iHear The Angels Sing::II
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Greatest Christmas Eve Of All
Time Christmas Eve, past breakfast time Place Campus Entrance of the Pacific Coast Academy People Samantha Puckett, Carly Shay, Fredward Benson, Spencer Shay, Harper, Drake Parker, Lisa Perkins, Josh Nichols, Megan Parker (starts hidden)
Carly, Freddie, Spencer, and Sam had been waiting with Harper at the entrance of the campus.
Now the van of Drake Parker was there.
Carly jumped into Drake's arm and huggled him tightly.
Sam's eyes bugged out. Inspite of knowing that Drake was Carly's cousin, she was infinitely jealous. She tried hard to pull Carly away from Drake.
Spencer introduced Drake and Josh, who was not only step-brother of Drake, but also manager of the band.
Drake let Carly to the ground. "Enough for today. We've got some work to do."
Spencer nodded. "Let's take the instruments to the stage. Your strange pal Eric has already tested the accoustics and marked the best positions for the instruments."
Sam giggled. She loved pulling at Eric's pants.
Carly sighed. "Sam, he's yours now."
Sam tried to tear Drake to the ground with a powerful snuggle.
"Hey! Not that fast, young lady!"
Sam grinned.
"Anyways," said Drake, "this is my new lead singer Lisa Perkins."
Lisa shook hands with the others.
Sam snuck up to Josh from behind. He was such a big-headed dork. That cried for a wedgie!
Josh twitched and scremed with agaony.
Drake and Sam cackled with glee.
Lisa had graduated from the Pacific Coast Academy that spring, and she asked for a permission to see the friends she still had, and who were around for Christmas. "Does anyone among you know where Zoey Brooks is?"
Carly nodded. "101 Brenner Hall. She's taking care of her infant."
Lisa smiled. "OK, thanks. Ad then I have to practise with a certain Harper."
Harper jumped up and down. "That's me!"
Drake nodded. "OK, I've thought that Harper was going to do guitar backup for Lisa."
Josh shrugged. "The rest of the band is coming over here after lunch."
Harper was OK with that.
Spencer started helping Drake and Josh with the instruments.
Suddenly, Megan parker, the little sister of Drake who looked fairly similar to Carly, snuck around the crew. She jumped in front of Freddie.
Freddie sighed. He had never seen Carly pushing her nose so close to his. He wrapped his arms around Megan and pecked her on the lips. That was the greatest day in his life. he grinned proudly.
"Fooled you," yelled Megan.
Freddie was consternated when he saw Carly twice. he pouted and grunted.
Carly hugged Megan. "And this is Megan, my favourite cousin."
Sam laughed diabolically about Freddie's confusion.
Freddie exploded with anger. He walked away in shame.
Megan took some antiseptic lotion and rubbed her lips with it. "Egad! Boob germs on my lips." She whispered to Carly. "But his face was worth it. I guess you've won the bet."
Carly nodded. She had bet with Megan that Freddie would do that due to being unable to tell them apart.
Spencer had not believed it. Now he owed Carly a new G.O.
Carly walked away in order to introduce Megan to her new boyfriend, Dustin Brooks.
Josh was interested in the library of the school. But he also wanted to have a look at the arts that was exposed in the stage hall. He had heard that there were some wonderful nativity scenes. He just followed Spencer's footsteps.
Place 101 Brenner Hall People Zoey Brooks, Harper, Marissa Benson, Bartholomew, Lisa Perkins, Melanie Puckett
Zoey, Melanie, and Marissa were taking care of Bartholomew when Harper and Lisa entered.
Zoey rendered the infant to Marissa when she saw Lisa. Then she jumped arpund and threw her arms around one of her best friends. "Lisa!"
Lisa smiled. "Zoey! Oh, Bartholomew has grown quite a bit."
Zoey nodded solemnly. "Marissa will give him to you in a few, because I know that you want to hold him."
Lisa sighed. "It would have been too cool to come true when I broke up with Michael because of arguing about marriage and children."
Zoey nodded. "Michael and you, you've been all sweet together, but full of obnoxious misunderstandings."
Lisa sighed bitterly.
"Now I have got Bartholomew, but no daddy for him," moaned Zoey. "Dustin has strange ideas. One of my golden shoes has recently gone astray, and Dustin told me to wear the other shoe like a locket or amulet over the Christmas days, and the prince who found the shoe would reveil himself. Thence my strange amulet." She chuckled.
Lisa snickered along.
