Okay, like I mentioned last time, I didnt like the ending to the first chapter and even though its a one-shot, I wanted to add an alternate ending, or rather the original ending before I had a bright idea and failed.

I hope you like this one a little better!.

"Ahem."

Amelia quickly turned to see a blushing Arthur behind her. Realizing she still had the photos in her hand, she quickly closed the book and sheepishly smiled.

"Hello Arthur. Sorry about that, I just got a little curious that's all."

"No, its fine. You're probably wondering why I have all those pictures of you though."

"Well, I was wondering but if you don't want to tell me, that's fine," in truth, Amelia really didn't want to know why he had so many pictures of her, but that didn't mean she would forget anytime soon.

"Um, well, I brought some jelly filled doughnuts with some regular ones. I'm sorry that all I have is food from Mario, but I don't have much money to spend."

"No, its okay. My dad always has doughnuts, and I like them a lot."

Arthur nodded and set the box down, "Here's some juice."

"Thank you," Amelia could sense the tension in the room. Arthur blushed all though breakfast and didn't say much going into the afternoon.

"Um Amelia? Do you want to go into town with me?"

Amelia was just about to go to sleep when she heard Arthur, "Sure Arthur."

"I mean, I'm sure you're bored with being in here and I don't get out much, but I don't want it said that I was a terrible host."

Amelia smiled. Arthur really was a peculiar one, but likable. As the pair walked the streets, she found that she enjoyed spending time with Arthur. The more she spoke to him, the more she learned that he was more of a dork than he let on, and that he was very similar to her own dad. She even found herself laughing at his jokes, something she thought she'd never do to Arthur's face.

"So, you dad is the Alfred F. Jones? Wow, I never knew that."

"Yep, you know him?"

"Yeah, when I first ran away, he found me and asked me why I was walking around so much at night. I lied and said that I had insomnia and he'd let me ride in his car and we'd talk all night till the morning. Eventually, I told him that I ran away and he just smiled. Normally when a teen runs away, they send them back home. He asked me if I wanted to go back, but I said no, so he introduced me to Mario, who let me stay in the flat. I owe him a lot."

"Oh, so you're the boy he talked about so much."

"Yeah, how is he?"

"He's fine, just busy. A couple months ago, he got a promotion, so he stays away a lot."

Arthur nodded and looked into the distance. The way the light hit his eyes made them sparkle and glisten in the early setting sun. Amelia looked at Arthur and thought about her earlier thoughts about Arthur and just how wrong she was about him. Yeah, he was a punk but he was also a very nice gentleman.

"Is something the matter, Amelia?"

Amelia snapped from her daydreaming and noticed that Arthur was staring back at her.

"You've been staring at me for a while. I mean of course there's nothing this handsome for miles, but I didn't know you were the ogling type."

"W-what? I'll have you know that I wasn't ogling. I was just...admiring the sunset."

"From the reflection in my eyes?"

"I can always go home from here, you know?"

"But your dad's not home. Won't you be scared by yourself?"

Amelia was once again locked into those mischievous green eyes and found her face heating up fast, "Oh shut up, you prick!" Amelia turned to stand up, but felt herself being pulled back down to the ground.

"You're a feisty one. I'll have to keep my eyes on you," Arthur's arms wrapped around Amelia's waist as she fell comfortably in his lap and their faces became very close to one another.

(Alternate)

At that moment, Arthur suddenly blushed a vivid red. Amelia was shocked to see him get so flustered so fast.

"Arthur, are you blushing?"

"No, I'm not. I don't blush."

"Yes you do. All humans do. It's normal, you know…when you're embarrassed about something."

"I'm not human, so I don't get embarrassed and I don't blush. It's impossible."

"How?"

"I'm a vampire."

"That's just stupid, Arthur."

"Its getting dark so let's go back," Arthur pushed Amelia from his lap and began near-running back to the flat. Amelia laughed to herself as she finally found something against Arthur.

He's very easy to embarrass. This'll be fun!

"So Artie," back at the flat, Amelia located the photo album she looked at earlier.

"My name's Arthur, Amelia."

"Artie, why do you have so many pictures of me?"

