It took me a while to look over what episodes I should do to end the third grade on, but I finally chose my two. First off, we're going to go with 'Hookey', which of course will be in a different perspective! Anyway, enjoy!

It wasn't until a few days laters, around Thursday. We were having our last week of school, then on the first of June will be our final day. So, even though no kid showed excitement in terms of this being the last week of school (I know I didn't), they were still pretty excited that this was the last week of school. After all, everybody knew tomorrow was Fun Day! Plus, the yearbooks were finally completed and ready to hand out to everyone, so basically, we were all ready for a fun day tomorrow.

I joined up with Nadine and Phoebe as we all left the school with that same bored expression... but as soon as we were about twenty feet away from the school, we laughed as we high-fived each other.

"This is great!" I smiled. "The last couple of school days are upon us!"

"Woo-hoo!" Nadine smiled.

"This calls for a small celebration!" Phoebe smiled. "As much as I enjoy learning, it's nice to kick back and relax."

"And to think, we still have Friday and Monday left to go, and Friday is our Fun Day!" I smiled.

"Even with that Social Studies grade getting a little low, I'm sure you'll be in the fourth grade with us!" Phoebe smiled.

"Yeah..." I sighed. "And after that... our three months of summer vacation officially start. Maybe we can spend some of that time together looking for Tucker."

"That always seems to be our main focus, doesn't it?" Nadine said. "Not that I'm complaining."

"I'm not letting the Tucker scenario rest. Lana did something to Tucker, and we need to find out what." I said.

"Let's not forget the REAL scenario for tomorrow." Phoebe smirked.

"What's that?" I asked in curiosity.

Phoebe and Nadine then smirked towards me as my eyes widened. "Oh... the usual 'confess to Arnold on Fun Day' thing. I don't know if I can do that..."

"Come on, Rhonda. You try doing it every year." Nadine said.

"Yes, but I usually ask Arnold to hang around with me for an hour or so as a friend!" I explained. "Nothing more!"

"Yeah, nothing more." Nadine smiled.

"Come on, you two!" I sighed.

"Well, can we blame the fact that we basically KNOW your little schedule for Fun Day each year since the first grade?" Phoebe said. "Arrive at school at eight. Boring meeting from nine to ten. Ten to eleven, get yearbook. The rest of the school day, have a lot of fun with friends, but mostly hang around the friends you trust."

"Yeah, that would be you two." I said.

"And Arnold. Don't forget Arnold." Nadine smirked.

I glared at Nadine. "You know, ever since you were there when Phoebe figured it out, you wouldn't let that go."

"Well, I was pretty surprised when we were hanging out that day." Nadine shrugged. "Look, Rhonda, as your friends, we want to support your decision."

"You girls ALSO want to push me with Arnold ever since you two figured it out." I rolled my eyes.

"Can we help it?" Phoebe smiled. "You two look cute together!"

"Phoebe... I'm a rich girl. Arnold's... middle class, at best." I explained as we were getting home.

"Didn't stop you from hanging out with him... and us." Phoebe said.

"Well, yes, but you girls know my rich life. It's fun being rich, but you have to act all snooty and you have to get everything you want. I admit I was that way..." I started.

"...until you met us, we know the story, Rhonda." Nadine said. "But that won't stop us from trying to get you two together!"

I paused... and smiled as I hugged my two friends. "You know, you're right. I may not have the guts to confess, but at least we're good friends at best."

"That's right." Phoebe said. "Well, I should probably get home and rest up."

"Yeah, I better go to my home too. Mom and Dad are probably expecting me." I said. "Ever since the whole 'Subway' incident, they want to make sure I'm okay."

"All right, then." Nadine smiled. "Guess I'll see you girls tomorrow!"

We smiled as we went our separate ways, knowing that tomorrow was going to be fun.

The next day at school, I reunited with Nadine and Phoebe as I walked inside, excited for today... until we ran into Miss Slovak.

"Hello, Miss Slovak." I smiled.

"Rhonda, Nadine, Phoebe, the principal just called me. He says he wants you in the office. Don't worry, you've done nothing wrong, but he still wants to see you. Something important." Miss Slovak said as she nodded.

Nadine, Phoebe and I looked at each other before making our way to the principal's office.

"You wanted to see us, Principal Wartz?" I said as we came in to the office.

"Ah, Miss Lloyd, Miss Robinson, Miss Heyerdahl, please have a seat." Principal Wartz said as we got comfortable. "Now then, I just need you to do me a favor after school. Since you three are friends with a Mr. Shortman and a Mr. Johanssen, I just need you to deliver their yearbooks when school is dismissed and it's time to go home."

"Uh, sure." Nadine said. "But why? What's wrong with Arnold and Gerald?"

"Well, I got a note saying that Gerald had a hurt leg, and Arnold's grandfather called that Arnold got sick, some minor malaria." Principal Wartz said. "At least, that's what I got."

"Oh man..." Phoebe said as Principal Wartz handed me their yearbooks. "They're missing out on the Fun Day activities."

"Oh well, what can you do?" Principal Wartz said as he shrugged. "Well, that's about it. Enjoy the rest of your day, kids."

As we entered outside, Nadine and Phoebe were talking as Nadine said, "Man, it must really suck for them."

"I know..." Phoebe sighed. "I wonder what caused their sudden sickness..."

I said practically nothing. I guess I was still in shock. Arnold and Gerald got sick... on Fun Day? Something just wasn't right... yet at the same time, I was still a little worried.

That worry particularly got noticed in the afternoon as we were all outside, Nadine and Phoebe noticed as Phoebe said, "You've been... surprisingly quiet all day. Are you okay, Rhonda?"

