Whew! I'm on a roll with chapter 4 already! With the troubling events that had happened last chapter I'm going to tone the story down a bit, okay! In the upcoming week I will be posting a bunch of chapters for this story so I can get to finishing my second fanfic! I hope you enjoy!

Theresa took Cade to Whoopee World first. Cade and Theresa payed for tickets and when into the theme park. Cade was… confused. He didn't have a Whoopee World where he came from, but it seemed very popular. It's like a downsized version of Six Flags, but sillier.

"So, what kind of activities can we do here?" Cade asked.

"A lot! We can play one of the carnival games or ride a rollercoaster, but we can't be here too long. I have other places I want to show you!" Theresa answered.

Cade was nervous. Was he on a date? Cade decided if they weren't going to stay long; might as well ride the roller coaster.

"Um, Theresa, does that look safe to you?" Cade said criticizing the structural supports for the track.

"What?! Come on Cade, man up! I've ridden on this thing many times. I think we're good." Theresa said reassuringly.

Theresa went in front of cade to give their tickets to the guy in the booth. Just then there were floating marker arrows inside of Cades head pointing to Theresa. friendship is a weight the ninja cannot carry, said a floating text above the arrows. Cade clearly knew that this was from the Nomicon, or was it Randy sending this? Cade seemed upset at the message. He had finally made a friend, but the Nomicon, or Randy, had to mess it up for him.

"It's okay. I won't get into any trouble." Cade said out loud.

"Cade come on!" Theresa said while gesturing him to come and sit in the rollercoaster car with her.

Cade pushed back the invisible text and hopped into the seat. The bar moved down, securing them in. The mechanisms underneath the car whirred to life and moved them forward. Cade was surprisingly calm. He had ridden rollercoasters since he was in elementary school, so he was totally cool with this. The car went up and up until the top of the track was under them. WHOOSH! The rollercoaster rocketed down the track at the speed of a motorcycle. Cade had his hands up, but Theresa had he hands tightly wrapped around the safety bar. The ride was exhilarating, but quick. After the ride both Cade and Theresa had wobbly legs and dizzy vison, but otherwise okay. The had a quick snack and moved on to the next place, and the next place, and the next place, until they came to the Game Hole. They walked inside to see a busy arcade with kids and teens celebrating the weekend tradition. Not doing homework. Theresa had challenged Cade to a race on the arcade machine, Cade respectfully excepted the challenge but lost. And then they played the Grave Punchers game, Cade won that time, but lost when Theresa challenged him to a dance off on the dance machine. Cade was having a fun time after a rough week, which he deserved. After all the games they sat down and ate some nachos.

"Hey Cade," Theresa said, "What's your favorite color?"

"Light." Cade answered.

"Light isn't a color."

"No Theresa, light is all the colors! You just can't see them in actual light though."

"And where did you learn that?"

"Isaac Newton's biography."

"You read a biography?"

"That's not all. I've read entire two history text books and a surprisingly interesting graphic novel."

"What a nerd."

"I can't help it. Summer is boring when you have nothing to do!"

"What's your favorite food?"

"Um… I would have to say, fried ice cream."

"Fried ice cream?" said Theresa. She looked very puzzled. Cade guessed she didn't know you could fry ice cream.

"Yeah, it's quite a popular fried food. Especially because it's hard to make without it melting." Cade said with a grin.

"Cade. Do you think we can do this again?"

"What? Of course we can! You just have to ask."

"Cool."

Theresa looked to the floor as if she wanted to say something else. Cade stared for quite some time at her expression. It looked like… shy. Like he was the first few days of 10th grade.

"Is there something you would like to say?" Cade asked.

"Well. I had a crush on Randy ever since the beginning of high school, but I got over him after his death. And now… I think I should move on but," Theresa said with a pause.

"That would be like betrayal because you stop liking him due to his death?" Cade said.

"Why are you so smart?"

"I studied a lot of psychology and modern science when I was in middle school. It was my parent's decision."

"Smart and charismatic." Theresa said admiringly.

"So, that thing about moving on. You haven't perhaps had chosen somebody else to like now?"

"I'm still deciding on this one boy."

"Can you tell me who this boy is?"

"It depends. Do you like me back?"

"That depends. On nothing."

Theresa and Cade came closer together, almost at lip contact. Until she pulled away.

"Sorry Cade, but I don't kiss on my first date."

"So this was a date?"

"Well it wasn't at first."

"I respect your honesty."

"I respect your pleasantness."

"Shall we go home now?"

"Sure" said Theresa reassuring that the conversation was over.

Cade walked with Theresa to her house and called for a pick up at her address. Theresa walked up her porch and waited with Cade on the steps for his parents. When Cade's mom rolled down the street the two said their farewells and goodnights. Cade walked to the door of his car and waved goodbye to Theresa. He got in, said hi to his mom, and listened to his music.

"Fireflies" by Owl City played.

When Cade got home he opened up the Nomicon and shloomped in. Cade couldn't wait to tell Randy about the date with Theresa.

"Hey Randy!" Cade yelled.

"What's up?" Randy replied.

"I just had a date!"

"Really with who?"

"Theresa Fowler."

"WITH WHO!?"

"Theresa."

"But, wha… I wa… she wa…"

"Randy?"

"I can't believe this! She was my crush! I can't believe you just did that!"

"She was? She said she liked you too, until, you know…"

"DANG IT! I WAS THAT CLOSE TO BEING WITH FOWLER?!"

"I guess."

"I man! And now she's with you!? This is wonk!"

"No hard feelings?"

"Of course no hard feelings. It's not like I can win her back now!"

"Yeah, sorry…"

"Just… Ung. Whatever. We'll continue training tomorrow."

"Um, thanks?"

Randy made grumbled and sent Cade away. Cade felt happy still. He has a girlfriend and his gets Randy's half approval. But still, that one message, friendship is a weight the ninja cannot carry, kept popping up in his head. He forgot to ask Randy about it, but then again. Randy would've needed to see the date to send that particular message. But he didn't know about the date, so who sent the message?

"Nomicon?" Cade asked out loud. No response.

He guessed it was just his instinct reminding him about the lesson, but he decided to keep it to himself. The next day, Cade felt happy again. He got up, ate breakfast, begun his next lesson with Randy, and he spent the rest of the day in his room playing video games. Sunday was the exact same except he did his homework after the lesson. School was normal, well, as normal as a civil war can be. Shouts and fights here and then. Howard was still certain he would reveal the new Ninja, and a monster showed up. That last part wasn't to great though…