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• The Art of Being Noticed [Rodrick Heffley x Girl OC] by drumbrumbum

  Fandoms: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series - Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Movies 2010-2017)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  27 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Rodrick Heffley/Original Female Character(s)
  • Rodrick Heffley
  • Greg Heffley
  • Greg Heffley's Parents
  • Frank Heffley
  • Susan Heffley
  • Löded Diper Members (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
  • Coming of Age
  • Teen Romance
  • Implied Sexual Content
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
  • Implied/Referenced Sex
  • High School
  • Popularity
  • Bands
  • Childhood Friends
  • Childhood Friends to Lovers
  • Friends to Enemies to Lovers
  • Friends With Benefits to Lovers
  • Teen Angst
  • Teenage Drama
  • Teen Crush

  Summary

  Rachel Goodwine has moved so many times that she’s stopped trying to matter.
  Every school sees the same version of her: the quiet girl, the smart girl, the one no one invites anywhere.

  And honestly? It’s easier to stay invisible.

  Until she returns to Plainview - the one place that still remembers who she used to be.
  Now she’s stuck at Plainview High with old childhood memories… including Rodrick Heffley, the loud, chaotic loser drummer who used to play in her backyard.
  Except now he acts like she doesn’t exist.

  Rodrick wants to be noticed by the most popular girl in school.

  Rachel deeply wants to become one.

  They both want attention form someone special.

  They just don’t realize they might be the answer to each other’s problems.

  Yet.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  16,607

  Chapters:

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