Melanie couldn't keep herself from laughing aloud. "Fortunately, Marissa is such a good auxiliary mom and doesn't mind helping out, unlike Zoey;s dad and mom who are still disgusted."
Marissa sighed. "OK, it's time to tell you a secret. Freddie is not my son."
Harper and Melanie choked.
Marissa rendered Bartholomew unto Lisa. "Listen, I'm really his aunt. When my younger sister turned pregnant, she was just 16 years old, and she was in a way worse condition than Zoey is today. Our parents were totally upset, so I took care of both mother and baby. Hence, as Freddie is just sort of borrowed, I'm exaggeratedly careful with him. She went to Hollywood and stuff." She sighed with agony.
Zoey sighed deeply.
Harper played a lullaby for Bartholomew.
Lisa sang softly along.
This worked almost magically.
Bartholomew fell asleep in no time.
"You're a perfect team," remarked Zoey, looking at Harper and Lisa.
Lisa and Harper glared at each other, causing the other to blush deeply.
Zoey looked at her watch. "OK, I need to make some adjestments for the decoration of the stage. I hope it doesn't take me too much."
Marissa and Melanie promised to keep good care of Bartholomew while Zoey was gone.
Place The Stage Hall of the pacific Coast Academy People Stacey Dillsen, Eric Blonowitz, Maria Hughes, Drake Parker, Spencer Shay, Joshuah Nichols, Zoey Brooks (later)
When Drake, Spencer, and Josh arrived, Eric, Stacey, and Maria had already been busy for quite some hour.
Eric talked about a wishing star that he and Stacey had observed last night.
Drake refused to listen to Eric's stories, given that listening to them used to be more boring than watching fungus grow.
Josh saw the paintings. "Wow! That's impressive. Who did the painting?"
Maria fessed up.
"Do you know that I once wanted to become an artist?"
Drake would have loved to stuff Josh's big mouth.
Josh sighed. "I've been great at drawing[ 27], well, I still am, but I came to appreciate science even more. Alas, maybe it was an error. "
Spencer nodded. "Not giving suiote to your artistic creativity is always a horrible mistake."
Josh sighed bitterly.
Maria smiled. "If you want to, we may paint something together, after Christmas or so."
Josh swooned with delight. "That would be great, downright wonderful!" He twitched and bounced around.
Drake arranged his instruments, according to Eric's elaborate sketch.
The door opened, and Zoey came walking down the steps. She adjusted the golden shoe which served her as a amulet, as had been suggested by Dustin.
Spencer turned around. What was that? A golden shoe? And it appeared to match with the one he had found under his pillow. Dis it really belobg to Zoey?
"Hey guys!" Zoey smiled.
Drake's eyes buggged out. Five years had gone by since he had last played at this school.[ 28]. Zoey had organised his visit, in exchange for new outfit for the band, as she had done this year. But Zoey was now even much more beautiful. He gazed at Zoey with hungry eyes.
Spencer turned jealous, but he didn't want to show it. Anyways, Zoey was much too young for a guy of thirty years, wasn't she.
Zoey saw it coming. Drake was about trying to hit on her.She glared disappreciatelively at Drake. "What a jerk," whispered she with a soft voice.
"Sorry, I've got to do something in my dorem, be back in five minutes!"
Zoey shrugged. "I'm waiting here!"
Spencer waved and walked away.
Zoey shook hands with Josh. "And you're his manager?"
Josh nodded. "Also his step-brother." Josh twitched energically. "Sorry for his demeanour, he can be embarassing like that."
Zoey nodded solemnly. Then she inspected the work. "Sounds great!"
Maria nodded. "Isn't it amazing how wonderful your costumes fit Spencer's sculptures? And you've never met before."
Zoey fainted. Was that destiny?
Spencer returned from his excursion. He held a golden shoe in his hand. Also, he had donned his tie and his penny tee.
Zoey's eyes bugged out. "My shoe!"
Spencer coughed. "I've found it under my pillow."
Zoewy also noticed Spencer's outfit. It must have been her design, so how did Spencer get it?
Spencer scrutinised both of the shoes closely, reveiling that they were really a pair.
Zoey sighed. "Thanks, Mr. Shay. By the way, how did you get your socks, ties, and penny tees?"
Spencer sighed. "Some californian girl sold it to me over the interweb. Mindy Greensaw or similar."
"Crenshaw?" Josh twitched. "I once had a girlfriend with that name."
"Creature!" Drake chuckled sadistically, provocating Josh badly.
