A/N: This story is mostly Handy x Petunia because there's hardly any fanfictions for them, but there will be Cuddles and Giggles fluff and maybe some Flippy x Flaky for the fans. :D this is my first fanfiction, and I hope that it's okay! Please tell me if I make any mistakes and please review! I don't own the HTF characters. This will be continued.

Chapter 1 - Meeting

Petunia opened her phone again, hesitantly staring at the time displayed on the dull screen. Why weren't they here yet? She thought impatiently, it was the last day of winter break, and she wanted to enjoy it as much as she could. Finally, she saw a figure bouncing towards her, a pink haired individual with a bright red bow placed on top of her head. "This day is going to be perfect!" Giggles said as she hugged her best friend Petunia tightly. Petunia laughed at her friend's enthusiasm and hugged her back. "Jeez, a day can't be perfect if you arrive late."

"Well SORRY," Giggles replied laughing, as she waved at their other friends who were arriving, one with short, wavy white hair pulled out of her face with a purple bow clip, and the other with wild red hair piled with dandruff.

"How are we supposed to even have a girl's day out if no one arrives on time?" Petunia jokingly acted fumed, pulling her silky blue hair behind her ear. Flaky, the short one with the long crimson hair, instantly covered her face in shame and started shaking. "I-I got caught up in traffic, and t-then I saw L-Lammy and we w-were talking and got d-distracted," she was obviously taking the joke seriously, and Petunia patted her on the back. "I was just kidding," she said with an honest smile on her face.

"O-Oh," Flaky said in embarrassment, and all of the girls giggled.

"Shall we get going?" Lammy asked with a smile. First, they went to the mall, and got some clothes and other things, then to a scary movie that was currently playing, much to Flaky's dismay. After she screamed her head off through the whole movie and almost getting kicked out, the four friends then decided to go to a local park and just relax and hang out. They sat on the park bench and started chatting casually.

They noticed an older guy in his twenties with a greasy, floppy, bright-orange afro and horrible 70's clothes approaching them, and Giggles laughed at his appearance. Much to their horror, he started flirting with them, using cheesy pick-up lines and bad dance moves to try to pick them up. This made Giggles and Lammy furious, who told him off about how old he was and how they were not interested. No matter how much they told him how they wanted him to bug off, he wouldn't leave. Little did the frustrated group know, a group of guys was walking by around this point, and saw what was happening.

One with purple hair and freckles that dotted his face said, "Dude, look at that, that older sleezeball is totally hitting on those girls. They're obviously way too young for him. How pathetic." He shook his head in disapproval. One with sleek, light blue hair and a weird red mask that went over his eyes said, "We should help them! They're obviously trying to get him to leave and they're damsels in distress." The rest of the group gave him an odd look. A charming blonde with bouncy hair and a bright yellow jacket said, "Even though Splendid is being weird (as usual), he does have a point. I think we should help, if only to be nice. Besides, they may go to the school we go to." The rest of the group either shrugged or nodded, so they went over to where the scene was happening.

"Hey!" The blonde said in a loud voice, drawing the older man's attention, "Why don't you flirt with girls that are in your league? Leave them alone."

"Yeah," The blue-haired teen chimed in, "They're obviously not in the mood to be bothered by the likes of you." He crossed his arms with an irritated look on his face.

"You obviously can't tell that these ladies LOVE the attention they're getting," he then busted a move and said, "But since I don't feel like dealing with brats, I'll go. See you around, ladies."

Both groups watched as the odd man winked and danced away, and a few of the girls breathed sighs of relief. "Hey, thanks," Giggles said with a smile on her face, "I don't know how we could have dealt with that for any longer."

"No problem." The blonde replied, "The name's Cuddles by the way." He extended a friendly hand towards Giggles, who took it and warmly shook it. "Would you happen to go to Happy Tree High?" She asked with curiosity in her voice.

