A/N: I was gonna put this as a separate story on here, but I think it goes pretty well with Blonde Moment, so I'll just add it as a chapter to that story.
February 15th...
Veronica glanced to her left at her... "Friend?" She wasn't entirely sure if Trixie still qualified as such in her book, considering how she acted... She wasn't even sure if they had ever really been friends to begin with. Veronica had latched onto the girl so that she could be popular, and to have friends of her own. A well-hidden fear of hers was being alone, not to say alone by oneself in a room, but to not have friends, people she could count on while she was at school, or in a difficult situation. She wasn't sure if it was a phobia or not, but it did bother her, which is exactly why she had latched on to the self-proclaimed princess of their high school. Back in elementary school, she lacked the foresight to know what befriending Trixie would cost her, but now... Now she knew what the girl was really like. She knew she had to distance herself from the girl if she ever hoped to have a normal relationship with Timmy. Once she had decided on that, she felt she was ready. Today was the day that she'd prove she wasn't like the raven-haired girl; that she was a genuinely good person. Now...
Now she was doing her best to... Pretend everything was fine. Though she'd prefer not to admit it to anyone(and so she didn't), Veronica lacked the courage to stop being Trixie's friend. She sighed wearily as yet another boy delivered a gift to their lunch table. Trixie looked it over, seeming to consider the worthiness of this boy's gift, before tossing it onto a pile in the middle of the table, then nodding her head. The head nod was Trixie's signal for the popular kids' bodyguard to toss the boy away, like he had done to every boy that came to their table in an attempt to court her.
Trixie still received gifts from various suitors at all hours of the day, though lunch was when she received the largest influx. In fact, there were even some girls that tried to woo her, now that they were in high school. Though this was likely because no one knew which team Trixie was playing for, and since she enjoyed receiving gifts, she likely wasn't going to tell anyone anytime soon.
"So how are things between you and Tommy?" Trixie looked over at Veronica after seeing that there weren't anymore gifts coming her way.
"Timmy." Veronica corrected Trixie. "And things are fine."
"Fine?"
"I mean... he's like... wrapped around my finger!" "Right. Remember Veronica, stay in character..."
"So why isn't he bringing you gifts?"
"I told him he didn't have to."
"Why?"
"Why does it matter? You of all people know how these things go. I'll pretend that we've got a thing going, and drop it when he isn't useful anymore." Veronica shrugged and smiled at Trixie, hoping to drive home the point that she was just like her.
"Looks like I taught you well!"
"Heheh yeah..." "At least I can lie to her without feeling bad..." Veronica's eyes drifted away from Trixie and over to the table where Timmy sat with his friends. She would've preferred to sit at their table, even though she knew that she'd receive some odd looks from said friends, especially Tootie. If the girl didn't know about her and Timmy by now, she would soon enough. In fact, Tootie finding out about them was worrying her more than anything else at the moment.
"Hello~? Veronica?"
Trixie's voice shook the blonde from her thoughts. "Yeah?"
"I was asking you if you had any plans after school, we're going to the mall; wanna come?"
"I... was gonna see if Timmy had any plans..."
"Hm? You're really dedicated to this little act, huh?"
"I-"
"Oh! Why don't we all go together? That might be fun!"
"Um... I don't know... He might have plans to do something else..."
"Why not ask him? But... don't invite his loser friends, you know we really shouldn't associate with them."
"Well I can't just go over there and invite him to hang out with us and leave his friends out. That wouldn't be right..."
"Says who? Do you really care what his friends think?"
"Maybe... haven't you noticed how distrustful they are towards us? ...Not that their distrust is unfounded..."
"You're strange."
Veronica looked down at her hands. "Should I... What should I do? I could invite them all to hang out with us, but... What if Trixie and the others are rude and mean to them? That won't help my case... and if I leave them out, it'll probably make them think I'm taking away their friend..."
"Do what you want." Trixie spoke at last and shrugged. "If you want to keep up this little game... Then I guess you should invite them along too."
"But-"
"I'll hold my tongue, don't worry. But I can't guarantee the same for Tad and Chad."
"Really?"
"Sure. I know how to play along with someone's plan." Trixie winked at her. "Go on, invite them too."
"Uh... Right, thanks Trixie!"
"Mm-hm." Trixie watched Veronica stand up from their lunch table and make her way over to Timmy's lunch table with a smile. "Oh Veronica... We're more different than I thought." she made sure that Veronica couldn't hear her but...
