The next day, Becky sat in her first period class, still thinking about the night before. She realized that she had told Tobey too many things that would lead him to believe she was Wordgirl, but she didn't care anymore. She just felt an immense trust in him that she had never felt before. It made her want to tell him, and the only reason she didn't was because there was still a small part burning dim as embers in the back of her mind that said 'telling him might not be the best idea'. But, he deserved to know, right? After all, he was one hundred percent supportive, even when he didn't know I'm Wordgirl, thought Becky. So why don't I tell him?

She knew she had regretted not telling Violet sooner, so why create something else to regret? Besides, why shouldn't I trust him completely?

"Miss Bottsford!" The teacher barked. Becky snapped out of her thoughts and looked up to see that her teacher was awaiting an answer.

"I'm sorry, what was the question?" Becky asked tiredly. The teacher shook her head in disappointment.

"See me after class, Miss Bottsford." The teacher said, moving on to take another student's answer. A student, by the way, who was extremely eager to answer something instead of Becky answering everything all the time.

It wasn't a big deal to Becky that she missed the question, since she had read all the books required of the class when she was five years old, but for not paying attention and missing a question that she knew she'd be able to answer no matter what it was, she was upset with herself. But she couldn't help the thoughts in her head from distracting her.

After class, Becky approached her teacher's desk nervously.

"You wanted to see me?" She asked quietly. The teacher looked up to Becky from the papers she had begun to grade.

"Becky, what's wrong? Is everything okay at home? You've been very distracted lately, and you always seem upset. I'm worried about you." The teacher asked.

"Oh, everything's perfect at home. It's not a family problem at all. In fact, there's no problem at all with anyone. I just haven't been able to sleep lately." Becky explained. Hey, it was true, wasn't it?

"I don't know, I'm not convinced. Becky, if something is wrong, it's okay to tell me. Your secrets are safe with me."

"Believe me, Mrs. Smith, no matter how much you tell yourself that, if I were to tell you what's on my mind, you wouldn't keep that promise." Becky said as she walked off.

Tobey, having been waiting for her outside the classroom, and having heard the whole thing, was very curious now.

"What was that all about?" He asked as he and Becky began their walk to the next class.

"Oh, uh, nothing." Becky said. "Uh, test grade mix-up."

"Come on, Becky, I know you're lying. What's really up? Please, just tell me what's really on your mind." Tobey asked. He could see in her eyes when she looked at him so sadly that there was something way more wrong than what she let him know.

Becky was silent for a moment in thought.

"Meet me at the docks after school, okay?" She said. When Tobey looked into her eyes, she could tell she was gravely serious.

"Why?"

"Just do it. I'll explain there." She said as she walked off to her next class.

~…~

So after school, Tobey did as requested and headed to the docks, which sat at the edge of town. When he got there, he saw Becky sitting there, shoes and socks sitting beside her, dipping her feet in the water. He sat down beside her and didn't speak for a moment.

"So, what's all this about?" He asked. Becky looked over to him without saying a word. He could tell she was very serious, and that something important was about to happen. But what he also saw was the deep sadness that he had seen the night before; the sadness that always crushed him when he saw it.

"Come with me. I have to show you something." She said. She climbed into a canoe sitting beside the dock and patted the seat beside her. Tobey, very curious now, sat in the canoe and they paddled to the other side of the lake together.

Once they arrived there, Becky grabbed his hand and led him into the dense forest that sat there. They twisted and turned and ran until they arrived at an opening. In that opening, Tobey saw the most surprising thing he'd ever seen in his life: Wordgirl's spaceship hideout.

"Why are we…how do you know where this is? What's going on?" He asked, stunned and very confused. Becky looked down to her feet, eyes now closed, placed two fingers on her chest, and chanted "Word up!", and before he knew it, there was a bright, blinding flash of light. When Tobey opened his eyes, he looked before him to see Wordgirl.

"Y-you're…" He mumbled. "You're Wordgirl?!"

Becky simply nodded, still looking down to her feet.

"I know, I know, you were right all this time, I'm a big jerk, and you hate me. I get it." She said sadly as she hovered above the ground. Tobey placed a finger under her chin and lifted her head so her eyes met his.

"Becky, I don't hate you. The last thing I'd ever do is hate you. I'm not even mad, and I'm not about to gloat about being right. I'm just glad that you mustered up the courage to tell me, and I'm proud of you and happy for you. And I promise, with all of my heart, your secret is safe with me. I will not tell a living soul as long as I live." Tobey explained. Becky smiled at his response and suddenly wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug, lifting him off the ground in the process.

"Oh, thank you so much Tobey, I don't know what I'd do without you." She said as she buried her head in his shoulder. "You're the best friend ever."

Tobey smiled widely and wrapped his arms around her, closed his eyes and rested his head atop hers.

"No problem," He said with a strained voice, as Wordgirl was making it hard to breathe.

Becky released him with a blush, realizing she'd been crushing him with her super strength. After a moment of silence, she eagerly grabbed him by the arm, excited to show him her spaceship hideout. She showed him every nook and cranny, every little detail. After that, they sat down in the library.

"Your hideout is amazing, Becky. I'm so glad you decided to confide in me." Tobey said. "But does anyone else know about your secret identity?" He asked.

"Only Bampy and Violet." She answered. Tobey nodded. The two were suddenly quiet again.

"So, is that why you've been so distant lately? You were having trouble telling me?" He asked.

"Ugh, no. It's so much more complicated than that." Becky said miserably, lying back on the couch she'd been sitting on.