Zoey sighed. "Oh, her, listen. I've designed fashionable backpacks, five years ago, and then Mindy came along and pirated them. With my frienbd's help, I've ruined her business[ 29], but we;ve made up a few weeks later, and she became my marketing manager for the following weeks, until she returned to San Diego. I forgot that she still had got a few examplaries left, quite a few, that is. Did she rip you off? "
Spencer shook his head. "I only had to pay for the transport."
Zoey nodded. "Then it's OK."
Spencer was sad because Zoey didn't earn much with her wonderful designs.
"Thanks agin for the shoe. Zoey chuckled. "Dustin thought that the one to find the shoe was going to be my fairt tale prince.""
"Oh, Dustin." Spencer banged his head. "He must have hidden the shoe under my pillow."
"What a naughty kid!" Zoey chuckled.
Spencer sighed. "I don't have much money, not even a regular income, being a freelance artist."
Zoey agreed. "Dustin can be a hopeless dreamer."
Spencer gazed dreamily deep into Zoey's eyes, but he woke up fast. "Oops, sorry for the gaze ... what I wanted to say, I've been at law school for a few days. I hadn't even been admitted, my grandpa did everything, and I haven't had the guts to tell him that I failed miserable at undergraduate school."
Zoey hugged Spencer in comfort. "Truth spoken, I haven't yet told my parents about my Bartholomew. They would hate me. Only Dustin stuck up for me."
Spencer sighed deeply. "I am dead sure that Carly is the only member in my family who really accepts me."
Zoey nodded. "By the way, would you want to play my St. Joseph at the Christmas play?"
Spencer scratched his head. "And my text?"
Zoey shrugged. "There isn't any. My friend Lisa will sing the story, we don't have to say anything."
Spencer cheered. "That's OK. Yeah!"
Zoey smiled.
Place Lounge of Maxwell Hall People Carly Shay, Megan Parker, Dustin Brooks, various anonymous pupils, Nevel Papperman (later)
Carly and Megan found Dustin right in his lounge. "Hi, Dustin!"
Dustin had not been informed in advance about the existence of Carly's similar looking cousin. Alas, his initial astonishment notwithstanding, he had no real difficulties telling the girls apart.
Megan congratualetd Dustin. "Good choice! Freddie couldn't even tell us appart."
Megan introduced herself to Dustin.
"You're Drake's sister?" Dustin's eyes bugged out.
"True, but don't talk too much about it." Megan sighed. "It's embarassing, sort of. He's such a boob."
Dustin wondered what boobs were.
Megan explained that she named all the dumb boys "boobs", especially Drake and Josh.
Dustin chuckled. "yeah, Drake is an incredible jerk. My sister would turn hiom down on site. Only Logan Reese is worse."
Carly and Megan nodded solemnly.
Suddenly, Nevel Papperman showed up.
Carly was consternated. Did he have to mess up with everything, anywhere and at any time? "Nevel!"
"Do you rue it, Carly?" Nevel's voice was powerful and charismatic, more demandoing than an archangel's. "You rue it! Until dystopia will you rue it!"
Megan knew that Nevel had once kissed Carly on her cheek, against their will, which resulted in some sort of a war. What might have happened if she returned the kiss, in place of Carly?
Nevel glared enigmatically when he saw Megan approaching..
Megan brushed Nevel's cheeks with her lips.
Nevel shrieked, but he was not confused about one thing. "Carly! Do you really think you may deceive me by sending a surrogate my way?"
Megan nodded. "Cool! By the way, my name is Megan Parker." So powerfully did the whole tremendous yet enigmatic demeanour of Nevel Papperman affect her. His scary posture and gesture had struck her like a lightning bolt. From whence did he come, and what was he properly talking about? There must have been a deeper secret at the bottom of his mysterious appearance, and Carly was unable to notice that, otherwise she would not have treated him in such a vulgar manner. Megan glared at Nevel in a thoroughly scrutinising manner. She tried to read in his eyes. Nevel was afraid of looking into the face of people, hence his evasive yet determined gaze. Alas, why was Megan still unscathed? That was strange. Megan knew that she was going to be fascinated by Nevel's demeanour forever an done day, even though, at that very point, she could not tell for what cause or avail. She xsat down again. "See us later?" She didn't say it aloud.
Nevel was equally fascinated by Megan's cunning determination. Of course she would be always on his mind. And never was he going to mistake her for Carly, who wasn't worthy of his presence. He walked calmly away.
