Timmy's POV

After my little talk with Tootie, I felt relieved, I'm not sure why, but it feels good.

Saying the 'L' word is kind of embarrassing for me, but it also means a lot to me, I'm a strange guy, I know.

When I first met Alex, I was so timid and afraid, now I'm confident and happy. The next day I met with Alex and walked to school with him, he and I had the same classes. During the first period Mr. Crocker paid little attention to me, which was kind of a shock, I mean for as long as I knew him, he was the meanest to me and me alone, everyone else he ignored, well he paid attention to just the regular kind, not the mean kind.

He kept giving Alex homework and worksheets and the tests as well, not giving him a chance to learn everything he's given him, I'd feel sorry for Alex, but this doesn't bother him, Alex does the work and gets a passing grade, or a perfect score. As if his height wasn't enough..

Anyway the next couple periods weren't that hard, Francis kept away from me because of Alex. Alex didn't even notice Francis when we passed him this morning, it seems like Francis was so insignificant that Alex didn't bother to remember him, or he probably just forgot, I like the other one better, but that's just how Alex is, he's a nice guy.

At lunch Trixie grabbed Alex, he looked to me before letting her drag him along to her friends, "It's alright, it's not like I'm completely alone, I got friends." I said and went to sit with A.J and Chester.

Alex nodded and went with Trixie, every time she looks at me she looks mad, or angry I should say, I haven't done anything to her to make her mad. So seeing her like that confuses me, I mean what did I do? And when did I do it?

I don't really need to know, since I've given up on her, if she hates me, who cares, right? Alex fit into school life pretty quickly, and he figured out how to deal with Crocker. Instead of getting F's I get the right grade now, no more failing, I'm actually passing, I'm doing more in math then any other class, which is kind of funny, I mean I hated math but now I kind of like it.

At the end of the week I was with Tootie, we've grown closer again, we talk about pretty much everything. It's all I really wanted, to be accepted, and to be recognized, not only by the people that hurt me, but by everyone, my best friends, my parents, my teachers, and the one person that watched me from the beginning, Tootie Valentine.

Alex's POV

It's finally the weekend, man going to school made the week seem so short, when it was Friday, I thought it was still Tuesday, anyway I was on my way to Vicky's, I felt like I haven't see her in awhile so my old shy self started to come out as I got closer to her place. I'm such a child I spend a little time away from her and I end up like this, wow.

As I walked to her place I stared at the ground, it's been awhile since I've thought about my parents, I wonder what'll happen if I ever meet them again, like what will I say? When they left me alone, I hated them, but now I'm not sure about that. It's Been four years since mother left, and eight years father left me, everyday I'm reminded by that fact. I looked up to the sky, this is why I have Vicky, so I don't feel alone.

Ten minutes later I was knocking on her apartment door, the door opened and I was greeted with a hug, "Hey." I said and hugged her back. I guess she felt the same, "Welcome back." Her voice was soft, I smiled, "Like you said, it's not forever."

I went to my room and put my clothes away, just seeing her made everything disappear, all my doubts, and my nervousness. Since we only have two days to spend together, we just talked, it was the usual, what I did and how I felt about finally going to school. That Friday was nice, we decided to keep our promise, we can't do anything that'll get us separated, although we do some stuff in secret, nothing too major.

With how easy I fell into school life, time seemed to speed up, three years went by, and I was just one year away from being with Vicky completely, Timmy and Tootie are always together, it reminded me of when I was always with Vicky when I see them, but thinking like that only means I'm still a kid, we've grown a lot some we've met, well I've grown, quite a lot actually, when I was fourteen, I stood at six foot six, now I'm six foot nine.

When I told Timmy and Tootie about my relationship with Vicky, they were shocked, no doubt about that, but they accepted it after awhile, but for Tootie, it took longer for her to accept what we had, when she saw us, she looked sad, so I decided to have a talk with her around when I was about to turn fifteen. I told her to just let me go, she has someone who she watched and cared for, for years, just because I helped her doesn't mean she has to leave that person behind, sure he can be an idiot at times, but he can change, just like you did.

