(AN: Weeeeell…due to popular demand, I will not feel obliged to end this chapter until I'm ready to! But I'm awfully tired, cuz of the parade a few days ago. At one-thirty in the afternoon. Ninety-five degrees. Three layers of band uniform. Oh well, at least I only had to carry a flute. My younger brother had to carry a snare drum. So this chapter might be awfully short. I don't know. Don't worry though, I remember what you said, which was something like, "Don't make the next chapter longer! I love this story!" Oh yeah, thanks for the reviews, CosmoGa114, JediWanda, and Empress Leia. And hey! I drew another pic of Castle! (groan) No, don't do that! This one's better, because instead of just drawing it and scanning it, I drew it, traced it, copied the tracing, colored the copied pic, and THEN scanned it! Thus, it's in color, with no #$%! erase lines. And Cosmo and Wanda are in it, too! So if you wanna see it, tell me. Okay, disclaimer time. I own nothing except the characters I created, which are too many to name. I finished Sophie, so hopefully I'll be able to devote more time to this story. But with marching season, school about to start, and the fact that I've been known to have a span of a couple months between my updates… well, I'll do my best, 'kay? This is the longest author's note I've ever written. Okay, here's chapter three. Love, luck, and lollipops!)
"Wait a minute!" cried Timmy. "I thought Juandisimo Magnifico was your ex-boyfriend, not some guy named Cougar!"
"You know, Timmy, I have more than one ex-boyfriend," said Wanda.
"Oh really? How many?"
Wanda hesitated. "Er… five."
Timmy almost choked. "Five? Does Cosmo know about all of them?"
"Of course he does," said Wanda, a little testily. "He was my best friend. I told him all about the guys I dated!"
"Okay, so you're not counting Cosmo as one of your exes?"
"No, I'm not," said Wanda, calming down a little but still looking slightly annoyed. "Can I continue now?"
"So what number is Juandisimo, anyway?" asked Timmy.
Wanda sighed again. "Look, Timmy, I think you should stop asking me questions. Do you want me to give away the whole story?"
Timmy shrugged. "Why would I care? I know that it'll end with you marrying Cosmo."
"Duh, but you don't know anything about the events that lead up to that. Besides, that won't be the COMPLETE end."
Timmy looked confused. "Why not?"
Wanda grinned. "This actual story will end with the birth of your baby sibling."
"I hafta wait till the end of this story?" cried Timmy. "Commander, you…"
"CENSORED!" cried Commander over Timmy's, uh…cursing. "Timmy, what did I tell you about insulting the author?"
"Pickled herring," said Timmy. "Aw, man, not this again!"
"Sasquatch," said Wanda thoughtfully.
"She's making you do it again, too?" asked Timmy.
"No, I just think that's a weird word," admitted Wanda.
"Uh, why don't you continue?" said Timmy. "I wanna know about your first date."
"Oh, right!" said Wanda.
***
Seven o'clock found Wanda leaning up against her school…hovel…thing. She could feel her heart thumping against her chest loudly. She couldn't believe her luck! She was actually going out with…probably the cutest guy at school!
Wanda grinned, remembering how she had said that to Leslie. Leslie's response had been, "Yeah right! Cosmo's the cutest guy in school! But I do have to admit, Cougar's probably the second cutest."
Wanda smiled again in pure ecstasy and leaned back a little further. She was so happy, in fact, that she hardly noticed the two humans who walked by and sneered at her. But she DID notice them.
She glared a little at them, but then just turned away. She knew she probably shouldn't have done that. That would make the humans hate fairies even more! And it would give them an even better reason to hate them. Right now, it was just fear, really. Humans didn't really trust creatures different from them.
The humans glared again, but this time it was at Cougar, who poofed into view and tried to avoid the stares from the humans. Cougar flapped up to Wanda, who was still looking away. "Hey, Wanda," he said, startling her and causing her to jump about four feet in the air.
"Aaah! Oh, hi, Cougar. Where'd you come from?" asked Wanda, trying to calm herself down a little.
Cougar shrugged. "I poofed here. I guess you weren't paying attention."
