It was a late autumn morning, the air was crisp and warm, and the streets were covered in gold and orange from the leaves. I was walking alone (as usual) with my hands jammed in my coat pockets, school was in less than a week and I was overjoyed for the occasion. I was walking till I came up to a sign that said Ash Boulevard, "I don't believe I've really read about this one" I said to myself, for I was certainly a bookworm. I walked past the sign and down this peculiar street. I walked down a hill and turned a corner, to my surprise, there was what looked like an abandoned industrial building. Before it was a large black gate with designs on it, the gate and doors were opened, "eh, why not? I have nothing better to do, out of ideas for inventions" I said to myself in my normal high-pitched nasal voice. I was a student with a superior intellect, or what others like to call a nerd, dork, or geek. But unlike the other nerds, I don't gawk over comic books or video games, I prefer science, if I'm not doing math homework or reading, I'm working in my laboratory. Unlike my nemesis (who I don't even want to mention his name) my lab is more of what you might call the gothic type, mystcheavious, that's only because he destroyed my lab in the first place, so I rebuilt it. I look at the place in curiosity, I grab my mega zoom in binoculars and look through it, I see objects through the window, metal, iron wires, you name it "excellent" I say "materials". Little did I know, behind me was a girl I had long known before, a girl I would never forget…. Dee dee. "Oooo!" she said in her cheery, curious voice, looking up and down in awe "cool building!". I was too busy looking at the materials through the window to notice that she was there. She walked in the gate, but something mysterious happened, "clang!" the gate shut as soon as she walked in. "What the?" I say, I turn around and not only look surprised, but flushed when I realize who is standing there. Dee dee was my one true love, I had fallen for her as soon as I laid eyes on her, but was tricked by (ugh, can't believe I'm saying the awful name) Dexter, he had used my heart to get Dee dee to come over to my lab and since she's his sister, he knew that she was clumsy and destructive when she danced, that's what caused my lab to be destroyed, when I asked her to dance like Dexter told me to do. I was sweaty and my pupils had turned into hearts , Dee dee hadn't seen me yet, she was too busy trying to open the gate, the gate wouldn't budge, we were trapped. "Uh oh" Dee dee said to herself "I'm trapped, all alone" I shook my head out of my daze "not exactly" I said quietly, still nervous, somehow Dee dee had heard me because she turned around and looked surprised herself "what are you doing here, Man-dork?" she said with her hands on her hips "um... I - I was looking at the materials in this building, good supplies you know" I was so nervous, I couldn't feel my face "what are you doing here?" "oh, I was just curious about what's in here… did you do that?" she said pointing at the gate "no, I- I'm just as suspicious as you are of how i - it just closed like that". You could probably tell that Dee dee has never felt the same way as I do because of Dexter, she thinks I'm a dork and covered in evil (which I am) but I had a terrible past, my hippie parents named me Susan. "Of course this is happening to me" Dee dee said to herself quietly, I frowned because I had heard this comment "we better go see what's in here, nothing else to do" Dee dee said "good idea".

Dee dee and I looked up and down at the place then walked in through the door. We walked through a dark Hallway and entered an even darker room. "I can't see a thing!" Dee dee said "wait a minute" I say "I think I feel a light switch on the wall" I flick the switch and the room lights up revealing a huge storage room "oooo!" Dee dee says "so many materials!" I say "really?" Dee dee says with her hands on her hips "can you be more obsessive?" I chuckle nervously, you fool! she's obviously not impressed I think, I change the subject "um… let's check some more rooms" I say quickly "ok" Dee dee says. Dee dee and I exit the storage room and look around the industry, little did we know that we were being followed. "So… um…. Dee dee, what have you been up to lately?" I try to start a conversation to get our minds a little bit off the whole trapped thing, also I wanted to get to know her better "oh, the usual, ballet classes, hanging out with Lee lee, Mee mee, and sometimes Koosy" I remember Koosy from before "your imaginary friend?" I ask "yeah, what have you been up to? I mean other than trying to destroy my brother's lab and all" I clear my throat in embarrassment " well, I've been working on another robot, it kind of works like a bodyguard in a way, I even made it have a tough voice" "oh, that's cool I guess". There was silence for about fifteen minutes until Dee dee yells "hey! Look what I found!" I rush over to her "what is it?" she holds a light up "a lantern!" "great, now we can see in this crazy dark place!" maybe I was overreacting just a little bit, I blame it on my nervousness. "It's not that crazy you know" "yeah it's just…. I don't know" maybe it's just the fact that I've never been trapped somewhere with the one person I love the most , I wanted to say but couldn't for obvious reasons. "Do you have a feeling that you're being watched, Dee dee?" I ask, rubbing my arm in suspicion "no, not really… why?" "I'm.. not sure.I just have a..bad feeling….".

