The sun was shining, birds were chirping, and the sky had few clouds in it. It was another normal day in Fair City; that is, for everyone but Becky Bottsford, AKA Wordgirl.

Fourteen year old Becky Bottsford was walking through the park, arms crossed and head pointed to the ground. Feeling very upset and alone, Becky just wanted some time to herself to think about stuff, but alas, she wouldn't get her wish today.

On the other side of the park, Tobey McAllister was also enjoying a quiet stroll through the park when their paths unexpectedly crossed.

Becky looked up as she walked and stopped in her tracks when she saw Tobey standing in front of her.

"Oh…hi Tobey." Becky said, trying not to sound bitter.

"Hello Becky." Tobey responded. Becky looked back down to the ground. Tobey, noticing Becky's unusually quiet and crestfallen demeanor, became curious and concerned.

"What's wrong? You look sad." He asked.

"Why do you care?" Becky asked sourly, looking up to Tobey. Tobey was silent for a moment in response, as he knew why she was so bitter towards him.

"Okay, so it's not my place to ask, given that we aren't exactly friends," Tobey began.

"We aren't friends." Becky interrupted.

"Right. But even if you do think I am a despicable human being, that doesn't mean I can't have at least an ounce of humanity. I was just wondering, is all." Tobey explained.

"Why would you? I thought all you care about is destroying stuff with your robots in a useless attempt to win over the affections of someone who's way out of your league." Becky said.

"Usually that's true. But lately, I don't know…I've sorta been questioning myself." Tobey said. Becky was struck by the amount of honesty and sincerity in his eyes when he said that. "Look, I realize this is none of my business, I'm sorry. I'll just leave you alone now." Tobey said as he walked past Becky.

Becky, hung up on how kind he looked, turned to him.

"Okay, if you want to know, I'll tell you." Becky said, closing her eyes as she spoke.

Tobey stopped and turned with a look of surprise on his face. He didn't say anything, but instead listened.

Becky, with arms still crossed, began to explain.

"I've been having a bad day, I don't want to get into many details. Let's just say I was caught up in a task all day and I forgot that I was supposed to meet my family to go out for dinner. My dad's been trying to get my family to have some bonding time, so when I missed it, he was pretty ticked off, which means my mom was too." Becky explained.

"Oh. Well, it was an honest mistake. It's not like you're going to let it happen again." Tobey said.

"That's just the thing, 'it' happening again isn't something I have control over." Becky said as she looked down to the ground again.

"Are you sure that's all? You seem pretty upset." Tobey asked.

"Look, I don't wanna talk about it, okay?" Becky snapped.

"Alright, I respect your wishes. I'll leave you alone now." Tobey said as he stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked away. Becky watched him as he did so, surprised by the friendly side she had just seen in him.

But of course, Becky's problems were much more serious than she made them out to be. Having been stuck in an all-day marathon of brawls with various villains, she was too busy to realize that she had completely missed her father's weekly family night, which yes, consisted of going out to a restaurant for dinner.

It wasn't out of the ordinary for Wordgirl, but seeing as this had been going on for several years, Becky was getting sick and tired of it being normal. She was sick and tired of missing out on her family, but she knew there was nothing she could do about it.

But what got to her most was Tobey. Her whole life, she thought of him as malicious, no good, and as someone who would never enjoy the life of someone who was good. But the Tobey she saw earlier…was different than that. He was caring, friendly…warm, someone who seemed like a good friend to have. What scared her the most was that she saw a friend in him that she wanted to keep.

But she quickly shook that thought out of her head and continued her walk.

~…~

Tobey let out a sigh of exhaustion as he walked away. He looked back over his shoulder and watched as Becky walked away. Yes, he still did the whole destroy-with-robot scene, but lately he had been rethinking himself. It wasn't something he wanted to do, it was something that just…happened. It happened without his say so, without him wanting it to happen.

Why did it happen? It's simple, really. Years of trying to win the affections of Wordgirl, and after years of failing miserably had finally begun to get to him. His conscience told him that maybe she wasn't interested, that maybe he should forget about it. Tobey only partly listened to these thoughts. Part of him still wanted to destroy, to get her attention so he could ask her on a date, show her that she could fall for a guy like him. There was still a part of him that had hope.

But then there was the other side of him, the still-budding good side of him. And it seemed to come out whenever Becky came around. It came out when he saw her in school, but didn't have the guts to approach her. It came out when she approached him to tease him about his latest scheme, when he saw that bright, sparkling smile on her face. He would look at those big, deep brown eyes and a feeling would come up that he couldn't ignore; a feeling that told him he should give up his life of crime, and just be with Becky.

That part of him was starting to take over. But he didn't like it.

Yeah, so, this show is giving me ideas. And I love it! Okay, okay, so this one was spawned from Scary Thoughts, but still, a story is a story. Aw, this one's gonna be so much fun to write! XD