Winning His Heart
Disclaimer: I don't own iCarly, nor do I own the movie Gym Teacher
A/N: The characters are 16 in this story. Thoughts are once more in italics and regular speech in regular font.
Chapter 2 (The Walk)
Freddie sat down on the couch and propped his feet on the coffee table in front of him. He then turned on the television and started watching some random channel; he didn't really care what was on. John walked over and sat on the couch. "I just got off the phone with Jonah; he says that once he gets Jake away from the swimsuit magazine, they'll be here."
"Swimsuit magazine, that's why they're taking a while…" Freddie responded while staring at his Uncle. He then laughed and crossed his arms over. "That seems appropriate for Jake." John chuckled and nodded his head, he had to agree, Jake was definitely an odd person. Of course, that didn't mean they didn't enjoy having him around. Freddie shifted his eyes to the television and then back toward the door, he didn't really care for anything that was on. "So, how long did Jonah say they'd be?"
"I believe he said they'd be here in less than three minutes. If you leave now, you can catch up with them." Freddie nodded and stood up, he didn't have any reason not to leave. Emily walked into the living room and smiled at Freddie. She was about to ask him if he remembered his tick lotion, but John stopped her. "Emily, the boy does not have ticks." John stood up and Emily looked at him with wide eyes, concerned that she needed to give Freddie his lotion. "Besides, that stuff's for dogs, I've told you this."
"But John, we never know!" John chuckled and pulled his wife into a hug.
"Hey, once our nephew's out of the house, then we can do something together. Maybe go to the movies, or just find something to do here. Of course, the fun doesn't start until Freddie's gone for school." John smirked and Freddie merely rolled his eyes. He could remember talking to his old teacher, Mr. Stewie once and the man told him he couldn't possibly use that excuse with his mom, since they were both teachers. "So, what do you say you let the tick lotion slide for today, and we get Freddie out of the house as quickly as possible? I guarantee you; he won't come back with ticks."
"Oh, okay, but only today!" John smirked and Freddie chuckled lightly, John used speeches like that every day. He had to be extremely thankful that his Uncle could match up easily with his Aunt. Freddie took his backpack off the couch and put it on, he then walked over and gave Emily a hug. "Have fun at school, Freddie." John repeated Emily's line and gave him a quick hug. "Remember, look both ways before crossing any streets. Don't go into any strange alleys either, your father and I don't want to have to investigate the murder of our nephew!"
"Yeah, I'll be sure to make note of that," Freddie responded. John rolled his eyes and chuckled as Freddie turned and left the apartment. Freddie slowly shook his head and chuckled lightly. "Aunt Emily means well, that's for sure."
"Who is Aunt Emily?" A voice asked. Freddie jerked slightly and looked over to see Jake and Jonah walking down the hall, smirks were present on their faces. Jonah was the one talking. "Dude, if you want to keep it secret, you have to be more careful. Carly does live right across the hall from you."
"Yeah, that's true. So Jake, how was that magazine?" Freddie smirked and Jonah quickly covered Jake's mouth.
"Please, don't get him started!" Freddie laughed and walked toward his friends. Jake merely pulled Jonah's hand off and groaned slightly. "Well, did you have a good talk with your Aunt and Uncle, or should I say, Mom and Dad?" Freddie nodded and the group walked toward an elevator and entered it.
"Well that's good," Jake said while crossing his arms and smirking. "We have to make sure our buddy, Roland is having a good time."
"Hey, no teasing today," Freddie said while narrowing his eyes. Jake apologized and patted Freddie on the back. "You know, everything in my past has been on my mind a lot more lately…I'm not sure why."
"Who knows, maybe you're just having repercussions or something. Did anyone do or say anything that made you remember your old life?" Freddie shrugged and stared ahead as the elevator doors opened on the first floor. They walked out and ignored Lewbert's ear piercing cry about people being in his lobby. Jake rolled his eyes and sighed as the group exited the door. "I swear to god, that man gives me a headache."
"Yeah, someone needs to tell him to shut up," Jonah replied.
"I'm used to him by now," Freddie said while shifting his eyes to the side. "What did you call him, Jonah?" Jonah looked over and chuckled lightly.
"Captain Wart Burger…" Freddie and Jake laughed and nodded in remembrance.
"Yeah, that was a good one, too." Freddie looked straight ahead as the group continued walking down the street. "Things remind me of my past all the time, they always have. You remember, I told you that Carly reminded me a lot of Susie…"
"Yeah, and that's why you became infatuated with her," Jake stated while glancing toward the side. "At least Jonah and I helped you out of that one like you wanted." Freddie nodded and Jake pointed toward the park. "We can cut through the park and get there faster." Freddie nodded and the group started walking toward the park. "By the way, they built a new obstacle course at the park, it's awesome!" Freddie raised his eyebrow and Jonah merely nodded his head.
"They have a bunch of stuff there, we saw it just this morning," Jonah said while grinning. "We should check it out sometime!" Freddie nodded and checked his watch, he looked up and grinned.
