Here's the next episode of this series, which is 'Biosquare'! Anyway, enjoy!

Almost 7:57 AM, me and Arnold arrived in front of the greenhouse where Arnold's grandfather was. Arnold's grandfather smiled as he said, "Well, good luck in your glass bubble, kids. Just think, 24 hours without cable. And don't worry, I should be okay 'cause I'll be watching your little monkey science show."

Arnold's grandfather chuckled as he pointed to a couple lawn chairs and some books, along with a spittoon. "Got my lawn chair and my spittoon. I'm all set."

"I'm really excited about this, grandpa. Twenty-four hours of conducting scientific experiments in our biosquare, using only natural resources and products." Arnold said.

"Well, good luck, kids." Arnold's grandpa said as he was about to leave.

"Uh, you're not going to be watching us the ENTIRE twenty-four hours, are you?" I asked.

"Oh don't worry. I invited Oskar, he's going to be watching too!" Arnold's grandfather smiled.

I groaned. "Not quite what I meant."

"Oh, don't worry. We'll leave you alone to do your works. Besides, we can't hear you in the greenhouse, and you won't hear us on the outside." Arnold's grandfather explained.

I sighed in relief. So, they won't hear if I DO confess to Arnold... but they could probably see me and him if we ever... yeah, as much as I wanted to confess to Arnold, I wasn't doing it in front of a crowd I wasn't comfortable in.

"That's what I wanted to know." I said.

"I'll leave you two be!" Arnold's grandfather smiled as he went over to sit down.

I turned to Arnold as he smiled. "Just think, our own little walden! Think of what we'll learn."

"I can only imagine." I sighed as we picked up our bags and went inside. I could only marvel at the sight the minute I entered the greenhouse.

Everything inside was so... so beautiful. All the plants that were growing inside, a little fountain nearby, a desk to do our experiments, and a little telescope nearby. A sink was also nearby so we could at least brush our teeth up before we went to bed. I sighed. "This place is beautiful... man, it's a shame Nadine and Phoebe weren't here with us... they'd REALLY would love to see this place!"

"Yeah, but Nadine's with Sid on a hair project, and Phoebe's with Stinky doing a Pavlov experiment, as you told me." Arnold said. He then looked at me in concern. "You sure you want to do this? Once I shut this door and lock it, our 24 hours will begin."

"Arnold, I told you already, I'll be fine." I smiled to my friend. "You do the experiments, I take the notes. Easy peezy, lemon squeezy. Besides, it's not like I'm going to run out of food in the first 45 minutes, and then go starve-crazy for the rest of the time we're in here! It's sweet of you to be concerned, though."

"All right." Arnold smiled as he shut the door. "I trust you."

"Thank you." I smiled as I checked my watch. "Eight o'clock. Let the experiments begin."

Arnold nodded as he unpacked the first big experiment, the potato. "Okay, first experiment. A potato with cucumber seeds in it. We'll see if the seeds flower."

I nodded as I took notes on the potato as Arnold set it up on a steel dolly, holding it in position. "Okay, Eight O'clock, starting potato experiment. Will keep eye on potato every hour."

I nodded as we kept watch on the potato.

I don't know why, but keeping an eye on the potato probably got me bored, my eyes kept wandering over to Arnold. He was busy explaining the potato's aspects, but I was too busy drawing in my notebook to even pay attention.

"Rhonda?"

"Huh?" I said, looking up. "Sorry. How long has it been?"

"Forty-five minutes." Arnold said. "You sure you okay? I noticed you went out of it."

"I'm sorry, I'm paying attention now." I said. "What were you going to say?"

"As I was saying, I think we should ration our portions of food, just in case we get hungry." Arnold said.

"Good thought." I said as I opened my bag. "Okay, let's see... I bought in a few juice boxes, some chips and mom put in some bread with peanut butter spread and jelly spread... heh, guess she slipped in the knife... must be for the 'make your own sandwiches' thing, which I don't blame her." I said as I laid down the food in front of him. "What about you?"

Arnold raised an eyebrow. "Well, while your mom was being thoughtful, I brought along a few things that were more... natural foods."

"What's wrong with chips and sand-" I started... then caught myself. "Sorry. Go on."

"Well..."Arnold pulled out a box. "I got some freeze-dry kelp, powdered trail mix, organic celery juice... you want some?"

