Freddie's PoV
"Dude, cross into the other lane!"
"I'm trying, but this guy just cut me off."
"We're gonna miss the exit that we need."
I sigh, it's the second day on our road trip, and I'm ready to get the fuck out of this car. I'm glad to be away from the gloomy city that is Seattle but after sharing the same small space with six people, you start dying slowly. I sigh again, and push my sunglasses up my nose. My talk with Sam made me feel that I finally had a chance with her, and I was ecstatic. That made me not want to leave. I knew that I had to anyway, get away from my mom and Carly to spend some time with my dad. I called my dad a few days ago, telling him I was coming over, with my friends. He seemed really happy, he told me the address that his condo is at, since he moved since the last time I saw him which was like, two years ago.
"Are we okay now?" I asked.
"Yeah." Chad answered "We'll be there in no time." That's when we got caught in traffic.
"Aaww..." Skilar said, resting her chin in her hand.
"We'll be there eventually..." Matt said from the back. I sigh, look out to all the cars in their lanes.
"Just turn up the music," I say, Chad shrugs, and does what I said. I start to sing along with the song, and we all start to sing along.
It's around 2 p.m. when we make it to my dad's condo building, after paying 7 bucks for parking we entered into the lobby.
"Hello." The lady at the front desk said, maybe a little too peppy. "How can I help you?"
"Hi, I'm looking for Micheal Benson," I say
"Sorry, he doesn't take fans up there." She smiles, and turns.
I chuckle nervously and take off my sunglasses. "I'm Freddie-"
"From iCarly?" She asks.
"Yeah, from iCarly." I say.
"No way, I love that webshow. Is Sam or Carly around?" She asked.
"No, I came here by myself." I say, slightly annoyed.
"Oh," She looks a little disappointed, but perks up. "Can you sign this?" She holds out a pen and sticky note pad.
"Sure," I smile. I quickly sign it and give it back to her."Now can you help me with-"
"Sorry." She smiles.
"Well, I'm his son...so yeah..." I say, and she nods, then looks at me.
"Wow, you really look a lot like him...but...your mom..."
"I know." I shrug.
"Okay, do you know his number?" She asks.
"689, right?" I ask, she checks, and nods.
"Correct. It's on the top floor. Have a nice day." She says.
"Thanks," I say, and then went to the elevators.
"Wow, Ry-Ry, your already a celebrity, signing things for people so awesome!" Aiden smiled, while he playfully shoved me. I smiled.
"Thanks to iCarly." I say, as we entered the elevator.
"Yeah, I thought you wouldn't be that famous, considering that your behind the camera." Skilar says.
"I did that Twilight parody, that boosted my fame on the internet." I say, "It also boosted my chances with girls." I smirk. After a few moments of silence, the music became so much more obvious.
"Wow, isn't elevator music the best?" Matt asked, we all nodded in sarcastic agreement. As we continued to rise slowly, I start to lean against the wall. After a while, the doors finally dinged open.
"689." I say, then start walking down the hallway of identical doors.
"Here it is!" Chad says, standing in front of the door.
"Knock." I say.
"Uh, aren't you supposed to do that?" He asked. I rolled my eyes, extending my fist out then hitting it gently on the door. After a few seconds of waiting, my Uncle Ben opened the door.
"Hey, Freddie!" He greeted me. "And everyone else..."
"Hey Uncle Ben, how are you?" I asked, after giving him a quick hug.
"Single, but whatever." He shrugs. Uncle Ben isn't my uncle by blood, he's just my dad's best friend and guitarist of All U Cared. He's two years younger than my dad, so that makes him 33. He wore a button up shirt, with a pair of skinny jeans. (His career makes that okay.) Not to mention a few tattoos, that were on his arms and a few that peaked out with the shirt that he wore. "Come on in, your dad's taking a shower." We all stepped inside my dad's place. A short hallway lead to a big open living room, with floor to ceiling windows that showed a great view of L.A. Next to the living room was the kitchen, with white cabinets and black granite counter tops. For a place with two guys living here, this place is nice and clean. And when you have a mother like mine, which was a clean-freak, you know what clean is.
