A/N: This is my first fanfiction for Recess. Spinelli and TJ are a little bit older in this. I hope you like my story :)
Spinelli's parents were on one of their missions and had left Spinelli alone at home. They had told their daughter about their double life a while ago so she wouldn't be surprised or worried when her parents sometimes left in the middle of the night.
This evening her parents had left at nine o'clock and had just called her to say that they would stay at an hotel, because they couldn't come back home at the moment due to the thunder-storm. Flo Spinelli was really worried about leaving her daughter alone for the night, but Spinelli tried to convince her through the phone that she would be fine. However Mrs. Spinelli called TJ's mother behind Spinelli's back anyway.
Right after getting off the phone with Flo Spinelli, Mrs. Detweiler called Spinelli and asked her if she would like to stay over for the night, but Spinelli declined.
After Mrs. Detweiler gave up on convincing Spinelli,she passed the receiver to TJ in hope that he would get Spinelli to agree.
"Hey Spin, what's up?" TJ asked.
"Hey, nothing much. My parents must stay at some hotel for the night due to the thunder-storm."
"Oh...Are you sure that you will be okay alone?" TJ asked a little worried.
"Not you too, TJ." Spinelli said slightly annoyed.
"Okay okay I know that you can look after yourself. You proved that more than onc-"
TJ's sentence was cut off by a loud clap of thunder. TJ heard Spinelli gasp in fear on the other end of the phone. This wasn't like her at all.
"Spin are you okay?"
"Yeah yeah everything is fine." Spinelli tried to laugh it off, but TJ could hear how her voice trembled.
"Okay if you say so..." TJ said, unsure how he should react.
"Good night then. Tell your mom thanks for caring."
"Will do. Night Spin."
When TJ hung up he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with his best friend.
'Was that fear in her voice? No, that can't be, it is Spinelli we are talking about...but still something wasn't right. Maybe I should check on her to make sure she is really okay.' TJ concluded and searched for his mom to tell her what he wanted to do.
"Mom it is okay if I stay at Spinelli's for the night?" He asked when he found his mom in the kitchen.
Mrs. Detweiler smiled at her son. She knew that TJ cared deeply for Spinelli.
"Of course dear. It's so sweet that you care so much for her and I support that you want to help her." Mrs. Detweiler teased.
"Mom! She is my best friend of course I care about her." TJ blushed slightly.
"Okay whatever you say, but take an umbrella with you it's raining really heavy outside."
TJ took an umbrella and made his way over to Spinelli's house.
After Spinelli had ended her phone call with TJ, she went to her room and sat down on her bed. Suddenly she heard another clap of thunder and couldn't help but flinch up on hearing it. This was her most guarded secret.
The great fearless Spinelli was afraid of thunder-storms. Nobody knew this and she would like to keep it that way. That was the reason why she hadn't said anything to TJ. She could only hope that he hadn't heard the fear in her voice over the phone after the first clap of thunder.
Secretly she wished that TJ was here with her at the moment. She held deep feelings for him for a while now, but never wanted him to find out. Besides that she was sure that he didn't return her feeling, she was afraid that after today he would know her secret and laugh at her because of it.
Suddenly the doorbell rang and Spinelli went downstairs to look out of the window to see who was there. When she saw that it was TJ she was surprised but happy, so she opened the door without hesitation.
"TJ what are you doing here?" She was trying to hide her relief about not being alone anymore, but it was obvious how she felt.
A/N: That's it for the first chapter. Please review and tell me what you think about my story and if I should continue. Thanks :)