OMG you guys and gals are so amazing and awesome and all other great adjectives I can't think of right now! The feedback I've been getting for this story is great! 27 reviews in 2 chapters! I really hope the success continues… I wasn't sure if my idea about Freddie was gonna go over well with you all and I'm glad it did. I didn't know whether or not to do a time skip to when the iCarly gang got back together or not this chapter, but you all decided for me. I shall give what you asked (I just hope I don't mess it up)… so I present Chapter 3 to you lovely, wonderful people. By the way, it's a military boot camp in case you were wondering.

Disclaimer: iCarly is the property of Dan Schneider and Nickelodeon. No infringement is intended and I make no profit writing this story.


Freddie was sleeping peacefully in his comfortable bed. Suddenly, he heard a loud sound reverberate through his room. He woke up with a start, and fell out of the bed.

"What the?" asked Freddie out loud while still feeling drowsy.

"WAKE UP BOY!" he heard. "NOW ISN'T THE TIME FOR LOLLYGAGGING!"

He looked toward his room door and saw his father standing in the doorway dressed in his uniform. Mr. Benson looked every bit of the intimidating sergeant. Freddie gulped nervously; he told his father to treat him like the others, but now he wasn't so sure about his plan.

"H-hey Dad," said Freddie nervously.

"YOU WILL ADDRESS ME AS 'SIR' BENSON!" bellowed Mr. Benson. "DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!"

"Yes Sir!" said Freddie quickly.

"Well, what are you waiting for Benson? It's time to begin training!" said Mr. Benson.

"Y-yes Sir!" said Freddie as he threw on the clothes his father gave him the previous night for their training.

Freddie looked outside and saw that it was still dark outside. He groaned inwardly; it had to be at least 4 or 5 in the morning! He usually slept until 10 during vacations! He felt so sleepy and lazily dragged his body out of his room and outside. The cool air hit him and he shivered. Mr. Benson stood before him, and Freddie couldn't believe his father was wide awake at this time. Then again, his father was in the military, so it wasn't a big shock.

"Alright Benson," said Mr. Benson. "We're gonna start with 15 laps around the field," he said as he pointed to a field that was bigger than an NFL stadium.

"Yes Sir," said Freddie sleepily as he rubbed his eyes.

Freddie's eyes widened as he finally saw where he had to go. He then rubbed his eyes again because he thought he was dreaming. He even pinched himself to make sure this was no dream. He groaned out loud.

"IS THERE A PROBLEM BENSON?!" yelled Mr. Benson.

Freddie jumped 5 feet in the air in surprise. "N-no Sir!" said Freddie quickly and started on his laps.

By the 5th lap, Freddie felt out of breath. His chest was heaving heavily and he felt like he was going to pass out. Mr. Benson was running with him, and was already working on his 17th lap.

"LET'S GO BENSON!" said Mr. Benson as he backpedaled in front of Freddie. "YOU STILL HAVE 10 LAPS TO GO!"

"I'm tired Sir!" said Freddie as panted heavily.

"TIRED? TIRED?! ONLY A PANSY WOULD BE TIRED BOY!" yelled Mr. Benson. "YOU'RE WITH THE MILITARY NOW AND THERE ISN'T ROOM FOR BEING TIRED!"

Freddie frowned as his chest heaved. He really wanted to take a break and was amazed at his father's stamina. If only he could sit down for five minutes or have a bottle of water…

It took Freddie a total of 2 and a half hours to finish. When he did, he fell to the ground trying to get as much oxygen in his lungs as possible. His legs felt like jelly while his lungs were on fire. Mr. Benson stood over him with a stern look on his face.

"We're nowhere near done Benson," said Mr. Benson. "GIVE ME 100 SIT-UPS!"

"Y-yes Sir," said Freddie breathlessly.

100 sit-ups later, Freddie felt ready to give up. He knew it was gonna be tough, but it all felt like too much for him. He just wanted to go home; he felt like he did enough exercise to last for years.

"I… can't do this," said Freddie feeling extremely sore.

"You're giving up already?! We've only begun and you already wanna cry to mommy?!" exclaimed Mr. Benson. "You really are a wimp!!"

Freddie's face fell as he listened to his father's tirade. It reminded him of Sam and how she always put him down. Every time he heard it, he always had the urge to prove her wrong. Hearing his father talk to him like that made him want to prove him wrong too. Fredward Benson was not a wimp. He's a man damn it! And he planned on proving it to everyone. His eyes hardened in determination and his father smiled. He knew he said the right things to keep Freddie on track.

"Ready to continue Freddie?" asked Mr. Benson in a fatherly voice.

"Yes Sir!" said Freddie.

When Freddie and Mr. Benson finished with their training, the sun was setting. They headed back to Mr. Benson's living quarters and the first thing Freddie did when he got inside was take a shower. The hot spray of water immediately began to relax his stiff muscles as well as wash away the grass and dirt. He sighed happily and felt proud of himself for getting through the rest of the day. All he had to do was keep it up until September. 'Easier said than done,' he thought. He hopped out the shower, put on some pajamas, and went to the kitchen to get something to eat.

"I'm proud of you son," said Mr. Benson. "You did really good today."

"Thanks Dad," said Freddie.

"I wasn't too hard on you was I?" asked Mr. Benson.

"No, I'm glad you treated me like any of the other people here," said Freddie. "I think it'll help me more."

"Good," said Mr. Benson with a smile.

Freddie smiled in return and ate his dinner. He then heard noise similar to what he heard in the morning. He covered his ears; the sound was extremely annoying.

"Well, light's out Freddie," said Mr. Benson.

Freddie trudged up the stairs to his room; the day's exhaustion finally getting to him. As soon as he lied down, he fell asleep. Maybe tomorrow wouldn't be as bad.


Alrighty, I'm ending it here. I hope that you enjoyed this chapter… I plan on skipping ahead to the last day of Freddie's boot camp "vacation" next chapter so I hope you all don't mind. Anyway, my thanks goes out to:

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You guys and gals rock! For now, I will make a thank you list at the end of each chapter because school is a pain in the booty LOL. So far, I'm doing pretty good, but if I wanna pass, I have to make sure I study a lot. I'm so sorry for not replying to reviews (I feel like such a bad authoress) but school does take priority. College is expensive and I don't have the money to start paying back loans yet LOL. I will try to update again soon, so please leave reviews of what you thought of this chapter if you can. I'd greatly appreciate it and will give virtual hugs and cookies to all =)

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