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 26 (Angie's First Best Friends)

"So you knew my mommy and daddy?" Angie asked from her seat, Mrs. Valdez looked up from a book she was reading and smiled.

"Yes, I knew them. So they're both your parents?" Mrs. Valdez asked. Angie nodded, she wasn't going to tell anybody who her birth father was, besides, Freddie was her real dad. "Well that's good, they're nice people, and did you know I actually managed to get on iCarly when I was younger. Oh, do you know what iCarly was?"

"That was the show that mommy was a co-host on and daddy was a producer for…"

"Yes! It was a very good program, I had a lot of fun on it." Mrs. Valdez tapped her chin and sighed. "Looking back now, I was a bit…weird. Heh, I wouldn't be surprised if I freaked them out by my obsessions." Angie paled, someone was obsessed with her mother.

"You were obsessed with my mommy's show?" Mrs. Valdez raised her eyebrow and shrugged.

"Well, I was a big fan of the show, as you can imagine, I was very excited when I got the opportunity to appear on it, but maybe I wouldn't go as far as to say I was obsessed with it. The last thing I can possibly remember of the show was the saddest, their last iCarly ever, Sam left for an unexplained reason."

"Uh…" Angie looked down and frowned. "I don't like people who obsess over my mommy, they scare me." Mrs. Valdez tapped her chin, and sighed. "A bad man kidnapped mommy once and was obsessed with her, it was scary."

"Oh my, well I can imagine that it would be scary. No sweetie, I didn't have an obsession like that, there are good obsessions and there are bad ones, even some unhealthy ones aren't all bad, like the love of chocolate. However, that man that you say was obsessed with your mother, that was a very bad obsession and I understand that you would be afraid of someone saying they're obsessed with something. Listen, when I said obsessions, I didn't mean I was obsessed with Sam, I was merely a very big fan of iCarly and that was it. Sure, I was devastated when it came to an end, but like the leaves of autumn, all good things must come to an end."

"…Uh, yeah…" Angie sighed and crossed her arms, so she didn't really know what it was like too much. She knew well enough that the leaves fell from the trees in autumn and they changed colors, like it snowed in the winter and was supposed to be beautiful in the spring. She had probably been through a lot of childhood development during the years spent with her mother, which paid off and was a good enough reason for her not to have to take Kindergarten. Heck, she was smarter than most people might suspect.

"Anyway, I'm going to introduce you to two students who were very nice students last year in kindergarten."

"Why? Can't I just meet students on my own?"

"Sure, but I think you should definitely talk to these two, you'll make great friends with them. Cara Sade and Johnny Oswin are their names."

"Oh yeah, I'm sure I'll make friends with them." Mrs. Valdez smiled softly and crossed her arms, sure Angie was shy, but she would talk if she wanted to.

"Trust me, you'll wind up talking to them eventually. School should be starting up relatively soon, the students will be coming in. Now, I need to go to the restroom really quick, will you be okay here by yourself?" Angie's eyes widened and she quickly closed them and sighed.

"Yeah, I'll be just fine…" Mrs. Valdez nodded and walked out of the room, Angie's eyes darted around and she started to sweat. "Hurry back." Angie stood up and walked over to the window, she looked out of it nervously and made sure to hide slightly.

"Hey, what are you doing?" A voice asked. Angie nearly jumped and turned around quickly, both Cara and Johnny were looking at Angie, they smiled at her. "It's you! We were thinking about you!"

"Y-You were?" Cara and Johnny walked over to Angie and Cara hugged her.

"Of course, we wished we could have talked to you more, but we didn't get the chance," Cara said with a smile. "So Angie, what have you been up to this past week?"

"Not much really, my parents are searching for a new home near the school, it should be nice. I think daddy actually wants a smaller house now, but I don't know."

"Why were you shaking a little while ago?" Johnny asked. Angie crossed her arms and smirked.

"Why does your shirt look dorky?" Johnny blinked and looked at his shirt, it had stripes all the way down and had a collar on it. As opposed to his shirt, Cara's shirt made her look beautiful.

"Hah, very funny. Well I think you…you…" Johnny sighed and Angie smirked.

"Can't think of a comeback, can you?" Angie crossed her arms and sighed. "How long have you two known each other?"

