Mike and Lu walked home after school.

"So, you wanna come over and help train for the Summer School Olympics?" Mike asked as they walked down the sidewalk together, it was her assignment to make sure Lu would get home okay.

"I dunno," Lu sighed. "What if I'm not that good...? Psychical Activity isn't my strong suit."

"You don't say," Mike rolled her eyes sarcastically. "Well, it might be good for ya. I can teach you and Og everything I know. Plus, we have to make sure the Nicktoons don't win the school cup."

Lu sighed a bit. "Can't we play 'Coconuts'? I'm a whiz at that game."

"Yeah, cuz you cheat."

"I do not, you just dont' have island blood in able to win it!" Lu rolled her eyes. "I would never cheat!"

"I thought 'only royalty was allowed to cheat'."

Lu gave her the stink eye.

"Well, here we are," Mike said once they got to her house. "I'll see ya later, okay? I'll be at the soccer field if you need me." she grabbed her backpack tighter, about to walk off.

"'I'll be at the soccer field if you need me'," Lu mimicked Mike before going inside. "Mom? Dad? Hello?"

Wendell and Lula Belle looked to their daughter and smiled.

"Oh, there you are, our Little Lulu," Lula Belle smiled as she saw her daughter. "We heard you're going to compete in the Summer School Olympics."

"Geez, why don't they just send a carrying pigeon with a paper that says 'dork' on my forehead?" Lu scoffed.

"Now, Lu, we're very proud of you for doing this," Wendell smiled in true admiration for their daughter. "It might be good for you."

"I guess..." Lu sighed as she sat in between them on the couch. "I feel lame though."

"Maybe Mike could help coach you?" Lula Belle offered. "She's a brilliant girl and has such athleticism."

"Yeah, Mike plays baseball and football better than that Kevin boy from the cul-de-sac," Lu shrugged, but smiled to her parents. "Maybe I should go and see her."

"Only if you want to, dearest, we won't make you." Lula Belle promised.

Lu shrugged. "Maybe after dinner and tea."

"Oh, how marvelous!" Wendell smiled and clapped for her daughter's go-to attitude.

A little after dinner, Lu dressed in a green jersey with a white number zero on it and she even wore dark green shorts and had black and white sneakers. She looked like a true soccer player now. However, when she got to the field, Mike didn't seem to be there.

"Where is she?" Lu sighed. "She said she'd be here!"

"Heads up!" a voice called.

"Huh?" Lu turned and let out a scream as a soccer ball flew and hit her in the head, making her fall on the grass.

"Oh, my gosh!" a boy ran over to her. "Are you okay?"

"Ugh... I think so..." Lu sat up, rubbing her head, she then looked to the boy and seemed to blush. He had light brown skin with what looked like a scar on his right eye with some freckles, puffy black hair, chocolate-brown eyes, a black jacket with orange stripes and a red star on it, a yellow and orange striped shirt, a brown belt with a silver belt buckle with a T on it, blue jeans, and brown shoes.

"You had a nasty fall there," the boy said, helping her up. "Most people I know that play soccer use their heads a lot better... No offense."

"N-None taken," Lu smiled to him. "Uhh... I haven't seen you around school..."

"Me neither..." the boy said. "You must be homeschooled."

"No, I go to public school now with my friends, are you homeschooled?"

"No..."

The boy and girl started to wonder why they hadn't seen each other around before.

"Well, it's nice to meet you," Lu smiled. "Even if I haven't seen you before in my life."

The boy blushed with a smile. "The feeling's mutual."

"Tigre! Tigre!" a girl with blue hair, bright orange skin with darker blue eyes with red goggles, a white shirt with red stripes and skirt with black boots and studded black bracelets rushed over and panted. "There you are, dude! We have to practice, remember?"

"Oh, right," the boy nodded, then looked back to the new girl he met. "Sorry, I gotta go."

"Wait!" Lu cried at him as he ran with the blue-haired girl. "I have to know your name!"

The boy stopped and turned his head to look back at her. "My name is Manuel Pablo Guiterrez O'Brien Equiha Rivera... But you can call me Manny."

"Manny..." Lu smiled with red in her face from knowing her new crush's name. "My name's Lu."

The boy smiled. "I'll see ya later, okay?"

"Okay, nice meeting you!" Lu called.

Mike finally came over.

"There you are, you said you'd be here!" Lu nearly snapped at her.

"Sorry, Princess, I needed a water break," Mike said as she showed her water bottle, then drank it, clearing her throat. "Who were you talkin' to?"

"A lovely boy..." Lu sounded in love. "I haven't seen him around here before..."

Mike looked concerned. "Is he from Nickelodeon? You know what Weasel said... When I ended up there at the Nicktoons Summer Beach House, it was an accident, you might get in trouble!"

"Oh, he can't possibly be a Nicktoon, he's way too handsome and charming!"

"Hmm... Well okay, I love you like a sister, Lu, I don't wanna see you get hurt."

"Oh, I promise I won't..."

"Okay, guess you wanna soccer practice?" Mike asked, placing her ball down.

"Yeah..." Lu admitted sheepishly.

"All right, let's take it from the top." Mike said, determined as Eye of the Tiger came on in the background.