I was inspired to write an Arthur based story while watching the show with my 4 year old cousin whom I was babysitting at the

A/N: I was inspired to write an Arthur based story while watching the show with my 4 year old cousin whom I was babysitting at the time. I've twisted things a bit, their in human form for one thing, and seniors in high school. The story mainly revolves around Buster as he is my favorite character. He might seem a bit different in the beginning, but he'll come around eventually.

Summary: Buster's parents have gotten back together during the summer holidays; unable to wait any longer they schedule a September wedding. The reunion of his parents was something that Buster had always wanted, until now. AU

Notes: Buster and his friends haven't seen each other all summer, and encounter one another at the start of senior year. Buster has been touring the country with his father, the Brain has been at science camp, Sue Ellen has been touring the world with her parents, Francine has been at soccer camp with Jenna, Muffy has been in Paris visiting family, Fern has been taking creative writing classes, and Arthur is the only one who has remained in Elwood City all summer.

Disclaimer: In no way do I own Arthur, nor do I want to!

Buster zipped up his bag and headed out the door without a single word. He sighed, leaning back against the front door to catch his breath, why did this have to happen? Running a hand through his stylish blonde hair he began to walk towards his brand new navy colored car. The car glistened under the sun; a present from both his mother and father, a present he wished would disappear, but it beat walking to school every day. He unlocked the door with the remote and sat down on the leather seat as he placed the key into the ignition. Starting the car he leaned back into his seat and rolled down the window with the push of a button and began to steer the car out of the driveway. Once on the road he began speeding up, well passed the speed limit, not caring one bit.

When he reached the school he parked in the spot that had been reserved for him, he recognized Arthur's car at once in the spot adjacent to his. Buster hadn't been in Elwood City all summer and instead was touring the country with his father…his father and occasionally his mother to be exact. He pushed that thought aside and pulled open the door. Stepping out he thought, 'just one year and then I'll be away from them, just one year.' Through his thoughts he hadn't realized that he had collided into someone on the foot of the steps to the high school. The girl's bag slipped off her shoulder in the process and fell to the ground with a light thud. She would have fallen back too if Buster hadn't caught her in time. "Sorry," he muttered, "are you ok?"

"I'm fine," she said sweetly bending down to retrieve her bag.

"Sorry, again," Buster replied as the girl stood up and began dusting off her canary yellow sun dress…"Fern?"

"Oh, Buster I didn't even recognize you," she smiled fixing the yellow ribbon around one of her pony tails that hung low.

"I didn't recognize you either," he said, 'that's because I was too consumed in my thoughts.'

"It's ok, you must have been too wrapped up in your thoughts," she smiled meeting his turquoise eyes.

He blinked; "right?" he stared back at her for a moment wondering how she had figured it out.

"Not to worry, I was thinking about the latest story I was planning up in my head."

"Story," he repeated, "hey, how was your creative writing class you took over the summer."

"A lot of fun, I learned a great deal," she answered as he held the door open for her, "thank you." "How was your summer Buster, touring the country right?"

"Right," he answered as they walked down the hall, "it was nice."

"Well I'll leave you to that, even though nice isn't the best descriptive word. Trust me that won't get you an A in English." The two shared a laugh noticing that they were heading in the same direction.

"A209?"

"A209," she replied with a light smile.

Arthur was the first one in the classroom with no signs of anyone else entering. He kept glancing at the doorway hoping someone he knew would enter. He gazed at the clock slowly ticking away and let out a moan, he didn't even know who his homeroom teacher was, his schedule just stated: Yet to be determined. The same went for physics, which probably meant that his physics teacher would be the same as his homeroom teacher considering the fact that he was in a physics classroom. He wanted to know who this new teacher would be because he hoped physics would be as easy as Prunella and Binky had described. Arthur's summer defiantly wasn't the highlight of his life, while all his friends were away he had stayed in Elwood City with the occasional visits to parks, grandparents' house, and the beach. Other then those few places, he had remained home with D.W. to annoy the hell out of him. She constantly nagged him with questions about high school; she would no doubt be the most annoying freshman to ever walk the halls of Lakewood High.

Arthur looked up from studying his schedule as he heard the voice of a giggling girl, and no sooner did a girl in fact step through the entrance. Her light brown hair was tied in two low pony tails, which were held by matching yellow ribbons, and she wore a yellow sun dress. Two loose strands of hair framed her face; she was no doubt pretty with cuteness written all over her. Arthur smiled and waved, but she didn't seem to notice, and that's when Arthur noticed the boy next to her. He had a lean yet muscular frame dressed in cargo shorts and a light blue polo. His blonde hair was gelled to perfection; this was no doubt Buster Baxter cracking up Fern with yet another one of his many jokes. "Buster!" Arthur shouted happy to finally see a few friends. Both teens turned around to face him.

"Hey Arthur," they said in unison both wearing smiles upon their faces.

"Why are you so early?" the blonde asked the chocolate haired boy.

Arthur adjusted his thin rimmed glasses, and muttered the name that caused an instant understanding to fall among his two other friends, "D.W."

"That's one girl who was way too excited to start high school," Fern laughed taking at the desk neighboring Arthur's, "So how was your summer?"

"Not that exciting," he admitted honestly, "how about you?"

"Oh it was great," she said while pulling out a folder that contained her schedule, "oh did you find out who the teacher is yet?"

Arthur shook his head and looked at Buster who was seated besides him and seemed to be too occupied with gazing out the window to listen, "the teacher hasn't showed up yet."

"The suspense is killing me!" Fern laughed throwing her head back.

Arthur smiled and then turned to his best friend, "Hey Buster how was your summer?"

"Huh?" Buster asked turning around to face his tanned friend, "Oh, it was good."

"Good, no jokes no description just good?" Arthur asked a bit bewildered, but the blonde merely shrugged his shoulders and turned his attention back to the windows.

Fern smiled sympathetically at Arthur, "all I got was a nice." This was strange indeed, he figured that Buster couldn't wait to spill details about his trip across the country, he always enjoyed the time he spent with his father, but maybe it was growing old. Arthur sighed; maybe he wasn't the only one who had had a not so great summer.

A man adjusted his olive coat and clenched his brown leather brief case tighter as he entered classroom A209. The door was already open and he could hear the voices of chatter that filled the room before he even stepped in. Spotting a few familiar faces he smiled. There sat Arthur in the second row, glasses still intact, and a long sleeved yellow shirt with a pair of jeans. Next to him sat a blonde haired boy he didn't recognize, and on his other side sat a girl in a sundress that he was sure was shy little Fern. Standing in between Fern and Arthur was Allen who was engaged in a conversation with the two. He cleared his throat and placed his briefcase upon his large and well polished desk. The only four students in the room looked up at the slight disturbance and each was frozen with shock.

"Mr. Mr. Mr. Rat-burn," The Brain stuttered tugging at the hem of his gray sweater.

"Nice to see you again, Allen, Fern, Arthur," he smiled adjusting his tie. Then he turned back around and was just about to head back to his desk when the blonde spoke up.

"Are you going to be teaching physics as well?" Mr. Ratburn turned around at the sound of the some what familiar voice, "Buster I hardly recognized you."

"Well are you?" he pressed ignoring the teacher's comment.

"Why yes I look forward to teaching you all my favorite subject."

"Wonderful," Arthur moped, "there goes my A." Fern sighed as well, but the Brain and Buster looked unfazed. Sue Ellen, George, and Jenna stepped into the classroom next, each nearly tripped on their way to their seats from the shock that the Rat was back. George succeeded in falling and was excused to the nurse when bumping his head against one of the back desks. Fern offered to escort him. Sue Ellen took the vacant seat next to the seat Fern had originally occupied. Her red hair was tied in pigtails and she was dressed in a pair of olive green capri pants followed by a light green tank over an orange baby tee. She looked over at the Brain who was seated in the front row. He turned around to face her and smiled slightly. "How was touring the world?" he whispered to her.