"What?" Tad and Chad were a different story.
"Nothing, just thinking out loud."
The two identically dressed boys looked at her in confusion. "Okay... So why did you tell Veronica to invite those losers to hang out with us?"
"Because you two are boring." Trixie narrowed her eyes at the two boys. "And if you two decide to come with us, I suggest you hold your tongues, else I might have to rip them out."
The menace that the self-proclaimed princess was exhibiting did not go unnoticed by Tad, nor Chad. "O-okay... Are- are you mad at us?"
"No, I just know how you two are. Will you be joining us?"
"Er... Th-that's okay... We have to... go to dentist appointments! Yeah... Right Chad?"
"Uh... Yeah! Dentist..."
"That's unfortunate. Perhaps another time then." Trixie watched the two boys get up and leave the table, then reclined back against the wall and sighed tiredly. "You owe me one..." Trixie glanced over at Timmy's table, where Veronica now sat and was receiving some very odd stares. "This should at least be entertaining... Heehee!"
At the less-popular kids' table...
"Um... Hi!" Veronica said with a wave as she stopped at the table.
The conversation that Timmy and his friends were having suddenly fizzled out as four sets of eyes fell on the blonde.
"Hey!"
Timmy waved and smiled warmly at Veronica, and she nearly swooned in response. "Would it be alright if... I-"
"Sat down with us? You sure Trixie will be okay with that?"
"I-I don't need her permission to sit-"
"Messing with you." Timmy smirked.
"Oh." Veronica blushed at her almost overzealous defense of her actions.
"Anyway, sure, come sit with us." Timmy patted the seat to his right. On his left was Tootie, she seemed to be indifferent to the blonde girl's presence, but Veronica knew better than to think that. She found herself wondering exactly how much Timmy had told his friends about them.
Veronica walked over to the seat Timmy had patted and sat down. She looked around at the three people watching her, as Timmy had gone back to eating his lunch like nothing unusual was going on.
"So you stole Timmy's heart, eh?" the bald kid that Veronica thought was named 'AJ' spoke up.
"Um!" Veronica's face immediately darkened to crimson. "I just- Well I mean, we're-" she looked over at Timmy, whose face was similar to hers, and... He seemed to be struggling with something...
Tootie reached over and slapped him hard on the back, causing Timmy to cough and sputter before taking a drink from his bottle of juice. "Th-thanks Toots."
"Toots?!" Veronica thought. "Why don't I have a nickname?!"
"You're welcome. Gotta remember to chew your food, Timmy."
"I was... just got caught off guard by... AJ."
"Good, his name is AJ..." "You okay Timmy?"
"Yeah, I'm good, thanks."
By now, Veronica knew something was up with Tootie. The girl had a bored expression on her face as she leaned on her elbow and shifted her gaze around the cafeteria. She wasn't being her normal, obsessive-over-Timmy self, she wasn't watching Timmy like a hawk, and she wasn't acting suspicious about the fact that Veronica was sitting at their table. Something was definitely up with the raven-haired girl.
"AJ, I told you, Chester, and Tootie that we're..." Timmy stopped and looked at Veronica. "What are we?"
"Well... I guess-" Veronica scratched her nose and thought for a few seconds. "I guess we're testing the water?"
"Let's go with that, testing the water."
"Fair enough, just never expected you to give up on Trixie and pick her friend instead..."
"If my legs were long enough to reach you, you'd have a very sore shin right about now." Timmy threatened lightheartedly.
"So you two are-"
"So did you have a reason for coming over here and sitting with us?" Tootie interrupted Chester with her own question and all eyes fell on her.
"Oh! Um... Yes." "Great, already off on the wrong foot with his best friend..." "I was wondering... If you wanted to come to the mall today? Trixie and I are going and-"
"Are you trying to separate us from Timmy?" there was a slightly defensive edge to Tootie's question.
"N-no... I... was gonna ask if you all wanted to go..."
Timmy frowned as Veronica looked down dejectedly, like they had already turned down her offer... He turned to look at Tootie and narrowed his eyes, she merely gave him an innocent look, as if she didn't understand that she was being mean. Timmy mentally sighed, Tootie probably had a problem with Veronica. "This is gonna be fun..." "Sure, I've got nothing to do today. You guys wanna come?"
"I've gotta study for a test, some other time maybe?" AJ spoke up.
"I need to meet with my..."
"Dealer."
"Shh! Ya don't go around spouting off that information dude!"
"Except no one cares, Pothead. Tootie?"
