(AN: I'm glad you all like my story! It makes me feel special. And hey, early update! I'm feeling just great, too. I just got done watching Disney's classic, "The Three Caballeros" which is probably one of the stupidest movies ever made. I love it! Anyway, back to the story. Please remember, if you're one of Nickelodeon's legal eagles, I am putting it in writing right here-I own nothing except the plot, Castle, Paula, Todd, Sarah, Davy, Leslie, Xavier, Cougar, Randy, and Pluto's name. There'll be more to come in other chapters, but that's it for now. And now for the dedication-because this chapter needs one too! And it goes to none other than Mirai Saiyan Princess, because I have a feeling the insanity that awaits you in this chapter was inspired by her stories. And since I dedicated a chapter to my little brother, I'll also dedicate this one to my older brother, Tim, who's gonna be a daddy of twins in March! Okay, back to the story. Love, luck, and lollipops.)
"Jeez!" said Timmy. "So--"
"HA! IN YOUR FACE!" Commander cried suddenly.
"Whoa!" cried Timmy in shock. "What do you mean?"
"That bet we made in chapter four!" said Commander smugly. "You bet me five dollars that I wouldn't say anything in chapter five. And I didn't! So hand over my five bucks!"
Timmy folded his arms across his chest haughtily. "Actually, Commander, I think that YOU owe ME five dollars."
"No, I don't think so!" taunted Commander.
"But I do think so!" said Timmy. "What do you call the author's notes? You were talking then!"
"Those don't count," growled Commander.
Timmy grinned. "Okay, then, who was actually writing the story? It was you, wasn't it?"
"Look, you know what I meant. The deal was that I wouldn't show up and talk, like I am now in quotation marks. The story and the author's notes are NOT in quotation marks! Pay up."
"Nope," sniffed Timmy. "I'm sticking by my belief."
Commander stepped out of the nowhere she was writing from and pointed a laser gun to Timmy's head. "Pay," she hissed.
Now, you probably don't know what Commander looks like. And no, she doesn't look like Katie, the "real" person she often invades the mind of. While Katie has brown hair, gray eyes, glasses, and is kind of a dork, Commander has reddish copper hair that is about shoulder length; intense, shapely yellow eyes; small yet full lips; and the figure of Jessica Rabbit, if you know what I mean. Since she is basically a commander from "Star Wars land", as Katie likes to call it, she wears a tight fitting olive green uniform, complete with a black belt and black high heal boots. (AN: Hey, if I was going to make for myself an alter-ego, I might as well have made her look good.)
Timmy gulped a little at the gun pointed at his head, but couldn't get his eyes away from Commander's, uh, breasts. "Jeez, Commander, I didn't know how hot you were," he said in awe.
Wanda sighed. "Timmy, my gosh, you're only eleven…"
"Don't flatter me!" snapped Commander. "Give me my five dollars!"
"You're certainly making a big fuss over five measly dollars!" said Wanda with a look of annoyance on her face.
"Shut up, or you'll be next!" snapped Commander, glaring at Wanda.
"You won't hurt either of us when you see what I've got up my sleeve," said Timmy. "Well, actually, under my bed." He reached under his bed and pulled out an alien with large eyes, no mouth, and a tutu.
"Being held hostage makes me very angry!" said Marvin the Martian irritably, his hands tied behind his back.
Commander gasped. "No! Don't hurt Marvin!"
Marvin gasped, too. "You didn't tell me SHE was here! Keep her away from me! That girl's crazy!"
"Let him go!" screamed Commander, tackling Timmy. "I love him!"
"I'll let him go as long as you blow off that whole five dollars thing!" cried Timmy. "Or else--" Timmy put his arms around Marvin's neck and made a motion as if to squeeze tighter.
Commander bit her lip. "Fine!" she finally said in anger. "Like Wanda said, it's just a measly five dollars!" She untied Marvin's hands and led him back to the nowhere from which she wrote this story.
"Get me away from her!" cried Marvin. "I can't stand her!"
"But I will punish you," said Commander.
"How?" asked Timmy and Wanda. Castle looked questioning, too.