"Oh, you poofed here, of course," said Wanda quickly. "I would've done that, but I haven't learned how to do that yet."
"Yeah, you don't learn that till your thirteenth year at school. You've still got five more years!" Cougar grinned. "Actually, though, my older brother taught me how to do that when I was fourteen."
"You're lucky," said Wanda, returning the smile. "My sister never taught me anything." She gazed at him, still not believing how incredibly cute he was. And they were actually talking like old friends. It was too good to be true!
"So, where do you wanna go?" asked Cougar, looking around.
Wanda shrugged. "I dunno. Where do you wanna go?"
"Doesn't matter."
"Uh… well, we could go to the lake and feed the fish," suggested Wanda. She mentally slapped herself. What a lame suggestion!
"Hey, that'd be kinda fun," said Cougar. Wanda looked at him in surprise. "Seriously. Let's go."
"Uh… okay!" said Wanda, grinning idiotically.
***
Later that night, Wanda flew back to her house. Her parents were sitting in the living room, not doing much of anything. Paula looked up at her daughter and grinned. "So, Wanda, how'd the date go?"
Wanda sighed in annoyance. "Mom, don't tell me you and Dad were waiting here for me to get back this whole time!"
"Never mind that. How'd it go?" she asked, grinning at Wanda.
"Well, we fed the fish at the pond. And we talked. That's about it, really."
"Did you kiss?" asked Todd suddenly.
"Dad!" cried Wanda. "It was only our first date! Most people wait till the third or fourth date to kiss!"
"Or fifth, in your father's case," said Paula, giving Todd an odd look.
Todd threw his arms up. "What? At least I did, right?"
"Well, I'm going to my room to study. I've got a big exam tomorrow. Then I'm turning in, kay?"
"Okay. Night, sweetheart," said Paula.
"Night, Mom," said Wanda, floating upstairs to her room. ~Jeez, if my parents are making such a big deal outta this, I wonder what Leslie will have to say?~ she thought.
***
"Lemme get this straight-you fed the fish? What kind of a date is that?"
Wanda sighed, not too heavily, however, to avoid getting a whiff of that day's lunch. "Leslie, we had fun, alright? And that's what matters, right?"
Leslie was silent for a moment. Suddenly she lifted her head and stared at Wanda. "Well then, did he kiss you?"
Wanda threw up her arms, exasperated. "Leslie! It was only our first date! We didn't even hold hands or anything!"
"Well, it seems to me like your more like friends, instead of boyfriend and girlfriend. And SPEAKING of friends, and by that I mean friends who didn't finish their homework and are copying off of someone else's…"
Wanda and Leslie looked at Cosmo, who was furiously copying Leslie's homework. He looked up at them and cried, "Hey! It's not that I didn't finish it!… Actually, it IS that. But I didn't finish it because I didn't understand it!"
"It's not really that hard of an assignment," said Leslie with a sigh.
"Cosmo, what's two plus two?" asked Wanda.
"Uh…kneecap?" said Cosmo in confusion.
Wanda grinned at Leslie. "See?"
Leslie sighed again. "Oh, okay. I guess there isn't much you DO understand, is there, Cosmo?"
"Now you're getting it!" cried Cosmo happily. His smile faded as he looked at his homework. "But I DON'T get it!"
"Leslie, you shouldn't just have Cosmo copy your homework, you know. You should try to teach it to him in a way he understands so he can do better!" said Wanda.
"I'm not much of a teacher!" cried Leslie. "Besides, if he doesn't understand it now, what's gonna make him understand when I tell him?"
"Done!" cried Cosmo, handing Leslie her paper back. Just then the bell rang.
"Good timing," muttered Leslie to Cosmo. Cosmo grinned and floated ahead of the girls, flying quickly to his next class. Leslie watched him fly with a far-off smile on her face.
Wanda sighed. "Honestly, Leslie, TELL him how you feel!"
"I can't do that!" moaned Leslie. "It would destroy our friendship! I mean, he obviously doesn't love me back. And I don't really think he ever could. I mean, you think he's smart enough to?"
Wanda shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. But really, it would make things a lot easier for you if you just told him!"
