Alright everyone time for another chapter! I glad that this story is getting a little bit of views and I would like to thank guest and Cre8ivelybankrupt87 for reviewing.
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Nadine pov
Nadine was currently in her room talking on the phone with her best friend who was currently ranting about the unfairness of Trash Can Day. It really was unfair the fifth graders got every fourth grader…well almost every fourth grader. Wolfgang had not only chosen not to can her but to also make sure that the other fifth graders left the alley before they could notice her and she wasn't even sure why he did that?
"I'm telling you Nadine this was the worse day ever!" Rhonda ranted to her best friend over the phone. "I mean how is Trash Can Day even allowed to happen?! I mean this was just the absolute worse!"
"Well at least your parents are going to let you go to the spa every day this week to make up for it." Nadine says. "That will be fun right?"
"I guess it's a start but I'll never be able to wear those clothes again." Rhonda states in an annoyed tone.
"I guess." Nadine says with a shrug that her friend couldn't see.
"Nadine? You don't sound very upset about Trash Can Day?" Rhonda started to question. "I mean I know you're okay with going into gross places to get bugs-"
"Nature isn't gross!" Nadine says defensively.
"But come on being thrown into a trash can is so bad!" Rhonda finishes saying. "You couldn't have been okay with it!"
"Actually I wasn't thrown into any trash can today." Nadine admits not being one to ever lie to her best friend.
"Oh, Nadine that is so lucky!" Rhonda says in a nearly jealous tone. "You were able to avoid all the fifth graders! How?"
"I ah-just did?" Nadine stuttered a trait she had whenever she lied.
"Why are you lying Nadine?" Rhonda asked seeing right through her friend. "I thought we were supposed to be best friends?!"
"We are Rhonda!" Nadine says defensively. "I just don't really know if I should tell you how." Nadine had been thinking it over and it still didn't make sense. Wolfgang wasn't exactly a fifth grader who showed any mercy in fact he went out of his way to bully fourth graders whenever he could so why did he leave her alone?
"Come on Nadine I'm your best friend the one person in the whole world that you can say anything to!" Rhonda proclaimed. "If you can't talk to me who can you talk to?
"Okay, okay!" Nadine gives in with a sigh. "The truth is the only reason why I was able to not get canned is because…because…a fifth grader let me go."
"What?!" Rhonda shouted forcing Nadine to pull the phone away from her ear. "A fifth grader let you go?! On Trash Can Day! That's unbelievable! Who was it?"
"Gee Rhonda I really don't think you'll believe me if I tell." Nadine explains in a nervous tone. "I hardly believe it myself and it happened to me."
"Come on Nadine! Please!" Rhonda begged over the phone.
"Okay but you have to promise not to tell anyone!" Nadine tells her best friend knowing how much of a gossip Rhonda was and it was probably best that the whole school didn't find out what happened. "I swear Rhonda if I tell you then you can't tell anyone else!"
"Okay, okay Nadine I promise not to tell anyone! Now spill!" Rhonda pleaded getting impatient.
"It was Wolfgang." Nadine finally admits, she waits for Rhonda to say something but all she hears on the phone is dead silence. "Rhonda? Hello? Can you hear me?"
"Wolfgang?!" Rhonda suddenly shouts on the phone causing Nadine to flinch. "Wolfgang! Let you go, he's the biggest fifth grade bully of all time! Maybe even the biggest bully at P.S. 118 AND he let you a FOURTH GRADER GO?!"
"Yeah I was just as surprised as you." Nadine admits, hours later and she still couldn't wrap her head around it. "He also made sure that the other fifth graders didn't find me in the alley."
"That is just so left field!" Rhonda proclaims, Nadine could now hear her pacing back and forth. "I mean of all the fifth graders out there Wolfgang takes no prisoners! I mean why?"
"I don't know Rhonda." Nadine says with a shrug, she turns to look at her shelf which held the varies insects that she has collected. "I mean the last time I even spoke to him two weeks ago he was his usual bullying self."
"You saw him two weeks ago?" Rhonda asked that was strange she didn't remember Nadine mentioning this.
"Yeah one of my jar of grasshoppers fell and rolled down the sidewalk." Nadine began to explain. "Wolfgang stopped it but when I went to get it back he started playing keep away with it for a couple of minutes."
"Well that most certainly sounds like Wolfgang." Rhonda states in an annoyed tone she really didn't like it when someone bullied her friends especially Nadine not just because she was her best friend but because she was so quiet people tended to push her around if she wasn't there.
"Yeah, he gave it back though… eventually." Nadine continues to explain. "Anyway I thanked him for saving the grasshoppers. If he wasn't there they could have easily rolled onto the street."
"You actually said thank you to that bully?" Rhonda said shaking her head. "He probably didn't even mean to do it."
"Well yeah your right." Nadine says with a sigh. "Plus he got all mad just because I pecked him on the cheek as a thank you."
"Wait?! WHAT?!" Rhonda shouts in disbelief. "You kissed Wolfgang?"
"I guess." Nadine says evenly. "I was grateful that he saved my grasshoppers, even if he was a jerk about it. I mean his face was all red when he was yelling at me for kissing him."