"Like this!" said Commander.
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"There," said Commander, sounding pleased. "Now I shall continue writing this story."
"God, I hate her," muttered Timmy.
"She IS annoying," admitted Wanda, "but we do have a story to tell here. And your job right now is to recap the last chapter."
"You mean how Cosmo blew up your school and was sent to the military academy? And how your baby brother Davy was born?"
"Yep," nodded Wanda.
"So what happened then?" asked Timmy.
"Well, that was on a Friday, so I didn't have to go back to school till Monday. And I spent that whole weekend taking care of Davy. I had a date with Cougar, too."
"How were things going with you two?"
Wanda sighed. "Well… there'd be these awkward silences. We just couldn't think of things to say to each other. He didn't kiss me the way he used to…"
"Basically, things started going downhill," said Timmy quietly.
"That's exactly it," said Wanda. "I tried to ignore it. I was still madly in love with him, of course. But anyway, that Monday at school…"
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Wanda floated into the newly reconstructed school building. Since they were fairies, it had hardly taken any time at all to recreate the school. She flew in slowly, saying hi to her friends and yelling at Randy, who had pushed her into the lockers again. She honestly didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Sighing, she sat down in the commons, waiting for Leslie. Leslie's optimism and happiness would be sure to lift her spirits, she thought.
Thus, Wanda was rather surprised to see Leslie floating in looking very angry. She glared at Wanda as she sat down. "Where were you this weekend?"
Wanda shrugged. "My mom had her baby. It's a boy."
Leslie sat up in surprise. "Ooohhhhh…sorry, I didn't know that. So what's his name?" she asked, not sounding all that interested.
"Davy. He's got purple hair and blue eyes, just like my mom." Wanda looked at Leslie strangely. "So, what were you doing? Obviously, something that you wanted me to do too…"
"Visiting Cosmo at the fairy academy. He's so upset…" Leslie looked out the door they were sitting next to. "I still keep waiting for him to come in here and say hi to us…"
Wanda hugged Leslie. "I should've visited him too. So what's it like there?"
Leslie snorted. "Well, after Mama Cosma had finally left him, which meant she finally stopped insulting me with her every breath… that place is horrible! And it's run by the toughest drill sergeant I've ever seen!"
Wanda sighed. "Les, how many drill sergeants HAVE you seen?"
"Uh… just him. His name's Jorgen von Strangle. Have you heard of him?"
"No," said Wanda, shaking her head. "Why?"
"He acts like everyone should know about him," muttered Leslie. Doing her best Jorgen imitation, she said, "I am Jorgen von Strangle! Toughest fairy in the universe! Look at my muscles!" She rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"So, what about his muscles?" asked Wanda.
"They're huge and rippling," said Leslie, actually giggling a little. "And actually, I'm sure he must be… okay. I mean, he is a five star general and he's already got his crown."
"How old his he?"
Leslie shrugged. "I don't think he's even one hundred yet. I think he's only a few decades older than us."
"Wow," said Wanda. If a fairy ever got a crown, they were usually at least one hundred. "What did he get it for?"
"Doing something military, I'd imagine," said Leslie with a shrug. "Anyway, he had all the fairies there do push ups and wand ups…and every time Cosmo made a mistake, he'd yell at him for, like, half an hour straight. And you know how sensitive Cosmo is." Leslie gazed out the window. "It's times like that when my love for him is almost unbearable…I think I suffered more than he did."
"When you love someone, you suffer a lot," said Wanda quietly, also gazing out the window.
Leslie gave her a funny look. "So, what's been happening between you and Cougar?"
"We've been… okay," said Wanda with hesitation. She was spared from any other questions when the bell rang.
"See you at lunch," mumbled Leslie.
"Yeah," Wanda mumbled back.
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That day after school, Wanda and Leslie went to visit Cosmo at the military academy. Fortunately, he wasn't doing wand ups or anything like that. He was just sitting in his dorm, looking miserable. Of course, his mood lifted considerably when he saw his two best friends come in.
"Wanda! Leslie!" he cried in joy. He flew up and hugged Leslie tightly. "I'm glad you came to visit me again!" he said to her. Then he hugged Wanda--VERY tightly. "Wanda, I've missed you!" he cried.