Leslie shook her head. "I doubt it." The two girls floated into their general fairy class. Cosmo stood on his desk and laughed at them.
"I beat you!" he cried. "I'm the fastest fairy here!"
"Ooooh, you're going down," muttered Leslie, playfully tackling Cosmo to the ground. Wanda giggled as she watched her two best friends play fight on the ground as if they were five years old.
"Okay, class, take your seats," said their teacher. She looked at Cosmo and Leslie wrestling on the floor. "That goes for you too, Cosmo and Leslie."
"Right!" cried Leslie, flying obediently back to her seat. Cosmo stood up, brushed himself up, grinned at his teacher, and sat down quickly.
During the class, Wanda was having trouble staying awake. She suddenly noticed a folded piece of paper hovering in front of her. Wanda turned and saw Leslie discretely holding her wand under her desk, guiding the note across the room. Wanda quietly took the note and opened it. It said:
Isn't this the most boring lesson we've ever had? The only fun I'm having is watching our teacher's uvula dance when she talks. Isn't it funny how her mouth is always wide open when she talks?
Wanda stifled a giggle and pulled out a piece of paper, writing back to Leslie. Her note read:
Yeah, it looks like she's yawning as much as I am. Hey, about that whole homework thing. I'm thinking maybe you and I could help Cosmo with his homework. Like, we could go to my house tonight or something. I don't have a date till Saturday, so I'm free.
After writing, Wanda folded the note quietly, waved her wand, and sent the note hovering towards Leslie (near the ground, of course). Leslie grabbed it, read it, and sent Wanda a note back. It read:
Hey, that would be fun! Then again, anytime I'm with Cozzie I have fun! But you'd better ask him, too.
Wanda looked at Leslie and nodded. Leslie smiled and nodded back. Wanda took out another piece of paper and wrote:
Hey, Cosmo, Leslie and I were thinking that if you needed help with your homework, you could come over to my house and we'd help you. So, do you wanna come over tonight? -Wanda.
She quickly folded it and sent it towards Cosmo. Cosmo looked startled at the note, and he turned his head in shock. Wanda grinned at him and gave him a motion indicating for him to open it. Cosmo carefully opened it and read it. Then he grabbed his pencil and scrawled something on the very same piece of paper and sent it back to Wanda in mid air. Luckily their teacher's back was turned, as she was writing something on the chalkboard. Wanda grabbed the note quickly and read it. Cosmo had written only one word:
Okay!
Cosmo was looking back at her, looking for confirmation that she read his word. Wanda smiled at him and nodded briefly. Cosmo grinned back happily, turning back to his notes on whatever it was their teacher was teaching them about that day. Wanda gave Leslie a thumbs up. Leslie returned the thumbs up, and both of them returned to their class notes.
***
Timmy laughed. "Jeez, Wanda, I never knew you passed notes in class!"
Wanda shrugged. "Hey, better than talking in class, right?"
"Well, good thing your teacher didn't catch you," said Timmy with a grin. "Hey, that reminds me of something that happened a while ago. Mr. Crocker caught Veronica trying to pass me a note, and he read it in front of the whole class. It proclaimed her 'undying love' for me. Now she's not all that popular anymore!" laughed Timmy.
"Well, that is certainly big news," said Wanda in shock. "And it must've been a while ago, since it's summer now. Why didn't you tell me and Cosmo about it?"
"Well, I was a little preoccupied that day, cuz that was the day Dad tried to run away and become a superstar," said Timmy.
"Oh yeah, that day," said Wanda with a chuckle.
"So, what happened that night?" asked Timmy, getting back to the story. "Did you and Leslie teach Cosmo anything?"
Wanda sighed. "Well, sorta…"
***
"HA HA HA HA! Seriously, her uvula dances when she talks? I never noticed that!" cried Cosmo giddily.
Wanda sighed in annoyance. "Les, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I said we'd help teach Cosmo," she said.
"Well, he learned something new!" said Leslie, clutching her stomach because she was laughing so hard. "That's progress, isn't it?"
"Sure it is!" yelled Wanda. "Hey, Cosmo! Two plus two equals four!"
