And I'm back with another chapter and slowly but surely this story is really coming together! I want to thank guest for reviewing. Just a heads up I will start including stuff that happens in the episodes of Hey Arnold for this story so don't be surprise when you hear me mentioning it.

I still own nothing but the plot

Wolfgang pov

Wolfgang had never felt more embarrassed in his young life as he ran as fast as he could away from Nadine's house. He finally made it home and ran straight towards his room before his mother could say anything to him. He threw his things down on the floor and jumped on his bed in a huff, a few minutes later Wolfgang could hear his mom knocking on his door.

"Not now mom!" Wolfgang yelled as he began to punch one of his pillows, he wasn't in the mood to speak with his mother not after her advice from that morning completely backfired.

Flashback time

Wolfgang was currently eating cereal and watching Saturday morning when the telephone rang. "Hello?" Wolfgang says with a mouth full of food. "Oh hey Edmund…yeah football later sounds fun…yeah we'll challenge the fourth graders again…okay bye." Wolfgang hung up the phone and took his now empty bowl over to the kitchen. "Mom I'll be at the City Park today if you need me." Wolfgang states to his mother as he walked passed her to the sink. "The guys and I are going to be playing football."

"That's nice oh, and is the girl you have a crush on going to be there?" His mother asked not looking up from her newspaper almost causing her son to drop his bowl.

"Mom!" Wolfgang exclaims in embarrassment. "I told you I don't have a like any girl!"

"Sure Wolfy." His mother says still not looking up from her newspaper.

For the past week his mother has been insisting that he had a crush on Nadine not that she even knew who the girl was but she kept bringing up this crush business every once in a while. She kept saying that he was smiling and blushing a lot more which he strongly protested, he had even made a point to try to avoid Nadine all week but it still didn't stop his mother. And it didn't help especially at the moment since Nadine was sure to be at the park with the rest of her class.

"I'm going to the park now." Wolfgang grumbled after he was finished washing his bowl.

"Before you go Wolfy-" His mother began to say before he could walk out the door. "If you want your crush to like you back offer to walk her home before it gets too dark."

"Mom!" Wolfgang proclaimed again this time very much blushing. "I'm not going to do that!"

"Trust me Wolfy. Ask to walk her home it will show her how much of a gentlemen you are, and be nice when you talk to her." His mother continued to say. "She might even let you hold her hand."

"I'm leaving now!" Wolfgang yelled shutting the front door behind him not at all hearing his mother's snickering.

End flashback

"Wolfy?" His mom says as she opens the door to his room and sees him moping on the bed.

"You were wrong mom it didn't work." Wolfgang says in a pout his head buried in a pillow. "I told you no girl likes me."

"Oh Wolfy, what did you do?" His mother asked running her fingers through his long messy hair. "You weren't nice were you?"

"Yes I was!" Wolfgang says defensively looking up at his mother only to see a stern look that clearly showed she didn't believe him. "I mean kinda…maybe…I don't know?" He really had meant to try to be nice but everything he said and did ended up coming out mean and twisted. He couldn't even bring himself to offer to walk her home he just followed behind her and hoped she wouldn't catch on. Not that she believed his short cut excuse in the first place. "It doesn't matter anyway she doesn't like me."

"You don't know that for sure Wolfy." His mother tried to reason with him, but he just shook his head he may not have much (any) experience with liking someone but he was pretty sure that if you kissed someone and they push you back that's a very clear no.

"Whatever at least now things can go back to normal." Wolfgang says with false bravo. "She was weird anyway mom. She's like in love with bugs or something…Not that I'm saying I liked her or anything!"

"Whatever you say Wolfy." His mom says to him before placing a kiss on his forehead and walking out of the room.

"Yeah she's just some weird stupid Bug Girl." Wolfgang whispers to himself.

Nadine pov

"He KISSED YOU?!" Rhonda shouted on the phone. "And worse of all I MISSED IT?!"

"Yeah." Nadine says over the phone after explaining to her best friend what had taken place. "It's nothing to get too excited over it was just on the cheek."

"And then what happened?" Rhonda asked.

"Well I was really surprise so I pushed him back and-" Nadine begins to explain.

"WHAT? Nadine you pushed him back?!" Rhonda questions forcefully.

"Well yeah he surprised me." Nadine response not understanding why that was such a big deal. "Before I could ask him why he did it he ran away."

"Of course he ran away Nadine!" Rhonda exclaims with a frustrated sigh. "He practically laid his heart on the line only for you to smash it into tiny pieces!"

"Don't be ridiculous Rhonda." Nadine states rolling her eyes though it wasn't as if Rhonda could see it.