Wanda's lungs were crushed, but she did her best to hug her friend back. "Yeah, we missed you at school today, too. I'm sorry I couldn't come this weekend. Mom had her baby!"
Cosmo let go of her in shock. "Really?" he said. He looked at her, slightly confused. "Your mom or mine?"
Wanda laughed. "Mine. You know, I've been talking about her pregnancy for the last nine months!"
She looked at Cosmo. Often times he had trouble remembering things. But by the way his face light up, she guessed it had suddenly come to him. "Oh yeah!" he cried happily. "So is it a boy or a girl?"
"A boy," said Wanda with a grin. "His name's Davy, and he's got purple hair and blue eyes, just like my mom."
"He must be cute," said Leslie with a smile.
"He's adorable," said Wanda. "You two need to see him. Cosmo, do they ever let you come out of here to see friends and stuff?"
"Uh…I don't know," admitted Cosmo. He grinned. "But I do know that two plus two equals four!"
"Congratulations," muttered Wanda.
Leslie glared at Wanda. "Maybe we should ask 'all powerful Jorgen von Strangle' if that's allowed."
"Yeah, good idea," said Wanda.
Cosmo looked worried. "But girls, I don't think he likes me very much!"
"We'll talk to him for you," said Leslie. She grabbed Wanda with one hand and Cosmo with the other. "Come on, let's go find him."
"Aaggh!" cried Cosmo suddenly.
"What's wrong?" asked Leslie.
"I think my mama's coming!" whispered Cosmo urgently.
"How can you tell?" asked Wanda in disbelief.
"I just can! Hide!" Cosmo pushed his friends into the closet and slammed the door. Just after that, Wanda and Leslie could hear a poof.
"Hello, Cosmo, my only son whom I cherish with every breath of my being!" Mama Cosma said affectionately.
"Hi, Mama," said Cosmo, mumbling a bit.
"How could he tell she was coming?" whispered Wanda. "You can't hear someone poof until they do it!"
"I…ah…ahh…" gasped Leslie, grabbing her nose.
"Shh!" whispered Wanda. But it was too late.
"AAHH-CHOOO!"
"What was that?" cried Mama Cosma. She swung the closet door open, revealing Wanda and Leslie.
"That's not Wanda and Leslie!" said Cosmo quickly. "They're, uh, the monsters that live in my closet and happen to look just like them!"
"What are you two doing in here?" said Cosma with a glare.
"We were just visiting Cosmo," said Wanda levelly. "We are his best friends, you know."
"You! His best friends! If it weren't for you and your influences Cosmo wouldn't even be in here!"
Wanda glared at Cosma. "What influences? You can't blame us!"
Mama Cosma shrugged. "But I will anyway."
"The reason Cosmo's in here," said Leslie quietly, "is because he's…misunderstood."
"Oh, stop it! Just stop it!" screeched Cosma, as if something had been building up in her for years and was just now escaping. "You know that's not why! It's because he's STUPID! And it's all my fault! I KNEW I shouldn't have had that shot of vodka when I was pregnant with him!"
Wanda and Leslie stared at Mama Cosma for a while. Finally Wanda spoke.
"That explains a lot."
"I don't get it!" said Cosmo happily.
"Uh, we've got stuff to do, goodbye," said Leslie quickly, grabbing Cosmo and Wanda again and dragging them off.
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"A shot of vodka?" asked Timmy in disbelief. "You're right, that DOES explain a lot…"
"And that is another moral of this story, kids," said Wanda seriously. "Don't drink while you're pregnant!"
"Don't drink and drive, either," said Timmy.
"True, but that has nothing to do with this story," said Wanda.
"So… what happened then?"
Wanda shrugged. "Jorgen let Cosmo out for a little bit, so he and Leslie saw Davy. Then…" She sighed. "I guess I'll go ahead a few weeks. It was the day of a big school dance. Cougar and I were going, of course, and so were Leslie and Cosmo."
"I thought Cosmo didn't go to your school anymore," said Timmy, confused.
