The next day, Becky and Tobey were walking to school. Normally, they'd be endlessly chatting, but today, they were both distracted by thoughts. As she hugged her books close to her, Becky's thoughts were stuck between dreaming about what Lexicon would be like and whether or not she should tell her parents the truth. Tobey, hands stuffed in his pockets, was stuck on finding out how in the world he'd say goodbye to his crush of six years.

He kept picturing the moment in his head. He kept imagining them standing there, ready to say goodbye, but every time he was supposed to say 'goodbye' the words never came out of his mouth. All that was willing to come out was 'don't leave me'. It was hard to say goodbye when you'd just said 'hello'.

"Tobey?" Becky said. "Toooobeeyy? Helllooo?"

"W-what?" Tobey said suddenly, being snapped out of his thoughts.

"Jeez, what's got you so distracted?" Becky asked.

"Nothing, don't worry about it." Tobey said quietly, a rosy blush decorating his cheeks.

"No, it's okay, you can trust me. I obviously trust you." Becky responded.

"It's lame, it's not important." Tobey insisted. Becky grabbed his hand and held it tight before she responded.

"Come on, something's obviously bothering you. Telling someone will make you feel better." Becky said. Tobey half-smiled, delighted by her caring, soft demeanor.

"You really want to know?" He asked.

"Yes, I really do." Becky said with a smile. Tobey's half-smile turned into a full smile, but with the thought that had been bugging him looming next to her making him happy, it went away quickly.

"Well, you're going to think this is stupid, but I've just been…uneasy about you leaving. I guess I'm just scared you're never going to come back." Tobey explained, looking down to his shoes. Becky smiled, stopped walking, and lifted his head to her eye level.

"I could never abandon Earth like that! There's so many things and people I care so much about…my superhero career, my family, Violet…" Becky explained. "But most importantly, no matter how awesome Lexicon might be, I'm sure I couldn't be truly happy unless I was close to you." She said with a smile.

"But the most important reason is this: you know what made me seem so happy all the time? Why I seemed to love life when inside it was making me miserable?" She asked. Tobey listened curiously, tilting his head slightly to show it. "Because of you. Because I knew that as long as you were my friend I could have a happy life because there'd be someone else in the world that understands what it's like to be miserable, and alone, and you understood what it was like to desire something that's so far from your reach…at least in your own opinion. I knew you'd always be there to understand me."

Tobey's smile grew as he looked into her caring, sincere, sparkling eyes. No words came to mind, but instead he moved in and kissed her. Surprised at first, Becky gladly kissed back. After a minute or two, they parted and Becky held his hand with a smile.

"You know, I think another superpower of yours is being the greatest girl ever." Tobey said with a smile as they continued walking. For some reason, that statement got Becky thinking. The two were walking in silence for a while until Tobey noticed the perplexed look on Becky's face.

Becky, who's mind was suddenly flooded with familiar thoughts about her relationship with Tobey, looked obviously out of it.

"What's up? You look very concentrated." He asked.

"Do you ever wonder…what we are?" Becky asked suddenly. Tobey hesitated a moment before responding. That was a question he had asked himself many times; yet each time he asked himself, he couldn't come up with an answer.

"I…I dunno. What do you want to be?" Tobey asked, swallowing the fear that arose when he asked the question.

"I-I don't know…" She said. "I mean, I want to be more than friends, but…I-I don't know, I guess I'm just a little scared, you know? Our relationship has changed so much in the past year, and stuff like this has never happened to me before." Becky explained. "I-I guess I just don't know where we go from here."

"Well, there's a lot of scary things in life that we have to face. But I guess we have to ignore the part of our minds that say it's scary and just go with the part that says to go with it." Tobey explained. They were silent for a moment.

"Well, do you want this?" Becky asked nervously.

"Of course I do." Tobey said. Becky looked down to her feet as they walked.

"So...even if the part of me that's scared to go with it is scared because she's afraid I'm going to end up letting you down because of my other superhero obligations, you think we should still go with it?" She asked as she looked back up to him.

