Hilo! Okay so here's chapter...I can't remember what number, but any number, here it is! You should all review. I want you to. So you can tell me how amazing I am. Kidding. I already know that. ^.^ Haha, I am so damn funny! ANYWHO, I hope you enjoy it, and again, PLEASE review. Gen, if you're reading this, I put in the McDonald's thing :D

"You seem nervous," Lolly comments, giving me a small smile. I smile best I can back.

"Yeah, I'm nervous..." I reply. "I mean...it's actually time, isn't it?" He nods and puts one hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah, it is. But I have complete and utter faith in you, Sally." He turns me to look at him. "You'll do fabulously." I smile shakily.

"Thanks, Lolly." I look out onto the stage and brush my hair nervously off my face, clutching a book tight in my hands. It's almost my turn.

"Knock 'em dead, girl," Lolly whispers into my ear. I look across the stage and see Oncie, his lips pulled down into a frown of concentration. He looks up, smiles at me, and then takes a step forward. And there's my cue.

I stick my nose in the book and walk, doing my very best not to look out into the crowd. Then I feel myself bump into Oncie and the book falls from my hands.

"Hey!" I exclaim, bending down and snatching my book up. "Watch it, dork!"

~!~Oncie's POV~!~

We're done. I can't believe it., we're done. The curtain goes done, and we all quickly stand in a line, so I'm holding one of Sally's hands and one of Marlene's, who was the star. The curtain comes back up and we all bow. The crowd claps. Then Marlene and Carlos, the guy playing her love interest, step out and bow together before flouncing off the stage. Now I know it's my and Sally's turn.

We smile at each other and step away from everyone else, bowing to the crowd. They clap again and I look at Sally, grinning widely. She grins back, her cheeks red from both happiness and relief that it's all over. I should do it...oh, what the hell!

I pull her close to me and her eyes widen in confusion, looking up at me. I smile at her before leaning down and pressing my lips firmly against hers, earning more cheers from the crowd. When I pull back, she's got a dazed smile painted across her face, and I return it in a heartbeat.

"You have no clue how long I've wanted to do that!" I laugh as we run off the stage, following Marlene and Carlos. Her eyes are completely lit up, her smile wide.

"R-really?"

I nod. "Yeah. And it feels amazing to finally get it off my chest." I brush her hair off her face. My head is spinning. I can't believe I'm saying this kind of stuff. But while I'm here, I might as well get all of it over with. "Sally...I think I -"

"Sally!" Allulah comes up and hugs her younger sister. "I'm so proud of you!" I smile slightly. I can wait until later.

~!~Sally's POV~!~

Today wasn't what I expected it would be. I thought I'd wake up in the morning, go to school, kiss a script that looked like my best friend, and go home the same, unloved girl. But that changed dramatically. My lips are tingling again.

Suddenly, a light flashes in my window. I jump in surprise. It's gone, just as quickly as it came. There it is again. Funny, that's how the Once-ler and I used to signal each other to go to the window so we can talk.

I lay in my bed for about thirty more seconds before it dawns on me. "Oh, right!" I climb out of my bed and go to the window, pulling the curtains apart and opening it, leaning on the sill and smiling at my best friend.

"Hey," he says.

"Hey," I reply, smiling more and blushing. My lips tingle.

"Can you come out?" he asks. I nod and say, "Everyone's asleep. I'll be down in a sec." I jump up and race away from my window, tiptoeing past Allulah's room before running again until I'm outside. He walks outside at the exact same moment I do and we smile at each other.

"Hi," I say as we meet between our two windows, our designated meeting place for these things.

"Hey," he says back. "The thing I was gonna tell you earlier..."

"Yeah?" I ask.

"Sally, I'm in love with you." His words leave a clear, ringing silence. My head is spinning. "And I mean like, actually in love with you."

I finally find my voice. "R-r-really?" He nods.

"Yeah, really. Since we were maybe fourteen." He sighs. "I just had to get that out. I'm sorry." He looks down, but I grin.

"I beat you."

He looks up. "What?"

"I beat you," I repeat. "By two years."

"What do you mean?" he asks, confused.

"You fell in love with me when we were fourteen. I had you beat by two years."

It slowly registers in his mind, and then he smiles. "So...you-"

"I love you, Oncie," I say, smiling. He smiles back before wrapping his arms tight around my waist and lifting me up, spinning me around with a whoop of joy.

"I love you, too!" he laughs, stopping, but not setting me back down. I smile at him, and he smiles back.

"Hey, when you're holding me like this, I'm taller than you."

He laughs. "Get used to it. I don't wanna put you down." He kisses me. "And get used to this -" he kisses me again "-also, because I don't wanna stop that, either." He kisses me again. I giggle.

"I can live with that," I say as he kisses me again. I laugh.

