Berry Scary

Everyone's new favorite soap opera in Foster's Home had been some sappy, cliché show called 'The Loved and The Loveless', and even now, Frankie, Eduardo and Coco had a tissue box with them to wipe away their tears.

"And now the dramatic conclusion of the Loved and the Loveless!" the narrator on the TV announced.

"Oh, I hope she is no loveless," Eduardo cried.

"If he breaks her heart…" Frankie said while her lips quivered, and she struggled to find the right words.

"I love you, Slade Brockwell," the female lead sighed with lust.

"And I love you, Shanda Lier," the male lead added softly, and the two slowly leaned in for the kiss before the episode could end.

But before they could watch the sweet, long-awaited ending, a paddleball continued to get in the way of their view, as Bloo was continuing to try and hit the ball, only to fail each time. And Bloo's paddeling caused them to miss the kiss scene.

"BLOO!"

"What?" Bloo asked flatly. Bella was with him, as always, but there was something different about her…she was wearing a dog muzzle over her mouth.

"You make us miss dramatic conclusion of the Loved and the Loveless!" Eduardo complained while wiping his runny nose from all the crying. But Bloo only ignored him, as he once again tried to paddle the ball, only to once again miss and get hit in the head by the ball.

"And YOU'RE making ME miss the ball! Can't you see I'm workin' on a world record here?"

"Aren't you gonna stop him?" Frankie asked Bella, but she never said anything, she just shook her head and shrugged.

"Sorry, Frank, but Ol' Bella here has taken a vow of silence. She's tryin' to break the record for being quiet the longest, but I took precautionary measures and locked a muzzle on her. And she ain't gettin' the key back until she admits defeat," Bloo mocked while grabbing out the key to the lock on the back of Bella's muzzle, preventing her from taking it off.

But even though Bella couldn't talk, her death glare nearly spoke for her. She clearly wasn't very happy with Bloo, but she was determined to prove him wrong and break the record.

"Now, where was I? …Oh, yeah! One…" Bloo pondered aloud, and then he remembered he was trying to paddleball. But when he tried to hit the ball, it just came back and hit him right in the eye, and Coco could only laugh at him.

"Oh, yeah, laugh it up, Feather Ball! Just wait, when Mac gets here, we're gonna paddle our way into history!" Bloo said while getting cocky, and he rubbed his aching eye.

"Coco co coco co, co."

"Well, Mac's the paddler, I'M the counter," Bloo replied, and he started to paddleball again. Each time he was only able to hit the ball once, and Frankie was getting tired of this.

"ENOUGH ALREADY!"

"Are you trying to interfere with Mac and me's dream of setting a world record?" Bloo asked in annoyance(he has poor grammar because he's an idiot, we all know this).

"No, I'm trying to watch my show! Now, go paddle somewhere else!" Frankie demanded.

"I told you, I'm the counter."

"GET OUTTA HERE!"

Bloo eventually thought it probably would be best to leave the room with those who want to stop him from winning a record, so he started to try and paddle again while walking out, and Bella followed him with a disappointed look.

After they left, Frankie, Coco and Eduardo immediately went back to watching their show; unfortunately, there was a sudden ring at the front door.

"Mr. Herriman, can you get that?!" Frankie called.

"I am currently occupied with more pressing matters!" Mr. Herriman called back from his office, and the 'pressing matters' was actually just watching more of The Loved and the Loveless.

"PLEEEAAASE!"

"You're not getting paid to not open doors, Miss Frances!"

Frankie let out a loud grunt since she clearly didn't want to get up from the couch when the next episode was about to come on. But she didn't want to lose her job either, so while keeping an eye on the TV, she literally backed out of the room towards the front door.

"H-hello?" Frankie asked, not even bothering to turn to whoever was at the door.

"Hi there," greeted a sweet voice. Frankie looked down in urprise to find a cute, pink, hourglass shaped, one and a half foot tall imaginary friend with little feather tufts on her head, and big fluttering eyelashes.

"I'm Berry."

"Oh! Oh, I'm sorry! You must be an imaginary friend looking for a home! Welcome to Foster's!" Frankie happily greeted, and she welcomed Berry inside.

"Thank you berry much," Berry thanked and carried her two small suitcases inside.

"Need any help with your luggage?" Frankie insisted.

"No, thank you. I'm berry capable of carrying my own things. I don't want to be a burden," Berry said with embarrassment.

"You don't know what you're missin'!" Bloo cut in while walking down the main staircase, and he leaned against the pillar at the bottom while playing with his paddleball.

