Chapter 130

(Sharp Residence)

Simon wakes up early in the Sunday morning, he is in quite a good mood as of now.

He gets up from bed and grabs his towel and tooth brush and leaves his room and into the hallway straight to the bathroom.

Later, Sam comes out of her room, in her PJ's and still sleepy.

She heads for the bathroom and is about to open it, but then it opens and she sees her little brother in his towel and looking happy. "Morning sis, all yours."

Sam was confused at first, but then she understood. "Good morning to you as well bro, and have fun today." Sam heads to the bathroom.

Simon heads into his room and changes into his daytime clothes, then he grabs a jacket and then heads out. He grabs a note and pen and leaves it on the fridge and heads out of the house.

He puts on his jacket and he can see that it's half dark out. "Looks like I'm still early, I hope Stella is awake."

Simon takes his bike and he's off.

(Ten minutes later, Ketchum park)

Simon is headed straight for the park, then he sees the person he's looking for.

Waiting by the park's gate, wearing a yellow jacket/hoodie and her daytime clothes underneath is Stella and her bike as well.

Stella then sees Simon and waves to him. "Hey Simon, glad you made it and congrats on not being grounded anymore."

Simon stopped his bike right in front of Stella. "Well my parents saw how well behaved I was and how much I have changed and I'm doing my chores on time too. So they let me off the hook and I can hang out with you."

"Cool, you ready to grab some breakfast?" asked Stella.

"You know it, I even got some cash I've been saving" said Simon.

"Wow, now that's what I call pulling a Lincoln" said Stella.

"Pulling a what now?" asked Simon.

"You know, pulling a Lincoln. Lincoln also save tons of cash that he earns from doing odd jobs around his neighborhood. He spends a lot of it on either something he saw online or some romantic date time with Jordan" replied Stella.

"Oh, I guess that's one thing I might have in common with him, but I am no man-with-the-plan" said Simon. "And sure as heck I ain't stealing that title from my friend."

Stella giggles. "Alright dude, let's grab something to eat."

"Okay, but where are we going?" asked Simon.

Stella and Simon walk three blocks and wait near the sidewalk and there it was, a food truck arrives and it serves some special breakfast meals.

"There it is dude!" said Stella.

"Whoa! How did you know it was coming?" asked Simon.

"Three days ago, when I was on my computer I saw this add about this early morning breakfast food truck that comes every Sunday" replied Stella.

Simon smirks. "And now you're pulling a Lincoln."

Stella chuckles. "I guess I am, now come on let's go see what they serve."

Simon sighs from hearing Stella laugh. "Right behind you cutie."

Stella stops and looks to Simon and blushes. "What did you call me?"

Simon realizes what he just said and blushes. "I …. Umm …. I didn't say anything."

Stella then grabs his hand. "Come on, let's go."

Simon blushes from her holding his hand and they both go to the food truck, deep down Stella has no idea why she wanted to hold his hand.

Later, they are now in the park and its half past six. They're both sitting by the pond and eating some breakfast sandwiches with some hot chocolate.

"Oh man! You can taste a lot of breakfast in this" said Simon.

"I know right. There's bacon, scrambled eggs, syrup, breakfast sausage and the bread is a breakfast muffin!" said Stella.

"And this hot cocoa is nothing I have ever had before" said Simon.

"Same, I really like it" replied Stella.

They both remain there eating they're food, soon they finish eating and dispose of their left overs and trash.

They then decide to go for a nice stroll, before the place gets packed with kids.

"This feels nice, just the two of us, hanging out in this early morning day" said Stella.

"Stella, its past six thirty morning is already here" chuckled Simon.

"Don't think I know that Sharp" giggled Stella.

They then spot a very familiar shadowy figure. "Haiku?" asked Stella.

It was Haiku, sitting underneath a tree writing a poem, she then notices them. "Oh, hello Stella."

"Hey, what the heck are you doing here so early?" asked Stella.

"Sigh, I like coming to the park in these early hours. Also the cemetery is closed this Sunday, they're going to have a burial later and I am not allowed to go there until it is done" replied Haiku.

"I heard from Lincoln that you and Lucy are always there to do the eulogy and stuff" said Simon.

"It is true that we do that, but it seems they have hired someone else for the job. From what I heard the funeral is private and for some rich person and the person hired for the eulogy is very high end" replied Haiku.

"Wow, sorry you're not involved Haiku" said Stella.

