Time for another brand spanking new chapter!

The next day, Lulu was happily humming to herself as she was packing her backpack, including a couple changes of clothes and a few books. As Lulu hummed to herself, Lila came in, a little better than before as she smiled, "Well, well, looks like one of us is getting ever so eager."

"Oh, Lila, I can't help myself... I mean... it's my first sleepover with a boy. To be honest, I'm oh so nervous." Lulu said shyly. She then thought to herself, "Well, not really. I'm wearing my favorite blue and green striped panties. That'll sure grab my man's attention."

"Oh, don't be nervous, Lulu." Lila said, assuring her. "Yes, I will admit, it's a bold move to have a sleepover, but I'm sure you'll have fun together. Who knows? Maybe you two will become... an item?"

"Oh gosh, do you truly think so?" Lulu asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh, I do oh so know so!" Lila said that odd tongue twister. "Just tell me how everything goes tonight!"

Lulu giggled as she pulled out a rolled up sleeping bag. "If everything does go well, I'll be sure to let you know first and foremost."

"Oh goody!" Lila smiled as she started to go to the restroom. As soon as she was sure Lila was gone, Lulu smirked sinisterly as she ran over to Lila's bedroom and shoved the sleeping bag under her bed.

"Won't be needing you tonight!" Lulu smirked as she left the room quickly. Unknown to her, the sleeping bag started to unroll a bit as part of it stuck out. And nobody would have noticed it... at least, not until an hour or so later after Lulu left.

Lulu smiled as she got her backpack as she looked up at her father. "I'm ready to go, Daddy!"

Mr. Sawyer smiled as he gave a nod. "Okay, Lulu, I'm going to drop you off at your new friend's house. Lila, you sure you don't want to come?"

"No thank you." Lila said as she came out of the restroom. "I was planning on doing something else tonight anyway... I do oh so want to prepare for the Tony Awards tonight."

"Is that tonight?" Lulu gasped. "Well, I'll be sure to talk to Arnold and maybe we'll catch a few minutes of viewing it."

Lila giggled as she said, "Have a good night. Give me a call tomorrow morning and let me know how it went!"

"I will! Thank you!" Lulu said as she followed her father outside.

Unknown to anybody else, Helga had just appeared walking to Lila's home as she checked her watch. "Okay, a little early, but I think I got it! No doubt Lulu is preparing right now!"

Helga then noticed the door opening. Helga yelped as she dived inside a bush and peeked out... only to sigh in relief to see that it was only Lila's father and Lila's twin sister, the latter carrying a backpack as they were heading for the car.

"Have you got everything you need?" Mr. Sawyer asked as he and Lulu were getting into the car.

"Of course. I got a few books, a couple changes of cloth-" That was all Helga heard from Lulu before Lulu shut the door. Helga blinked... then snapped her fingers.

"Must be taking Lulu to the park. Makes sense. Gives me more than ample time to see what sort of conniving tricks Lila's going to use to pull to get Arnold to be impressed." Helga said as she peered her eyes into the glass. Indeed, there was Lila, sitting down as she turned on the TV, watching a cartoon channel. "I have my eye on you, Little Miss Perfect..."

Helga ignored the car driving away as the real girl going to the sleepover looked to be pretty excited. And Helga had no idea...

Meanwhile, over at the Sunset Arms boarding house, Arnold was busy combing up his hair a bit as he looked at himself in the mirror. He wasn't sure why he was doing so, but he figured that maybe it was because he was thinking of nobody but the beautiful twin sister of Lila Sawyer... he paused as he looked at the mirror.

"Maybe if I'm lucky, Lulu can intentionally bend down for me..." Arnold thought to himself as he felt himself tightening up. "Yeah... it feels so good to think about..."

All of a sudden, in his imagination, an Arnold that was dressed in angel's clothing appeared on his right shoulder as Arnold noticed him. The Arnold angel shook his head, "You, my poor boy, are turning lustful... and that's not healthy for you. Lust does not equal love!"

"Eh, don't listen to that prissy innocence!" Another figure appeared on Arnold's left shoulder as Arnold looked over to the left side. This figure looked like Arnold, but with red skin and a black cape, devil horns apparent. This was what Arnold dubbed his dark side. "I, for one, think you are thinking the right thoughts! Wowee, what a babe that Lulu is! Hey, do you think she can show off what's beyond the panties? Hmm? Ask her that, and I'm sure she'll be delighted!"

Arnold's shoulder angel glared at his shoulder devil as he said, "You have problems. Arnold, you've always been a good boy. I've seen that within you a lot of times. Always the beacon of hope, always helpful to friends and family alike. It's thanks to my guidance that I lead you to do the right things."