And the moment Berry laid eyes on him, she felt her heart flutter, like it was love at first sight. But just as Berry was getting all starry eyed, Bella was finally coming down the stairs, and she stopped when she saw the way she was looking at Bloo, who was too busy paddling to notice the way Berry was looking at him.

"Bein' a burden is, like, my…seventh favorite thing to be! Yeah!" Berry could only giggle like a little school girl at him, much to Bella's dismay, and Berry had somehow managed to miss her while she sat and watched halfway down the stairs.

"Hey, Berry?" Frankie began, bringing Berry from her star-crossed haze, but as Bloo smirked back at her, he failed to see the ball he was trying to paddle coming back, and it bounced back right into his mouth.

"Hmm?"

"Would you like me to show you around?"

"That would be berry nice!"

"Cool! I think you're really gonna like it here, Berry!"

"Me too," Berry mumbled under her breath and took one last look at Bloo, who had spit the horrible-tasting ball out of his mouth.


By lunch time, Frankie and Berry had finished their tour, and Frankie took the new friend to the dining hall to eat.

"That was the bestest tour of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends I've ever taken EVER!" Berry cheered.

"Oh, really? Well, ya know…thank you berry much," Frankie chuckled with flattery.

"No, thank YOU berry much," Berry added sweetly, but then he eyes dotted over to the table, and she smiled brightly when she saw Bloo at his regular seat, eating chocolate cake; sitting across from him was Bella, who Berry failed to pay attention to again.

"Gotta eat PLENTY of food to break that record, ya know, keep my stamina up," Bloo bragged tot the friends sitting near him while taking a huge bite out of the cake.

"Who is that guy?" Berry asked in awe.

"Meh, that's just Bloo," Frankie replied dryly.

"He's blootiful," Berry cooed, watching lustfully as he slammed his face into a slice of apple pie. And soon, Frankie caught on with the way she was looking at him.

"Uh, hate ta break it to ya, Berry, but I think Bloo's already tak-."

"Oh, I know. His friends are already sitting with him, and I couldn't possibly come between them." Berry looked up at Frankie with huge, sparkling puppy eyes, as if to ask for help, and Frankie just couldn't say no.

"WHO'S UP FOR ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF THE LOVED AND THE LOVELESS?!"

Mr. Herriman was the first to react, as he accidentally spit out his soup on a friend to his right. "Uh…I have important matters in my office!"

And with that, he darted for his office. And eventually, the rest of the table left too, expecting a good episode, but Bloo and Bella stayed behind, and Bella was rather suspicious.

But then she saw Berry again and glared with suspicion, and since she couldn't leave Bloo, she decided she would hide by slinking under the table.

"Fine, go watch your show! I'll be here carbo-loading!" Bloo angrily shouted, but then he noticed Bella had disappeared, "Bella? Bella? …meh…"

Eventually, Bloo gave up and shrugged his shoulders, and he took a bite out of his corndog.

"There, he's all yours," Frankie said while referring to the whole empty table, except Bloo. And Berry didn't want to waste this opportunity, and she practically ran up to the seat next to Bloo.

"HI THERE!" Bloo didn't expect someone to suddenly show up, so he accidentally spit out his corn dog and nearly choked. He then turned to find Berry sitting to his right.

"I'm Berry!"

"Hey…you're that girl," was all Bloo could say.

"How sweet of you to notice," Berry pointed out sweetly, and she looked at Bloo with a suggestive smirk.

"I'm gonna get s'more cake, I'm in training after all," Bloo boasted, and he hopped down from his chair. Bella had remained hidden under the table and was eavesdropping on their conversation the whole time, but she secretly followed Bloo into the kitchen when he went to get some more cake.

But as Berry sighed lustfully and waited for Bloo to get back, a big and furry imaginary friend with a big hat suddenly took Bloo's seat to eat some soup, and Berry didn't like that.

"I'm sorry, but that seat's taken," Berry said nicely.

"I'll just be a minute," the furry imaginary friend protested.

"THAT SEAT'S TAKEN!" The furry imaginary friend never expected something so little and kind to suddenly go savage, so he grabbed his soup and immediately fled Bloo's seat.

That's when Bloo came back with another slice of cake, and when Bella peeked her head up above from across the table, she nearly growled when she saw the two smiling at each other, even though Bloo's smile was covered with chocolate cake.