I paused as I looked at the food Arnold has. I didn't feel like really eating it unless I had to. "Eh, if it's all the same to you, Arnold, I'll stick with my food. I'll only eat your food if I'm bored with mine. No offense."

"Fair enough." Arnold shrugged. "Think you can water plants for a bit? I'll keep an eye on the potato and take notes."

"Sure." I nodded as I picked up a nearby hose and turned it on.

As I was busy watering the plants, I couldn't help but take a look outside the greenhouse. Sure enough, there was Arnold's grandfather and Mr. Kokoshcka sitting down as they were enjoying some pizza. I couldn't help but hear my stomach growl... oh, I yearned to have a slice...

But I knew I had to stay firm. I had to brave it out. I had food... and even if I ran out, I have Arnold's food for back-up, even if I think it's a little disgusting, I'll still eat it. Besides, I want to stay here... for Arnold!

Anyway, after watering the plants, I went back with Arnold as he was putting up a potted plant as he said, "Next, two different plants growing in the same pot."

"Why would you put in two different plants in the same pot?" I said as I went back to taking notes. "It's a nice idea, but wouldn't two plants overcrowd?"

"It's more than that." Arnold explained. "By planting these two plants in the same pot, there is a high percentage that this plant will cross-breed into a hybrid plant. Like if you cross a red tulip with a yellow tulip, chances are, you'll get a purple tulip."

"Oh, I see." I said as I wrote this down. "That's pretty cool."

"Isn't it?" Arnold smiled. "Now, let's just keep our eyes on the experiment."

We kept taking notes throughout the rest of the morning. Once we took our break for lunch, I said to Arnold, "So, should we start up our small ant experiment once we're done eating?"

"I think that may be a good idea." Arnold said. "We did bring the ants for a reason, and we are going to need them to work together."

"I'm just glad Nadine had a few ants to spare." I smiled a bit as I pulled out the little box containing the red ant. "She told me that red ants and black ants would work good together, if given the chance."

"Want to prove Nadine's statement correct?" Arnold asked.

"Don't you know it." I smiled.

Pretty soon, after our lunch, we got over to the small ant farm as we put in our ants. I took out my notebook as I examined the ants. I noted, "Seems the black ant is inspecting its surroundings and is communicating with the red ant."

"Indeed." Arnold nodded. "How do you think the red ant is reacting, Rhonda?"

"Hmmm... looking closer..." I squinted. "The red ant seems very, very curious about its new neighbor. Nothing hostile so far."

"See this?" Arnold pointed towards the glass as I saw the red ant and black ant moving a blade of grass. "I think the black ant is trying to get the red ant to help him move a blade of grass."

"The red ant sure is offering her little leg to help the black ant to impress him." I noted.

"How can you tell the red ant is a female?" Arnold asked in curiosity.

"I can't. I'm just scientifically hypothesizing." I said. "I mean, the black ant wants to help the red ant get used to the new environment... and the red ant... realizes that the black ant is really, really nice and decides to help whenever she can, even though..."

I paused in thought as I worded, "...even though the red ant knows she's not used to this new environment, but the black ant seems pretty adaptable. I'm sure by working together, they are sure to be good friends."

Arnold thought about it. "That's pretty deep, Rhonda. It's a good thought, too."

"Thanks." I said as I wrote it down in my notebook. As I did so, I couldn't help but look at the ants... somewhere, I saw myself and Arnold as those ants. Me, a small red ant, a little nervous around the new environment, but Arnold, a small black ant, offering me some help to get used to the new home. I smiled as I kept taking notes, studying those ants. Seems both the red ant and the black ant were helping each other out as best as they could...

I sighed when I thought of all the times Arnold helped me out. I then thought of the times I helped repay the favors to Arnold... because it is what friends do... friends... I looked towards Arnold, smiling a bit. The thought actually did cross my mind in telling him right then, right here, right now...

I shook my head. I was just too nervous, I couldn't do it! Besides, this is a SCHOOL project we're doing! I wasn't going to ruin that moment!

So I decided to keep on working on examining our projects, occasionally switching between projects between Arnold and myself every hour to make sure everything is up to code.

It must have been around sunset when Arnold called up to me. "Rhonda, you've got to see what the black ant just did!"

