This chapter isn't anything major . It's nothing special, not exciting. I just felt like writing it. Once again, a round of "thank-you's" and "you made my day's". Blah, blah, blah, I love you, and here you go.

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So WordGirl turned back into Becky and caught up with her family. She spent the rest of the evening riding the roller coasters and playing a few games. She got Bob a balloon. She and TJ went into the house of mirrors together and had fun in there, until Becky bumped into a mirror and cracks zigzagged away from where she'd hit it. Fortunately none of the other kids were nearby. TJ just looked at her like she was crazy and they moved on.

Mr. Botsford got a bunch of cotton candy, then held it up to his face like a beard and said, "Look, Botsford family, I'm Count Cloudy!" They all laughed and he said, "Man, we are such a fun family!"

At one point Becky met up with Violet and Hunter, and the three of them actually had a friendly five-minute conversation, which was nice, considering Hunter had never talked to Becky before. Becky wondered if Violet and Hunter were going to be an "item" now.

When the Botsfords went home for the night, she thought that it had been a pretty good day.

And to think, the time of it she'd spent with Tobey, she'd enjoyed. She figured perhaps, though at the time she'd been unwilling to admit it, she had also liked the time they'd spent together in the past.

But then she pulled a book off of her shelf. She was excited to re-read Princess Triana and the Unicorn of Toadstool Kingdom for the sixth time. She had better things to do than think about Tobey.

As she began the first page, she recalled how Tobey liked these books, too. Then she reminded herself that everyone liked them. Still, if she brought them up to Scoops, he just started talking about an advertisement he'd written for the up-coming book-opening party for the latest book. Now that she thought about it, he'd never even read the books, actually.

Then she realized she was actually comparing Scoops to Tobey. That can't be good, she thought, sitting up straighter as her thoughts turned slightly panicky.

She had planned on stopping herself from thinking about it any further, but of course, she didn't. Instead she wondered about that moment when she'd been in the robot's clutches, unable to break loose, but then she'd seen that garbage-can car go flying at Tobey, and so she'd flown after it, shooting free from the robot so effortlessly. And that moment after she grabbed the can-car. Tobey had looked at her as she looked at him and he thanked her.

She never thought she could possibly be so relieved that someone was okay.

There had been nothing special about the moment; she saved lots of people's lives, and that was just as relieving. She had saved Tobey's life once before even, and there hadn't been anything special about that, either. That's what she told herself.

Then she thought about getting ice cream with Scoops.

She yawned. She was tired now, and decided to go to bed.

She put on her pajamas and crawled under the covers, after going to the family room for a moment to saying goodnight to her parents. She pulled the blankets up around herself comfortably while Bob sprawled out at the foot of the bed like a dog. Then as she lay awake she thought again about going to get ice cream with Scoops. When, though? She wasn't sure. He had asked her to get ice cream later, but that was as far as it had gone.

Oh well, she thought jadedly. If he cares enough he'll talk to me again.

She'd had quite a bit of Scoops for one day and was currently uninterested in the prospect of seeing him more. Sometimes he could be...overbearing.

Thinking about ice cream reminded her of how Tobey had stood in the open entry to the tent and burst out with clenched fists, "Why don't you ever want to get ice cream with me?" At this thought she had to laugh a little. And then she remembered him in the dunking tank. She had to laugh a little more. Really, he wasn't so bad, and maybe sometimes it could be worth something.

She could hear thumping from the other side of the wall and she heard TJ's muffled voice call, "Becky, it's really creepy how you're just in there laughing to yourself."

He's probably right, she thought. So she closed her eyes and went to sleep.

So there you have it. Becky's letting herself become aware of this new (or perhaps old yet unclear) little liking for Tobey and that's the end. If you faithfully read the whole thing, thanks. Especially for reading chapter one. I know, it's hard to read about Scoops and Becky when you'd really rather think about her with Tobey, but I had to write away her feelings for the formerly mentioned boy somehow, and my work on the subject isn't even finished yet. Plus, you gotta admit, even though you don't want to see Becky liking Scoops, it's enjoyable to read about him being dopey and all that. (I don't always think of him like that though. He'd grow up.) So, I'm dying to know how people received the completed story, so please review it. I'm so happy to finally have a finished story, I feel so accomplished. I'll be writing more, and if you enjoyed this, please subscribe to me. This story set the stage for all the other stuff I had in mind...heheheh...

So yeah, thanks for reading, more is coming, and God bless.(=

And yeah, I have the BEST reviewers. I was reading your reviews for the last chapter I put up and they made me so happy you would not believe. For some reason I always refuse to let people read the stuff I write, but I'm trying to get out of that, and all this positive feedback is so uplifting. This last chapter is dedicated to all of you who reviewed my story. I'd name you all but you know who you are anyway, so, thanks.(: