Author's Notes: Scooby Doo and all related characters and trademarks are copyright 2009 Hanna-Barbera Productions/Warner Brothers/Cartoon Network. I am not making any money off of writing this story, I am just a fan. Parts of the story were inspired by the television series "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and "Bewitched", no challenge to the ownerships of both these series is implied.

Chapter 1

Our story opens as Norville Rogers, or Shaggy as he's known to his friends walks through the aisles of a large grocery store in the small town of Coolsville, Ohio; for many years Shaggy has been a member of the world famous group of teenage detectives known as Mystery Inc., in addition to that the lanky teenager was also captain of his high school's track and gymnastics teams.

Shaggy has always been known as a bit of a coward and somewhat of a heavy eater; during each mystery that the gang has solved over the years Shaggy had always been afraid of whatever supposedly real monster or ghost he and his friends faced until of course the inevitable conclusion of the cases when the villain would be revealed as a fake always trying to cover up some sort of crime they were trying to commit.

However there was one thing that Shaggy had always nervous about mystery or no mystery, specifically love and or romance; Shaggy had a few girlfriends over the years but it seemed like every time the cowardly teenager found someone special they turned out to be an alien, not interested him or for whatever reason the relationship didn't work; the lanky teenager seemed like he would never find a girl or woman that would have a serious relationship with him and was ready to give up on love, that is until one late summer Thursday evening when the teenager was doing some shopping.

The lanky teen made his way down the aisle of the store which contained potato chips, pretzels and other salty snacks which happened to be some of Shaggy's favorite treats; the green shirted part-time investigator was making his way down one side of the aisle and as he was doing so didn't see the woman who was making her way down the other side of the aisle; Shaggy looked up for a second and as he did, collided with the woman which knocked her and the grocery items she was carrying to the floor.

"Zoinks! like I am so sorry, here let me help you up" Shaggy said taking the woman's hand and lifting her up.

"Don't worry about it, it's not your fault; I guess I should really be more careful when I'm shopping" the woman replied.

"Like no, no it was really my fault, sometimes I'm so lost in my own thoughts I forget everything around me; the least I can do is help you pick up your groceries" Shaggy remarked.

"Why thank you, that's very nice of you" the woman replied.

Shaggy and the woman picked up her groceries from the white tile floor of the store and put them back into her cart, luckily none of the items were damaged or broken which made both of them very happy.

As the two of them were placing the woman's groceries into the cart Shaggy inexplicably found himself looking over the woman with some interest; the lanky teenage sleuth noticed that she had long dark brown hair, green eyes, and was wearing a modest dark green dress along with light purple leggings and what looked like dark green heels; the cowardly teen found himself admiring the woman's beauty as she and Shaggy finished putting her groceries back into her cart.

"Thank you very much for your help, um… I'm sorry I didn't seem to catch your name" the woman said.

"My name, my name is Norville, Norville Rogers but my friends call me Shaggy" he replied with a smile.

"Shaggy, that's certainly an interesting name" the woman remarked.

"I like to think so; by the way what's yours?" Shaggy asked.

"My name is Amanda, Amanda Collins" she said introducing herself.

"Like it's very nice to meet you Miss Collins" Shaggy replied.

"Please, Miss Collins is so formal, just call me Amanda" the woman commented.

"OK, Amanda; by the way has anyone ever told you that you're quite beautiful" Shaggy said smiling.

"Why thank you Shaggy, that's very polite of you" Amanda replied.

"You're welcome; by the way do you live here in Coolsville?" Shaggy asked.

"Sure, as a matter of fact I just moved here a few weeks ago; I'm sort of a stranger in these parts" Amanda replied.

"Like you don't say, well the least I could do is accompany you while you finish your shopping" Shaggy said.

"You know as a matter of fact I'd like that, by the way you're pretty handsome yourself Shaggy" Amanda replied smiling at the cowardly teen.

"Why thank you, Amanda" Shaggy remarked.

With that Shaggy and Amanda Collins continued their grocery shopping, all the while the cowardly teenager was thinking about the unexpected way they had met and that she seemed to be quite the looker; later as they approached the check-out counter, Shaggy's head began racing with romantic thoughts.

