Wanda finally appeared in her yellow dress. Her swirly pink hair seemed extra perfect that day.
"Wow, Wanda!" Timmy exclaimed. "You look really nice today!"
Wanda smiled gratefully. "Thank you, Timmy!"
Cosmo looked at Wanda in a way Timmy had never seen before. Of course, Timmy had never seen Wanda like that before.
"Can we leave now?" impatient Timmy asked.
Wanda sighed. "Yes, we're leaving." Cosmo and his wife waved their wands and they appeared in Fairy World.
"Thanks so much for bringing me here, Venus!" Allison said.
Venus smiled. She had poofed the two of them to a casual diner for a small bite to eat so Allison didn't have to face her parents in the morning. The wedding was to start at 1:00 PM, and it was about 12:45 then.
"So," Allison asked, "are you looking forward to seeing your old friends?"
Venus nodded. "Gosh, it's been so long!" The last time she had seen any of her friends was back in high school.
The pair was sitting near the door, so the way that it squeaked when it opened all of a sudden made them jump. Venus looked at the human boy behind it. Next to him were two godparents, and one of them looked very familiar to her. It took her no less than six seconds to realize who it was.
"Cosmo!" she shouted excitedly.
Cosmo, Wanda, and Timmy looked up.
Venus flew up to the three of them. "Cosmo, don't you remember me? We used to be neighbors when we were kids!"
"You're Denise, right?"
Venus laughed. It was the same old Cosmo. She noticed the pink-haired fairy floating next to him. "Wanda, is that you? Oh, I always thought you to would be great together."
"Venus?" Wanda asked with amazement in her voice. "I haven't seen you in ages!"
"I know!" Venus suddenly remembered her godchild was with her. "I want you to meet Alliso—"
"Timmy!" Allison shrieked, interrupting her godparent.
"Allison?" Timmy asked in shock.
The two of them yelled at the same time, "You have a fairy godparent!"
Allison quickly added an "s" to the end of her sentence.
Venus turned back to Cosmo while the two humans stood there dumbfounded, staring at each other. "Cosmo, what have you been doing with yourself lately?"
"Then your Rebecca?"
"Cosmo, I'm Venus!"
"Oh, right." Cosmo said with a hint of…something in his voice. "Venus."
Venus was never very good and telling what people were thinking, and now was no exception. She did, however, hope that the look on Cosmo's face wasn't what she thought it was.
"Well," Allison said. "This is quite interesting."
"Yeah, I'll say," Timmy agreed.
Allison wanted to keep a steady conversation, so she offered a chair at the table she and Venus were sitting at. "So, how did you get Cosmo and…Wanda, was it?"
"Yeah, it's Wanda," Timmy answered. "My evil babysitter."
"Oh," Allison said, "The redhead." She imagined that girl being evil. Anyone who would even consider wearing the color green was insane to Allison. She hated that color.
"How did you get Venus?"
"My
evil parents and my stupid friend," Allison said. She wanted to
explain further, but it took her a while to find the right words.
"You see, uh, my parents started fighting and stuff when I was
eight, and when I was ten my best friend, um, got into a go-kart
accident because he forgot his helmet and then, uh, Venus showed up.
Timmy looked somewhat relieved, but Allison didn't have the
slightest clue why.
Allison was suddenly filled with grief. She never really got over loosing Eddie, but she hated showing that.
"Are you okay?" Timmy asked.
"Huh?" Allison asked, struggling to hold back tears. "Oh, yeah, I'm…fine."
"Are you sure? You look kind of…upset."
"Ex-excuse me," she whispered as she burst into the bathroom door.
Wanda watched as Venus talked to Cosmo. It wasn't Venus that was bothering her, but the way that Cosmo was looking at Venus. It reminded her of the way he had looked at her roughly 10,000 years ago at their wedding. She was suddenly filled with an odd mixture of jealousy and rage. Why was he staring at Venus like that?
It brought Wanda right back to high school. The three prettiest girls had been The Tooth Fairy (the gorgeous one), Venus (the beautiful one), and her (the pretty one). It was the week before prom night, and all the boys were set out to find they were going to take. Wanda was going to go with Juandissimo, since back then they were pretty serious. She was looking forward to the night of the prom, but she had no clue what Juandissimo was planning to do that night.
Juandissimo had picked Wanda up in a limo, taken her to dinner at a very fancy restaurant, made every dance perfect, and took her to a park after the prom to just sit under the stars.
"Wanda, my sweet," said Juandissimo, "our schooling will be over soon. And, I was wondering, what do you want with your life?"
"Oh, I don't know, Juandisimo," Wanda answered. "Go to college, get a job, maybe get married…"
"How would you like to skip those first two?"
Wanda was completely shocked. "Are you asking me to…?"
Juandissimo bent down on one knee (still hovering above ground) and pulled out a beautiful ring. "Wanda, mi amor, will you and your lovely pink hair be mine for the rest of eternity?"