After lunch, Bloo and Bella headed back to the foyer for him to try and focus on paddling, and Bella grew tired of watching him, so she decided to relax halfway up the stairs…and once again out of sight when Berry unexpectedly showed up.

"One…one…one…one, one, ONE, ONE, ONE!" Bloo shouted with impatience while missing the ball, but he grabbed the ball for a second to readjust his aim, "one!"

"HI THERE!"

"AAAAHHH!" Berry had thrown off Bloo's focus and caused the ball to come back and hit him in the back of the head, and Bella's attention was once again drawn to the annoying pink friend, as she tried to stay as unnoticeable as possible.

"Oh, hey…Terry, right?" Bloo asked while rubbing the back of his head.

"It's 'Berry'," Berry sweetly corrected.

"Right, like 'strawberry'," Bloo guessed while examining the paddle ball again.

"More like 'BlooBerry'," Berry giggled, but Bloo paid her no mind. But the sound of the adorable nickname nearly made Bella growl and blow her cover; she was NOT liking Berry's company.

"One…" Bloo tried to hit the ball again, only to miss(this is getting old, I know).

"You sure have a way with numbers," Berry complimented with a huge smile.

"Thanks, uh…y-you sure have a way with…noticing I have a way with numbers."

"I have a way of noticing?" Berry may have been putting too much thought into it, but she thought it was the best compliment ever to come from Bloo.


"So, then he's like, 'It's physics, Marshall. If the bottom bunk moves, the top bunk moves too'," Bloo explained while he and Bella were strolling down the hall, swinging the paddleball around, and he was trying to get Bella to laugh and lose the record. And she tried pretty hard not to laugh, but she never did.

"You're never gonna make a noise, are you?" Bloo asked hopelessly, and Bella shook her head, "darn…"

But suddenly, Bella's senses of smell were alerted, as a familiar smell made her lift her nose up, and she nearly panicked, and then she suddenly dove behind one of the curtains nearby.

"What are you doing?" Bloo questioned, but then the same smell caught his nose. When he turned around, he was surprised to see Berry standing there, holding a plate of freshly baked snicker doodle cookies.

"Hi! I made these for your training! Wanna know what's in them? A pinch of nutmeg, a dash of cinnamon, and a HEAPING teaspoon of love," Berry explained while trying to hold in her excitement. Bloo was reluctant to try a cookie at first, but when he finally took a bite out of one, he suddenly forgot everything she just said.

"Mm-mm-mm! You sure can doodle a snicker," Bloo complimented with a mouthful of cookie, and he started taking more of them from the plate.

"I can doodle a snicker," Berry gasped with awe.


Bloo was getting tired of missing the ball, so he and Bella headed to the library next, where he took a seat to read a Block Heads book that was a guide to counting; sitting on a black beanbag a few feet away from him was Bella, as she was reading the latest issue of Glamour magazines.

But something suddenly appeared in the corner of Bella's eye, and it wasn't until she did a double take until she saw who was coming, so she needed to hide underneath the beanbag. She peaked out from under the beanbag, and watched helplessly as Bloo was once again about to deal with Berry again.

"Hi there!" Bloo slowly put down his book, and cocked an eyebrow at the weird binder in Berry's hands, which had a heart on the front with 'B+B' drawn in it.

"I put this scrapbook of our moments together! Remember that time when I watched you eat chocolate cake with me? And that time I baked you snicker doodles, and I watched you eat snicker doodles with me? And who can forget that time when I gave you that scrapbook, and I watched you get that scrapbook that I made for you WITH ME?"

Bella couldn't see the photos, but she could tell by the creeped out look on Bloo's face that each picture had to be impossible to take and super detailed. But she was shocked when he actually took the binder and started flipping through the pictures…and Bella was especially shocked when he smiled at them.

"Good job capturing my quiet intensity," Bloo pointed out, "you have a real eye."

"I have an eye?" Berry sighed with lust.

"Two of 'em."

"Two of them?"

With that, Bloo handed the binder back, and he left, leaving Berry to swoon even more over him.

"He must REALLY like me, so we're gonna be together—FOREVER!" The last part made Bella panic inside, knowing her bet friend was in danger. Luckily, Berry left and went the other way just before the orange tether between Bloo and Bella started to appear from being tested again, and Bella was able to leave and catch up with Bloo just in time.


Berry thought she'd try to get Bloo's attention(for the hundredth time today)by making a life-sized sculpture of him made out of macaroni noodles.