Wanda rocked Castle a little, who was still in her mother's arms and slowly falling back asleep. "Yes, but it was kind of an "out of school date" thing. Anyway, that night I was going to meet Cougar at his house…"
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Wanda knocked on the door of Cougar's house. She was wearing a dark red, sparkly dress, and she had curled her hair--without Leslie's help! She was a little surprised when Cougar answered the door dressed in his normal clothes.
"Uh, Cougar? We're going to the dance, and it's formal--"
"Wanda, we need to talk," said Cougar seriously. "I would have told you at school, but I never see you--"
Wanda's face fell. "Don't tell me you want to break up."
Cougar sighed in frustration. "I don't want to, but I have to! We're not really happy together anymore. And I don't love you as much as I used to. Look, Wanda, I'm really sorry about this, but I can't continue this relationship in this lie we have it in."
Wanda's lip trembled. "But Cougar…I love you. Isn't that enough?"
Cougar sighed. "No, it isn't. Not really. I don't really look forward to seeing you anymore, and you never seem happy when we're together."
"But…but what about the dance tonight?"
"I'm sorry it had to be tonight. But I want you to have fun. You can still go. Lots of people go by themselves. Besides, Cosmo and Leslie will be there."
"But--" started Wanda again. Cougar raised his hand to silence her.
"Wanda, I'm really sorry, but I'm doing this because it's the best thing to do. I don't think I can handle our relationship anymore, and I don't think you can either." He paused and looked at her. It was such a different look than what Wanda was used to. There was no loving light illuminating them. "Goodbye," he said quietly, shutting the door.
Wanda stood at the door, looking crushed.
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Wanda floated into the school dance silently and alone. Brushing past Randy, she could hear a little nagging voice in her head say, ~There's a guy. Look at him!~
~Why would I do that?~ her rational thinking thought.
~He could work out. He's a guy. All guys are in the running! Besides, don't you want to make Cougar jealous?~
Wanda looked at Randy, who gave her a very strange look back. "What are you staring at?" he asked. Wanda gasped and flew away in fear.
She looked for a place where no one would be--especially not any guys, because she kept looking at them funny. And she didn't understand why. She couldn't imagine herself with anyone except Cougar…and--
"Hi, Wanda! Here, have a candy bar!"
Wanda looked up in shock. She had apparently flown next to the snack stand, and there was Cosmo, holding out a chocolate bar to her. Wanda stared straight at him, not saying anything.
"Uh…" Cosmo said slowly. The two fairies stared at each other.
And Wanda could hear that voice again: ~Yeah, go with Cosmo! That'd throw Cougar off. Besides, look at his eyes! You've gotta admit, he's got beautiful eyes.~
~Yeah…~ thought Wanda's rational thinking. But she suddenly shook her head in frustration. "Aaaugh! I'm sorry, Cosmo, but I need to be alone!"
Wanda zoomed off to the bathroom. "Uh… okay," said Cosmo quietly.
Wanda flew into the girls bathroom and leaned against the wall. "You're late," said a familiar voice. Wanda turned and saw Leslie washing her hands.
When Leslie saw how Wanda looked, however, she softened. "What's the matter, Wanda?"
Wanda's voice trembled a little before she was finally able to speak. "C-Cougar broke up with me!"
"No!" cried Leslie. "He didn't!"
"He said he doesn't love me enough anymore, and that we're not happy together," moaned Wanda, tears finally spilling out of her eyes. "But I still love him! And you know what I did? Every guy I've seen tonight, I've looked at him and this little voice inside my head says, 'There's a guy! Take him!' I don't know what to do! I even looked at Randy like that! And Cosmo's probably confused as hell--"
"Now, don't you be stealing my boyfriend," said Leslie jokingly. However, she put her arm around Wanda's shoulders comfortingly. "It's like you told me earlier--when you love, you suffer. It's okay to cry about it."
"No…I want to go out there and apologize to Cosmo," said Wanda. Leslie nodded and led her out of the bathroom.
On the way out there they met Xavier. "Hey Wanda. Hey Leslie," he said cheerfully to them. Wanda, of course, stared at him.