"We still have enough time to take a look," Freddie said while looking toward the park with excitement. Jonah and Jake raised their eyebrows and looked toward each other, they chuckled and pat Freddie's shoulder, knowing that he would naturally want to get on the obstacle course. "We don't have to do anything with it, but it'd be good to get a look."
"Yeah, I think we'll look at it, but we'll be sure to hold you down, since we don't have time to get on anything." Freddie blinked and looked over at his friends, they were smirking at him.
"What kind of person do you take me for? I know we shouldn't get on the obstacle course…" Jake chuckled and Jonah shook his head, it was hard for Freddie to resist doing something that involved sports. Even in school, he wanted to get involved, but iCarly held him back. "You guys know me, I'll just look, and I won't start running through the course until we get some time to actually get involved with it."
"I don't know about that, you usually love getting involved in sporty things." Freddie narrowed his eyes and let out a small, defeated sigh.
"Let's just go." Jonah chuckled and patted Freddie's back while walking toward the park. Jake leaned in toward Jonah and whispered to him.
"Do you think we should let Freddie know that there is a rope climb thing around there? He'll probably want to climb it, just for the hell of it." Jonah chuckled and shrugged his shoulders. Freddie shifted his eyes over and raised his eyebrow.
"I heard that, Jake." Jake shrugged and crossed his arms. "It's not necessary for me to climb any ropes, and I'd rather not. Not even if the rope was-" Freddie stopped walking and stared ahead, his jaw dropped when he spotted a rope. "Twenty feet high…holy…crap!" Jonah laughed lightly and walked toward a sign on the obstacle course, he started reading and smiled.
"Actually, the rope measures about twenty three feet and two inches," Jonah said while looking up at the rope. "That is one long rope." Freddie nodded and continued to stare up it, his jaw still hung down. He felt his blood pulsing in his veins, and his heart starting to beat at a faster pace. Jonah raised his eyebrow and looked over. "We'll come back here later, but for now, let's get moving." Jake nodded and placed his hand on Freddie's shoulder, shaking him.
"What? I'm here…let's get moving, we don't want to be late for school!" Jonah and Jake chuckled as Freddie started walking off, they knew how eager he was to climb it, so they were going to make a point to climb the rope after school. Of course, they weren't going to let Freddie have all the fun, they were going to climb that rope as well.
"Do you think your mom would mind if you climbed the rope?" Jake asked while crossing his arms. Freddie shrugged in response, his aunt didn't care that much if he did such things, since she knew he enjoyed them so much. "Do you ever think about your real mom? What was she like?"
"She was crazy and overprotective, just like Aunt Emily. "Of course, they were sisters. I loved my mom, though. Did you know that Mr. Stewie wanted to get married to her? Mom was waiting for him to propose to her as well, but that never came…" Jake frowned and Freddie looked toward the ground. "Mr. Bragg hit my mom while driving while drunk, but he was conscious enough to know what he was doing. He admitted that he had been aiming for Mr. Stewie…"
"What can we say to that? Other than, remember the good things."
"Yeah, don't dwell too much over the past," Jonah stated as he patted Freddie's shoulder. "Crap happens, there isn't a lot that you can do about it. If one could go back in time, we would hope to go back and stop that accident from happening. Though, it'd be rough for most of us." Freddie raised his eyebrow and Jake let out a small laugh.
"Yeah, just imagine what it'd be like if we changed that," Jake said while smiling. "You'd still be living in another state, having a few great friends, and dating that Susie girl…" Jake looked toward the ground and shifted his eyes to the side. "Yet, we would never know you." Freddie raised his eyebrow and looked over. "You know, they say good comes out of everything, even the bad. We have a great best friend in you, and we're really good friends with each other, something that never would have happened had we not met you."
"You brought us together, simple as that," Jonah said while smiling. "You also have a great friendship with Carly and Sam, even if Carly reminds you of Susie. You also have girls crowding all around you, like that Shannon girl for example." Freddie moaned and shook his head, he honestly didn't like Shannon. "I think if we didn't know you, things would be very different, and maybe even duller."
"I know I'd be bored as hell!" Jake laughed and the others raised their eyebrow. "Just think about it. All the stuff we do together, we would never do if you didn't come around. Of course, it doesn't mean that it was good that your mother died, it just means that you shouldn't worry too much on it and try to be happy with the current situation you have now." Freddie chuckled and nodded his head in agreement.
"I know I wouldn't have so many girls crowding around me back where I used to live. Although, I wouldn't care, because I had a girlfriend…I do wonder what Susie's been up to these days."
"Do you ever want to find her again?" Freddie blinked and stared ahead as they approached their school, he shrugged and let out a small sigh.
"To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure. I mean, I'm perfectly happy with the life I have here, and she would just bring about so many memories that I don't have anymore. She is a part of my past…what if we've grown apart?"
"You never really know," Jonah responded in a quiet voice. The group walked up the steps of the school and through the doors, ready to begin yet another day.
I hope you liked the chapter. The first two chapters are more introductory, to give you an idea about Gym teacher.