"Okay so maybe I'm stretching it a little." Rhonda begins to explain. "But I'm still kinda right I mean in his own incredible twisted way it sounds like Wolfgang was trying to tell you that he liked you like you and you rejected him. Wow I actually feel kind of bad for him."

"I just don't see how." Nadine says shaking her head. "He was mean the whole time up until he kissed me? That isn't exactly romantic is it?"

"No but we did learn something." Rhonda proclaims. "We know now that he does like you in some way sooo…"

"So what?" Nadine asked.

"So how do you feel about the bully?" Rhonda asked. "You haven't really said anything about how you feel."

"Right." Nadine states uncertainly, Nadine suddenly realized she hadn't put too much thought into how she felt about the whole thing. At first it was because she was sure that Rhonda was completely wrong but now that she knew that Wolfgang might like her she didn't know how to feel. "Actually when I think about it I don't really know how I feel. I mean it's Wolfgang he's a bully, he hates fourth graders he has tortured us and our classmates just for the fun of it. And while he might be capable of doing nice things they either happen by accident or he's awkward about it. But I guess at the end of the day I don't really know enough about Wolfgang to say that I hate him, let alone like him like. But his actions are not doing him any favors."

"So you hate what he does but you're not sure if you hate him?" Rhonda ponders out loud.

"I guess that's a fair way to put it, and it's not like I could just hang out with him or something." Nadine proclaims. "The only time I see him is school or when he's challenging us to some game."

"You're right. You'd have to find a way to see him outside of both school and sports." Rhonda says with a bit of a pout. "Hey wait I've got a brilliant idea! Remember that party I was going to have?"

"The one where you wanted to invite only cool people?" Nadine said. "Yeah I remember."

"Well how about instead of it being a cool people only party it can be a regular boy girl party!" Rhonda suggests. "I'll invite all the kids in the fourth through sixth grade and that will give you an opportunity to talk to Wolfgang in a more relaxed party setting!"

"That might actually work." Nadine says as she thinks more about it, parties are one of those rare times that everyone pretty much gets along no matter what grade they are in. "Wow Rhonda that's really nice of you to change your party plans just so I can figure out this whole Wolfgang thing."

"Well you know me Nadine I'm a giver." Rhonda says in a pretty smug tone. "I can always do the cool people only party some other time anyway. Plus now I'll have more time to make a more accurate cool people list."

"Right." Nadine says rolling her eyes, of course Rhonda's help would have mostly to do with benefitting herself. "Well it's still a good idea."

"Okay then I'd better tell my mom and dad that's we're going to be needing a lot more finger sandwiches. Tomorrow you can come over and help me make more invitations and I'll pass them out to everyone on Monday." Rhonda finishes explaining.

"Okay Rhonda see ya than." Nadine says before hanging up the phone. "Life sure is funny." She says to herself, who would have thought that a jar of grasshoppers could lead to this path. Her parents would defiantly say it was the fate of the cosmos or karma or some other hippy type gem.

Normal pov

Well the following Monday has come and those whom were invited to Rhonda's party were most certainly excited both at the chance to have a good time but also because the Wellington Lloyd's were a rich family so the party had to be good. Yes most of the kids within the fourth to sixth grade range were excited! Most of them anyway.

"So I was thinking that I could definitely Sabrina to dance at the party." Edmund was saying to an annoyed Wolfgang during lunch.

"Whatever." Wolfgang says rolling his eyes at his friend.

"And I think I should consider asking Katrinka to dance at the party too." Edmund continued to say.

"Katrinka? Are you crazy Edmund?!" Wolfgang asked turning to glare at his friend. "She's a fourth grader! You can't ask her to dance!"

"Why not Katrinka's not so bad?" Edmund asked in a clueless tone.

"Edmund we are fifth graders and we do not associate with fourth graders." Wolfgang says forcefully with a glare.

"But she's cute." Edmund tried to reason.

"It doesn't matter how cute Na-Katrinka is!" Wolfgang losing his temper nearly yells. "Those are the rules! Got it?"

"Sure Wolfgang whatever you say." Edmund says giving into Wolfgang.

"Right." Wolfgang says turning his attention away from his friend and towards his food.

Across the same café Nadine and Rhonda were also talking about her upcoming party.

"Well it took some doing but I really think this party will be successful." Rhonda says excitedly to Nadine. "This will be the event of the season and make me the most popular fourth grade girl…wait I already am well this will make me even more popular."

"I'm sure it will be great Rhonda." Nadine states agreeing with her friend. "Hey my mom said she'd doing some tarot reading for me before the party! Do you want yours done as well?"

