The next morning, Biff and Clem met up at their school lockers as they usually do to start the school day/

"Well Clem, the game is tonight and I hope you, Jab and Bubbles are ready" Biff told his friend.

"Wowee wow wow. You bet we are" said Clem "And the best part is, we don't have to deal with that spoiled brat Shelly anymore. Right buddy?"

"Uh, yeah" Biff said, unsure of himself.

"Something wrong Biff?" asked Clamhead "Aren't you excited to be performing for probably the biggest game of the semester?"

"Well, I am." Biff said. "But I don't know why I've got a feeling we may not hear the last of Shelly."

"What makes you say that?" asked Clem.

"See for yourself" Biff pointed to the girls, who were walking towards their lockers.

"Huh?" Clem asked as he turned, in time to see Bubbles and Shelly chatting happily as they made their way to their lockers.

"Hello boys" said Bubbles.

"Hello Bubbles" Biff said, then he saw Shelly and glared at her "Oh, hello Shelly"

"I see they let you out of your cage today" Clamhead folded his arms.

"Yes, I was let out of my cage." Shelly said.

"Sorry Shell, but we're not talking to you" said Biff "And don't think we are letting you back into the band and changing the name to 'The Shelly Sanders Experience'. We don't want to work with some stuck up jerk who thinks we are inferior"

"But what I don't understand is why is Bubbles willing to talk to you?" Clem asked before turning to Bubbles and added. "Surely, you must've felt angry by the way Shelly acted yesterday, aren't you?"

"To be honest, I'm not angry at all." Bubbles replied.

"How can you not be angry?" Clem asked, shocked "After how Shelly treated us, you'd never forgive her that easily"

"Yeah" said Biff "She was just a stuck up jerkface and you've easily forgiven her. How could you not be angry at her?"

"Because I understand the stress she's been under." Bubbles said. "With her family and house problems, you know."

"What problems?" asked Clem "What're you talking about?"

"She and her mother have been living with my family for a while." Bubbles said. "They've got house troubles and her father and brother died when she was younger."

"Bubbles" Shelly elbowed her cousin "You're not supposed to tell anyone"

"Sorry" Bubbles said "But I had to tell our two best friends ever"

"Wowee wow wow" said Clamhead "Shelly lost her dad and her brother. Can you believe it, Biff?"

"She did told me about her house and family troubles before." Biff shrugged.

"But that being said, it didn't give me the right to do what I did yesterday, guys." Shelly said and sighed.

"It sure doesn't" Clem folded his arms "You did a bad thing, Shelly"

"Yeah" Biff added "I can't believe you would ever turn your back on us when we've always been here for you. You should've stayed loyal and known that you could trust me"

"I'm sorry Biff" Shelly said sadly.

Biff and Clem sighed.

"I'm afraid saying sorry isn't going to be enough." Biff said. "You need to do something that can let us know that we can trust you that you won't let something like this happen again, Shelly."

"What could I possibly do to regain your trust?" Shelly asked Biff.

"If you give us proper recognition in our next concert." Biff replied. "As well as any of our subsequent gigs."

"And then you'll let me back in the band?" asked Shelly.

"We'll see, Shelly" Biff replied.

Shelly nodded. "Well then."

"You'd better have your vocals and tambourine ready, Shelly" said Biff "Cause the game is tonight"

"Right." Shelly nodded.

Later that night, the game had begun and the Neptune's were waiting for the girls.

"Where are Shelly and Bubbles?" Biff asked as he looked at his watch "The halftime shows going to start in ten minutes"

"I could care less if that Shelly comes back" said Jabber "She never gave us any respect"

The cheering continues as the students continued to watch the football game.

At that same time, the boys were still waiting impatiently for the girls.

"Where are they?" Biff kept stomping his foot.

"Maybe they're fixing their hair or something" Clem shrugged.

"Well I still could care less if Shelly doesn't come at all" Jabberjaw remarked.

Biff sighed as he checked his watch. Five minutes to go before half time.

"Oh my god" Biff stomped his foot "Where are they?"

"We can't go on without our keyboardist" said Clamhead.

"Yeah" Jabber added "Percussion and keyboarding really go together well"

"What about Shelly?" asked Biff.

"Shelly Schmelly" Jabberjaw folded his fins.

"Great, here comes the parade of evil" Clem remarked when he saw the girls arriving.

