Hey guys! The writing extraordinaire is back again for the latest edition of this tale. I am really enjoying the process and love the reviews I have been getting. Someone even sent me some fan art! Thanks so much to rvdmtv for the art and I hope to post it very soon. Anyone else who would like to submit any art to me, feel free to do so. I love it and it brings the characters to life like nothing else. Any who, one with the usual shout outs.
PT-Chan: You'll find all of your questions will be answered in the coming chapters. No worries!
Gennie Kags and Sess's Child: Don't you just hate it when your parents embarrass you like that? My Mom uses my full name only when I'm in deep trouble.
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PLC and CD: A.j.'s wife's name is Eliza. She is a year younger and was never on the show. Chester has a wife named Claudia. She is older than him, but also was never on the show. They won't really be featured on here either, but its good info.
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Nonymous: Good eye! Yes, the kid with the zit is Elmer's oldest son Elwood. You won't see much of him though. Oh, and you need to watch the episode The Boy Who Would Be Queen to get the Timantha thing.
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Phew! That was a lot this week. I keep getting your awesome reviews and that keeps me writing. I love them so much! Well, I better get the next chapter started before a riot starts. On with show.
"Hello, I'm home! Kids?" Tootie yelled as she walked through the door. Tommy peaked out his bedroom door as his mom set down her briefcase.
"Cosmo, hide! Mom's home!" He hissed at the male fairy. With a blink of the eye, Cosmo turned himself back into the goldfish and flopped into the fishbowl just as Tootie came up the stairs.
"There you are. No greeting for me today?" She smiled at her young son. He let out a chuckle before jumping into her arms to give her a hug.
"Hi Mom." Tommy said in the usual kid fashion. Finally, Tootie let him back down on his feet and straightened her outfit.
"That's better. Now, where is your sister? I need to tell you both some news." She asked, looking into the twin's bedroom. Tommy's eyebrows popped up. Tammy and Wanda hadn't returned from their girly place yet. He needed to stall her.
"She's probably in the bathroom." He said with a fake smile. "You look tired, maybe you should go rest for a minute while we wait." Tootie knew the boy was up to something, but decided that it was just a kid thing.
"I am feeling a little exhausted. Bring her down when she's finished. Then I can tell you what I need to." She said as she started down the stairs. Tommy let out the breath he was holding in hope that she would go for it. He then ran into his room.
"Cosmo, I wish Wanda and Tammy were back here." He said at lightening speed to his enchanted pet. Cosmo gave a wave of his wand and the two girls poofed into the room. Both had cucumbers over their eyes.
"What the?" Wanda said, removing the pieces of vegetable from her eyes. Tammy followed and looked over at Tommy.
"Let me guess, Mom's home?" she asked, tossing the cucumbers aside. Tommy gave a nod and grabbed her arm.
"Come on! She said that she has something to tell us." He said, yanking her out of the room and down the stairs. They found their mother sitting on the couch looking through a magazine.
"There's my girl. Come sit with me for a second." She said, putting the magazine back onto the coffee table. Both of them climbed up and sat next to Tootie.
"This isn't one of those good news bad news things, is it?" Tammy said suspiouslly. Last time they had a little talk like this, they had to go to the doctor for lice testing. Tommy scratched his head from just the memory of it.
"Not this time. Turns out I need to go on another cross country trip for the Dimmadome's. They are negotiating a franchise for their line of hot dog stands. I have to leave tonight." She said in a very calm voice. Sure, the kids couldn't understand the half of what she was saying but they got the major part without issue.
"How long are you going to be gone?" Tommy asked with worry.
"About three days." Tootie answered. The twin's cringed and cried out in horror. That meant being stuck with both Dad and the Vicky-bot. They were being a little dramatic, but they didn't really care at this point.
"Three days! That's like forever! We'll starve to death in that time! You know that Dad can't cook anything above peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." Tammy said, trying to talk her mother out of the whole thing.