"What is it?" I said in curiosity as I went over to him and looked into the ant farm, where it seemed the red ant and the black ant were working together, building something.

"Well, remember that piece of grass it moved earlier with the red ant. With the red ant's help, it's building an entire shelter from within the ant farm." Arnold smiled.

I examined both ants as they seemed to be working together on a small hole within the ground. "Wow... our ant experiment seems to be the most effective so far."

I wrote down what the ants were doing as we kept examining them. I, once again, saw myself and Arnold as those ants. Working together, not bugging one another... it would be nice to see what those ants could possibly do.

"Anyway, it's getting around sunset. It'll probably be too dark to examine our science project any further." Arnold said. "We may as well stop for the night. We can resume our work tomorrow."

"Couldn't we-" I started before pausing. "Oh, right, natural environment. No lights."

"Unless you want to use the moon and the stars as your lights, that's perfectly fine, but I'm packing it in." Arnold said. "What do you say? Eat something, then set up for the night?"

I nodded. "That'll work."

Luckily, Arnold and I decided to change on opposite corners so that we wouldn't... eh, well... LOOK at each other changing. I decided to try on something nothing too heart throbbing, but something simple in terms of PJs... I had these nice purple pajamas that I put on myself. I looked down, smiling as I posed a little. Luckily, Arnold's grandfather and Mr. Kokoshka had better things to do tonight, so they were at least decent.

As soon as I was done, I picked out my toothbrush and walked out to the sink, where Arnold joined me in his blue PJs. I giggled. "Those are pretty cute on you, Arnold."

"What, the pajamas?" Arnold blinked.

"Of course the pajamas, what else could I be talking about?" I asked.

"Oh, well... nothing... your pajamas are nice too." Arnold said as he put our toothpaste on.

"Thank you." I blushed. "Uh, do you want to go first?"

"No, after you." Arnold smiled.

"Thank you." I smiled as I proceeded to brush my teeth. As soon as I was done, Arnold did his teeth. After he was done, we were about to leave when we heard the faucet drip.

"Hmmm... let me turn that off." Arnold said as he turned the faucet handle to the left.

Hmmm... no good. Faucet was still dripping. I shrugged as me and Arnold said at the same time, "Eh, I'm sure it'll be fine."

We both realized we said it at the same time as we blushed.

"Well, I guess we better get to sleep. We'll take a look at our experiments tomorrow." Arnold said.

"All right." I said as I went over to my sleeping bag.

"You know, Rhonda, I'm surprised that you didn't bring one of those fancy inflatable mattresses." Arnold said as he went over to his sleeping bag.

"Oh, Arnold, just because I'm a rich girl doesn't mean I bring along stuff that rich people bring." I said. "Besides, me, Phoebe and Nadine always go on a camping trip each year for the weekend. Nadine always likes to examine the bugs, Phoebe always took notes of the wild flowers that would often grow... and I'd be alongside them, being as helpful as I can." I explained.

"Well, me and Gerald are planning on going with Grandpa for a small camping trip after school for the summer... if you, Phoebe and Nadine are willing to go along, I'm sure they'll love to hang out for the week." Arnold offered.

I looked in surprise. Sure, it's a friend outing on a camping trip amongst friends, but... hey, it kinda counted as a date... right? I paused.

"I mean, if you don't want to..." Arnold offered.

"Oh no, I'll have to check with my parents, Phoebe and Nadine first, but I'm sure WE would love to come with you!" I smiled. "Just give us some time to think about it."

"All right." Arnold smiled. "Good night, Rhonda."

"Good night, Arnold." I smiled back as we both laid down in our respective sleeping bags and closed our eyes.

Here I was, in another dream as I was looking around. I felt like I had multiple legs... just crawling... crawling... crawling... at first, I didn't know why... then I looked down at myself and saw in some type of glass that I was a red ant. I put my leg on the glass, peering through my reflection, taking a look at the outside world... which looked like the greenhouse where Arnold and I were working. I then noticed a black ant wander by, whose head reminds me of Arnold's. The black ant waved his antennaes nicely, as if saying 'hello'. A little shy, I waved my antennaes, saying 'hello' back.

Arnold the black ant then offered his antennae to me as I crawled over. Not hostile, but... friendly. With a small smile, I offered my antennae to Arnold's. We both smiled as we decided to help work together as our first colony. Building something to help us live throughout the days. We kept working and working to build as me and the black ant looked into each other's multiple eyes within our eyes.

