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As soon as school was out for Tucker, he immediately sighed in relief. Freedom at last... now, to focus on some practice.

He started jogging up until he saw the basketball court outside. Smiling, he started to practice some hoops as he smiled. By now, he was getting pretty better at basketball. If only...

Tucker smiled as he decided to try some free throws. A long while back, Tucker had never been good at throwing free throw shots, but thanks to a little help from Arnold, which even he at first could not admit to his father until much later, he became pretty good. Tucker then jumped in the air as he made a free throw shot. Tucker nodded. It felt good.

Around the same time Tucker was throwing the basketballs, Arnold was seen skateboarding around, just traversing the town when he looked up at the basketball court and noticed a face he hadn't seen for... well, quite a while.

"Tucker?" Arnold said in surprise as he went in.

Tucker stopped for a moment as he turned, and smiled. "Oh, hello Arnold. It's been quite a while since we've last met."

"It has." Arnold said as he put his skateboard aside. "In fact, I've hardly seen you around PS 118 these days."

"Oh, well, my dad and mom were constantly moving around in apartments, so I had to transfer to a couple of schools." Tucker explained. "Since you're here, Arnold, would you mind a little round of basketball? Just for practice?"

"I can take a few minutes to play, sure." Arnold said as Tucker handed Arnold the basketball.

As they were playing, Arnold started to talk, "So, Tucker, has the move affected anything?"

"Well, aside from being transferred to a different school, not exactly." Tucker said. "I've been doing pretty good in my studies... and at my training sports sections. Mom and Dad are pretty proud of what I do, and I keep up pretty good."

"Yeah, I haven't seen you at all since the basketball season was over." Arnold said. "So, I'm glad you weren't too hurt by the move."

"Yeah..." Tucker sighed. "Dad and Mom can often get into the craziest things... did you know that Dad and Mom decided to have a second wedding? I'm glad they got back together, really."

"Yeah... I was your father's best man at that wedding." Arnold chuckled.

"Shame I couldn't make that. You know how Mom and Dad can be, a little rough, but they do mean well." Tucker said.

Arnold observed Tucker as he seemed to be throwing free throws. "Something else on your mind?"

"Well... yeah, I guess you can say that." Tucker said as he threw another free throw. "Just the other day, I met this girl who seems to like a few things as me... and I think she's really cute."

Arnold raised an eyebrow. "Oh? You have a bit of a crush on someone?"

"You might say that..." Tucker said. "I think she's really pretty... her blonde hair, her unusual hair style, her outlook on life, and she's a very good competitor. Her name is Nadine."

Arnold raised an eyebrow. "Nadine... her hairstyle, does it look like a spider-like hairstyle?"

"Yep." Tucker nodded. "How did you guess... oh, wait, she must attend the same school as you!"

"She does." Arnold said. "I talk to her a few times, but she's mostly there with another friend I'm mostly acquainted with."

"Well, let me explain how my first day meeting Nadine went." Tucker said as Arnold threw another basket.

A little later, over at Nadine's house, Rhonda groaned as she was getting the red bow off her face.

"This is why I don't come to your house, Nadine!" Rhonda muttered as she threw the red bow aside.

"Come on, Rhonda. So my parents are a little eccentric." Nadine shrugged. "Anyway, why did you want to come here? You said you hated to come in the same room as my pet tarantula."

Rhonda looked towards the cage where Nadine's pet tarantula was and shuddered before turning to Nadine. "Look, I know you have this thing for Tucker, for some weird reason. I mean, seriously, what kind of girl has a crush on a boy at age nine?"

Over at Phoebe's house, where Helga and Phoebe were doing homework, Helga started sneezing once again as Phoebe took out a handkerchief and gave it to Helga. Phoebe sighed. "Helga, you really need some rest..."

"Phoebe, I can fight the cold, it's fine." Helga said. "I just don't get why I keep sneezing at random points."

"Well, whatever the reason, I think it's really sweet you're trying to help me with my hook-up with Tucker." Nadine said.

"Indeed..." Rhonda smiled. "First thing we should do, lose the hairstyle. Boys often like girls with different hairstyles."

Nadine frowned. "What's wrong with my spider-hair? Tucker seemed to like it..."

"Boys often like girls with new looks..." Rhonda explained. "Take the clips off and let your hair down... I think that'll be a perfect start."

"But-" Nadine started to protest, but frowned as she started to take off all the hair clips that held up her spider hair-style, causing the blonde outlets to fall to her neck.

Rhonda gasped as she pulled out a mirror. "Nadine... you're beautiful already."

"I look like a girl with blonde curly hair, aiming downwards!" Nadine complained as she looked at it.

"Trust me, you'll get used to it overtime." Rhonda said as she examined Nadine's clothes. "Now, let's talk about your wardrobe."

"And that's basically the whole story." Tucker said as he and Arnold were now sitting on a bench, Tucker wrapping up his story about his first adventure with Nadine. "Nadine is, like, the first girl that I was ever interested in. She has pretty hair, a cute smile, and even though she may be a bit dazed, she's infected my brain and heart."

Arnold stared in shock as he said, "That's quite a story, Tucker..."

"Yeah..." Tucker said. "We're going to meet again on Friday at Slausen's, so I'm eager to meet her again."

Arnold smiled. "Hey, Tucker, I don't think you need to be nervous. I went on a few dates a couple of times... granted, most of them either went wrong or I just was not interested in the girl I was dating... but I never gave up my true intent... trying to make the girl I like happy. I hope it goes the same for you as well."

Tucker smiled as he looked up to Arnold. "Thanks, Arnold. I'll try."

"I better get back to my home. Good luck with you and Nadine." Arnold said as he took his skateboard and skateboarded off.

Tucker nodded as he waved good-bye to Arnold and smiled. After that talk with Arnold, he felt more confident than ever to meet up with Nadine... hmmm... maybe he can meet her again, sooner than Friday.

Tucker smirked. He was planning on it already!

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