"You won't starve to death. This time, I'll leave some recipe cards so your father can't set the kitchen on fire again." Tootie said, thinking back to that whole ordeal with the fire trucks and the kitchen being flooded with water. A shiver went down her spine at the very memory of it.
"Take us with you! Dad is embarrassing! You won't believe what he did today." Tommy begged on his knees.
"Look, I know you probably don't like having Timmy as your teacher." She said with a sigh. The twins looked at each other.
"You knew about this and you didn't say anything?" Tammy said with narrowed eye.
"Of course I knew. I married the guy so that means I get full rights to information before anyone else does." She explained. "Listen, your dad went into teaching because he thought that he could do a much better job then any of his teachers. You should be a little more grateful." She said, crossing her arms. She was disgusted with how her children were acting. Both of them hung their heads in shame.
"Sorry Mom." They apologized together. Tootie gave a smile.
"That's better. Now, how about you guys help me pack? It's going to take all of the hand power I can get." She asked.
"You got it Big Mama!" Tommy exclaimed. Tootie then left them for the kitchen to get those cards out. The twin's started up to their parents' bedroom to find the suitcases.
"So, did you make any big wishes while I was gone?" Tammy whispered, hoping their mother couldn't hear. Tommy thought for a moment.
"Nope, not this time. Why, are you concerned that I'll wish for a boa constrictor again?" He teased.
"To tell you the truth...yes. That thing ate all of my Miami Judy dolls before Cosmo and Wanda got rid of it." She answered. Tommy just looked at her slyly.
"So what you're saying is that it was no big loss?" He smirked. In the next moment, he went running and screaming as Tammy chased him with a huge pillow she had found in the hall.
It was an hour later before Timmy finally arrived home. He could barely get the door open since his wife's travel bags where right in front of the door.
"Honey? Kids?" he said with a little confusion. At his call, Tootie came walking down the stairs with another bag in hand.
"Oh, hey Tim. Sorry about the mess, but I've got a flight to catch for work." She explained quickly as she tried to keep a grip on the heavy bag.
"Here, I'll take that." Timmy offered, taking the bag. It felt like it had about three bricks in it. "Whoa! What the heck is in this thing?" he asked, throwing it with the others.
"Just my makeup and hair care products. Why?" she answered. Timmy looked back at the bag.
"No reason. Just thought you were packing a small family car in their just a second ago." He said. Without thought, another bag went flying at his head.
"Oh ha ha." Tootie said, rolling her eyes. Timmy then pulled her close and gave her a kiss. From the stairwell, Tammy and Tommy let their thoughts on this be known.
"Ew, gross!" Tammy shouted.
"Yuck! That's disgusting." Tommy pretended to gag. The two adults looked up at them and laughed.
"Hey, soon enough you're going to like this!" Timmy said, pointing at them.
"No way! Not after being scarred for life from watching you two." Tammy answered, totally repulsed by the notion. Suddenly, there was a honk from outside. The cab had come to take Tootie to the airport. All four of them took her bags outside, where the cab driver placed the belongings into the trunk of the car.
"Are you going away for like a month lady? You've got enough here for a whole basketball team!" The cabby asked is his raspy voice. Tootie chose to ignore him. She turned to her husband and her children.
"I guess I'll see you in three days." She said, giving each of them a big hug. To a child, three days is a very long time to be without a one parent.
"We'll miss you Mommy." Tammy said as Tootie got into the back of the cab.
"Don't worry about a thing!" Timmy called as the door slammed. "In any case, I have the fire department on speed dial."
"Good one Dad." Tommy said out of the corner of her mouth. Timmy gave him a thumbs up.
"Bye guys!" Tootie yelled out the window as the car drove off. They watched it go down the street and fade from site into the setting sun. Timmy looked down at his kids.
"All right guys, lets go inside and I'll cook up some dinner." He said, guiding them back toward the house. Both couldn't help the look of horror.
"Couldn't we just order pizza Dad? I mean, maybe the paramedics are busy with other things tonight." Tammy suggested as they entered the house and closed the door.