Sue Ellen smiled, "Wonderful, I'll tell you all about it later, how was science camp?"

"Exciting!"

"I'll bet," she giggled. Arthur smiled at the two, they already acted like a couple, and he along with everyone else could sense the feelings the two held for each other. He just wished they'd admit it already. Just as Arthur was about to make a comment Mr. Ratburn cleared his throat indicating that he was about to speak. "Class it is almost time for homeroom to begin so I thought each of you could stand up front so I can assign you to your seats."

"Assigned seats," Arthur moaned, "it's only homeroom."

"Yes Mr. Read, but it creates a well structured classroom." Mr. Ratburn scowled as he popped open his briefcase and pulled out a stack of papers. Two girls entered just as he had pulled them out. One girl was on her cell phone mumbling in what appeared to be French and the other held a soccer ball under her arm. "Miss. Crosswire, you must know the school's cell phone policy."

"Why of course, Mr. Ratburn," she replied nonchalantly flipping her phone to a close… "Mr. Ratburn!?"

"What're you doing here?" the girl besides her asked clasping a hand over her gaped mouth.

"I'm here to teach you, Miss. Frensky, now if you will please stand by the chalk board." Francine tempted to smile and walked over to stand besides Sue Ellen dressed in a long sleeved red baby tee and a pair of flared jeans. Her chocolate hair was straight and fell slightly above her shoulder's. Besides her stood Mary Alice Crosswire, AKA Muffy, dressed in a cotton lilac mini skirt with a scalloped eye lit hem and a matching white spaghetti strapped top that had a lilac ribbon around the waist. Her long caramel hair fell past her shoulders and curled at the ends. Both Girls were beautiful in their own way, Francine had naturally glowing tanned skin and Muffy's creamy skin seemed to glow under the light.

"So still mad at Arthur for not keeping in touch all summer," Muffy whispered to Francine after eyeing the boy in the yellow shirt.

"Of course, the nerve of him," she humped and folded her arms.

"You know you're pretty upset about him not keeping in touch, you're starting to sound like his girlfriend."

"Not this again, Muffy," Francine growled, "it was bad enough when you were teasing me from the other side of the world."

"It was only Paris," she smirked causing Francine to roll her chocolate eyes.

"Alright class, I'm Mr. Ratburn a select few might remember me as their teacher from teaching you at Lakewood Elementary. I will also be teaching Physics to those of you who will be lucky enough to have me. Now, I will call your names so please come pick up your schedule and take the seat which is assigned to you."

"Assigned seats," Muffy moaned silently so only Sue Ellen and Francine could hear, "honestly we're not children, we're seniors."

"How great is that," Sue Ellen beamed, "seniors!"

Francine high fived the redhead and both stopped smiling once they were given stern looks by the rat. "Francine Frensky front and center next to Arthur Read."

Muffy couldn't stop her burst of giggles, earning her quite a few stares, one which was received from Buster Baxter, but she turned away from him quickly not liking the cold stare he was giving off. Both students walked towards Mr. Ratburn who gave them their updated schedules, and then both walked to the center black desk in the front row. They mumbled to themselves about their seating arrangement; Francine would have to do her homework now. She sneered at Arthur before taking her seat; Arthur just rolled his eyes in response to her childish behavior. "Fern, ah you're back, will you take your seat next to Mr. Baxter," he said pointing to the seat directly behind Arthur and Francine's. Fern smiled loving her new seating arrangement; she had yet to figure out what was bothering her friend.

A/N

: How was that for a first chapter, next chapter will revolve around D.W., Emily, and the Tibble's before the story really unfolds. I hope you enjoyed, reviews are love!