Chapter 7: "True Love?"

Author's Note: Okay, I know this is like, the THIRD chapter I uploaded today, But I just couldn't wait to post this one! It's one of my favorite chapters this is where the romance stuff begins... "Once Upon a Time" Reference when Piper goes to the coffee shop. Plus, the scene with Piper and the love tester is supposed to be a cliffhanger. Anyways, Enjoy! :)

-Just a Regular Team

A week or two later, The park gang was at the mall in the food court, Mordecai and Rigby were eating subs, Skips was eating chinese, Benson was eating salad, While everyone else just ate burgers.

"So, what do you guys wanna do now?" Mordecai asked, "I don't know." Piper replied, "We have all day."

"Dudes! look over here!" Muscle Man pointed out,

The gang looked over to where little fat green man was pointing, There they saw a machine that looked similar to the stress test machine from "Skip's Stress" only this one was pink with sparkles and hearts on the sides.

"A love tester?" Mordecai looked at the machine quizzically, "Indeed." said the pharmacist who was at the pharmacy right by the machine, It was the same pharmacist from the episode "Skip's Stress" as well, "This machine will tell you the name of the person you love most with flawless results." the pharmacist explained, "Aw, cool!" Mordecai said impressed, "Whoo Whoo! Me first! Me first!" Muscle Man yelled, Muscle Man sat down at the machine and laid his arm on the scanner, The monitor then showed a heart rotating and the bottom of the screen said Matching in bold block letters.

The machine chimed and the bottom of the screen read, "Starla."

"Alright! This thing totally works!" Muscle Man yelled, "Who's next?"

"Actually, I gotta go to work, see 'ya later." Margaret waved,

"Yeah, me too." Eileen said shyly, along with them, Pops, Thomas, Skips, and Starla left as well.

Mordecai tried it and got Margaret, Rigby tried it and got Eileen, High Five Ghost tried it and got Celia. Finally, Benson tried it and got Audrey and left right after that. "Ok, let's go." Piper said walking away, "Not so fast." said Muscle Man stopping her, "Your turn Piper." he said mischievously,

"No, no that's fine." Piper assured them holding out her hand in front of her,

"What's the matter? Are you chicken?" Muscle Man teased, Then he started flapping his arms like a chicken's, and starting clucking loudly.

"Ugh! Fine." Piper groaned, she walked over to the machine, sat down, put her right wing over the screen so they couldn't see, Placed her left wing on the scanner and the machine began scanning.

She expected it to say Ryan or something, But when the actual results came out, She gasped, Hit the clear button on the machine and stood up.

Noticing the screen was cleared, Muscle Man looked at her oddly, "Who did it say you like?"

"No one I have a particular interest in." Piper responded, "I'm sorry I have to go." And without another word, she ran out.

"Awkward." Muscle Man said, "Okay Ryan, It's your turn." Muscle Man patted the machine, "Okay." said the cardinal, He took the test and the results came out the same as Mordecai's, "Margaret."

"OOOHHHHH!" Ryan cheered, "What does it say?" Muscle Man asked, Ryan hit the clear button on the machine and laughed and said, "Not telling!" "Aww What?" the other four said in unison,

Meanwhile, at the coffee shop, Piper was sitting at the table that they normally sat at. Margaret and Eileen walked over to Piper who was sadly stirring her iced tea with her straw.

"You okay?" asked Margaret, Piper looked up at her, "Hmm? Oh yeah, why do you ask?"

"That's the third iced tea you've had this afternoon." Eileen said, she sat on the table,

"Well yeah, they're delicious." Piper said with a weak smile,

"Oh come on Piper, nobody drinks that much iced tea in one day." Margaret joked, Piper didn't laugh.

"Relationship problems?" Margaret asked,

"Bad break up?" asked the mole,

"No, It's nothing like that." Piper responded,

"Well, what's the problem?" Eileen asked,

The duck sighed, and stopped stirring her drink. "Remember that love tester we tried out at the mall?" she asked,

"Yeah, What about it?" Eileen asked, "I tried it out and the results were not what I was expecting." Piper said looking sick,

"Who did it say?" Margaret asked,

Piper paused for a moment, she didn't know what to say. "Name not be mentioned." she said hastily, "The point is, the machine was wrong." "Why, Don't you like him?" Margaret asked, "I honestly don't know." Piper sighed,

The three of them were silent, "Piper, just because a machine told you you like whoever you got, Doesn't mean you do." Margaret explained, "Really?" Piper said looking up at her, "Really." Margaret replied smiling, "Thanks guys." Piper smiled, she slapped a ten dollar bill on the table along with a twenty. "You two can split the twenty." Piper told them cheerfully, and with that, she was out the door.

Interesting, Who is Piper's "True Love?" Who will win Margaret's heart, Mordecai or Ryan? And what is next in store for the gang? Leave your guesses in the reviews and Stay tuned. ;)