Chapter 2

Timmy stood at the bus stop, eager for the day to start. "This is so cool! Trixie will be putty in my hands and I'll finally be able to ask her to the Valentine's Dance!"

Wanda appeared next to him. "But it's not like it'll actually be her. She may as well be an empty shell."

"Aw, who cares. Besides, even though numerous times, this type of scheme has turned against me, I don't see how this scheme could possibly turn against me."

Cosmo appeared as well. "Yeah! I may not even have to bring out the snakes."

Timmy pointed to the oncoming school bus. "No time to talk, guys. Here comes the bus. With my Valentine's date on board as well."

Wanda and Cosmo changed into books and Timmy climbed aboard the bus. Even though Timmy knew what wish he was getting himself into, he still wasn't prepared for what he saw. Veronica was sitting on a seat near the back, nose in the air, all the while gabbing with Tad and Chad. Trixie was sheepishly sitting close by, but seemingly left out of her usual circle.

"Whoa, look guys! It worked! Veronica's the popular one now. Let's test her out."

Timmy walked up to Veronica and she turned her head towards him with an indifferent look on her face.

"Hi, Veronica!"

She turned away. "Keep walking, loser."

"With pleasure!" Timmy walked a few seats down and sat next to Trixie. She was sitting peacefully and started to grin at him.

"Hi, Trixie!"

Trixie tried to hide her face and merely waved at him.

Timmy sat back and talked under his breath. "Oh, yeah! Putty in my hands." He spoke up again. "So, Trixie. Would you like to go to the Valentine's Dance with me?"

"I'd love to go to the Valentine's Dance with you, Timmy!"

Veronica stood up in her seat. "What was that I just heard?"

Trixie darted her eyes around. "Nothing, Veronica. I said I'd love to go to the Valentine's Dance WITHOUT Timmy. Yeah!"

Timmy smirked. "Man, this may be harder than I thought."

When the bell rang for lunch, Timmy entered the cafeteria. He noticed Veronica and Trixie sitting at their usual table with Tad and Chad.

"If I'm going to ask Trixie, I'll have to find a way to separate her from the others."

Cosmo appeared on Timmy's tray as a pile of Jell-O. "Just leave it to me, Timmy!"

"I don't think so. Wanda?"

Wanda became a milk carton. "Yeah, Timmy?"

"I wish..." Timmy whispered to Wanda and she became disgusted.

"Timmy! How about we just go with Cosmo's snake idea?"

"Just do it, Wanda."

"Oh boy." Wanda held up her wand.

Tad, Chad and Veronica were shoveling food into their mouths when simultaneously their eyes bulged out and they each grabbed their stomachs.

"Gangway!" shouted Tad as all three of them headed for the bathrooms.

"Don't ever make me do that again, Timmy!"

"Hey, it worked, didn't it? Now I can talk to Trixie all by myself."

Timmy confidently strutted up to Trixie's table and sat across from her. He was grinning until he noticed a rather large person hovering over him, obviously the bodyguard.

Trixie waved her hand out. "No, it's OK. He can stay."

The bodyguard walked away and sat down in a corner of the room.

Trixie grinned and waved out to Timmy. "Did you come to ask me something?"

Timmy shot her a smile. "How did you guess? What do you say? You. Me. Friday night. Valentine's dance."

"I would love to, Timmy!"

"Great!" Timmy suddenly noticed Veronica standing behind him.

"You're in my seat, you little freak! Go away!"

"With pleasure!" He got up with his tray and walked off.

Veronica glanced a questioning look at him. "Wow, that Timmy Turner sure is acting all confident and cool. He'd make a great date for the dance."

Trixie glared at her.

Outside in the halls, Timmy was busying himself at his locker. When he closed it, Veronica was standing right behind it.

"Gaaah!!!" Timmy's heart skipped a beat. "What do you want, Veronica?"

Veronica stared at him seductively. "Why, Timmy. I was just curious if you've asked anyone to the dance." She started to tickle his chin.

Timmy looked down, wondering why she was acting like this. "Um, what are you doing?"

She pulled back, trying to figure out what went wrong. "Oh, I see. Playing hard to get. See you later, Timmy." She walked away, with a look of determination on her face.

"What was that all about?"

Wanda appeared as a reflection in the mirror in Timmy's locker. "Don't you get it, Timmy? Trixie acts like that around you sometimes. But then it usually turns out kinda bad after that."

"Oh yeah. Huh, what do you know." Not thinking another thought about what just happened, he walked away from his locker.

Trixie emerged from behind a nearby trash can, having heard everything that occurred.

Back in class, Timmy was doodling all over his notebook when Veronica suddenly stood up in front of the class.

Crocker wasn't having any of it. "Veronica! I am the teacher here. Now sit down or I'll give everyone Fs!"

Veronica yawned. "Whatever, teacher. I have an announcement. I officially have no date to the Valentine's dance. Potential dates can inquire after class outside the front doors. And that includes Timmy Turner."

All the guys in class cheered out save one.

"This is getting really weird." Timmy returned to doodling on his notebook. "But who cares, I'll just endure it until the dance." He glanced over at Trixie who was looking very nervous.

"What's wrong with Trixie?"

Wanda turned into a stick figure doodle. "Well, if you ask me, she's probably getting jealous of Veronica paying so much attention to you."

"But it's just Trixie. She doesn't get jealous."

"She's not really Trixie. She's Trixie with Veronica's personality. Or have you forgotten already?"

"What difference does it make? She's still Trixie on the outside."

Wanda was growing more peeved at Timmy. "Cosmo, help me out!"

Cosmo turned into an indescribable scribble. "Hey, she's still Trixie on the outside, right?"

"It sucks being outnumbered in gender two to one."

Veronica kept turning away boys one after the other. "Nope." "I don't think so." "No way." "As if." She was sitting behind a makeshift desk, barely even looking at anyone that walked up. Trixie was sitting next to her, arms crossed and rolling her eyes every chance she could.

Suddenly Timmy appeared and both girls stood up.

"Timmy! So you've finally given in to my popularity. I knew you would." Veronica said matter-of-factly.

"Nope. Just saying hi to Trixie. Hi, Trixie! I'll see you later." He waved to her and walked past them.

Trixie smiled and sat back in her chair. Veronica just about lost her temper. She ran over to Timmy, blocking his path.

"You can't do this! I'm popular!"

"So?" He walked past Veronica and out of sight.

Veronica yelled out. "Nobody says no to me!"

This story can be confusing to write sometimes, what with both Trixie and Veronica acting out of character. But it's still fun to do. Not too crazy about this chapter, but I think the next one will be better. Later, FOP fans.

-KTF