Cosmo gasped. "R-really?" he whispered in shock. His green eyes grew wide as he looked at Leslie and Wanda, who were now looking a little confused. "I…I learned two new things in one day! And it was you two who taught me!" Cosmo flew up and hugged both of them tightly. "You two are my best friends ever!"
Wanda grinned as she looked at Leslie, clearly enjoying the fact that Cosmo was holding her in his arms… or at least, one of his arms. Cosmo let go of them. "Well, now what?"
Wanda pulled out her class notes. "Well, maybe we'd better help you with what we're learning in class, you think?"
"Okay! Uh… what's that?" asked Cosmo.
"That's what I'd like to know," muttered Leslie.
"Wait a minute!" cried Timmy. "I thought Juandisimo Magnifico was your ex-boyfriend, not some guy named Cougar!"
"You know, Timmy, I have more than one ex-boyfriend," said Wanda.
"Oh really? How many?"
Wanda hesitated. "Er… five."
Timmy almost choked. "Five? Does Cosmo know about all of them?"
"Of course he does," said Wanda, a little testily. "He was my best friend. I told him all about the guys I dated!"
"Okay, so you're not counting Cosmo as one of your exes?"
"No, I'm not," said Wanda, calming down a little but still looking slightly annoyed. "Can I continue now?"
"So what number is Juandisimo, anyway?" asked Timmy.
Wanda sighed again. "Look, Timmy, I think you should stop asking me questions. Do you want me to give away the whole story?"
Timmy shrugged. "Why would I care? I know that it'll end with you marrying Cosmo."
"Duh, but you don't know anything about the events that lead up to that. Besides, that won't be the COMPLETE end."
Timmy looked confused. "Why not?"
Wanda grinned. "This actual story will end with the birth of your baby sibling."
"I hafta wait till the end of this story?" cried Timmy. "Commander, you…"
"CENSORED!" cried Commander over Timmy's, uh…cursing. "Timmy, what did I tell you about insulting the author?"
"Pickled herring," said Timmy. "Aw, man, not this again!"
"Sasquatch," said Wanda thoughtfully.
"She's making you do it again, too?" asked Timmy.
"No, I just think that's a weird word," admitted Wanda.
"Uh, why don't you continue?" said Timmy. "I wanna know about your first date."
"Oh, right!" said Wanda.
***
Seven o'clock found Wanda leaning up against her school…hovel…thing. She could feel her heart thumping against her chest loudly. She couldn't believe her luck! She was actually going out with…probably the cutest guy at school!
Wanda grinned, remembering how she had said that to Leslie. Leslie's response had been, "Yeah right! Cosmo's the cutest guy in school! But I do have to admit, Cougar's probably the second cutest."
Wanda smiled again in pure ecstasy and leaned back a little further. She was so happy, in fact, that she hardly noticed the two humans who walked by and sneered at her. But she DID notice them.
She glared a little at them, but then just turned away. She knew she probably shouldn't have done that. That would make the humans hate fairies even more! And it would give them an even better reason to hate them. Right now, it was just fear, really. Humans didn't really trust creatures different from them.
The humans glared again, but this time it was at Cougar, who poofed into view and tried to avoid the stares from the humans. Cougar flapped up to Wanda, who was still looking away. "Hey, Wanda," he said, startling her and causing her to jump about four feet in the air.
"Aaah! Oh, hi, Cougar. Where'd you come from?" asked Wanda, trying to calm herself down a little.
Cougar shrugged. "I poofed here. I guess you weren't paying attention."
"Oh, you poofed here, of course," said Wanda quickly. "I would've done that, but I haven't learned how to do that yet."
"Yeah, you don't learn that till your thirteenth year at school. You've still got five more years!" Cougar grinned. "Actually, though, my older brother taught me how to do that when I was fourteen."
"You're lucky," said Wanda, returning the smile. "My sister never taught me anything." She gazed at him, still not believing how incredibly cute he was. And they were actually talking like old friends. It was too good to be true!
"So, where do you wanna go?" asked Cougar, looking around.
Wanda shrugged. "I dunno. Where do you wanna go?"
"Doesn't matter."