"Bloo! Look what I made for you, entirely out of mac-!" But once Berry entered Bloo's room with her gift to him, she froze in her tracks at the sight of Mac and Bella…with Bloo. And Bella's reaction to her was to immediately glare and fold her ears down against her neck.

But Bella thought she would try to make a good first impression, and she out on her best smile, "Hello…who's this?"

Berry immediately lost interest in them, and her voice grew grim.

"This is Bella and Mac," Bloo introduced.

"And THIS is macaroni, four thousand nine hundred and thirty eight pieces to be exact, meticulously hand-crafted-."

"Yeah, yeah, just put it over there with the other stuff," Bloo rudely interrupted and pointed at the pile of many other creepy gifts for him, including portraits of herself, portraits of him, coffee mugs with his face on it, etc.

"Now, as I was saying, these two are my best friends," Bloo continued boastfully while wrapping his arms over Mac and Bella's shoulder and pulling them close, much to Berry's dismay.

"I speak for both of us when I say, right back at ya," Mac added happily, failing to notice Berry's annoyed expression.

"We've known each other for who knows how long."

"And we always will." With that, the trio of best friends all high-fived each other. But it wasn't long until they noticed the freaky twitching Berry was going through.

"Oh, right, this is, uh…Cherry," Bloo introduced with a shrug.

"Berry!" Berry corrected and straightened herself up, "I'm sure Bloo has told you both all about me."

"Um…" Mac searched for the right words, as he and Bella shared nervous glances, but Bloo ignored them and went to find his paddleball.

"He didn't mention the time with the cake? Or my way of noticing? I-I have a way of noticing!" Berry explained while sounding more and more desperate.

"Must've slipped his mind," Mac guessed.

"Enough chit-chat! We've got a world record ta break, together," Bloo cut in and handed the paddleball to Mac, and the boys ran out of the room together.

But before Bella left, she sent Berry a death glare, and with a swish of her tail, she knocked over Berry's macaroni sculpture of Bloo and broke it, and she left with her head held high.

Berry was FURIOUS. She couldn't tell who was the bigger problem her: Mac or Bella? Either way, she was going to get rid of them, no matter what it takes.


Eventually, Mac, Bloo and Bella went outside to the backyard to start paddle balling, and the boys were exercising; Mac was stretching his thighs, and Bloo was doing push-ups, with Bella's help as she leaned her back against his to give him more weight to lift.

"You didn't find it a little weird that she made all that stuff for you?" Mac asked with worry.

"Who wouldn't wanna make stuff for me? I'm awesome, with my good looks and quiet intensity," Bloo said while getting cocky, and Mac and Bella only rolled their eyes.

"Yeah, well, how about you focus some of that 'quiet intensity' on this paddle?" Mac asked and readied himself to start paddling, and Bloo pushed Bella off and readied himself to start counting.

"Right, eyes on the prize," Bloo said firmly.

Mac pulled back the paddle, and Bloo counted to one, but when the string was stretched out, something suddenly came up and cut the string. The momentum sent to ball flying up into a tree, where it got lost high up in one of its many leafy branches.

"I got it…Bella, help me up that tree," Bloo demanded, and Bella tried not to sigh in disappointment. When they left Mac alone to try and retrieve the ball, Mac turned to find Berry with a pair of scissors.

"Oh, I'm sorry! My scissors must've slipped while I was working on this because some of these things just doesn't seem to belong," Berry mocked while pulling out a chain of paper dolls, each were different…one looked like Bloo, stuck to him was what looked like Berry, and stuck to her were paper dolls that looked like Mac and Bella. But the scary part was when she cut off Mac and Bella's dolls, leaving just her and Bloo's.

"I got it!" Bloo called down from the tree, and he had the ball in his hand; he seemed to be struggling to get down from the lowest branch, which was a good yard or two high up. Bella was sitting directly below him, signaling him to jump and that she'll catch him…and she did.

When Bloo finally jumped, they landed in the embarrassing position of him laying on top of her, and though the muzzle was in the way, their faces were practically touching. But before things could get too awkward, Mac approached them and helped Bloo up.

"Uh…so…are we gonna reattach this or what?" Bloo asked while holding the paddleless ball up. The whole time Berry watched, she kept the scissors hidden behind her back, but she wasn't happy to see Bloo and Bella in such a position.

"No need. I brought a spair," Mac pointed out while grabbing a second paddleball from his backpack, which Berry never expected. So, when Mac tried to paddle and Bloo tried to count again, Berry whipped out the scissors and cut the string, causing history to repeat itself, and the ball went flying up into the same tree.

