Remember when this story was meant to go a different way? Well, I scrapped the original idea I had, and decided to replace it with a better idea in mind for a story, still featuring the main mechanic of the pairing and the idea... but let me just say that... this is a 'what if this happened' scenario... a 'could have happened' possibility... but I digress. Also, there will be an uncut version on AO3 and maybe Deviantart, but for now, this is the edited fanfiction version for your viewing pleasure! Let's begin this story!

Arnold stood stunned as he looked down in disappointment. He still couldn't believe that after all the trouble of getting to know her, how pretty and poetic she was... all this time, she had her eyes set on Arnie, his cousin.

Still, maybe he should have seen it coming. And to think, it was Arnold's first day out in the country, visiting Arnie...

Arnold had never visited Arnie's country before, but he was excited anyway. While he did admit that his cousin had some...particularly odd flaws and found the most boring things the most exciting in his life, he still was pretty cool with his cousin. After all, he, along with for some odd reason, Lila, got along pretty well with the kid.

But upon visiting Arnie's country, Arnold had to admit, it felt a little strange, looking around the place, not only with Arnie, but meeting the kids that Arnie had become friends with... he didn't know if he was crazy or not, but he could swear that though most of them looked like his friends from Hillwood, they reacted quite the opposite of what they usually are. It was like a very peculiar dream, he thought to himself.

And the only person he had met that wasn't entirely odd or insane was Hilda, who he swore looked like someone familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Thus, he tried to hang out with her, and they got to know each other... unfortunately for Arnold, his world had completely shattered when Hilda told him that she was more into Arnie...

He started to wonder if... if he should tell her that Arnie was seeing someone else... or did she know about...

It was then that Arnold realized that Hilda had disappeared. He looked around in confusion, wondering just how long he had stood there, stunned. Did Hilda just... leave him there, stunned and she didn't snap him out of it? He looked around... before hearing some rustling in the cornfield. He looked around nervously as he noticed the night sky was starting to brighten up. He slowly started to walk towards the cornfield as he noticed someone was lurking within. He walked over, and shifted the cornfield as he came face to face with...

"There you are, Arnold!"

Arnold sighed in relief, but at the same time, was a little bit annoyed. Staring at him before him was an orange haired girl with a green plaid shirt with a green daisy-duke, white cowgirl boots, and twin pigtails, giving a giggle. "Lulu, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, Arnold, you know that I've had my eye on you ever since you arrived at Arnie's place..." Lulu giggled as she flirtatiously blinked her eyes at him.

Arnold paused as he looked around. "Uh... where IS Arnie, anyway?"

"Oh, he went back with Hilda on the hayride, so... it's just you... and me." Lulu giggled as she leaned closer towards him.

"Wait... Hilda didn't even take me with her?" Arnold said in shock.

"She said that you were in a bit of a shock and needed a moment to think. Arnie considered coming to get you, but I volunteered in his place and told him I'll take you back." Lulu smiled. "So, Arnie and Hilda went ahead... now, don't tell anyone I said this, but I think Hilda here has her eye set on..."

"Arnie?" Arnold said in shock. "You mean... you knew?"

"Of course I did!" Lulu giggled... then paused. "Oh, I'm sorry, did you have eyes for her as well? I suppose I can see you as a bit of a ladies' man."

Arnold blushed a bit... then yelped as he realized how close Lulu was. He started to back away a bit as he said, "But... you're..."

"Arnie's girlfriend, yes, I've heard that quite a lot." Lulu frowned. "Though I'll just be honest with you, he just THINKS I'm his girlfriend. Don't get me wrong, Arnie's okay, but... I don't like him, like him..."

"...you just like him." Arnold slowly paused, knowing the line all too well.

"Now, how did you know what I was ever so going to say?" Lulu smiled.

"Lucky guess." Arnold gulped as he noticed Lulu was getting close. "Well, why can't you just tell him?"

"Oh, I try to, countless times, but talking to Arnie is almost like... talking to a brick wall, you see." Lulu smiled. "Anyway, Arnold, let's get down to business. Both of us are alone, you know about my true feelings for Arnie, and everything is oh so settled."

Arnold yelped as Lulu started to lean towards his face... then started backing away. "Lulu!"

"What's wrong, Arnold?" Lulu asked. "I've heard from the type that you like adventure."

"I... I do, bu-" Arnold said, nervously. "But y-"

Arnold paused to think. Despite the numerous excuses that Arnold threw out, it turned out to all be meaningless at the end. He did admit, he was feeling uncomfortable with the way Lulu was coming on to him. On the other hand, though, Lulu was the only person who was attempting to hook up with him. And didn't his grandpa once say that 'a faraway fling is a GOOD fling'? Maybe he didn't exactly say that, but it did sound like something his grandfather would say.

Arnold sighed. "All right."

"Hm?" Lulu looked up in confusion.

"Lulu, I suppose you want to get to know me, and if you want to... well, you got it. But only if I learn more about you." Arnold said.

Lulu gave a big, wide smile. "Oh, Arnold, do you honestly mean it?"

Arnold paused... then nodded as he thought to himself, "You only live once..."

It was at that moment Lulu pulled Arnold into a hug as she said, "Arnold, I believe that your vacation is just about to get... hot."

"Uh... what do you mean by that?" Arnold asked.

