No doubt you've heard of the episode 'Phoebe Takes the Fall'? Well, let's see what happens without Helga around to convince Phoebe to take the fall! Anyway, enjoy!

The next day, at school, we were all in attendance as Mr. Simmons smiled.

"Now, before we begin, I have a couple of announcements." Mr. Simmons smiled as he looked over his list. "As you all know, Thanksgiving is coming up soon, so I'm assigning you a one page assignment to be completed before next week on a special Thanksgiving tradition and how it affected the lives of America. Be sure to think of your own unique views on it, I'll be looking forward to seeing it."

We nodded in understanding as Mr. Simmons continued. "Second, as you know, this weekend is the All City Quiz Competition, where selected students from all different schools come together to compete in rounds. Now, there are only three teams competing to be PS 118's representative, so here are the rules. After school, we'll have an hour competition to see which two teams will make the final round, then tomorrow will be the individual rounds, where one kid with the most questions right will be selected as PS 118's representative to compete in the All City Competition."

Everyone cheered as Mr. Simmons smiled. "Yes, yes, an exciting moment, I'm sure. Now, since only three teams signed on to this, we will be showing them off once we get to three o'clock. I hope you can all attend to watch our little quiz show. Again, I thank you all. Now, let's get ourselves started on Math..."

"I swear, Mr. Simmons can be full of surprises sometimes." I said as me, Phoebe, Nadine and Lila were hanging around at lunchtime.

"Oh, he ever so is." Lila nodded. "Who knew that a simple multiplication problem can be interesting the times it goes up, Like addition, except much faster."

"I easily figured that out." Phoebe rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, girls, I just want to say, no matter what happens, we give it our all in this competition, okay?" I said.

Lila, Nadine and Phoebe nodded.

"Great!" I smiled. "If we're all ready for after school, we can totally do this!"

"I know I am." Lila smiled. "Phoebe, you up to this?"

"Just leave the answers to me, Lila." Phoebe smiled. "Trust me, I studied EVERYTHING!"

"So have I..." Lila gave a small smile.

Phoebe paused as she looked at Lila. "Like I said, leave the answers to me."

"Still being competitive, Phoebe?" Nadine asked.

Phoebe paused. "Well... maybe just a little."

"Hey, come on, Phoebe." Lila smiled. "I'm sure that no matter what happens, may the best team win."

Phoebe nodded. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I'll let you answer a few, if it comes to ones I'm not sure on."

"Thanks, Phoebe!" Lila smiled.

"All right!" I smiled. "We're all excited! Let's do this!"

And so, after school, we had the competition. The third team, was, of course, Arnold and Gerald. Feeling a bit worried that I didn't want to compete with my buddy, I decided to just lay back and let Nadine answer all the questions on my team, the ones she can get.

"You know, you can help out!" Nadine whispered after she got another question wrong.

"I get conflicted pretty easily!" I whispered. "I don't want to compete with the buddy I made good friends with."

"Well, either do something, or he may figure out you threw it because he knows you like him like him." Nadine whispered.

I yelped as I listened firmly to the next question.

"What is the capital of Kenya?" I heard Mr. Simmons asked.

Thanks to Arnold being my geography partner, I had this one as I buzzed in. "Nairobi."

"That is correct, Rhonda!" Mr. Simmons smiled, but it wasn't enough to catch up to both teams as we kept playing.

Phoebe did a great job in answering all the questions, it's like she was a hidden encyclopedia of knowledge! Oh, one of these days, I'd like to live in Phoebe's brain! Of course, when the hour was up and the final round was completed... me and Nadine were out of the tournament, and even though me and Nadine was a bit disappointed... well, mostly Nadine... at least it wasn't so bad. Lila and Phoebe still did great! Oh, Arnold and Gerald did good as well, but there was no denying that my girls were the best of the best.

"Phoebe and Lila are the winners of the team competition!" Mr. Simmons said in excitement as everyone applauded. "Arnold and Gerald, you have come in second, so congratulations, you're moving on to the next round! Rhonda, Nadine, better luck next time, but at least you tried your best."

