Hello everyone. This my first story. Its a Horton Hears a Who fic and its the first installment in a series entitled Who's in Love. I hope you enjoy this story because I really have a fun time writing this story. Leave a comment if you like.

P.S.

To all the JoJo fan girls, JoJo does not star in this fan fic because he has yet to be born so please, please, please, please don't freak out on me. He will appear but not as of now. Thank you.

Chapter One: Ned Hearts Sally

She was beautiful.

How exquisite

There wasn't a single Who in all of Whoville that could stand up to her beauty. Even Miss Whoinverse couldn't compare. She was perfect in every single way imaginable; smart, talented, kind, loveable.

If only, if only he could get up the courage to talk to her.

"Ned?"

If only he had enough bravery to go up and ask her out.

"Ned, do you hear me?"

If only he could—

"NED!"

"Huh?"

"You're writing on the table again," Burke pointed out. "I don't think Mr. Dongglemong will be too happy about your love for Sally."

Ned looked down. Written in bright, red pen was a huge heart with the names Ned and Sally within it. Immediately, with his face turning redder than a cherry, he began to scratch it out before he covered it up with his notebook. Burke rolled his eyes and chuckled slightly.

"How much longer are you going to keep this up?" He asked his best friend.

"What are you talking about?" Ned asked, pretending to be interested in quantum physics.

"You know what I'm talking about," Burke nudged him. "You and Sally O'Kelly."

"What about her?" Ned's face flushed again.

"On please, don't give me that! It's no secret that you like her."

Like wasn't really the proper term to use. The point of the matter was that Ned was in love with Sally. But was it really that noticeable? Ned looked down at his notebook, the cover covered in Sally's name and hearts.

Oh, it was that noticeable.

Ned just couldn't help himself. Ned had known Sally since they were just tiny, little Whos. Yet over years, as the two of them grew, Sally became more of a woman than before. Falling in love her with her had just happened. Before he knew it, he was thinking about her constantly. His dreams were even about her. Each day, every time when he saw Sally, his heart wanted to burst out of his chest and declare his undying love for her.

There was just one problem.

Ned was the mayor's son. Now you may find yourself asking, why on Earth would that be a problem? Well, the thing is, when you're the son of the Mayor, every Who in Whoville knows it. Now, with that being said, that means that female Whos knew that too which means he had many, many unwanted female attention.

Again, you might ask why that the attention he received was unwanted. Well, it was because he couldn't get the attention of one female in particular and that was the attention he wanted. Not to mention all these random females wanted one thing; to be the Mayor's wife. Ned was in high school! He didn't want to think about getting married yet.

Unless he could marry Sally.

Poor Ned. Puberty is never easy for the son of the Mayor.

The bell rang and everyone headed towards the cafeteria.

Well, everyone except for Ned.

Ned didn't really enjoy wandering down the hallways.

Why?

Remember the established female attention factor?

Ned peered over the door. He glanced to the right, then to the left and to the right just to be safe. All clear. Now, if he could just get into the hallway without anyone noticing him.

"HI NED!"

Aw clover puffs.

Before he could do anything, ten random girls appeared out of nowhere and swarmed him.

"Let me hold your books Ned!"

"What are you doing this weekend Ned?"

"Ned, I need a partner for science class!"

"Ned, are you busying this Saturday?"

Once again, we say, 'Poor, poor Ned.'

Just like every day, he let the girls swarm around him, begging for his attention which he would give them sooner or later. But as they were walking, something glittering on the floor caught his eye. He stopped, his little fan club not noticing for they were too busy arguing on who Ned was going to marry and/or who Ned was taking on a date over the weekend.

Lying on the floor was a golden chain with a heart; a locket. It looked rather familiar. He had seen this before. Reaching down, he picked it up and then it came to him.

This was Sally's locket.

The ruby encrusted S was a dead give away and he had seen it around her neck many times. She wouldn't have just dropped this. Maybe he came off accidentally. Nonetheless, he couldn't believe his luck! Someone up in the sky must really like him! He had just been given a reason to actually talk to Sally!

Now all he had to do was not make a fool of himself.

Great, just great.