Christmas Spirit Chapter 2: Terrence Snaps, a foster's home for imaginary friends fanfic

A Foster's Christmas

A/N: HA! My second fic. I thought of it when listening to Christmas music (go figure). Please read and Review!!

This chapter is dedicated to BuntyBadger for her great fic and being my first signed reviewer!! BB, see if you can see why.

Foster's is not owned by me…:'(

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Chapter Two: Terrence Snaps

Terrence sprawled out on the couch, flipping through the channels. All normal shows had been suspended to make room for the Christmas specials for the week. Not even "The Loved and the Loveless" was on, however there were commercials for its Christmas special later in the week. He turned off the flashing box and observed the room, decorated with garlands, wreaths, lights, and the little village set in the corner. He pulled himself up and walked to his room.

"How BORING!! God, I wish something happen around here. Mac's not even around to beat up." Even though he really wouldn't have, he didn't feel in the mood for that sorta thing. What he DID feel was hungry. He strolled to the small apartment's kitchen and opened the refrigerator. It was as barren as Antarctica in a blizzard. He groaned until he noticed the wad of money on the counter, a LOT of money by his standards.

"Mom must've left this for us for food." Terrence somehow snapped and idea into his head. This hasn't happened since he was six…when he was a lot like…Mac…

"Just because Mom's gone doesn't mean he has to have a bad Christmas." He took half of the money, and rushed out the door into town. He quickly came back in to grab his coat and the spare set of keys as he locked the door.

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Mac was helping Frankie with putting up the decorations, while Bloo ran around with a star that almost looked to big for him.

"BLOO!! Put that down, NOW!!" Frankie ordered. So to re-state, Mac was putting up decorations while Frankie tended to Bloo.

"No way Frankie! I want to put it on top of the tree!!"

"But the Tree isn't even up yet!"

"Then you should stop chasing me and put that tree up so I can put this pretty star here on top of it." Frankie stopped.

"Look, you can carry it, because I don't have time for this. I have a MILLION more things to do and you aren't going to stop me." Bloo stuck his tongue out at her in a I-won-you-lost fashion.

"Hey Mac, you want to see the tree?" She asked.

"Sure." He answered with almost no excitement. Frankie had been starting to worry about Mac. For most kids this was the most wonderful time of year, and Mac seemed to, well, have the opposite feeling. The two walked into the central room where a GIGANTIC evergreen tree stood. Okay, so it wasn't real, but it was still extremely tall; about the size of a good two-story house! Mac and Bloo gazed up to the top of it in bewilderment, mouths wide open. Many Imaginary friends were putting the finishing touches on the fake branches to make it look as real as possible. Wilt, Eduardo and a number of other friends came in the door.

"Oh, Hi Mac. Wanna help with the lights?" Wilt asked with a smile. Though Mac was somewhat depressed, how could he deny decorating the largest Christmas tree he had ever seen...even though it was the only one he could remember seeing.

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Terrence arrived at the mall, which was Christmazied to the max. Red, Green, Santas, sale signs everywhere. It was almost sickening. However, he didn't care as he began to walk by the entrances of all the stores in the mall. Hoping he would be able to find something.

"Should I get him a Toy? …no…a game… no. Man, this is hard, what does he like?" A sat down on a nearby bench and rubbed his temples, searching for something that would help him out. He looked up to see a Jewelry store.

"Yeah right…" he though a minute and moved his hands down to his neck. He fingered his necklace that his friend a long time ago gave him. They were the best of friends, even before he drowned. That simple chain was his gift to Terrence on the last Christmas he had remembered, seven years ago, and he hadn't taken it off since. His face brightened up as he got up and walked inside. There was a pretty wide selection of Rings, Earrings, watches, and beautiful necklaces and bracelets. His expression quickly faded as he noticed the wide selection was a little too flashy for what he was looking for. He was about to leave when a man carrying a mid-sized box walked in.

"Here's the last of the shipment, I can't believe they forgot to ship it with the rest…"

The man behind the counter replied, "Well, at least they paid us for it."

"Good point." They opened the box and started removing bands, watches and some chains. 'Maybe they have what I'm looking for after all.' Then he saw it, a simple chain with slightly smaller than medium (if that makes sense) links. He jumped to the counter.

"Wait! How much is that?" he pointed to the chain. The man brought it over to the register after a slight jump from his newest customer.

"This chain would be $25.50…"

He checked his cash to find he only had 25, he searched his wallet and found a quarter before he dropped it in his haste. He bent down and noticed a quarter had fallen out of the delivery guy's pocket. He took it up and put the money on the counter.

"Without tax…"

"OH COMON, can't you take that stupid tax thing off? You guys did get paid." Somehow, the clerk wasn't a stickler to the rules, or maybe it was the Christmas spirit in him.

"Just this once," he whispered, winked and started to tally up the total. He carefully placed the chain inside of a box and into a bag. Terrence grabbed it and tried to say thank you, but he could only nod at him. 'I still can't believe I'm doing this…I'll wake up soon and this will all be a dream…'

A/N: Well, what do you think? BuntyBadger, did you catch it? Anyway, whether you did or not thank you for giving me the idea!!! If you want you could say that this story happened before 'Friends Forever?', but only if you wanted to.

Please read and Review!!

Next Chapter: Jolly Jingle: Wilt explains the customs of Christmas at Foster's to Mac and Bloo. Also, a new friend comes to the home, and he is strangely Christmassy…