Time Same day, lunch time Place Cafeteria of the Pacific Coast Academy People Sonya (background), Kazu (background), Fredward Benson, Marissa Benson, Zoey Brooks, Dustin Brooks, Bartholomew Brooks, Carly Shay, Samantha Puckett, Melanie Puckett, Josh Nichols, Drake Parker, Megan Parker, Shelby Marx, Lola Martinez (later)
The gang had gathered for lunch in the cafeteria.
Freddie was in a mood more stinky than ever before. Not only had Dustin stolen Carly from him, Carly had also humiliated him and abused him as the subject of a bet. He sat next to Spencer and choked noisily.
Sam had piled a whole tower of foodies upon her tablet. She grinned with glee. She smiled at Sonya and her boyfriend Kazu, the owner of the local sushi bar Sushi Rox.
Kazu helped Sonya in the cafeteria as the sushi bar was closed during the vacations.
Spencer was still overwhelmed. Zoey was a dream of a girl for him, but very young, and Bartholomew needed to be taken care of regularly. Was that task something Spencer was up to accomplishing? He had neglected his goldfish horribly. Nobody doubted that Spencer was going to be a great foster father in a few years when the infant had learned to walk and talk, but for the moment being, it was too scary. Nevertheless, he couldn't deny that he loved the girl that had made all those wonderful outfits for him, even without him knowing.
Shelby looked at her watch. "Lola has called me on my mobile phone. She should be here any minute."
Carly smiled. She hoped that Lola was not exactly like Amber Tate[ 30], the only TV show star she had met hitherto. A very annoying star, yuck!
Dustin told Carly that Lola could be hyper, but compared with Amber Tate or his class mate Ashley Blake[ 31], Lola was harmless, just a bit crazy.
Carly smiled.
And there was the one minute about which Shelby had been talking.
Lola Martinez, the shining star, walked in through the door. She was still known by many pupils, especially Zoey Brooks who had been her room pal for four long years. Consequently, Lola hurried up to Zoey and threw her arms around her.
Shelby squeezed Lola, too.
In this moment, Freddie noticed the Hollywood actress.
An unhealthy overdose of testosterone shot through Freddie's veins like a rocket through outer space.
Freddie's eyes bugged out. Unable to control his compulsive urges, Freddie gazed at the movie starlet with hungry eyes.
Mrs. Benson tried to calm Freddie down, but she failed completely.
Sam chuckled. "Freddork is looking for yet another turndown. Can't he ever get enough?"
Lola noticed incoherently stammering Fredward and his horny posture. "Whois that dweeb?" Her voice sounded annoyed. She took a look at Freddie's lips. "A poor excuse of a kisser!" She laughed heartily about Freddie's insane crush.
"Aw, who is a bad kisser?" Sam's voice was taunting to no end, and she cackled with unrestrained glee.
Freddie's brain burnt for anger. He blew billowing smoke with the scent of brimstone and pitch through his capital orifices, just like a red and fiery dragon. Then he stood up and walked away. stomping like an elefant.
Carly was worried. "If he doesn't calm down, our Christmas special will have to be canceled." She trembled with disappointment.
Megan snuck up to Lola. "My brother Drake Parker is a good kisser, the best of Southern California."
Lola coughed. "The famous rock star? You're his sister?"
Drake was hidden behing Josh and a mini fig tree
Megan nodded. "Unfortunately, yes." She took Lola's wrists and lead her to Drake.
Lola smiled. Yeah, really, that was Drake! He was rumoured to be a hell of a gifted kisser. hence he was definitely worthy of giving it a try!
Megan poked Drake, amking him turn around.
"Oh, hi, you must be ... Lola, the shooting starlet of Hollywood?"
Lola nodded. "Yeah!" She smiled sweetly, and she cheered ecstatically. "You're a goofd kisser, right?"
"The best!" Drake snickered proudly.
Lola threw her arms around drake and pulled him in a passionate kiss, the most fiery kiss that anyone had ever come to witness in Southern California.
Fortunately, Freddie wasn't around, for he would have died, had he seen the magically perfect fluff between Drake and Lola.
Time Christmas Eve, Evening Hours Place Stage Hall People Drake Parker, Drummer Gary[ 32] , Drummer Neil[ 33] , Harper, Lisa Perkins, Zoey Brooks, Spencer Shay, Carly Shay, Dustin Brooks, Bartholomew Brooks, Nevel Papperman (initially dressed as a donkey), Melanie Puckett, Shelby Marx (initially dressed as an ox), Lola Martinez, Megan Parker, Josh Nichols (background), Dean Rivers, Marissa Benson, Eric Blonowitz (background), Stacey Dillsen (background), Maria Hughes (background), Sonya (background), Kazu (background), assorted anonymous pupils and staff members (background), Fredward Benson (later)
Drake had gathered his band, and he had brought it into position
Harper stared dreamily deep into Lisa's eyes, but he was aware that his task was backing her up with his guitar, and not flirting with her.
