So, I do not own Calvin and Hobbes, etc,etc,etc.

Summary: Set about 10 years from the main events of the comics, Calvin and Susie are now in High School, but they seem to have switched roles somewhat. What happened to cause this? Read to find out. Story is sctually complete, but I'm welcome to reviews, and if I get something thought provoking enough, I may even change it.

WHUMP!! Calvin fell over as the snowball hit him in the back of his head.

"Hey, Calvin, what's the matter!" Susie called out to the blond boy, who was slowly picking himself up. "Hey Calvin! Ain't cha gonna do nothing!" He gave a little smile as he brushed the snow off himself. Susie huffed and walked over to him. It was the same thing every winter now. He never did anything mischievous anymore. She could hardly remember why. Something when there were still in elementary school… But that was a long time ago, and their roles had almost switched. Now she was the one who looked to cause trouble and he was the smart one. Ever since… something he'd begun to bury himself in school work and chores, like he was trying to forget something. She still studied, but her mischievous side was only to try and instigate his. She wasn't even really sure why she did it, except… maybe she did like the old Calvin better.

"Did you study for the test, Susie?" Oh there he went on a normal conversation again! Wait… test!

"Shoot! I totally forgot!" Calvin lost his smile all the way and looked a little troubled.

"You didn't study at all? But this is a big test! It's almost a third of the grade…" She scowled.

"Well, too bad I forgot, then." He looked down for a little.

"You know… Mr. Barb told me what was going to be on the test…"

"Oh shut up, you little teacher's pet! You don't have to rub it in." He held up his hands a little defensively.

"No, I didn't mean it like that!" He put his hands in his pockets and looked down a little again. "I meant, that, you know, if you wanted, we could skip gym and I could help you study the right stuff for it." Susie looked at him in surprise.

"What?! You, you'd skip a class… to help me? Why?" He shuffled his feet.

"Dunno," he muttered, blushing, though she couldn't see it. He looked over at her. "So, you wanna?" Susie looked up, rubbing her head as she thought. There was one advantage to new Calvin, and that was that he liked to help.

"Sure," she said, again not noticing Calvin perking up. "I guess we can do that. Good thing we both have that lame gym class to start with."

"Hey, bus is here," he said. She cocked her head to look down the street.

"Yeah, guess so." She put her head back down, hands in her coat pockets. "So, where we gonna study?" Calvin rubbed his chin, and she almost dropped her jaw as she saw the old glimmer in his eye that had been missing for so long, and she started to grin some too.

"How about on the roof? I saw a way to get up there back in freshman year. It's… a good place to think, and, uh, study." She held back her stare as the bus pulled up and the door opened.

"Uh, sure; sounds good."

"Great! It's a date!" Okay, whatever she thought. Wait… did he say date! She held in her scream; now that they were on the bus it was too late to do that without getting severe embarrassment.

So, there it is, the first section. What do you think?