"Nice try, but Mom told me about the cards she left. This should be as easy as riding a bike." He answered. In the back of his mind he said, "As long as it's not that evil super bike." The twin's still donned that look of horror when they figured that talking him out of cooking wasn't going to be a sure thing.
"I'll just keep the fire extinguisher with me, just in case." Tommy grabbed the brand new tool out from a cabinet.
"Whatever makes you happy. Now, you two go and play while I get things ready." He said, shooing them away from the kitchen area. The two slunk off to their bedroom sanctuary, where they were met once again with their fairies.
"This is going to be a disaster. Not only is he our teacher, but now he is going to be alone with us. Adults just don't understand that they need to listen to us sometimes and go with what we say." Tammy complained, throwing herself on her bed.
"I wouldn't worry about it. Your mom will be home in a few days and everything will go back to normal." Wanda said, poofing from the fishbowl.
"At least this family's definition of normal." Tommy said, pulling out his video game system. "Cosmo, join me for a little one on one?" he asked, holding up the second controller.
"Oo! You are so on!" Cosmo complied, taking the controller and engrossing the two in the world of virtual reality.
"I just feel lucky that I'm not the only girl in the house right now. Where would I be without you Wanda?" She gave a half smile at her pink friend.
"I can tell you this much, you probably would be doing hair and having belching contests." He chortled. "Take Cosmo for an example. He lived with just Mama Cosma for hundreds of years before he met me. Now look at him, the perfect man." She motioned toward her green haired husband. He was practically drooling from concentration to the game. Tammy raised an eyebrow.
"Um...yeah...I'll let you keep thinking that." She commented.
The rest of the night wasn't very different from any other night. The three human members of the family had dinner together (Though the kids couldn't figure out whether they were eating mashed potatoes or spaghetti.) The twins took their nightly bath, requiring the blockading of the door to make sure Tommy didn't try to escape. Soon Timmy was tucking the two into bed for the night.
"You guys get a good night sleep. You have another long day of school tomorrow." He said, giving them each a kiss on the forehead.
"So do you!" Tammy smiled, snuggling into her covers.
"That's right Tim-Tam. I'll leave the hall light on for you guys." He said, using her pet name.
"Okay, goodnight Daddy!" Tammy's words drifted as she succumbs to tiredness. Timmy started for the door when he looked back at the two. Tommy had already fallen fast asleep and Tammy was just shutting her eyes. They looked so peaceful when they weren't making a mess of the house. His eyes then went to the fishbowl. Little bubbles floated from their mouths and he knew that they were also sleeping. He wondered what kinds of wishes they granted for them. He hoped that it was nothing that got them into big trouble. Not like the ones he got into when he was ten. He left the door open just a crack and left the children to their dreams.
Just before midnight, a pair of green eyes flashed open in the darkened room. He wasn't use to walking up in the middle of the night, but he had a job to do. He looked over at his sleeping companion and thought that it would be far too much trouble to wake her. After all, it was a wish given to him to fulfill. Carefully, he released himself from his watery home and apperated himself to the master bedroom. There he saw the sleep man, softly snoring away.
"Here goes nothing." The green haired fairy said gleefully, but in a hushed voice. With a wave of his magic wand, the deed was done. He then poofed himself back into the fishbowl, not disturbing his wife by any means. She wasn't someone you wanted to wake up at this hour. Proud of what he just took care of on his own, he fell back into his slumber.
To Be Continued.
I just love leaving you guys with cliff hangers. It's kind of like a soap opera without the cheating and the many marriages. I tried to keep Tootie to character as best I could, but I didn't really want to make her the stalker type anymore. After all, she has what she was after so there is no need to have her be a psycho. I know this chapter is short, but I needed a little pathway into the next chapter. That one should be ready for posting very soon since I have three days off next week. Again, I am so happy with the feedback I'm getting about this story. I almost didn't write it since I knew if my friend saw it I'd never live it down. Anyway, continue reviewing and I'll continue writing. Ciao for now!