Lulu looked up at the sky as the moon was starting to peak out. "Well... it's about eight o'clock... and we're not too far from the swimming hole... remember that offer for a private swim? Well... that's still open."

Arnold paused... and slowly nodded. Lulu could only giggle. "Well, well... follow me."

Arnold yelped as he said, "Wh- now?"

"Of course! Remember, Arnie's going to be asleep at that hour. He always goes to bed around that hour." Lulu said as she clutched his hand. "Come along... when we get to the swimming hole... I'm going to treat you to a nice surprise."

Arnold had no choice but to go along with Lulu as he started to follow her. Arnold never thought that in his wildest dreams that he would get a vacation romance... and who knows, Arnold thought to himself. Maybe Lulu wasn't so bad.

"Here we are, Arnold. Our nice little swimming hole." Lulu said as she and Arnold arrived at the familiar spot where the two were as she sat down near the edge of the cliff that acted as a diving platform. "So... shall we get comfortable?"

"B-but I don't have my swimsuit with me!" Arnold said.

"Who said anything about a swimsuit?" Lulu winked at him. "Arnold, I'm about to ask you a question. Have you ever pictured a girl naked before?"

Arnold blushed a bit as he said, "N-no, c-can't say I have..."

"Really?" Lulu giggled. "Well... let me show you something I think you'll find interesting."

With that, the flirtatious girl untied the knot on her shirt as she began to take off her top. Arnold's eyes widened as part of his mind told himself to look away... but the other half of his mind betrayed him as his eyes started to fixate on Lulu's beauty. Lulu's top half appeared to be developing breasts, which seemed to be very perky. Arnold's mouth dropped as he started to drool. Lulu giggled, knowing that he had the boy's attention now. Slowly but surely, she started to tug down her skirt and kicked her boots off as she pulled it down, a nice pair of pink panties becoming quite visible.

It was then Arnold felt something along his bottom area moving. Arnold looked down to see that his pants was started to rise up, creating a tent. Arnold yelped as he tried his best to hide it, but it was still visible for Lulu to see.

"My, my, my..." Lulu giggled as she leaned towards Arnold. "Getting turned on, are we?"

Arnold gave a nod as Lulu took one of Arnold's hands and put it on her left breast. "Go ahead, Arnold, massage them."

Arnold slowly felt the touch of Lulu's breast as he smiled a bit. He had never been in close proximity with a girl before, especially with a girl as forward as Lulu. "Wow... this feels nice."

"I think we should get you a bit more comfortable... shall we?" Lulu winked at him.

Arnold blushed a bit as he started to take off both shirts. Lulu seemed impressed as she watched the boy she garnered an interest in taking off both shirts. "Oh... a heavy dresser, are we?"

Arnold gave a smirk as Lulu stared at his chest. Before he knew it, Lulu grabbed his chest and held it close. Lulu leaned her ear towards Arnold's upper chest as she giggled. "My, my. Your heart is ever so beating faster. Could it be that you are really liking me, liking me..."

"Lulu, plea-" Arnold blushed... but yelped as he noticed Lulu was unbuttoning his jeans. "Lulu, wha-"

Lulu put a finger towards his mouth, shushing him. "Just getting you down to the proper swim-wear..."

Lulu then pulled his pants down to his ankles as she smiled, Arnold's pointed "stick" was still clearly visible, even from behind the underwear. "Shall we?"

"Hm?" Arnold looked at Lulu's eyes... before blushing. "Er... yeah, I suppose..."

From there, Lulu stripped her underwear down, leaving her in her naked glory as Arnold was taken aback at this. Nevertheless, Lulu smiled as she quickly dove in. Arnold looked ready to follow, but his mind was still reeling. He didn't want to betray his own cousin... but Lulu DID say that she didn't see him as a boyfriend... and what if Arnie somehow found out? He knew that Lulu and Hilda told him that Hilda had her eyes on Arnie, but he still felt like he was breaking his trust.

"Arnold? Aren't you going to join?"

Arnold snapped out of his thoughts as he noticed Lulu, in the water, giving him a wave. Arnold paused as he went over to Lulu as he sighed. "Lulu, I don't know if this is right?"

Lulu gave a frown. "Arnold, please don't tell me you're still thinking about Arnie and his trust."

"Well... yes... I just don't want to hurt his-" Arnold said, looking back.

"Arnold, listen to me. Arnie's not that great a person, I mean, technically he's okay, but the point is, I don't like him like him... but I like you, like you." Lulu explained. "Come on, Arnold, don't deny it. You have a very mutual attraction to my body, I know it."

Arnold hesitated at first... but took a deep breath as he pulled down his underwear, slowly climbed down the cliff and went in the water. Lulu swam over to him and used her arms to hug him close. "There you go, now don't you feel comfortable?"

Arnold blushed as he said, "I... I..."

"Still turned on by me?" Lulu smiled as she looked up at Arnold. "Well... you're going to get more than a private swim just from me..."

Arnold raised an eyebrow as he was about to ask what Lulu meant by that... before he felt lips colliding with his as he closed his eyes. The rest of the night became a blur as Arnold was beginning to feel a little pleasure... and come next morning, he probably wouldn't even remember what had went on...

In case you can't tell, this is a rewrite of a story I was doing back then that is now deleted. Originally, I had some ideas for this, but those were already focused on in 'Touchy Feely Sister'. This time, I want to step back and take this story a different direction. How different, you ask? Oh, you'll see! Tune in next time!