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"ancient greece was the beginning of western civilization. see, in greece, they didn't have professional sports or wheaties boxes. so the athletes competed for a different reason. anybody?"

the team was sitting outside in their matching warm up clothes, listening to miss mackay talk. arabella liked miss mackay, she seemed really sweet. 

goldberg being goldberg, only guessed the answer with, "falafels?"

everyone let out a small laugh, but charlie, who was raising his hand, answered the question correctly. "pride."

"oh my god, they were gay." arabella let out a fake gasp, making fulton try to hide his laugh. he slapped her head lightly, making her slap his arm. she then told fulton to come closer so she could whisper something in his ear. "it's cuz charlie likes adam, so he used the pride senses to know that the answer was pride."

fulton couldn't hold back his laugh that time, so everyone turned to the duo to see what was happening. kenny, who was sitting on the other side of fulton, seemed a little...jealous. he thought they were really close. however, he didn't say anything. on kenny's right side was adam, and so kenny tried to focus on how adam was staring at charlie with admiration in his eyes. 

miss mackay ignored fulton and arabella, telling charlie he was right. "the various city-states waved their flags and wore their home colors proudly."

fulton then asked a question, smiling. "did america always dominate?"

"dominate? does that mean the other guys were all submissive?" arabella joked to herself, but kenny laughed. she then slapped fulton's shoulder. "america wasn't even a thing."

everyone was teasing fulton, but dean defended him. arabella let out a small aww. the two tough guys were sticking up for each other. "it was a good question!"

miss mackay laughed. "no, america wasn't around back then. don't forget that compared to other countries, america is still young, still forming its own identity. america is a teenager, just like you. a little awkward at times, but always right there on the verge of greatness."

after miss mackay's inspirational speech, bombay took the team rollerblading, except he was driving a golf cart. he was making them chant as if they were in an army, but the words were changed a little bit. 

"i don't know but i been told!" the team repeated after bombay after every sentence, and it was kinda funny. while cheering, kenny watched as arabella and charlie skated around each other, trying to tease the other one. 

arabella looked over and locked eyes with kenny, and her smile grew. kenny thought his heart was going to explode, but he smiled back. a second later, however, she showed up right next to him, skating alongside him. 

"team usa's gonna win the gold!"

"usa's gonna win the gold!"

the cheer went on a little longer, but arabella and kenny weren't paying attention. arabella grabbed his hand which made his face turn red, and she spun him around as they were skating. he turned perfectly, seeing as it was easier than his other tricks. even though he knew his cheeks were red, he still looked at arabella and smiled.

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"kenny! we get to go on a plane!" arabella cheered when she found out the news. the team was supposed to take a plane to los angeles for their first game at the junior goodwill games. 

kenny loved seeing arabella happy. she was always grinning, and when she was really happy, she'd usually slap your arm in excitement. it hurt sometimes, but kenny loved it. 

kenny nodded, trying to seem as enthusiastic as she was, but he was kinda nervous. he didn't really like planes, he had a small fear of heights. he wanted to be happy for arabella, so he smiled anyway. "i can't wait!"

he could definitely wait. 

about two days later, it was time for the flight. most of the team had to wake up at 5 so they would be at the airport on time, which made arabella groan. she couldn't wait for the flight, but she didn't want to be up this early. she figured she would just put a bra on and put a practice shirt she found, and she stayed in her pajama pants. she put nike pros on under her pants though so that she would be able to get into her gear without having to change.

she said goodbye to her mom, who had finally driven her somewhere and seemed to care about the sport she played, and found the rest of the team in the airport, waiting for a few more players.

when everyone arrived, they went through the lines to make sure their luggage would get on the plane and no one was carrying any weapons, then they found a section to sit at near their airport gate. 

kenny was sitting in one of the chairs next to charlie, and once again, arabella was sitting on the floor. she was tired, so she leaned her head up against kenny's leg. he started playing with her hair as he talked to charlie, and arabella was thankful she was turned the other way. she already knew her face was bright red, and she was proved right when she saw fulton raise an eyebrow at her. 

"stop being so in love," he mouthed over to her, and she just flipped him off. 

"shut up idiot," she mouthed back. he just laughed before talking with dean about who knows what. 

looking away from fulton, she saw julie sitting with connie and guy. julie noticed arabella looking over at her, and she smiled. arabella did the same back. 

julie noticed how kenny was playing with her hair, so she smiled even wider. she raised an eyebrow at arabella and looked from kenny to her, and arabella's eyes widened. she mouthed a simple 'friends', and julie nodded, not looking fully convinced.

right when arabella was about to fall asleep, they announced that they could start to board, so she groaned in annoyance. charlie slapped her head to tell her that she needed to get up. "c'mon, you can sleep on the plane."

she got up and dusted her pants off before grabbing her backpack and following her teammates. coach bombay was in the front of the line holding all of their tickets, seeing as the players would lose them. 

it turned out that kenny and arabella sat right next to each other on the plane, and dwayne was in their row too. dwayne said he wanted to have the window seat, and that was fine with kenny. he preferred the aisle seat. this meant that arabella had the middle seat, and she was perfectly fine with that. 

when everyone got on the plane, the pilot started their speech about safety and all of that boring stuff. arabella looked to see who was behind her, and she saw guy, luis, and connie. guy didn't look too happy, but arabella understood why. connie and luis seemed to be a little too lovey dovey, which was weird on connie's part. to make matters worse for guy, connie was in the middle of the two. 

in front of her was goldberg and averman, and julie. arabella felt a little bad for julie, goldberg and averman could be a lot sometimes. sitting on the other side of the aisle was charlie, adam, ad bombay. charlie was still a little mad at the hendrix jerseys, so he got the window seat while bombay got the aisle seat. dean and fulton sat with jesse behind coach's row, which meant coach would probably have them kicking his seat.

kenny and arabella were watching the lorax while dwayne played one of the games that were on the mini tvs that were on the back of the seats. 

kenny noticed that arabella was shivering, and that she had goosebumps on her arms. he knew she was cold, so he grabbed a sweater out of his bag that he brought and held it out to her. it was just a simple light grey crewneck, but it was still perfect. arabella thanked him and put it on, and she noticed how much it smelled like him, and how comfortable it was. she thanked him again, and he said it was no problem. 

he realized it was a problem. she looked so pretty in his sweater, and he couldn't focus.

they got to the part where ted meets the onceler, and that's when kenny realized arabella fell asleep. she fell asleep on kenny's shoulder, and he didn't know what to do. it was obvious he was blushing. dwayne had lost connect 4 against the computer, so he quit the game. when he looked over, he saw a very red kenny and a sleeping arabella. 

"awww, y'all are cute together." kenny looked over to see dwayne smiling, and his eyes widened. 

"she just fell asleep."

dwayne shrugged, then decided to play the game again since he was bored. it wasn't long before kenny got comfortable, and he completely forgot about his fear of heights. arabella made him forget about it. he ended up falling asleep with his head on top of arabella's, who was still buried in his shoulder.

dwayne noticed this, and he got his portable camera out of his bag and took a picture. he turned around in his seat and looked at guy, asking if he wanted to see. 

"they're gonna start dating, aren't they?"

dwayne shrugged again, but he nodded. "probably."