"You've got no choice." He kisses me again. "I'd do it anyway." I laugh and wrap my legs around his waist so I don't fall and put my arms around his neck, leaning my head on his.

"I love you, Oncie," I say, smiling. He smiles back.

"I love you too, Sally." Kiss. "Get used to that, too, because since I finally said it, I'll never quit." Kiss. I giggle.

"I can live with that, too, because you're gonna have to as well!" I smile and he kisses me again. It wasn't like the small, quick kisses we had been doing the past few minutes. It was long and lingering, and I loved every second of it. "Wanna know what I just realized?" I breathlessly ask when we pull back for air. "This means Yo-Yo really is my best friend now."

"I guess she is." He smiles and touches the tip of his nose to mine. "Know why?" He doesn't give me any time to answer. "Because now you're mine." I smile.

"Always?" He smiles back.

"And ever."

~!~!~!~

"Pinwheel, it's two in the morning."

"I know, but Yo-Yo, I gotta tell you something!"

"Pinwheel, it's two in the morning."

"I know, but listen, Yo! I gotta tell you something!"

"Better be important." I can hear her sitting up in her bed and reaching over to flip on her lamp.

"You are now my number one best friend."

"I've always been your number one best friend," she says. "Ever since that day we met at the McDonalds." I smile slightly. I remember that day.

"Be right back, Oncie," I said, little ten year old me smiling at little ten year old Once-ler. "I have to pee."

"Okay," he said, smiling at me. I stood up and walked to the bathroom, immediately dashing into the handicap stall. It was like, a throne of a stall, so if you got to it before anyone else, you meant more.

The second my pants hit the ground and my butt hit the seat, a girl with black hair peeked over the top of the stall.

"Do you have any toilet paper?"

"Hey!" I yelled. "I'm peeing!"

"Funny name." She grinned. "I'm Yvonne. Now, about that toilet paper..." I grabbed a wad of toilet paper, balled it up, and threw it at her.

"Now go!"

"Thanks, Pinwheel!" She disappears, leaving me mouthing 'Pinwheel...'

The next day, I was walking to school. Oncie was sick, so he was staying home, so it was just me. Yvonne appeared beside me.

"Hey, Pinwheel!" she said, smiling widely at me.

"Hi...why Pinwheel?"

"Because pinwheels spin, and things that spin are crazy, and you're crazy."

I blinked. "That...makes no sense..."

"Sure it does!" By then, we were at school, and I had to go to Mrs. Rosenberg's class. Yvonne said she was in Mr. Hemple's. "Bye, Pinwheel!" She ran off.

At recess, I was on the swings with Allulah when she came up. "Hi Pinwheel!"

"Hi, Yvonne," I said. "By the way, my name is Sally Floogenderp."

"Whatever you say, Pinwheel." She jumped up and ran off. I looked at Allulah. "Just don't ask."

Later, when I was walking home, she walked up next to me. "Hey, Pinwheel!"

"Hey, Yo-Yo." I smiled, satisfied with myself for coming up with a nickname.

"Yo-Yo?" she repeated.

"Yeah, because you always come back."

She grinned. "I like it." She slung an arm around my shoulders. "Pinwheel, this is the start of a great friendship."

"Pinwheel, if you don't say something I'll hang up!" Yo-Yo's irritated voice breaks me from the flashback.

"Sorry!" I exclaim. "I'm sorry! Anyway, point being, Oncie and I just kissed for about two hours outside." For a moment, the only thing I can hear is the sound of her bug killer buzzing away in her room. Then she says, "So you two are together now?"

"Mm-hmm," I hum, lighting touching my lips.

"Finally."

~!~Oncie's POV~!~

"Good morning!" Sally throws her arms around me tight when I see her this morning on her porch. I laugh and hug her back.

"Morning, Sal." I kiss the top of her head. "Sleep well?"

"I didn't sleep!" she replies happily. "When I came inside, I called Yo-Yo and we talked all night. I got about thirty minutes of sleep." I frown.

"Get in there and go to sleep!" I command.

"Wha- no!" She pushes her hair off her face. "Today we were gonna go to the movies! We've been planning this for, like, a week!"

"We'll just go to a later showing," I say. Then I brush more hair off her face and lightly kiss her forehead. "You need sleep." She rolls her eyes.

"You sound like my dad." She sighs. "Fine, I'll go to bed..." She grins. "If you can catch me." Before I know what's going on, she jumps off the porch and runs into her backyard.

"What...oh, duh!" I chase after her, running into the backyard. She's in our tree. When we were little, about seven or so, we carved our names into the trunk of that tree. We used to sit in it for hours on end, talking about anything. She had her branch, and I had mine, facing each other. She's sitting on hers. Smiling, I climb up and sit on mine.

"Caught ya," I say, taking her hand. She smiles at me.

"Yes, you did."

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