And I back again with another chapter. I want to thank lily for reviewing last chapter. This chapter will show some stuff from the Arnold & Lila and Grand Prix episodes.
I still own nothing but the plot
Nadine pov
The following week would prove to be an interesting time for the kids at P.S. 118, the annual All-City Junior Go-Kart Race would be at the end of the week. Followed by the Grand Prix the next week and then the Cheese festival would take place after that spring always did bring about a lot of fun activities to the city.
"Hey Nadine look! Arnold and Lila are having lunch together aren't they just so cute!" Rhonda states from their shared table.
"They do look nice together." Nadine says with a small smile, it was a bit of a surprise to her, Rhonda and Lila when they saw the writing on an alley wall saying 'Arnold loves Lila' neither girls had ever realized that Arnold had felt that way about Lila but it must have been true because now the two were always together. "It must be very nice."
"Well I'm sure that soon this will be you and Wolfgang." Rhonda proclaims happily though her best friend just gives her a shrug. "You mean you guys haven't figured it out yet?!"
"Well I mean I do think I like him but we haven't really talked about it much." Nadine admits, despite the extra amount of time spent together there hadn't been much talk on how they felt about each other. "Plus he's been busy with his go-kart lately."
"Well than I insist that the two of you have a frank decision about it when the Grand Prix is over." Rhonda says in a forceful tone. "I mean you've spent a lot of time together, he gets jealous when other boys talk to you. Sure he's not as nice or helpful or friendly to people like someone like Arnold but he does seem to be trying to treat you better at least. At some point he has to make some kind of commitment."
"Yeah but there are still some things that I don't know about him." Nadine says with a sigh. "And randomly he'll be on edge for no reason."
"All the more reason to have a talk with him!" Rhonda insisted. "After all you don't want to spend your youth having him string you along."
"Rhonda I'm nine!" Nadine states to her friend.
"Exactly this time is too precious to waste on someone being fickle." Rhonda proclaims in a huff.
"Okay Rhonda that's not a bad idea." Nadine says finally agreeing with her friend.
Wolfgang pov
The weekend soon came and the neighborhood was filled with excitement for the upcoming races, whether you were racing or in the stands it was sure to be an exciting day. Wolfgang was especially excited when he noticed that he would be racing against the fourth graders whom had less than impressive go-karts compared to his at least.
"Well, well, well. So I'm racing the fourth graders today." Wolfgang states in a taunting tone as he pulls up in his monster sized go-kart.
"Morning, Wolfgang. Ready to Rumble?" Eugene asked from his go-kart 'The Mauve Storm'.
"In your dreams, Twiggy." Wolfgang says glaring down at Eugene. "You don't stand a chance in that purple cream puff. Why don't you just go home now and cry in your bed?!"
"Well some kids would do that Wolfgang, some kids would just give up and start falling apart piece by piece. But others come home from school and wash up and go racing in the streets!" Eugene tells him, to which the older boy just laughed at the jinx.
"Good Morning racing fans!" The announce starts to say through the speaker. "We're about to begin the qualifying heat for the Junior All City Grand Pix!" The racers were now all lined up to the starting line as they waited for the race to start.
"This is going to be cake." Wolfgang says to himself just before the race begins, and just as he predicted he was able to win the qualifying race despite having to dodge 'The Dark Avenger' and 'The Mauve Storm' go-karts that ended crashing together. "Yes! I am so the best!" Wolfgang proclaims with joy after he stopped his car.
"You were awesome Wolfgang now we're going to the Grand Prix!" Edmund says clearly excited.
"Of course we are because I'm the best!" Wolfgang shouts, there were kids in the stands whom were cheering and Wolfgang looked up to see that Nadine was one of them. This made Wolfgang enjoy the cheers even more and he started cockily blowing kisses towards the cheering crowd though it was mostly for Nadine.
"Looks like those fourth graders are done." Edmund comments looking back at the wreck.
"Well, I guess that's the end of your little go-karts. Hahaha!" Wolfgang says to Eugene, Arnold, and Sid and Stinky laughing as he and Edmund walked passed them, since the race was over the two fifth graders went their separate ways with Edmund stating that he was going check if they needed to do any last minute repairs. Wolfgang was grateful for this as it gave him the opportunity to meet Nadine at the park. "That race was so awesome! I told you I would win!" Wolfgang had been going over what happened during the race again despite the fact that Nadine was there to witness it.
"I know Wolfgang I saw!" Nadine says rolling her eyes while she tried to grab two crickets. "The whole neighborhood saw if you hadn't noticed."
