Paternal Bonds

Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly. I keep it simple.

A/N: Thoughts in "Italics" and regular speech in "Regular font." It's 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.

A/N: This is somewhat of a fill-in chapter. Trust me, I know when to end this and there will be no sequel to this, if you have a problem with length, I apologize. This will be over in a few more chapters, try to hang on until then.

Chapter 31 (Serenity)

Two months since the attack and trial had passed by and Sam was returning from the gynecologist, they had figured out that she was pregnant with Freddie's child. Angie was with Tina at the time and Cara as well as Johnny was with her, they were waiting for Freddie and Sam to return. "So you think you're going to get a baby brother or sister?" Cara asked with a smile.

"Yeah, but I hope it's a baby sister," Angie stated. "If it's a little girl, I can do so much with her!" Angie really did hope it was a girl, she was sure a girl wouldn't try to pull pranks on her on a day to day basis, but then, not all little brothers did that.

"Well maybe we'll find out today," Johnny said with a grin. "Maybe the doctor will know."

"Yeah, but doctors don't know everything."

"Really?"

"Yeah, how sure were they that you were a guy?" Johnny narrowed his eyes and let out a sigh, Angie grinned the most innocent smile she could possibly think of while Cara chuckled.

"Well at least…at least…I don't know."

"What, no comeback?" Johnny rolled his eyes and sighed, Angie didn't have a doctor that birthed her. So naturally, he couldn't think of a comeback in the first place. "Oh well, we can't all be winners."

"Hah, very funny. Can I ask where you get this from?" Angie shrugged and walked over to where Tina was. Johnny blinked and looked at Cara. "Seriously, where does she get it?"

"From her mother, probably," Cara said with a smirk. "You have seen iCarly videos, right?"

"Yeah, my mom and dad were good fans. Speaking of my mom and dad, I live with my mother now, so why do I get the feeling I'm going to be hearing a lot of jokes at the expense of my mom?" Cara smiled and rolled her eyes. "But anyway, I know her mom was a mean prankster."

"Well mean wouldn't be the way you'd say it. I think she was just having what Mommy says is a crush…" Johnny shrugged, he didn't care at all.

"You know, she still doesn't seem to like that Timmy kid…do you have any idea why?"

"Nope, not a clue."

"I'm glad her dad wound up safe…" Cara nodded her head, Freddie wound up safe and only came out of the fight with a few battle scars. The doorbell rang and Tina walked over and answered it, Sam and Freddie were standing in the doorway.

"Mommy, Daddy, you're back!" Angie exclaimed as she ran over and hugged them. "What did the doctor say?"

"Well I am pregnant," Sam said with a smile.

"You're going to have a little sister," Freddie said as he picked Angie up and hugged her.

"Yes!" Angie cried out. "I'm going to have a baby sister!" Freddie and Sam smiled at Angie's joyous mood, Cara was joyful as well. Johnny was happy but he didn't want to show it as much.

"Glad you're getting a sister," Johnny said with a smile. He actually would have liked a younger sibling, but his parents had recently divorced and he didn't know where his dad had gone off to. Johnny walked over to Freddie and tugged on his shirt; Freddie looked down and raised an eyebrow.

"What is it?" Freddie asked as he set Angie down, Angie ran over to Cara and the girls started talking to Sam.

"Well, your parents got divorced, right?"

"Yeah…"

"How did you handle it?" Freddie sighed and smiled softly, he placed his hand on Johnny's back and walked over to the couch.

"As you know, it's hard to be a kid and have your parents get divorced, it's just best that you remember you are not at fault. Sometimes there are couples who fight so much and have so many problems that they just can't stand to be together. The kid isn't at fault, but the parents have no other base for being with each other, love isn't something you should be able to lose and half the time, you never do lose it. My mom and dad still loved each other through it all, but they let the negative thing pull them apart. Working toward a common goal again was actually what brought them together and made their love of each other come back to the surface."

"You and Mrs. Benson fought when you were younger, right?" Freddie rubbed his chin and sighed.