"I'll get it!" Bloo shouted, and Bella already knew he was going to need help. When the two left Mac alone again, he was scared to find Bella hide the scissors behind her back and smile innocently.


Mac thought he needed some help with world records since paddle balling clearly wasn't going to work, so he and the others went to the library to do some research.

"Block Heads' Guide to Underwater Basket Weaving? Block Heads' Guide to VCR Repair? Block Heads' guide to-?"

"World Records?" Berry cut in when it appeared she found and pulled the Block Heads' Guide to World Records book first, "I've marked several records that would be perfectly suited for you, Bloo."

"Thanks, Mary," Bloo thanked while taking the book and flipping through the pages, and she got a little infuriated when he once again forgot her name. So, to make her chances with Bloo greater, she literally pushed Bella and Mac away.

"I thought we could start with-."

"These are perfect for us. C'mon, guys," Bloo interrupted with satisfaction, but when he left the library, he wasn't referring to Berry to come with him, he was talking to Bella and Mac, leaving behind a crossed Berry.

And from that moment on, berry ruined every chance they got to break a record. When they tried to see-saw the most times, Berry threw Mac off his side when they were about to reach one hundred. When Mac and Bella were about to clip two hundred and forty nose clips on Bloo, Berry kicked over the bucket, making Mac and Bella struggle to clean them all up, and when his back was turned, Berry showed up with a lion mane of nose clips on her head; she even took off one of her clips to clip onto Bloo, who was creeped out.

When the three of them tried to twirl the largest amount of pizza dough into the air, they were once again interrupted when Berry threw Mac and Bella into a huge pile of flour when the dough was in mid-air, and she took their spots next to Bloo, who stopped twirling because he was scared of Berry.

Next, Berry ruined their record breaking when Bloo and Mac tried to hold their breath as long as they could underwater in the pool out back, whole Bella waited near the pool's edge since she hated water, and Berry used a fishing pole to pull Mac out of the water, and she dove in to join Bloo. She even ruined their chance of most ice cream eaten, as Bloo was wolfing down ice cream, Bella was watching to made sure he wasn't cheating, and Mac was running back and forth to scoop ice cream from the kitchen and bring it to Bloo, which was interrupted when berry trapped him in the freezer.

Soon, they tried balancing, where Bloo had to walk around the backyard on wooden stilts and balance as many dinner plates on his head as he could; Bella tried to stay below in case he suddenly fell, and Mac was there to throw the plates up onto his head.

But once again, Berry popped up out of nowhere, and she scared Mac this time.

"You don't give up, do you?"

"Listen, Berry, um…don't take this the wrong way, but I'm starting to get the feeling that you don't want Bella and I around," Mac politely pointed out.

"Oh, don't be silly, you're Bloo's best friends. I know Bloo's love for me could only be a fraction of what he feels for you two…especially Bella. One might even say you're cutting into my time with Bloo, just like I'm cutting out a nice little treat for myself…but not me, I'd NEVER say something like that." As Berry rambled on, her anger became more and more obvious, and she was even cutting into some rice crispy treats in rhythm with her subtle fury.

"Rice crispy?" she asked sweetly while holding a plate of rice crispy treats out.

"Uh, no thanks…I gotta go home," Mac kindly declined.

"Really?!" Berry asked with a little too much excitement, "I mean, really? That's too bad…well, don't worry your pretty little head about Bloo, I'll take great care of him! Bye!"

"Oh, don't you worry YOUR pretty little head. I'll be back tomorrow." Berry nearly choked on her rice crispy treat at that.

"WHAT?!"

"Yup. I come here everyday. And besides, even when I'm not here, Bella's always there to keep an eye on Bloo."

"W-what do you mean?"

"They're chained together."

"Wha…how-?"

"Long story. Point is, they're inseparable. Anyway, I'll see you guys later!"

"Yeah, see ya, Mac-WHOA!" Bloo shouted after Mac left, but he finally lost his balance, and he fell once again fell onto Bella, and it was worse this time when he landed in the mud.


Bloo and Bella headed inside to clean themselves off in the bathroom, as Bloo rinsed his face off in the sink, and Bella cleaned herself with a towel since she hates water(because foxes are part feline, deal with it). But while Bloo was busy splashing soap and water in his face, he didn't notice that Bella had heard someone coming, and she had a pretty good idea as to who it was, so she darted for an empty bathroom stall, locked the door behind her and jumped up onto the toilet.