"All of us do," A teen in a camouflage jacket and matching hat replied, "How about you?"
Giggles nodded, "Us too. I hope you guys don't mind if we hang out maybe?" She suggested with uncertainty in her voice.

"Why not?" The blonde laughed, and Petunia looked at her outgoing friend and him, knowing that they would probably be pretty good friends. The two groups mingled, introducing each other and making friends. Petunia met a few people, like Cuddles and the really sarcastic boy with the purple hair.

Petunia looked over at a boy with orange spiky hair topped with a hardhat and a baggy jacket which was slouched over his arms. She thought he looked sort of left out, so being the social person she was, she wandered over. "Hi," She smiled at him, hoping to engage in conversation. "Oh, hello," He smiled a great smile that seemed that of a gentleman. 'I wonder why he's left out' she wondered, 'he seems so nice.'

"So, uh, what's your name?" She asked.

"Handy. Uh, it's more of a nickname."

"Why do they call you that?" She gave him a confused look.

He moved his jacket to show him arms, more like nubs, and she looked a little shocked. It wasn't because he had nubs, because people in the Happy Tree town were more than weird and everyone was pretty accepting. It was that she noticed that he might be kind of left out because of it. He probably couldn't do much, and she felt a pang of pity for him. She put on her best face, and said, "I see."

He nodded and asked, "What's your name?"

"Petunia. "

"That's a nice name, it suits you," He smiled at her. She felt her cheeks get a little hot, because she wasn't use to compliments. People were usually complementing her best friend Giggles and not her.

"T-Thanks," She smiled lightly.

"Okay everyone! We've decided to go to the café!" Cuddles voice ascended over the talking crowd, and there was an accepting cheer, because some people were hungry. Petunia heard her own stomach growling, and laughed in embarrassment, as Handy chuckled too. "Come on Petunia, let's go!" Her friend Lammy said as she approached her, and grabbed her hand and dragged her away, ending her conversation.

As everyone got settled at the café, Petunia swept her gaze around the room to look at her surroundings. The teens had taken up a big section of the café, but not many people were there in the first place. Cuddles and Giggles were hitting it off, as she suspected, and the guy dressed as a superhero was pestering Flaky, who was talking to the boy in the camouflage. Lammy and the purple haired teen, who she had learned was called Toothy, sat at her table, chatting away. She noticed that Handy was sitting there, drinking something…. alone again. She frowned at this, and got up and pushed her chair out.

"Petunia, where are you going?" Lammy asked.

"I was going to invite Handy to sit with us. He looks kinda alone," She explained.

"Oooooh, Petunia likes someone!" Lammy joked, batting her eyes. Petunia made a flustered face at her.

"I do not! I just don't like seeing someone get left out. Don't say such awkward things," She warned as she headed over to Handy's table. Lammy and Toothy giggled quietly at her remark, Toothy holding his stomach. "That's precious," his comment dripped in sarcasm.

Petunia stomped as she headed over to his table, 'Does it seem like I like him?' She asked herself nervously. Handy looked up as he saw her arrive.

"Uh, hey. Do you want to sit with us?" She put up the best smile she could. "Haha, I don't want to be by Toothy. He turns everything into a joke." He replied in a playful tone, "Why don't you sit here?" He gestures with his nub.

Petunia blushed faintly, imagining what Lammy and Toothy are saying right now, and what they'd say if she sat with him. She pushed those thoughts out of her mind, replying with a "sure" and pulling out the chair.

"So what are you drinking?" She asked, hoping to not have an awkward conversation.

"Heh, just orange soda."

"You sure like orange, huh?" She giggled.

"What gave it away?" He jeered, making the couple laugh a little.

"Hmm, it's kind of bumming that the break's practically over." Petunia pointed out, trying to come up with something interesting to talk about.

"Yeah, I wish I could never go back to school," He paused, "I hope we have classes together."

Petunia felt flustered again, and replied a smile with a plain, "Yeah."

She was glad that she had made a new friend, and with school approaching, she had something to actually look forward to for once.