"Sometimes childish banter is used as a cover to someone's real feelings, that's what happened to me and to Sam. We loved each other deep down and we were so afraid of revealing our true feelings that we just kept arguing with one another, afraid that if we didn't argue, we'd end up confessing. Then we thought the other would definitely reject the other if we confessed, it just took a while to suck that fear up and when we told each other, it was true. Remember that every healthy couple will have an argument every now and then, that's perfectly normal…"

"How do you know you and your wife will stay together?"

"Because our love is one that is true, we know deep down that there is no other for us and we will always be with the other. I know that I will always protect Sam no matter what happens."

"Yeah, you guys seem like you like each other a lot, but did my parents even love each other? Did they love me?"

"Yes they loved you, there isn't a parent in this world that wouldn't…" Freddie blinked for a moment and smiled softly. "There isn't a true parent in this world that wouldn't love his or her child."

"That man didn't love Mrs. Benson or Angie…"

"Hector Puckett? No, you're right, he didn't love them. He wasn't a true parent though; a true parent loves their child so much that they would do anything, even die to protect that little child."

"Like you?" Freddie raised his eyebrow and then nodded his head.

"Yes, I would even die to protect my child. I nearly did for Angie."

"You love her even though she's not your real child?"

"She's like a real daughter to me, just like Mr. and Mrs. Sade love Cara like their own. Your mother, your father, they love you just fine, but they have issues with each other that they can't work out right now. Maybe one day they will work out all the problems they had, when that day comes, it will be a great thing."

"Thanks Mr. Benson, you make me feel a lot better."

"Hey dork, why are you over there?" Angie asked from across the room. "You should be over here talking to me and Cara!" Freddie chuckled and stood up.

"Go play with Angie and Cara for a while, and hey, if you ever want to talk about something and you can't talk to your parents, I'm always here for you."

"Thanks!"

-NEW SCENE-

Seven months passed by, everyone was growing more and more anxious about the new arrival, Carly even came back from Hollywood for when the baby would be born. Sam was growing more and more comfortable with going places without Freddie, in fact, she was shopping for more baby clothes with Tina and Carly and she was waiting outside while Tina was in the restroom and Carly was off elsewhere talking to a clerk about something. Part of her being able to do things on her own was knowing that Hector was in prison and would never be back for her. "Tina, are you done in there yet?" Sam asked from outside the bathroom. Tina stepped out of the door and sighed.

"Yeah, I'm done," Tina said quietly. "Why is it I can hear you in there?" Sam shrugged and smiled, she looked over to see Carly walk back to the group.

"I got everything cleared out with the clerk," Carly stated. "So that extra five dollars on the receipt was taken out." Carly crossed her arms and chuckled. "Too bad she double scanned it. Good eye, Sam, you caught it."

"Yeah, oh by the way, I was watching your recent movie and I really liked it!" Sam said quickly. "Man, you really are that crazy in real life too!" Carly laughed as she remembered her experiences in rescuing Sam about a year ago.

"What can I say; I needed to get my best friend back." Sam chuckled and shook her head.

"Yeah, but you also nearly let the big metal door hit your best friend in the head by blowing it in with a grenade." Sam smirked and Carly blinked.

"Yeah…but hey, it didn't!" Carly grinned and Sam rolled her eyes with a smirk. Tina chuckled as the three women walked out of the department store.

"So Carly, when are you going to get married?" Tina asked while tapping her chin. Carly shrugged and crossed her arms.

"I don't know really, I may not get married. Have you seen stats on actors and actresses when they married? Not even twenty percent of them actually have one spouse for their entire life. I'm just not as lucky as you two are; there isn't someone that would love me as much as the men you have married."

"I don't know about that, I'm sure there's someone," Sam said with a smile. "Maybe not a Hollywood actor, but I'm sure there is someone."

"Yeah, but I also don't want to be one of those actresses that appear in a newspaper or tabloid when I get a boyfriend then get married and then have a child. You know what I'm talking about. You remember every time that Britney Spears celeb got a boyfriend, dated, broke up, married and had kids…every single time it happened, she appeared in the magazines, the newspapers, the tabloids…ugh! No privacy whatsoever!"