"I know and next week I'm gonna win the Grand Prix! That trophy is as good as mine." Wolfgang says smugly.
"If you say s- Yes! Got them!" Nadine proclaims happily after capturing the crickets. "You did almost crash though."
"That wasn't even my fault though." Wolfgang says defensively. "Plus I was able to dodge them."
"Poor Arnold though first Lila dumps him last week and now he lost his go-kart." Nadine states feeling bad for her fellow classmate.
"Nad-ine!" Wolfgang says in a whiny jealous tone. "I just won the qualifying round! Why aren't you excited for me instead of feeling bad for that football headed loser!"
"You don't need to pout Wolfgang I am happy for you." Nadine tells him evenly having gotten used to him acting this way. "You did a good job today but you should still be careful of the energy you give off to the universe. My parent's always said being too cocky can always come back to get you at the end."
"Yeah well no way is that going to happen to me!" Wolfgang says confidently. "I won today and I'm going to win the Grand Prix next week too!"
"If you say so." Nadine states as she looks down at the jar that now had the crickets. "But you know if you don't win that's okay right?"
"No it's not okay winning is the most important thing!" Wolfgang says shaking his head at her. "Nothing else will ever be as important…well actually winning and your reputation those two things are the most important things."
"Right." Nadine says though there was a clear frown on her face which she shook off, Wolfgang was competitive sure but he couldn't mean that just those two things were the only things that mattered to him right?
Time flow by and soon it was the day of the Grand Prix, Wolfgang was confident that he would win. He and Edmund were waiting for the race to begin when they saw Arnold, Sid, Stinky and Eugene working on a new go-kart.
"Everyone will fear 'The Mauve Avenger'!" Eugene says in an excited tone.
"The Mauve Avenger? Ha! I'm so scared." Wolfgang says in a mocking tone. "The big powerful Mauve Avenger's going to beat me. NOT! You pathetic fourth grade losers are wasting your time." He says then notices that Edmund had remained quiet. "Laugh and agree."
"Haha I agree." Edmund says. "Good series of insults Wolfgang."
"Shut up." Wolfgang says annoyed with his friend as the two of them walked away with their go-kart.
"And now the grand prix race you've all been waiting for the junior division finals." The Announcer says over the speakers, each of the drivers then made their way over to the starting line. "Boys and girls start your engines! Racers to your marks." All the racers were now at their marks waiting for the green light to start the race.
"See you at the finish line football face." Wolfgang taunts one last time to Arnold who was in a kart next to his at the starting point before the race began.
Soon the light turned green and the go-karts took off, everything was going well Wolfgang was ahead of the other racers after a few laps he heads over to the pits where Edmund hands him a soda.
"It's crazy out there. It never stops." Wolfgang said to Edmund he was actually feeling a bit exhausted.
"Hey, Wolfgang when do I get to drive?" Edmund asked his friend.
"You get to drive…NEVER!" Wolfgang proclaims before driving off on 'The Destroyer' in order to finish off the race much to his friend's disappointed but at the moment all Wolfgang cared about was winning the race and impressing everyone especially Nadine.
"We're now in the final lap!" The Announcer says to the crowd.
"I'm going to win, fourth grader, I'm going to win!" Wolfgang says in an excited, this was it his moment of glory would soon be there. He could already image the trophy in his hand everyone cheering for him maybe Nadine would kiss him again on the cheek for winning. His thoughts of glory were soon interrupted when he noticed Eugene getting close to him in 'The Mauve Avenger'.
All of a sudden the go-kart next to him lost a wheel and said kart was being driven out of Eugene's control. Wolfgang in trying to avoid the Mauve Avenger ends up crashing his go-kart and taking the two drivers behind him with it. Wolfgang was out of the race and he wasn't happy about it, especially when he had to drag the busted up go-kart over to the finish line after Phoebe had won the race.
"I told you, you should have let me drive." Edmund states making his way over to Wolfgang.
"Shut up." Wolfgang says already annoyed enough that he crashed and lost.
"Well you should have, I wouldn't have crashed." Edmund insist obviously very upset about the whole thing.
"You don't even know if that's true!" Wolfgang says defensively yelling at his friend. "You probably would have done way worse."
"Yeah unlikely, now look at the go-kart it's a complete mess!" Edmund yells back.
"Maybe if you had done a better job at the pits this wouldn't have happened!" Wolfgang argued with his friend. "I should have done this on my own." The two kept arguing for a good hour before they went their separate ways it was likely that they wouldn't be speaking to each other for a few days.
