New Girl - Chapter Five

About a month had passed since Chapter Four. Cosmo and Wanda were then closer than ever, and they vowed to always stay that way. Timmy really liked the change in his fairies. Fixing their marriage was a welcome change, and he hoped there was a possibility of a godsister or godbrother in the future, although at the time it seemed highly unlikely.

Allison's parents were the exact opposite, for a while making her happier than Cosmo and Wanda combined. They made the divorce as quick as possible so they could get on with their lives. The biggest issue was who Allison would live with. That made everything extremely hard on the girl.

"I can't take it anymore!" Allison screamed. "They're driving me nuts!"

"What?" Venus asked. "Are they still arguing with that poor judge?"

"Worse! They're BRIBING me!"

Timmy, who was with Allison and Venus with his fairies, asked bewilderedly, "They both want you after they ignored you for four years?"

Timmy could hear Venus mumble, "Hypocrites…" under hear breath.

"Timmy, I really don't think I'll make it through this!"

"Well," Timmy said, "My door's always open, especially if Dad's home."

Allison hugged her neighbor. "Oh, it's so great to have a friend like you!"

Timmy couldn't help wishing he were more than a friend to Allison. Unfortunately for him, Da Rules said he couldn't mess with true love, which also meant he couldn't create it. He'd just have to suffer.

"Hi Cosmo, hi Wanda!" Timmy said cheerfully as he entered his room, home from school. It took him a while to notice they weren't in the fishbowl.

"Of course," Timmy sighed. "They're in the castle again."

Cosmo and Wanda had been spending a lot of time in their castle. At first, Timmy would come in a lot (his godparents had granted the wish that he could shrink whenever he wanted to hang out there), but he soon understood that they needed privacy and left them alone. He did wonder what they were doing in there. The ideas he got seemed a bit too…un-Cosmo like.

Timmy heard his Dad cry from downstairs, "Yay! Not Dinkleburg is here!"

"Jeez! You'd think after over a month he'd be over that!"

He heard Allison come up the stairs and walk down the hall that led to his room. His door was open, so she just walked right in.

"Hey, Timmy," she said. "Ready for a bad news/good news moment?"

"Uh oh," Timmy said. The two of them sat down on Timmy's bed.

"The good news is that the judge is granting full custody of me to my mother because they found some not-so-great stuff in Dad's bedroom."

That was good news. When Timmy asked his friend who she'd rather end up with, she said her mom, because they used to be a lot closer, and she remembered her once saying to her grandparents that she'd be one-hundred percent happier without her husband around. Allison wasn't so sure about her father.

"Then what's the bad news?" Timmy asked, and instantly thought, "It's a girl nickel!"

"Mom decided she couldn't stand to live in the same town as that filthy scum."

Timmy wasn't entirely sure if she was quoting her mother when Allison said, "filthy scum", but he'd think about that later. Right now he had to think about how she was moving again.

"You can't leave Dimmsdale!" Timmy cried. The second he did, Cosmo and Wanda poofed out of the castle and into the bedroom.

"Allison's leaving Dimmsdale?" the fairies asked in unison.

Allison turned towards her best friend's fairies and said softly and sadly, "Yeah, and as soon as possible, too."

Timmy was heartbroken. The girl he loved (he knew that part was entirely true within a week of the day Cosmo and Wanda patched things up) was leaving, and he never told her how much more than a friendship their relationship was. At least, it was more to him. Before he could say anything, Allison broke the awkward silence that had formed.

"I'd better get going," she said. "If mom found a house, and she probably did, she'll want me to help her pack."

"Yeah, sure," Timmy said in an upset voice. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yup," Allison answered with the same tone in her voice. "Bye, guys."

Allison was surprised to see Mr. Turner standing extremely close to Timmy's doorway when she walked out of his room. He had some weird machine that had some headphones and a microphone attached to it.

"I, uh, couldn't help overhearing," he said quickly tossing the machine down the stairs. Allison could hear Mrs. Turner scream out in pain. "Are you really leaving?"

"Yup, Mr. Turner," Allison said. "I guess you'll only have one Not Dinkleburg now, huh?"

"Well, at least it isn't Dinkleburg!" Timmy's dad said happily. "Have a nice life, Not Dinkleburg!"

Allison tried not to laugh. "I'll try, Mr. Turner."

As she walked down the stairs, Allison thought about how much she'd miss the Turner family, especially Timmy. He was the best friend she'd ever had, and she highly doubted that she'd ever make a better friend in her life.

She closed the front door behind her and headed towards her house. She saw her mother in the window of her bedroom packing up boxes.

"I knew it," Allison thought, "she'd get the farthest house she saw and we'll be packed by tomorrow morning."

Allison jogged up the stairs and headed into her room, surprised to find her entire room in boxes, except for her bed. "Venus? Did you do this?"

Venus turned into a fairy and poofed out of the birdcage. "I figured you'd want to see Timmy before you left, so I helped out a bit."

Allison smiled. "You're the best godmother a girl could have!"

Venus smiled along with her godchild. "I know!"

Allison couldn't help but laugh. Venus could be more conceited than anyone she'll ever meet at times.

"So," Venus asked. "How'd he take it?"

"I couldn't tell," Allison answered.

"I can't believe it!" Timmy cried. He switched himself to a laying-down position on his bed. "Why does she have to move away!"

"I'm sorry, Timmy," Wanda said. "We know she meant a lot to you."

