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 25 (Angie's First Day of School)

A week passed by and all the doctor appointments and legal procedures were finished, they only had to wait for the results. Angie had been enrolled in a school and it was time for her first day of school. She felt herself being shaken awake; she opened her eyes and saw Sam and Freddie looking down at her. "Hey Angie, it's time to get ready for school," Sam said with a smile.

"What time is it?" Angie asked with a soft moaning sound.

"It's actually six thirty," Freddie said with a sigh. "That leaves you with plenty of time to eat breakfast, get ready for school and have us drive you there."

"Mr. Benson, it's too early," Tina said as she walked in the room with circles under her eyes. Freddie raised his eyebrow and looked over.

"You're very…tired looking for morning. Do I want to know why?" Tina smiled and shook her head. "Tina, Sam and I've been discussing this; we think it'd be best for all of us to move closer to the city. That way you and Robert will be closer to work, Angie will be closer to school and the friends she will make over time, and my former editor won't be paying us any visits that I don't think we need to be dealing with." Sam cast a worried glance toward Freddie and he looked at her with a reassuring look. "It will be safe, I have a few choices that I think you might like, Sam. Of course, there are also the homes I haven't looked at yet, you can choose any house you like."

"Thanks," Sam said with a smile. Angie crawled out of the bed and rubbed the back of her head. "Okay Angie, let's get you some breakfast and then we'll get you ready for school!"

"Okay, I'm ready, and I'm hungry," Angie said with her stomach growling. "Uh Mom…you were sixteen when you were taken away, right?"

"Yeah…" Angie raised her eyebrow and looked at Freddie.

"Will you or Miss Tina be cooking, daddy?"

"Hey, I can cook!" Sam crossed her arms and smirked. "Just you wait; I will make you the best breakfast you've ever had!"

"Well you could pretty much give me a plain pancake and it'd be the best breakfast ever. I love food, I really do!"

"I bet I know where she gets that quality," Freddie said with a smirk. "Sam, she does have a point about some things, what all are you capable of doing? I mean, you haven't been able to cook in ten years."

"Fine then, you can watch me cook, Dork," Sam said with a sigh. "I just want to cook breakfast for my daughter and my very soon to be husband!"

"And you will, whatever you wish." Sam closed her eyes and smirked triumphantly. In the week it's been since her rescue, they hadn't heard at all from Hector, but they knew he probably figured out what happened to Sam. Though they weren't sure if he knew it was Freddie.

"Mr. Benson, you have a phone call," Robert said as he stepped around the corner. "I think it's best that you answer it."

"A call this early?" Freddie shrugged and walked to the phone. Sam looked over at Tina and smiled, it was time for some girl bonding while cooking breakfast. Freddie picked up the phone and answered. "Hello?"

"Mr. Benson, this is Dr. Bishop, I'm calling on behalf of Dr. Parks."

"Okay, do you have the results?"

"Yes...It seems that everything is in perfect condition. Angie is lucky, most children born through incest have many problems, however she is a perfectly healthy and normal six year old girl."

"Well that is good news."

"Okay, and as for Sam, we didn't find anything out of order. I suggest just being there for her in case she has flashbacks, there are no major problems in these two."

"Good."

"They are very lucky to come out with only mental trauma, so I got a prescription for you! Just surround them with your daily dose of love, care and concern." Freddie rolled his eyes and smiled, that was definitely something that he could do.

"Thank you, and Angie is starting school for the first time today, wish her luck."

"Oh yeah, first day of school, there's a big day for you. Have a good day Mr. Benson."

"Again, thank you Dr. Bishop and tell Dr. Parks that I thank her for giving us her time."

"Can do." Freddie hung up the phone and walked into the kitchen. Sam and Tina were chatting away and cooking while Angie was sitting at the table drawing a picture.

-NEW SCENE-

"We should have a new house chosen by the end of school," Sam said with a smile as they drove Angie toward the school. "Do you want us to go in with you?"

"Well yeah!" Angie said quickly. "I don't know where anything is…" Freddie chuckled as he parked the car.

"Then let's go inside," Freddie said as they exited the car. Sam looked at the school and raised her eyebrow.

"This really is a nice school," Sam said with a smile. Angie smiled with excitement, she couldn't wait to start. The three walked inside and straight into the school office, they spotted the secretary and she smiled at them.

