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 20 (Going Home)
"Hey tech geek, wake up already!" Sam said as she pushed Freddie off the bed, he yelped as he crashed into the floor.
"Was that really necessary?" Freddie asked as he sat up and rubbed his forehead.
"Yes, everyone's back." Freddie looked around to see everyone in the room, he raised his eyebrow when he saw how sweaty Amy and Mrs. Briggs were.
"What happened to you two?"
"We had a…friendly competition among women," Amy said with a smirk. She looked to Mrs. Briggs with a proud look. "Oh, and you owe me a large cake and on it must be the words 'Puckett wins and the teacher loses horribly!'"
"Oh, shut up," Mrs. Briggs said with narrow eyes. Everyone laughed and Carly crossed her arms.
"Wow, I may have to get a new bodyguard," Carly said with a smirk. Mrs. Briggs stared at her with wide eyes, as if to say don't you dare. "But then again, I would miss having Mrs. Briggs to sock someone from behind when they have a gun pointed toward my face."
"Ah, at least I can still toss that one behind bars," Spencer said as he cracked his knuckles. "Man, that hot tub felt really soothing, my muscles had been aching all day!" Spencer crossed his arms over and grinned.
"Yeah, I agree, man," Jake said as he stretched. "It was very relaxing."
"Yeah, I had to make sure you two didn't fall asleep in the hot tub!" Carly exclaimed.
"Well it was hard," Jake said with a shrug. "I mean come on, we didn't have any sleep at all…"
"Was I the only one that slept?" Freddie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, we slept," Valerie stated.
"Yeah, we were really tired," Jonah stated.
"By the way, Jonah and I will be getting married soon."
"That's great!" Sam said with a smile. Freddie smiled and nodded his head, he looked over at Henry and Della and raised his eyebrow, they were holding hands.
"Uh…Mom, Dad, you do realize that you're holding each other's hand, right?" Freddie asked. At that everyone gasped lightly and their heads snapped over to Henry and Della.
"What?" Della asked with a light laugh. She rested her head on Henry's shoulder and he kissed her forehead.
"Oh…my…gosh," Carly said with wide eyes.
"We've reached a new understanding," Henry said with a smile. "We'll be getting remarried in the Fall. Amy smirked and crossed her arms as she looked at Della.
"Do I have to say it?" Amy asked, Della raised her eyebrow and stared at her.
"What?" Della asked.
"I told you so."
"So what happened with you two?" Jake asked as he looked over at Freddie. "And why are you shirtless?"
"Yeah Freddie, why are you shirtless?" Carly asked with narrow eyes. "Don't you know…"
"Nothing happened," Sam said with a smile. "I gave him the opportunity that most men would take and he didn't take it." Carly's eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly.
"Did you want him to take that opportunity?"
"Well…yeah, but not right now. In time, when the time is right of course."
"Meaning when she is ready," Freddie said as he placed his hand on Sam's lower back. "We should all go now, it is four o'clock and I would like to get Sam and Angie back together now."
-NEW SCENE-
Tina and Robert rushed through the underground rooms and could hear Angie laughing. "I can see she likes hide and seek," Robert said with a sigh.
"Oh yeah, but what little girl doesn't?" Tina asked with a smirk.
"I wouldn't know." Tina tripped on something and fell to the ground.
"Ouch!"
"Are you okay!" Robert rushed over and helped Tina to her feet. "Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, just a little scrape on my arm I think…" Robert looked to her arm and smiled.
"Yeah, it's fine, Tina."
"You know, I've been thinking, when Mr. Benson returns with Sam, do we really want to move out into another house?"
"We'd be starting our own family and so would they." Tina pouted slightly in thought and sighed.
"Yeah, but come on, do you think Mr. Benson could honestly take care of the entire house without a maid and butler?" Robert laughed and shrugged.
"I found you!" Angie exclaimed as she touched the sides of Tina and Robert. Tina laughed and looked at Angie.
"Good job," Tina said with a smile.
"You know, I think you should stay…I have a lot of fun with you."
