I've Never Seen True Love

I ran upstairs to my room and slammed the door behind me. My parents were downstairs yelling at each other...again. I sat down on the floor and covered my ears willing them to stop. They were always like this. They never had time to even talk to me without started a fight between each other. My life was consumed with their constant screaming. It made me miserable.

This was all I had ever known. I didn't remember a time when my parents weren't arguing. None of my friends parents seemed to like each other very much either. To me this was normal, this was what couples did. It made me dread ever being with any boy, if this was how it was supposed to be, I didn't want any part of it. After seeing the amount of sadness written across my mother's face and the stress on my father's, I didn't want to live that kind of life.

Yet I did wonder if there was someone out there who loved each other. A woman who didn't pick fights over everything and a man who was gentle and affectionate. But after being exposed to so much turmoil for so long, I didn't think it was possible.

"You never do anything but complain!" My father exclaimed.

"You don't give me a reason not to!" My mother shouted back.

I sighed. "Make it stop…" I whispered hoping that someone would hear me.

When I opened my eyes I noticed sparkles shimmering in front of me. I stared at it for a moment curiously wondering where it could possibly be coming from. As they started to grow, my eyes got wider in shock. Finally, in an explosion of light, two people appeared in front of me.

The guy had bright green hair and eyes and wore a white shirt and black jeans. The woman had rosy pink hair and eyes and she wore a yellow t-shirt and black leggings. They both had wings and crowns and wands in their hands and big smiles on their face.

"I'm Cosmo!" He said.

"And I'm Wanda!"

"And we're...your fairy godparents!" They said together.

I stared at them in shock for a moment. I thought I was hallucinating. I had only ever heard about fairies in stories, there was no way this was real! Yet here they were floating in front of me. "S-Seriously? Like, you're actual fairies?"

"You bet!" Cosmo said.

"Make a wish, anything," Wanda said.

"Um, okay...I wish for a cookie."

They waved their wands and a cookie appeared in my hand. "Okay, now I'm convinced."

"The most important rule is you can't tell anyone about us," Wanda said.

"Or what?"

"Or we'll have to go away forever," Cosmo said.

"Well I'm pretty good at keeping secrets." The possibilities started running through my mind of what we could together. "Let's do something fun...can we go on a safari?"

"You got it," Cosmo said. They raised their wands again. "Ready snookie?"

"Ready honey," Wanda said excitedly before placing a kiss on his cheek.

I was surprised by the display. "Wait! You're...together?"

"Yeah, we're married," Wanda said giving Cosmo a loving look.

"5,000 years and counting," Cosmo said.

I nearly gasped. "5,000 years? And you...you love each other?"

"Of course, more than anything," Wanda said. I noticed the way her laced her fingers in his as she said it. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze. I'd never seen anything like it.

"Wow."

"Why do you look so shocked?" Cosmo asked.

All of a sudden we heard more screaming downstairs. It made me flinch.

"What was that?"

"My parents."

"Geez, I've never heard anyone tell at each other like that."

"Are they like that all the time?" Wanda asked.

I nodded slowly suddenly feeling ashamed.

To my surprise she reached out and gave me a hug. "We're here to make it better."

"Yeah, as long as we're around, you won't even notice them yelling," Cosmo said.

I felt my eyes sting with tears again. I was suddenly so grateful to have them here. "Thank you," I said.

"Now, how about that safari?" Wanda said.