Mr. Simmons then turned to everyone in the audience as he said, "Now, tomorrow night is our individual competition, it's every one of you for his or her special self. The competition will determine which student will represent PS 118 in the All City Tournament!"

Everyone applauded as me and Nadine came over to Phoebe and Lila and walked with them. "You girls were amazing."

"No doubt." Phoebe smiled as she turned to Lila. "I guess we're on our own from here."

"It would appear so..." Lila smiled. "But it'll still be ever so fun, competing."

"Yeah." Phoebe nodded. "May the best girl win."

"Indeed." Lila smiled.

"Well, see you girls tomorrow. My mom's picking me up at the school today." I said as the girls nodded towards me and said their good-byes.

As I was walking out of the auditorium, I started overhearing Arnold and Gerald talking.

"Man, Phoebe was incredible, wasn't she?" Arnold said as I hid near the corner.

"Yeah, man." Gerald said. "I know one thing's for sure. Nobody's going to top her tomorrow, so why bother trying?"

"Well, I still want to give it my all. Even if she knows all the answers, it would be nice if I represented PS 118 for the All City Competition." Arnold explained.

My heart nearly sank when I overheard those words. It was one of those conflicted things again. I want Phoebe to do her best to represent us girls... but my love for Arnold wants him to move to the All City Competition so he could win. My guilty conscience was playing with my emotions again as I groaned. All of a sudden, I wanted to root for both Arnold AND Phoebe again.

Maybe I could...

"You want me to what?" Phoebe glared at me the next day as me and Nadine were at her lockers. Nadine was glaring at me.

"Throw the competition and lose." I smiled nervously.

Phoebe glared. "Really, Rhonda? After coming this far? You already lost the tournament, what gain could you get out of this?"

"She wants Arnold to win." Nadine sighed.

"Of course she does." Phoebe groaned. "Rhonda, I'm not throwing the game just so you can cheer for your love interest! Besides, he already won the spelling contest last year when I was in the finals, I'm not losing to him two times in a row!"

"But..." I started.

"Forget it, Rhonda. I made it this far, I'm going all the way!" Phoebe frowned.

I sighed as I started to widen my eyes in an attempt to look cute, taking off my glasses. "Pwease?"

Phoebe groaned. "Are you really playing this card? Because trust me, Rhonda, I can play that card MUCH better than you can!"

"Really?" I raised an eyebrow as I put my glasses back on.

"Oh, this ought to be good." Nadine said as she took a step back.

"Watch." Phoebe glared as she took off her glasses.

Her eyes then widened as she pulled off a pose that Japanese girls in animes would usually do.

I giggled. "Okay, I admit, it's pretty adorable, but I don't see..."

"Oh my gosh, look at the raven haired, blue shirted girl! She's so cute!" I heard a couple fifth grader girls say as they were gathering around Phoebe. "We'll give you anything you want! Here, take my watch! I don't truly need it. Someone as cute as you deserves it."

My eyes widened in shock as soon as the fifth grader girls left. Phoebe was now holding a wrist watch in one hand and she seemed to have in the other hand a coupon for free ice cream at Slausen's.

Phoebe put her glasses on to look at the coupon, "Oh cool, twenty percent discount on the next purchase. Expires next year. Nice."

Phoebe then pocketed the coupon as she said, "See?"

"How is that even possible?" I asked.

"I don't like using this method, but it works." Phoebe said. "It works a lot better with glasses on as well, but yeah, I don't really use it. See, I can totally play the cute card better than YOU guys can."

"Okay, so you have an advantage." I rolled my eyes. "But come on, this is my love for Arnold on the line here!"

"I said no, Rhonda! I'm not losing to please you!" Phoebe frowned.

In Mr. Simmons' class, as Mr. Simmons was reading a couple new poems being handed in, I whispered to Phoebe, "Please?"

Phoebe glanced at me as she mouthed the words, "N-O. No."

Over at recess, as Phoebe was reading a book, I sat next to her as I took a deep breath.

"No, Rhonda." Phoebe said, without even glancing towards me.

I frowned.

In Mr. Simmons' class, as Mr. Simmons was giving us lessons in mathematics, I whispered, "Come on, Phoebe, my heart is on the line."