"And the little girl says we should stay," Robert said while rubbing his chin and grinning. "Maybe…when Mr. Benson returns with Miss Puckett-" Tina stopped him and held up a finger.
"Ah! It's going to be Mrs. Benson, Mrs. Freddie Benson or Mrs. Sam Benson. Trust me, a woman knows these things."
"Well actually, it's kind of assumed. Do you think it'll happen?"
"He'll return," Angie said with a determined look. "He'll return with mommy!" Tina and Robert had told Angie that Freddie went out to find Sam, but they didn't tell her he'd been captured. In fact, they weren't sure what was taking him so long to get back. Tina cast a worried glance over at Robert and sighed.
"I hope Andrew contacts us and tells us we can go back to the house soon." Andrew was the chauffer, he was guarding the home and was the one to tell Tina and Robert when it was all clear. "I hope Freddie's safe." Robert nodded, he could tell Tina was very worried, she only called him by his first name whenever she was concerned or angry at him.
"He will be," Robert said quietly. "He promised to return safely and he promised to return with Sam Puckett. All the years we've worked with him, I've never known him to go back on his word, have you?"
"No, but the longer it goes…the more worried I get." Tina knew she shouldn't be getting worried when Angie was standing right there, she didn't want to make the little girl fearful. "I guess I know he won't return until he's found Sam, but he hasn't had any contact with us since last night. It is now five or six o'clock and still-" A buzzing noise was heard, the noise was coming from the intercom. "That must be Andrew!" Tina, Robert and Angie rushed over to the intercom, Tina quickly pressed the button. "Andrew! If that's you tell me you have good news!"
"Well maybe I do, maybe I don't," Andrew said from the intercom.
"Don't be playing games with us!" Andrew laughed through the intercom, yes everyone was like a close knit family, with Andrew being like the older brother to Tina and Robert.
"Ah, you know I'm messing with you. But yeah, if you want to know what is up, come out of the safe house." With that, Tina and Robert looked at each other, Tina grinned widely and the three rushed over to an elevator. Tina started to quickly press the up button.
"Careful, you'll break it," Robert said with a laugh.
"I don't care if it breaks or not! I'm eager to know if Mr. Benson has returned and I bet Angie is too!" Angie smiled, she wasn't the type to bounce up and down but she really was as ecstatic as Tina, Robert was also very excited. When the elevator doors closed, Tina was holding her breath.
"You know, you should breathe as the elevator goes up, it is a ways up there…"
"If I want to hold my breath, I'm going to hold my breath."
"I can make you not hold your breath."
"Huh?"
"Would you like me to kiss you?" Angie blinked and looked up at Tina and Robert, she tugged lightly on their clothing.
"Kissing is gross," Angie stated matter-of-factly.
"And you are so cute," Tina said with a smile. The elevator beeped and everyone stood straight as the doors opened. They walked out of the elevator and through the secret passageway. Soon they arrived in the shed part of the building and exited the door where they found Andrew waiting for them.
"Hey, how are you?" Andrew asked with a smile.
"Really anxious to see why you've finally called us out," Robert said with a chuckle. Andrew smiled and gestured his hand to the side.
"Right this way." The three followed Andrew around toward the front of the house, Angie squinted and looked ahead. She saw eleven figures standing a slight distance away, in the middle of the large group stood Freddie. He had his arm wrapped around someone's waist, Angie's eyes grew wide and a smile appeared on her face.
"Mommy!" Angie exclaimed. Tina smiled softly and Robert smirked, Andrew crossed his arms as Sam started to walk forward. Angie had tears falling from her eyes and Sam's cheeks were wet with tears as well. "Mommy! Mommy!" Angie ran forward and Sam knelt down and held her arms open. Angie grabbed a hold of Sam's shirt and wet it with her tears as Sam wrapped her arms around Angie in a hug.
"I'm here," Sam said with a smile. "I'm home sweetie."
Love the beginning haha. Angie's cute in this chapter, but when is she not cute? Mother and Daughter are finally reunited! Yes, I know the chapter resembles one of my fanfictions, but don't worry about it! Hope you liked this chapter.