As I was crawling out of the ant farm to get some another small leaf to build, I couldn't help but look out into the greenhouse again... where I saw Arnold... Arnold the human. Wait... how was this possible? How was Arnold a black ant with me, and yet a human over on the other side of the glass. It was as if... maybe it's one of those dreams where we appeared small, but me and Arnold were helping each other from the outside with the project. But... where was I?

I peered into the glass as I looked around... I couldn't see myself... but from a distance, I made out another figure sitting by the fountain. I couldn't quite see far with my multiple eyes, nor could I hear anything. The next thing I knew, some sort of rock hit the glass as all the sand spilled out, me and Arnold the black ant were then seen scampering away, not knowing what was going on. We were stuck together, and then...

Water? Water? Where was the water coming from? We would surely drown, had it not been for Arnold the black ant's quick thinking. I heard arguing, then screams, but I couldn't make out the voices. I assumed it was Arnold the human and that other figure... but something was wrong...

That other figure... that voice... it didn't belong to me! What was going on here? The greenhouse kept flooding as me and Arnold the black ant were surfing over a half-eaten potato... and then...

I woke up. I looked around in confusion. What the heck was that dream? It looked like the greenhouse, but it was flooding. And who was that other person with Arnold? It wasn't... me...

I shook my head. Must have been a bad dream. Well, I looked at my watch where the moon was shining... it read '2:43 AM'.

I sighed as I tried to go back to sleep. But for some reason, I just couldn't. I looked over to the projects on the desk as I figured I may as well do a check on them. I went over and wrote down some notes on my notebook. Over on the potato, the buds seemed to be evident in the moonlight. I examined the two plants in the pot and noticed a third plant growing in the middle. I smiled as I noted it. Last, but not least, I looked over at the ant farm. The two ants were busy resting as they were sleeping next to one another... but then one of them got up and went back to its work. I watched as the red ant picked up a green leaf, went back over to the black ant, and both of them curled up. I smiled as I kept working.

I don't know how long I was working... guess it must have been around a couple hours. Either way, it was around 5:30 when I heard Arnold's voice.

"Rhonda?"

I looked up and saw Arnold, who was getting up. "Oh, good morning Arnold. How was your sleep?"

"All right... have you been working on our science project all night?" Arnold said in shock.

"I woke up quarter to three and couldn't go back to sleep. So I figured I'd just do a routine check before I went back." I explained. "Guess I did a little more than that, looking at the time."

"Wow, Rhonda." Arnold said, looking at the notebook I was writing in. "You look pretty dedicated to the work."

I yawned. "Thanks, Arnold."

"No problem." Arnold smiled. "You seem pretty tired. You better have a break and sleep, I'll take care of the rest."

"No, no, I can do it... I can..." I yawned.

Arnold pulled me over as he led me to my sleeping bag. "Really, Rhonda, you did enough. I'm really appreciating it, but now I just want you to relax. You seemed to have a long night."

"I-I guess." I sighed as I laid down on my back with the sleeping bag. "Wake me in an hour or so."

"I will." Arnold smiled.

I sighed as I went back to sleep. "By the way, don't break the faucet and don't break the ant farm."

Arnold blinked. "I... won't. Thanks."

As Arnold went over to the science projects, I paused, wondering why I just said those last two things. Of course he wasn't going to break the ant farm or the faucet. Why would I warn him about that?

I shook my head as I went back to sleep.

I was now in complete darkness, pondering that very thought. Why did I warn Arnold to not break anything? I know he's careful... he's the nicest and kindest person I've met, next to Nadine.

As I pondered and pondered, I kept hearing a voice... a similar voice to that of my other dream. I couldn't make out the words, but it was... odd. The tone of the voice felt a little mean, but the voice was also a bit nice. Mostly mean. But why do I keep hearing that voice? What did it mean?

I then heard another voice... from the real world... sounded like...

"Rhonda? Rhonda?"

I yawned as I looked over to Arnold. "Huh? What time is it?"

"6:45." Arnold said. "Almost an hour and fifteen minutes to go."

I nodded. "Cool. Don't look."

