OK, next chapter coming up. Thanks for reviewing, frumouttamimind, KaylaMicael (I've thought about it, but they WERE both toons at the time...), Animaniacal, Kibalover1998 and Emmygirl822. BTW, all of the msn names or email addresses used here are completely made up. They might be real, but I don't know of them.

Note: I have considered Alex discovering the bet, but as of now, I've decided to keep her in the dark about it. She might well discover it later.

ALEX'S POV

I was very quiet on the trip down California. To be fair, part of that was because I was listening to my new Katy Perry music. I'd finally been able to buy all the songs on the "Teenage Dream" CD on Itunes and was listening to it on my ipod nonstop. But my silence ended around the time when we got about halfway between Los Angeles and San Fransisco. I unconsciously began humming along with "California Gurls".

Suddenly, I realized a voice singing the words wasn't coming from my Ipod, and I had to look up. Wakko was holding a radio next to my head, which had a microphone attached to it. Dot was singing into the mic, hitting every note as she sang "Cal-i-forn-ia girls, we're undeniable,

Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock..."

I pulled off my headphones. This type of thing just wasn't annoying me any more. It was pretty weird, truth be told, that it wasn't even the least bit annoying anymore, when only months ago, it would have made me scream. Now, I even smiled and began singing along "West Coast re-pre-sent, now put your hands up, oh..."

I was kind of happy when we did get home. I'd missed being at home, but two things hung over me. The first was school. Sure, I couldn't wait to be a sophomore, instead of a little freshman girl. The second was the fact that in two days, the Warners were going home. Yeah, I knew they escaped from the tower all the time, but who said they would think about me? And that meant all of them. I was really going to miss them. Yakko especially, but Dot and Wakko too.

For the last two days, the boys got the spare room in our house and Dot had to share with me again. She was still my sole confidant in everything. "You know, you could start emailing us." she said. "And we're on msn. My username is cuteone811, Wakko's is retrocrazy321, and Yakko's is allguyspreferblondes95."

I giggled at that name. "Mine is sunnysweethearts72." I said. "I'm on there often, anyway."

"Me too." Dot said. "We know your email address already. Ours is warnerbrothersister ."

For those two days, the three of us mainly hung around the house. Even the super-energetic Warners needed some time out. Sometimes, just the four of us left and hung around alone, in which I'd go into toon form and ask for more toon lessons. In that form, I could come up with billions of reasons why I needed more practise or needed to learn something else.

On the morning that the three of them were meant to arrive back at the movie lot, I said to Yakko "Are you sure we'll see each other through the year? You won't forget about me in the time? I know what it's like to have fun causing mayhem."

"Don't worry, Princess Alexandra." Yakko said, with his trademark smile. "We'll see each other more than you think."

I questioned him further about that statement, but he wouldn't say what he meant. I tried Wakko and Dot, but neither of them would tell me, although I could see that I was getting pretty close to making them crack. But nothing could make the Warners tell a secret if they didn't want to, and so I stopped pressing them.

We talked on msn all the time through the next week. I'll admit, Dot was on more often than the boys, but that was OK. We did a lot of talking. Like, for example, this:

sunnysweethearts72: I can't survive without your makeovers!

cuteone811: Stop stressing, kid. I'll email you all my best cutie tips.

sunnysweethearts72: Thanks, Dot. I need something to look good for school.

cuteone811: I know exactly what that's like. What are you going to wear?

sunnysweethearts72: My denim shorts and my pink spaghetti-strap top. You know the one.

cuteone811: Oh! *smiles innocently*

sunnysweethearts72: What? There's something you're not telling me.

cuteone811: There obviously is, since you're not asking, and I don't tell.

sunnysweethearts72: I better find out soon, or I'll go INSANE!

cuteone811: Uh-oh, capital letters, I think you might be insane already.

You get the idea. I talked to my friends about that too, since most of them were back from their holidays. Well, Heather had stayed at home anyway, but Sophie had gone around Florida for the holiday, and Kaylee's family had been to their summer home up in Montana.

The first day of school came, and we all met up at the lockers, watching the middle school kids and freshman pass (the middle school was in the same building as the high school).

"So you survived this time?" Sophie teased me.

"Judging by everything I was hearing, it was a close one this year." Heather joked. "I don't envy you, Lexi. Those three toons are so annoying."

I didn't know what to say. Finally I said "They were actually OK this summer, most of the time. Dot's practically ready to work at a beauty salon."

Kaylee had seen the old Animaniacs episodes, and was a closeted fan, except to the three of us others. "You mean a cutie salon." she said. "Did she suggest you to have a high ponytail?"

"Yeah, that was her." I admitted.

"It looks cool." said Heather. "But I thought you said the boys infuriated you?"

The bell rang at that moment, so we had to go to homeroom. In class, we all found adjoining desks.

Then something surprising happened. When the teacher was halfway through the register, the door opened, and the teacher immediately snapped "You're late."

A familiar voice sounded. "Sorry, I'm new, so I didn't know where I was supposed to be."

I gasped and turned around. The speaker was a boy with dark hair and dark eyes. He looked like any normal guy, but I'd know that smile anywhere.

The teacher looked at the register. "So you are Lee Warner?"

"Uh-huh, that's me." said the wrongly named Yakko Warner. He was now just like me, and was going to my school.

My mind spun. I had a lot to ask him – for one thing, he should have been a junior, not a sophomore. And why was he coming here anyway?

I am going somewhere with this, just bear with me. And please review!