"Fuck..." Veronica thought to herself. "Why does he have to invite her? She clearly hates me... and I haven't even done anything!"
"Sure! Mind if I invite-"
"Let's not." Timmy cut her off, knowing exactly who Tootie was going to suggest bringing.
"Ugh... Fine. I won't be intruding, right Veronica?"
"Um... No, like I said, you're all welcome to come... But..."
"Hm?" Tootie smirked at the blonde evilly, which went unnoticed by Timmy.
"It's just... Trixie's driving us up, so obviously she'll be joining us... and Tad and Chad might be there..."
"I can handle those two." Tootie remarked confidently.
"What does she think? I'm trying to dissuade her from going?" "Okay... Just... be prepared to deal with them."
Tootie raised an eyebrow at the blonde girl's odd behavior. "Why is she acting all apologetic?" "Great, should be fun! After school then, right?"
"Um... yeah."
The bell to signify the end of lunch rang and Chester and AJ stood up to walk away, followed shortly after by Tootie, and finally Timmy and Veronica. "Sorry about that."
"What?" Veronica looked at Timmy.
"Tootie. I figured she'd have a problem with... us."
"Oh... Don't worry about it!" Veronica waved her hand dismissively. "It's good to have friends that care about you, y'know? Trixie and I... We haven't exactly made life easy for you and your friends..."
"Grade school shenanigans, that's all."
"Heheh... Yeah... Still, I can understand why she was acting like that."
"You... know about... her crush on me?"
"Timmy. Everyone knew about her crush on you."
"I kinda figured... I'll talk to her-"
"No!" Veronica nearly shouted at him.
"Um..."
"I mean... No, that's okay. She's your best friend; she probably just thinks that me and you together will mean that you won't want to hang out with her as much... At least, I think that's what it is."
"...You think Tootie feels threatened?"
"It's... a distinct possibility. You've never had a girlfriend, right?"
"Rub some salt in the wound why dontcha?"
"I'm just saying..."
"Alright... I still think I should talk to her..." Timmy looked toward the cafeteria exit to see Tootie peeking out the doors at them. "Great..."
"Well... if you think you should. She's your friend after all."
"I'll... just see how she feels about us. Clear the air, y'know?" Timmy moved forward to hug Veronica, but stopped as she tensed slightly. "Um... how do we do this?"
"I... don't know. Is it too early for us to hug?"
"Maybe? Definitely too early to kiss..."
"Yeah... Handshake?"
"No... That seems... too impersonal..."
"Good point..."
"..."
"This is awkward."
"Yeah it is. Um..." Timmy reached forward and took Veronica's right hand in his, then gave her fingers a reassuring squeeze and rubbed her knuckles.
The blonde felt her cheeks heat up at this. "S-so... see you a-after school?"
"Yep. See you then."
"...Can I have my hand back now?"
"Oh! Right..." Timmy released Veronica's hand, then watched her leave. After she was gone, Timmy made his way to the doorway he had seen Tootie go through and found her leaning up against a row of lockers. "Alright, what's up?"
"Nothing's-"
"Tootie." Timmy looked at her like he was reprimanding a child.
"Hmph." Tootie pouted, crossed her arms, and looked away from Timmy.
"That's not an answer."
"...Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" Tootie still didn't meet his gaze, evidently finding some invisible thing down the hall far more interesting.
"Because I didn't even know about it myself, I mean, not for sure... Why does it matter anyway?"
"She's... you remember how they used to be... Aren't you worried that this might just be a trap like what Trixie used to do?" at last Tootie looked at him, and the worry was clearly etched on her face.
"It..." Timmy looked over his shoulder. It was just the two of them in the hallway. "I suppose it could be, but I trust Veronica. She's not like Trixie..."
"You hope."
"I hope, I can admit that. Now, since I can admit that, why don't you tell me what the issue is?"
Tootie grumbled something under her breath.
"Right. Mature as always." Timmy walked over to Tootie and put his arm around her shoulders so he could lean on the lockers with her. "You're afraid things'll be different between us, right?"
"You're not smart enough to figure that out on your own..."
"I had help."
"From Blondie." Tootie glanced up at Timmy slyly.
"From Veronica."
"That's what I said."
"Look, nothing's gonna change, okay? You think I'd stop being friends with my best friend because I have a girlfriend?"
"..."
"I'm not gonna ask you to be her friend, it wouldn't be fair to put you on the spot like that, but can you try to be nice, please?"
Tootie made a whiny 'Mm' noise.
