Chapter 1

At 12:15 am on September 13 2018, our daughter Charlotte Marie Benson came into the world.

"Come on Sam, just a little more, she's almost here!' 28 year old Freddie Benson soothed his wife. Sam had been in labor for almost twelve hours, and was Crankier then ever.

"SHUT UP BENSON THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" Sam hissed, grabbing the collar of Freddie's shirt.

"your almost done Samantha, get ready to meet your daughter," the Doctor exclaimed. the next moment, sweet baby cries filled the room.

"Sam she's beautiful, just like her mommy." Freddie smiled, kissing Sam's wet hair.

"Let me see her!" She yelled at the doctor The nurse quickly scurried out of the room, carrying the newborn. "Where is she taking her? Freddie, why are they taking her?" Sam cried, grabbing Freddie's now wrinkled shirt collar.

"Sam, they have to make sure she's OK, remember she's premature." Freddie said, prying his wife's hands off of his shirt. they hadn't expected their daughter to arrive for several more weeks. the couple waited for half an hour before Sam started to worry.

"why haven't they brought her back yet?" She asked with concern in her voice.

"I don't know baby, I'm sure they'll bring her in any second." Freddie himself was also growing worried, but her tried hard to not show it in front of Sam. after another five minutes, the doctor came back to the room.

"where is she?" Sam cried, looking behind the doctor for the nurse that had taken their daughter away.

"Sam we have some rather, unfortunate news."

At 1:00 am on September 13 2018, our daughter Charlotte Marie Benson left the world. forever.

"What do you mean she's gone? she's only an hour and a half old, where could she possibly go?" Sam screeched. the doctor closed his eyes, and rubbed his hand through his hair.

"She passed away Samantha. I'm very sorry." he didn't look sorry as he left the room. Sam burst into tears as soon as the door closed. Freddie tried to be strong, but fell into the chair next to Sam and cried.

"I'm so sorry Sam, I'm so sorry." Freddie cried, burying his head into Sam's hair.

later when Sam fell asleep, the doctor came back into the room. "I'm sorry for your loss, but we need you to fill out some paperwork. Tell Sam to sign right there when she wakes up." he said, pointing at the page. there was no feeling in his voice. The doctor turned to leave.

"Wait." Freddie said, "Can you at least tell us what happened?" Freddie asked.

"as far as we know, there is no cause. Only that she was born too early." the doctor said, closing his eyes.

"but there has to be another cause, I mean other babies are born even earlier, and they live." Freddie said, tears clouding his eyes.

"It happens Freddie, we see this kind of thing almost everyday. there just is no explanation." the doctor said, as he turned and left.

"Freddie?" He turned around and looked at his wife.

"Yeah Sam?"

"I had a nightmare," she said shivering, "Our baby came early, and the doctors told us she died." Freddie sighed. "But it was just a dream right Freddie? right? say it was just a dream."

"I'm sorry Sam, I wish I could. I wish I could baby." Freddie walked over to Sam's bed, and collapsed next to her. for the next hour, the broken heart couple held each other and cried.

Sam woke up startled. she looked around, but didn't see anything "Freddie!" she called, but got no answer. She called again, "FREDDIE!" still no answer. She stood up, and looked around. suddenly, she was blown backward by a bright light. a large screen appeared before her. "W-what?" she questioned, pulling her hand through her long blond hair.

numbers on the screen flashed. 5... 4... 3... 2...

suddenly, She and Carly appeared on the screen. "Hey! I'm Carly, that's Sam, and this is..." the so families logo flashed in front of them. "ICARLY!" Sam gasped. she knew this. this was the last episode of icarly. the show played, Sam wedgie bounced Gibby, the show went on.

"Now before we sign off for the final time, Freddie has something he wants to say, go head Freddie." Carly said, taking the Camera from their tech producer.

"Sam, I love you more than anything, you know that right?"

"Sure, Fredork why?"

"Because there is a very important question I need to ask you." he got down on the floor.

"Freddie, what-"

"Will you marry me Sam?" Freddie cut her off, pulling a ring out of his pocket.

"..."

"Sam, are you OK?"

"Yeah, just... why... what?" she rubbed her hands over her eyes and nodded her head.

"so is that-" Sam cut him off bye kissing him, "-a yes?" Carly turned the Camera to herself.

"And cut!" she said, turning off the camera the screen went blank again.

suddenly, more pictures played across the screen. Sam and Carly on the wedding day, Freddie and Sam standing at the alter, Sam and Freddie giving each other the rings, and finally, Their kiss. the screen darkened for a second before a blinding light filled the room. Sam winced and covered her eyes.

a video began to play. "Freddie what is this?" Sam giggled, Freddie Putting his hands over her eyes.

Just keep your eyes closed Sam, we're almost there. OK, going up the stairs be careful." he said, guiding his wife. "Here we are, now... open!" Freddie exclaimed, pulling his hands away.

Sam gasped. there in front of her, was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Set up in various shades of pink and green, Freddie had surprised Sam by sneaking up to the room to finish their baby's nursery. there was a crib, set up in the corner, above which hung a mobile of various pictures, a green rocker was set up by the big window, looking out over the backyard, where the shined through at just the right times.

"Freddie this is just-" she couldn't finish her sentence before she burst into tears.

"Sam, whats wrong? Don't you like it? I know pink and green are your favorite colors, and you picked out the mobile yourself-" Sam reached up and kissed him.

"I love it baby, its beautiful." Sam laughed, looking down at her swollen belly. "Apparently Charlie likes it to, she's moving around a lot!"

"Charlie?" Freddie questioned, they had just found out they were having a girl a few weeks ago.

"Yeah, Charlie, like, short for Charlotte" Sam said.

The video cut off, and a montage of more pictures flashed on the screen. Sam watched as pictures of her and Freddie flashed on the screen. she burst into tears at pictures of Freddie giggling at her belly, making baby faces. the pictures ended, and Sam once again was thrown backwards by a blinding light. the screen disappeared, and Sam sat up. in front of her, was a baby cradle. she stood up, and walked over to it. in the crib, was a bundle wrapped in a pink blanket. the Bundle started wiggling, and started to cry. Sam cooed, "Shh, Shh, mommy's here." she reached in to pick up the pink bundle, but as soon as she did, the cradle slid away. confused, Sam moved forward, and reached toward the bundle again, but again, the cradle moved away. no matter how fast Sam was, the cradle was faster. the bundle continued to cry, And there was nothing Sam could do to make it stop.