"I think you're never going to let me down, but I also think that you shouldn't do this if you're not ready." Tobey said honestly. Becky thought for a long moment. Was she ready for this? She knew she had feelings for him, and there was nothing but Wordgirl in her way. She was just afraid she'd end up hurting him or getting him in unnecessary danger.

"But what if you end up getting hurt because of me? I couldn't live in a world that you're not in." Becky asked, a small smile tugging at the corners of her lips.

"Becky, I think we both know you'd never let that happen. Neither would I, for that matter." Tobey said with a sincere smile. Becky was silent again.

Just give it a chance for goodness sakes! Her heart screamed.

I think we should go for it. Her brain suggested. She knew that if her mind and her heart agreed for once in her life, it was something that was worth a shot.

The two arrived at their bus stop and set their books down to wait for the bus. Becky leaned against the back of the bench in thought.

As the bus pulled up, and everyone boarded, Becky sat down beside Violet, and Tobey sat down in the seat across the aisle from Becky.

"So, how are things with you and Tobey?" Violet asked quietly, so Tobey wouldn't hear.

"Ugh, I don't know. Things are so confusing. First of all, don't be freaked out, but I told him about my secret identity the other day, and I was feeling so depressed and awful. But he...I don't know, he made me feel so much better. So I-I told him. And he was so comforting and sweet and sincere that I...I kissed him. And I felt something weird, something I've never felt before. Now I don't know if I want to stay friends or to take the next step." Becky explained, finishing her spiel with an exasperated grunt, then resting her back on the back of the seat and sinking down a little.

"Did you guys talk about that?" Violet asked.

"A little...but nothing that made me make a decision." Becky answered.

"Well if you don't know what you want, and your brain can't help you, then listen to your heart. Its bound to know what you really want." Violet explained.

"But how do I do that? I just don't know what to do."

"Becky."

"Yes?"

"Clear your mind and let your heart speak for itself." Violet said softly. Becky did as told; she pushed all thoughts out of her mind and thought about the blonde-haired boy genius she knew so well, waiting for a decisive thought to pop in.

"So? What's it saying?" Asked Violet after a long silence between the two.

"That...I should date him if I want to so badly." Becky responded quietly.

"Then thats your answer. No reason not to listen." Violet said with a smile.

"Violet?"

"Yes?"

"Youre the best."

Becky thought some final thoughts. She thought of Violet's advice: listen to your heart. She thought about how badly she realized she wanted this. And, for once in her life, instead of overthinking the problems she faced in her life and making it ten times more miserable than it had to be, she made it simple.

She grabbed his hand and smiled. Tobey, who had been gazing out the window, deep in thought about his favorite gal, Becky, looked over to her in surprise.

"I think we should just go with it." She said with a smile. Tobey smiled as her response overjoyed him. After all these years of chasing the girl of his dreams, he finally got her.

At that moment, the bus arrived at the school. Tobey proceeded to get his own books so they could get to school, and as Becky reached for hers, he stopped her.

"Ah ah ah, the boyfriend carries his lady's books." He said with a clever smile as Becky's hands dropped to her sides and Tobey picked up her books for her. Becky smiled.

"You're the best!" She said happily as she grabbed his free hand and wrapped her fingers between his.

They got to school minutes later, walking through the front doors of the high school as they were. Their obvious new status causes murmurs between classmates, but only because while Tobey's reputation had improved since he had abandoned his villainous ways and attitude, he still wasn't very popular; while Becky was liked by everyone and fairly popular. But nobody was surprised by the action, due to the fact that since they'd become friends, Tobey had become a little more likeable every day, and they spent every moment they possibly could together. Due to the fact that he was constantly making her smile and laugh, and always seemed to brighten her days.

The bottom line was that everyone saw it coming.

So I'm liking this 'having plans for future chapters' thing…I usually just come up with what the next chapter will be when it's time to write it. But this planning ahead stuff is actually quite effective…who knew?!

Lol, but in all seriousness, I really like this story. I can't wait to get started on future chapters, b/c spoiler alert: they're going to be very interesting! Yay! XD

Lol, well review XD