"Remember all the stuff I told you last night about being adopted?" She asked. Tobey nodded slowly, realizing how much worse it was now that he knew her secret. Becky saw his eyes widen and knew that it had clicked in his mind.

"Now you get it. I've lived my whole life with this huge black hole following me. A black hole I call Lexicon, and it's filled with intrigue and mystery, and it's so tempting. My whole life, up until recently, I've been able to ignore it because I was happy with the life I had. But now, I just want to look into it so badly. I just want to look, just so see what it's like there. I just want to know about my home planet. Just to know about all the things I've been missing out on in there. The people I've been missing out on. But I know that once I look in, I won't be able to turn back. Won't be able to turn back because if I do, everyone will hate me for abandoning them, for letting the city become overrun by rampant-running crime. My family would be so disappointed in me for abandoning my duties. They'd think I don't love them, that I'm not grateful for everything they've done for me, that they're not enough for me. I wouldn't have a city to come back to, because everyone would shun me."

By this point, tears were once again running down Becky's cheeks, but she continued to choke back her sobs.

"Why does this have to be so hard?" She yelled. "It's NOT FAIR! Everyone else gets to be carefree and happy and glad to have the life they have, and I don't! I just get to watch everyone with their stupid smiling faces and stupid happiness and sit there and wish I could have that too! Sometimes I just hate it here so much, just because everyone depends on me so much, and I can't do anything but what I do every day!" She ranted, finally giving in and letting her sobs come pouring out. She collapsed on the couch, buried her head in her arms, and sobbed.

Tobey walked over and sat next to her, rubbing her back softly. Becky looked up at him, her eyes red and puffy.

"Why do you want to be my friend anyways? I'm so miserable, I'm such a horrible person. I lied to you for so long. Why do you care about me?" She asked between sobs.

"Because when I look at you, I don't see a miserable, lying, untrustworthy, horrible person. I see a beautiful, intelligent, caring, trustworthy, amazing person that I care about so much. I see someone I'd never let out of my life, no matter what." Tobey said. "Becky, you have inspired me so much to change. You showed me how great it can be to be good, you showed me the bright side of life when I was feeling down and miserable. Now I want to do the same for you." He finished with a smile. Becky sat up, speechless, and looked him in the eyes. He was dead serious.

"Do you really mean that?" She asked quietly. Tobey nodded.

"With all my heart." He said with a smile.

Becky continued to look into his eyes. She was mesmerized by how they were overflowing with honesty and trust, something she never thought she'd see in her whole life.

"You trust me so much. How could you possibly trust me so much? Aren't you afraid I'm going to let you down?" She whispered.

"Not at all. Because I know that you would never do that, even if you tried." Tobey said. He placed a hand on her shoulder.

Before he could say anything, he looked into her eyes and was surprised by the pain he saw in them. It went so deep; she hurt so bad for home.

"Becky, I'm going to tell you something that I bet no one else has thought to tell you before," Tobey said.

"If you want to see your home, just go."

"What? How can you say that? Do you want chaos in the city? Do you want everyone to hate me? Ugh, I knew it, you were planning to betray me this whole time. I can't believe I trusted you-" Becky ranted.

"No, no, absolutely not! I'm just saying, you're misjudging everyone's character. Your family wouldn't just shun you like that just because you want to see where you come from. They're your family, no matter what, and they're going to love you no matter what. And in case you forgot, I have the ability to build giant robots. I think I can protect the city for a little while while you're gone." Tobey explained.

"Yeah, easy for you to say when you're trying to send me off. Aren't you worried I'll never come back? What if something terrible happens? What if I decide to stay there? It's millions of miles into the stars, Tobey, don't you realize that? Do you care about me at all?" Becky asked.

"I wouldn't have told you everything I've told you if I didn't mean it, Becky. I'm only telling you to go because I've seen how hurt you are, how badly you want this. And I'd rather know you're off somewhere being happy, rather than seeing you here, so sad and fallen apart. I'd be much happier if I knew you were happy. I can't stand seeing you so sad all the time." Tobey explained.

Becky was once again speechless. She wondered how he could possibly do that to her so much.

"No one has ever cared about me that much." She said quietly.

"No, you're wrong. Your family cares about you just as much as I do. And if you'd just stop trying to get people to stop caring for you, you'd see that. Becky, no matter how hard you try, I can't…" Tobey paused. What he was about to say…he had held off saying for all the years he'd known Wordgirl. Now here he was, mustering up all the courage to finally say it, and he wasn't afraid of how she'd respond? People really do do stupid things when they're in love, don't they?

"I can't stop loving you."

Becky was silent. Instead of saying anything more, she slowly moved in closer to him. She ignored all the voices in her head that screamed 'no!' or 'don't do this!'. She just did it. She kissed him. She didn't look back, either. And she didn't regret it, either. It felt like nothing she'd felt before.

She was quick to place her gloved hands on his warm cheeks. Tobey melted into the kiss and wrapped his arms around her waist. He had waited for this moment so long, but now that it was here, he realized it was worth the wait.

Becky, after a minute more of passionate kissing, parted with a huge smile on her face; a smile that made Tobey immensely happy. With eyes brighter and fuller with happiness and hope than Tobey had seen in a long time, Becky smiled, her hands grasping his shoulders.

"I'm going home!" She said happily.

Well, that's the end of chapter 3! And once again, it turned out waay longer than I thought it'd be…yay! XD I must say, I'm really happy with this story. I haven't had an idea this promising in…well, possibly a year or two. But, anyways, review!