"Nadine that's so wrong! I mean it's Wolfgang of all boys!" Rhonda explains. "I don't even think I've ever seen the girls in his grade go near him and you…wait a minute!"
"What?" Nadine asked curious as to what her friend was thinking.
"Don't you see Nadine?!" Rhonda proclaims excitedly. "No other girls go near him! He must have never been kissed in anyway before! Oh man it makes so much sense now it's just like all those movies and teen drama TV shows!"
"Rhonda what are you talking about?" Nadine asked completely confused. "What does Wolfgang have to do with movies and teen dramas?"
"Oh sweet quiet naïve Nadine." Rhonda says in a know-it-all tone. "Of course you wouldn't be able to see that Wolfgang probably has a crush on you now!"
"Hahahaha!" Nadine just laughed on the phone.
"I'm serious Nadine it happens all the time!" Rhonda says defensively.
"Right and Wolfgang who hates fourth graders more than anyone else at P.S. 118 is going to have a crush on a fourth grader?!" Nadine asked still laughing on the phone. "Rhonda you've been watching too much 90345 that kind of stuff doesn't happen in real life!"
"Nadine trust me! You may know bugs but I know romance and Wolfgang probably has a crush on you!" Rhonda states defensively. "I mean think about it, if the peck on the cheek only embarrassed him than he would have had no problems throwing you in the dumpster. If anything throwing you in would have been revenge for him. But no he lets you go even though he had the perfect chance and he even makes sure that the other fifth graders didn't see you!"
"I know it's weird but I hardy think it means he has a crush on me." Nadine said to her friend. "I don't even think he knows my name he just calls me Bug Girl."
"Then why else would he let you go to be nice?" Rhonda asked knowing that Wolfgang wouldn't randomly be nice to anyone especially a fourth grader out of the blue.
"I can admit Wolfgang wouldn't just randomly be nice but him having a crush on me just doesn't seem likely either." Nadine says after a while. "Besides even if you are right and he does have a crush on me, I doubt that he would ever admit it. So there is no way for us to find out if it is true or not."
"Oh but Nadine we, all we have to do is experiment." Rhonda says with a clear smirk in her tone, she knew her best friend well and the nature loving girl loved science and experiments.
"An experiment on Wolfgang? How?" Nadine asked.
"Well to start we'll just watch how he acts around you." Rhonda ponders out loud. "If he really likes you than he won't feel like bullying you at all like he did today. He'll probably won't push you around as much or tease you and stuff. I mean if you really like someone there is no way that you'll be mean to them."
"I don't know Rhonda, what if you're wrong and he finds out about the experiment and he beats us up or something?" Nadine questions.
"Well that's the risk we'll have to take in the name of science." Rhonda responded evenly. "I have to go we'll talk more details tomorrow okay."
"Okay." Nadine said unsurely and unhung up the phone.
The next day when Nadine talked to Rhonda she found that her friend was full of ideas to prove that Wolfgang indeed had a crush on Nadine. Too bad Wolfgang never seemed to be around too long around Nadine so that they could even begin their experiment. In fact for pretty much the whole week they hardly saw any signs of Wolfgang.
"I mean if anything this has to prove that I'm right." Rhonda states in a frustrated tone.
"How does this prove that you're right?" Nadine asked her friend.
"Obviously he's avoiding you on purpose so that no one catches on." Rhonda answered matter-of-factly. "It is beyond predictable."
"But the only ones who would even guess something like this is you, I mean you're the only one I told." Nadine reasons.
"Come on Nadine just think about it." Rhonda says turning to look down at her friend. "He bullies every fourth grader almost every day and now suddenly he's not around you?"
"I don't know maybe he's we're just not crossing his path?" Nadine questions. "Why do you even care so much about proving that he likes me anyway?"
"Nadine think about what this could mean for us!" Rhonda tried to reason. "No more bulling from fifth graders! If the biggest toughest fifth grader likes you then we'll have no more problems from them like Trash Can Day! We'll be the heroes of the fourth grade and eternally popular! We just need an opportunity to prove that Wolfgang has a crush on you."
Nadine just shook her head at her friend of course part of Rhonda's motivation was for her own selfish needs. Regardless Nadine was sure Rhonda was wrong about this crush thing, sooner or later it would all blow over.
The opportunity did eventually come though it happened when Rhonda wasn't around. It started with a typical Saturday. The fourth grade class were playing a game of football at City Park when the fifth graders showed up challenging them to a game which Arnold being Arnold accepted. As usually the fifth graders were brutal but the fourth graders still managed to win regardless.
"Well Nadine I guess you were right." Rhonda says with a sigh as they begun to walk away from the park. "I mean Wolfgang was especially brutal during the football game to everyone today even you. There's no way he could have a crush on you and be able to do that to you."
"Well at least the experiment can be over now." Nadine says with a shrug. "I told you the stuff that happens on TV just doesn't happen in real life."
"Oh well it's not like it's a super big lost, Wolfgang has a pig nose anyway." Rhonda said dismissingly. "Well I'll see you later Nadine." The best friends split each going in a different direction to get home.