Arnold nodded as he went to the other side of the room as I went to get changed. A few moments later, I was back in my traditional red shirt and black jeans, with red hi-tops as I walked over to Arnold, back in his regular clothing. I smiled as I looked over at the experiments. Seemed we were very successful.

"Hey, you know, for being cooped up for 24 hours, it hasn't been too bad." I said as I looked over to Arnold.

"I know. I thought one of us would probably snap by now." Arnold said, looking at me oddly.

"Arnold, are you insinuating that I would be the first to likely snap from being here with you?" I said. "If anything, I'm glad to be here with my buddy. Sure, there are times when I can get a little bored, but as long as we're together, we can make things work."

Arnold paused. "That's true."

"So, what's the updates on the Biosquare?" I asked as me and Arnold went to work.

"Well..." Arnold said as we deicded to spend another hour just doing the experiments.

It wasn't until 7:57 AM that we were all packed and ready to get out. Arnold smiled as he said, "Thanks for being my partner, Rhonda. I know it got a little boring from time to time..."

"You kiddin?" I asked. "I actually had a little bit of fun. And you know, organic celery juice isn't too bad, once you get past the taste."

"I think we can call Biosquare a good success." Arnold said as Arnold's grandfather unlocked the door.

"Indeed." I laughed. I also thought it would have been better if I confessed, but hey, school project. Not ruining the moment. "Well, now that we're out, I better get my things. Luckily, there's no school today, so Mom and I are going to a doctor's appointment today. Thanks for the good times, Arnold!"

"No problem." Arnold smiled as we went inside.

The next morning, at school, I was coming in a bit late. Why was that? Well, it wasn't easy when you had a sprained arm. How the heck did I get a broken arm in between the end of our 24 hour experiment and when I arrived at school? Well... heh... I should probably let me and Arnold tell the story as we explained our experiements...

"Our science fair hypothesis was "What's the effect of a controlled ecologically balanced environment on two scientists working and living together for 24 hours. I call it 'Biosquare'." Arnold explained to the class.

"The idea is that we both had to live together in a greenhouse for twenty-four hours, working on a few experiments that would most likely work." I explained.

"The things we had to fear was one backing out, but working together wasn't so bad. We had no electricity to go on, just us and a controlled, natural environment for twenty-four hours." Arnold explained.

"We took notes on three experiments. First was a potato with cucumber seeds implanted in them. Whilst a little slow at first, we learn that overtime, little buds will grow from within the potato to show that small cucumbers can grow from within that potato." I pointed out.

"Our next experiment was two plants growing in the same pot." Arnold said, bringing the plants out. If you look towards the center, you will see a hint of a third plant growing out... that is what is known as cross-breeding... if you cross-breed two plants together..."

"You are likely to form either a new plant, or one of the same plants, but most likely, you will get a new plant." I smiled.

"But our most important experiment that we did required two ants of a different kind... a red ant... and a black ant." Arnold explained as he pulled out the ant farm.

"These two ants are not likely to work together at first, but looking closer, they seem to be helping each other out when they need it... similar to how me and my partner are working together. Despite some troubles, we have managed to find a way to work together, no matter what the outcome was." I explained.

"What Rhonda is saying is, our partnership is like these two ants. Sure, at first they were nervous about the two, but when working together..." Arnold started.

"They realize they can explore brand new possibilities, even if these possibilities don't make sense." I explained.

"In closing, working in a controlled environment with another person could be tough, but once you find your own work pace with the other, working together can benefit each other in the end." Arnold said.

"Are there any questions?" I asked.

A few hands were seen raised as I pointed, "Yes, Phoebe?"

"I don't know if it's related, but..." Phoebe paused. "Your arm. How did it get broken?"

"Oh, that's a funny story. You see, after the experiment, I went to the doctor's for a check-up, and I slipped trying to get on the doctor's table. Nothing serious, just a sprain. It'll be about a week before the cast comes off." I explained. "Anything else?"

Nobody said anything.

"Okay, kids, thanks for your report!" Miss Slovak said as we went back to our seats.

It was a pretty good science project, and I'm glad we got it to work out. Phoebe and Nadine later joined me as we were getting lunch. "Yes, girls?"

"We need to see Curly right now." Phoebe whispered. "We may have another clue on the disappearance of Tucker!"

I nodded. "All right girls. Let's get going!"

And there is the twenty-second episode! How do you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!