Paternal Bonds

Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly. I keep it simple.

A/N: Thoughts in "Italics" and regular speech in "Regular font." Only applied if in quotes.

A/N: By the way, everybody is 26 in this story, except Spencer who would be older. I doubt he'll be mentioned much. Please read this regardless of their age. It will all make sense, I promise. They have to be this old in the story.

Chapter 3 (The Girl's Mother)

The butler, Robert, met with Tina in the hallway as she was leading the girl to the guest room. The girl was fearful of Robert as well and hid behind Tina. "Hey, it's okay," Tina said quietly. "Robert and Freddie are very nice."

"Who's child?" Robert asked while looking at the girl.

"I don't really know, and she doesn't seem to talk. I'm wondering if that's her choice or if she just can't talk."

"Do you think she'd like a lollipop?"

"Do you think she'd accept it from you? That's the question, Robert. She seemed terrified of Mr. Benson and she seems terrified of you." Robert made a humming sound as he rubbed his chin.

"I have a suspicion, maybe she doesn't like men. She's too young to be a feminist or anything but what if her father did something really bad to her."

"Like abandoning her? I found her on the road earlier; I think her parents abandoned her." Robert crossed his arms and nodded, that's what it sounded like to him. "I'm taking her to the guest room; I think I'll let her watch some videos. Mr. Benson won't mind if I show her some of the iCarly videos, do you think he won't mind?"

"I don't see anything wrong with that. I'll go ask him and then bring the videos to you."

"Thank you, Robert." Tina continued to lead the girl to the guest room, when she opened the door, the girl's eyes grew wide and hopeful. Tina looked down at the girl and smiled. "Yes, this room is all yours for as long as you're here." The girl smiled widely and she ran to the bed, she climbed onto it and hugged it, Tina watched as the girl rolled around on the bed and grew accustomed to its feel. "She acts as though she's never seen a bed before. I know ex-convicts would definitely act like that with a bed." Tina walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed, she looked at the girl and thought the child needed a toy. Robert walked into the room with a large set of tapes, immediately the girl's mood changed and she watched the butler closely.

"Master Benson has allowed the viewing of these tapes." Tina rolled her eyes and Robert laughed as he set the tapes next to Tina. "Sorry Tina, I just couldn't resist sounding stuffy. Yeah, Mr. Benson said the girl can watch these, as long as they're the ones that a little six year old girl should be watching."

"He's concerned about adult material in the iCarly tapes? That's a laugh."

"He says with a child, they have an impressionable young mind of sorts and six year olds shouldn't see much over the PG rating. They've done things on the show that could be considered over that limit, remember the Nevel incident?"

"I hardly see how that would affect the little girl, but then again…she does seem to let a lot of things affect her."

"By the way, Mr. Benson has left to the store." Tina raised her eyebrow and Robert chuckled. "He said the little girl needed some toys."

"Ah…" Tina picked up a tape and looked at it. "What about this one? It's labeled 'Jonah: Sam's Wrath.'" The girl looked up at the mention of the name Sam, Robert shook his head.

"I don't think Mr. Benson would enjoy the girl watching a boy getting a wedgie."

"Okay, so we won't show this." Tina put the tape down and pulled out another one. "Confessions."

"I don't really know that one. I suspect it'd be okay."

"I wonder, is this the tape that he has the hardest time watching? I know it started with a 'C' but there are many of those." Robert shrugged and Tina put the tape into the television. The girl watched as it started.

"Hi! I'm Carly!"

"I'm Sam, and you're watching another session of iCarly!"

The girl's eyes widened and she ran over to the television, she put her palm on the screen over Sam and started to cry. Tina and Robert looked at each other and back at the screen. "That's Sam Puckett," Tina said with a smile. "You should stand so close to the screen though, it can hurt your eyes." With that, the girl slowly walked to the bed and sat down.

"So what shall we do today, Sam?"

"I don't know, what do you want to do, Carly?"

"I know! Let's scream!" Carly and Sam put their faces in front of the camera and screamed. "I think you're louder." The camera faltered and Sam looked up.

"Hey tech geek, careful with the camera!"

"I'm sorry, you were just so loud that my ears started hurting," Freddie's voice said from behind the camera.

