A/N:

Sorry! I know that I promised that this would be canon but my computer crashed while I was writing it, and I didn't get to save it. I just got back last night from filling in for a friend as a camp counselor in the middle of nowhere, and I remembered that I hadn't uploaded anything.

This has been sitting on my computer, forgotten for awhile and I felt the need to give you all soemthing. Sorry if it sucks.

Thanks to all of my amazing readers (especially the ones that review!)

This chapter is especially dedicated to Writteninthestars08, and anonymous reviewer, Starzy12, who prompted this idea!

The First Day of the Rest of Their Lives

It was your average day in pre-school for Jane Quimby. She and the rest of the girls in her class were congregating around the swings where they always were during recess. The majority of them were busy worshipping Harper and Lulu but Jane was sitting against one of the swing sets metal poles religiously combing her Barbie doll's hair.

Finally she got sick of hearing the two girls bragging about whatever new things their rich dads had bought for them. She stood up, brushed off the wood chips that clung to her pink tutu skirt, gathered her stuff and walked away. She finally found a nice place by the big plastic slide and settled onto the ground. It was peaceful. She could only see one other person, a spiky haired boy playing a handheld video game. Jane had seen him around a few times but he wasn't in her class and he mostly kept to himself.

Jane went back to her doll for the next few minutes until she heard someone yelling. A group of four older looking boys were walking her direction. She couldn't quite make out what they were saying. Her eyes widened, thinking they were coming for her.

But they didn't.

They stopped in front of the spiky haired boy. He didn't notice them.

"Nutter!" the largest boy that was the obvious leader of the group shouted. The younger boy finally noticed them and pulled off his headphones.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

The boys said something to him that Jane couldn't hear. It sure seemed like a threat though. Jane figured she didn't want to be around if anything happened but she also couldn't leave the boy on his own. She debating running for a teacher but decided to hide behind the slide and watch instead.

The spiky haired boy and the older kids talked for a bit. They were arguing. Finally the younger boy sighed, grabbed his bag and pushed himself up from the ground. Jane mentally cheered as he started walking away. It didn't last.

The older guys - 2nd or 3rd graders from the elementary school next door, Jane guessed - grabbed the collar of his ninja turtles t-shirt and yanked him back. The friends of the guy that actually did it laughed

Spiky Hair looked scared but he was obviously trying to hide it. He rubbed at his neck where his collar had dug into his skin and hiked his backpack up on his shoulder. "I don't know you guys. Just leave me alone, okay?" He tried to walk away again but one of the boys pushed him back.

Jane was getting really scared for the spiky haired boy…and for herself, if she was caught spying.

"Yeah, well, we know your brother and we've been having a problem with him," the tallest boy said.

The spiky haired boy looked confused for a moment then understanding flooded his face and he rolled his eyes. "You're too scared of Tommy so you pick on a preschooler? No wonder he calls you sissies."

Then it all happened at once.

The spiky haired boy rolled his eyes again and made to walk away but the boys were once again surrounding him. He tried to say something but suddenly his bag was being ripped off of his shoulder and he was pushed to the ground. He hit the wood chips hard, his hands going straight down onto the sharp edges. The boys in the circle around him started kicking, not actually hitting him but causing the wood chips to fly up in the air and fall down on the poor boy.

Jane shoved her doll in her little Barbie backpack, swung the bag over her shoulder and shot up from the ground. Before she could even register what she was doing, she found herself pushing herself through the older boys and into the middle of their circle. They were all so shocked at her sudden appearance that they stopped their kicking all at once.

"Leave him alone!" Jane shouted. All eyes were on her. She glared steadily at the older boys even though she was frightened and freaking out on the inside.

"This has nothing to do with you. Get out of the way," one of the boys sneered at her. He made as if he were about to grab her.

One of his friends stopped him. "Wait, you can't hit a girl."

Jane turned away from them and offered her hand to the boy that was still lying on the ground, wood chips clinging to his clothes and hair. He looked at it for a second before taking her hand and pushing himself off of the ground. Jane glared at the older boys and stomped off, dragging the spiky haired boy along with her.

A few minutes later, they were settled on top of the tallest jungle gym. The boy had brushed off most of the dirt and wood chips from his clothesl hair and skin.

"I didn't need your help, you know," he said quietly, never looking up from his video game.

"Yes, you did, "Jane stated simply. "Who are they?

The boy shrugged. "I don't know them. Tommy told me a little about them. They don't like him."

"Who's Tommy?"

"My big brother."

"Oh."

They sat in silence for a while. Jane set to work cleaning the dirt and wood chips off of her doll's hair and clothes while the boy continued to play his video game. When Jane's Barbie was spotless, she put it down and looked around. She sighed and fidgeted but he wasn't taking her hints. The spiky-haired boy just ignored him and continued tapping at his game.

"Do you want a cookie?" Jane asked. He shrugged without looking up. Jane reached for her bag and pulled out a clear plastic bag of chocolate chip cookies. She took one out for herself and held the bag out to the boy. He didn't react and for a minute she thought he was still ignoring her, but eventually he put down his game and pulled one out.

They ate in comfortable silence, until Jane broke it again. "I'm Jane Quimby. What's your name?"

"Billy," the boy replied. "Billy Nutter."

Jane nodded and held the bag back out to him.

"Thanks," he said as he took one. He smiled for the first time since she'd met him. " They're really good."

Jane beamed back at him. "My daddy made them."

"Really? My mommy always makes me cookies," Billy said. "Does your mommy make you cookies too?"

"I don't know my mommy. My brother said she moved away when I was a baby," Jane said. She didn't sound sad at all, and Billy didn't understand that. He'd be sad if his mom moved away. He was about to ask her about it when a shrill whistle cut through the air.

Both kids looked up to see the teachers standing on the blacktop, whistles in hand, waiting for their children to line up to go back inside. Billy hoped down from the jungle gym and reached a hand out to Jane. Instead of taking it, she handed him her Barbie and jumped down as well.

"Do you wanna be my friend, Billy?" Jane asked as they neared their teachers and classmates.

Billy shrugged. "Sure"

"Great! Me and you can be the bestest friends! I've always wanted a best friend," Jane said with a bright smile. She jumped up to give him a quick hug and skipped off to where her class was waiting.

Billy watched her go, her bright pink tutu swinging with every step, a small smile on his lips. He turned and headed to join his classmates, reminding himself to ask Tommy what the odd fluttering in his chest meant.

Hope you enjoyed, even with the suckiness and shortness.

Please, let me know what you think. Oh, and give me some more prompts, please! Is there anything you guys want to see written that follows the canon? I really need osme ideas for the next chapter.

Until next time!