Arthur turned to see that Amelia was looking through the pictures of herself, with a near self satisfied smile.

"That's not you."

Amelia nearly busted with laughter, "you're lying. This is me."

"Nope, she just looks like you."

"Really? Well, we must be twins because she has my hair."

"A lot of girls have short brown hair."

"And she has blue eyes like mine."

"Again that's common."

"And she has a jacket just like my one of a kind bomber that my dad had specially made for me which is an exact replica of his."

"Okay enough. Give me that please."

Amelia laughed as Arthur took the album and storm to the bedroom, where he began making the pillow wall.

"It's too early to go to sleep, Arthur."

"No it isn't. Good night Amelia," Arthur quickly striped his clothed and jumped in the bed. Amelia shook her head and went back to the living room to watch television till she felt tired.

Meanwhile, Arthur waited until she was sleep on the couch to move her. He truly did like Amelia, but he didn't want to be seen as soft by anyone, but he knew he wasn't fooling anyone.

That next morning, Arthur walked down to Mario's and found Kiku in the shop.

"Kiku? What are you doing here?"

"Oh hello Arthur. I came because I was looking for Amelia. Mattie called me worried yesterday because she was supposed to be there and she figured that Amelia got lost, so I tried to call you, but your phone must be dead."

"Yeah, it died on the way home and I don't have a charger here."

"Well, is Amelia here with you?"

"Yeah, she's upstairs," the pair walked to Arthur's living room, where Amelia sat there looking at television again.

"Oh hello Kiku. What are you doing here?"

"I came looking for you. Mattie called for me."

"Oh wow! Thank you Kiku. I'm sure she's worried sick! I'll get my things," Amelia bounced to the room, while Arthur just stood there. He rather enjoyed Amelia's company, but it didn't matter now. Come the following Monday, he would go back to teasing Amelia and she would now tease him with her newfound knowledge of his easy embarrassment. But it was nice to play the gentleman every once and a while.

"I have my things ready."

"Let me help you with that Amelia," Arthur grabbed the backpacks from her.

"Aww, thank you. You're such a sweetheart!"

"No, I'm not!"

Kiku laughed to himself. He thought it was funny that the punkish Arthur had a soft side, which he already knew; he just didn't think that it would be as effective as when Amelia teased Arthur.

As the trio walked to the station, butterflies began fluttering in Arthur's stomach. It was still unanswered of why he had so many pictures of Amelia and since she knew, it made matters worse. Arthur knew he had to do something, but he didn't know what.

"Mattie is waiting for us at the next stop. I came in her place because I know where Arthur lived."

"Oh okay," Amelia smiled at Kiku, but she too felt bad for leaving Arthur. She was hoping to not just find a way to get back him, but to become his friend. But on Monday they would return to their normal routine.

"Final stop, repeat, Final stop," Arthur gulped. This is it. If he didn't do something now, Amelia might think that he didn't like her.

"Thank you for letting me stay with you Arthur."

"You're very welcomed."

"Perhaps we could hang out more often," those words made Arthur happy. So she does like me.

"How about the movies…on Thursday? That new pirate movie is coming out."

"Awesome! So Thursday's a date."

"No! Not a date, just two people hanging out! I'm not dating for your sake. I just don't want both of us to die from boredom."

Within earshot, Kiku rolled his eyes and shook his head. Arthur was always a weird one. Amelia, on the other hand, laughed.

"Okay then, Arthur."

Arthur smiled and as Amelia began to walk away, he grabbed her arm and snapped something on it.

"Hm? What's this?" Amelia noticed that the bracelet was on Arthur's arm before and knew very well what he was doing. She just didn't want to bother him now.

"It's a…friendship…bracelet," Arthur couldn't find a word to make him sound less corny than he was, but he knew that was a fail. Still Amelia smiled and gave Arthur a small peck on the cheek as her thanks.

Arthur continued to stand at the station until Amelia and Kiku were far from sight, but he didn't want to go home just yet. He thought he'd walk around the town and enjoy a quiet afternoon alone. He was such good spirits, not even the bad Touch trio could ruin it, and if they even dared show up, he'd beat them with a smile plastered on his face.

Yep, much better. I love when Iggy's in denial.