Soon enough, Buford and Baljeet were standing in the same street as Tootie's house, with Chloe, Candace and Veronica.

"Alright, Sparrow, Titmouse, you know what to do?" Chloe asked.

Buford hesitated.

"Just repeat it already", Baljeet groaned.

Chloe sighed. "Alright", she said. "You two need to get Duckling while avoiding Roc, and spend the entire day with her while avoiding Lovebirds A and B."

The two boys stared in confusion.

"…Get Tootie and avoid Vicky, Timmy and Trixie", Chloe clarified.

"Ohhhhhhh", Buford and Baljeet chorused.

"Great", Chloe smiled. "Now you two get going."

"You sure you can't give us… physical support", Buford asked. "I don't wanna face an enraged Yuckster…"

"Are you nuts", Chloe said. "If Tootie sees me, then she will ask me about her date with Timmy, and if she sees these notes about our plans for Trixie's date, then Operation Red Strings will fail before it could even start!"

"Yeah…", Buford hesitated, "but Yuckster-"

"OH MAN UP, BUFORD", Baljeet snapped. "You triumphed against Vicky yesterday! You can do it again if you need to. Remember, you are not the nerd here. I am! You are the bully!"

Buford sighed. "Aight then."

"Good luck you two", Chloe waved goodbye as she, Candace and Veronica exited the street.

As the three had left, the two boys walked through the street, on the lookout for Tootie's house. Surprisingly enough, they found her house, but not because they knew where it was.

Rather, they saw Tootie in the front yard, setting up a tent.

"Hey kid, what'cha doin'" Buford asked.

"Oh, I'm waiting for my prince in shining armor to pick me up for a date", Tootie said. "I've heard that people camp in front of a ticket booth to get movie premiere tickets as soon as they can, so I thought I do the same in wait for Timmy!"

Buford blurted out: "Well, then ya can wait 'till the cows go-"

Baljeet elbowed Buford, then asked: "Would you rather not do it inside? I presume waiting for what could be hours in advance can be rather boring."

Tootie sighed. "Well, I would, but…"

She looked behind her, at her house, and continued: "My sister Vicky is still having a tantrum. She lost a skating match yesterday, and unfortunately, breaking our house down is the only way of her to let off some steam."

Just then, a TV flew through a shattering window.

"She's so mean and violent that even my parents are scared of her", Tootie sulked.

"Brr, tell me about it", Buford shivered. "I've met that Yuckster yesterday and she's one of the scariest people I ever met. And I'm supposed to be a tough bully!"

"Yes, and he is still scared of her, in spite of him standing up for Timmy yesterday", Baljeet sighed.

"Wait, you guys know Timmy?" Tootie asked, surprised.

"You could say we are friends", Baljeet responded. "My name is Baljeet, and this is my frenemy Buford. You must be Tootie?"

"Yes I am. And since you know me and Timmy, you must realize we are meant to be, right?" Tootie asked with shimmering eyes.

"No", Buford responded bluntly.

Baljeet elbowed Buford again. "What he meant to say, was… um…"

"That it's still possible", Buford intercepted.

"You mean it?!" Tootie squealed.

"I guess", Buford shrugged.

"Omigosh, that's three people that believe in me and Timmy today", Tootie exclaimed, hugging Baljeet and Buford.

"Uhm… right", Baljeet said.

"Now let's wait for Timmy", Tootie clamored, then sat down with a cute, patient smile on her face.

Baljeet hesitated, before saying: "Yes, umm… would you rather not spend the day doing some activities, rather than sit down doing nothing?"

"Why not", Tootie queried.

"Well, like I said before, waiting can be rather… boring", Baljeet explained.

"Yeah, and then you're gonna miss on a lot of fun things to do", Buford added.

"Is a date with the boy of my dreams not fun enough", Tootie asked.

"Well, yes, but do you even know when he is going to pick you up?" Baljeet asked back.

Tootie pondered. "Actually, I don't know", she admitted.

"Right", Baljeet confirmed, "and if you do not know, then waiting right now is probably not the best idea in this occasion. It could take quite a while."

"It could take hours", Buford added.

"Weeks", Baljeet said.

"It might even never happen!" Buford fearmongered. Realizing what he just said, he then added: "Umm… but I'm sure it will."

"Our point is, the possibility that you will be waiting for a long period of time is extremely high", Baljeet explained, "and then your day would be completely wasted. A friend of ours had told once that boredom is something he will not put, and waiting is equal in definition to boring."

"Oh, relax you two", Tootie smiled. "It may be boring for a major portion of the day, but it will all be worth it when Timmy becomes my boyfriend! If anything, I take boredom over Vicky any day."

"Well, she's got a point there", Buford said after a while. "I'd also take boredom over Yuckster any day."

"Hmm… so Timmy makes it all 'worth it', right", Baljeet mumbled.

"Uh oh, he's makin' use of quotation marks", Buford said.

"You know, Tootie, if Timmy makes a boring day 'worth it', so to speak", Baljeet mused, "then I presume that he makes a rather fun day… 'the best day ever'?"

Tootie's eyes shrunk in realization. "You could say that", she responded.

"So why do we not just spend the day together with fun activities until Timmy comes up to you and asks you out?" Baljeet suggested. "That same friend I talked about earlier spends the entire summer thinking of fun things to do every day to create the best day ever, so why do we not do the same?"

"OMG, that does sound better", Tootie exclaimed.

"It does, doesn't it?", Baljeet agreed. "So, what would you rather have? A day that's boring, but 'worth it'…"

"Dude, I think you're overdoin' it with the quotation marks", Buford interrupted.

"…or the best day EVER?" Baljeet finished, paying no heed to his bully.

"The latter! THE LATTER!" Tootie jumped up and down.

"Then let's go out", Baljeet exclaimed. "Tour through the city and visit fun places! I'm sure Dimmsdale has a lot of those!"

"YEAH", Tootie yelled.

"Alright!" Buford hollered. "So, where do you wanna go first?"

Tootie thought. "I um, don't really know", she admitted. "Why don't you decide?"

"Why don't we go to the arcade", Baljeet suggested. "I heard they had an arcade exclusive game called Martian WarZone there."

"Sounds good", Buford said. "Whaddya say, Tootie?"

"Sounds awesome", Tootie grinned. "Let's go!"

The three then went into town, towards the Dimmsdale Arcade.

"Psst, great speech", Buford whispered to Baljeet. "Still think you should use less quotation marks."

"Thank you", Baljeet said. "The best part is that I meant everything and am genuinely excited."

"Ya know that's not required, right", Buford grunted.

"Do you want Tootie to trust us or not", Baljeet objected.

"Ah, right", Buford realized.

Meanwhile in downtown Dimmsdale, Chloe is still brainstorming with Candace and Veronica.

"Man, we're not getting any further than the theater and restaurant", Chloe complained. "What the heck can we add on that?"

"Have you noted my suggestion that they return to the park for some moments alone", Veronica asked. "I bet that's, like, super romantic. It's what they do in the movies!"

"Yeah, and maybe they can have some ice cream together", Candace suggested.

"Listen, whatever they do after dinner is up to them", Chloe said.

"Okay then, but have you thought of an idea for Trixie's mom", Candace asked. "You know she's not gonna like it when she discovers what her daughter is up to."

Chloe stopped her tracks. "You're right, I need to fix that", Chloe realized. "Umm, could you wait here and do nothing while I temporarily go into this dark alleyway?"

Candace and Veronica glanced at each other.

"Umm, sure?" Candace replied.

"Great, see ya in a minute", Chloe said, as she ran into the alleyway.

Once far enough from Candace and Veronica, Chloe pulled a small bell from her bow and chimed with it. In an instant, Cosmo, Wanda and Poof appeared.

"Cosmo, Wanda Poof, glad you could respond to my call", Chloe said relieved. "I thought it might've taken forever, considering what Timmy is going through right now."

"Yep, we've been helping him on etiquette all day", Cosmo said. "I'm not sure why they call it like that, though. It doesn't involve any labels at all!"

"And we've been very busy indeed", Wanda continued. "Really, the only reason we got here so fast is because Timmy needed to go to the bathroom."

"Okay then", Chloe affirmed. "Anyway, I kinda forgot to deal with Mrs. Tang. If she finds out about this date, Trixie's ruined."

"Just make a wish and we'll deal with it, honey", Wanda replied.

"Sure", Chloe said. "I wish Trixie's mom won't find it weird when Trixie leaves her home and comes back late, won't do any further research about it, and won't conclude that Trixie's hanging out with an unpopular. And just in case, I wish the same thing for Trixie's dad, too."

Cosmo, Wanda and Poof raised their wands and granted Chloe's wish.

"There you go, sport, Trixie's mom will in no shape or form interrupt your elaborate plan any longer", Wanda confirmed. "Now let's hope you're right about Trixie…"

"Ah, don't worry about that", Chloe said. "And thanks Wanda. Oh, and good luck with Timmy!"

"Will do", Cosmo and Wanda said, as they and Poof poofed away.

Chloe then walked back out of the alleyway, saying: "So, Mrs Tang has been dealt with, now we can brainstorm ag- hey, where's Veronica?"

Indeed, when Chloe returned, she only saw Candace standing there.

"I dunno", she responded. "All I heard was a FWOOP and a WHOOSH, and suddenly, she was gone!"

Chloe furrowed her eyebrows. "Weird…"