Leslie pulled Wanda away. "Hey Xavier. Wanda isn't feeling very good." She led Wanda out onto the dance floor.
"Thanks Les," said Wanda with a smile. The smile quickly faded. ~What am I going to do without Cougar?~ she thought.
(AN: Another chapter gone! The next chapter will be up soon, I hope. I'm telling you, I don't get much sleep anymore--I stay awake thinking about future chapters. Till the next chapter, adios!)
"Jeez!" said Timmy. "So--"
"HA! IN YOUR FACE!" Commander cried suddenly.
"Whoa!" cried Timmy in shock. "What do you mean?"
"That bet we made in chapter four!" said Commander smugly. "You bet me five dollars that I wouldn't say anything in chapter five. And I didn't! So hand over my five bucks!"
Timmy folded his arms across his chest haughtily. "Actually, Commander, I think that YOU owe ME five dollars."
"No, I don't think so!" taunted Commander.
"But I do think so!" said Timmy. "What do you call the author's notes? You were talking then!"
"Those don't count," growled Commander.
Timmy grinned. "Okay, then, who was actually writing the story? It was you, wasn't it?"
"Look, you know what I meant. The deal was that I wouldn't show up and talk, like I am now in quotation marks. The story and the author's notes are NOT in quotation marks! Pay up."
"Nope," sniffed Timmy. "I'm sticking by my belief."
Commander stepped out of the nowhere she was writing from and pointed a laser gun to Timmy's head. "Pay," she hissed.
Now, you probably don't know what Commander looks like. And no, she doesn't look like Katie, the "real" person she often invades the mind of. While Katie has brown hair, gray eyes, glasses, and is kind of a dork, Commander has reddish copper hair that is about shoulder length; intense, shapely yellow eyes; small yet full lips; and the figure of Jessica Rabbit, if you know what I mean. Since she is basically a commander from "Star Wars land", as Katie likes to call it, she wears a tight fitting olive green uniform, complete with a black belt and black high heal boots. (AN: Hey, if I was going to make for myself an alter-ego, I might as well have made her look good.)
Timmy gulped a little at the gun pointed at his head, but couldn't get his eyes away from Commander's, uh, breasts. "Jeez, Commander, I didn't know how hot you were," he said in awe.
Wanda sighed. "Timmy, my gosh, you're only eleven…"
"Don't flatter me!" snapped Commander. "Give me my five dollars!"
"You're certainly making a big fuss over five measly dollars!" said Wanda with a look of annoyance on her face.
"Shut up, or you'll be next!" snapped Commander, glaring at Wanda.
"You won't hurt either of us when you see what I've got up my sleeve," said Timmy. "Well, actually, under my bed." He reached under his bed and pulled out an alien with large eyes, no mouth, and a tutu.
"Being held hostage makes me very angry!" said Marvin the Martian irritably, his hands tied behind his back.
Commander gasped. "No! Don't hurt Marvin!"
Marvin gasped, too. "You didn't tell me SHE was here! Keep her away from me! That girl's crazy!"
"Let him go!" screamed Commander, tackling Timmy. "I love him!"
"I'll let him go as long as you blow off that whole five dollars thing!" cried Timmy. "Or else--" Timmy put his arms around Marvin's neck and made a motion as if to squeeze tighter.
Commander bit her lip. "Fine!" she finally said in anger. "Like Wanda said, it's just a measly five dollars!" She untied Marvin's hands and led him back to the nowhere from which she wrote this story.
"Get me away from her!" cried Marvin. "I can't stand her!"
"But I will punish you," said Commander.
"How?" asked Timmy and Wanda. Castle looked questioning, too.
"Like this!" said Commander.
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"There," said Commander, sounding pleased. "Now I shall continue writing this story."
"God, I hate her," muttered Timmy.
"She IS annoying," admitted Wanda, "but we do have a story to tell here. And your job right now is to recap the last chapter."
"You mean how Cosmo blew up your school and was sent to the military academy? And how your baby brother Davy was born?"
"Yep," nodded Wanda.
"So what happened then?" asked Timmy.