Allison had meant a lot to Wanda, too. Over the past few weeks, she had seen a lot more of Allison. She really was a sweet kid, and Wanda had felt like she was a godparent to her as well as Timmy. She'd gotten along better with Venus, too, after a little explaining had been done. Wanda knew she'd miss both of them.

"It felt like more than that, Wanda," Timmy said to his godmother.

"What do you mean, sport?"

"Has he finally figured it out?" Wanda asked herself. She always knew that Trixie was nothing more than a crush, and she always hoped that Timmy would find out what love really was one day.

"Well," Timmy answered, "I know that she thinks of me as just a friend, but I really liked her as a girl…maybe even…loved her."

"Oh, Timmy," Wanda hugged her godchild. "You've really grown up since you were ten."

"But now she's moving—"

"—and she has no clue how you feel," Wanda finished.

"Yeah," Timmy said sadly.

"You've got to tell her, Timmy," Wanda said. "If Cosmo hadn't said anything to me, we'd never be where we are right now."

Wanda got a dreamy look in her eyes thinking about how much she loved her husband, and how much everything he said had meant to her.

"But Cosmo knows you care about him," Timmy said. "There's a big difference here."

Wanda didn't think so, but she didn't say anything.

Cosmo poofed out of the castle and into Timmy's room.

"How am I supposed to find out if she likes me? HOW!"

Cosmo cleared his throat.

"Oh, right," Timmy said. "I have fairies. I wish I could hear everything that Allison and Venus said to each other!"

Cosmo waved his wand a poofed up a duck.

"Uh, Cosmo?" Timmy asked.

"Sorry, Timmy," Cosmo said, "but it's kind of hard to concentrate after the—"

Wanda smacked her hand over Cosmo's mouth and poofed up a machine like Mr. Turner's.

"What do you mean you couldn't tell!" Venus asked very loudly. How could you not tell how someone is taking something?

"I don't know," Allison answered. "He just…he didn't act like we were just—"

"Well, duh!" Venus already knew what her goddaughter was going to say. "Anyone with eyes could see he likes you as more than a friend!"

Apparently, this shocked Allison. "Really?"

"I can see how living with her parents could make her deaf, but ruin her eyesight? Honestly!"

"Of course!"

Allison sat down on her bed. "That…I kind of like him like that, too."

Now this Venus hadn't seen. "You're a darn good actress, kid!"

"I would've told him," Allison said, "but until five minutes ago, I didn't think he'd feel the same way."

Venus couldn't understand why Allison seemed so upset. Then she caught a glimpse of the boxes out of the corner of her eye. "Oh yeah, we're moving."

"Allison," the godparent said, "you have to tell him!"

"I know, I know! I will, tomorrow before we leave."

Venus sighed and thought back to when Allison was ten. Back then, she would've never talked like that. Now she was all grown up.

Suddenly, she heard a "Woohoo!" come from somewhere. Allison looked up. "What was that?"

"Should I tell her I never de-bugged Timmy's room?"

Venus would never let on that the room was bugged in the first place. It did come in handy, though, since she heard everything Timmy had said about Allison to Wanda before.

"The matchmaker strikes!"

Timmy was smiling from ear to ear. "This is unbelievable! And she'll tell me tomorrow! Oh my gosh, what do I say back? Cosmo, Wanda, I—"

"Slow down there, sport," Wanda said to her panicky godchild. "Just do what feels right."

Timmy sighed. This was too unreal for him to comprehend. The girl of his dreams actually liked him. Him, Timmy Turner, your average un-popular nerd. He never would have dreamed of this happening two years ago!

But she'd be moving. Would she want to keep in touch with him?

Timmy needed to sleep.

He next morning, Timmy met Allison on the steps. Cosmo and Wanda were nearby, disguised as the shutters attached to Timmy's bedroom window.

"Oh, Cosmo, isn't this exciting?" Wanda asked. "It's like watching the end to a really great romantic movie!"

"Yeah!" her energetic husband agreed. "I wonder what'll happen."

Allison began walking towards Timmy's front steps. "Hey," she said.

"Hey," Timmy said in a despondent voice.

Allison sat down next to her neighbor. "Uh, Timmy," she said nervously. "I, uh, figured this would be a…a good time to tell you that I…I've kind of, sorta, you know, uh…like you as, you know, more than a friend…yeah."

That sounded familiar to Cosmo. It took him a while to figure out it was him he was reminded of.

"I sorta, you know, uh…like you as more than a friend, too."

"You do?" Allison asked. Cosmo could tell she was caught off-guard.

"Yeah." Timmy said. The pair was silent for a while before Timmy leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

Wanda looked over at her husband. "Remember when you first kissed me?"

"Do I ever!"

Cosmo couldn't help tearing up a bit. He and Wanda had grown to love Timmy like he was their own son, instead of just a godson.

"They grow up so fast!"

Allison smiled. "I kind of hoped you'd do that."

Timmy smiled, too. "So, uh, will we ever see each other again?"

"Mom's got to get a job sooner or later. I could always have Venus poof me here. We're only moving to the next town over, anyway."

Allison saw her mother head towards the car. She smiled at Timmy and waved her daughter over.

"I'll see you soon, Timmy," Allison said as she stood up and headed off.

"Bye."

Two weeks later, after Mr. Mancuso had left Dimmsdale, Mr. Turner noticed a moving van pull in the driveway of the house next door. He was horrified when he saw who came out.

"Hey, Turner!" Dinkleburg said. "Looks like we're neighbors again!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

THE END

Author's Note: Does anyone else smell a sequel coming on? Well, don't get your hopes up! I already know what my next fic is gonna be. Keep your eyes peeled for that!

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