Phoebe glanced at me and glared as she whispered. "No."

Over at lunch, I spotted Nadine, Phoebe and Lila talking as I joined them. I smiled to Phoebe as I said, "Hey, Phoebe, I'll trade your orange for my 'please-drop-the-competition'-wich."

Phoebe glared at me as she said, "Do you not think I don't hear your words when you talk fast? Honestly, you're harder to understand in one of your sugar rushes. The answer is still no."

I groaned as Lila blinked. "What are they talking about?"

Nadine whispered to Lila, "You'll understand once we get used to you, it's sort of a private thing right now."

Lila paused, but nodded in understanding.

Over at gym class, Phoebe was doing her best to do sit ups as I held down her legs still. Every time her head bobbed up, I would utter a word.

"Please." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "Throw." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "This." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "For." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "Me." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "Please?"

Phoebe frowned as she dropped her head and went up again. "I." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "Am." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "Still." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "Saying." Phoebe dropped her head and went up again. "No."

Now it was reverse as I was doing the sit-ups now.

"Are." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "You." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "Sure." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "You." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "Won't." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "Change." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "Your." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "Mind?"

I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe as she glared at me and spoke. "Yes." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe, who was still speaking. "I." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "Am." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "Very." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "VERY." I dropped my head and went up to look at Phoebe. "Sure."

Back in Mr. Simmons' class, as he was now in geography, I whispered to Phoebe, "Come on, Phoebe!"

"What part of no do you not understand, the N or the O?" Phoebe said, frustrated.

As soon as the bell rang to indicate classes have ended, I followed Phoebe as she was now glaring at me as I said, "Come on, Phoebe!"

"Rhonda, you have been bugging me all day to drop this competition! I'm not dropping!" Phoebe frowned.

"Come on, Phoebe..." I groaned.

"Pst." I heard the voice in my mind say.

"Deep Voice?" I thought in my mind.

"It's no use trying to convince Phoebe to drop... but not to worry. Second place is a back-up in case the first place person can't make it." Deep Voice explained. "All you have to do is convince Lila to drop."

"What about Gerald?" I asked Deep Voice in my mind.

"...Like I said, you have to convince Lila to drop." Deep Voice explained. "Forget about Phoebe, she's too adamant for her to drop... she's not the timid girl she wa-"

Deep Voice stopped as I heard a deep sigh. I then asked, "You okay?"

"I just have a lot to think about. Anyway, just do what I say." I heard Deep Voice say before I heard it disappear.

I sighed. "I'm sorry, Phoebe. You're right."

"Huh?" Phoebe blinked in surprise.

"I guess I was getting a little greedy." I said.

"And your love for Arnold took over your brain." Phoebe rolled her eyes.

"Regardless, I shouldn't have asked you to drop." I said. "This competition MEANS so much for you. I wouldn't want to ruin your chances."

Phoebe smiled as she hugged me. "Okay, Rhonda. Forgive and forget."

I smiled as I hugged her back. "Trust me, I won't ask you to drop out of something that means so much to you."

"Hey, Lila, do me a favor." I said as I got Lila alone.

"Uh, sure, Rhonda. What is it?" Lila asked.

"Drop out of the competition. Phoebe's too good at this, you won't stand a chance." I said, nonchalantly.

Lila raised an eyebrow. "What's up?"

"Huh?" I blinked.

"Nadine told me. Usually you have a plan for something, sometimes involving a private thing." Lila said.

I paused as I thought about it. Should I tell Lila the truth... like, right now? I paused. "Lila, you, me and the girls have been friends for about a month or so now... I think it's time I told you something big."

"Okay." Lila said.

"You have to understand, Lila, this is a really big secret, it's SO big, you can't tell ANYBODY else at the school about it. If the whole school found out... I probably won't be looked at the same way... not to the high society life, not to the middle class... not even to the lower class." I said. "Can I trust you with this secret?"

Lila smiled. "Gosh, Rhonda, I promise I won't say a word of the secret."

I nodded. "Okay, here we go. This is the secret that I have only told at least to a select few, INCLUDING Nadine and Phoebe."

I took a deep breath and whispered. "I have a huge crush on a boy here in the school, and he's currently competing in the competition."

