"Will he notice" An Arthur Fanfic

Chapter 1 Prom part one

Mister Samuelson had just finished posting an announcement for the Elwood City High Freshman Prom. The entire ninth grade class were talking about who to ask to the dance. Arthur, Robert, Buster, and Richard(A/N: Buster's adopted brother, same situation as Robert), were sitting by themselves in the farthest corner of the classroom, trying to think about who would go to prom with them.

"Nope. Nuh uh. Nope. Definitely not." Robert kept shouting disagreements as he crossed names off of a list.

"What are you doing?" Richard asked. Robert turned the list so that Richard could see it properly. Richard raised an eyebrow. "Have you even asked anyone?"

"No." Came the reply.

"Then how do you know the answer will be 'no'?" Richard asked.

"Because one half of the school's girl population is too stuck up to notice I exist, and the other half, just no."

Buster then said, "I was thinking of asking Ladonna. You know, as a friend."

Robert then took a moment to glance at Buster. "Aren't we all going as friends?"

Arthur shook his head and started writing.

"Who are you asking, Arthur?"

Arthur's head looked up. Sue Ellen had walked up, and asked him.

"No one." He said. "I'm not going."

Sue Ellen seemed like she was hurt to Arthur, but he decided it was nothing. Suddenly Mister Samuelson walked in.

"Hello class!" He greeted. "It's a beautiful morning isn't it?" He sat his briefcase on the teachers desk, and opened it. He then walked over to the blackboard, and picked up a piece of chalk. He began to scribble across the board.

Elwood City High Freshman Prom

Next Friday at 8:00 pm sharp

Attendance is MANDATORY

Arthur gulped. While Mister Samuelson was talking about Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, Arthur wondered why in the world a prom, of all things, was considered mandatory.

After class, Arthur walked up to Mister Samuelson and said,

"Hi Mister Samuelson."

"Hey Arthur! Did you enjoy today's history lesson?" Mister Samuelson asked, bright and cheery.

"Yeah, it was great. Why is the Freshman prom mandatory?"

Mister Samuelson thought for a moment and then replied, "Well, you see Arthur, here at Elwood City High, we want all of our students to get the best social experience, along with a secular one."

"Oh, okay. See you later Mister Samuelson."

"Bye Arthur!"

-breakline-

It was lunchtime and all Arthur was thinking was, 'What do I do?'

He was so worried, he didn't notice Robert snapping his fingers in front of his eyes.

"He's out of it." Robert stated to the others at the table. The others in question were, Buster, Richard, Brain, Francine, Luke, and Jade. The last two used to be 'background' students when the gang was in 3rd grade.

"ARTHUR WAKE UP!" Buster shouted. Arthur snapped out of his deep thought train with a start.

"What?" He asked confused.

"You were seriously out of it." Luke answered.

"Oh, I was just wondering why I have to go to the prom."

"Well, if it's mandatory, you have to go." Robert shrugged.

"Not helping."

"Well, I mean, what did you expect from me?" Robert asked. Usually Arthur would've laughed, but he seemed extremely distressed. What was he going to do?

On the other side of the cafeteria, Sue Ellen complained to Francine, Muffy, Ladonna, and Jenna.

"He didn't even want to go!" She said, clearly frustrated.

"Well Buster asked me! Isn't that sweet?" Ladonna said in her usually cheery manner.

Sue Ellen just continued to sigh.

"Well George asked me, and I told him to get lost." Francine stated proudly.

"You're mean Francine." Jenna said. "Binky asked me. He did it cause, well, we're both allergic to stuff."

"Muffy, how come no one's asked you yet?" Francine asked.

"Hmm, good question. I have to find out!" Muffy said as she walked off.

Francine looked at Sue Ellen. "Don't worry he'll come around." She tried to comfort the girl. Sue Ellen then got up, and said, "I'll ask him about it again."

Arthur was at his locker, grabbing some books for his next class, when Sue Ellen walked up to him.

"Hey Arthur!"

"Oh hi, Sue Ellen. Can you believe their making us go to prom? Mister Samuelson said it was because we supposedly need a 'social experience'." Arthur said. Sue Ellen seemed hurt again for a second, but it faded quickly, as she started to speak again. Arthur thought that it was weird. Why did she care about him going to prom so much?

"Well, I think prom is a great idea. You should get out more Arthur."

"But I have no one to go with."

"You could take me." Sue Ellen then gulped, as she realized what she said. Arthur just said, "I don't know. I'll see you later Sue Ellen." Arthur then walked off to class.

Back at home, Arthur found his thoughts on Sue Ellen. Even though he was supposedly watching an epic battle of Dark Bunny versus the Killer Claw, he wondered if he really should ask her to prom. They were good friends were they not? Arthur decided to ask her. It wouldn't hurt.

Sue Ellen, meanwhile, was berating herself. "I hope he didn't notice. What am I saying!? Of course he noticed! Why wouldn't he? Oh but I'm so stupid! Sue Ellen you know you want to go with him! But what if he still asks someone else? You'll just have to drop hints before he makes up his mind. That's it!" Sue Ellen got up, and grabbed a piece of paper, and a pencil.

The next day, Arthur was approaching his locker, and he saw a note. It read,

Dear Arthur,

You are so brave and strong.

And you're very handsome. Arthur blushed.

I would very much appreciate if you went to prom with me.

Signed, Anonymous

Arthur set out to find who wrote the note.

"You did, WHAT!?" Fern asked incredulously.

"I sent him a note." Sue Ellen said uncertainly, shuffling around.

"WHY?"

"I just want to go to prom with him."

"Sue Ellen, that's not how this works. Arthur has to ask you! Besides, it's just a dance. It's not whoever goes to the prom with him is gonna marry him!"

"Well who asked you?" Sue Ellen asked her friend.

"George, why does it matter?" Fern asked.

"Because you could've been his last choice! I don't want to be Arthur's last choice!"

"Sue Ellen come on! Like I said, it's only a dance." Fern went back to read a mystery novel.

"You're right, Fern. I'm over thinking this. See you later." Sue Ellen walked off.

When lunchtime came, Robert carefully listened to Arthur. He then suddenly said, "Sue Ellen."

"What?" Arthur asked.

"Sue Ellen. Remember the diary incident? She obviously likes you. Now what you have to do is pretend to not catch on." Robert took a sip of Coca-Cola.

"Why?" Arthur said. He didn't know why he should play dumb.

"Because, if she's playing the secret admirer card, she'll eventually slip up. That way, you won't be dumb and pick the wrong person."

"The wrong person for what?" Arthur was still confused.

"The wrong person for prom." Robert got a mischievous glint in his eye as he saw Sue Ellen walking by. He made sure to loudly state, "Oh it's obviously Muffy, Arthur!"

Sue Ellen walked by, looking extremely nervous.

Arthur looked at Robert confused and said, "But you just said it was Sue Ellen."

Robert laughed and said, "Man, you have a lot to learn."

A/N: My first Arthur story that won't be a one-shot. Updates coming soon, until then, R&R!