"Sigh, thanks for the sympathy. But I am glad that I won't be doing it today, I have some other plans in mind" Haiku then gets up. "Well, see you two around within the fog" Haiku disappears behind the tree and they don't see her come out from the other side.

Stella and Simon are both confused and somewhat scared by this.

"So, that just happened" said Simon.

"Yeah, she can be very mysterious at times" said Stella.

Simon and Stella continue they're stroll through the park.

While they're taking a nice stroll Simon sees Stella's free hand and then holds it, he intertwines his fingers with her.

Stella feels this, blushes and smiles, she also intertwines her fingers with his and leans her head onto his shoulder.

Simon feels tense from this, but he soon calms down and they continue they're stroll.

It didn't take long for them to reach the gate once more.

"Well that was one nice stroll, but I think people will be packing this place soon. You wanna do something else now?" said Stella.

"Sure, whatever you want" replied Simon.

Stella chuckles. "Dude, its okay if you wanna do something besides what I want."

"Sorry, sorry. I just …. I've never hung out with a girl, alone before. And hanging out with Sam doesn't count either" said Simon.

Stella chuckles. "I know man, I think I know what we can do. If you're up for it."

Simon snickers. "Gus' Games n Grub?"

"Darn right" replied Stella.

They both find their bikes and take off towards the arcade.

Just then Simon gets ahead of Stella.

Stella sees this and grins. "Oh it is on now!" She races past him.

Simon is shocked by this, but he also sports a competitive grin. "Oh she is so going down!" Simon speeds up to Stella.

(Gus' Games n' Grub)

Simon and Stella soon arrive to their destination, both were kinda exhausted.

"So ….. Who …. Won?" asked Simon.

"I think ….. We're tied …. Dude" replied Stella.

"Man am I exhausted" said Simon.

"Same, wanna go and grab something to drink inside, before we hit the games" said Stella.

"Sure, I'll pay for it" replied Simon.

"Simon, you don't have to do that" said Stella.

"Stella, let me do this. I wanna make you feel special" Simon said with a love daze.

Stella blushes at the way he's looking at her, Simon realizes what he was doing.

They both look away and blush.

They both head inside and order some sodas.

Simon and Stella are now sitting next to each other with their drinks.

"So, anything from Lincoln as of lately?" asked Stella.

"He said that he was gonna stay home and help with some chores" said Simon. "What about you? Anything from the others?"

"Liam and Tabby are both at his farm helping with some stuff, Zach is with Giggles at her comedy routine, Rusty and Polly are both at his place watching the roller derby game and I think Clyde and Penelope are getting the school ready for the Sadie Hawkins Dance" replied Stella.

"Also, speaking of which. I know this sounds too sudden" Simon gulps, he was completely nervous.

Stella can tell he was up to something. "Simon, what is it?"

"D-Do you … Do you wanna ….Go to the Sadie …Hawkins dance with me?" asked Simon as he looks down and blushes.

Stella smiles and thought he looked cute being all shy. "Simon, I would love to be your date to the Sadie Hawkins dance."

Simon was shocked and looked at Stella. "B-but I didn't say anything about being a date."

"Stella then scooches closer. "Well, this seems like a date, even though we both came up with all of this."

Simon turns red and looks into Stella's eyes. 'She's so beautiful!'

In Stella's thoughts. 'Simon's kinda handsome when I get a good view of him.'

They both remain staring at each other and turning red, then they hear the employee slip on the floor which breaks them from their trance.

They both look away, blush and continue with their sodas.

Afterwards, Stella sees Simon coming out of the restroom and smiles. "Hey Simon, wanna go a round?" Stella shows him the arcade game that had just been installed "Injustice 2."

Simon smirks. "Let's see what you can do Gonzales."

"It is on Sharp!" said Stella.

The two kinds spend the next two hours of nothing but arcade gaming.

Pretty soon they were both tired and decided to have some lunch.

They both take their seats and wait for their food to arrive and shocking enough they see the waitress of the place is none other than Becky.

"Becky? What the heck are you doing here?" asked Stella.

"Oh well, Lori told me they had another opening here so I decided to take up the job. Plus I think one of my coworkers hurt himself, so I'm gonna have to cover his shift as well" said Becky. "Well, gotta go. Enjoy your meal you two."

They both eat their pizzas, and drinks.

Pretty soon there were only two slices left.

Simon notices something about Stella's pizza and has an idea, he removes some of the peperoni from his slice and places it on Stella's slice.