So in the end Nadine had ended up being right about being too cocky and Wolfgang ended up losing the Grand Prix it was so embarrassing and he blamed his lost on Eugene and his team after all if he hadn't lost control Wolfgang wouldn't have needed to veer from the track causing him to crash 'The Destroyer'.
"It's all that stupid jinx's fault! I would have won if it hadn't been for him!" Wolfgang rants to Nadine the next day on one of the park's benches. "That whole team is going to get it big time on Monday. That trophy should have been mine!"
"There's always next year though? That's something!" Nadine says trying to cheer Wolfgang up.
"Yeah whatever." Wolfgang says rolling his eyes.
"Plus you're not hurt…when you crashed I was actually pretty worried about you." Nadine admits.
"You were worried about me?" Wolfgang asked actually taken by surprise, no body but his mother had ever worried about his safety. Not even his friends ever seemed to worry but that might be because compared to most kids his age he seemed invincible it might not help that he has slammed himself into mailbox pick-ups and walked away unharmed. "Really?"
"Well yeah, I mean after all this time we've spent together lately how could I not worry?" Nadine tells him. "I mean wouldn't you be worried if it had been me who crashed."
"Yes." Wolfgang admits after a while trying not to blush, the truth was he worried about her quite a bit. Nadine was always exploring new places in search of new creepy crawlers to study, it wouldn't be that big of a deal but Nadine tends to lose herself in the search and become less aware of her own surroundings. She has fallen into many holes and tumbled down a few hills because she hadn't been watching her step.
"So yeah that crash wasn't easy to watch happen." Nadine finishes saying to him.
Wolfgang started to feel that same stomach twisting feeling he would sometimes feel ever since Nadine had first kissed him on the cheek. It had only been a few weeks since they started hanging out and he knew he was liking her more and more. He had always hoped she felt the same way but she hadn't really said too much about how she felt about him but maybe she did feel something? "You know Bug Girl we've been hanging out for a while now and-"
"And it's been fun right?" Nadine asked in a hopeful tone interrupting him.
"Yes! Lots of fun." Wolfgang agreed with her then starts blushing after he clear his throat. "And…you know hanging out together…made me realize that I do really like, like you and well…do you-" Wolfgang kept stuttering having a hard time getting the words out. "I mean it's okay if you don't but do you-"
"Yes Wolfgang I like you like you back." Nadine tells him starting to grow a small blush of her own.
"Yes!" Wolfgang exclaims happily he became so excited he stood up and began to jump up and down after he was done jumping he pulled Nadine into a backwards hug causing her to laugh at his antics. "Go out with me! Be my girlfriend!"
"Okay." Nadine says with a laugh he was just so excited about this it was very endearing.
"Great." Wolfgang says finally putting her down to face him. "So my mom kind of said that she'd want you over for dinner when I asked you. Can you come over next Saturday?" In truth his mother asked him to bring Nadine over the same day he asked her out but he figured a week would be enough time to get rid of anything in the house that could embarrass him, especially the baby picture's that seemed to be everywhere.
"But the Cheese Fair is next Saturday." Nadine reminds him. "I was hoping we'd go together…for like a real date."
"Like a real date? At the Cheese Fair?" Wolfgang says nervously taking a step away from her as a feeling of dread suddenly came over him.
"What's wrong?" Nadine asked picking up on his shifting mood. "Do you not want to go with me?"
"No!" Wolfgang says without thinking. "I mean yes I want to go with you but-" He begins to trail off searching for an excuse, the whole time that the two had been hanging out Wolfgang went out of his way to make sure they wouldn't be seen by anyone else from school especially other fifth graders. But going to the Cheese Fair with Nadine on a date would mean that everyone would see them together because everyone goes to the Cheese Fair every year. He couldn't risk what it would do to his reputation, him Wolfgang the biggest meanest fifth grader at P.S.118 with a fourth grader for a girlfriend? That was just pure madness! The other boys wouldn't respect and fear him anymore. "Nadine I…we-" Wolfgang looks down at Nadine seeing her hopeful expression, she clearly wanted to do this so bad. And she just became his girlfriend he didn't want to disappoint her. "I'll pick you up at your house in the early afternoon."
"Great! This is going to be so much fun." Nadine exclaims happily.
"Yeah so great." Wolfgang says with fake happiness, he didn't know how but he knew that he was going to try to figure out some way for them to go together without the whole neighborhood finding out that they were a couple. Nadine may not care about how important reputations were but he did and no matter how much he liked her he wanted his to stay the way it is.
A/n and that is the end of that chapter! I wonder what will happen next! Find out next chapter and as always please read and review.