"So, what brings you here?" Uncle Ben asked.
"I needed to get way from my mom..." I say, sitting on the couch.
"You ran away? And your first instinct is to bring the entire gang..." Uncle Ben nodded, looking at Chad who sat across from him. "Craig, right?" Did I mention that Uncle Ben never really learned my band mates names?
"Chad." He answers.
"Oh, right. I know one of you is French..." He scans over the rest of them "You right?" He's pointing at Matt.
"No, I'm Matt, he's French." Matt gestures towards Monte, who currently found something so interesting on his black polished nails.
"Sup?" He said, with a small smile.
"Alright, I think I have everyone down. I remember you, because I confused you as a girl, Aiden right?" Uncle Ben looks at Aiden, and he nods. "Okay, Hey Skilar."
"Hey Uncle Ben, nice of you to notice me." She says, sitting next to him.
"Aw, you know your my favorite niece that I'm not related to." He smiled, patting her head. Skilar stuck her tongue out and he did the same.
"Where's dad?" I ask, walking around his place.
"Uh, I think he's out already." Uncle Ben continued to talk with the guys and Skilar, while I went the door on the end of the kitchen.
"Dad?" I said, as I opened the door.
"Fender?" I hear my dad, I walk down the hallway, I see my dad wearing a pair of jeans (Regular ones, even though he does wear skinny jeans from time to time) and a white v-neck. He hugs me and I hug him back. "Dude, how much have you grown?" I chuckle, as he rustled my hair.
"How are you?" I ask.
"Great, got some big news. You probably heard, um...how are you?" He asked. I told my dad everything that happened (minus the fight, he doesn't need to know that. Ignorance is bliss)
"Good. I feel better now that I'm here. I'll probably talk to mom after I spend a few days here. Try to talk it out." I shrug. He smiles, and puts him arm around me,
"That's awesome. Now, I have to tell you the good news!" He beams with excitement.
"What?" I ask.
"Come on." He walks towards the living room, his hand on the back of my neck.
"Hey! Everyone!" My dad lets go of my neck and walk towards the guys.
"Uncle Mike!" Skilar smiles, Dad let's out a gasp.
"Is this little Sky? Wow, you have grown..." My dad hugs her and she hugs back. "You've all grown. I'm getting old..." I sit next to Chad, put my arms up in the air and stretch for a few seconds.
"So, what's up dad?" I ask.
"Okay," He sits next to me Uncle Ben. "Over the past few years, I've been songwriting for many artists. I got bored, I want to perform again-"
"So the rumors are true?" Aiden asked, leaning forward in his seat.
"That we are back in the studio, yeah it's true." My dad beams with excitement. "We're in the final stages of our album. It'll be out soon, and then we'll be touring in the summer."
"Also, we were looking for a opening band..." Uncle Ben smiles.
"Wait...Are you trying to say that ForwardCan'tBeStopped should open for you guys?" I asked, my eyes widening in shock.
"Yeah, why not have your first tour with your dad?" He said.
"Yeah, totally for it! But what about you guys?" I ask, they look at me like I'm crazy.
"Dude, yeah. Why'd we say no?" Chad nudged me while rolling his eyes.
"Dude, I'm not gonna lie touring is hard. When you perform, you sweat a lot then some venues don't have showers for you, you'll have to spend days without showering...it's disgusting with five stinky sweaty guys on bus, not to mention everyone else that's on the bus." Dad apparently is not one for sugar coating something.
"Hey, the best way to learn about touring, is to tour." Skilar shrugs.
"She's got a point.." Matt said.
Looks like I'll be touring with my dad in the summer. Which is about a month away.
Why do I feel that I have nothing left in Seattle?
And I've updated! Sorry for taking so long.
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