It was just a normal day in the world of Becky Bottsford as she sat on the couch, feet resting on the coffee table in front of her, reading a book. It was a relaxing, calm day-until sixteen-year-old Becky heard with her super hearing screams of terror and robotic destruction coming from downtown. She grabbed Bob and quickly zoomed downtown.

"Alright, Tobey, whatcha got for me this time?" Wordgirl said as she ripped the heads off a few of his robots.

"Ahh, Wordgirl, pleasant to see you, as usual." Tobey greeted with his usual devious yet friendly smile. Little did she know Tobey had come across Mr. Big at a villains meeting over the weekend, thus resulting in something Wordgirl would not expect.

"So, the usual huh?"

"Oh, I think you'll find I have something quite new for you today." Tobey said with a mischievous smile.

"What do you mean by that?" Wordgirl asked suspiciously, causing Tobey to chuckle evilly.

"Oh, you'll find out soon..." Tobey Saud. Wordgirl shrugged and ripped more parts off of robots, causing them to fall to the ground, dead. As she did so, Tobey unveiled a small remote with a single, heart-shaped button on it and as Wordgirl came back to inform Tobey that his plan had once been foiled, Tobey pressed the button. Wordgirl stopped in her tracks, her mouth slightly agape in surprise and eyes almost empty in expression. Huggy squeaked to her, asking if she was okay, but there was no response. Tobey stood on the rooftop he had been on the whole time, smiling and staring directly into Wordgirl's eyes.

After a minute, Wordgirl suddenly jumped onto Tobey with a hug, causing Huggy to land on the building, wondering what in the world was going on.

"Oooh, Tobey, you're so smart and wonderful! Let's go get some ice cream, come on!" Wordgirl squealed, grabbing Tobey by the hand and zooming off to an ice cream shop downtown, leaving Huggy puzzled and confused on the rooftop.

"You're so handsome..."

"Yes, yes, thank you, I know." Tobey said with a chuckle as Wordgirl took his spoon and fed him some ice cream.

"And smart..."

"Oh, come now, you're much smarter than I."

"And you're so modest...oh, you're just so wonderful!" Wordgirl exclaimed as she hugged Tobey tightly.

"Alright, alright, you're squeezing my lungs out of my chest." Tobey said hoarsely. Wordgirl giggled and set him down.

"Sorry, you're just so cute!" She squealed.

"Oh, can we take a walk through the park so I can tell you everything I love about you? Pleeease?" Wordgirl begged, shooting Tobey a puppy dog pout.

"Alright, if you insist," He chuckled. The two got up and were out the door of the ice cream shop when Huggy stopped them, squeaking in anger.

"Ahem. Wordgirl, translate."

"Oh, Huggy is asking you what you've done to me and whatever it is to stop." Wordgirl explained, still fully concentrated on Tobey.

"Ah. Well, little monkey thing, I have done nothing you will be able to stop. Thanks to the help of a little birdie I met at a villains meeting, I now have the technology to control Wordgirl's mind. She is now uncontrollably in love with me. Now scram, were going to admire me more." Tobey explained, pushing Huggy aside and proceeding to the park.

Huggy decided to go back to the spaceship hideout to think up a plan. He knew two things as of right now: there is obviously something wrong with Becky, and it involves a suspicious team up between Tobey and a mysterious benefactor. And he knew he wasn't going to solve this predicament unless he thought up a thorough plan first.

~…~

At school the next day, Tobey was walking through the front doors of the high school when Becky caught sight of him in the hallway.

"Tobey! I missed you since yesterday!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms around his neck in a hug.

"Whatever do you mean? Yesterday was Sunday. I didn't see you yesterday." Tobey said, completely confused.

"Oh, you remember, silly! We went for ice cream and walked through the park! Ooh, can we do that again today?" Becky pleaded.

Behind her, Scoops and Violet (newly dating, of course,) observed this behavior, puzzled.

"What's up with Becky? She seems completely obsessed with Tobey." Violet asked.

"I have no idea. It's very peculiar…"

"Ooh, peculiar, that's a good word."

"Yeah, Becky taught it to me last week."

With that, the two decided they'd figure it out later, as now they had to go to class.

"Come on, Tobey, let's walk to class together!" Becky said, grabbing his arm and pulling him towards their class. The interaction, of course, led him to several thoughts.

~…~

While walking in the park with Wordgirl the following weekend, Tobey suddenly got an idea.

"Say, Wordgirl, I've just realized that we could bond even more if I knew your secret identity. Now that I think of it it is a little irritating to have to refer to you constantly as 'Wordgirl' when you have a real name to be called by." Tobey explained. Becky smiled.

"Really? You mean we'd be closer?" Wordgirl asked, hopefully.

"Certainly." Tobey replied with a clever smile.

"Okay!" Becky exclaimed excitedly, reaching for her mask.

"Ah, wait, before you do that, let's go somewhere where no one else will see. To protect your identity, of course." Tobey said, taking her to a less explored part of the park.

"Okay, let's see Wordgirl's secret identity, shall we?"

As Wordgirl slowly removed her mask, thoughts whirled in Tobey's head. Why did he care about keeping Wordgirl's identity a secret? Several reasons. First of all, it would look better if in the case that Wordgirl broke the mind control, she'd be mad that he spread her secret through the whole town. Wouldn't it be better for their relationship that she sees she can trust him with her secret? Second of all, it would cause more trouble than it was worth to let the whole town know who Wordgirl was when all he wanted was for her to love him. Besides, he couldn't help but wonder who she was, due to the week's odd encounter with Becky.

Finally the moment came. Tobey braced himself. She could be anyone, and her identity could surprise him. He had to ready himself for anything.

But nothing could have readied himself for the moment Wordgirl took off her mask to reveal Becky Bottsford. She was the least suspected person for the part.

"Your secret identity is…Becky Bottsford?" He asked. Becky nodded with a vacant smile.

"This whole time you've been challenging me wherever I go…"

Now that he thought about it, the clues were all there. She just did a good job at hiding them. The same face, same hair, same knack for words, same monkey sidekick…same high level of intelligence, for that matter. And now that he thought about it, he did recall last year in biology (they shared the class) when they were learning genetics, and they had to do a lab that required knowing their biological history and Becky had strange secretive excuse to the teacher as to why she couldn't complete the lab.

But still, it surprised him. Becky had done a very good job at hiding her secret. No one could've guessed that she was Wordgirl unless they studied her closely. The thought that this whole time he had been crushing on Becky Bottsford—someone who he had recently come to be friends with, to both their surprise—made him shiver. He had only recently come to think of Becky as a friend; the thought of him loving her scared him a little.

"I'm sorry, Tobey, did I frighten you? You look a little pale." Becky asked.

"N-no, I'm fine…just took me by surprise is all…I suppose I should have seen this coming…" Tobey said quietly, clearing his throat.

"If you'll excuse me, I have to go…" He said quietly, heading home. Becky watched curiously as she put her mask back on.

Tada! New story! I don't know how long it's going to be, but don't expect it to be very long. Just saying. And stuff. Review?