"Hello, I'm Mrs. Barnes; it's good to meet you."

"This is our daughter, Angie Benson," Freddie said with a smile.

"Angie Benson, okay, let me take a look." Mrs. Barnes moved to a file cabinet and looked through the folders. She found one and pulled it out; it was labeled as Angie Benson. "Okay, let's have a look, your teacher this year will be…" Mrs. Barnes opened the folder and smiled. "Mrs. Mandy Valdez."

"Mandy Valdez?" Sam asked while tapping her chin. "Familiar…"

"You mean you don't remember?" Freddie asked with a smirk. "Mandy Valdez was iCarly's 'biggest fan' back in the day." Sam blinked for a moment and held her finger on her chin.

"So she became an elementary teacher, I never thought that would happen. Well, she won't go crazy I hope." Freddie chuckled and placed his hand on Sam's lower back.

"Let's walk Angie to her classroom."

"Mrs. Valdez is in the second hallway and is the third classroom down the hall," Mrs. Barnes stated. "I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with her, Angie."

"She's a fun teacher?" Angie asked with a smile.

"Oh yes, she's definitely one of our best teachers!" Angie smiled and took Sam and Freddie's wrists, she pulled on them, eager to get to the classroom.

"Heh, she's real eager to get to school," Freddie said with a smirk. "Well Sam, somehow she gets this from you, right?" Sam narrowed her eyes and looked at Freddie.

"Ha-ha, I'll have you know that I liked school," Sam said with a smirk. "I liked it because I got to pick on people, and I threw a football in my teacher's face." Angie blinked as she and her parents walked through the school, she looked up at Sam and raised her eyebrow.

"You threw a football at a teacher?" Angie asked.

"Yes, but don't you ever repeat that. I don't want my daughter coming home with a note saying she has detention for a week because she threw a football at a teacher."

"I don't think that's going to happen…" Freddie opened the door to the classroom and Mrs. Valdez was sitting at her desk, she looked over and smiled.

"So, you are?" Mrs. Valdez asked.

"Angie Benson!"

"Oh, where have heard that name before?" Mrs. Valdez shrugged and smiled. "Welcome to my first grade classroom Angie, I'm sure you will enjoy it here."

"Mrs. Valdez, she has not been to school before," Freddie said while crossing his arms. "So, if you can do anything for her comfort level, please do."

"So I take it she's going to be one of our shier students, let me check my roll sheet for any of our more sociable students, they're the best to get to know." Mrs. Valdez was glancing at the roll sheet and obviously thinking about something else as well. She lifted her eyes up and looked over at Freddie. "Hey…you two…" Mrs. Valdez stood up slowly and smiled. "You two are Freddie Benson and Sam Puckett!"

"Uh, yeah we are," Sam said with a half hearted smile. She was starting to feel a tad on the awkward side now; Mrs. Valdez crossed her arms and chuckled.

"Well anyway, it's nice to see you guys. I'm sure we can accommodate Angie into the class very well. Angie, if you will, go sit down in the second seat and second row." Angie nodded and walked over to the desk, Sam saw one of Carly's movies on Mrs. Valdez's desk, Mrs. Valdez glanced over at the desk and smiled. "Yeah, Carly Shay is one of my favorite actresses; she really does well as the strong lead female role in movies."

"Yes she does," Freddie said with a nod, he looked over at Angie and smiled. "Angie, be good today, you have fun."

"Thanks dad, bye mom!" Angie said quickly.

"I'll see you after school, sweetie," Sam said with a smile. Sam and Freddie walked over and gave Angie a hug, Sam kissed her on the forehead. "Do what the teacher tells you to do, and have fun, we'll pick you up after school and by then we should have a new house chosen and we'll let you tell us what you think about it. Try to make some good friends here as well."

"Okay, I can do that mommy." Angie hugged Sam and Sam continued to hug her. "Uh, Mommy…you have to let me go so I can learn."

"R-Right, it's just a big moment for all of us." Sam stood up and wiped her eye.

"Aw, are you crying?" Freddie asked with a smirk.

"I'm not crying, I just have something in my eye. Then again, sometimes you're such a dork, Freddie that it gets me emotional." Freddie crossed his arms and chuckled, with that Freddie and Sam walked out of the classroom as Angie waved them off.

There's the chapter, hope you enjoyed it! Hah, I bet you didn't expect me to include Mandy!