"No way not after last time." Rhonda says shaking her head, the last time Mrs. Lowenthal had given her a reading she said that Rhonda would be seeing the world in a new way. One week later Rhonda had to get glasses, she didn't want to go through that again. "Everything's taken care of anyway just remember to wear something nice and maybe change your hairstyle."

And so the week passed by and soon it was the day of Rhonda's party, currently Nadine was waiting for her mother to get her cards in order so that she could get her tarot reading.

"Hmm well lovebug you've got some very interesting energy coming your way." Her mother spoke out loud. "It's new energy despite the fact that it is coming from a source you are already familiar with…interesting this person is a bull, stubborn and brutish but is or at least was very close to someone who is a moon child which makes them a bit softer. I'd say that the person making their way into your life is Taurean the person acts tough because they feel that they have to be strong and is also very awkward. Be cautious very lovebug this Taurean is ingrained in their believes but if you can get passed it like most Taureans the person will be much attached to you for years to come. But even still don't allow your core beliefs to be pushed aside for that other person's sake it would only hurt you both."

"Wow that's a lot to think about." Nadine says after her mother was done.

"It's going to be a journey lovebug, it won't be easy but eventually you'll see that it was worth it." Her mother reassures her.

From the other side of the neighborhood Wolfgang was also getting some advice from his mother though he wasn't very happy about it.

"And remember Wolfy if you want your crush to dance with you, you've got to be nice this time." His mother states while brushing his hair back much to his annoyance. "Compliment what she's wearing, offer to get her a drink-"

"Mom please!" Wolfgang interrupts before she could go any further. "I'm not doing any of that stuff! I don't have a crush and even if I did she doesn't even like me!"

"Oh Wolfy, you've just got to be calm and patient." His mother said shaking her head at him. "You're a sweet boy but you let your stubbornness and bullish behavior get the best of you some times. I'm sure your crush will like you just fine if you give her a chance to see that sweet boy I know you are." His mother finished saying. "There you're all set for the big party!"

"Thanks mom." Wolfgang says looking at himself in the mirror, it had taken a lot of work but his mother managed to neatly comb his hair back. "Hopefully it last all-" Before he could finish his sentence his hair was back its usual messy way.

"Of course you'd have hair as stubborn as you." His mother says rolling her eyes and trying again.

Cut to Rhonda's party

So far Rhonda's party was going very well, the kids of P.S. 118 all seemed to be enjoying themselves, some of them were already dancing. Others like Gerald and Phoebe were chatting it up in their own little corner. Helga was warning Arnold that she'd reject him if he asked her to dance and Arnold reassured Helga that he had only walked over to get some punch.

"This party is going really great Rhonda!" Nadine proclaimed to her friend as the watched the party goers having fun.

"I know even at the last minute and with some questionable guests I can still throw a great party." Rhonda says in a smug tone. "Everyone is going to be talking about this party for a good long time."

The two friends were still chatting when Park and Peapod came over to talk to them.

"Hey Rhonda, this is a really great party thanks for inviting me." Park says happily.

"Agreed everything is truly a sight." Peapod says agreeing with Park.

"Well you know me only the very best will do." Rhonda says smugly.

"Yeah the decorators did a really good job." Nadine adds in while taking a sip of her punch.

"Yes it is terribly, terribly amazing." Peapod says before clearing his throat. "Say Nadine would you like to dance?"

"Sure." Nadine says with a smile she was about to put down her cup when Rhonda pulled her aside.

"Oh Nadine, just one second you seem to have something on your dress." Rhonda proclaims, before whispering to Nadine. "Nadine are you crazy?! One of the reasons for this party was so that you'd talk to Wolfgang! He's not going to be happy to see you dancing with another boy."

"Don't be silly Rhonda it's just one dance." Nadine says dismissing her friend's worry. "Besides I haven't even seen Wolfgang he might not even be here yet." With that said Nadine walked back over to Peapod so that they could go dance.

Little did Nadine know Wolfgang was in fact at the party Edmund had already gone off to ask Sabrina to dance leaving him to hang back alone. He had been watching Nadine he wanted to go over to at least talk to her but she was always with her friend so he stayed away. He made his way over to one of the punch bowls deciding that maybe getting a drink would help him come up with a plan. A frown fell on his on his face though when turned to look back over at Nadine and he saw Park and Peapod walk over to Nadine and Rhonda, the frown soon turned into a very angry scowl when he saw Nadine and Peapod walk over to the dance hand in hand and smiling. At this point Wolfgang was squeezing the cup in his hand so hard that he didn't noticed that the punch spilled over and fall all over his pants.

"Hey look everybody Wolfgang spilled punch all over his pants!" Sid yells out loud pointing to Wolfgang while laughing.

