Episode 4 iHeartbroken

As soon as Carly finished her words, something strange unfolded. Something unexpected, something terrible.

"I-I-I can't breathe!" she shouted in panic.

"Oh dear God, she is having an asthma attack! I'll go bring the inhaler right away!" Spencer ran as fast as he could. He didn't care for the chaos he wreaked in his way, because of his anxiety. He only cared to find that device. Carly breathed in.

"I was right.. to keep it.. all this time." a panting Spencer mumbled. "Wait.. 'till I tell... Grandad..about this."

"Spence, this isn't the time now. Are you alright cupcake?"

"Yes, Sam. About breathing, that is." replied Carly with a sad tone.

"The sentimental pressure must have caused it." Socko suggested.

"You're probably right there, buddy."

"After 11 whole years, it happened to me again."

"I must leave you now, I've got some business to take care of. Despite the circumstances, I am surely glad I got to know you at last, Carly and Sam."

"Nice meeting you too, Socko! Really." the girls said together.

Carly and Sam waved at Socko as he exited the apartment. Spencer went with him. Left alone, the girls started talking.

"All this time… all this time lost! Why?"

"Don't do this to yourself Carls" Sam said worried about her depressed best friend. "And you don't have to worry. As soon as you tell Freddie how you feel, we'll all live happily ever after and such."

"I don't know Sam, I have a bad feeling after seeing Freddie like this. And since when the tough Sam Puckett knows of fairytales?"

"Chillax, he won't be like this for long-especially when you go and say something.. specific to him!" Sam replied teasingly. "And I am a kid too, you know?"

"Sometimes, I almost forget!"

"There, you smiled! I did it at last!"

"Don't get too excited, it won't last for long."

"Aw man, tough crowd!"

"You're right Sam. I'm going to talk to Freddie and I'll do it right now!"

"That's the sprit kid! I'm with ya! Just, I'll wait you here 'cause I need to put somethin' in my mouth."

"Ok, Sam!" Carly smiled. "See you in a while."

A few moments after Carly exited from the apartment, Sam's cell phone beeped. It was a text message. "Uh-oh. This isn't good… This is so very bad"

In the meantime, Freddie's cell phone rang as well. It was a call.

"Hello? Oh, hi Gibby! How are you?" "As you know, the same." "Yeah, I'm almost prepared." "To Sam yeah, to Carly.."

Freddie heard some loud voices. "Gibby, something's happening, I've gotta hang up. Talk you later". He recognized the voice. It was his mother.

"I should have known this had to do with you. You think that my son is a toy? That you can play with him and then throw him away? Or that by apologizing yet again, everything will be magically fine?"

"Ms. Benson, I-I.." Carly was at a terrible condition. She wanted to say something to her defense but deep down, she felt guilty. And she was very upset.

"Ok, that's enough! You've gone too far mom!" Freddie came out of his room and approached. "How can you say these things to Carly? Carly is the most kind, caring and loving person not that I know of, but in the whole world! So, stop being mean to her!"

Carly felt very comforted hearing this words coming out from Freddie. She briefly chuckled. "Come on Carly, let's go to my room where we can talk quietly". Carly followed Freddie to his room and he closed the door.

"Freddie, thank you for backing me up with these nice and kind words. But, I'm afraid your mom is right."

"I meant every letter I said Carly. You're not to blame. How I reacted was entirely my decision."

"But nothing would have happened if.."

"Carly, please, don't start again. Nothing was your fault!"

"Anyway.. Look Freddie, there's something I need to t- " Carly suddenly paused. She seemed like frozen. Something she saw around Freddie's room greatly disturbed her.

"Is this luggage? It's luggage! Why am I seeing luggage? Quickly unpack the luggage!" Carly quickly spelled out nervously.

"What happened that night made me realize one thing, Carly. You can be happy without me. But I can't be happy without you, it doesn't go the other way around. They came from MIT to offer me a scholarship and I've decided to accept it. So, I'm moving to Cambridge in Massachusetts. I leave in 2 days…"

"Freddie, stop with that sick, twisted joke. Nobody's laughing.." Carly was shocked and didn't believe what she just heard.

"It's not a joke, Carly."

"Freddie, you can't leave like this… You just can't… Not now…

"Don't worry, Carly. We will still talk and I will be visiting Seattle every now and then. And you can surely find someone for the technical stuff to keep iCarly going. Like an intern."

"You can't leave because I love you!"

There was a small pause. Afterwards, Freddie replied.

"Carly, you're probably confused because of the emotional pressure and you being a very sensitive person. I don't think you're talking sense right now." Freddie wanted to believe Carly but he couldn't. It seemed too good to be true.

"What? WHAT? How can you say that? How can you say that?"

Now, it was Carly's turn to run away. She stormed to her apartment. Then, after closing the door, she leaned on it and started crying. Sam was on the couch, watching television. She immediately stood up when she saw Carly.

"Carly, wh-?" Before Sam could finish her sentence, Carly ran again, this time to her room. She locked the door and fell to her bed. Her tears of sadness were coming out faster and in larger quantity. At the same time, Freddie was feeling terrible for making Carly run away like this and realizing what he had just said to her. He sat on his bed and started crying as well. Carly and Freddie were both crying uncontrollably. They were both heartbroken.