A/N: Wow, I haven't updated this story in a while. Sorry. By the way, Happy New Year!

Disclaimer: Don't own iCarly. :(

Chapter 4: How Can This Happen in a Day?

Freddie and I got on our horses and went ahead. He was a little shaky about it at first, but he got the hang of it after a few minutes.

We rode out really far. We were in Mamaw's field.

"Wow, you were right, Sam," Freddie said.

"About what?"

"About this being a place I had to see to believe."

"Told ya," I laughed a little. Then I got off and he got off too. We sat on the ground next to each other.

"Thanks, Puckett."

"Huh?" He really needed to stop thanking me.

"For bringing me here."

"You're welcome, Benson."

"Why did we come here though?" He asked.

"Well, the last time I was here my Dad brought me out here. We laughed and chased each other. He told me stories and we sang..."

"Wait you sang?"

"I was never much of a momma's girl until he died. Music was everything to me. It was everything to my Dad. I used to have a piano. I don't know where it is, but I used to just sit there with him. You wouldn't hear anything, just the piano. Not even us breathing. He use to play for me and mess up just to make me laugh. We would laugh for hours and hours. My mom...she loved him more than I'll ever know. They had more love in one minute than people had in a year. I've always had a connection with him, one that not even death could break."

I had never told so much to anyone in my life. I wasn't planning on saying anything to anyone, let alone Freddie. He was looking at me and I turned away. I was about to cry and that's something Benson will never see me do.

"Sam?" Freddie asked.

"Yeah," I said.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be." I hugged him. I was more emotional with him then I had been with anyone my entire life. I couldn't hold it in anymore. I cried on his shoulder. I expected him to tease me about it, but instead he said, "It's okay, Sam."

I got some strange feeling then. I didn't know what it was, so I decided to ignore it.

We stayed there for an hour, and after that I decided to show him around a bit.

"Come on, let's go," I said, getting up off the ground.

"Sure. Where are we going?"

"It's time you get to know Nashville, Benson. You up for it?" I bent down picking a flower and sticking it in my pocket.

"Shoosh, yeah!" I got on my horse and he got on his. I made the clicking sound to get Jeevers going, and she galloped. "Wait for me!" He made the same-or close to the same sound-and apparently it worked because in a minute he caught up. Our horses were side by side. "We're goin' to a restaurant on the side of town. Best food ever!"

"I should've guessed."

"What?" He didn't wanna go?

"That you'd pick somethin' with food." Oh. I knew that...

"Yeah, you've known me long enough. Beat ya there!" I took off.

"Hey! Cheating!" I heard him say. I laughed.

We arrived at the resteraunt a short time later. I can't tell you the exact time because I wasn't really keeping track of it. All I know is that it wasn't much later probably not even ten minutes.

"I win!" I proclaimed.

"Because you cheated."

"But I still won." It's true.

"I want a rematch." He said, obviously being a little bit competitive.

"Okay, you're on, but not now. It's food time." The resteraunt was like nothing in Nashville. The Loveless Cafe. We walked on in and I remembered everything.

"Oh my gosh! Sam Puckett! Never thought I'd live to see you again," A lady at the counter said. Then I realized who she was.

"It's so good to see you!" She came over and hugged me and asked, "Who's this young man?"

"This is Fredd-Freddie." See, I caught myself from calling him a name. I'm not all bad...all the time.

"Oh, the Benson boy."

"Have you told everyone about me?" Freddie said.

"Pretty much," I said.

"You, guys take a seat, right here." She gestured to a table near the front door. The same table my dad and I ate at the last time I was here.

"Sam, you okay?" Freddork asked.

"Super..." The truth was I really wasn't. I just had realized that everything that's here, reminds me of him. My dad. I wanted to cry, but I couldn't. Not here; In front of Freddie.

"Okay, Puckett, what's wrong?"

"How could you think I have problem?" He's good. He can tick me off and detect my feelings at the same time.

"I've known you too long."

"Same table..." I was looking down at my hands.

"Same table?"

"My dad and I sat at this table last time I was here." He saw that it hurt me.

"Sam...you don't have to say anymore."

"He was writing a song. One about..." I swallowed. "...Me. He looked at me and said, Sammy you're gonna sing through it all, I promise. I never knew what he meant by that, but it's stuck with me, all this time."

"Sam, look at me." He took my hand.

"He loved you. More than I'll be ever to understand. I know how hard it is to remember. Please remember not to forget. He wanted the best for you. He wanted you to be you, and that's all, as long as he could see his little girl grow up."

"Thank you...for that."

"No problem." He smiled. "Who is that anyway?"

"Dad's sister."

"Ah."

"Here's your drinks, ready to order?"

"You got any meat?"

"Of course, you'd like the same, Freddie?" She said as she smiled.

"Sure, why not?"

We left there later on and I decided I should bring him to meet somebody.

"Now what?" He asked.

"We're going to meet somebody."

"Okay then." We went to a cemetery in town. I got off my horse and he mimicked my actions. I took the flower out of my pocket. I walked over to him.

HENRY JAMES PUCKETT
1975-2004

A GREAT SON AND FATHER

Freddie followed. "Hi dad."

"So, this is him."

"Yup." I sat down and started to talk. "Hey, dad, this is Freddie Benson. We came to visit Mamaw this weekend..." I went on and on. I told him everything. After that, I laid the flower on his grave and walked out. Freddie came out after me.

"Hey, um, Sam, are you alright?"

"I'm perfect." I really was. I had said everything I had needed to say.

"Good. You called me Freddie back there, not some stupid name."

"Yeah."

"Sam, why do you keep doing this to me?"

"What?"

"How can I fall in love with you in one day?" My mouth dropped. "It's crazy!"

"Well, what am I-" He came over and kissed me, cutting off my sentence. I wrapped my arms around his neck.

A/N: Ha ha ha! I'm so mean! I'll update this ASAP!