"For me?"
"I'll try."
"Thank you."
"But I'm not promising a damn thing! If I smell even a whiff of deception from Blondie or her bitch of a girlfriend, all bets are off!"
"Fair enough." Timmy leaned in and kissed the top of Tootie's head, causing her to blush and shove him.
"What did I say about that type of stuff?! Best friends don't kiss each other on the head like that!"
The brunet grinned at her slyly. "Get over yourself. Us having a normal friendly relationship is about as likely as Hell freezing over. Besides, you were the one who said that I'm like the brother you never had-"
"Or wanted!"
"Now we both know that isn't true. See you after school?"
"Gr... Yeah." Tootie spun around and headed for her next class.
Timmy watched her for a few seconds before giggling to himself and making his way to his own class. Sure, they didn't have the most conventional friendship, and at times he could admit they were downright flirty with each other, but both had agreed that dating would be weird. They were close as kin(and maybe a bit closer than that) and the two of them were happy with that arrangement.
Outside the school, just after the last bell...
"You sure they're gonna come?" Trixie asked Veronica as she sat on the trunk of the limousine she had called to pick them up. She was kicking her feet in the air rather excitedly.
"I hope they do... I mean, they said they would... What about Tad and Chad? Are they coming?"
"Nah." Trixie waved her hand dismissively. "They told me they both have dentist appointments or something."
"Those twos' insistence on doing everything together is starting to creep me out..." Veronica thought to herself as she watched the front doors of Dimmsdale High.
"Well... Since they're not here yet-" Trixie hopped off the trunk of the limo and skipped over to Veronica's side, then put her arm around her shoulders. "Got something I wanna ask you."
The blonde glanced at her friend's hand on her shoulder and fought off the urge to shrug out of her grasp. "Yeah?"
"Where'd your valley-girl accent go?"
"Fuck me..." "I um... Like, what are you talking about?" she could feel a nervous sweat breaking out across her skin.
"So it's an act." Trixie turned to face her, dragging her fingers over Veronica's right shoulder, across the back of her neck, and letting them come to rest on the blonde girl's left shoulder. "Right?"
"An a-act? What um... What do you mean?" Veronica gulped nervously.
"I mean it's pretty obvious that the valley girl accent and saying 'like' every other word is an act you've been putting up for years now, right? Until I brought it up, you've barely said 'like' at all today, and the accent has been entirely absent."
"Well I... Maybe you- I guess I've been- ahm..." Veronica began to stammer nervously. Everything she had worked so hard to achieve was beginning to fall apart before her eyes!
Trixie at last frowned at her friend. "Is something wrong?"
She sounded concerned... Wait. Full stop.
Trixie Tang, self-proclaimed princess and most popular girl at their high school, sounded... concerned?
Veronica shivered as she felt what she assumed to be Hell freezing over.
"You still in there? Or did you drift off again?"
"Hm? Ah! I'm- I'm still here!"
"Okay... So what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong! I'm like, great!" Veronica smiled at her friend, hoping it was fake enough to be convincing.
It wasn't.
"Look, I get that I'm not... I'm not exactly a great person-"
"Humility now? What the fuck is going on today?!" "You're alright..."
"But I could be better."
"I-"
"And don't try to say that's not true. I'm old enough to know that I've been cruel to people. At times, I've been absolutely awful, I know that. But today at lunch... Something clicked..."
"Clicked?"
"That's... the best way I can put it. I saw the way you looked at... Timmy."
"Okay, strike three, this is a dream. No way, NO WAY did Trixie just get Timmy's name right..." "Would you excuse me for a sec?"
"Um... sure...?" Trixie raised an eyebrow at her friend.
"Thanks." Veronica pinched herself. "Hm..." she then slapped herself across the face, hard. "Okay, not dreaming. Continue."
"...Alright... You sure you're feeling okay?"
"Peachy!"
"Anyway... You're not... You don't plan on taking advantage of Timmy's affections, do you?"
"Crap." "Looks like... you found me out... Heheh..." Veronica rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
"So you do like him?! I knew it!" Trixie grabbed Veronica's hands and jumped up and down excitedly in front of her. "That's so sweet!"
"So... you're not mad at me?"
"Mad? I'm happy for you! He's never really been my type, but I had a feeling that you might have a bit of a crush on him. I just didn't want to tell him and... y'know, steal your thunder. I just can't believe he took so long, you gotta admit, the guy's a bit dense..."
"So... all this time... You knew?"
"Not for sure, but I had an inkling..."
This was turning out to be a very strange day indeed...
Meanwhile...
"Tootie, we're gonna be late!" Timmy stood in the doorway of his best friend's chemistry class. She had kept him waiting in their agreed upon meeting place for five minutes before he decided to track the bespectacled girl down. Luckily for him, she was fairly predictable.
"I'm just getting the notes that I missed! Jeez..." Tootie returned her attention to her notebook.
"Well hurry up!"
"So impatient..." "You honestly think that Blondie won't wait for you?"
"I- Hm..." she made a fair point. They had agreed to meet by the front of the school, and Trixie and Veronica more than likely would wait for them...
"Done."
"Finally! Come on!" Timmy grabbed her by the hand and sprinted out of the room with Tootie in tow. The only reason she wasn't being dragged through the hallway was because her shoes had wheels built into the heels.
"Knew I bought these for a reason..." she still wasn't entirely comfortable with their plans. Without Chester and AJ as backup, it would only be her and Timmy against four popular kids... The prospect would've made her nervous if she didn't have her phone, and by extension, an ace up her sleeve if things went south. With the wheels in her shoes doing most of the work keeping up with her friend, she thought more about the blonde girl that had somehow won her friend's heart.
She could admit that Veronica was attractive, and her personality wasn't nearly as overbearing as she thought it would be, though this opinion was formed after only a few minutes of observing the girl's interactions with Timmy. That might all be an act to lull the both of them into a false sense of security.
Was she possessive of Timmy? ...Yes. She could admit that she was(if only to herself), but it would be weirder for her not to be, considering their history. She wasn't about to let him get hurt, not if she could prevent it anyway. She knew how Timmy felt about her, and she knew how she felt about him. They weren't meant for each other. It was a hard pill to swallow, but she got over it, and they were the best of friends now...
"Oof!" she was shaken from her thoughts as she crashed into Timmy's back. "Why'd you-"
"Shh! Look." Timmy whispered as he looked out the window of the school's front door.
"Why are we whispering? These doors are bulletproof. Couldn't hear an explosion on the other side..."
"Just look!" Timmy grabbed her arm and yanked her over next to him.
She looked out to see Trixie and Veronica having what seemed to be a rather intense conversation and glanced over at Timmy. "Whaddya think they're talking about?"
"Feminine Secrets! Ah!" Timmy rubbed his side where Tootie elbowed him after that comment.
"Perv."
"Better than anything you've come up with..."
"Well... They could be talking about how they're going to get us in that limo and then brutally murder us..."
"A realistic idea would be appreciated." Timmy deadpanned.
"Oh, you wanted realistic? Say so next time. Hm... Trixie's finally coming out to her best friend?"
"Great. I really needed those images in my head..."
"You said realistic!"
"Forget it. Shall we go?"
"We shall." Tootie stood up to open the door, only to be yanked back down next to Timmy. "What?" she nearly snapped at him.
"You're gonna behave yourself, right?"
"I told you I would do my best! That's all you're getting!"
"...Fine..." Timmy stood up, pulling her up with him, then opened the door. "After you, milady."
"Thank you, Sir Twerp."
"Don't you start with that."
"Sorry, couldn't resist!" Tootie giggled and went out first, followed closely by the brunet as he rolled his eyes. He could already tell that today was going to be... interesting...
Veronica looked up at Timmy and Tootie, but kept her expression relatively neutral. The day's events had... certainly intrigued her; things were going remarkably well in fact. Now, if she could just win over the black-haired girl, everything else would hopefully fall into place. "You both made it!" she smiled and waved at them.
Veronica watched as Tootie looked her and Trixie over. "Just you two?" the girl's tone had softened slightly, it no longer sounded quite as wary and accusing.
"At least she's trying..." "Yeah, I guess Tad and Chad had dentist appointments?" she looked over at Trixie for confirmation.
"Yup, those two might as well be joined at the hip. So I'm guessing the rest of your friends couldn't make it?" Trixie asked Timmy.
"Ah yeah, they had their own stuff to do."
"Oh well, some other time then." Trixie opened the door of the limo and climbed in, followed by Veronica, and then their two guests. "Max?" Trixie called to the limo driver. "To the mall please."
"Of course Miss Tang."
"Thank you Max." Trixie returned her attention to the other occupants of the vehicle. "Thirsty?" she lifted up one of the seats to reveal a cooler.
