The morning rush of getting the twins ready for school was a blur for Billy. Usually it would be the longest part of the day trying to get their clothes on right, making them breakfast, and getting them in the car. Today was different, however, because of a certain someone named Teddy Altman. Billy could not wait to go to school today, and the twins were starting to notice.

"Billy, you put my shirt on backward," Johnny whined.

"And you poured water on my cereal!" Jack complained.

"Whoops, sorry guys," Billy blushed, "my mind is off in la-la land today."

"Where's la-la land Billy?" Jack asked innocently.

"It's someplace amazing," Billy smiled as he picked up Jack and kissed him on the forehead.

"I want to go to la-la land!" Johnny exclaimed.

"Maybe we will go there after school today," Billy chuckled as he hugged Johnny, "but now we have to get going!"

After Billy dropped Johnny and Jack off at their elementary school, he made his way to Maplewood with a grin. He had never been this excited to go to school since Superhero Day at his old elementary. When he got to the school, he slowly walked out of his car and to his locker making sure he wouldn't miss seeing Teddy. Kate's voice finally brought him to reality.

"Hey loverboy!" Kate yelled as she slammed her locker, "We still have class to go to!"

"Oh, right, sorry," Billy said.

"You'll see him sometime later today," Kate stated, "don't worry."

"Thanks Kate," Billy smiled.

Billy and Kate walked down the crowded hallway talking about what exactly happened yesterday at the diner. Billy would reluctantly tell Kate all the details and Kate would just smile and go "awwwwee". Even though on the outside he would look annoyed with Kate, he secretly really liked it. They almost made up the stairs to their classroom when…

"Hey Twinkle toes!" yelled a voice in the crowd.

Kesler. If Billy didn't have enough on his plate already, there had to be Kesler. Kesler was the school bully, and his favorite person to bully was Billy. He would call Billy names such as Twinkletoes, Super-geek, orphan boy (that one hurt Billy the most), and other names with profanities in them. Nobody would ever do anything about it because they were too afraid of him. Even the teachers would turn a blind eye because his dad was on the school board. He was not a nice person, at all.

"Yeah I'm talkin' to you!" Kesler said.

"What do you want now Kesler?" Billy asked.

"I want you to know who's boss around here, Super-geek," Kesler stated, "after that stunt you pulled last week, someone's got to teach you some manners!"

Last week Billy had had about enough of Kesler and his antics, so he devised a plan with Kate to punish him. They poured ipecac into Kesler's drink during lunch. After lunch got over, Kesler was in the bathroom for the whole class period puking it up, and it was hilarious. Unfortunately, the plan backfired because the rest of the day Kesler had the worst breath imaginable and people would give him money just to get away from them.

"It didn't even turn out that bad!" Billy retorted.

"Doesn't matter, I'm going to kick your ass anyway," Kesler said.

A circle formed around the boys; Kate got shoved back into the crowd. Kesler lunged toward Billy, but Billy was quick on his feet and avoided the blow. Kesler turned around and wound up for a punch but Billy ducked before it could connect. Kesler became unbalanced and stumbled a little, giving Billy enough time to run. Billy made it to the edge of the crowd when Kesler grabbed him by the collar. Kesler wound up for another punch, but before he could do it, a voice yelled from the crowd.

"Stop!" yelled the voice.

Kesler turned his head. "Who was that!?" he growled.

"Me." The crowd parted to reveal… Teddy Altman. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size, like me?"

Kesler put down Billy. "I'll deal with you later," he said to him. He then turned toward Teddy. "I guess I'll have to kick your ass before I kick twinkle toes then."

"Bring it on," Teddy said.

Billy moved back into the crowd; nobody had ever done anything like this for him before. He watched as Teddy pounded the crap out of Kesler. How Teddy was that strong Billy had no idea. Kesler finally gave up after the thirteenth punch in the head and walked (or stumbled) away. After the crowd had cheered and given Teddy multiple thank-you's, Teddy walked over to Billy.

"I totally had that handled on my own," Billy said.

"You probably did," Teddy said, "I just thought I would help you out anyways."

"Thanks," Billy smirked.

"No problem," Teddy smiled warmly, "I'll see you around."

"Yeah," Billy blushed, "see you."

As Teddy walked away, Billy leaned up against the wall and sighed. He couldn't believe that had just happened. He was in complete bliss.

"Billy!" Kate yelled.

Billy shook his head. "Sorry, did you say something?" he asked.

"Yes!" Kate said irritated, "I said I can't believe that just happened, and how I am even more jealous of you right now!"

"I know…" Billy said blissfully.

"I couldn't see the whole thing," Kate said, "but you will have to tell me all the details later, right now we have to go to class!"

The rest of the day flew by for Billy. Teddy Altman was all he could think about. He needed to see this guy again, somehow…