Carly was worried because Freddie had still not shown up.
Marissa sighed. "He locked himself into his dorm, and he hides aunder his puillows, not willing to talk to anyone."
Dustin sighed. He didn't want to be the cause of a brokeiCarly session, especially not the Christmas special.
Carly calmed Dustin down. "It isn't your fault. Freddie needs to learn what he can get, and that's definitely not me, or Shelby, or Lola." She sighed. "And he should have started learning this like four years ago."
Dustin shrugged. He got ready to play one of the shepherds.
Along came Lola. "A webshow is something like TV, just with a computer, right?"
Carly nodded.
"And it is seen by many people?" Lola beamed brightly. "May I be your co-motivator?" She started begging like a puppy.
Carly sighed. "Usually, that's Sam's task, but maybe a second co-moderator would be OK for this special. Alas, we've lost our tech producer."
Sam shrugged. "Not my fault!"
Carly glared at Sam.
"I guess I better look after him," " suggested Sam."
Carly nodded solemnly
Sam waved and walked away. She pulled some piece of curved wire from her pockets and started playing with it, whistling innocently.
Dean Rivers stepped on the stage, and he started giving a really boring speech, in other words, business as usual. Thereupon, he introduced the band, and he called the pupils on the stage who were involved in the play.
Zoey held Bartholomew tightly.
Spencer stood next to her. He sighed. If only he hadn't been such a messy guy, the little family could have turned real.
Zoey placed little Bartholomew carefully into the bread box from Schneider's bakery that served as a manger.
Spencer smiled at the infant, calming him on site.
Harper and Lisa were rigged and ready.
In this moment, Sam bounded in through the door and stepped down the stairways.
Hedlocked Freddie was forced into following her. He moaned and whimpered.
Marissa Benson was flabbergasted. "What are you doing to Fredward?" She squealed with dismay.
"I didn't tell you to break into his dorm and kidnap him violently," remarked Carly, "did I?"
Sam shrugged apathetically. "Who cares, here is the dork!" Then she released Freddie from the headlock.
Lola sighed, as she pitied Freddie somewhat. "Hey, I may be your co-moronator for this session, then you may look at me all the time, as long as you want to. Just don't touch me, OK?" Phew! But the publicity was probably worth the hole compromise.
Freddie moaned and sighed. "OK."
Sam and Carly were not sure whether this was going to work out, but they had to try to.
"Online in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ..."
Carly and Sam initiated the show.
Lola smiled. "Hey! I am your co-modificator!" she beamed brightly.
carly explained. "This is our Christmas special, live from a boarding school in California. The name is Pacific Coast Academy!"
Sam grinned. "And we are showing you the performance of a Christmas play by pupils of this school, amonmg them my sister Melanie." Her voice had turned sarcastic when she mentioned Melanie.
"Oh, do you see me?" Lola ginned. "It's a wonderful stage, isn't it? And St. mary will be played by my best friend Zoey Brooks, and little Jesus by her real kid, Bartholomew!" She waved over to Zoey.
"And, last but not least," announced Carly, "my cousin Drake and his band will play something for you!" She waved over to Drake.
Harper strummed his guitar like nobody's business. He told Carly that they were going to sing a song that was popular in Jamaica when his grandma still lived there.
Lisa Perkins started singing.[ 34]
A Long Time Ago In Bethlehem[ 35]
So The Holy Bible Says[ 36]
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ
Was born on Christmas-day
Carly stood in awe when she heard Lisa's voice and the vibrations of Harper's strings penetrate the air. She ordered Freddie to zoom in on Spencer, Zoey, and Bartholomew.
Hark and hear the angels sing
Our king is born today
And man will live forever more
Because of Christmas day
Carly smiled when she noticed that Spencer had been, and still was, performing in a perfect manner. Spencer, Zoey, and Bartholomew looked like one happy young family. Too bad it was just a play! She sighed profoundly.
Dustin and Melanie were getting ready for their roles as shepherds.
Carly knew that this could hurt Freddie, so she refrained from telling him to zoom in on Dustin, althought she would have loved to see him as close as possible.
The audience sang merrily along with Lisa.
Freddie was finally exhausted. This day had been too much for him.
Sam offered to give him a break, and accomplish the tasks of a tech producer.
Freddie choked. "Sam? You?"
