The days of summer passed by quickly, and I saw neither hide nor hair of Fanboy or Chum Chum. Until we started school, I had even forgotten what they looked like! The day summer ended, everyone was excited about their new homerooms and classes. I hoped my new teacher, Mr. Mufflin, would be nice enough. When I got into my homeroom, almost everybody had taken their seats next to their old freinds, so I felt kind of out of place. Chum Chum waved me over to a desk in the middle of his and Fanboy's, which was the only one open.

"Hi! We haven't officially met, so my name's Chum Chum, and this is Fanboy," he said. Fanboy smiled a warm, buck-toothed grin that made me fuzzy with delight and joy.

"Hi. I'm Destiny, Destiny Fable." Fanboy seemed to remember something suddenly, and he reached inside his desk and produced a strange, Dr. Seuss-like plant, native to this place.

"We got you some "Welcome to the School" Mysenhopple!" he said, and thrust it onto my desk. I laughed.

"Thanks guys! And,you didn't have to do this for me," I said bashfully.

"I'm just the new girl!"

Kyle, sitting one desk in front of me, put in his two cents."You're not just a new girl! You're the new- OOOPS! Sorry, almost blew your cover." He grimaced and turned around. Fanboy and Chum Chum looked at each other, shrugged, and faced Mr. Mufflin, who had just walked in. By the looks of him, I could tell that this year would most certainly NOT be one of the best. Even his voice was monotone and unexciting. The two boys seemed unfazed by how amazingly boring this guy was. They just sat through his lectures, dozing off, throwing spitballs, and doing the same general stuff I and everyone else was doing. On and on Mr. BOOORING! went. I laid my head on my desk and just waited for the day to be over.

When the longest week of my life finally ended, I walked out of school dancing. Now it was spring break, and I had plans with my three BFFs to make it the best spring break I ever had. As I looked back on the past months, I realized that the world had seemed so much brighter since I met Kyle, Fanboy, and Chum Chum. While I was thinking, Fanboy snuck up behind me and gave me a tackle hug.

"Hey Fanboy!" I said giggling.

"Where's Chum Chum?" He blushed and grinned at the ground.

"I was wondering, while Chum Chum's out of town tomorrow and the next day, if you'd like to, um, spend the night at my place?" Chum Chum was going to a family reunion in another town, and Fanboy was going to be all alone in that big tree house. I had to say yes.

"Uh, sure," I consented. He gave me that smile I loved so much. Watching him run away to tell the other two, I felt something jump inside my chest that was definitely not just my heart failing. Was I falling for that kooky kid? Maybe, who knew? But... See, the thing was, I wasn't supposed to love anyone but my charge, Kyle, and although I did have a bit of a crush on him, he just wasn't Fanboy. I was still confused by the time Saturday came around, and even more confused as to what I should do about it as I climbed up the ladder that led to the Fanlair, dragging my tote bag behind me. I bit my lip and knocked on the large Fanboy-shaped door. It was thrown open and I was thrown back as the gangly tween squeezed the air out of me.

"Hi, Dessie! Ready to have the best weekend EVER?" he exclaimed.

"Yeah! Hey, where did that wall go?" I asked warily.

"Oh, I'm just constructing a door for you so you can come in whenever you want!" I laughed.

"Aww, that's really sweet of you. Hey, can I put this down somewhere? It's really heavy," I said. As we busied ourselves with pleasantries and the like, I noticed someone was coming up the ladder. Someone big.

"Hiya, dweebs," said Boog. I groaned inwardly. I mean, come on! How was I supposed to do anything fun with this guy always hanging over my head? A while back, Boog and I had gotten into a bit of a fight and he just couldn't bear to let go of the fact that I won.

"What do you want, Boog? I'm trying to spend time with my friend. Can't you just let it go?"

He said nothing. All of a sudden he punched both of us and I blacked out.