"Well that's the life of a celebrity I suppose."

"Yeah, and let me tell you, it sucks that celebs don't get the privacy they deserve. Why I bet there's a paparazzi hanging around right now and probably waiting for a perfect opportunity to take a picture of us and say 'Carly Shay discusses baby and men with two friends' and then we'll see it in a hundred places the next day." Tina and Sam chuckled and Carly let out a sigh. "Better yet, 'Carly Shay, desperate? Or is she not desperate?' Damn I hate the tabloids."

"Don't worry about it," Sam stated with a grin. "You know my father in law guaranteed you a paparazzi free visit every time you came here."

"Yeah, that's true." Carly smiled as the women opened the trunk of their car and put the items in the car. Tina took the buggy to a deposit area and walked back, she stopped when Sam's face turned to that of pain.

"Are you okay, Sam?" Tina asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I-It's time!" Sam exclaimed. Tina and Carly looked at each other with wide eyes. "Don't stand there!" Tina quickly opened the door of the car and Sam got in as Carly slammed the trunk down. Carly got in and started to drive as Tina called Freddie up.

"Hello?" Freddie's voice asked from the phone.

"Freddie! It's time!" Tina cried out.

"What! It's that time already! Yes!" Tina chuckled as she heard clattering noises in the background. "I'm going to be a second time father!"

"Well he's happy."

"Angie! Hurry, there's no time to waste! You're going to be a sister!" Carly hurried to the hospital as Tina called it to request a nurse. When they arrived, a nurse was waiting for them; Sam got into a wheelchair and moaned as she was taken to the delivery room. Only three minutes after their arrival, Freddie and Angie showed up, Angie's eyes were wide.

"Daddy drove really fast," Angie said quietly. Carly and Tina laughed lightly as they all ran toward the delivery area; only Freddie was allowed to go inside because he was the father. Once inside, Sam looked at him and smiled as he took her hand.

"I'm here for you, Sam. This is one of the greatest moments of our lives."

"Yeah, but it hurts like hell!" Sam exclaimed. "Ah! Freddie you're a damn tech geek and a mama's boy! Damn it! This hurts! This hurts you dork! AAAAH!" Freddie smiled softly and kissed Sam's forehead as the doctor told Sam to push. "Ah, push yourself!" Freddie looked down and saw a brown cap coming out from Sam.

"I can see the head," Freddie said quietly. "Sam, our second daughter is coming." Freddie ran his hand through Sam's hair to soothe her. "Just a little bit longer, Sam. It won't be too long now, our baby is making it." Soon the baby was out, the doctor took the baby and walked out with a nurse, they came back a little while later and smiled.

"Congratulations," The doctor said as he handed Sam her baby. "You are now the proud mother of a beautiful baby girl."

"Aw, she's so precious," Sam said as she held the baby in her arms. Freddie sat in the chair and felt of the baby's little hand, the baby gripped his finger and moved her limbs all over.

"What should we name her, Sam?"

"Hmm…maybe Serenity…"

"Serenity, you like that name? Serenity does sound like a beautiful name, she's our baby and came to us in a time of peace. I think Serenity works out just fine." Sam smiled and Freddie kissed her on the lips before kissing Serenity on the forehead, Sam looked at Serenity with soft eyes.

"Hello Serenity, I'm your mommy and this is your wonderful Daddy." Sam looked up as Angie walked in the room with Carly and Tina.

"She's so cute," Carly said with a smile. Angie ran over and looked with bright eyes at the baby.

"Wow, this is my baby sister?" Angie asked with a wide smile. "She's amazing!"

"Angie, this is your sister, Serenity," Sam said with a smile. She rocked Serenity a little and sighed softly. "Serenity, this is your older sister, Angie. She and you are a lot alike, you are both beautiful angels."

Next will be up today because I can't connect to the internet and I probably can't use my friend's computer the entire time