Chapter 37: Welcome Home

Freddie's POV

I should've known better than to believe her. She said she'd be fine without me. She told me to go … I should've known she didn't mean it. I pulled my key out and opened the door. I think I shocked everyone inside. It was true it was kind of late. Yesterday Sam cried and literally after our conversation I bought plane tickets. Today I was home and now I could breathe easier. I explained everything to everyone working on the movie. I just couldn't work here not when I was needed somewhere else. We would still make deadline and I trusted Maddie to lead the crew. I put my bags down and Carly came running over to me. She gave me a big hug. It felt nice to be missed but the person I came back for was nowhere in sight.

"She's locked in her room," Jade motioned.

"We've tried everything to get her out of there," Cat said solemnly. My mom came over and hugged me too.

"I always thought that Sam was out to use you even when you two were younger and at times I was right. But after watching her yesterday I finally do believe there's love there," Mom confessed.

"Yeah, I've never seen the kid cry. Not since she was a baby. It made me feel things … mostly weird," Pam muttered. "But now you're here you can fix it." I smirked a little everyone seemed to be on the same accord. It was most definitely different than the scene when I left. After a few more minutes of chit chat. I made my way upstairs and the door was locked like I'd expected. I knocked and I heard her groan. I knocked again.

"Yeah, you can keep knocking but I'm not answering it," she muttered.

"Not even for me?" I didn't hear anything for a few moments.

"This better not be a damned video call … are you really here?"

"Open the door Sammie." She did and her blue eyes widened with happiness.

"What are you doing here? What about the movie?" She placed her hands on her hips and I took a moment to look at her. She was even larger than before.

"The show will go on. I told them I had my priorities screwed up. I needed to be here for you," I explained and she nodded. "You lied to me by the way," I said as I led her to the bed. She got under the covers and I took off my shoes and did the same.

"How did I lie?"

"You said it was okay for me to go and then you burst into tears. TEARS Puckett, you made me feel like the most horrible baby daddy on the planet," I confessed because it was true.

"I can't be blamed for my hormones Freddie. I didn't expect to feel any of this. I feel everything times one thousand. It's freaking annoying," she muttered. "I thought I could handle you being gone for a little while but … I'm just glad you're home." She rested her head on my chest and I wrapped my arms around her as best I could.

"Me too," I kissed the top of her head and she lifted her head so that I could kiss her lips. She shifted so she could cradle my face in her hands and she kissed me harder. I could feel wetness on my cheeks. She really wasn't herself. I wasn't used to such a soft version of Sam. I liked knowing that she needed me but I did miss her feistiness a little bit. She broke away from our kiss and yawned.

"Sorry, I didn't get much sleep last night. The girls have been fighting," she chuckled and she smoothed her hand over her stomach.

"Sounds like they are a little too much like their momma," I teased as I placed my hand on top of hers.

"I hope so. I want them to be smart, witty, feisty, and a little nerdy like the both of us. I want them to have beautiful brown hair like you," she said quietly.

"I want them to have blue eyes like you," I retorted.

"I want … you to be there and to do all the things dad's I've seen on TV do," she muttered. She was falling asleep. She held me tighter. "I was scared you weren't going to be here when I gave birth. I just … don't want them to ever wonder like I did."

"What do you mean?"

"If their daddy knew about them … if he loved them. Melanie and I both wondered. I still do sometimes."

"Well, our daughters won't!" I squeezed her tighter. I had the same questions. I one point I wondered if it was my mother's strong personality that pushed my dad away. For a while he did send letters but as I grew up they stopped. Part of me felt my mom created them anyway so it didn't hurt that much when I didn't get them anymore.

"Sammie, will you marry me?" I don't know what made me ask it now. I just felt that this moment was so calm and so perfect that the words almost slipped out.

"Why? Are you doing this because I cried?" The question seemed to complete wake her up. She looked at me as if she was accusing me of something.

"Honestly Sam, since we were together at Carly's wedding forever has been dangling in the back of my head. I want you forever and that will never change. I just thought that maybe you felt that same and would want to marry me?" I arched my eyebrow. I remembered when we were teenagers how she said she didn't believe in the whole marriage thing. Love yes. Marriage no, she felt it was a waste of money and that no one really stayed together. I told her I still believed in and she told me she hoped I found someone to marry because it wouldn't be her. She huffed as she gave it some thought she looked at me with hesitant conflicted eyes.

"Okay Fredward, after I popped the kids out I'll marry you," she smirked a little. "It has to be small though … I don't want all the fuss it seems too much like work." I kissed her passionately … a little too passionately. She met my passion with her own amped up version. I went to caress her chest but she was too sensitive … and it cause her to get frustrated all over again.

"I just want to make love to you! Why do I hurt so much?" She growled and I chuckled and kissed her cheek.

"It's probably best we wait anyway everyone's awake and you're a bit of a screamer," I said proudly and she rolled her eyes.

"Well since we're not doing that let me show you the babies' room. Carly did amazing job." She struggled out of the bed and reached for my hand. It seemed now was the time to join the land of the living. The rest of the night was filled with smiles from Sam and each one let me know I made the right decision. I was happy to be home.

Author's Note: I'm sorry for the delay in updating. I thought people weren't really interested since iCarly and Sam and Cat are both over. I still miss the Seddie Chemistry though. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter.