For anyone wondering and/or confused, italics are thoughts.

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Forever's Beginning

Cosmo had been moving so fast that he hadn't noticed the wet floor sign right next to the table, and he tripped on it. Big time. The food went flying everywhere, though it seemed that he and one of the girls at the table had gotten the worst of it.

Cosmo wiped off his face to survey the damage, and his heart nearly stopped when he saw what he'd done.

"Oh... Oh my God!" Cosmo exclaimed, a bit too loudly. "Are... Are you okay?" He managed to stammer to the food-covered female.

The girl reached to remove the pickle slices from her eyes, and as soon as she did, Cosmo's world came to a screeching halt.

Even though she was covered in food, he had never in his life seen someone more beautiful than the girl in front of him. Her dazzling pink eyes had hit him like a ton of bricks. Then she did something incredible, instead of yelling at him like most would do, she smiled.

"Yeah," she responded, "I'm okay. Are y-"

Before she could finish speaking, the other two girls at the table burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"Wow!" The red head began, "First Wanda wants to dump Wandissimo, and now this moron dumps food on her! It must be 'Act Like An Idiot' day around here!"

"Hey!" The pink-eyed girl scolded her.

Moron. Idiot. The words echoed like thunder through Cosmo's mind and his eyes filled with tears. No matter how many times he heard them, they never hurt any less.

"I... I'm so sorry." Cosmo choked out while staring at the ground.

The pink haired fairy looked like she was gonna say something, when the red head spoke up again.

"You should be! Now clean this up!"

That was it for Cosmo. His tears began to flow freely and he tore through the restaurant and out the back door.

He slammed through the door and threw himself to the ground.

He sat there crying hysterically for a moment before he scooted himself back against the wall. He pulled his knees up to his chest and buried his face in them.

Nice going! You ruin everything! You're such a screw up! He thought to himself.

The scene kept replaying in his mind.

He fell.

The food.

The girl.

Her eyes.

Her friends.

Laughing.

The scene was unfortunately familiar to Cosmo, people would always laugh at his mistakes. But she smiled at me... Cosmo thought to himself as he thought of the beautiful girl he spilled on, Why didn't she laugh? His thoughts didn't last long, because the large door next to him flew open, and out ran the girl he was just thinking about.

Cosmo let out a small gasp, and the girl whirled around.

"There you are!" She exclaimed.

Cosmo panicked at the sight of her.

"I'm so sorry! It was an accident! I didn't mean to-"

She ran over and knelt down in front of him.

"Shh. It's okay. Really." She said to him soothingly.

"But your clothes! And your food! And your friends they-" Cosmo stopped as the scene ran through his mind again. Idiot. Moron. He felt the tears start to spill over and run down his cheeks. He returned his face to his hands and wept.

"I'm sorry!" He shouted. "I'm sorry about your food! And your stuff! I'm sorry that I screwed everything up! I'm sorry!"

She was speaking to him, but he couldn't quite make it out. He attempted to quiet his sobs for a moment when he finally heard her.

"Cosmo."

His head shot up and he looked her in the eyes. In that moment, he never thought his name sounded better than it did when she said it. She said my name! Wait,

"How... How did you know my name?"

She shook her head for a moment before responding.

"Oh, your name tag." She pointed to his chest and Cosmo followed her gaze.

Cosmo looked down embarrassed. I forgot about that.

"Oh yeah."

She laughed, though he wasn't sure why, and the next thing he knew, he had joined her.

Though he made sure to laugh quieter than she, that way he could admire hers.

Cosmo stopped to stare at her, and the few thoughts he had were instantly swept away. She's perfect. Cosmo wished that he could look at her forever, but that time was cut short when he noticed her laughter calming down.

"You have a really pretty laugh." He stated.

She jumped back a bit. Whether it was out of surprise or anger Cosmo wasn't sure.

He noticed her cheeks begin to go pink and he smiled delicately at her.

"Thank you..." She stopped for a moment, and Cosmo waited patiently.

"I'm so sorry about them." She started. "My friends I mean." She gestured with her thumb towards the building. "She shouldn't have been so mean to you."

She looked so guilty. Why? She didn't do anything, she smiled at me! He thought.

"Oh, it's okay!" Cosmo shrugged. He figured she wouldn't feel so bad if he told her that this was a common thing. "Everyone's mean to me." He finished blankly.

The girl's eyes softened. "No one should be mean to you."

"My Mama isn't." He stated factually.

He thought for a moment before adding "You weren't."

The girl sat silent for a second, and when she opened her mouth to speak Cosmo interrupted her.

"Why?"

She jumped back again, and this time he knew it was from shock.

"Why?" Wanda repeated. "Why was I nice to you?"

Cosmo nodded to her.

"You never gave me a reason not to be."

Cosmo sat there for a moment, thinking over her answer. He'd never heard that before.

"Do I give everyone else a reason?" He thought aloud, he hadn't even realized that he'd spoken.

"No! No of course not!" She took a deep breath, "Sometimes Cosmo, there are people out there who are jerks. People who only care about themselves."

He noticed that she took on a pained expression, and suddenly her eyes filled with tears.

Did I do something wrong?

"Are you okay?" He asked her nervously.

"What?"

What does she mean "what"?

"You're crying..."

She gasped.

She didn't know she was crying?

"Yeah, it's nothing." She rambled quickly.

"Well obviously it's not nothing or you wouldn't be crying. Silly!" He finished speaking. He thought his statement would cheer her up, but she only looked away from his and towards the ground.

She's so sad. I hate seeing her like this. Pretty girls shouldn't cry! Especially not this one!

Especially not this one. Cosmo thought again. He had this feeling rush through him; he didn't know what it was. All he knew was that he wanted to protect the girl in front of him, and make her feel better.

He reached forward with both of his hands and rested them on her cheeks. He gently moved his thumbs and used them to brush her tears away.

She looked up at his face and stared at him for a moment.

"Please don't cry. I don't want you to be sad." He said quietly.

Then next thing he knew, she was nearly on top of him, with her arms around her. He went side eyed in shock.

She's... She's hugging me?

Cosmo was confused as to why, but he didn't dwell on it too long. He instead turned his focus to the way she felt against him. She fit there perfectly. She was warm, and she smelled amazing, like the Christmas cookies his Mama would make. But better. Much better.

It was then he noticed that his arms were still hanging open. He couldn't help but wonder again what he did to deserve this. This perfect girl was hugging him. He didn't feel worthy of even looking at her, much less touching her.

His thoughts were interrupted when she pulled back.

"Thank you."

"For what?" He asked her.

"For everything. You're amazing Cosmo."

Amazing? She thinks... She thinks I'm amazing?

Here was the nicest, and most beautiful girl he'd ever seen and SHE thought that HE was amazing.

A huge smile spread across his face and he could feel his cheeks heat up.

"No problem...uh, what's your name?"

"Wanda." She said as she stuck out her hand for a handshake.

"My name's Wanda."

When he heard her name his smile grew even larger.

Wanda. He repeated it in his mind a million times. What a pretty name.

"This wasn't exactly the best way to meet, but I'll take it." Wanda said with a chuckle.

"I'm just glad that we did." Cosmo replied honestly.

Suddenly Wanda shot up.

"We should probably go get cleaned up."

"Yeah." He agreed as he got up as well.

He opened the door for her and they both went inside.

They went and sat at the breakfast counter, quickly using up all the napkins in the silver dispenser.

"So Cosmo," she started "Where do you go to school?"

School. The word sent shudders up his spine. He hated school. He didn't have any friends, and everyone made fun of him, even the teachers. He always tried so hard and yet he continued to fail.

"Carl Poofy Pants High."

"Really? So do I." She said quickly.

She does!? Just the thought that he had a chance of being in a class with her made his heart soar.

"Really? Maybe we'll see each other around!" He said hopefully.

"Yeah, maybe. But school doesn't start for another month." Wanda answered.

That's too far away...

"Oh yeah." He said disappointedly.

"Well, if you want, we can do something before that?" Wanda asked him.

Cosmo couldn't believe what he'd just heard. He had to have imagined it.

"You would wanna spend time with ME?" He asked.

"Of course!" She replied with a smile.

Cosmo beamed at her and nodded his head vigorously.

Wanda giggled and reached towards his shirt pocket to grab his pen. Even though she barely touched him, he felt a chill run up his spine. She jotted down her phone number on a napkin and handed it to him.

His mind was racing. This is amazing! I've never gotten a girl's number before. Thank you!

He opened his mouth to say so, when suddenly they heard something.

Wanda turned around and must've seen something interesting because she seemed really surprised.

"Hey, I really should get going. But I'll see you around, okay?"

"Oh, okay." He was sad that she had to go, but he was still riding the high of her wanting to see him again.

And with that she ran towards the front door.

He leaned over to see who she was with when a hand grabbed his shoulder.

"Dude! I heard what happened! Are you okay?" Gem asked him worriedly.

"Yeah." Cosmo said with sugar in his voice.

"Who was that girl sitting here with you?"

When Cosmo turned to Gem, he could see the hearts in his friend's eyes.

"That was Wanda." He said with a smile.

"And what's that?" Gem said pointing to the napkin still in Cosmo's hands.

He glanced down and began to blush. "Oh... It's nothing." He spat out quickly.

"Oh really?" Gem asked sarcastically.

The next thing Cosmo knew, Gem jumped on him and grabbed the napkin from his hands.

"Gem! Be careful with that!" He shouted.

Gem's eyes went wide when he saw what was written on it.

"YOU got a girl's number?! Way to go dude!" Gem pulled him into a noogie.

Cosmo laughed and fought to break free from his grip.

Just as he broke loose, he saw Wanda walking out the door with some people. She stopped in the doorframe and looked back at him.

He excitedly waved at her.

She laughed and gave a small wave back before walking out.

The next chapter is gonna be all of this in Wanda's POV.

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