Chapter siete

"You're back!" Carly exclaimed. "But why are you with her?"

"We borrowed her car to come get you, and we're using it to get back to Seattle." Freddie explained. "Part of the deal was to take her back with us."

"...So yeah, the car's gonna pretty full." Sam added. "What are we waiting for? Let's get the hell outta here!"

"Fine by me." Freddie agreed as they walked to Valerie's car. "You get any cool Galaxy Wars stuff, Gib?"

"No, but I did see some extremely rare apparel in a Thrift store downtown..." Gibby said. "Maybe we can stop there on the way out?" Both men looked pleadingly at Carly and Sam.

"Fine, we can go buy your nubby Galaxy Wars stuff!" Sam conceded. "But, you're buying me dinner."

"Should've expected that." Freddie smiled, giving Sam a kiss on the cheek. His PearPhone then rang.

"Ugh..." Freddie groaned, realizing his mom was calling. "What's up, mom?"

"FREDWARD! I just heard that your plane crashed! Are you alright?" Marissa cried.

"Yes, Sam and I are okay. The crash made me go unconscious, but Sam carried me out of the plane." Freddie informed, turning on speaker phone.

"You really do have a caring wife." Marissa admitted.

"You're damn right I care about my nub!" Sam shouted into the phone.

"Yeah...we've picked up Carly and Gibby." Freddie told his mother. "We're making a couple stops in town and then we're heading back up. We ran into Valerie and she's coming with us."

"Valerie?" Marissa gasped. "Your ex girlfriend?"

Freddie explained the circumstances to Marissa, and soon he was riding as Sam drove through Los Angeles.

"Damn, that lady's got some slutty clothes on." Sam commented, stopping for a woman crossing the street.

Freddie rolled his eyes. "Here's the thrift shop. We'll be back in a minute. Come on, Gib."

"Hurry up." Sam said.

"I'm sorry." Valerie blurted out.

"Sorry for what?" Carly asked, though she already knew what Valerie meant.

"I'm sorry for trying to ruin your webshow by using Freddie." Valerie said. "I haven't used anyone since, and I deeply regret what I did to you all." Valerie broke down.

"After everyone turned away from me, I realized that you guys taught me to respect people more." Valerie apologized. "I beg for your forgiveness."

"We'll see when the nubs get back." Sam said.

"That was pretty heartfelt." Carly whispered in Sam's ear. "I could see the sincerity."

"Yeah, I think we can give her another chance, but Freddie has to make his own decision." Sam murmured. "Unless I make him do it."

-Meanwhile in the store-

"There they are." Gibby said, nodding his head and rubbing his hands together.

"Wow, you really meant it when you said extremely rare." Freddie remarked. "These are the special edition outfits from 1980! Wow, they even have armpit pads!" (A/N: Coming straight from my grandma's closet)

"So, how much?" Freddie asked the clerk.

"How about a hundred for all of it?" The bearded cashier said.

"65." Freddie offered.

"I gotta get 90." The cashier haggled.

"75 dollars and I'll take it all outta here, and you'll never have to worry about it again." Freddie said.

"Alright, 75." The cashier caved, shaking Freddie's hand. (A/N: My dad drove my other grandma around town for her to haggle at yard sales)

"They look like they're in about the same shape. Someone took care of 'em." Gibby observed.

"We'll decide which set each person takes when we get back to Seattle." Freddie said. "Sam and Carly will probably kill us for staying in here so long. We shouldn't have looked at all the other stuff in here."

"Eh, we couldn't help it." Gibby shrugged. "Do you think Valerie spoke to them? Maybe she apologized."

"She might've. I can forgive her for what she did to me an iCarly, but there's no way I'll leave Sam for her." Freddie firmly said. "I'm bound to her forever since we're married, and I wouldn't have it any other way."

"You're bound to your wife forever when you get married?" Gibby asked.

"That's kind of the point of marrying someone, Gib." Freddie explained, walking out of the store with Gibby.

"Didn't I say to hurry up, nub?" Sam reminded as Freddie and Gibby got into the Honda.

"Yeah, but we ended up looking at other stuff, just like you do when we're in the grocery store-" Freddie said.

"-and just like Carly does when we go to the mall." Gibby finished.

"Valerie said she was sorry." Sam whispered to her husband. Freddie took the hint that he should speak up as Sam drove toward a Gibby's restaurant.

"I hear you apologized, Valerie?" Freddie wanted to hear it with his own ears.

"Yes...I'm very very sorry for what I did." Valerie sniffled, "please forgive me."

Freddie could also see that she wasn't trying to do them wrong, and that she was pleading with him.

"I can forgive you, but you must understand that I am married to Sam, and won't leave her for you." Freddie said. "I know you never said anything about dating me again, but I won't leave Sam or my kids."

"I understand." Valerie said, composing herself. "You guys have kids?"

"Sam and I do, as well as Spencer and Sasha Striker." Freddie informed. "We had triplet girls."

"That's so cute!" Valerie exclaimed. She earned a smile from Carly.

"What do you guys want?" Sam interrupted as she got into the drive thru line.

Everyone except Sam whispered to each other, and someone finally spoke.

"Pizzabread for all!" Carly shouted, pumping her arms in the air. Everyone laughed.

A/N: Thought of JJL's plot on the triplets being teenagers, and I think it'll make an awesome trilogy story/finale ;) Leave me some reviews to read, if you would :)

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