RIGHT THEN! 3rd in the series. Well, actually PART 1!!! Yes, indeed. No idea how many parts there will be. But this is going to be a LONG ONE! So be prepared. Please read the other stories in the series before you go onto this one - otherwise half of it wont make sense.

I apologise though. I realized the series isn't very 'sequenized' - the first story starts just after the summer holidays, then in the second story, meant to be about a month later, it just happens to be the whole Horton thing, which is ACTUALLY 15th May. So I don't know. To make matters worse, this story starts at the NEXT summer holiday. So, don't take any notice of that. I was just being stupid lol, but I can't change it now.

OK. I usually say all my imagination is mine. This time, I partly got the story idea from an iCarly episode I just watched (not going to say which one - that will ruin the story!), and I edited it a bit, but the main idea came from iCarly, lol.

I also don't Horton Hears a Who, and any of their characters, but I own Natalie and anything else that isn't in the film.

ENJOY!!

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Jojo slowly walked through the hustle and bustle of Whoville, staring at the floor, blocking out the surrounding noises with his whoPod. Usually he would marvel in the unique sounds of the busy town centre - he could hear the melodies in everything. But today he really couldn't be bothered. It had been 5 weeks into the summer holiday, and apart from the first week, Natalie had gone back to Whichville to visit old family and friends. So it was just Jojo on his own for over a month now. She was coming back in a few days, but until then, Jojo was still on his own. He hated being away form Natalie in the first place, let alone for a month.

Jojo walked through the front door of his house and immediately went up to his room. He slumped onto the end of his bed and picked up his guitar. He positioned his fingers on the frets and took a deep breath -

"Jojo, dear," the sound of his mum's voice stopped him in his tracks. He looked up at her.

"I know how much you miss Natalie, but you need to try and get your mind off it. It's not healthy to constantly be depressed about something," Sally said softly. Jojo just half-heartedly smiled in her direction, then stared down at his guitar. Sally sat next to him on the end of the bed.

"Life's hard. Being a teenager is even harder. I know, I've been through it all, and believe me, there's no shortcuts. What you feel right now had to come at some point, it's all part of growing up, but that doesn't mean you should let it get to you. If you don't fight it, it will only take you over. Trust me," she said quietly and comfortingly, kissing Jojo on the forehead before getting up and leaving, closing the door behind her. Jojo knew she was right deep down. He hated feeling like this. He would do anything to get rid of these feelings, but he just couldn't, no matter how hard he tried.

A few hours later, and all the Whos were in bed, and everyone was fast asleep in the McDodd household. All but one, of course. Jojo had slipped out the window, and made his way up to the old observatory, like he did every night. He remembered the night he took Natalie up here for the first time. The memory made him smile to himself. He opened the door, and turned on the light. The whole observatory lit up around him. He immediately got to work. He jumped into his bucket and flew right to the top of the observatory.

"Hey, ya miss me?" a familiar voice said from below, startling Jojo, who turned round sharply, staring at the ledge below. Natalie stood, leaning against the wall by the door, smiling up at him.

"But… what are you doing here?" Jojo said, shocked, jumping into his bucket again and started descending back to the lower ledge, "I thought you weren't coming back for days!"

"Well, turns out we arrived this afternoon! My mum wanted me to have a rest when I got home instead of going out with friends, so that's why I didn't come to see you earlier."

Jojo leapt out the bucket at the bottom, and Natalie and Jojo hugged each other tightly. After several moments, they both pulled away and kissed each other. This was the moment they had both wanted for weeks. Jojo was taken back to his memory again of their first trip up to the observatory together.