Wanda was confused. They were too young, he was too boastful, and she didn't love him at all, and that became completely clear as soon as she saw that ring.
She just left then, leaving a broken-hearted Latino behind her. Wanda couldn't believe he asked her to marry him. She always thought Juandissimo was just using her to look fancy and popular. You know, like a fur coat or something. She walked on for what felt like hours before she found the restaurant.
The place was empty except for an elderly couple and five kids form her high school. Wanda remembered over-hearing that her neighbor, Donna, was going to the prom with a group of friends instead of a date, and later they were going out to eat.
Donna noticed Wanda just hovering
there in the door. "Hey, Wanda! Come over here and sit with
us!"
Wanda gladly accepted the invitation. She headed over
there and pulled a free chair up to their booth.
"Well, Wanda," Donna said, "You already know Venus and Summer. This is my cousin, Athena, and this is Venus's friend, Cosmo."
"Hi," Wanda said, then looked over at Cosmo. His green hair was really nice, his eyes were beautiful, and she decided his overall look was perfect.
She noticed Cosmo was looking back at her. "I've, uh, seen you around before, haven't I?"
Wanda smiled. "Yeah, I guess you might have."
And the rest was history.
Now, Wanda was looking at Cosmo and Venus, talking and laughing the way they used to. "Take it easy, Wanda," she thought to herself. "They're only friends. They're just catching up on old times. It's nothing, you're just letting yourself get a bit too carried away."
Timmy stood there staring at the bathroom door, feeling he never should have asked about Venus in the first place. He understood how she felt. When he was younger his grandmother had died, and he was pretty close with her. For a while, whenever someone mentioned her, he would cry. Now that a few years have gone by he could deal with it, but apparently Allison hadn't reached that point yet.
"Timmy?" Wanda asked. "Is everything okay? Where'd Allison go?"
"Crying in the bathroom."
Venus turned around to face Timmy. "Oh, no!"
Venus sped off in the direction of the bathroom, leaving Cosmo to finish their conversation himself.
"What happened, sport?" Wanda asked.
"I don't know," Timmy answered. "We were talking about how we got our fairies and she brought up her dead friend and she just ran off."
"Oh, the poor girl," Wanda said sympathetically.
Timmy hated himself at that moment. "Why did I bring it up? I could tell by the yelling that her life wasn't exactly picture perfect. I should have just kept my buck-toothed face shut!"
Venus and Allison came from the bathroom a few minutes later. "Does anyone know what time it is?"
Wanda glanced at the clock on the wall. "We have ten minutes. We'd better get going."
"Right," Allison said. Timmy was glad to see she was better. "Venus, proper attire, please."
Venus waved her wand and changed Allison's T-shirt and jeans outfit into a white dress. Timmy struggled a bit to keep his jaw from dropping. That only would have embarrassed him more.
The fairies floated and talked on the way there, while Timmy Allison walked with each other, following the lead of their godparents. "Look, Allison," Timmy said, "I didn't mean to bring back any memories or anything."
Allison smiled. "It's all right. I couldn't expect you to know anything."
They were quiet for a while before Allison said to Timmy, "By the way, you look kind of…nice like that."
Timmy was wearing his suit, his standard "fancy trip to Fairy World" outfit. He wasn't sure if she was just saying that to be nice, but he liked the compliment anyway. He was going to tell her that she looked nice, too, but he caught Cosmo looking at the two of them weird and decided against it.
People were usually supposed to enjoy themselves at a wedding reception, but Cosmo wasn't having much fun that night. All he could think about was his wedding and his proposal, and how much things have changed since then. He hated it, he absolutely hated it.
And that's why he wouldn't stop looking at Timmy and Allison. It reminded him a lot of him and Wanda way back when. He might've forgotten everything else that happened in his life, but he would never forget what his life was like after he met Wanda. Timmy and Allison was the exact vision of it, only they were completely oblivious when he and his now wife knew it all along.
He was going to try to tell Wanda that he cared again at the wedding. That way he'd have the right romantic surroundings. But Wanda hadn't seemed to be herself that day, so he didn't bother trying. She had probably given up all hope of him ever saying anything sweet again.
Venus floated off the dance floor and hovered by Cosmo and Wanda. "You two haven't danced all night! Is everything okay?"
Cosmo wasn't sure if everything was all right or not, and he wanted to tell Venus that. They told each other everything when they were kids. But right now, Wanda was there, and he wasn't sure he wanted to hear anything form her on the subject.
"Yeah, it's fine," Wanda said. "Come one, Cosmo, let's dance."
Cosmo brightened up as the two floated on the dance floor and began to dance to a slow together. He was so happy Juandissimo wasn't there to ruin the moment.
Allison and Timmy agreed that they didn't want to dance and just hung around their table all night, talking about everything and anything. Eventually, they had gotten on the subject of Allison's parents and how she wished they would hurry up and divorce already.
"Oh, I thought…" Timmy's face turned red.