While Nadine was walking she started to see some fireflies flying around that got her attention so much so that when she turned a corner she bumped straight into what felt like a wall. "Watch where you're going Bug Girl!" The wall said.
"Sorry." Nadine said almost rolling her eyes at Wolfgang, she got up and started walking home again but after a while she noticed that Wolfgang was walking behind her. "Why are you following me?" Nadine stops to ask.
"I'm not following you, I'm walking home!" Wolfgang answered glaring down at the younger girl.
"Don't you live on the other side of the neighborhood?" Nadine questions.
"I'm taking a short cut mind your own business!" Wolfgang shouts shoving her out of his way, Nadine losing her balance fell down.
"Aw!" Nadine cried out she was close to tears and glaring at him now.
"Hey are you okay I didn't mean to-" Wolfgang begins to stutter awkwardly moving to help her back up.
"Leave me alone!" Nadine shouted much to his surprise, she looked down at her arm and noticed that it had started bleeding. Nadine stood up on her own and began to march home once more.
"Hey I was trying to tell you-" Wolfgang shouted back running after her.
"I don't care!" Nadine interrupts him as she kept stomping forward towards home holding onto her arm.
"What's wrong with your arm?" Wolfgang asked still following after her.
"It's bleeding because of you!" Nadine stopped to turn and glare at him this time. "Now leave me alone and stop following me!"
"I told you I'm not following you I'm taking a short cut!" Wolfgang proclaimed again.
"Fine than stop talking to me." Nadine says.
"What makes you think I want to talk to you?" Wolfgang asked forcefully and if Nadine wasn't so angry she might have noticed how nervous he was when he asked that question. "Like I'd be interested in what some weird fourth grade Bug Girl has to say."
"Well it's not like I'm interested in what some fifth grade bully has to say either!" Nadine states glaring up at Wolfgang.
"Fine!" Wolfgang yelled glaring down at the younger girl.
"Fine!" Nadine yelled back before turning around and starting to walk home again, every few minutes she'd look over her shoulder and see Wolfgang still there but she didn't speak up about it and neither did he. After fifth teen minutes Nadine finally made it to the front of her house, she had walked up two steps and was about to walk up the rest when Wolfgang broke the silence between them.
"Hey Bug Girl?!" Wolfgang yelled just before Nadine could further walk up the steps.
"What?!" Nadine asked in a surprisingly uncharacteristically irate.
"Is-ah your arm still bleeding?" Wolfgang asked and surprisingly to Nadine he almost sounded shy when he asked the question.
"Why do you care?" Nadine asked in a curious tone.
"I DON'T CARE!" Wolfgang yelled defensively then turned to face away from her. "I-I just have Band-Aids if you were still bleeding."
Nadine was shocked to say the least by this admission, it just didn't make any sense that he would even care about that. "You're acting really weird." Nadine says out loud.
"What?!" Wolfgang asked turning to look at her again, his face was a bit red and Nadine wasn't sure if it was because of anger or embarrassment. "I'm not weird Bug Girl you're weird you're always acting weird walking around with your stupid bugs!"
"So what I like bugs! Doesn't mean you're not still acting weird." Nadine proclaims again. "You've been acting weird for a while."
"No I haven't!" Wolfgang says defensively his face was becoming even redder but Nadine paid it no mind.
"Oh yeah, then why did you follow me home?" Nadine questions again her hands were on her hips and she was giving him a stern look it helped that her being on the steps made them the same height.
"I told you I'm taking a short cut home!" Wolfgang answers glaring harshly at her.
"Why did you offer me a Band-Aid?" Nadine asked undeterred by his glare.
"You said you were bleeding!" Wolfgang says defensively. "If you want to bleed to death fine that's your problem!"
"Why did you let me go on Trash Can Day?" Nadine asked her finally most important question.
"I-I just didn't feel like it!" Wolfgang says nervously stuttering a bit.
"Why not?" Nadine asked looking like she didn't believe him.
"I just didn't okay! What's with all the questions anyway?" Wolfgang yells moving closer so that the two of them were face to face.
"You're acting weird and I want to know why?" Nadine yells back.
"You're weird!" Wolfgang spats back.
"You're weird!" Nadine argues back.
"You're weird!" Wolfgang says again.
"You're we-" Nadine's sentence was stopped when she felt a pair of lips on her cheek, in her shock she shoved Wolfgang back. "What?" Nadine says her face becoming red, she looked back at Wolfgang whose face was still red looked both shock and disappointed without saying a word he ran away as fast as he could. Nadine stood there touching her cheek still shocked by the events that took place. "Did Wolfgang really just? Was Rhonda right?"
She was still in a bit of a dazed as she walked up the rest of her steps wondering what she was going to do now. She never thought that Rhonda could be right when she suggested that Wolfgang had a crush on her, but now she couldn't deny that there might have been some truth to it. What was she supposed to do about this? How was she supposed to feel? "I'd better call Rhonda she'll know what to do."
A/N and that my friends is the end of that chapter shocking turn of events right! I know it might seem out of character for Nadine to fight with Wolfgang because she's seen as quiet and nice but I believe that anyone would eventually get frustrated so her behavior fits. Anyway please read and review!