"Uh… well, we could go to the lake and feed the fish," suggested Wanda. She mentally slapped herself. What a lame suggestion!
"Hey, that'd be kinda fun," said Cougar. Wanda looked at him in surprise. "Seriously. Let's go."
"Uh… okay!" said Wanda, grinning idiotically.
***
Later that night, Wanda flew back to her house. Her parents were sitting in the living room, not doing much of anything. Paula looked up at her daughter and grinned. "So, Wanda, how'd the date go?"
Wanda sighed in annoyance. "Mom, don't tell me you and Dad were waiting here for me to get back this whole time!"
"Never mind that. How'd it go?" she asked, grinning at Wanda.
"Well, we fed the fish at the pond. And we talked. That's about it, really."
"Did you kiss?" asked Todd suddenly.
"Dad!" cried Wanda. "It was only our first date! Most people wait till the third or fourth date to kiss!"
"Or fifth, in your father's case," said Paula, giving Todd an odd look.
Todd threw his arms up. "What? At least I did, right?"
"Well, I'm going to my room to study. I've got a big exam tomorrow. Then I'm turning in, kay?"
"Okay. Night, sweetheart," said Paula.
"Night, Mom," said Wanda, floating upstairs to her room. ~Jeez, if my parents are making such a big deal outta this, I wonder what Leslie will have to say?~ she thought.
***
"Lemme get this straight-you fed the fish? What kind of a date is that?"
Wanda sighed, not too heavily, however, to avoid getting a whiff of that day's lunch. "Leslie, we had fun, alright? And that's what matters, right?"
Leslie was silent for a moment. Suddenly she lifted her head and stared at Wanda. "Well then, did he kiss you?"
Wanda threw up her arms, exasperated. "Leslie! It was only our first date! We didn't even hold hands or anything!"
"Well, it seems to me like your more like friends, instead of boyfriend and girlfriend. And SPEAKING of friends, and by that I mean friends who didn't finish their homework and are copying off of someone else's…"
Wanda and Leslie looked at Cosmo, who was furiously copying Leslie's homework. He looked up at them and cried, "Hey! It's not that I didn't finish it!… Actually, it IS that. But I didn't finish it because I didn't understand it!"
"It's not really that hard of an assignment," said Leslie with a sigh.
"Cosmo, what's two plus two?" asked Wanda.
"Uh…kneecap?" said Cosmo in confusion.
Wanda grinned at Leslie. "See?"
Leslie sighed again. "Oh, okay. I guess there isn't much you DO understand, is there, Cosmo?"
"Now you're getting it!" cried Cosmo happily. His smile faded as he looked at his homework. "But I DON'T get it!"
"Leslie, you shouldn't just have Cosmo copy your homework, you know. You should try to teach it to him in a way he understands so he can do better!" said Wanda.
"I'm not much of a teacher!" cried Leslie. "Besides, if he doesn't understand it now, what's gonna make him understand when I tell him?"
"Done!" cried Cosmo, handing Leslie her paper back. Just then the bell rang.
"Good timing," muttered Leslie to Cosmo. Cosmo grinned and floated ahead of the girls, flying quickly to his next class. Leslie watched him fly with a far-off smile on her face.
Wanda sighed. "Honestly, Leslie, TELL him how you feel!"
"I can't do that!" moaned Leslie. "It would destroy our friendship! I mean, he obviously doesn't love me back. And I don't really think he ever could. I mean, you think he's smart enough to?"
Wanda shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. But really, it would make things a lot easier for you if you just told him!"
Leslie shook her head. "I doubt it." The two girls floated into their general fairy class. Cosmo stood on his desk and laughed at them.
"I beat you!" he cried. "I'm the fastest fairy here!"
"Ooooh, you're going down," muttered Leslie, playfully tackling Cosmo to the ground. Wanda giggled as she watched her two best friends play fight on the ground as if they were five years old.
"Okay, class, take your seats," said their teacher. She looked at Cosmo and Leslie wrestling on the floor. "That goes for you too, Cosmo and Leslie."
"Right!" cried Leslie, flying obediently back to her seat. Cosmo stood up, brushed himself up, grinned at his teacher, and sat down quickly.
