A.N. Once again YouTube got me into a show, this time Flying Rhino Junior High. While I was watching some of the episodes I noticed a possible pairing and decided to write a story about it. My friend Keezree from YouTube helped me with some details.

Around a year had passed, and it was now getting close to graduation time for Billy O'Toole, Lydia Lopez, Ruby and Marcus Snarkus, and others who were in grade nine. One day Billy was walking to school, when he froze. Lydia was walking towards the school from the opposite direction. Now you might think that not much had changed during the past year, but you would be wrong. Billy had gotten more into sports than ever before and showed it off frequently with a baseball themed cap and shirt. Lydia stopped wearing pigtails or ponytails, now had her hair loose in a short cut, and had her braces removed. Ruby still wore frilly dresses, but now had her hair in a bun, trying to look more grown up (since she was trying to get acting jobs despite still being in school). Marcus was the only one who hadn't changed much, he only grew a little taller. He was also thinking of switching to contacts once he entered high school, so he wouldn't have to worry about his glasses getting broken or lost.

But the biggest change was the fact that Billy had developed feelings for Lydia. It happened a few months ago, and caught him off guard once he figured out what was happening. He never told anyone, since he was trying to work things out, such as how it was going to affect his friendship with Ruby and Marcus as well as Lydia. Billy didn't know if Ruby and Marcus would accept him and Lydia ending up together, but he did know that he was going to have to tell them about his feelings before he told Lydia. If they weren't okay with it then that settled it, he wouldn't tell Lydia. But if they did...actually, he was more scared of telling Lydia than not telling her, but he did love her enough to hope that his two other friends would accept their relationship. This created quite an emotional conflict for him.

Suddenly, someone put a hand on Billy's shoulder, startling him. He had been so busy gazing at Lydia that he forgot that there were other people there. He turned, and saw that the hand belonged to Marcus.

"Are you okay Billy?" Marcus asked.

"Yeah, I was just lost in thought." Billy quickly looked over to where he last saw Lydia.

Lydia was still there, and thankfully hadn't noticed him staring at her since she and Ruby were too busy talking about what they were going to wear to graduation. Silly, really, since their gowns would cover almost everything.

"What were you thinking about?" Marcus asked.

Billy decided it was time to tell Marcus the truth.

"About my feelings for Lydia, I fell in love with her a few months ago." Billy admitted.

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Marcus asked, looking confused and surprised but fortunately not angry or disgusted.

"I was busy trying to figure things out." Billy shrugged. "I hope it will be okay with you and Ruby, I don't want to harm our friendship."

"Well it's okay with me, I don't know about Ruby." Marcus smiled. "She might be okay with it, though maybe a little jealous that Lydia got a boyfriend before her."

Billy chuckled.

"You should tell Lydia as soon as possible." Marcus added.

"I will, just not today I want to get Ruby's insight first."

"Good idea."

The bell rang. Ruby and Lydia were already inside so Billy and Marcus ran to catch up with them. Except when they actually got inside of course.

Now, even though they were in a different grade they did get a few of the last year's teachers along with some new teachers. The teachers in that school taught all the grades, they just had different lesson plans for them.

Eventually lunch came, and the four friends sat at the same table as usual. Billy sat across from Lydia, since he worried that sitting next to her would cause his feelings to be revealed.

"You know guys, after we graduate there might not be anyone else who could stop The Phantom's plans like we have been doing." Marcus pointed out.

"Marcus is right, we should come up with a way to stop The Phantom permanently." Lydia agreed.

"But how?" Ruby asked.

The bell rang.

"We'll discuss this after school." Billy said.

They got up, tossed the remains of their lunch into the garbage (or recycling, depending on the item), and headed to their next class.

Unfortunately, The Phantom had been spying on them at that moment.

"What?" He gasped. "They're plotting to get rid of me?"

"Oh dear, that's not good for you." Ratticus said worriedly.

"Well no kidding!" The Phantom snapped back. "I'll just have to beat them to it. Before they graduate, I'm going to get rid of them...permanently." He finished menacingly, ending with an evil laugh.