"Well, that was on a Friday, so I didn't have to go back to school till Monday. And I spent that whole weekend taking care of Davy. I had a date with Cougar, too."
"How were things going with you two?"
Wanda sighed. "Well… there'd be these awkward silences. We just couldn't think of things to say to each other. He didn't kiss me the way he used to…"
"Basically, things started going downhill," said Timmy quietly.
"That's exactly it," said Wanda. "I tried to ignore it. I was still madly in love with him, of course. But anyway, that Monday at school…"
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Wanda floated into the newly reconstructed school building. Since they were fairies, it had hardly taken any time at all to recreate the school. She flew in slowly, saying hi to her friends and yelling at Randy, who had pushed her into the lockers again. She honestly didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Sighing, she sat down in the commons, waiting for Leslie. Leslie's optimism and happiness would be sure to lift her spirits, she thought.
Thus, Wanda was rather surprised to see Leslie floating in looking very angry. She glared at Wanda as she sat down. "Where were you this weekend?"
Wanda shrugged. "My mom had her baby. It's a boy."
Leslie sat up in surprise. "Ooohhhhh…sorry, I didn't know that. So what's his name?" she asked, not sounding all that interested.
"Davy. He's got purple hair and blue eyes, just like my mom." Wanda looked at Leslie strangely. "So, what were you doing? Obviously, something that you wanted me to do too…"
"Visiting Cosmo at the fairy academy. He's so upset…" Leslie looked out the door they were sitting next to. "I still keep waiting for him to come in here and say hi to us…"
Wanda hugged Leslie. "I should've visited him too. So what's it like there?"
Leslie snorted. "Well, after Mama Cosma had finally left him, which meant she finally stopped insulting me with her every breath… that place is horrible! And it's run by the toughest drill sergeant I've ever seen!"
Wanda sighed. "Les, how many drill sergeants HAVE you seen?"
"Uh… just him. His name's Jorgen von Strangle. Have you heard of him?"
"No," said Wanda, shaking her head. "Why?"
"He acts like everyone should know about him," muttered Leslie. Doing her best Jorgen imitation, she said, "I am Jorgen von Strangle! Toughest fairy in the universe! Look at my muscles!" She rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"So, what about his muscles?" asked Wanda.
"They're huge and rippling," said Leslie, actually giggling a little. "And actually, I'm sure he must be… okay. I mean, he is a five star general and he's already got his crown."
"How old his he?"
Leslie shrugged. "I don't think he's even one hundred yet. I think he's only a few decades older than us."
"Wow," said Wanda. If a fairy ever got a crown, they were usually at least one hundred. "What did he get it for?"
"Doing something military, I'd imagine," said Leslie with a shrug. "Anyway, he had all the fairies there do push ups and wand ups…and every time Cosmo made a mistake, he'd yell at him for, like, half an hour straight. And you know how sensitive Cosmo is." Leslie gazed out the window. "It's times like that when my love for him is almost unbearable…I think I suffered more than he did."
"When you love someone, you suffer a lot," said Wanda quietly, also gazing out the window.
Leslie gave her a funny look. "So, what's been happening between you and Cougar?"
"We've been… okay," said Wanda with hesitation. She was spared from any other questions when the bell rang.
"See you at lunch," mumbled Leslie.
"Yeah," Wanda mumbled back.
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That day after school, Wanda and Leslie went to visit Cosmo at the military academy. Fortunately, he wasn't doing wand ups or anything like that. He was just sitting in his dorm, looking miserable. Of course, his mood lifted considerably when he saw his two best friends come in.
"Wanda! Leslie!" he cried in joy. He flew up and hugged Leslie tightly. "I'm glad you came to visit me again!" he said to her. Then he hugged Wanda--VERY tightly. "Wanda, I've missed you!" he cried.
Wanda's lungs were crushed, but she did her best to hug her friend back. "Yeah, we missed you at school today, too. I'm sorry I couldn't come this weekend. Mom had her baby!"
Cosmo let go of her in shock. "Really?" he said. He looked at her, slightly confused. "Your mom or mine?"
Wanda laughed. "Mine. You know, I've been talking about her pregnancy for the last nine months!"
