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 11 (The Theme Park)

The next day, Freddie was with Susie. The two were hanging out and looking over a long list that they drafted of things to do by a certain deadline. One of the items on the checklist was to go to a water park and slide some of the tallest slides. "How about we invite some of our friends to go with us?" Susie suggested while looking from the checklist and to Freddie.

"Yeah, that sounds alright," Freddie responded. He looked at Susie as she glanced down to the checklist, his face softened and his eyes grew sad. "Susie…" Freddie slowly shook his head and pulled his cell phone out, just as he was about to dial a number, it began ringing. Susie chuckled at the sight and Freddie's shocked face. He quickly opened the cell and heard Jake on the other end, he sounded upset. "Jake, what's going on?" Susie raised her eyebrow and glanced over as Freddie tried to comfort his friend.

"Stephanie broke up with me," Jake said in a tearful voice. "Well, we didn't really break up in the sense of breaking up…we didn't fight or anything." Jake stopped and took a deep breath at the request of Freddie. "She said it felt like we weren't really going anywhere, and so she ended the relationship." Freddie frowned at that statement, Stephanie was moving as well, but they had intended to stay together. "I guess it just wasn't meant to be…" Susie frowned and held her hand out, signaling that she wanted to talk. Freddie nodded and gave her the cell.

"Jake, this is Susie." There was a small pause before he responded.

"Susie? I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Susie smiled lightly and rolled her eyes.

"No, you're not interrupting anything. Tell me what just happened, you had a breakup with your girlfriend?" Jake responded with a nod and a yes, causing Susie to breathe a small sigh. She knew breakups were hard, they were rough on everyone involved. "Listen, I know how hard breakups can be, so if you don't mind, I can give you some advice. Just relax, try to distract yourself from her, and spend time with your friends."

"Yeah, I guess that would help…" Susie smiled and nodded in response.

"Listen, Freddie and I are going to the water park, and we're inviting some friends to go along with us-"

"Wouldn't you two want to go alone and have some fun?" Susie blinked and giggled slightly while shaking her head.

"Nah, we just want to spend time with our friends. I'm thinking of inviting Champ and Morgan, they really need to have some fun. It's hard on them, as it is on us all, with what happened at our old school."

"Yeah, I agree."

"So, do you want to come with us?"

"Sure, it sounds like fun. I'll see you there, when are you going?"

"At two o'clock."

"I'll be there." Jake hung up and Susie smiled while handing Freddie his phone. Susie took a sheet of paper and placed it on the table, she then took a pen and wrote down Jake's name. She leaned back in the chair and thought about how they could make him feel better. The best thing to do is just to be a friend and be there to provide comfort.

"I'll call up Jonah," Freddie said as he dialed his friend's number in the phone. He waited for Jonah to respond, and rested his arm on the table. Soon Jonah answered the phone, practically on the last ring. "Hey Jonah, have trouble finding your phone?"

"No."

"Oh, so were you ogling Valerie's picture or watching her webshow or something?" Susie raised her eyebrow and Freddie smirked. Jonah blushed slightly and frowned.

"Of course not, I just didn't hear the phone ringing…besides, she doesn't care about me in that way, and I don't really think I deserve a girlfriend."

"Don't talk like that, of course you deserve a girlfriend. There isn't a person in this world that doesn't deserve to have a relationship with someone." Susie glanced over and nodded in agreement, though she did wonder why Jonah felt that way.

"Yeah, so what are you calling for?"

"Susie and I are inviting our friends to join us at that big water park, and we've already invited Jake. We know he's going, so will you go with us? It's at two."

"The big water park, are you talking about Splash?"

"Yes." Splash was the newly built water park, Freddie had only been there a couple of times.

"Cool, I haven't been there yet, so I'll definitely go!"

"We'll see you then." Freddie hung up the phone and glanced at Susie, she smiled and wrote down Jonah's name. Freddie crossed his arms and waited as Susie glanced up. "So who is next? I think I can call Sam." Susie gave him a quick nod in response.

"That would be a good idea," Susie replied. She would love to have Sam join the group. Freddie opened the phone and dialed Sam's number. It rang and rang, and finally the voicemail came on. Freddie sighed and hung up the phone.

