Moving right along towards this story!

Pretty soon, throughout the day, Lulu was pretty much the talk of PS 118. The girls have looked her over and mentioned her looks in comparison to Lila, and most boys were already questioning on how it was possible that Lila could have a sister like Lulu... and why she never mentioned her before now. When it came time for recess, most of the boys and the girls that were friends of Lila were gathered around her and her sister Lulu asking questions about their relationship.

"Well, it's ever so simple." Lila smiled. "You see, me and Lulu are twins."

"Twinsies!" Lulu giggled.

"Ever since birth." Lila smiled.

"But... we thought your only living family was your father." Rhonda said, turning to Lila.

"Living family? What do you mean?" Lila asked.

"Well, I don't know, it's just... well, we've never seen your mom, and you never talk about her, so most of us assumed that..." Rhonda started.

Lila only laughed. "Oh, no, no, no, Rhonda, my mother isn't dead. She never was. Actually, my father and mother got divorced when we were very young."

"Divorced?" Stinky asked. "Well, I'll be danged. We never would have guessed."

"Sorry to hear about that." Sheena said.

"It's all right. Like I said, we were very young." Lila explained. "But with the divorce, it meant that we couldn't see each other as much... and as part of the divorce..."

"Our parents took one child to raise. My mother decided to raise me, and my father raised Lila." Lulu explained. "Don't get me wrong, our parents still loved us, but they just couldn't stand to be around each other. I mean, Lila is still allowed to visit me and mom, and I'm allowed to visit my twin and Dad... we just couldn't quite be in the same place together."

"Wow..." Everyone said in amazement.

"But enough about our family. I know Lila loves to tell you stories about her time in the country... but if it's all right with you, Lila, I'd like to share a few stories from my times in my home!" Lulu giggled.

"By all means, go right ahead!" Lila smiled. "I've yet to hear just how wonderful life in your home is!"

"Oh, you!" Lulu giggled as she started to share stories about her life in her home country.

Unknown to the gathering crowd, Helga was looking from a corner, sneering at the sight.

"I cannot BELIEVE this! Two Lilas... in the same place! How am I able to stay sane after that!" Helga groaned as she backed away... then sighed as she pulled out a locket containing a picture of Arnold inside. "At least looking at you, my sweet cornflower haired angel, soothes me..."

Helga gave a warm sigh... before hearing some breathing behind her back. Helga sighed, not bothering to turn around, used her feet to kick down the garbage can behind her, and pushed it aside, rolling Brainy out of there. "I swear, that kid is everywhere these days..."

Back with the crowd, everyone was pretty impressed as Lulu finished her story, "And when we got to the swimming hole, when Fifi asked me whether the water was hot or cold... all of a sudden, as if out of nowhere, Rhoda splashed down on the both of us... and said 'Feels warm to me!'"

Everyone gave some slight chuckles as Lulu giggled. "Yeah, sometimes, my friends can be pretty riley... you know, some of them almost looked like you guys, in a way..."

Everyone looked at each other as Harold asked, "In what regard?"

"Well... there are a few of my friends that have similar personalities, but some that are... well, different." Lulu giggled as the bell started to ring. "Oh, is that the bell already?"

Everyone started talking as most of them started to head in, Lulu looking at Lila. "How am I doing?"

"Oh, Lulu, I think you are ever so wonderful! You're already making a lot of friends! I think by the end of our first week, you'll be able to fit in our group just fine!" Lila said as she gathered her books.

Lulu gave a giggle as she got up... but not before something glimpsed her eye. She noticed the familiar football headed, blonde haired kid in the green shirt, blue jeans and a red long sleeved shirt walking inside the school. "Hey, Lila... do you know that kid over there?"

Lila paused as she looked up to see Arnold and Gerald walking in. "Which kid?"

"The blonde haired one." Lulu said, pointing over to the boy.

Lila blinked, before sighing. "Oh... yeah, that's Arnold."

"Arnold, huh? Sounds like a nice name for a kid." Lulu smiled.

"Oh, you have no idea. You see, Arnold has a history about himself." Lila said.

Lulu looked over towards Lila, interested. "What type of history?"

"Well, from what I've heard from the others, he's always a very nice kid. He's always a do-er, and he always helps people at the right times." Lila explained. "He helped someone get brave enough to leave someone's home once."

"Really?" Lulu raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, yes. He's also pretty adventurous as well. I heard he went to some place called Elk Island at least three times. First time was to find treasure, second time was for a war re-enactment, and the third time was to try to get an interview with an author for a book report." Lila explained.

"Wow..." Lulu said. "So, is he dating anybody?"

"Well... I have dated him for a while..." Lila explained, causing Lulu's eyes to widened. "But that was all due to a misunderstanding on my end. You see, I discovered some writing on a brick wall in an alleyway that said 'Arnold Loves Lila', and when I decided to give it a shot, he didn't tell me that it wasn't him until at least about a few days later. In retrospect, I guess I should have listened, but I was under the impression that he liked liked me. And when we broke it off, I thought long and hard about it and well, we went our separate ways... sort of."

"So, you're saying he's single?" Lulu gave a smirk.

"Well, yes, technically speaking, but..." Lila started.

"Hey, that's all I need to know. Lila, you have to introduce me to Arnold!" Lulu smiled. "From what you're telling me, he seems to be a very... VERY big deal."

Lila paused as she tapped her foot. She was hoping to avoid meeting Arnold for the rest of the day, knowing that he still had a crush on her. But she knew it would be difficult, knowing that Lulu was pretty insistent on meeting Arnold. She groaned from inside her head. But to be polite, she knew she would have to introduce her sister to Arnold... the boy who liked-liked her... the boy who has a crush o-

Lila's eyes widened in shock as she looked towards Lulu, suddenly realizing an opportunity. She put a hand on her chin in thought, hatching an idea. "Certainly, Lulu, I would LOVE to introduce you to Arnold. Why don't we make arrangements for after school?"

Lulu gave a slight frown, but still held on to her smile. "After school sounds good."

"Great! I'm sure he'll love to meet my lovely sister!" Lila giggled. "Oh, this is going to be a wonderful meet-up!"

"I'm sure it will be." Lulu giggled as her mind was set on other things involving Arnold. "I wonder just how 'big' he really is..."

That's it for now! Until next time!