"Oh sure, that guidance of yours was so helpful when he tried to help out that kid who wore bunny pajamas!" Arnold's dark side argued.

Arnold's shoulder angel slumped a bit. "Okay, maybe one time I was off the mark, but regardless, I was helpful to you other times. Are you just going to ignore all that because of girls' underwear? Think ab-"

Arnold's shoulder devil, having become impatient of the clown on Arnold's right shoulder, pulled out a paintball gun and shot the angel off his shoulder, causing Arnold's shoulder angel to fall off of him. Arnold's shoulder angel glared at his shoulder devil. "Why, I never!"

"Listen to me, Arnold. For too long you've let your dark side become suppressed. Why not indulge in it tonight? Who knows? You may have some actual... "fun"!" The devil shoulder raised a suggestive eyebrow towards Arnold, who looked a little conflicted at this moment...

All of a sudden, a knock on the door snapped Arnold out of his thoughts as he shook his head. "Er, come in!"

"Hey, Shortman, just wondering what you're doing!" Phil said as he opened the door to the bathroom, seeing Arnold had just finished combing his hair out. "Oh ho, you seem to be getting all cleaned and spiffied up for your new girlfriend!"

Arnold blushed as he said, "Uh, first of all, Lulu isn't really my girlfriend, Grandpa, she's just a new friend of mine that is related to another friend of mine."

"Oh I know that!" Phil scoffed as he looked over at his grandson. "I'm just saying, is all, that I believe you have your second sleepover with a girl!"

"Second sleep-" Arnold started... before his eyes widened. "Grandpa, that Biosquare project with Helga doesn't count as a sleepover! It was meant to be a twenty-four hour project that we were supposed to be doing for science class!"

"And yet, you two spent the night with each other in a greenhouse." Phil smirked.

"In separate sleeping bags! Look, we're getting off topic. This sleepover isn't going to be like the Biosquare project, okay? It's just going to be me and Lulu hanging around together, me showing her around the place, have dinner with you guys, maybe watch a couple movies, then we sleep... SEPERATELY!" Arnold frowned.

Arnold's shoulder devil then appeared in his imagination on his left shoulder as he said, "Hey, why don't you ask Lulu to share your bed with you? Or better yet... crawl into HER sleeping bag and snuggle!"

Arnold glared at his shoulder devil angrily... which left Grandpa confused as he asked, "Hey, Shortman, what's with you glaring at your shoulder?"

"Er... well..." Arnold snapped out of his thoughts. "It's nothing... anyway, I'll be happy to introduce you to Lulu!"

All of a sudden, they heard the doorbell rang as Arnold's eyes lit up. "That must be her now! Hang on!"

As Arnold eagerly ran out of the bathroom, Phil could only watch as he laughed to himself, "Ah, young love... the seeds of it are starting to sprout, I can feel it."

Downstairs, Arnold stopped by the door and took a deep breath... and then opened the door as he smiled. "Ah... Lulu, Mr. Sawyer, how do you do?"

"Hello, Arnold." Lulu gave a warm smile towards Arnold.

Mr. Sawyer smiled, "How do you do, Arnold? I just want a quick word with your grandfather... if you don't mind."

"Of course not." Arnold said as he opened the door and let Lulu and Mr. Sawyer in as Phil came downstairs. "Here he is right now?"

Mr. Sawyer smiled as he started to go up to Phil. "Phil, right?"

"That's my name, don't wear it out!" Phil laughed.

Mr. Sawyer nodded as he said, "There's just a couple of things I should go over, don't worry, it won't take long..."

As Mr. Sawyer and Phll were talking, Arnold turned towards the girl he was feeling new feelings towards as Lulu smiled warmly at him. Lulu leaned over him and whispered, "What time do your grandparents usually go to bed?"

"Sometimes, pretty early...around nine or so. But my room, the one we're staying in... it's mostly soundproof." Arnold explained. "There are others around, but they're usually out downstairs or sleeping like a light."

"Oh good... good." Lulu said. "Because I have a surprise to show you, and I can't give it to you until I'm certain everyone's asleep or out."

"A surprise?" Arnold asked.

"You'll see..." Lulu whispered as she gave a flirtatious wink towards him.

Arnold blushed as he felt himself tightening up even further. He had a feeling that he was going to have the best sleepover of his life...

And I wlll end this chapter for now! I will say this is going to be the beginning of a new step towards Arnold's life! Let me know what you guys think!