It was a beautiful Thursday morning in the wonderful city of Bubble Tucky. Inside the Bubble Guppies classroom, friends, Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona, and Nonny were swimming to their cubbies chatting about an exciting event. The children were beaming with joy.

"Mr. Grouper has a surprise for us?" Oona asked, with curiosity.

Goby nodded his head. "Yeah. It says so on this note taped to my cubby, from Mr. Grouper," He handed it to the mermaid, as the rest of the guppies swam behind her.

"This is pretty exciting!" Gil said.

"I can't wait for the surprise!" Oona chimed in, while clapping her hands.

Molly glanced at the door at the corner of the room. "Mr. Grouper's coming! Let's go. Act natural."

The guppies swam to their seats and chorused "Good Morning Mr. Grouper,"

The teacher put a grin on his face. "Well Good Morning, Everyone."

Molly and Gil exchanged smiles with each other, and nodded their heads. The pink-haired guppy turned to the big, orange fish. "So, anything special coming up?"

"Special?" Mr. Grouper asked, while raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah. Anything new?" Goby asked

The big orange fish glanced at his students. "Is it one of your birthdays?"

The kids shook their heads. "Not today," Oona said, with a confused tone.

The guppies leaned forward to their teacher, as he opened his mouth, and looked out the window. "Well, today is a new day!"

Oona, Nonny, and Goby exchanged confused faces with each other. Molly, and Gil mumbled to each other in confusion. Suddenly Deema stood up. "What? That's the big surprised?" she complained, with her arms out.

"Deema!?" the guppies shouted.

"Ohh," Mr. Grouper chuckled. "That surprise! Follow me."

The guppies followed their teacher behind them, looking excited.

"We will get our surprise after all!" Oona whispered to her friends.

"I wonder what it is," Nonny replied, in a hushed tone.

Mr. Grouper got a rolled-up poster from the corner of the room, and swam to the art table, and unraveled the poster. "There is a bicycle race coming up!"

The guppies looked at each other thrilled.

"Wow!" Gil shouted.

"That sounds amazing!" Deema commented

"Is it today?" Goby asked.

Mr. Grouper shook his head. "It's next week."

Oona swam up to her teacher. "Then why are you telling us now?"

"Because. You guys are participating!"

She gasped. "Awesome!"

"This is great news!" Nonny told Oona.

"Plus, you get to be on teams of two." The fish finished.

"Oona?" Nonny asked.

"Molly?" Gil asked.

"Deema?" Goby asked.

He chuckled. "Looks like you got your teams! Let's sing about it!"

"Wanna come over after school?" Goby asked Deema.

Deema looked up to the merman, with hesitation. "Sure.."

Yay! I finally got a story! Sorry for the long wait. Please leave a review telling me what you think will happen, and if you like it so far. Follow me for updates on my stories. I'll try to be more active. The new choir member is on its fifth chapter, I believe, if you want to leave a review there too. See ya later!

-Natalie