Well hello there my dear followers/readers. It is I, the Radish.. in case you didn't already know.. Anyway Here is the lovely chappie # 5! I finally finished it!

Stuff has recently happened, some rather serious and heartbreaking stuff.. so I have been occupied with that recently, not to mention I have test coming up.

HOWEVER.. Now I remembered to post this chappie so yeah.. long intro..

Ok ok i'm going now.. ENJOY!

Oh before I forget, the majority of this chapter is in little Mattie's POV.. just as a heads up. so anything in italic is matt's thoughts or flashbacks unless otherwise noted..

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As soon as Matt got inside his own house, he immediately ran up to his room and fished around his desk drawers to find his leather notebook.

This was where he wrote the weird dreams and other random things like a list of chores He also occasionally used it as a personal journal, which is why he had to hide it. He hadn't used it in at least a year.

Tuesday- January 7

Wow, its been a really long time since I've written in here eh? Oh well. I guess it's because I finally have something to write about.

It turns out that the new family in the neighborhood has a kid my age. And just between you and me, he's really hot.

His name is Gilbert Beilschmidt.. is that how you spell it? I hope so...

I bet most of the time he gets weird looks because of how he looks. After all he has the lightest hair I have ever seen. And his eyes.. his eyes.. are like.. rubies.

They glitter and are just.. beautiful... -

Wednesday - January 8

I can't believe Gil. In a good way though..

This morning on my way to the bus, I found him sitting in front of his house, waiting for me.

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~Flashback~

"Wait, Gil.. You don't have a first period..." Matt paused. "Why are you out here?"

"Vell, I vas vaiting for mein awesome friend."

"And who would that be?" asked Matt

"You, duh."

"Me? I mean yeah, cool, let's go."

Gil wrapped his arm around Matt's shoulders. "Vell of course you. Who else?"

"Well I don't know," Matt replied quietly, "I guess usually people just kind of… ignore me because they like my brother better."

"Vell.. Your brozher is loud, funny, a good athlete and well, for zhe day I've known him... a pretty great guy. Unfortunately, he is not zhe one who was nice enough to show me around. He vas also the one who started zhe whole Great Food War where I died in your arms.."

By this point, Matt was turning red.

"Um, thank you."

Gil moved his arm off, Matt. "My pleasure."

~End Flashback~

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He essentially said he liked me more than my brother. AND he actually bothered to remember me.

I think by this point it's safe to say, that even though I know it's only been two days since I've met him... I think I may be.. falling for him.

~~Time skip to Thursday after school ~~ brought to you by a cup of Earl Grey tea

I get to go over to Gil's house today after school. He asked me to come over because he wanted help on some sort of assignment.

Ludwig had also come home with us, as he didn't have soccer practice.

"So what is it exactly you need help on?"

"Vell, Okay so I don't understand all zhis math stuff. Und Ludwig doesn't get it eizher and he is in my class."

(You see, Ludwig is ahead of the freshmen and Gil is behind in terms of math level.)

Matt tried to the best of his abilities to explain the work in a way that Gil could understand it.

Gil kept his attention solely on Matt, not the work the other teen was explaining to him. He absolutely adored listening to Matt's voice, from the first time they met. Though he would never admit that to anyone.

After all, having a little crush on another guy he just met was so un-awesome.

He was gay, he had come out of the closet in 6th grade. Despite that, he had never really felt like he did when he was near Mattie with any of his previous relationships.. To him, this was different. But he didn't know if he should act on his feelings or not.

Gil wasn't paying attention to the math at all as I was trying to explain it.

He just continued to look at me.. Me! Honestly what's so interesting about me?

Wait do you think he knows that I like him? I know I blushed a-lot when I met him, and I do feel my face heat up occasionally.. But there's no way he figured it out.

Besides, he... Well, there's no way he knows that I'm gay.. I haven't even told my brother... Which now, in retrospect might be a good thing. He'd probably have tried to set me up with Francis.. Nooo thank you.

Plus what if he's not gay? Then what? It's not like I could tell him about my feelings then...

Al was right, I worry too much.

I suppose I'll tell Gil. If he asks, or makes a move.. I mean it seems as though he wants to hang out with me more often. After all, he did invite me to his house today... but that could just be him needing help getting adjusted to the whole new school thing..

I dont want to get my hopes up, but at the same time...

"Wanna take a break?" Gilbert breaks my train of thought.

"Um, why?" asked Matt.

"Vell to be honest... This is boring... And so unawesome."

"Well, ok I guess... what did you have in mind?"

"How about ve go and get some ice cream? There's gotta be a place nearby here right? Ve could even valk there if it was close right?"

"Yeah sure, Lets go." Matt stood up and headed for the back door.

"Mattie."

"Eh?"

"Zhe front door is zhis vay..." He points to his left towards the front front door.

Matt's face then reddened, "Hehehe I knew that.."

And so our adorkable little protagonist Matthew and the awesome Gilbert made their way out into the world once more. (normal POV now)

The two teens began to walk down the sidewalk. Just then, Gil got a call on his cell, his ringtone, 'Everything is Awesome', breaking the comfortable silence he and Matt had been walking in.

Gil glanced down at the caller ID. He answered it, "Ja? Vat is it Vest?... Ja... Nein, zhey won't be home til later... Oh hey me und Mattie just left zhe house so you two behave yourselves...Ja ve vill... Nein! I can't do zhat! I dont even know if... Just go und hang out vith Feli until ve get back...Freilos."

"Who was that?" Matt asked curiously, "And what can't you do?".

"Eeehhh oh zhat, its nothing. It was mein little bruder Ludwig who called. You remember him right? Zhe short blonde kid with zhe blue eyes."

"Oh yes, I remember him... But why did you call him West?"

"Vell zhat is an awesome story. But a long one. You really vant to know?"

"If you want to tell it, I'm curious."

"Sure. Ok, so it all started when I vas born. On a sunny day in zhe middle of... Well in the middle of a sunny day... Anyvay, during zhat time my mutti and vati, err my mom and dad, lived in Berlin in East Germany."

"Wow, you used to live in Germany?"

"Vell ja! How else do you zhink I got zhis awesome? Anyway, zhat is where they lived vhen i was born und zhey had been zhere for a few years. However, about a year after I vas born, mein vati got a new job. Zhe only zhing was zhat we had to move to Dusseldorf, which is in Vest Germany… Not long after zhat, mein little bruder vas born. Zhe whole vest zhing is just me referring to in which part of germany he vas born. Sometimes he calls me East or Preußen.. But only vhen he is in a good mood."

"Oh, I see. Thats pretty cool." Matt turned his head and gazed at the cement under his own feet as he walked.

They continued to walk for some time is silence.

Eventually they found themselves at a yogurt land and bought some ice cream. Mattie, of course, got french vanilla and a maple flavored frozen yogurt. Gil got chocolate and put every topping imaginable on top of it.

"You sure that you can even eat all that?" Matthew asked curiously.

"Of course! Vhy vouldn't I be able to?"

"Well it is a lot of toppings..."

"Zhat is vhat makes it good! Live a little Mattie! Take chances! Make mistakes!"

Isn't that what Ms. Frizzle says in the Magic School Bus series? Matt thought to himself.

~~~~This mini time skip was brought to you by Ms. Frizzle's Iguana~~~~

~~(leave a review if you know the Iguana's name!)~~

And so Mattie and Gilbert began walking once again. Unconsciously Matthew directed the both of them to the park, which also served as a scenic shortcut to Matthew's house.

And so, that is the end of this chapter. Lets ee if I remember to post the next one in a timely fashion. No promises though.

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