I sighed. "Yeah... I just can't believe Arnold and Gerald would get sick on this day..."

"Well, sometimes it's bound to happen." Phoebe said. "People get sick all the time, Rhonda. It's human nature."

"I know... but having Fun Day without Arnold or Gerald just... isn't fun." I sighed.

Nadine and Phoebe paused as they sighed, Nadine saying, "You're right. At least Gerald and Arnold would be hanging with the boys or hanging with us to play a couple games or something... but it's just no fun..."

I sighed... then smiled, getting an idea. "We can always sign their yearbooks in advance so they wouldn't at least miss out!"

"Good idea!" Phoebe said. "We can always ask them to sign ours when they're better."

"That's right!" Nadine said. "In fact, why don't we do that for ALL our PS 118 third grade class? It'll be fun!"

I nodded. "Let's go for it!"

And so, we spent the rest of the afternoon outside as we got everyone in our PS 118 class to sign Arnold and Gerald's yearbooks, some wrote a couple notes saying 'Sorry you couldn't make it!' and 'Not the same without you' in them. It wasn't until near the end of the day that we got nearly everybody's signature in both yearbooks.

"Now to just sign my name in Arnold's yearbook!" I smiled as I looked for a good open spot... but it seems all the good spots were taken... until I found something near the first page. I smiled as I wrote down 'To best buds! Rhonda Wellington-Lloyd!' "There we go!"

"And... heart heart!" Phoebe smiled as she was signing Gerald's yearbook. "That should be good!"

"Arnold and Gerald are going to love these!" Nadine smiled as we heard the bell ring. "Well, it was pretty fun!"

"Yeah..." I sighed. "Can't believe that school is almost over... summer vacation will be here soon."

As we headed out of the school, we accidentally bumped into two people.

"Oh sorry about th-" I said as I looked up... imagine our shock when we saw... "Arnold? Gerald?"

"Aren't you guys sick?" Nadine asked as we noticed that they were fine.

"About that..." Arnold started... before they noticed the yearbooks in our hand. "What are those?"

"Your yearbooks... for Fun Day. It was today." I explained as I handed them the yearbooks.

"FUN DAY?" The boys said in shock.

"Yeah. I don't see why you're so shocked, and why you're suddenly feeling be-" I started... before my eyes widened. "...you guys didn't."

Arnold and Gerald immediately rushed over to the playground to see that the Fun Day activities were just being cleaned up. Me, Nadine and Phoebe went over as we looked at each other with two emotions... first was a little bit of anger... then we had big smiles and we were starting to laugh.

"Oh my God, you two DID!" Phoebe laughed.

"You two played hookey on FUN DAY?" Nadine laughed.

"I'm sorry, I know we should be angry that you ditched this, but this is hilarious!" I laughed. "You two actually faked being sick to play hookey on Fun Day, nearing our last days of school!"

"So... let me get this straight." Arnold said, still in shock as he was shaking his head. "We wanted to take a day off from school and have a good time..."

"...so we played hookey and had a MISERABLE time..." Gerald frowned.

"...and if we just went to school in the first place like we were supposed to, we could have gotten the day off anyway?" Arnold said in surprise.

"Your calendars must have been a week off or something, because Fun Day was today!" I explained. "Honestly, you guys... what did you even do today that made you forget it was Fun Day?"

"Well, as we mentioned, we faked being sick just to play hookey." Arnold said. "After that, we went to Dino Land, where there were no lines... but then we saw the janitor across, and being afraid we could get caught, we decided to get out..."

"Then, we decided to go to a ball game, where there were at least twenty thousand fans... until Arnold realized that the highlights on the jumbo screen could show up on TV. I didn't think it was a big deal, but then our faces showed up on the jumbo-tron, and we were lucky to escape before anything else was shown."

The girls and I were near into fits of laughing as I said, "Go on, go on..."

"Then we decided to go to the movies... but as it turns out, Arnold's grandpa and Mr. Kokoshka were there as well, and we managed to sneak out of the theater without getting caught." Gerald continued.

"We then put on some disguises in hopes to not get caught, but it turned out we got arrested on a misunderstanding and false identity. We were let go, but then we realized our lesson that it was better to stay in school." Arnold said.

"Well, while you guys were having SO much fun..." I rolled my eyes and snickered. "...we were having the most fun of our lives! Plus, we had everyone sign your yearbooks, because they were THAT convinced you two were sick!"

"You know, you guys probably wouldn't deserve them..." Nadine rolled her eyes. "...but we're still your friends... and basically, you two actually playing hookey on Fun Day? Hilarious moment ever!"

"I'm sorry, girls." Arnold said. "If we knew this was the last full week of school, we wouldn't have done it."

"Yeah..." Gerald sighed. "I guess we did get a little stupid there."

"Ah, that's okay." Phoebe said. "Not your fault you decided to miss out on the activities. Maybe next year."

"Well, you guys are here... so..." I smiled as we handed over our yearbooks. "You guys wouldn't mind signing our yearbooks, would you? We saved room for your signatures!"

"Sure." Arnold smiled as he found a spot on mine.

"I also want you to write a short apology on the yearbook, following your name." I said.

"Oh come on!" Gerald said.

"Nope, you played hookey, you have to write the apology." I frowned. "And when you two are done with my yearbook, write an apology to Nadine and Phoebe's too."

"Yes, mother." Gerald rolled his eyes as Arnold was done writing the apology and handed it to Gerald.

As soon as they were done writing the apologies, we decided to hang out at my house for the rest of the day, just to catch up on what will go on for our summer vacation... and I had a feeling that it was going to be a great summer vacation!

There's the twenty-ninth episode! How do you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!