Meanwhile, when Bloo lifted his face to look in the mirror, he saw Berry standing right there on the side of the sink.

"Oh, hey, Cherry."

"Berry!" Berry snapped while throwing a clean towel in his face to dry off, "so, where's you're little fox friend?"

"Uh…I don't know, she was here a second ago."

"Well, as long as she's gone, I need to discuss something with you, Bloo, and I don't think Bella would approve."

"Ok, what?"

"Listen, I'm sorry about your tough break with world records."

"Yeah, well, we'll be back at it tomorrow."

"So I've gathered…Mac and Bella are certainly interesting, huh?"

"Oh, yeah, they're the best, Jerry. The best, I say!"

"I'm sure they are," Berry grumbled under her breath, "and that's what makes this all so difficult."

"What are you talking about?"

"Bloo, you're full of strength, determination-."

"Don't forget my quiet intensity," Bloo pointed out with a cocky grin.

"Exactly! That's why I found myself asking myself when I was watching myself watching you today. 'Why isn't he breaking that record? What's getting in the way?' And the answers that just kept coming back…and coming back…AND COMING BACK!"

"Yeah…?"

"WERE MAC AND BELLA!"

"Mac and Bella? But they're my best friends. They're the wind beneath my wings…"

"Yes, I know-," Berry tried to tell him, but Bloo just kept going on.

"The rock to my roll, the chocolate to my peanut butter!"

"Salt to your pepper!" a random imaginary friend added while popping his head out of a bathroom stall.

"The pop to your corn!" called another friend from inside a stall.

"The sizzle to mah wizzle!" Bloo laughed, but that creeped out the other two friends and made them retreat back into their stalls; even Bella was confused about that, as she continued to eavesdrop.

"But haven't you noticed who ALWAYS seemed to be around whenever you've failed? Every time your plans just didn't work out they way they should've?" Berry inquired, and Bloo bit his lip while thinking deeply.

"Me? …It's me, isn't it?"

"No, it's Mac and Bella, THEY'RE THE PROBLEM!"

"That was TOTALLY my next guess," Bloo scoffed.

"Well, you want to break a world record, right?"

"I've never wanted anything more in my entire life!"

"Then I think you know what you have to do." Bloo thought deeply again as to what Berry was trying to say, but when he clearly wasn't getting it, she lost patience and whispered it into his ear. But Bloo was worried about what he had to do, and Bella was even more worried because try as she might, she couldn't hear whatever Berry was telling him.

But she knew it couldn't be anything good.


The next day, Bloo was pacing back and forth in the foyer, waiting for Mac to walk through the front door. And Bella was waiting and watching him pace along, wishing she knew what Berry said to him. But it wasn't long before the three o' clock chime rang, and Mac walked through the door right on cue.

"Hey, guys! I got an awesome new idea!" Mac greeted happily while carrying a large bag over his shoulder, and he dumped a huge pile of rubber bands on the floor, "can you say 'world's biggest rubber band ball'?"

"World's biggest rubber band ball!" Bloo happily repeated, and Bella was happy to start working on this new record. But Berry ruined the moment when she cleared her throat loudly from the other side of the room, and she looked at Bloo expectantly.

"Yeah, about that whole world-record-breaking-together…I've been talkin' to my people," Bloo began sadly.

"You're people?" Mac questioned.

"Well, Carry."

"You mean 'Berry'."

"Yeah, her, see…how can I out this delicately?" Bloo searched for the right words, "I gotta cut you guys loose."

"What?!" Mac gasped, and Bella was just as shocked.

"You're holding me back."

"WE'RE holding you back?!"

"Exactly. Glad we could have this talk."

"But we're supposed to do this together!"

"We can still do it together…just without you guys."

"Oh, and I suppose you're gonna work on it with your new girlfriend instead?" Mac asked with a smirk.

"Girlfriend?! That's disgusting! Don't be ridiculous!" Bloo snapped while crossing his arms and turning away, "…Larry's helping me."

"Her name is 'Berry', and she's crazy! But if you'd rather break a record with some nutjob than your friends, then fine!" With that, Mac stomped away, too steamed to even deal with Bloo right now.

"I think that went well," Bloo said with a smile, but Bella only glared and shook her head at him, "what? It's just until our names our written down in history forever."


Later that afternoon, Berry had taken Bloo to a sitting room to discuss record matters with him.

"Ooh, what about the cutest smile ever? Or the cutest eyes?" Berry cooed and batter her eyes.

"Nah, I'd rather go for something more challenging, like building a giant…rubber band ball," Bloo sighed sadly, as the thought of a giant rubber band ball remembered how he betrayed Mac and Bella. He looked to the side to find his said best friends at the other side of the room, glaring back at him, as Mac was playing against Frankie in a game of checkers, and the rest of their friends had gathered around to watch.

"It's your move," Mac sighed, but it took Frankie a minute to focus back on the game when she was too busy looking at Bloo and Berry.

"Oh, sorry! They're just so adorable! Aren't they just adorable?" Frankie giggled while making her move of the checkered board.

"They are pretty cute together," Wilt chuckled. But the more they fawned over Berry and Bloo, the angrier Bella became, even more so than Mac, and it became quite obvious when she accidentally clawed the carpet, leaving huge claw marks in it.

"Coco coco co co."

"I think you're right, Coco. I think someone IS jealous," Frankie agreed with a grin, making Bella give her the death glare.

"You know, this is JUST like the Loved and the Loveless," Eduardo pondered aloud.

"Whatever…I'm leavin' early guys," Mac sighed and got up to leave.

"Alright, see ya tomorrow," Frankie called.

"I wouldn't count on it."


When Mac finally got home, he didn't even care when he walked in on Terrance watching the Loved and the Loveless on the living room TV.

"Uh, I was channel stuck!" Terrance lied when he quickly changed the channel, and he flipped it back to his show when Mac went into his room.

Meanwhile, Mac was NOT happy with Bloo, as he tried to take his anger out of something else.

"Stupid Bloo and his stupid arrogance!" Mac complained and picked up the picture of him with Bloo and Bella, "his stupid happy-go-lucky attitude, and fun to have with-ness…"

"Keep it down, I'm trynna watch my show!" Terrance shouted when he burst into the room and shot a rubber band at the back of Mac's head, but then he realized what he just said, "I mean, uh…I gotta go hit somethin'!"

Once Terrance left, Mac picked up the rubber band, and he was reminded of the giant rubber band ball they wanted to build. And that's when he put his foot down. He needed to get to Foster's FAST.


Back at Foster's, Bloo and Berry were sitting awkwardly quiet at one end of the dining table, as Bella admired Bloo while he lazily stirred some pasta with his fork, and he was wearing an orange sweater with himself on it, one of Berry's latest gifts to him.

Bella didn't even want to interfere because she was just as mad at Bloo, so she tried do sit as far down the table as their tether would let her.

"I'm sorry you had to do that, Bloo, but you know it was the only way, right?" Berry perked up, but Bloo didn't say anything, "hey, come with me! I made you something that'll make you forget all your troubles!"

"Really? Is it another sweater vest 'cause this one fits really well across the chest," Bloo asked with excitement.

"Something even better."

"Really?!"

"C'mon, I'll show you." With that, the two left the table, and Bella only rolled her eyes since their tether wouldn't let her sit at the table while Bloo became farther apart, so she jumped down from her seat and followed from far behind, the orange chain between her and Bloo the only thing that kept her from stopping.

Soon, Berry lead them into the house's auditorium, where the heavy velvet stage curtains were completely closed and hiding whatever it was on stage.

"You made me velvet curtains?!" Bloo asked happily.

"Something EVEN better," Berry taunted and tugged at the rope, slowly pulling the curtains back. What Bloo and Bella saw made them both drop their jaws, and they fell to the floor because their knees became too shaky.

It was literally what could only be the world's biggest rubber band ball ever!

"It's the world's biggest rubber band ball EVER!" Bloo cheered, and Bella had to agree.

"Almost…" Berry added while holding out a rubber band. But before she wanted to put on the last rubber band on the ball with Bloo, she had gathered the entire house inside the auditorium for them to watch and remember the event.

Bloo and Berry had climbed up to the top of the scaffolding around the ball, as there was a rope that hung down from the ceiling and was lazily tied around her, and on one of the platforms below, Bella watched with disappointment and jealousy, wishing for them to just get it over with.

"This rubber band ball is just one rubber band short from breaking the record!" Berry announced.

"Would you just look at them? Have you ever seen a cuter couple?" Frankie giggled as she and the others started fawning over the cuteness again.

"Remember that time I watched you watch me watching you watch, as we put that last rubber band on the largest rubber band ball?" Berry asked while Bloo took the other end of the rubber band, and Berry stretched it while slowly climbing down the rope.

But when she was low enough, the rubber band was suddenly cut by Mac, who showed up just in the nick of time to cut the rubber band.