Sam nodded. "Who knew abiout the Moving Picture Experts Group[ 37] ? Who knew how to sabotage your computer without your knowledge?[ 38] "
Freddie coughed. True! He should have wondered about this earlier in this life. He sat down in the front row. Maybe Sam needed some sort of backseat pilot.
Sam took over in a seemless manner.
Fortunately, Lola was already rigged and ready for taking Sam's place.
Freddie admired her proficiency which had been hitherto unbeknownst to him.
This was Carly's very moment. It was her task to light the Christmas decoration. She took her match box, and she started lighting the gas candles which had been installed by Eric Blonowitz.
Lisa continued.
For a moment the world was aglow,
All the bells rang out
There were tears of joy and laughter
People shouted
Let everyone know
There is hope for all
To find peace
Carly set the stage safely ablaze, as opposed to what Spencer would have done. She also launched the chime of bells.
The audience glared with awe.
Lisa continued her performance.
Oh my Lord, you sent your son to save us
Oh my Lord, your very self you gave us
For one very last time, Sam zoomed in on Bartholomew, Zoey, and Spencer.
Carly sighed with relief.
Marissa took little Bartholomew. "I care for him for the rest of the evening. I'll call you if I need you."
Zoey nodded solemnly.
Spencer nodded as well, as if it had been properly his business.
Now it was Drake's turn.
His drummers Neil and Gary were going to back him up.
Lola walked up to Drake and beamed. Her heart beat at triple speed. "Hey Drake, what aere you going to play for us?"
"Travelling Spaceman[ 39] by D. Cheeseburger," announced Drake. "This was my favourite when I was ten years old." He whispered something into Lola's ear.
Lola nodded, then she sat down on Drake's lap, and she snuggled up to him and purred with glee.
Freddie didn't really mind that much. All of a sudden, Sam was much more interesting.
Lola suckled at Drake's cheeks.
Drake started singing.
A spaceman came travelling with his ship from afar
It was light years of time[ 40] since his mission did start
And over a village he halted his craft
And it hang in the sky like a star.
While Drake was still singing, the iillumination of the stage background started flickering and twinkling.
The audience started trmbling.
And a bright light of silver
Shone around his head
And he had the face of an angel.
The stranger spoke to them
He said: Do not fear!
Alas, when the lights went down without any apparent reason, Drake started shivering as well.
Shelby, sitting in the front row, took off the head from her oxen costume, hoping that she could see better without. "Has anyone seen Nevel? He was the donkey!"
Sam shook her head. She struggle with her webcam who didn't work well in the flickering and fading light.
Suddenly, the outlines of a tweenie were visible.
"Hold this!" the guy, now identifiable as Nevel Papperman, commanded Carly, and he flang the head of his donkey costume onto her lap.
Carly shrugged helplessly. Why was Nevel's head about glowing?
The audience was excited when it saw Nevel's shimmering halo.
Megan stood up and walked towards Nevel. She snuck up to him and threw her arms around him, half for awe, half for affection. This was the Saviour.
Nevel glared sternly at the audience.
The halo grew stronger and stronger, illuminating the whole stage.
Megan sighed. "They don't understand you," whispered she unto Nevel. "But I know who what you are. Let's talk about it in private! They are not yet wothy of you, and you can't force them to understand you."
Nevel shrugged. "OK, if you say it, I'm going to believe you."
Megan grabbed nevel by the donkey tail and dragged him off the stage.
The broad mass calmed down. They were not going to forget it, even if they did not understand zilch.
Carly shrugged and reilluminated the stage with her match sticks.
Sam turned the broadcast on again..
Lola took the microphone. "Sorry for the interruption. strange things have happened, almost like three years ago when we had visited the tomb of Charles Galloway[ 41], but it's all gone by now. " she sighed with relief.
Dean Rivers decided to stop the official program and to switch to some informal celebrations, as many pupils were unable to concentrate any longer.
Carly, Lola, and Sam left the webcam on air for some hour, and then they called it a day.
What a Christmas Eve!
[ 27] cf. Drake & Josh : First Crush
[ 28] cf. Zoey 101 : Spring Fling
[ 29] cf. Zoey 101 : Backpacks. Allison Scagliotti's guest role in there is identified here with Mindy Crenshaw from Drake & Josh
[ 30] cf. iCarly Saves TV
[ 31] cf. Drake & Josh : Little Diva
[ 32] cf. Drake & Josh : The Storm
[ 33] cf Drake & Josh : Megan's New Teacher
[ 34] traditional Jamaican Christmas hymn popularised by various bands, such as Boney Em, Travelin' Strawberries etc.
[ 35] Hebrew term meaning House of Bread
[ 36] cf. Gospel according to Matthew, 2:1
[ 37] cf. iStakeout
[ 38] cf. iStage An Intervention
[ 39] by Chris De Burgh
[ 40] this is nonsense: light years measure spatial distances, not time
[ 41] cf. Zoey 101 : Curse At PCA
Merry Christmas
Time Christmas Morning, Breadfast Time Place Lounge Brenner Hall People Zoey Brooks, Carly Shay, Marissa Benson, Bartholomew Brooks, a few other pupils (background)
Carly fixed a cup of cocoa from a vendor machine. The cafeteria was only open for lunch, but cocoa was cocoa, so what!
Zoey held Bartholomew in her arms.
Marissa had accompanied her. She held a little package from Santa Claus in her hands.
Zoey and Marissa sat down, close to Carly.
Carly smiled at the infant. She told Zoey and Marissa about the thoughts that she had got when watching Spencer, Bartholomew, and Zoey at the manger. "Too bad it was just a play!" She sighed deeply.
Zoey nodded. "There are so many thinks I like about Spencer, his artistic taste and stuff, but, after all Marissa told me, it's like ... I'd have to take care of a second baby."
Carly sighed bitterly.
"If Bartholomew was already toddling and talking or potty-clean, it would be worth it," declared Zoey.
Marissa shrugged. "I may trye to hammer some responsibility into him, maybe this speeds it up. When my sister was pregnant with Freddie ...", explained marissa, forgetting that Carly wasn't yet aware of that family secret.
"What?" Carly was consternated.
marissa had to tell Zoey about the details. "And then I took care of Freddie on my own because neither of his parents was able to."
Zoey hugged Carly. "Sorry."
Carly sighed deeply. It seemed as even Freddie didn't know about that. What if he got to learn about it? Carly tried to distract herself. "Did you already get something from Santa Claus?"
Zoey unwrapped the pair of sunglasses. "Dustin is really sweet, isn't he?"
Carly whistled innocently. "Of course!"
Zoey sighed. "James gave me a locket with a similar inscription before I knew that I was pregnant. He didn't want it back when we broke up. Some day, I will have to show it to Bartholomew."
Carly nodded. "Honesty is the best ..." She choked because she had inadvertedly called Marissa a hypocrit.
"I will have to tell Freddie, that's true, before he leaves home," swore Marissa.
But Carly was curious concerning the gift Marissa had received.
Marissa hesitated. "From Dean Rivers."
"Wow!" Carly beamed. "You're a fast dater!"
Marissa choked. "Hey! We are not dating. How would you come to think we did?"
Carly sighed.
Marissa opened the gift. "What?" It was some sort of c0ontract.
Zoey overread it fast. "He's offering you a job as a Dorm Adviser for the girls!"
Carly applauded.
Marissa was both flattered and flabbergasted.
Carly sighed. This meant that Freddie was going to move to California, and thencethe end of icarly.
Marissa didn't know what to say or to do. This was really unexpected.
Zoey smiled. "OK, we could sure use you over here. And someone here would be very happy if Carly joined in."
Carly whistled innocently.
Place Lounge of Maxwell Hall People Dustin Brooks, Fredward Benson, Spencer Shay, Samantha Puckett
Spencer had fixed some doughnuts and cocoa from the machine for himself, and for Dustin and Freddie.
The teenie boys sat in a beanbag couch.
Freddie was curious enough to want to know what was Dustin's gift for Carly.
"Just a few poems, and I've tried to draw a few flowers, but they look more like trees." He fainted.
Freddie sighed. He had never had any great idea for gifts. "Mom gets a new broom, Spencer and Carly get a new nat for their door, ..."
Spencer, Freddie, and Dustin chuckled unison.
Dustin chuckled. "I think I know what is your favourite gift you received this Christmas."
Freddie grinned. "No, you don't."
Spencer wrapped hastily the G.O. he owed Carly, as he had lost that bet.
Dustin sighed. "It walks on two legs, has got, long, wavy, and dark blond hair, grins diabolically ..."
Freddie choked. "What? Sam and I? That's absurd!"
Sam entered the lounge and spotted the three loitering guys. "Hi!"
Freddie fainted when Sam walked by.
"Come on," stammered Dustin. "I've watched you how you looked at Sam when she operated the webcam and the laptop."
Freddie coughd and blushed. "No, there was nothing you might have seen."
Spencer chuckled.
Sam wondered what was going on.