Stella just chuckles. "Simon seriously, what is this lady and the tramp?"

"Sorry, it's just you didn't have enough on your slice and I thought it would only be fair if I gave you some of mine" replied Simon nervously.

Stella blushes and they both eat their pizza.

Soon after eating, Simon and Stella leave the arcade and ride their bikes.

"So, where to now?" asked Stella.

"Well we could go and see if we have some sick tricks with our rides" said Simon.

"Now that sounds awesome! Race ya!" Stella heads off.

Simon chuckles. "No fair! You got a head start!"

They both race each other to the bike park.

(Royal Woods Bicycle Park, not too far from Ketchum Park)

Simon and Stella soon arrive and they can see there were only two kids there and these kids were not the ones Simon likes to see again.

Poppa Wheelie and Flat Tire.

"Oh great, they're here" said Simon.

Stella puts her hand on his shoulder. "Hey now, let's not bother with them and just do what we came here to do."

Simon smiles. "Okay Stella, I'll try and ignore them."

Simon and Stella then head onto the park and ride past the two boys.

Poppa Wheelie and Flat tire were shocked to see Simon come back to the bike park and with a girl, they both follow the two kids.

For the whole time, Simon performs some speedy moves on his bike and past some obstacles.

Stella shows Simon how she can ride onto some railings and land safely without a scratch.

Simon is impressed, but he shows Stella he can do some aerial moves and land without having any injuries.

Stella chuckles and does some aerial moves of her own, and she jumps right over Simon and winks at him.

Simon was now fully impressed, but he was gonna show her that he can do way better.

Simon rides onto a bumpy path and he stands onto his seat and he is well balanced and doesn't even top over.

Stella claps, but she does something he wouldn't believe.

Stella goes onto the same bumpy path, she then stands onto her bike handle bars and is facing backwards. The bike makes left turn and then stops in front of Simon, just as Stella hops off and does a crane style stance.

Simon is stunned and blushing. 'She's so hot!'

Stella opens her eyes. "So, how was that?"

Simon was in a love daze. "You were amazing back there, so well balanced and flawless."

Stella blushes and giggles. "Well, I guess you can say I had some lessons back when I was still living in the Philippines, a lot of kid's there are always doing bike tricks."

"But you were so cool!" said Simon.

Stella giggles and goes to Simon on her bike, she then kisses his cheek as she passes him.

Simon is stunned and then he looks back and sees Stella winking at him as she leaves.

Simon smiles and catches up to her.

What they don't know is that Poppa Wheelie and Flat Tire saw everything, they then realized why they were Simon in the first place. He was their ace cyclist and now they feel low without him.

They then catch up to them. "Hey Simon!"

Simon and Stella hear them. "Ignore them Simon" said Stella.

Simon catches up to Stella.

But right behind them are Poppa Wheelie and Flat tire.

"Hey guys! Wait up!" yelled Flat Tire.

Simon and Stella keep up their speed, and they were getting way too fast for Poppa Wheelie and Flat Tire.

"How the heck are we gonna keep up with them man?" asked Flat tire.

"Don't know, let's just keep following them" replied Poppa Wheelie. He did sound tired.

But both Simon and Stella were now way to distant and they were now out of sight.

"Dang it! Now what?" asked Flat Tire.

"Ugh, let's just hope we can talk to Simon and Stella tomorrow at school" replied Poppa Wheelie.

Not too far, Simon and Stella leave the bike park and look back.

"Looks like we lost em" said Stella.

"And good riddance to them too" said Simon.

Simon then checks his watcha and he sees the time. "It's four thirty. You wanna go and get some ice cream?"

"Sure, but where to?" asked Stella.

"I know a place" said Simon. "You wanna race there?"

"No thanks, I've had too much races today thank you very much. Lead on Simon" said Stella.

Simon goes forward with Stella behind him.

(Auntie Pam's Ice Cream Parlor)

Simon and Stella arrive at the place.

"Wow, I've passed by this place a dozen times but never did get the chance to go in" said Stella.

"Really? How come?" asked Simon.

"My place is not too far from here, also I always try to get home to see if my grandma needs help" replied Stella.

"Well, I'm sure your family has things covered now. So we can both get some ice cream. This place closes at eight" said Simon.

"And this time, let's both split on the cash" said Stella.

Simon chuckles. "Alright, alright."

They both park their bikes and get in line.

Soon Simon is now eating a cookie dough ice cream with waffle cone and Stella has a cookies and cream ice cream with waffle cone.

