"Mordecai wait up!"

As always Rigby was falling behind Mordecai. Being shorter tends to make one have a smaller stride. But that didn't stop him from trying. He was a high school student with the future ahead of him.

"Hurry up dude." called out Mordecai with his classic smile.

As Rigby caught that smile he quickly blushed and stumbled to the ground. "Ah!"

"Ugh! Rigby what is wrong with you?" asked Mordecai walking over and helping him pick up his stuff. "You can be so weird at times."

"I..I...I'm alright!" he responded while rubbing his head. "Just lost my footing is all. Heh heh."

"Right...well we need to hurry. First period is starting soon."

They made their way to their first class. Passing the cheerleaders, practicing their routines for the upcoming high school football game. "Goooo Wildcats!"

"They sure got some nice pom poms." said Mordecai with a villianous smirk. "Ain't that right Rigby?"

Blushing, Rigby responded as quickly as he could. "Huh!? Uh...yeah! Blue and gold sure goes well together!"

"Rigby I wasn't talking about...ugh...nevermind. You know, sometimes you can be like a million miles away. Anyone's guess how you make those great grades."

Mordecai head locked Rigby and started to roughly rub his head. "Especially seeing how scatterbrained you are!"

"Ah! Stop it!" cried Rigby. "You're messing up my hair!"

Mordecai let go and they resumed their walk to class. Rigby's face still blushing, he tried his best to fix his hair. No way was he gonna show up in class with messy hair. He always triedto impress his teachers.

Soon they arived to History class.

"You ready?" asked Rigby.

"Never am."

They entered the class and took their seats in the back. Rigby preffered to sit up front so he could see easier, but the seating arrangements were set in stone. Oh well. Nothing to panic over. best to accept it and move on.

Mordecai preffered the back of the class. Especially this class. History was not something he cared much about. He was a here and now kind of guy. Who cares who won the civil war? Whats important is that yesterday he saw the hot gym teacher's cleavage. Ah...good times.

The rest of the day was pretty much rinse ad repeat. Rigby studies hard and Mordecai slides on by, by the skin of his teeth. Even lunch was too tall an order for Mordecai. Being asigned to sit in only one side of the lunch room? Are you serious!?

"Finally! Its last period!" said mordecaiwith a sigh of relief. "And its friday! Life can be good sometimes!"

"Yeah...sometimes." said Rigby quietly. "Just sometimes..."

"Hm? You say somethin Rig?"

"Ah! N..No!" he responded blushing.

"Sigh...stop being weird dude. No wonder no one wants to date ya. You gotta learn to relax."

"I guess." he responded as he started to fidget.

After last period the school gate was opened and the hoard of students poured out. Each one with a plan for the weekened. Some going to the beach. Some staying indoors to play video games. And others to weekend jobs.

"Alright Rigbone, whatcha wanna do?" asked Mordecai. "I was gonna head to the video store and get that new horror flick: "Blade Hands"

Rigby shuddered at the thought. He couldnt stand horror movies. They always gave him nightmares. But it meant he ould hang out with his best friend. He could always grit and bare it. As long as Mordecai was happy, he could be too. Thats what friends did right?

"If...its ok, I'd like to join you." he asked, mustering up every bit of courage he could.

"Hm." responded Mordecai looking at Rigby curiously. "You dont strike me as someone that likes the slasher movies. Well in any case youre welcome to join me. Come by the house around five or so. Ill have the movie by then.

Ribgy agreed and they went their seperate ways. With his back turned he smiled and blushed.

"This will be great!" he thought. "It'll be just me and him! Wait...its not a date or anything. So I dont need to be this excited do I? Sigh...why cant i shake this feeling? Everytime he looks at me with that smile. That...smile."

Eventually Rigby arived at his house. He shuffled for his keys and found the right one. As he opened it, his brother greeted him.

"Rigby!" shouted Don with arms spread wide. "How a bout some your brother got home before you sugar?"

"Really?" responded Rigy with a dead stare. "You want to hug over that? Youre rather desperate for attention arent you?"

"Aww...come on big bro! You know you want some sugar!"

"Go away Don. Im busy."

Swallowing his saddness, Don put on a smile and walked off. clearly bigger that Rigby, he still looked at him as his big brother. He was just a more open and giving person, whereas Rigby was more withdrawn.

As Rigby entered his room he placed his bag at the foot of his bed. He looked at his clothes and decided what to wear.

"For the love of..." he thought sighing. "Its just a movie at his place! We arent going on a date or anything. But I still want to look presentable. I want to...impress him."

Suddenly there ws a knock on the door. Rigby opened it and Don was standing there.

"I dont want any sugar Don." said Rigby looking up to him.

"Theres a phone call for you from Mordecai." he responded smiling. "Something about a movie?"

"Thats odd. We had already made plans to watch one. I wonder what it could be."

"Oh? A little date with Mordy? Think youre old enough for him?"

"Sh..Shut up! Its not anything like that!"

"Then why are you blushing?"

"Just give me the damn..." screamed Rigby snatching the phone, and shoving Don out of his room. He cleared his throat and proceeded with the phone call."H..hello?'

"Hey Rigby, mind if we watch the movie at your place. Your bed is much mor comfy than mine.