This is the chaptah you've all been waiting for, the introduction of Michelle formal introduction I hope you all like her, I patterned her look after my friend Kristyn (not that Kris knows this... snicker) I know this is a short chaptah, but the next couple are like, super long Enjoy!

Chaptah 13

Hoagie woke up early the following morning with a feeling of dread. He spent an hour picking out his clothes, finally giving up and adorning some tan slacks, a white tee shirt, and a blue button down shirt that he left open. (A/N: Picture Hoagie from Operation Kiss, he's about that old now, and in that physical condition.) He coaxed himself to eat some breakfast with the rest of the team before they all went down to the bus stop. He gulped nervously as he entered the bus as he decided where to sit; Kuki was sitting with Wally, while Nigel and Abby shared a seat. It didn't take him long to see the only available seat was next to a girl with short blonde hair in the back.

"Uh, can I sit here?" he inquired.

"Sure!" the pretty blonde said, moving over slightly to let him have the spot next to her. "I'm Michelle, pleased to meet you."

"Hoagie." Hoagie replied, shaking her hand.

"I know, I've seen you around." Michelle smiled.

"Around? But I've never seen you before." Hoagie said, puzzled.

"Are you always this cute on missions, or is it just when you're clueless?" Michelle teased, causing Hoagie to blush.

"M-m-missions? You mean, you know about the—"

"Kids Next Door? Duh, I practically run it!" Michelle laughed.

"You aren't like, Fanny in disguise, are you? Because if you are that is one wicked costume!" Hoagie exclaimed.

"No way, I outrank Numbah 86 easily. Does the numbah 362 mean anything to you?" Michelle asked, slipping a helmet on her head momentarily. Hoagie gasped and she put it away. "My family transferred here, so I thought it'd be good to keep an eye on your team to make sure you're, er, following instructions."

"So you're going to be going to school with us, in our cl-classes?" Hoagie stuttered.

"Yup, great isn't it? In fact, I think you and I are in a lot of classes."

"Coincidence?" Hoagie questioned.

"Not really. I needed to be in enough classes with one of Sector V's team, so I choose you." She said with scarlet cheeks.

"Why me?"

"Uh, oh look we're at school! See you later Hoagie, and I'd prefer if you call me Michelle in school." Michelle smiled and waved goodbye as she hopped off the bus and headed into the high school. Hoagie wandered up to his friends with a bedazzled grin on his face.

"Why do you look like you just ate a chili dog?" Nigel asked at Hoagie's grin.

"Just had a little chat with a commanding officer, nothing big." Hoagie beamed. He hummed a little tune and made his way to his first period. He took his seat and waved at Michelle when she walked in. "School just got a little better," he thought.

"We sure are lucky that we all have the same lunch hour." Hoagie commented. He gazed over at Michelle's lunch table to find that she had already made a ton of friends.

"Yeah!" Kuki laughed, her tresses bouncing with her head. She brushed Wally's face with them as she turned towards Abby and Nigel.

"Kuki, your hair is attacking me." He said, tapping the curl away. He got it wrapped around his finger and struggled with the lock until Kuki unwound his hand delicately.

"Oops." Kuki giggled.

"School great and all, but does it have to be so dang cold?" Abby complained, rubbing her upper arms to regain the feeling in them.

"Here." Nigel said, taking his sweater off and handing it to her. She blushed and put it on, while Nigel straightened out his white tee shirt.

"Thanks Nige!" Abby voiced, smiling at him. "This is much better, but won't you get cold?"

"Numbah 1, leader of the TND, get cold? No way!" Nigel bragged. Hoagie shook his head doubtfully with a goofy smile on his face.

"Whatever you say boss." He laughed. Wally and Kuki joined him in taunting their friend as Abby snuggled into his sweater. She felt as if he were embracing her; all of the cold just melted away.

"The bell's about to ring." Abby suddenly said. Sure enough, the bell sounded outside.

"How'd you…" Hoagie started, but she just shook her head at him. She herself had no clue as to how she knew that the bell was to ring. Kuki and Wally didn't notice the interaction as they walked to their German class.

"I don't know." Abby said in a daze as Nigel escorted her to their English class. He kindly asked no questions about her strange behavior and took his seat next to her, forgetting to let go of her hand. Hoagie raised an eyebrow at his leader, causing Nigel to snap out of it and let go of Abby's hand. Hoagie saw the exchange and decided that he was going to figure out all of the teams' problems. He made a list of everything he thought needed fixed or solved, a list that consisted of the following: Abby's little psychic moment, why Nigel was holding Abby's hand, and how to get Kuki and Wally to admit their feelings about each other.

"This is going to be difficult." He thought as he started at the list.

A/N: This is my intermission chapter, a short little playful foreshadowing of future events. Forgive me for it being so brief, I hope you all understand. Your writing extrodinaire, Signy

Oh.. just noticed something... some of my chaptahs are pretty, with the little bar before the AN, like this one... I kinda forget that put that in sometimes, sorry if it looks sloppy! Ciao - Signy