"She didn't respond, I guess I'll call Valerie now." Susie nodded as Freddie dialed Valerie's number. He waited until she answered.

"Freddie, what's up?" Valerie asked.

"I would like to know if you want to join us at the water park, Splash. Jonah will be there." Freddie smirked and heard Valerie breathe in sharply.

"Jonah's going to be there?"

"Yes. Oh, and if you want to go, will you bring Sam along with you?"

"Yeah, I think she'd love to go. I'd ask Carly too, but she's busy doing something with her brother." Freddie shrugged in response, that was fine with him. "I'll be there, when are you going?"

"We're going to be there around two." Valerie nodded and the two said their goodbyes as Freddie hung up the phone. "Okay, put Valerie and Sam down. I'm sure Sam is going to be there." Susie nodded and wrote down the girl's names. "Okay, so who else is there?"

"I'll call Morgan and Champ," Susie said while taking out her cell phone. She dialed Morgan's number and waited for her to pick up.

"Hello?" Morgan answered. "Susie, how are you?"

"I'm good, and how are you?" Susie tilted her head as Morgan merely shrugged.

"I could be better and I could be worse. You know how it is…" Susie nodded in understanding, Morgan was still upset over the loss of her old boyfriend, Derek. "At least I still have you guys with me, I guess." Susie frowned and shifted her eyes to the side, biting her lower lip. She quickly shook her head and smiled.

"Yeah, Champ and I will always be your friends, no doubt about that!"

"That I'm glad about. So, why did you call?"

"I wanted to know if you were interested in going to the water park with us. Freddie has invited some of his friends, and we'll be going to Splash around two. I'm thinking of inviting Champ along as well, if you think he'd enjoy going." Morgan smiled and leaned back in her chair. Splash sounded fun, and she needed something fun.

"Sure, I'll go if you and Champ are going, so put me down and I'll meet you there."

"Great! We look forward to seeing you." Morgan nodded and the two girls hung up. "Morgan's going. I'll call up Champ and see what he says." Freddie nodded as Susie dialed Champ's number and waited for his response.

"Hello?"

"Champ, this is Susie, how are you?"

"I'm good, just working out a little. I have to catch up with Roland, excuse me, Freddie." Susie giggled for a bit and slowly shook her head, she never thought she'd hear Champ have to say those words. Actually, nobody ever thought it. She had to admire Freddie's growth. "So, how are you and Freddie getting along? Has anything interesting happened with you two, lately?"

"No, not really...everything is going just fine, actually. We are planning to go to the water park, and we've invited a few friends. Morgan's going, so would you like to tag along?"

"Morgan's going to go with you?"

"Yeah…it should be Jake, Jonah, Valerie, Sam, and Morgan. There is always room for one more, we are going to get there around two." Champ tapped his chin and smiled, he would love going there. If Morgan was going to be there, that helped things a bit. "So, do you want to go? We're all going to go to Splash, that's the place."

"Isn't Splash more of an amusement park?" Splash had a lot of things in it, so it wasn't just a water park, but more of an amusement park.

"Yeah, with roller coasters and all…"

"Cool, well then, I'll see you there."

"That's great, it's going to be fun, I'm sure of it. See you then." Susie hung up the phone and glanced at Freddie with a smile, all of their friends had chosen to come along. Freddie returned the smile and sat down in a chair.

"Well, I guess we should go ahead and get ready," Freddie said as he tilted his head to the side. "Do you think you can handle some of the bigger rides and stuff?" Susie closed her eyes and nodded.

"We've talked about this already, and yes, I can handle all of that. It's not like they're going to kill me."

"Good." Freddie smiled and slowly stood up, he had to get home and gather his things. "Aunt Emily and Uncle John seemed happy to meet you yesterday, so I'm glad for that."

"Yeah, so you have to go get ready?" Freddie nodded and Susie gave him a hug. "Cool, I guess I'll see you there. I'm going to see how planning goes."

"Huh?" Susie smirked and gently tapped his cheek.

"You'll see, Freddie, you'll see." Freddie raised his eyebrow and watched as Susie turned around and exited the room, he sighed and shrugged his shoulders as he followed.

-NEW SCENE-

Freddie and Susie were the first two to arrive at the amusement park, it was about twenty minutes before two o'clock. "So, now that we're here, what do we do until the others get here?" Freddie asked while sitting down on a nearby bench. Susie shrugged and sat down next to him. Freddie saw that she had a bunch of snacks with her. "You also have food…"

"Yeah, I imagine we'll be here for most of the day," Susie responded as she leaned back. She closed her eyes and let the sun beat against her face, it was a warm feeling that she loved. "I want everyone to be able to have snacks and all, especially when supper rolls around, I've packed a few sandwiches." Freddie nodded and shifted his eyes toward the side, checking to see if anyone else was there yet. "I guess we'll just have to wait for the others to make it."

"Yeah, pretty much." Susie glanced over and saw a car parking nearby, soon Valerie and Sam exited the vehicle. Freddie smiled and quickly stood up. "Sam, Valerie, you made it!" Susie stood up and Sam stared at the two in surprise, she hadn't expected them to be there. Of course, Valerie hadn't told her they were going to be there. She closed her eyes and let out a small sigh, she was afraid of Freddie and Susie acting all in love with each other, she didn't want to see that. She knew she would be hurt if she had to see that.

"Hey dork, I didn't expect you to be here," Sam replied while glaring at Valerie through the corner of her eyes. Valerie chuckled nervously and Freddie merely chuckled. He didn't mind, he was happy to see her. Just as Sam looked ready to pounce Valerie, another car drove up and parked alongside her car. The group looked over and saw Jonah exit the driver's side of the vehicle, Jake then exited the passenger.

"One lovesick passenger at your service," Jonah said while smirking at Jake. He was only trying to lighten the mood, he knew it wouldn't be right to joke about something so horrible as the end of a relationship. "Jake, it'll be alright, you just need some time."

"Yeah, that's right," Susie responded while stepping next to Jake. "It takes a little time to completely heal from something like this, but you'll make it." Jake gave a half hearted chuckle and glanced toward Susie, she had a bright smile on her face. The smile was somewhat soothing to him, calming him from what had happened. Jake quickly glanced to the side and saw another car driving up, it was Champ and Morgan. They parked the car and soon exited.

"Hey, we made it," Champ said while draping his arm around Morgan's shoulders and smirking. Morgan raised her eyebrow and glanced over at Champ, he chuckled nervously and quickly moved his arm away from her. She sighed and glanced toward the side when that happened, it had been slightly comforting to feel his physical contact. "Well, since we're all here, let's get moving!" The others nodded and started retrieving whatever items they brought and headed toward the front gate. Each of them bought their tickets and soon entered the big theme park, they couldn't believe how huge it was.

"I've done a little research on this park," Susie said while rubbing her chin. "It's deemed a water park because the biggest area of the amusement park is the water part. Other than that, it's got roller coasters and rides of all sorts." Everyone nodded and glanced around the park, not knowing where to begin. Susie took off the backpack she was wearing and placed it on the ground, everyone watched as she pulled a piece of paper from it. "I thought we all should try everything in the park, so I set us each in groups of two."

"Where is she going with this?" Sam thought while raising her eyebrow. She felt her stomach drop, she had a feeling that Susie was going to spend all her time with Freddie, and she wouldn't be able to see Freddie. Susie looked at Sam and gave her a smile, she had a feeling that Sam might be feeling a little anxiety. After all, she suspected Sam of liking Freddie, and if that was the case, she was probably feeling a little awkward.

"Since we all need to spend some timewith each other and we want to ride all the rides in the park, I've brought radios and timer watches." Sam raised her eyebrow as Susie began taking watches and radios from her bag and started handing them out to everyone. "We should each synchronize our watches for a certain amount of time and choose a meeting spot, that's where we'll break off into our next pair. I'm interested in meeting everyone and getting to know them, so I set myself to go with Freddie last." Sam nearly choked at that, she couldn't believe Susie would want to be last.