She looked at Cosmo. Often times he had trouble remembering things. But by the way his face light up, she guessed it had suddenly come to him. "Oh yeah!" he cried happily. "So is it a boy or a girl?"
"A boy," said Wanda with a grin. "His name's Davy, and he's got purple hair and blue eyes, just like my mom."
"He must be cute," said Leslie with a smile.
"He's adorable," said Wanda. "You two need to see him. Cosmo, do they ever let you come out of here to see friends and stuff?"
"Uh…I don't know," admitted Cosmo. He grinned. "But I do know that two plus two equals four!"
"Congratulations," muttered Wanda.
Leslie glared at Wanda. "Maybe we should ask 'all powerful Jorgen von Strangle' if that's allowed."
"Yeah, good idea," said Wanda.
Cosmo looked worried. "But girls, I don't think he likes me very much!"
"We'll talk to him for you," said Leslie. She grabbed Wanda with one hand and Cosmo with the other. "Come on, let's go find him."
"Aaggh!" cried Cosmo suddenly.
"What's wrong?" asked Leslie.
"I think my mama's coming!" whispered Cosmo urgently.
"How can you tell?" asked Wanda in disbelief.
"I just can! Hide!" Cosmo pushed his friends into the closet and slammed the door. Just after that, Wanda and Leslie could hear a poof.
"Hello, Cosmo, my only son whom I cherish with every breath of my being!" Mama Cosma said affectionately.
"Hi, Mama," said Cosmo, mumbling a bit.
"How could he tell she was coming?" whispered Wanda. "You can't hear someone poof until they do it!"
"I…ah…ahh…" gasped Leslie, grabbing her nose.
"Shh!" whispered Wanda. But it was too late.
"AAHH-CHOOO!"
"What was that?" cried Mama Cosma. She swung the closet door open, revealing Wanda and Leslie.
"That's not Wanda and Leslie!" said Cosmo quickly. "They're, uh, the monsters that live in my closet and happen to look just like them!"
"What are you two doing in here?" said Cosma with a glare.
"We were just visiting Cosmo," said Wanda levelly. "We are his best friends, you know."
"You! His best friends! If it weren't for you and your influences Cosmo wouldn't even be in here!"
Wanda glared at Cosma. "What influences? You can't blame us!"
Mama Cosma shrugged. "But I will anyway."
"The reason Cosmo's in here," said Leslie quietly, "is because he's…misunderstood."
"Oh, stop it! Just stop it!" screeched Cosma, as if something had been building up in her for years and was just now escaping. "You know that's not why! It's because he's STUPID! And it's all my fault! I KNEW I shouldn't have had that shot of vodka when I was pregnant with him!"
Wanda and Leslie stared at Mama Cosma for a while. Finally Wanda spoke.
"That explains a lot."
"I don't get it!" said Cosmo happily.
"Uh, we've got stuff to do, goodbye," said Leslie quickly, grabbing Cosmo and Wanda again and dragging them off.
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"A shot of vodka?" asked Timmy in disbelief. "You're right, that DOES explain a lot…"
"And that is another moral of this story, kids," said Wanda seriously. "Don't drink while you're pregnant!"
"Don't drink and drive, either," said Timmy.
"True, but that has nothing to do with this story," said Wanda.
"So… what happened then?"
Wanda shrugged. "Jorgen let Cosmo out for a little bit, so he and Leslie saw Davy. Then…" She sighed. "I guess I'll go ahead a few weeks. It was the day of a big school dance. Cougar and I were going, of course, and so were Leslie and Cosmo."
"I thought Cosmo didn't go to your school anymore," said Timmy, confused.
Wanda rocked Castle a little, who was still in her mother's arms and slowly falling back asleep. "Yes, but it was kind of an "out of school date" thing. Anyway, that night I was going to meet Cougar at his house…"
***
Wanda knocked on the door of Cougar's house. She was wearing a dark red, sparkly dress, and she had curled her hair--without Leslie's help! She was a little surprised when Cougar answered the door dressed in his normal clothes.