They both head to their bikes, but then they see Vanzilla arrive and coming out was the whole Loud family.

Lincoln and Luna notice them, Luna takes a few steps back and Lincoln goes to them. "Hey Stella and Simon, you guys here for ice cream too?"

"We are, we also had a heck of a time today together" said Stella.

"It was pretty cool with her around" Simon looks to Stella lovingly.

Lincoln could tell that they were both having a romantic build up and smiles, then he hears Lily being fussy and when I mean fussy, I mean she wants her ice cream sundae.

"Sorry guys, gotta go. Have fun being all in love and stuff" Lincoln walks away.

Simon and Stella blush and chuckle hearing that, then Simon notices how some of the loud sisters were looking at him, and they don't feel happy to see him there.

Simon sees why, Luna is standing close by to Lincoln and not making eye contact with Simon.

Simon sighs. "We should go."

Stella understands and they leave.

They make a stop at a bench and rest there while eating their frozen dairy product.

Stella could tell Simon was troubled. "Simon, I know it's not gonna be easy, but some day all of the Luna crush thing will be a distant memory."

"I know Stella, I'm just worried about what will happen when the future hits for me. Luna still looks scared when I'm around and I don't think her sisters want me anywhere near her, which means she must've told them" replied Simon.

Stella puts her hand on his shoulder. "Hey, it's gonna be okay. As long as you got friends and someone like me, I know that everything is gonna be alright. Okay Simon?"

Simon wipes away a lone tear and smiles. "Okay Stella, and thank you for that talk."

"No problem, she then wipes some cookie dough ice cream from his cheek, which makes Simon chuckle.

They both share a nice laugh and continue eating their ice cream.

(Gonzales residence)

Simon and Stella now arrive at her place.

"Thanks for escorting me home Simon" said Stella.

"No problem, and thanks for hanging out with me today" said Simon.

Then something comes into Stella's thoughts. "Hey, was this all really just us hanging out, or was this all a date?"

Simon was thinking about it. "I honestly don't know for sure, I mean we were hanging out with each other, playing some games, being competitive, impressing each other with our own bike tricks and …. Holding hands, talking to each other and …. Looking at each other …. In a." Simon blushes and realizes. "Huh, so I guess this was a date."

Stella smiles and gets off her bike. "Well, I had fun and I did enjoy your company."

"Y-Yeah, so did I" Then something comes into his mind. "Stella?"

Stella turns to him. "Yeah?"

"After the Sadie Hawkins Dance." Simon takes a moment to think of his words. "D-Do you ….. W-Wanna go …. On an actual … Date with me? Like Saturday?"

Stella blushes and is shocked, she then goes to Simon and kisses his lips.

Both kids are stunned and stay like this for the next three minutes.

They coon break the kiss, Stella looks to Simon and Simon looks to Stella. At first both are shocked, but then they both have a love gaze at each other, which meant they are now smitten.

"Yeah, I'd love to go on a date with you Simon Sharp" replied Stella.

Simon blushes madly. "So, Saturday night?"

"Sure"

"Royal Woods Theater?"

"A Movie date, okay."

"Six o'clock?"

"Don't leave me waiting."

Simon gets off his bike and goes to Stella and they both share another kiss, and they both hold onto each other.

Unaware that Vanzilla just drove by after getting Lily her sundae from Seven eleven.

Lincoln and his sisters are shocked by this. "And I thought Jordan and I were this passionate!" said Lincoln.

"They literally go on one date and it's all love real fast" said Lori.

For some reason, Luna didn't feel afraid of Simon anymore, she just felt happy for him. "Way to go Simon, Sam is so gonna love this." Luna takes a picture of this.

Lincoln looks to Luna and smiles. 'Looks like she's getting over her fear.'

Soon Simon and Stella break the kiss.

Both panting for air and looking at each other.

"Aren't we a little too young for making out?" asked Stella.

Simon chuckles. "We're both twelve and growing up, I'm sure it' fine."

Stella giggles and feels like she doesn't wanna let go. "So, I'll see you at school tomorrow?"

"Yeah, you will or we could talk to each other tonight" said Simon.

"I'll be sure to remember that one" replied Stella.

They both wave goodbye and Simon heads home and Stella heads into her house.

Both of them with one thing on their mind. 'I can't wait for school tomorrow!'

And this is the first part, we will be closing into the big February the 14th chapter. Stay tuned my readers, there could be more romance on the way. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.