"Hey guys" said Bubbles "Sorry we're late"

"Where have you guys been?" asked Biff "There's no time to rehearse"

"Sorry Biff" said Bubbles "Shelly was busy doing her makeup and straightening her hair with my momma's beauty stuff"

"Figures." Biff remarked. "Was that really necessary, Shelly?"

"Of course it was" said Shelly "I have to look my best if I want to be crowned homecoming queen and you can't rush perfection"

"Well you should've done that earlier" said Biff "We're on in five minutes"

"That's okay." Shelly said. "I'm sure you guys had plenty of practice yesterday without me, so we all should be ready."

"And now" said the announcer "Its halftime folks! Now for an up and coming band. Get ready for the one and only...Neptune's!"

The audience cheered for the band.

"Okay gang" said Biff "This is it"

Everyone nodded before they made their way to the stage.

"Hello McWriter High!" Shelly shouted into the mike "Are you ready to have your pants rocked off?!"

The audience cheered with gusto.

"Awesome!" Shelly yelled. "The Neptunes are all ready to fire off!"

The audience cheered some more.

"Alright!" Shelly shouted "And a five, four, three, two...ONE! GO!"

The Neptune's started playing their rock music to the song, 'We Are the Champions'.

Everyone started cheering as the Neptunes nodded with the beat of the music before Shelly leaned over to the mike and sang.

Biff then did a guitar solo and the song continued. The crowd started waving their arms slowly to the song.

Biff then did another guitar solo as the instrumental break went by.

The crowd continued to wave their arms with the guitar solo while Jabber hit some of the drums.

Bubbles played an awesome power chord on her keytar and Clamhead blew some mean tunes on his trumpet. Finally, the song was just about finished and Shelly was ready to finish the song.

All together, Jabber and the kids played an awesome brain bursting power chord and the crowd went wild. Jabber then tossed his drumsticks aside, grabbed a big bonk stick thing and hit a gong, which made a large bonging sound.

There were loud cheers from the crowd and some blew their horns in approval as if they wanted an encore.

"I can't believe it" Shelly thought to herself "They want an encore. With an encore, I'm sure to become homecoming queen"

The others looked at each other as the crow cheers loudly.

"Thank you fans" Shelly started blowing kisses "Thank you. Thank you. My people. Mwah. Mwah. Mwah"

Eventually, the game resumed and the band made their way off the stage.

"That was great guys" said Biff "They loved us"

"Yeah" said Jabberjaw "Now that's respect!"

Bubbles, Clem and Shelly nodded in agreement.

"They love me" said Shelly "I'm a star"

"And what do you think they think of us, Shelly?" Clem asked.

"They probably liked you too" Shelly replied.

"As in liked us as much as they liked you?" Biff raised an eyebrow.

"Not really, but I've gotta hand it to you guys." Shelly shrugged. "If it weren't for your hard work, we wouldn't have made it here."

"Really?" asked everyone else.

"Yeah" Shelly nodded.

"Now that's respect" Jabber exclaimed.

He picked up Shelly and then kissed her right on the cheek.

"YUCK!" she shouted "Put me down you overgrown guppy!"

Jabber did as he was told as he finished kissing Shelly.

"Anyways, I owed you guys an apology for my outburst yesterday." She continued. "I guess I wasn't thinking straight and just...well...couldn't resist the urge to hog all the glory."

"And after all we've done for you" Biff added.

"Yeah" Jabber added "You gave us no respect!"

"Yes, I know." Shelly nodded and hung her head. "I'm really sorry, guys."

"You, sorry?" asked Clamhead "I find that difficult to believe"

"Yeah" said Jabber "The queen bee apologizing? That'll be the day"

"Well, what do you guys expect me to do?" Shelly asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Tell is how you really feel about us and what you really think" Clam and Jabber replied.

Shelly nodded as she thought for a while. Finally, she spoke.

"I...I'm sorry, Biff" she confessed "You don't deserve to have me be mean to you. You're a great a guy; you're nice, smart and talented and I never should've treated you guys like dirt. I don't really want to end up all alone...I love you guys...in a platonic way, that is. Heh, heh, heh"

The others started to laugh with Shelly as she made the last remark.

"Boy Shelly you are such a card" Jabber chuckled "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk"

THE END

Author's Note:

Looks like the Neptune's have formed and it's just the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Well, not beautiful...but a friendship nonetheless. It'll have to take some time with Shelly's vanity and all (it hasn't completely vanished, you know). Next time we see them, they'll be solving their first mystery. In the meantime, stay tuned for the next installment:

MEDDLING KIDS ORIGINS: THE TEEN ANGELS!