"Okay, I guess we can do that," Freddie stated while crossing his arms over. Sam glanced over at him and frowned, she was sure he wanted to be with Susie. "So, what are the first groups?" Susie looked around the park and saw what looked to be a circular fence surrounding some water, there were also benches lined up along the fence.

"Let's meet there every thirty minutes, does that work?" The others nodded and Freddie merely smiled, admiring the fact that Susie was a decent organizer. He figured that she made a good leader. "Okay, everyone get with your partners as I go down the list."

"Okay then, just tell us who the pairings are," Sam said while glancing downward. She had a feeling she'd be next to last with Freddie.

"First groupings are Jake…you're with me." Jake lifted his eyes up and smiled as he nodded and walked next to Susie. Susie looked at the list and saw some of her markings, she had started to put Jonah with Valerie at first, but they already knew each other well, as did Champ and Morgan. She put those two groups together second. "Champ, you're going with Jonah." Morgan frowned and watched as Champ smiled at her and then walked over to where Jonah was standing.

"Okay, so I'll be paired up first with either Morgan or Valerie…" Susie shifted her eyes upwards and smiled.

"Valerie, you are going to go with Morgan." Valerie smiled and stepped next to Morgan. Sam's eyes widened considerably as she glanced at Freddie, knowing that he was the last person left. She was shocked that she was going to get any time with him. She felt her heart leap up and start pounding in her chest. Freddie looked over at her as Susie spoke their names, she could feel the heat rising inside of her. Freddie smiled and took her hand, causing her body's heat to flare up even more.

"I'm with Freddie? I'm with Freddie, first?!" Sam looked from Freddie and over at Susie, her eyes filled with a look of disbelief and partial shock. Valerie chuckled lightly and nudged her in the side, she blinked and quickly glanced over at Valerie. "What?" Valerie chuckled and slowly shook her head, she was just trying to get Sam out of her trancelike state before everyone else noticed. "Let go of my hand, dork!" Sam quickly pulled her hand from Freddie and shifted her eyes to the side. "Why did I get put with the geek, first? Seriously…"

"Whatever, we'll have fun anyway," Freddie said while smirking.

"Hm…" Sam glanced down as he smirked, trying to avoid looking at him. If she looked at him, she might have lost all her control. She sighed and spoke under her breath. "I'm kind of shocked your girlfriend actually put you with me rather than her…" Freddie raised his eyebrow and glanced toward Sam with confusion, he hadn't heard what she said, but he was sure that she said something about a girlfriend.

"Okay guys, let's get ready to go and have some fun!" Susie said while grinning and pushing the paper into her backpack. "Let's meet back here every thirty minutes, and definitely at five, then we can eat our sandwiches. I made them for everyone." Sam chuckled lightly and shifted her eyes to the side, she wasn't sure if she wanted to eat one of those, Susie might have poisoned them. Of course, Susie wasn't anything like Shannon it seemed. Sam blinked and glanced over toward a group of trees, she thought she saw Shannon and her posse. Freddie was looking toward another area of the park. He thought he saw Rueben, Gibby, and Jeremy all talking to each other.

"What are they doing here?" They thought while tilting their heads to the side. They shrugged it off as the people just having fun at the park, no big deal. With that, the group set their watches and put the radios in their pockets. They grabbed their things and started off in their separate directions. Shannon and her posse moved toward the center, as did Rueben and his group.

"It's not fair!" Shannon exclaimed. "He should want me, why is he with those girls? They don't want him." Rueben rolled his eyes and groaned slightly, annoyed with her constant whine..

"You need to quit your whining, seriously," Rueben said as he crossed his arms. "Give him time, and he'll warm up to you. Just like Sam will warm up to me, and we'll ride off into the wonderful tunnel of love!" Rueben grinned and Shannon raised her eyebrow, scoffing in response.

"Looks like you need to get a life, Sam will never go for you." Rueben scoffed and the group walked off. Unbeknownst to them, Susie and Jake had stopped to get a snack, and Susie was watching them. She was grinning, thinking of something. Jake got his snack and the two were off.


Well, we'll get to see the groups at the amusement park, sounds fun. Rueben and Shannon...not a clue what to say about them, lol. I hope you enjoyed this.