"Thought what?" Allison asked.
"Well, I…uh…kind of heard yelling from your house last night and I sort of thought that…um…you know, you were…uh…"
"He's so cute when he's embarrassed!"
"It's okay, Timmy," Allison said, "I know what you mean. And, in a way, abusive parents would be better than screaming one. At least they'd know you existed."
"But doesn't get a bit upsetting?"
Allison shrugged. "Sometimes, I guess." Truth was that she was used to it completely. Her parent's relationship was never perfect.
"I know I wouldn't be able to stand it!"
"But it isn't that bad now that I have Venus. If you still had Cosmo and Wanda if wouldn't be as terrible to you."
"That's true."
Allison couldn't think of anything else to say all of a sudden. She was sick of talking about her life, and a corny line like, "Well, enough about me…" didn't seem to fit in with the rest of the conversation. She noticed Timmy had a sort of worried expression on his face, and she hoped she wasn't wearing the same one.
Lucky for Allison, Cosmo, Wanda, and Venus showed up. "Guys," Venus said, "We're going to have to head back to Earth."
Allison groaned in her thoughts. She didn't want to see her parents at ALL, and besides that, just being with Timmy was nice. It felt good to have a friend again.
"Man, that was awesome!" Timmy said excitedly. He and his fairy godparents were back in his bedroom. The time in Fairy World was earlier than the time on Earth, so it was Timmy's bedtime by the time he got home.
"You and Allison seemed to be having a good time," Wanda said, happy that Timmy had made friends with her. It was easy to see that he liked her a lot.
"Yeah," Timmy said. "She's pretty nice. I hope we can become friends. Well, I'll see you in the morning!"
When Timmy fell asleep, Cosmo and Wanda retreated to their castle to catch a few Zs of their own. Wanda doubted she would get much sleep, though. She just couldn't shake the thought off Cosmo and Venus out of her mind. Venus had always been prettier than her, she hoped that Cosmo wouldn't change his mind about her. She had always thought that after over 9,000 years, he would have left if he didn't love her anymore. But she knew that it wasn't necessarily true, and that anyone could leave any time they wanted to.
"So, Cosmo," Wanda asked when the two were in bed, "how was it seeing Venus again."
"Good," Cosmo said somewhat sadly. He had sounded like that a lot lately, and it was bothering Wanda. She hated to hear him like that.
"Cosmo, what's the matter?" Wanda asked, more sincere than she had ever been in her never-ending life.
"Well…" Cosmo said. "I…uh…I, you know, uh…I…"
Wanda took the stammering as a bad sign and changed her attitude very quickly. "Maybe this should wait until morning, Cosmo."
"Uh…yeah, okay."
Wanda rolled over on her right side, the one opposite of Cosmo, trying not to cry. Did the trouble speaking mean he wanted a divorce? She wasn't sure what to think, and figured she just needed a good night's sleep. Too bad her brain wouldn't shut off.
After an hour of laying there thinking, she poofed herself a headset playing relaxing music. That always calmed her down.
Wanda wasn't the only one having trouble sleeping. Allison was also stirring all night. Her parents were being particularly loud that night, arguing about who didn't do something right. Her mother's screeching could probably be heard clear across the border to Canada, which didn't make it any easier.
"Venus?" she whispered. No answer.
"Venus, are you still awake?"
It was worthless, Venus was sound asleep. Allison just sighed and gave up, hoping she would fall asleep soon. Unfortunately, she didn't. Her mind was littered with thoughts about Timmy.
"How is this happening?" Allison thought to herself. "I don't even think he's cute!" Of course, she knew this was a lie. She thought there was a lot to Timmy that made him attractive.
"Especially that hat!"
Her mind switched from Timmy to his godparents. She couldn't believe she had met someone else who had them. She had finally known someone who had to live with an extra set of rules. She finally met another child that was once terrified of Jorgan von Strangle. (Actually, Allison wasn't really bothered by Jorgan. She had an uncle that was once a wrestler, so she was used to the Muscles McGoo act.) She had finally discovered someone else with the burden of keeping fairies a secret. And she knew she and Timmy were destined to be friends.
Allison never believed in fate, but her last thought before she drifted off to sleep was, "Well, it must apply here!"
Timmy had woken up in the middle of the night for the second time. He'd had two totally bizarre dreams. The first one was about Vicky babysitting, then turning into Tootie, who had been chasing him around his house all night. The second dream was about him and Allison getting married and jetting off to a tropical paradise to live together in happiness forever.
Timmy hated to admit it, but he was a bit upset to wake up from that dream.
He tried to shake the thought form his head. "Easy, Timmy," he whispered to himself. "You just had a bit too much cake at that reception."
The more he tried to get rid of the thought of Allison marrying him, the more the thought sunk in, and the more the thought sunk in, the better Timmy felt. He was beginning to scare himself, and he didn't have a single chance of getting to sleep after that.
"Why does she have to be so darn hot?"