A/N: I don't own iCarly. This Chapter will probably be a little short. Freddie's plan begins.

Chapter 10

A Picnic in the Park

FPOV

I could tell that what I said had affected Carly in some way, I just hoped that it was the right way. I had been thinking a lot since I had left her this morning. I needed to figure out a way for her to realize I could be something real for her, without having to tell her. I finally decided that I was going to take her on a picnic in the park. It was kind of cold, but I had three blankets, and an extra sweatshirt. When she had walked out of her apartment today wearing my sweatshirt again, it made me so happy. I was sure that it didn't mean anything, but the fact that she had picked mine out of all the options I knew she had just made me feel good.

After she had come to her senses, she ran to catch up with me, but I could tell she was still frazzled, and I kept walking. After a few more steps, I felt her hand on my arm, and I felt a jolt go straight through me. I looked right at her, and she had a weird look on her face. I wanted to ask her so badly if she had felt it too, but I didn't want to hear her answer if it was just no, like it always had been.

CPOV

When I grabbed his arm, I wasn't expecting anything to happen. But when he turned around at looked at me, something was off, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

"Freddie, I'm not walking another step until you tell me exactly where we're going, and what we're gonna do. I mean it." I waited for his responce, and after a few seconds, I realized that my hand was still on his arm. I slammed my arm to my side, and waited. I crossed my arms, and tried to give him my meanest look, but he just laughed at me.

"Fine. I'll tell you. We're going to the park, and we're going to have a picnic, because I'm willing to bet that you haven't eaten anything since you got up." He was right about that. I was pretty hungry, and starting to regret not buying any chicken from T-Bo. I narrowed my eyes, and looked up at him. He really was tall these days. I had to strain my neck to look at him.

"Is this part of a plan to get me to fall in love with you?"

"That depends. Is it working?" I still couldn't tell if he was being serious or not. All I knew at that point was that I was insanely hungry, and ready for whatever he had in that backpack of his. So I decided to play along.

"I don't know. Depends on the menu. The food could make or break this whole operation. You better cross your fingers."

"Noted. Can we walk now?" I nodded, and we set off for the park. When we were about half way there, a breeze rustled along the sidewalk, and I instinctively huddled closer to Freddie, and wrapped my arm around his. I could feel Freddie tense up as I touched him, and I wasn't sure what was going on, but I squeezed his arm, and he seemed to relax, and I forgot about it. We walked for about five more minutes, still arm in arm, and then we were at the park. Freddie picked a spot under a large tree, and took his backpack off. I was curious to what he had brought, but he made me promise not to peek until he was done. He threatened to throw me in the duck pond if I saw before it was time. He spread out a blanket, and told me to sit, and close my eyes tight. I put my hands over my eyes, and watched him through the slits of my fingers, clamping my hands shut every time he looked over at me.

"Okay peeker. I'm on to you. But I'm done now so you can open your eyes." I opened my eyes and he had a ridiculous amount of food, and there were extra blankets, and it just made me smile.

"Freddie, you always out do yourself. This is too much."

"Don't worry about it," he said. "Just eat the food, and then we can take it from there."

FPOV

She looked like she was actually having an okay time, and that made me happy. I had made up my mind when she grabbed my arm that I was going to tell her once and for all how I felt, no matter how she felt about me. I just had to figure out the right time to do it. While she was finishing her low-fat Fat Cake, I had laid down with one of the blankets under my head as a pillow. She must have finished her Fat Cake, because all of a sudden, I could feel her laying down next to me. I tried to concentrate on a particular cloud, because I knew that if I looked at her, I would blurt out my secret, or say something equally embarrassing.

CPOV

After my Fat Cake, I was about ready to go into a food coma, and I laid down next to Freddie, using the last blanket he had brough as a pillow. Using my peripherals, I could see him staring straight up, probably at a cloud or something. I laid there and looked up too, trying to find an interesting cloud. I closed my eyes, and suddenly, my mind began to play clips. I know it sounds weird, but it was exactly like watching a movie. My mind went over everything that had gone on in the past 48 hours. And then, when it was done, I opened my eyes, and looked over at Freddie.