"Oops," Mac taunted.

"Mac, what're you doing?!" Bloo asked with shock, and Bella climbed up to the top too to savor the moment of Berry's failure.

"This is just like that one time on the Loved and the Loveless," Frankie pointed out.

"You mean the time when everyone thought Slade was lost at sea?" Wilt asked.

"And then he came back with a different face and a funny accent?" Eduardo added.

"No, I mean the time with the three best friends, one of them being his true love, the other girl, and the giant rubber band ball."

"Sorry, my scissors must've slipped. Guess one of these things just doesn't belong," Mac continued to mock Berry, as she clung to the rope because she would fall to a grave injury if she let go.

"Is it me?" Bloo questioned.

"No, Bloo. You're selfish, self-centered, and you sold us out for giant rubber band ball glory, but you'll ALWAYS be our best friend," Mac explained with a smile, and then Bella took Bloo by even more surprise when she reached behind her head and picked the lock with her claws, soon pulling the muzzle off and throwing it away.

"What the-? You could've unlocked it the whole time?!" Bloo asked with shock.

"Of course I could, but I wanted to prove you wrong. But thanks to Berry, I realized there's something more that I like than winning—and that's keepin' you outta trouble, ya knucklehead," Bella replied with a smirk, and she pulled Bloo in for a noogie.

"Now, we said we were gonna break a world record together, and we're gonna!" Mac reassured.

"Yeah, let's do it!" Bloo cheered.

"Too bad that was the last rubber band!" Berry called.

"That's ok, I brought a spare," Mac said as he pulled out the rubber band Terrance flung at him, and Berry wasn't expecting that AT ALL.

So, the trio of best friends just down to the lower level of the scaffolding, and each of them grabbed a different end of the rubber band to stretch it out around the ball. And soon, they let it go in unison, and the rubber band pulled Berry onto the ball with it, causing her to let go of the rope.

Everyone clapped and cheered for their victory, but Berry was screaming until she was slammed against the giant ball.

"IT'S NOT FAIR! IT'S NOT FAIR! I'M THE SWEETST GIRL IN THE WORLD! I DIDN'T DESERVE TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE FULL OF IDIOTS!"

"Ooh, a little sour under that sweetness," Frankie sassed.

"And a little loco!" Eduardo joked with derp eyes.

"I ONLY WANTED TO SHOWER YOU WITH MY SNICKER DOODLES, MY SCRAPBOOK, AND MY WAY WITH NOTICING!" The more Berry threw a tantrum, the more the ball started to become loose. "WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS TOGETHER, THIS WAS SUPPOED TO BE OUR RECORD, THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR GIANT RUBBER BAND BALL OF LOVE!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Who said anything about love, heather?" Bloo asked in disgust.

"MY NAME IS BERRY!"

"Really? You look more like a Heather to me."

That was the last straw. Berry had lost it, as she thrashed around, screaming her name to correct Bloo, making the ball wiggle even more loose. But it wasn't until Bella snuck behind the ball and started pushing on it that the ball finally came completely loose, and it started rolling forward, taking Berry with it.

Everyone moved out of the way to avoid being crushed by the ball, but Berry wasn't as fortunate, as she remained stuck to it while it rolled down the stairs, out of the house, and through the streets.

"Phew, thought she'd NEVER leave," Bella sighed in relief.

"I guess I owe you guys an apology, huh?" Bloo asked with shame.

"Nah, let's jut forget that Berry ever came into our lives," Bella shrugged off.

"Who?" Bloo questioned.

"Exactly," Mac pointed out with a smirk.

"No seriously, who are you talking about?"

Mac and Bella could only slap their hands to their foreheads in disappointment. But what were they expecting? It's Bloo.

"What? What'd I say?"


Later on, Mac, Bloo, Bella and the others decided to settle down after the whole event, and they relaxed by watching TV in the rec room.

"We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news! An imaginary friend is about to break the record of longest distance traveled while strapped to the world's biggest rubber band ball!"

After the news reporter stopped talking, none other than Berry was seen rolling down the highway, screaming on the still-rolling rubber band ball.

"Are you kidding me?" Bella growled.

"I know, a giant rubber band ball, why didn't we think of that?" Bloo pondered aloud.


Anyone catch the How I Met Your Mother reference?

There were A LOT of requests for this chapter, and I didn't want to keep you guys waiting, so here ya go! I was pretty excited to write this chapter anyway! Hoped you like it!

Until the next chapter, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!