"Uh, Cougar? We're going to the dance, and it's formal--"
"Wanda, we need to talk," said Cougar seriously. "I would have told you at school, but I never see you--"
Wanda's face fell. "Don't tell me you want to break up."
Cougar sighed in frustration. "I don't want to, but I have to! We're not really happy together anymore. And I don't love you as much as I used to. Look, Wanda, I'm really sorry about this, but I can't continue this relationship in this lie we have it in."
Wanda's lip trembled. "But Cougar…I love you. Isn't that enough?"
Cougar sighed. "No, it isn't. Not really. I don't really look forward to seeing you anymore, and you never seem happy when we're together."
"But…but what about the dance tonight?"
"I'm sorry it had to be tonight. But I want you to have fun. You can still go. Lots of people go by themselves. Besides, Cosmo and Leslie will be there."
"But--" started Wanda again. Cougar raised his hand to silence her.
"Wanda, I'm really sorry, but I'm doing this because it's the best thing to do. I don't think I can handle our relationship anymore, and I don't think you can either." He paused and looked at her. It was such a different look than what Wanda was used to. There was no loving light illuminating them. "Goodbye," he said quietly, shutting the door.
Wanda stood at the door, looking crushed.
***
Wanda floated into the school dance silently and alone. Brushing past Randy, she could hear a little nagging voice in her head say, ~There's a guy. Look at him!~
~Why would I do that?~ her rational thinking thought.
~He could work out. He's a guy. All guys are in the running! Besides, don't you want to make Cougar jealous?~
Wanda looked at Randy, who gave her a very strange look back. "What are you staring at?" he asked. Wanda gasped and flew away in fear.
She looked for a place where no one would be--especially not any guys, because she kept looking at them funny. And she didn't understand why. She couldn't imagine herself with anyone except Cougar…and--
"Hi, Wanda! Here, have a candy bar!"
Wanda looked up in shock. She had apparently flown next to the snack stand, and there was Cosmo, holding out a chocolate bar to her. Wanda stared straight at him, not saying anything.
"Uh…" Cosmo said slowly. The two fairies stared at each other.
And Wanda could hear that voice again: ~Yeah, go with Cosmo! That'd throw Cougar off. Besides, look at his eyes! You've gotta admit, he's got beautiful eyes.~
~Yeah…~ thought Wanda's rational thinking. But she suddenly shook her head in frustration. "Aaaugh! I'm sorry, Cosmo, but I need to be alone!"
Wanda zoomed off to the bathroom. "Uh… okay," said Cosmo quietly.
Wanda flew into the girls bathroom and leaned against the wall. "You're late," said a familiar voice. Wanda turned and saw Leslie washing her hands.
When Leslie saw how Wanda looked, however, she softened. "What's the matter, Wanda?"
Wanda's voice trembled a little before she was finally able to speak. "C-Cougar broke up with me!"
"No!" cried Leslie. "He didn't!"
"He said he doesn't love me enough anymore, and that we're not happy together," moaned Wanda, tears finally spilling out of her eyes. "But I still love him! And you know what I did? Every guy I've seen tonight, I've looked at him and this little voice inside my head says, 'There's a guy! Take him!' I don't know what to do! I even looked at Randy like that! And Cosmo's probably confused as hell--"
"Now, don't you be stealing my boyfriend," said Leslie jokingly. However, she put her arm around Wanda's shoulders comfortingly. "It's like you told me earlier--when you love, you suffer. It's okay to cry about it."
"No…I want to go out there and apologize to Cosmo," said Wanda. Leslie nodded and led her out of the bathroom.
On the way out there they met Xavier. "Hey Wanda. Hey Leslie," he said cheerfully to them. Wanda, of course, stared at him.
Leslie pulled Wanda away. "Hey Xavier. Wanda isn't feeling very good." She led Wanda out onto the dance floor.
"Thanks Les," said Wanda with a smile. The smile quickly faded. ~What am I going to do without Cougar?~ she thought.
(AN: Another chapter gone! The next chapter will be up soon, I hope. I'm telling you, I don't get much sleep anymore--I stay awake thinking about future chapters. Till the next chapter, adios!)