"Thank you for that interesting and stunning report, Geek." Carly rolled her eyes and grinned.

"Hey Freddie, didn't you have something you wanted to say to Sam?" Carly asked.

"Yes, of course."

"By the way, that's Freddie Benson," Tina said to the girl. The girl's eyes widened, she recognized the name. "That's also our boss, the man you met earlier." The girl looked over at Tina and back to the screen.

"Hey, this is one of the last videos," Robert stated. "You know, these are the ones that are hardest for Mr. Benson to watch."

"Oh! And now I know what they are…"

Freddie walked onto the screen and toward Sam. "What are you doing? Stay behind the camera, will you?" Freddie smirked and pulled a rose from behind him, Sam blushed as she took the rose out of Freddie's hand. "Okay, that was…thanks for the rose."

"You're welcome," Freddie said with a grin. "I think it matches you perfectly." Sam's eyes grew wide as Freddie wrapped his arms around Sam's waist.

The girl eyed the screen with fear, Tina and Robert noticed she started to grow fearful when Freddie touched Sam. They looked at each other and shrugged.

"Sam, I've waited so long to tell you this, you are the most special girl in the world, you make me happiest."

"What are you trying to tell me? If you're trying to say that you…lo…" Sam's mouth fell open and Freddie smirked.

"Yes, Sam, I love you. I have loved you for as long as I've known you."

"You don't know how long I've waited to hear those words from your mouth. Freddie Benson, you dork, how long did it take you to figure out that I loved you back?"

"Not long…" Sam wrapped her arms around Freddie's neck and ran her fingers on the back of his head as he lowered his lips onto hers.

"And we stop it here," Tina said as she turned off the video. "I mean who knows how long their kiss goes for!"

"Actually it wasn't that long," A voice stated. Tina and Robert looked over and saw Freddie leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "I didn't know you were going to show that one."

"Actually it was just a random pick." Freddie sighed and shook his head.

"I miss her, it's been hard you know…living without her in my life."

"I'm sorry sir…" Freddie sighed and stood up straight, the little girl eyed him once more, she was too scared to move. There were two men in the room.

"Hey, kiddo, is that your mother?" Tina raised her eyebrow and looked over at the girl, the girl didn't respond.

"Was that your mom?" Tina asked softly. She remembered the girl's actions during the entire iCarly scene; she had been watching Sam closely and looked like she wanted to talk to her. Tina looked over at Freddie; she wondered how long he had been in the room for. The girl moved her fingers on the bed as Tina and Freddie looked at her. "Sam Puckett, is she your mom?"

"I don't think the girl would recognize the last name actually, Tina."

"I knew my mom's maiden name when I was six. I'll ask again sweetie, is Sam Puckett your mom?" The girl slowly nodded her head and Freddie's face froze in shock.

"I've been looking for Sam for ten years…" Freddie smiled softly and walked out of the room, he returned shortly with a teddy bear and set it on the bed. "That…That bear was your mother's. I gave it to her, well; I won it for her at an amusement park really. It split on the leg and she gave it to me to sew it up, I actually offered to do that. I never did get it back to her…" Tina looked over at Freddie and smiled.

"Maybe this girl will be able to help us find her mother, you'll see Sam again."

"Uh, Tina, didn't you mention something about a car speeding off?" Robert asked.

"Yeah…"

"There are no other homes for fifty miles of here, if someone abandoned this poor girl, then the mother is probably not near here. Plus, what if-"

"Don't you dare finish that sentence, Robert," Freddie said grimly. "I know what you're thinking and Sam would never abandon her child. Something is wrong here, either Sam's husband did this or this little girl was kidnapped."

"Well without a name or anything, we won't be getting far in finding her parents. She won't talk to anyone…" The group looked over to see the girl curl up next to a pillow, clutching the bear in her arms. Freddie smiled softly and gestured for Robert and Tina to follow.

"Come on, let's let the girl sleep." Tina and Robert nodded their heads and left the room with Freddie. Each of them was thinking more about the mystery that now presented itself.

There's the chapters, and the mysteries just keep coming. Hope you enjoyed it, thanks for those who have reviewed this! The next will be up soon