The Eds and Brianna got a burger with fries and a small salad for Cindy as a way to welcome her into town.
"So, when do you start school?" Double D asked.
"Next week." Cindy replied with a smile, forgetting about Jo and Kevin for right now.
A fan girl rushed in the diner, squealing. "OMG Mike Mavinsky is coming in!"
Cindy blinked as she swallowed a bite of her salad, eating the healthy foods first.
"Oh, Mike's coming!" Eddy smiled.
"Who's he?" Cindy asked.
"She actually." Double D corrected.
"Here we go..." Jo sighed, but smiled.
Ashlyn blushed. "Oh, my God, I think I'm going to faint."
Brianna saw Mike coming and turned to see the new girl in town blushing. "Whoa, Cindy."
Mike walked in. "Pops...?"
"I'll get it, Mike." Pops already knew what the next customer wanted without even having to ask.
"Hi, Mike." the Eds greeted with smiles.
Ashlyn blushed a little. "Hey, Mike."
Cindy blushed, unable to speak.
"Cindy, are you okay?" Justine nudged her slightly.
"Funny in my tummy..." Cindy looked at them. "Like when I saw Zac from my hometown..."
"Hey, Ashyln, sup, Brianna, how's it hanging, Jo and Justine, hey, guys," Mike greeted everyone wth smile, then noticed Cindy. "Hey, kid..."
"Uh, hi..." Cindy wasn't aware she was crushing due to being a little kid and knew nothing about love, but she had a crush on a slightly older boy from her old neighborhood.
Ashlyn ate her burger, but choked on a piece of meat. Mike went to talk with the Eds, telling Double D and Ed to be very nice to and take very good care of Dee Dee and June.
"So, who is that?" Cindy asked the people who seemed to know the slightly older tomboy.
"Guys, Ashlyn is choking." Brianna noticed her best friend in trouble.
Jo wasn't sure what to do, but she slapped Ashlyn on the back, making her cough up the food she choked on.
Cindy blinked. "That was a little aggressive... Wonder what you'd do if she had an open wound..." she murmured, returning to her salad.
Ashlyn coughed, but was better now. "Thanks man, but next time, not so rough."
"Sorry, it's the only way I know how." Jo said, honestly apologetic.
"So who's Mike?" Cindy asked aloud in order to be heard, even if she was one of the 'little kids' here.
"Well, umm..." Ashlyn stuttered slightly. "Tell her, Jo."
Mike couldn't hear the others as she was talking with her best friends the Eds.
Jo watched this, then looked back to Cindy. "Mike is a very interesting person..."
"So, who is he?" Cindy asked.
"She, Mike's a girl." Jo corrected.
"Why's she named Mike then?" Cindy sounded confused.
"It's her nickname," Jo explained, deciding not to give out Mike's birth name. "She's a very amazing person in Cartoon Network City School. She's on a lot of sports teams and she's really smart, always willing to look out for her friends and can't stand her enemies."
Cindy noticed that Mike wore her hair short and wore a red-hooded jacket with blue jeans and black and white sneakers. She thought maybe Mike was an extreme tomboy like Jo then.
"She's really cool and I suppose Abby told you about the cul de-sac-kids?" Justine smiled.
"Yeah, you do not want to hang around with them," Ashlyn advised. "They think they're popular, but they're not."
"I don't know them..." Cindy said.
"A lot of them bother those three." Duncan said, pointing to the Eds.
"Why?" Cindy asked.
"We don't know, Cindy... We don't know..." Justine said softly.
"So, umm... Justine, is it?" Cindy looked to the beautiful girl. "Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"Yes, I have a twin brother named Justin," the older girl said. "Maybe you saw him on Total Drama Island?"
Cindy blinked. "What's that?" she asked, making the others flip out and ask her how she's never heard of that.
"YOU NEVER HEARD OF TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND!?" Ashlyn nearly shrieked.
"My mother says shows like that are too violent for my young and impressionable mind..." Cindy answered sheepishly, rubbing her arm.
"Ash, chill..." Jo said to Ashlyn.
Cindy kept eating her salad after putting the fries in them, then finished and started to eat her burger.
"Is it good?" Pops asked her with a friendly smile.
"Uh-huh," Cindy smiled. "Thank you, sir."
"It's weird and I think it's a curse, but boys keep staring at me lovingly... Watch." Justine said as she went to a couple of boys and winked at them.
The boys chuckled to Justine, but actually didn't bother her.
"At least you're pretty," Cindy said as she neatly cleaned up after herself. "I'm not pretty at all... My smile makes mirrors break and babies cry..."
"And it looks like Jo is getting jealous." Eddy stated.
"What did I say?" Cindy asked, a little nervous.
A jock boy wolf-whistled to Justine. "Hey, sexy, what's your beautiful face doing here?"
"Yeah." the jock's friend added.
"Um, no thanks, I'm fine right here..." Justine smiled apologetically.
Jo was being held back by Mike and the Eds.
"Jo, stop it..." Mike whispered as she kept a firm hold on Jo.
The jock boy and his friend saw Jo.
"Wow, hey, man," the jock said to the jockette, but of course, mistook her as the opposite sex. "What're you doing here with these hotties?"
"That's the dude Lightning told us about." the jock's friend replied.
Jo growled, she was really tired about that mistake. "Let the lady go, she's neither of yours..." she glowered, not even bothering to correct them.
"Why is she yours?" the jock boy asked.
"Yeah, if you want a girl to love ya, why don't you go to your mommy and ask her to make you a baloney sandwich?" Jo snorted.
"Oh, real mature, dude," the jock boy scoffed. "At least I'm not a freak like you."
Cindy walked over. "Excuse me, sir, but you might want to back up... Bullying isn't nice and it gets you nowhere in life... So, if you don't mind, we'll be on our way..."
"Who the heck's this cream puff!?" the jock's friend asked, not recognizing Cindy, but found her to be very preachy.
"I don't know, I think there's another loser like Hunter said." the jock boy shrugged.
"So, if you don't mind... I'd like my first day in this city to be a good experience... And we can all become friends, right?" Cindy smiled warmly, not knowing who she was dealing with.
"Umm... NO!" the jock and his friend said together in unison.
The jock boy looked to Jo. "You better calm that mutt down."
"Cindy, I'm gonna play soccer with the Eds, June, and Deed, why don't you come with?" Mike offered to the young girl.
"Oh, I don't know, I'm not that good at sports..." Cindy looked delicate now.
"Neither am I, but I learned to enjoy it." Double D smiled to her.
Cindy looked nervous still. "Well... Okay, I could make some new friends."
"And you're gonna see Courage," Brianna smiled. "He's the most cutest dog ever!"
"Yeah." Ashlyn smiled, she thought Courage was cute too, but wasn't as mushy over animals like her friend was.
The jock boy gestured to Justine. "At least we're alone with the babe."
