The next day at school, Sue Ellen watched Arthur from her desk.

This is it she thought the big day. The day when I tell Arthur how I feel about him. I wonder what his reaction will be? I hope he returns my feelings, cause I don't know how I could face him if he doesn't.

Meanwhile, Mr. Ratburn was handing back some geography quizzes.

"Francine, good job" he said "George, well done. Sue Ellen, you did remarkably well, except I don't think the world's largest textile importer is 'I love Arthur.'"

Sue Ellen gasped and looked at her test. Sure enough, written right there for everyone to see, were the words "I love Arthur."

"Did you hear that?" Francine asked Muffy "Sue Ellen loves Arthur."

"Sue Ellen loves Arthur, Sue Ellen loves Arthur!" the kids began to chant.

"Stop it!" Sue Ellen yelled, then noticed Arthur looking at her.

"Thanks a lot Sue Ellen" he said angrily "now everybody in the class is laughing at me. I've never been so embarrassed in my whole life!"

He ran from his desk and ran out of the classroom, with Sue Ellen getting up and following him.

"Don't let your boyfriend get away" Francine said mockingly.

"Arthur, wait, I didn't mean for you to find out this way. Arthur come back, please! Come back! Come back…come back…come back…"

Sue Ellen shot up and discovered that she was still in her room. She let out a sigh of relief.

"It was just a dream" she said, "thank goodness. Now I can tell him the way I wanted to, in a nice private spot where no one else can hear us."

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When school started, Sue Ellen camped out by Arthur's locker waiting for him to show up. She saw him arrive and quickly opened her locker.

"And that part where Dark Bunny threw his Bunnyrang at the giant robot, that was so cool!" Arthur said to Buster as both boys walked towards his locker.

"I liked how he used his cape as a hang glider" Buster added.

"Hello Arthur" Sue Ellen said. Arthur ignored her and continued talking to Buster.

"Um, Arthur, I have something really important to tell you, so meet me at the Sugar Bowl after school, okay?"

"Huh? Sure, whatever Sue Ellen" Arthur said, not quite hearing what she said.

"It's very important you…"

"Sugar Bowl after school, I got it" Arthur replied.

"Okay then, see you after school" Sue Ellen replied. She then headed down the hallway, equally waiting for and dreading the end of school.

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The end of school finally came and Sue Ellen waited for Arthur. He eventually showed up, but Sue Ellen was not happy to see who was accompanying him.

"Okay Sue Ellen, we're all ready to go" Arthur said.

"What's Buster doing here?"

"He loves the Sugar Bowl. I hope you don't mind."

Actually, I do she thought but if I say so, he might get mad and I don't want that. So what do I do?

Then she noticed a fellow classmate of hers and an idea formed in her head.

"You guys go ahead" Sue Ellen said, "I just remembered this last minute thing I had to do" and she ran off.

"What's up with her?" Buster asked.

"I don't know, she's been acting weird all week."

"Maybe an alien took over her body and is using her as a drone to help in their plans to take over all the world's elementary schools so they can give kids non-stop homework!" Buster suggested.

"Or it could be that girls are just weird" Arthur added.

"I still like my alien theory."

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Outside the school, Sue Ellen caught up with Jenny, her blonde rabbit classmate.

"Jenny, I need a huge favor from you" she said "I want you to come with me to the Sugar Bowl and distract Buster so I can talk to Arthur for a few minutes."

"Eww no, I'm not getting anywhere near Buster" Jenny replied, disgusted "he eats food off the floor!"

"And occasionally out of the garbage can" Sue Ellen said "look, I don't expect you to watch him eat, just show up and tell him you want to listen to one of his crazy stories or something. Please, I'll give you five dollars."

"Okay" Jenny replied "but what's so special you have to talk to Arthur about?"

"I…need help on my homework" Sue Ellen lied.

"I could help you, or maybe Brain. I don't see why you need to bother Arthur."

"Look, it's really personal, okay?" Sue Ellen replied "Just take the five dollars and don't say anything more about it."

"Okay fine. Jeez, you act like you're in love with him or something" Jenny said.

Sue Ellen laughed nervously "yeah, that would be funny" she said "me, in love with Arthur? That could never happen."

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Sue Ellen & Jenny arrived at the Sugar Bowl after a few minutes. Arthur & Buster had already arrived and were already enjoying their floats. The two girls entered and sat down next to them.

"Hey Sue Ellen, you take care of that thing yet?" Arthur asked.

Not yet she thought. "Yup, all taken care of" she replied instead.

"So Buster, any good stories about aliens?" Jenny asked.

"Yeah. Did you know they've taken over the mail system?" Buster asked.

"That's fascinating" Jenny replied "perhaps you could tell me more outside."

"Okay" Buster said, and left the booth "hold my place Arthur, I'm still going to order when I get back."

After the two rabbits left, Arthur looked at Sue Ellen, "you okay? You look a little nervous."

Sue Ellen cleared her throat "Arthur, you might recall that I had something important I wanted to tell you."

"Okay, what is it?"

Sue Ellen had dreaded this moment, but she knew she had to do something or she'd go crazy. Slowly she opened her mouth and let the words flow.

"Arthur, I love…"

"What? You love what?"

"I love…the Big Pig."

Did I just say that?

"I knew that already, you order it everytime we come here" Arthur replied.

"I have to go!" Sue Ellen said, and ran for the door.

"What is up with her?" Arthur wondered, as he watched her go.

As Sue Ellen ran home, she passed by Buster and a bored looking Jenny.

"That way, they can know all our addresses and be able to send scouts to each of our homes" Buster explained.

"This is not worth five bucks" Jenny said and headed down the street.

"Tell everyone! Don't open your mail!" Buster shouted after her.

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Sue Ellen eventually made it back to her house and decided she needed help with her problem.

"Mom" she asked, "when did you know you liked dad?"

"Oh, not until I was in college" Mrs. Armstrong replied, "but then, I didn't meet him until then. Why do you ask dear?"

"See, there's this boy at school I kind of like" Sue Ellen explained "and I'm afraid if I tell him, and he doesn't like me back, it'll make our friendship really awkward. Plus I'm wondering if I'm too young to be in love."

"I don't think you're too young" Mrs. Armstrong replied "remember the people we met in India? They set up marriages when their kids are about half your age, or younger."

"That's different" Sue Ellen added "I picked Art…this boy, I didn't have him chosen for me."

"Look, I don't know if this is just a childhood crush, or if you really do care for this boy. To find that out, you need to look in your heart. Once you do that, it'll be easier to tell him how you feel. Does that help you, honey?"

"Yeah. Thanks mom."

"You're welcome."

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Before she went to bed that night, Sue Ellen wrote in her diary.

'Dear diary' she began 'my mom gave me some good advice in dealing with my feelings for Arthur. I haven't had that many dreams about him recently, but I still have a weird feeling every time I see him. I think that means my feelings are true, and not just a simple schoolgirl crush. The question is, does he feel the same way? I'm not sure, but I'm hoping I can convince him that I'm the girl for him. But that will have to wait for another day.'

After she finished, she pulled up the covers and went to sleep.

Not to worry folks, I'll resolve the Sue Ellen/Arthur romance in my next story, which guest stars the Simpsons. So don't miss it!