"Oh!" Lila smiled. "Let me guess, Arnold?"

I quickly shushed her. "Yes, yes, it's Arnold! You have to understand though, this crush I have on him... it's a big crush, a very big crush. Arnold doesn't know I like him, like him, and I want to tell him when I'm ready. So please, Lila, I would really appreciate it if you didn't spread this around."

Lila smiled. "You know, I've seen you talking with Arnold a couple of times, and I put two and two together. I figured you had some sort of friendship. Never thought you would actually have a crush on him. I think it's ever so sweet. Okay, Rhonda, your secret is safe with me."

"Thanks, Lila." I smiled. "I really appreciate that. Anyway, I want to at least see Arnold in second place, so would it be okay if you can try to lose? Gerald won't try, mainly because I think he has a crush on Phoebe... I think Phoebe has the same feelings for him, but don't tell one or the other..."

"Oh, I won't." Lila giggled. "To be honest, I've noticed the eyes that both of them have made."

"I know, aren't they adorable?" I smiled.

"So, you have Arnold, Phoebe has Gerald... I'm guessing Nadine has a crush on that Wittenberg kid?" Lila guessed.

I laughed. "You're starting to catch on, kid."

And so, thanks to my awesome idea, well, okay, maybe Deep Voice gave me the idea, I watched the competition as it started at six o'clock. Phoebe, Arnold and Lila were doing pretty good in the answers, Gerald hardly didn't try at all.

I decided I'd better tell Nadine now as I turned to Nadine. "Listen, Nadine. I told Lila the big secret, I figured it was time I did."

Nadine, knowing what that meant, nodded. "I figured you'd probably would. After all, we couldn't keep something that big from Lila forever. Plus, she's our fourth member. She deserves to know our secrets."

"Yeah..." I nodded.

"On the plus side, we got another helper to get you to push into your lover boy's arms." Nadine smirked.

"Don't do that." I rolled my eyes as we looked up, Gerald out of the competition.

"Well, at least both of your rooters are still up there." Nadine said.

"Yep, and in about a couple minutes, I don't think Lila will catch up to them." I whispered as we kept watching.

Sure enough, Lila was out of the competition after not being able to get a question right, with Phoebe too far ahead in points and Arnold getting close.

"Okay, if Arnold can get this last question worth five points, he'll win the chance to represent PS 118 in the All City Competition." Mr. Simmons said. "What was the name of the privileged warrior class in Ancient Japan?"

As expected, Phoebe buzzed in with the answer. Mr. Simmons turned. "Phoebe?"

"The Samurai." Phoebe said, simply

"CORRECT!" Mr. Simmons smiled. "Phoebe Heyerdal, you are the winner!"

Phoebe smiled in glee as everyone applauded. I was a little conflicted, but I still applauded for my best friend.

"Congratulations, Phoebe!" Mr. Simmons smiled at Phoebe, then turned to Arnold. "Arnold, you did a wonderful job as well."

"Well, I honestly didn't expect to make it this far." Arnold said.

"It was still a pretty close contest." Mr. Simmons smiled. "Now, remember, you're the alternate for PS 118, if, for any reason, Phoebe can't compete in the Academic Bowl."

Everyone still applauded as I shrugged.

"Good job, Phoebe. I never doubted you for a second!" I smiled as all four of us girls came together.

"And to think, you wanted me to drop." Phoebe rolled her eyes. "There is no way I'm backing out now!"

"Sorry I doubted you." I said as we were walking together. "So, when is the competition?"

"Won't be until Sunday afternoon." Phoebe said. "It'll give me some time to relax and enjoy myself."

"Great!" I smiled. "Come on, girls, why don't we get home and relax. Hey, Phoebe, I should tell you something right now..."

And so, me and the girls spent our time talking to one another, and I trusted Lila with my big secret. It's nice to know I can trust Lila with it.

And there is episode eighty-seven! How do you like it? Okay, okay, I know what you guys are thinking right now... 'You cut the episode halfway through!'. Well... yes, I did. The competition is going to be covered within a later episode, I'm just going into another episode next time that takes place BEFORE the competition! Hope you guys understand! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!