I do not own Arthur or any of its affiliates.
A/N : Personally, I watched Arthur for a long time, until I was eleven. I loved the show and every once in a while I will watch the new episodes. They rock!
Chapter 1 : Grade Four, New Beginnings
Arthur walked into the classroom he would be settling into for the next ten months and gasped at the decorations on the walls. Plastered on every window were stained glass pictures. The walls themselves were covered in artwork and were painted a lovely green spring colour. The desks were formed into a large circle and were painted red, to match the chairs which were a shade lighter. He had never seen a classroom so awesome. Mr. Ratburn's classroom last year had been dull, drab. He could tell this year with Ms. Rollins would be way better.
Francine walked up beside him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Wow. It's like someone ate bottles of paint and threw them up all over the room."
"Nice analogy, Francine. But I believe that this room has charisma, a nice feeling to it. Don't you, Buster?" chirped in Brain.
"Well it's ooooo – oh my god! SHE HAS A MINI SNACK BAR! I'm in heaven!"
It figures Buster would overlook all the beauty on the walls and look at the miniature vending machine Ms. Rollins had found. He looked at his friends Francine Frensky, Brain Powers, and Buster Baxter and realized how much more fun this year was going to be just being in their class. It was awesome having Buster back after he was gone for such a long time. The minute he had gotten back he, Buster, Francine and Brain had spent the whole night in their treehouse. It had unofficially become their headquarters.
Over the summer, without realizing it, the once close classmates had grown apart. In fact you could seperate them into several distinct groups. First, there were The Gang which was, of course, Brain, Francine, Buster and Arthur. Next came the Popular Girls who were led by (take a guess) Muffy, followed by Prunella and Jenna. When Muffy and Francine abruptly stopped being friends, Muffy invited Prunella and Jenna over, desperate for some girly social attention. In that one night, she "crossed them over" from their former selves into fashion drones. The three of them were often regarded as fashion 'gurus' and possibly even experts. After that came The Inseperables, the two couples who were all best friends. Sue Ellen and Binky, who had been an item for quite some time and George and Marina (Marina was Prunella's best friend until Prunella became the person that she is and since Marina spent a lot of time with Prunella's family she got to know George, a friend of the family. It just so happened that she transferred over to Elwood Elemtary and they were in the same class.). The other kids in their class were known as The Others because the gravitated towards each other when they didn't fit in to any other group. They had accepted it.
Ms. Collins strolled into the room with her large handbag. "Hello everyone! It's nice to see that you're all here and safe. Now, I believe that you learn best when you sit next to those that you will not argue with so feel free to take a seat wherever you like."
Arthur could tell. This was his year. He had waited so long for her. This was his year to ask Francine to be his girlfriend.