Timmy watched Veronica take a can of soda and return to her seat across from him and next to Trixie. Likely because Tootie had insisted on sitting rather closely to him. "I'll have one." Trixie tossed him a can of orange soda. "Tootie?" a quick look at the girl showed that the once confident aura she had been emitting was now gone. They were both in pretty unfamiliar territory now.
"I'll... have a grape..."
Trixie took out the requested drink and tossed it to Tootie.
Timmy watched as Tootie caught it and stiffly opened it. She seemed to consider if it was wise to drink the soda.
"It's not poisoned..." he took a sip from his own drink, a lame attempt to set her at ease, but it seemed to work as she relaxed slightly and took a sip of her drink. "Should've wished for a psychic link with her, it'd make this a lot easier..."
"You sure you two aren't related? You both drank at almost the exact same time there."
"Coincidence." Tootie kept her eyes trained on her can of soda.
Great. One word answers from Tootie meant that she either was mad at or straight up didn't like who she was talking to. Timmy realized his mistake now, he hadn't told Tootie to be nice to anyone but Veronica... "Yeah, I guess we've always been pretty close like that." Timmy nudged Tootie with his elbow and looked at her.
Said nudge made her look at him, and she rolled her eyes at him, then closed them and quickly nodded.
"Good." Timmy mentally sighed in relief. He had a pretty good idea what most of her tells were, and that one generally meant that she'd go along with what he was suggesting.
"So what's been going on? Y'know, besides winning my best friend's heart?" Trixie again looped her arm around Veronica's shoulders, though it was the question that elicited the blush now forming on the blonde's cheeks.
"Trixie... Can you shut up, please?"
"I'm just making conversation..." Trixie looked down sadly, though it was more for effect than anything else.
"Not much. Did AJ ever talk to you?"
"Uh... He did but..." Trixie released Veronica and twiddled her thumbs nervously.
"He's a robot." Timmy stated what was essentially common knowledge for everyone in his circle of friends.
"Kind... of...?"
"It's fine. We all know he's romantically challenged, right Tootie?"
Tootie nodded in confirmation. This was the closest she had been to the two popular girls, and she was going to observe them before committing to anything. So far though, she was impressed. Veronica wasn't nearly as conniving as she thought she was, and Trixie was pretty amicable outside of school and away from judgmental eyes... Maybe she was being paranoid... Just a little.
"Oh, okay. I was thinking that but... Y'know, I didn't want to seem like I was putting down your friend."
Okay, Tootie had to admit that she was surprised now. A part of her was definitely still wary about Trixie and Veronica's motives, but Trixie didn't seem to be as haughty and rude as Tootie had pegged her. "So what are we gonna do at the mall?" the question surprised Tootie almost as much as the rest of the limo's occupants.
"Well... Normally Veronica and I go shopping. A lot of the stores have a preferred customer discount, so I try to take advantage when I can... But, since these two lovebirds haven't gone out on a date yet..."
Veronica blushed and turned her attention to her own can of soda now, anything to look at the other occupants of the car... "We-we only just started going out!"
"So? Neither of you have actually gone out, so why not do some couple stuff, huh? See a movie, get some food at the food court, have Timmy carry a bunch of your shopping bags..." Trixie took on a teasing tone with the last suggestion.
"It's up to Veronica." Timmy shrugged. "I'm up for whatever she wants to do."
"Oh boy, Veronica's got you whipped already!" "She's got you whipped already?!" Tootie and Trixie teased at the same time, then paused as they realized it, before laughing at each other.
"Oh, I like you!" Tootie spoke through giggles to Trixie.
"Switch?" Trixie asked.
"Indeed." Tootie patted Timmy on the back, indicating she wanted him to switch places with Trixie as she stood up. "Go on and sit with your girlfriend!"
Timmy did as he was told and sat down in Trixie's spot as she sat down where he was once sitting.
"Name's Tootie. Timmy's best friend, and self-appointed torturer!" Tootie attempted to more formally introduce herself.
"Well it's a pleasure to finally meet you! Trixie Tang, Veronica's best friend and twin, in spirit!" Trixie mocked what she knew many kids said about her and her friend. The two girls shared another bout of giggling and shook hands.
Timmy brushed his fingers against Veronica's to try and get her attention, and began speaking when she looked over at him. "Think if we jumped out of the car at this speed it would kill us?"
"I can only hope..." Veronica took another look at the two raven-haired girls, who had apparently become the best of friends inside of about ten minutes. "'Interesting' does not even begin to describe how this day is going..."