"We've known each other for about a year," Cara said with a smile. "We met last year in kindergarten but we didn't talk a lot or hang out with each other. We actually will probably spend more time with each other though if you're going to be our mutual friend!"

"You would really want to be my friend?"

"Of course, why wouldn't we?" Johnny asked with a grin. "You seem like such a great person to know!"

"Question is, are you a great person to know?"

"That was uncalled for…" Cara chuckled and rolled her eyes as Angie laughed lightly. Angie hugged Johnny and then Cara.

"I think I could be your friends, Cara seems nice."

"What about me?" Angie smirked and Johnny gulped silently. At that moment, Mrs. Valdez walked back in the room and smiled.

"Angie, I see you've met Cara and Johnny!" Mrs. Valdez said quickly. "They're very nice, don't you agree?"

"We think she's nice too!" Cara said with a bright smile. Mrs. Briggs nodded and looked at her cell phone, she sighed and set it on the desk.

"This phone just doesn't want to work…" Johnny walked over and picked up the phone.

"My mommy always uses these," Johnny said quietly. "I think you have to press this…" Johnny pressed a button and the phone made a sound, Mrs. Valdez raised her eyebrow and smiled.

"Why thank you, Johnny." Angie blinked and stared at him.

"He's either a mama's boy or a…geek." Angie thought as Johnny walked back over to the group. "You know about that stuff?" Johnny shrugged and sat in his seat.

"Well I learn a lot from my mom and dad."

"Yeah, my mom and dad are pretty cool also," Cara said quickly. "What about your mom and dad, how are they?" Angie smiled as she and Cara sat in their seats.

"My mommy is a great mommy," Angie said quickly. "She's always nice and kind to me, just like Daddy. I was scared of daddy at first…"

"What?" Cara raised her eyebrow and Johnny looked over. Angie's eyes widened, she realized they didn't know about it.

"I…I didn't mean it like that, I mean. Oh boy…"

"Do you want to talk about it or is it too personal?"

"You wouldn't like me if I told you." Cara tapped her chin and looked at Johnny, they smiled and looked at her.

"Try us," they stated.

"Remember when I said mommy was kidnapped?" Angie asked quietly. Mrs. Valdez was reading her book and not listening, Cara and Johnny nodded their heads. "Well, that was ten years ago I think…by her own daddy." Cara's mouth dropped and Johnny's eyes grew wide. "Well he held her for ten years…"

"So your daddy isn't actually your daddy?" Johnny asked.

"He is my daddy! He may not be biologically but he is. My daddy was…"

"We understand that part, moving on," Cara said with a small smile.

"They tried to kill me by putting me somewhere and my daddy's friend found me and took me to him, I was afraid of him and didn't trust him because the bad man always hurt mommy and I thought daddy was going to do the same thing. Then I saw daddy on that iCarly thing and he knew my mommy, I think he loved my mommy even! I even recognized his name from when mommy would talk about him!"

"I see…"

"Well, he went to save mommy and that's what he did! They're getting married and I'm going to be their flower girl."

"That's a great thing," Johnny said with a smile. Angie looked down and sighed.

"Yeah, but…"

"It doesn't change our thoughts about you," Cara said with a bright smile. "You should be happy!"

"Yeah, your mommy and daddy love each other," Johnny said with a chuckle. "My mommy and daddy are always fighting with each other, I hope they stop fighting one day."

"I was actually adopted," Cara said with a sigh. "I don't know my birth parents, I don't think they wanted me." Something seemed odd about how Cara said that, but Angie paid no mind to it.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Angie said quickly.

"Well that's okay, there are just some things I guess that can't be changed, that's what my mommy tells me. She tells me we are supposed to just look on ahead and not the past. The past can't bother us anymore."

"I don't know, I'm still scared…that bad man is still out there and he could be after me and after my mommy. My daddy says he's going to protect us and he's never going to let us get hurt, but I'm still afraid." Cara and Johnny looked at each other and then hugged Angie. Angie smiled softly and let a tear fall from her eye.

"So what are you doing after school?" Cara asked with a smile.

"Mommy and Daddy are going to take me to look at homes they choose."

"Oh can we go!" Cara's eyes were wide and hopeful, Johnny smiled and nodded his head with his eyes asking the same question.

