hadn't noticed before, he had some hair growing up from his groin, towards his belly button.

"Oh wow…you really are growing hair." He smirked at her. Jonah shook his head and turned to the others, who were looking off with disdain. "You seem stronger too, I like."

"Okay. Carly, you grab Sam and I'll grab Freddie." She watched Jonah go behind Freddie and gasped as she felt Carly pulling her. As the couple were pulled apart, they playfully reached for each other, grabbing their lover's hand just before separation.

"You evil, evil people, you can't keep love away forever!" Carly laughed and swam to the front of Sam.

"No we can't, but we can do it right now!"

"Evil!" Sam splashed Carly with water and laughed happily as Carly splashed her back. "Oh no, Freddie help, I'm being attacked by a water splasher!" The others joined and began splashing Sam, Carly, and each other. Freddie laughed and started rushing over.

"I'm coming, my love!"

"I don't know if you'll make it, I've been hit! I think I'm dying!"

"No!" He jumped in front of her and put his hands in front of his face, laughing as the others started splashing him with the water. They hadn't done a role play in so long that it was tempting to do just that. Too bad there wasn't much time to do such here. "You can't keep our love apart, I won't let you!"

"It's too late Freddie, they have me." The splashing stopped and Freddie turned to Sam with wide eyes. Her lips were curled into a menacing smile and her eyes were narrowed evilly. "I'm one of them now, Freddie."

"I-It can't be!"

"Join us, Freddie, join us!" As she started chanting, the others began to join their chants with Sam. Freddie swam backwards, looking in between everyone rapidly.

"No! Never! I'll never let you water zombies take me!"

"My love, one hug."

"Begone, foul temptress!" He swam to one of the water guns and quickly filled it up as the others started floating towards him. "You may have turned my best friend, my fiancé, and my sister into one of you, but you won't turn me into one!" He brought the gun up and the group stopped swimming momentarily as a wide grin grew upon his face. "Forgive me Jonah, Sam, and Carly, but this must be done! I must destroy the pandemic before it spreads!" He pulled the trigger and began blasting them with water. They screamed and quickly ducked underneath the water.

Sam held her hands to her chest and gasped for air. "Ugh, I'm hit! My love!" As she started to fall back dramatically, Freddie brought his weapon down and began hurrying towards him.

"Sam!" She smirked as he took her into his arms and buried his face into his chest, giving a mock sob. "Oh forgive me, it had to be done. If only there were a cure, I could have saved you!"

"I'm dying Freddie…I'm dying."

"Oh why!" He tilted his head back and let out a shout of despair. "Why have you cursed me in such a way!" She opened her eyes and started chuckling as she floated backwards and kicked her feet in the water.

"Oh Freddie…" He looked to her and blinked. "I was never hit."

"Uh oh."

"So love is your weakness?" She laughed and splashed him with water while the others rose from their watery graves. "Now you will be a water zombie as the rest of us." He cried in defeat as the others laughed.

"No! It can't be!"

The friends continued laughing for another minute. When they stopped, they saw Dan watching them from the dry area pool space. He was smiling at them and dressed in a pinstripe suit. "Are you having fun?" Sam pushed forward and nodded her head.

"Yeah, we're having a lot of fun! Should we be getting out now?"

"Not for a while if you don't want to, but we should be getting to Hollywood Arts to register the band." Freddie swam over with the others swimming behind him, he grabbed the edge and started pulling himself from the pool.

"All right guys, it's been fun, but I guess it's time to get back to work. Let's do this!"

What a nice fun chapter, I hope it was nice for you.