Dee dee and I walked until we couldn't walk anymore "Susan?" Dee dee said, ever since she had babysat me and my mother said my real name, she either called me Man-dork or Susan "Dee dee, I thought I told you it was Mandark" I said in an exhausted and angry voice, I didn't really know what I was saying anymore, whether I was hurting Dee dee's feelings or not "ya… whatever. My legs are tired, can I rest for a moment or the night? It's late" Dee dee was right, it was late "I'm gonna rest anyway... Susan?" she said "Susan? Suuusan? Hello? Earth to Susaaan?" the more she said Susan, the angrier I got "Dee dee…." I said getting closer, my hands clenched in fists "it's Mandark!" I yelled, she jerked back, surprisingly a little scared at the sudden response "gee! You don't have to be so harsh!" she said, her lips trembled, it looked like she was going to cry. Calmed down and realizing my mistake I said as calmly as possible "Dee dee…. I- I didn't…." but it was too late, Dee dee had already ran off. "Dee dee!" I called oh, Mandark, you're such an idiot! I think you didn't keep your temper and now look! Dee dee has run off, and probably will never speak to you again! And to think, things were finally going well between us. And… I stopped thinking to the sound of Dee dee talking to herself "I should've never trusted him" she said "he's a dork, selfish, and has a short temper! He's egotistical too" my eyes were narrowed in sadness "your right you know" I said walking in the room, she turned around, narrowed her eyes in anger and turned back around "I'm also overconfident about my intelligence, and a real idiot for yelling at a nice, understanding person just like you". "Flattery isn't going to get you anywhere" she said, still not facing me "I know…. I just thought it would be right to say something so true about you though".

I sat down next to her, she scooched farther away from me "will you accept my apology? …. Pleeease?" I make a pouty face which I've never done before in my life but I really wanted her to forgive me, she turned, then cocked an eyebrow "you dork" she said, she pushed me down "fine. I guess I can't say no to that" call me crazy, but even though she was trying to hide it, I think I saw her smile at me after that. "Look at this!" Dee dee said the next morning "a giant kitchen!" I rubbed my eyes, still tired "I thought this place was an abandoned industry" I said, yawning "how could it have a kitchen?" she shrugged her shoulders "I don't know, but it does! Which means I can make breakfast!" she said jumping up and down "you know how to cook?" I say "pfft, of course! My mom makes some muffins" she said nodding slowly "so what do you want to eat? Pancakes, waffles, eggs?" I looked surprised "you don't have to make breakfast for me, I can just have cereal like I usually do" she shook her head "well, your gonna have something different today, because I wanna make something. I insist!" I shrug my shoulders, I wasn't gonna argue about it "um… I guess I'll have some scrambled eggs, they improve memory" "okey dokey, I'm gonna have some pancakes!" I smile. About twenty minutes later, Dee dee yelled "ok! It's ready!" I sat down and saw some delicious eggs on my plate, fresh and warm, I take a bite and enter heaven "sooo, what do you think?" she says eagerly "oh.. my gosh" I say with my mouth full but my eyes glowing "it's - it's…." "it's what? Is it bad?" she says nervous "no no… it's… amazing" she starts jumping up and down "yay! You like them, you like them!" "ah ah ah, Dee dee" I say "I love them" she couldn't help but smile at that. I looked weird again a little later "what is it?" Dee dee asks "Honestly" I say "I just can't help the fact that we might be being watched" I couldn't get the feeling off my chest, I was just feeling strange.