Dustin explained that Freddie had gazed at her in a totally admiring manner when she subbed for him.
Sam glared at Freddie. "What?"
Freddie stomped his feet.
Spencer keeled over laughing.
Freddie sighed. "It's true. Sam, you're really awesome." He blushed deeper and deeper. "I'm so ashamed for having ignored your class."
Sam grabbed Freddie, plastering a stern grimace. "Dorkward! How dare you ..."
Spencer looked at the ceiling, unable to bear watching the pending bickering scene between Freddie and Sam. "May I mind you that you stand under a mistle toe?"
Freddie and Sam coughed.
Sam sighed, and then she pulled Freddie into an affectionate kiss.
Freddie moaned and purred with excessive glee.
Dustin applauded. But where had the mistle toe come from?
Time Christmas Day, Early Afternoon Place Parking Lot of the Campus of the Pacific Coast Academy People Spencer Shay, Marissa Benson, Carly Shay, Fredward Benson, Samantha Puckett, Megan Parker, Drake Parker, Josh Nichols, Lola Martinez, Shelby Marx, Melanie Puckett, Zoey Brooks, Bartholomew Brooks, Dustin Brooks, Nevel Papperman
For Carly and her gang, it was now finally time to say good-bye.
Spencer entered his van in order to control everything, albeit in his usual messy manner.
Mrs. Benson rendered Bartholomew unto Zoey. "OK, Ms. Brooks, I'm going to potty train Spencer." She waved. She had not yet decided on the offer by Dean Rivers.
Zoey nodded. "That'd be very nice." Phew. That was so close it was very hard not mentioning the family secret of the Bensons.
Carly huggled Dustin. "You may visit us any time in Seattle. Maybe we will come to your school once again, anyways. I love your poems, and the bush or whatever that was."
Dustin smiled. "Your song for me was wonderful, too."
Melanie shook Sam's hand. "Greet mom, and aunt Maggie, and the prison freaks."
Sam smiled. "Will do, Mel!"
Zoey gave Bartholomew briefly to Mel so she could hug Spencer. "Keep good care of Carly, and of yourself!" She kissed him gently on the top of his head.
Spencer sobbed. This was one of his hardest farewells, ever.
Shelby announced: "Oh, you're invited to Drake's and Lola's wedding, next spring break!"
Carly grinned. "They don't waste any time!" She grinned when she watched the two fluffy lovebirds making out. Alas, she wondered why Freddie and Sam haven't yet been at each other's throat as they used to be.
Josh announced that he was going to marry Maria the same day that Lola and Drake were going to get married.
Megan whistled innocently.
Carly wondered. "Megan? What have you got to do with this?"
"Nevel and I, we've made a mistle toe float above their heads when they met this morning in the lounge, " whispered Megan into Carly's ears.
Nevel beamed.
"But really, they should have made it there on their own. It was just a matter of time," exclaimed Megan.
Carly snickered. "You're one cousin of a bitch!"
Spencer sighed. He would have loved to stay there, but he had to return to Seattle for some assignment.
Carly, Freddie, Sam, and Marissa boarded the van. Another hard trip was ahead.
Time Indefinite Future
After having pondered for a few weeks, Marissa accepted the offer from Dean Rivers. She started as a dorm adviser at the Pacific Coast Academy right after the wedding of Lola and Drake.
Freddie followed herto the PCA, but Sam had to come with him. He had to ask Spencer to persuade the youth care office to send Sam to Malibu, for the same reason that Grandpa Spencer had convinced them to send Melanie over there.
Carly didn't hesitate joining as well, which was made easier because Spencer had found a job in Los Angeles, due to the help of Josh Nichols and Maria Hughes.
This, in turn, allowed Zoey to see her St. Joseph more and more often.
Mqrissa was busy potty-training Spencer, so he was more and more of a help for Zoey instead of yet another burden. They even started thinking seriously about a wedding.
Carly and Dustin celebrated their reunion over a sixpack of pop corn, grinning diabolically.
Megan and Nevel switched to teh Los Angeles Philharmonic School, as Megan was a gifted oboe player, whereas Nevel was a fledgling concert pianist[ 42] . But the messianic secret of Nevel Papperman was still a secret. Yet the day would come and the hour would come for plucking the highest apple from the Tree of Knowledge.
Not much later, Freddie was getting to hear about Marissa's family secret. But did he even care? hardly, for he only cared about a certain angel with long, wavy, dark-blond hair and an obsession with the Moving Picture Experts Group, who has ever since been always on his mind.
The End
[ 42] cf. iRue The Day