"Beep, Beep, Beep," the alarm went off in the Brain's room.

"Two more minutes," groaned a sleepy Brain. He forgot to turn off the alarm, so it kept beeping. Finally, after mentally battling himself he got up. It was the first day of school. The first day of Gr. 12. The Brain was looking forward to meeting up with the gang; he was away in England for the whole summer and never got a chance to hang out with his friends. The Brain walked over to the bathroom and was getting ready to take a shower. He looked into the mirror; his face was no longer of an 8-year old face, but a 17-year old. He had brown hair that almost covered one eye, he is well built (for he is an athelete) and he was much taller, standing at 6'2. After he finished, the Brain headed out.

"Hey I'm leaving,"

"Have a good day," shouted Mrs. Powers

The Brain walked towards the Sugar Bowl, the official place to meet Arthur and Buster before schools starts. He walked past the houses and noticed that Arthur and Buster were waiting for him.

Arthur still had his glasses, but they were rectangular, giving him a more trendy look. He layered a long red shirt under a blue t-shirt and still wore jeans. He was the first to grow, and stood at 5'11, which he was proud of himself – he wasn't the shortest guy out of the group of friends. Buster grew into his looks. He had a mop of shaggly blonde hair. He had a blue-long sleeved shirt that showed off his muscles (for he was built). Excluding the ears, Buster stood at 6', but with the ears, he stood almost 6'6.

"Yo, whats up? Why are you late?" asked Buster

"Sorry, slept in."

"And here I am early before the Brain..I never thought of the day," snickered Buster.

"I saw the hottest girl at the beach in August." said Buster "I should have gotten her name or somethin', but she was hot." He exagerrated the hot part. "See any hotties in England?"

"No," the Brain stated simply.

"Thats cause you had Jacky on your mind." Sneered Arthur.

The Brain coughed. "What are you talking about?"

"You know what I mean. You had Jacky on your mind."

"I have no idea what you're talking about..."

"Oh come on Brain. We both know that you have the hots for Jacky. Her long brown wavy hair, her sexy eyes and body, her porecilain white skin, the way her hips move when she walks..." Buster demonstrated the way Jacky walked.

Brain flushed with embarrassment. His own friends were making him blush by describing the girl he liked.

"I'm going to pretend that I don't know what you guys are talking about." said the blushing guy.

"What don't you know what they're talking about?" asked a girl from behind Arthur.

The boys jumped and turned around – it was Francine, Fern, Jacky, Muffy and Sue-Ellen.

Francine grew her brown hair, so that it wasn't short anymore. She had it up in a pony-tail, as she usually did. She still wasn't particularly into looks, but on some occasions, she would fuss about her body. She has the body of an athlete since she participates in many sports. She was wearing a orange t-shirt and rolled up jean capris.

Sue-Ellen changed her hairstyle over the summer. It was no longer big and poofy-like. She tamed it down, and cut it short, near her chin. She was wear a purple short-sleeve flowy top and jean short-shorts.

Fern grew her brown hair and wore it in a low side ponytail. She was wearing a blue and white striped t-shirt and skinny jeans.

Muffy still was girly. She wore her dyed blonde hair half-up and half down. She was wearing a pink tank-top that said 'cute' written across the chest and a white skirt.

"He..uh..doesn't know what I was talking about when I said that I lost a...shoe?" said Buster, trying to cover up their conversation.

"Okay..." said Francine, who gave them a quizzical face.

As they were heading to Birchwood High, they talked about their summer holidays. Since they all hardly saw each other, they didn't know what classes they had.

"So what classes do you guys have?" asked Sue-Ellen.

"Well I have English, spare, Biology and Functions." Said the Brain

"I have Chemistry, Functions, spare and Gym." said Arthur

"I have Chemistry, spare, Biology and Gym." said Buster. "What about you guys??"

"Well I have English, Functions, spare and Gym." said Francine.

"I have the same as the Brain." Chimed Jacky, who smiled at him. The Brain blushed.

"Muffy, Fern and I all have the same class – Biology, English, Chemistry and Spare ." said Sue-Ellen.

They were heading up the stairs towards the entrance of Birchwood High.

"Do any of you know what George or Binky has?" asked Fern.

"Uh, yeah.. I think George has the same as Arthur and Binky.. I think he may be in the applied level.." said Buster

The school bell rang. Everyone said goodbye and headed towards their homeroom class. The Brain and Jacky walked together behind Buster and Francine.

"So how was England?" Jacky asked softly.

"It was great. I saw many places – the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, several stadiums where I might play.."

"Cool." Jacky said in a quiet voice. "So..did you meet anyone there?"

The Brain coughed. "Eh, no..no I didn't meet anyone."

"Oh..okay." A hint of blush appeared on her face.

They entered their homeroom.

As the teacher was introducing himself and the course, the Brain and Jacky were talking to each other.

"Hey, what are you doing during your spare?" asked Jacky.

"Um, I don't know. I was most likely going to go to the field and brush up on my soccer skills." replied the Brain.

"Oh.."

"Why?"

"Well, I was just wondering if you wanted to go to the Sugar Bowl with me." Jacky blushed as she said this.

"Oh um, yeah, sure, we can do that. I can go ask Bus.."

"I was thinking that it could just be us two..." blushed Jacky.

"Oh..okay then." squeaked the Brain.

Little did they know that someone over-heard their conversation.