"Like this Amanda Collins might be the perfect girl, she looks great, she seems to like my personality and best of all she seems to like the same snacks as much as I do; maybe, just maybe I've found myself a girlfriend, I know I'll ask her if she's seeing anyone, oh I just hope that she's okay with that" Shaggy thought to himself.

The pair walked through one of the check stands with Amanda paying for her groceries first, then Shaggy paid for his groceries; after all the items were checked and bagged the two of them decided to walk out of the store together into the parking lot and it was then that the cowardly sleuth decided to break the ice.

"Like Amanda, can I ask you a personal question?" Shaggy wondered.

"Yes Shaggy, what is it?" Amanda replied.

"Well I hope that you don't take this the wrong way or anything like that but, here goes: are you seeing anyone that is to say do you have a boyfriend?" the cowardly teen asked with a hopeful look on his face.

"No that's a good question to ask, as a matter of fact I'm not really seeing anyone; like I said I just moved here a few weeks ago and you're one of the first residents of Coolsville I've met" Amanda replied.

"That's wonderful, like by any chance would you want to go on a date with me?" Shaggy asked, scratching the back of his head and waiting for her answer nervously.

"Actually you seem like a very nice guy and a very friendly person, so my answer would be yes, I would definitely like to go out with you" Amanda replied.

"You would? Like thank you Ms. Collins, thank you! this is fantastic news, I just can't believe it, so when would you like to go out? Shaggy wondered.

"Well how about tomorrow night, you can choose the place if you'd like" Amanda replied.

"Like that sounds great, would you settle for the old Malt Shop on Carter Street?" Shaggy asked.

"Malt Shop? That sounds very groovy and very retro, I like it" Amanda replied.

"OK, do you want to pick me up at my house or should I pick you up at your house?" Shaggy asked.

"Why don't I pick you up at your house OK?" Amanda asked.

"I'd love that, here I'll give you my address" Shaggy replied, he then pulled a small slip of paper out of his wallet and gave it to her; she looked at it, smiled and then slipped it into her purse.

"Cool Shaggy, I'll pick you up at 7 PM, how does that sound?" Amanda replied.

"Like that sounds terrific, by the way would you object if I introduced you to some friends of mine before we head to the Malt Shop?" Shaggy asked.

"I would love that, I'm sure any friends of yours can be friends of mine too; I have to be going, see you tomorrow night Shaggy" Amanda said with a loving tone in her voice as she walked over to a purple convertible, she got in and then drove out of the parking lot back towards her house.

As Shaggy walked to his red racing car which he hadn't used in quite some time, in fact he hadn't used it since the whole Dracula Werewolf incident, he smiled, jumped up and clicked his heels together in happiness; as a matter of fact, if you saw the cowardly teenage sleuth you would think he just had a personality transplant or something of that nature, in fact it seemed like Shaggy was having the perfect day as he opened the car, started it and drove off.

"Like I can't believe it, I must have a guardian angel watching out for me; Crystal, Googie, Rachel and all the girls I dated or liked are now a thing of the past, I can't believe I'm saying this but I think Amanda Collins might just be my permanent girlfriend, man I can't wait to get home and I can't wait for tomorrow night" Shaggy thought.

Shaggy Rogers drove through the streets and back to the small house which he was living in and had lived in ever since he was a kid, of course ever since his parents retired and moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts he decided to keep the house for himself and not sell it; a few minutes passed and Shaggy was still walking on air as he took the groceries from his car and locked it behind him.

He opened the door to the small residence and put the groceries away, smiling all the while; there was some awkward moments after Shaggy walked inside, especially when Scooby walked up to him and licked his face; after his canine companion did so he took the Great Dane's paws and spun him around the room in joy, Scooby of course was quite confused by this but after Shaggy told him about what had happened he understood why he was doing what he was doing.

Later on in the evening after watching television and having a modest snack, Shaggy headed off to bed still grinning about meeting Amanda Collins and his date with her the next evening; at the time though he was unaware that his new girlfriend would get him and the rest of Mystery Inc. into yet another strange mystery and this time it was one that they might not get out of.