The weekend went by quicker than Flaky would have liked and before she knew she was back in school once more. Luckily she was able to wake up on time and didn't miss the bus. She was even able to walk around the halls for a while before class officially started. She walked around aimlessly while staring at her feet, thinking about her plan and wondered if it would even be able to work.

That's when she ran into Nutty in the hallway.

Literally.

He was standing in the middle of the hallway, looking on some "inspirational" posters on the school's white walls. And Flaky was so deep in her own thoughts she almost crashed into him, but luckily looked up in time to see him and stopped next to him.

"Nutty, c-can we talk?"

Nutty's eyes stayed glued to the posters as he muttered, "Uh huh. Sure."

She stood in front of him and his gaze was finally on her, his yellow eyes flicking from Flaky's face to the wall and back again. Flaky frowned, "N-Nutty. Look at me please."

Nutty's eyes finally rested on her face once more and he gave her a smile, which she returned as he spoke, "So what do you wanna talk about?"

Flaky looked around and saw several students wandering the halls, and looked back at her friend, "M-maybe we should take t-this someplace more private, you think?"

X X X

Nutty soon found out that "someplace more private" apparently meant hiding out in the janitor's closet. So now he was standing next to a mop bucket in crowded closet with his friend and surprisingly that isn't even the weirdest place Nutty has even been before in the school.

He looked at Flaky, who was chewing her bottom lip nervously, "As I asked before: So what did you wanna talk about?"

"Well I a-actually wanted to ask you something e-earlier about what happened Friday."

Nutty looked confused, so she continued, "I mean w-why were you acting so. . .n-normal?

"Oh, well I don't really know. I just felt more comfortable around you I guess. You are a lot nicer to me than our classmates. I like how nice you are.

Flaky smiled at the compliment, "I think I have a way to help y-you get more friends."

"How? They don't even like me? They think I'm just a crazed sugar addict."

Even though that was pretty much dead-on accurate, Flaky didn't say anything and instead gave him a small reassuring smile, "I can help. P-people like me, if you act as you did with me F-Friday. I'm sure they'll warm up to you in n-no time."

"You think that will work?"

"I know it will work."

Then silently in her mind, two words echoed around inside.

"I hope."

X X X

The first bell rang as they exited the janitor closet, earning a couple confused looks from passing students, but none said anything about it and kept walking. Nutty and Flaky walked to class together and sat down in the back row as the classroom quickly filled with students, most talking to friends about what they had done over the weekend.

Before long though, the bell rang and Flaky's classes went by a lot quicker than the first hour and it was already lunchtime again. Only this time it would hopefully be different as Nutty decided to sit with Flaky and her friends this time, rather than alone like him usually did. This was the moment that would make or break Flaky's plan.

As soon as Nutty sat down next to Flaky, her friends: Giggles, Petunia, and Lammy all looked at him and her with a confused look. Giggles, of course, was the first to speak up and say something though.

"Why is Nutty sitting with us? Did you invite him?"

Flaky nodded, smiling, "Y-yes, I did. Is that a problem?"

"Of course not!", said Giggles, although the tone of her voice made it sound like it was very much a problem indeed.

The other girls didn't make any comments, although Lammy gave Nutty a warm smile, which caused Flaky to feel a slight twinge of something in her chest. Flaky ignored it and finished her food just as Nutty's eyes zoomed in on the cupcake on Petunia's plate.

That's when everything went downhill.

"Hey! You gonna eat that?", Nutty smiled as he pointed at the dessert.

"What?", Petunia frowned slightly, startled and confused by the sugar-crazed male's outburst.

"Are you gonna eat that cupcake? Cause if not, could I have it? It looks tasty!"

"Sure?"

Petunia handed the green and yellow-haired boy the cupcake, who devoured it almost instantly. Nutty's eyes lit up with a type of crazed excitement as he started to giggle and shake in his seat. There was a big reason Nutty was allowed too much sugar at school and that was the fact that was because no matter how little sugar he had. . .

He.

Went.

Crazy.

Nutty started laughing like a crazy person and dashed around the lunchroom, grabbing cupcakes off people's plates as Flaky ran after him, calling out for him to stop, but nothing worked as he knocked people and chairs over. He only stopped when he slipped on a tray and fell flat on his back, still giggling. Flaky finally caught up to him, out of breath and red-faced.

Yea, her plan was going so great so far, huh?