Arthur drove himself home shortly after Vivi left and after he went back to get the books she forgot. He pulled out his cell phone and called her. "Hey, you wanna come over and get your stuff you forgot back at the school? I picked it up for you." Vivi was surprised. "Oh, yeah of course! I didn't even remember leaving much back there. Thank you so much! I'll be over soon." Arthur tossed his phone on his bed and waited for Vivi to show up.

Arthur noticed a picture of him and Vivi when they were little on his nightstand. It was when they were in elementary school, and Vivi had her little ghost blanket that she carried around everywhere. He smiled as he remembered the good memories they had back then. "Oh how times have changed. Vivi's grown so much now. We're both so different. It's crazy." His thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. "I'll get it mom!" He raced over to the front door and saw Vivi. She smiled at him. "Hey Arthur! I'm here for my stuff. Well, of course I am. You told me you had it, so that's why-" Arthur interrupted her. "I know Viv, come on." He laughed as he led her to his room. He handed a pile of books to his friend. "Here you go!" Vivi set them down by his door.

Arthur excitedly rushed over to Vivi with the picture of them that he noticed earlier. "Check this out, V! We had to have been in third grade or so. Crazy, huh?" Vivi smiled as she took the photo from him and looked at it, as if she was remembering everything for the first time. "Wow… Times sure have changed, haven't they?" Arthur agreed. "Yeah, it's crazy how we're all grown up now. Like I can't believe it. We're moving on to the next chapter of our LIVES. This is all insane, it's totally insane." He put his hands on his head. "What am I gonna do? What if we… What if we never see each other again? I don't know if I… I mean… I can't-" Vivi grabbed Arthur's shoulders.

"Calm down!" Vivi was laughing. "Of course we'll see each other again! I don't know how I could go so long without seeing you. You're my best friend!" She hugged him, trying to calm him down. "Don't worry!" Vivi gathered up her books and walked with Arthur towards the front door. "Just try to have fun okay?"Arthur waved nervously. "Yeah," he called out. Vivi waved back and closed the door. "Have fun! I will!" He laughed and pointed towards the door. "Sure will!" Arthur's mom smiled and crossed her arms as she stood behind him. "Who're you talking to?"

Arthur suddenly noticed his mom behind him. "Uhh, Vivi came to get her stuff she left at school. Yeah. Umm…" He put his hand behind his neck. "How long have you uhh… Been standing there?" He looked down at the floor. His mom laughed. "Long enough." She started back towards the living room. "So did you ever decide what you want for your birthday? It's pretty soon! You haven't told me anything and your grandparents are freaking out because… God you know how they can be sometimes." She put her face in her hands. "And if it's something big that's fine, but I need to know soon so I can order it, and you need to tell Vivi too. I know she really likes to get you something special like she does every year and especially this year since it's your 18th birthday, and…" She looked surprised. "Oh my god, my baby's turning 18!" She hugged her son, almost in tears.

"Mom calm down! I'll tell you soon enough. I've been so busy. And as for Vivi, she always knows exactly what to get me." He crossed his arms. "I can trust her with that." As Arthur was walking away, his mom called out, "Yeah, I know. So… are you ever going to date that girl? You guys have been friends for years." Arthur looked at her, confused. "What? Mom we're friends. It'd be weird." His mom shrugged and went back upstairs to her room.

"Besides," Arthur said quietly. "I doubt she even knows I like her that way."


The next day, Arthur got to school a little earlier than usual. Luckily for him it was Friday, so he braced himself for one more day.

Come on Arthur, pull yourself together. He could see the same group of guys that always bullied him by the edge of the school. As he walked towards them, he whispered to himself, "Just one more day, just one more day, just one more day." The bullies immediately noticed Arthur and surrounded him, out of sight of many of the other students that were arriving. One of them pushed Arthur towards a wall. "You psyching yourself up, little man? Well your little blue girl friend isn't here to help you today, punk." Arthur put his hand to his cheek and felt blood running down his face. He thought to himself, Why doesn't anyone help me? This happens EVERY SINGLE DAY. He was brought back to reality when he felt hard kicks and hits to his side. He folded his arms over his head to protect himself. In fact, he did such a good job that he didn't even notice the unfamiliar voice when they stopped.

"You guys need to stop now," the voice said.


I'm sure you guys can guess who that "unfamiliar voice" belongs to! ;D

Also, I'm really bad at writing about people going to school and getting into fights so it might sound a bit cheesy... But I don't know.

Get ready for APPROACHING FEELS!