She started crying and calling herself a dumbass, asking herself, what was I thinking? I know she didn't want to hear it, but I said, 'because you slowly started to give up on him.' And then she wouldn't stop crying, she asked me not to tell Timmy about that, she denied what I said at first but then she realized that it was true. After that I talked to Timmy, back then he was still a little shy, but when we just talk, he's like a different person.

He's gotten taller, five foot six he's standing at, Tootie and Timmy are a great couple, because of their age, they get to be together all the time, sometimes they stay over at each other's places. Am I jealous? No, because just seeing Vicky and spending time with her is enough for me, I don't need to be by her side twenty four seven, although I kind of want to.

Trixie Tang hangs out with everyone now, her popularity went 'down' because she stopped hanging out with the cool kids, she mostly hangs out with Timmy's friends, but Timmy and her don't talk much, but once and awhile they do. She doesn't glare at him anymore, and she doesn't try to talk to me all the time, I can tell when someone likes me, I'm not stupid. I've watched my friends grow, they've never noticed how I'm always being quiet, they just love their lives, my life with them is growing more distant, I shouldn't be doing that, since they've helped me with a lot of stuff, but like Vicky, I just need that one person to make everything better, to make feeling alone nonexistent. I love her more than anything in this world.

I'm seventeen, but in one more day, I'll be eighteen, the only people that attended my birthday were Nicky, Jerry, Timmy, Tootie, A.J, and Chester. Later on tonight Vicky has something planned for me, but the way she said it made me feel nervous, but excited, it's been eight years, who can blame me?

The birthday itself was alright, I got offered a drink by my dad (Jerry) but I didn't like it, so I told him maybe in a few years, and then he smiled and we talked for awhile, "You're a man now, a better man than your actual father can ever be. I'm proud of you, son." He said and we hugged, that's what a father should do, be there for the child regardless of their relationship.

After that I talked with Tootie, "Happy Birthday!" She screamed and hugged me, I smiled, "Thanks, where's Timmy?" I asked. She shook her head, "He went off somewhere with the boys, I don't know. They're really good friends, if I had to guess, to get you a present." Tootie smiled.

I laughed, "Knowing him and the others, they're stuck between comic books and something expensive, man those guys, they mean well, but those gifts aren't my style."

Tootie chuckled, "I'll take em off you if you don't want them."

I shook my head, "I'm also a good friend, just because it's something I don't use or watch, doesn't mean I'm going to turn it down." I raised my eyebrow, time to have some fun, "You and Timmy have been dating for almost four years now, how's that going?"

"Good." Her cheeks turned a light shade of pink, I smirked, "Good? That's an understatement. Fantastic maybe, or better yet, getting caught making out in the janitors closet at another school."

She blushed and looked away, "It was only one time, geez."

I leaned on her, "Please, you even got in trouble for doing that on the principals cars for both schools. I know you both have different dreams, but I thought you would have pushed that aside and follow Timmy, what happened?"

She blushed even harder, "I've spent years following him, and not in the good way, I'd say he's earned it..."

I sighed and sat down on the couch, "You two are going to be awesome grown ups, by that I mean parents."

She punched my arm softly and then leaned down to kiss my cheek, "Thank you for everything, I know after this party I won't be seeing you as much, so I thought I'd tell you now." I stared at her a little shocked, she's never figured me out so fast before, I smiled, "You're welcome, I'll try and visit."

And then our conversation ended, the boys got back with what I expected and then we got the cake out and I made my wish. Out loud. The wish was I want to meet my parents someday, so I can show them the friends I made. Everyone smiled, and then it started to get late, which meant I had to go over to Vicky's.

When everyone left, I turned and found Jerry and Nicky, "I'll be back tomorrow." They nodded, "Alright goodnight. Tell Vicky we said hi." I told them I would, and headed out. It takes about ten minutes on foot to get to Vicky's, on the way there I felt like I had the stupidest grin on my face, which I probably did.

I made it to her floor and then I hesitantly knocked on the door. After a few seconds, I heard the door unlock, when it opened my jaw dropped, Vicky was wearing nothing but a nightgown that was transparent.

She grabbed my hand and gently pulled me into her apartment, "Happy Birthday. Alex."

This will be all for a while, I'm not sure how much Timmy x Tootie will be in the next chapter, but I'll try to get some in there.

Thanks for reading!

Rilurz ~