"I don't know about that, I'll have to see what mommy and daddy say." Angie smiled, she had a feeling Freddie and Sam would be fine with it. The group looked over to see children walking in the group, one kid was chubby and reminded her of one of the three men that held her mom hostage, that person was Gibby. Angie walked over to the boy and smiled. "Hello, what is your name?"

"My name is Timmy, what's yours?"

"I'm Angie." Angie smirked and pointed to the board. "Timmy, do you know what is written on the board?" Timmy raised his eyebrow and looked over at the board, in the amount of time given, Angie quickly tied his shoelaces together and walked back to her seat.

"There isn't anything on the board other than welcome back to school." Timmy looked back but saw Angie was not near him, he shrugged and started to walk forward, when he did, he tripped and fell to the floor. Mrs. Valdez had seen this and she let out a small sigh but shrugged it off.

"Why did you just do that?" Cara asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I felt like it," Angie responded with a shrug. Cara chuckled and Johnny blinked and shook his head slowly. The day passed by quickly for the three new friends, they had a lot of fun in class and with each other. Soon their parents came to pick them up and Mrs. Valdez was once more reading a book.

"Angie, are you ready to go?" Sam asked with a smile.

"Come on Cara, it's time to go home," Mrs. Shad stated as she hugged Cara. "Did you meet anyone interesting?"

"Let's go, Johnny," Mr. Oswin said while glancing at his watch. "Your mom is out for once and I'd rather not deal with your insane mother…"

"Just how insane is she?" Freddie asked with a smirk.

"You don't want to know," Johnny said while sighing. "She puts suntan lotion on me even if I'm going outside for one minute."

"She does?" Angie asked with a slight laugh. "I don't know what's worse, the fact that you're wearing that shirt or your mother doing that to you." Freddie raised his eyebrow as Johnny rolled his eyes, he looked at Sam and pointed his finger with a raised eyebrow.

"It's good to see you again," Mrs. Valdez said with a smile as she stood up and walked over to Sam and Freddie. "Do you realize your daughter tripped one of the other students by tying his shoes together?" Freddie blinked and Sam covered her mouth to hide the smile creeping on her face.

"I met two cool friends!" Angie said as she ran over to Sam and Freddie and hugged them. "They're the same guys at the doctor's office!"

"That's great!" Sam said quickly.

"Yeah, they want to come with us to see the homes, can they?" The other parents looked over and shrugged.

"Whatever Johnny wants to do is fine by me," Mr. Oswin stated.

"I guess it's okay if Cara goes with you," Mrs. Shad said quietly. "If she wants to, then I suggest giving me your phone number and having her back by about seven."

"That means I can go!" Cara said quickly as she and Angie started jumping up and down with joy.

"Yeah, I can go to, I'm happy, but I'm not jumping," Johnny said while crossing his arms. Sam knelt down next to Angie and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"I'm okay with it," Sam said quietly. "Though, why did you tie that student's shoes together."

"He reminded me of one of those bad men," Angie said while looking down.

"I see…well I don't think you should really continue doing that stuff. It could get you in trouble you know. I know I told you about the football in the teacher's face."

"Yeah, you told me about that…"

"Actually Sam, there is one thing," Freddie said while rubbing his chin. "You always tormenting me was one thing that made me fall so madly in love with you as is."

"And how did that happen?" Sam asked while standing off and dusting her pants.

"Since I always liked you, I just fought more to win your approval and friendship. I knew I had it but I kept trying more and more, eventually, I fell for you hook, line and sinker." Sam raised her eyebrow and looked at Angie and Johnny, she blinked and crossed her arms as she looked back to Freddie, she smirked and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"That is the funniest thing I ever heard, but oddly enough, I think I believe you."

"You two aren't going to kiss are you?" Mrs. Valdez asked with a sigh. "Let's not do that in a school."

"One thing you might want to know, Mandy," Sam said with a sigh. "We weren't about to kiss, actually I was about to make a joke at his expense."

"She would have, too," Freddie said with a chuckle.

"Secondly, if I wanted to kiss Freddie, I would do it."

"Gross!" Angie said while sticking out her tongue. "Okay, let's just go, now!" Everyone laughed and then left the room.

Oh dear, we have a miniature Sam in Angie. Well, like Mother like Daughter and hey, Angie's got two best friends now! That statement of Sam's seemed foreshadowing. Well I hope you liked the chapter, I know I liked that last line!