"He did look he looks like he peed himself haha!" Stinky states also pointing and laughing, soon the rest of the party goers were also laughing much to Wolfgang's growing embarrassment.

Wolfgang felt like every single person was pointing and laughing at him and his face was getting redder because of it. Even Nadine he notes with her hand coving her mouth is laughing next to Peapod on the dance floor. "Shut up!" Wolfgang yelled in such a loud angry manner that even the music is quiet at this point. Angry Wolfgang stomps out the door the scary glare on his face keeps everyone from saying anything until he is gone.

"Stupid party, stupid punch, stupid Bug Girl." Wolfgang mutters to himself as he started to walk back home. "I should have never-"

"Hey Wolfgang?!" Nadine calls out interrupting him.

"Bug Girl?" Wolfgang said in surprise but then remembering how she laughed and was dancing with other boy he turns around glaring at the younger girl. "What do you want?"

"I wanted to make sure you were okay." Nadine says honestly.

"Yeah right, I saw you laughing like everyone else." Wolfgang says crossing his arms over his chest and facing away from her.

"Yeah? So what you would have been laughing too if it happened to someone else." Nadine argues. "So why would it be a big deal if I laughed at you?"

"Yeah! Well whatever!" Wolfgang just says blushing with his back to her.

"Look, I didn't come out here to argue with you okay." Nadine tries to reason. "We really need to talk."

"No we don't." Wolfgang says starting to walk away again.

"Yes we do!" Nadine argues getting frustrated. "You know we do! But every time I try to get you to talk about this stuff all you do is cause a fight!"

"Maybe I don't want to talk about it?!" Wolfgang shouts turning to face her. "I don't know if you've noticed but I've never had to deal with something like this okay!"

"Well I've never had to deal with something like this either!" Nadine shouted back. "You are the last person I would ever even image liking me in some way."

"Please you're crazy! I don't like you!" Wolfgang says defensively. "If anything you're the one that likes me you kissed me first!"

"I was just happy you saved my grasshoppers, I probably would have done the same thing if someone else had saved them." Nadine says defensively.

Wolfgang became speechless after this omission his face became pale. "Really? You would have done the same thing with anyone?" Wolfgang asked in a surprisingly quiet tone.

"Yeah, I mean the grasshoppers mean a lot to me and I wasn't really thinking about it when I kissed your cheek. Honestly I hadn't thought it would be a big deal." Nadine states also in a quiet tone she noticed that Wolfgang was becoming more and more deflated.

"Yeah I mean makes sense why else would you do it." Wolfgang says turning away from her again. "You probably like, like that Peapod kid anyway."

"I don't like, like Peapod." Nadine proclaims. "He's a friend and he asked me to dance at Rhonda's party so I said yes. I don't really like, like anyone right now."

"Not even…me?" Wolfgang asked sheepishly.

"No." Nadine answered honestly much to his growing disappointment. "But it's not like I hate you or anything…I mean well I hate how you bully me and my friends. But I don't really hate you, I just don't really know you enough to say that I like you. And I think if you really let yourself think about it you'd feel the same way."

"I guess that's true but I-" Wolfgang pauses for a second to sigh. "I feel something…I mean I didn't want to can you on Trash Can Day and I want to do things like walk you home and I don't like seeing you dance with someone else." He admits blushing. "You're right though I don't really know you all that well but all of these stupid feelings are there."

"Maybe we can hang out sometime and get to know each other." Nadine suggested nervously. "I really think it would be a good way to figure out what's going on."

"Okay cool we can totally do that." Wolfgang says not trying to sound too excited. "Tomorrow's Sunday what to meet me at the park?"

"Yeah that sounds good. Okay than I'm going to head back to the party." Nadine tells him waving good bye. "Have a good night."

"Yeah okay." Wolfgang says nodding his head in agreement. "Good night Bug Girl."

"You can call me Nadine you know." Nadine tells him.

"Whatever you say Bug Girl!" Wolfgang says with a smirk before turning and walking away.

A/N and that's the end of this chapter I hope it was enjoyable. It's interesting that when I look back at Hey Arnold as a series Nadine was a character that wasn't used as much as she should have been. Even though she's Rhonda's best friend their interactions as the series goes on is just standing next to each other. There are even some Rhonda centered episodes were the two don't speak, in fact Nadine for the most part seems to just always be there reacting to everything but that's it which is a shame. She's biracial and has hippy parents there is a story here to tell. Also if you haven't guess this party takes place during the Hey Harold episode and interestingly enough the part about Wolfgang spilling punch on himself does happen off screen. Anyway please read and review.