During the class, Wanda was having trouble staying awake. She suddenly noticed a folded piece of paper hovering in front of her. Wanda turned and saw Leslie discretely holding her wand under her desk, guiding the note across the room. Wanda quietly took the note and opened it. It said:
Isn't this the most boring lesson we've ever had? The only fun I'm having is watching our teacher's uvula dance when she talks. Isn't it funny how her mouth is always wide open when she talks?
Wanda stifled a giggle and pulled out a piece of paper, writing back to Leslie. Her note read:
Yeah, it looks like she's yawning as much as I am. Hey, about that whole homework thing. I'm thinking maybe you and I could help Cosmo with his homework. Like, we could go to my house tonight or something. I don't have a date till Saturday, so I'm free.
After writing, Wanda folded the note quietly, waved her wand, and sent the note hovering towards Leslie (near the ground, of course). Leslie grabbed it, read it, and sent Wanda a note back. It read:
Hey, that would be fun! Then again, anytime I'm with Cozzie I have fun! But you'd better ask him, too.
Wanda looked at Leslie and nodded. Leslie smiled and nodded back. Wanda took out another piece of paper and wrote:
Hey, Cosmo, Leslie and I were thinking that if you needed help with your homework, you could come over to my house and we'd help you. So, do you wanna come over tonight? -Wanda.
She quickly folded it and sent it towards Cosmo. Cosmo looked startled at the note, and he turned his head in shock. Wanda grinned at him and gave him a motion indicating for him to open it. Cosmo carefully opened it and read it. Then he grabbed his pencil and scrawled something on the very same piece of paper and sent it back to Wanda in mid air. Luckily their teacher's back was turned, as she was writing something on the chalkboard. Wanda grabbed the note quickly and read it. Cosmo had written only one word:
Okay!
Cosmo was looking back at her, looking for confirmation that she read his word. Wanda smiled at him and nodded briefly. Cosmo grinned back happily, turning back to his notes on whatever it was their teacher was teaching them about that day. Wanda gave Leslie a thumbs up. Leslie returned the thumbs up, and both of them returned to their class notes.
***
Timmy laughed. "Jeez, Wanda, I never knew you passed notes in class!"
Wanda shrugged. "Hey, better than talking in class, right?"
"Well, good thing your teacher didn't catch you," said Timmy with a grin. "Hey, that reminds me of something that happened a while ago. Mr. Crocker caught Veronica trying to pass me a note, and he read it in front of the whole class. It proclaimed her 'undying love' for me. Now she's not all that popular anymore!" laughed Timmy.
"Well, that is certainly big news," said Wanda in shock. "And it must've been a while ago, since it's summer now. Why didn't you tell me and Cosmo about it?"
"Well, I was a little preoccupied that day, cuz that was the day Dad tried to run away and become a superstar," said Timmy.
"Oh yeah, that day," said Wanda with a chuckle.
"So, what happened that night?" asked Timmy, getting back to the story. "Did you and Leslie teach Cosmo anything?"
Wanda sighed. "Well, sorta…"
***
"HA HA HA HA! Seriously, her uvula dances when she talks? I never noticed that!" cried Cosmo giddily.
Wanda sighed in annoyance. "Les, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind when I said we'd help teach Cosmo," she said.
"Well, he learned something new!" said Leslie, clutching her stomach because she was laughing so hard. "That's progress, isn't it?"
"Sure it is!" yelled Wanda. "Hey, Cosmo! Two plus two equals four!"
Cosmo gasped. "R-really?" he whispered in shock. His green eyes grew wide as he looked at Leslie and Wanda, who were now looking a little confused. "I…I learned two new things in one day! And it was you two who taught me!" Cosmo flew up and hugged both of them tightly. "You two are my best friends ever!"
Wanda grinned as she looked at Leslie, clearly enjoying the fact that Cosmo was holding her in his arms… or at least, one of his arms. Cosmo let go of them. "Well, now what?"
Wanda pulled out her class notes. "Well, maybe we'd better help you with what we're learning in class, you think?"
"Okay! Uh… what's that?" asked Cosmo.
"That's what I'd like to know," muttered Leslie.