Previously… Mac asked Tessa to the homecoming dance and she accepted! But will she accept his offer of affection? This may get ugly! (bloomacncheez smacks the narrator on the noggin with a fan) Ahem, sorry about that…
Mac buttoned up the last button on his tuxedo and looked at himself in the mirror. Would Tessa really find him attractive? He hesitated about combing his hair back but when he looked at the clock, he knew there was no time. He ajusted his earpiece and clicked it on.
"Bloo? You there?" he said anxiously.
"Yep! The rest of us are here too, pal!" Bloo chirped. Mac smiled, knowing that if anything went wrong his friends were there to help. He quickly jogged to Tessa's house and knocked on the door. When Tessa answered the door, she smiled and tiptoed outside and shut the door quietly behind her. She was wearing a light purple dress with no sleeves, two bracelets on each wrist, and a violet in her hair.
"Hey, Mac," she whispered, "You ready to go?"
"Yeah," he whispered back, "Why are we whispering?"
"Because if my Mom finds out you're here she'll wanna give us the…" but she got cut off by a voice that sounded like a screeching parrot or a howler screech monkey.
"MAC! TESSA! Where do you think you're going? Get in here now!" It was Tessa's mother.
"Uh-oh! Mac, prepare yourself. She's gonna give you a long lecture!" Honey warned. And sure enough, she was right.
23 minutes later…
The lecture was extremely boring. All Mac heard was something about 11:00 sharp and...
"I don't want any funny business from you two," Tessa's mother squawked.
"MOTHER!" Tessa wailed, absolutely mortified.
"So, do I make myself clear?"
"Did you hear a word they said?" Tessa whispered into Mac's ear.
"No," Mac said out loud, inadvertently of course.
"Yes! Yes you did!" Bloo and Honey panicked.
"Excuse me?" Tessa's parents barked.
"Yes we understand!" Mac and Tessa said quickly, and sped off towards school.
Later…
When they arrived, Mac and Tessa saw a lot of teenagers there, including Ritchie and his date, Lyla. Lyla was Berry's creator. She's almost exactly the same except she likes Mac… a lot. So, yeah. Like Imaginary friend like creator, psycho! The dance didn't seem like a 'couples only' kind of prom. It seemed like the only music that it played was rock and roll, hip-hop, raps, and things like that. Mac was a little too shy to ask Tessa when she wanted to go dance so he just kept quiet.
"So…" Bloo's voice startled Mac, "Whatcha doin'?"
"Uh, kind of watching the dance…," Mac said guiltily.
"Mac…" everyone groaned.
"Don't worry! I'll ask her now!"
Mac turned to look at Tessa. She had a wistful look to her face as she stared among the couples dancing together. "So, uh, you wanna dance, Tess?" Mac asked.
"Wha-? Oh, yeah. Sure," Tessa said snapping out of her daze. Mac took her hand and they walked to the dance floor. Everybody else was just finishing dancing to Green Day when a slow dance song popped up.
"Ee! A slow dance! Oh, my, gosh!" Honey squealed.
"Pah! Slow dance! Romance! At least I get a bathroom break…" Bloo mumbled. Mac looked at Tessa, blushing, and saw she was a little embarrassed herself. But, regardless of her pink cheeks, she smiled a little. Mac did what Frankie had taught him and Tessa looked rather surprised.
"I didn't know you knew how to dance," she smiled.
"I didn't until recently," Mac blushed. Mac looked at her for a minute more before he attempted to kiss her. Of, course I said 'attempted' because at that moment, Ritchie and Lyla collided into them. That was no accident either. Mac frowned in disappointment. So, the dance went on for about half an hour longer before Bloo's voice came back.
"Mac?"
"Uh-huh?" Mac whispered, in a definite daze.
"You told her yet?"
"No."
"Are you gonna?" Bloo frowned angrily.
"No," Mac said, again dreamily. At this Bloo had had enough.
"Mac, I really didn't want to have to… okay so maybe I did, but, Coco? Do your worst."
"Cococococococococococococococococococococococococo…" Coco squawked non-stop. Mac's ears were killing him. He cupped his hands over his ears.
"Mac?" Tessa said concerned, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I need to go outside for a coco- second!" Mac said quickly.
"Um, OK." Once outside, Mac screamed,
"OKAY I GIVE!" The sudden noise made Bloo and Coco jump. (Coco was so surprised she laid a dozen plastic eggs all at once.) "Look, I promise I'll tell her," Mac vowed, "Just not now."
Later that evening…
After the dance was over, Mac and Tessa sat outside on Tessa's porch just talking.
"Um, thanks for taking me to the prom," Tessa said quietly, "I had a lot of fun."
"I'm glad," Mac replied simply, "I just feel bad because we didn't really dance a whole lot." Tessa shrugged. It didn't seem to bother her very much at all. Tessa began talking to Mac, but he found it very hard to pay attention when an annoying little blue blob keeps buzzing in your ear,
"So, are you gonna tell her or not? Do I have to get Coco again?"
"Mac, are you even listening to me?" Tessa barked angrily. Mac was a little overwhelmed so he stupidly answered Bloo's question first.
"No," he said out loud again. At this Tessa was shocked. Tears swelled up in her eyes and she just quietly whimpered,
"Mac… why not? I needed you to hear that and you're listening to… an earpiece?" Tessa suddenly realized what was going on. "Mac, is that an earpiece?"
"AW!" everyone groaned.
"No… yes… maybe… I don't know," Mac replied stubbornly. Tessa frowned.
"Bloo, Honey? You guys hear me?" she said. There was silence and then a quiet,
"…yes…"
"Mac, what's this all about?" Mac sighed. This is the time to tell her if he was going to do it.
"I-I-I-I-I I like you," Mac stuttered. Tessa apparently didn't get what he meant.
"Well, gee, thanks for telling me," she snorted with a hint of disappointment in her voice, "We've been best friends for five long…" But Mac cut her short.
"No, Tessa. I mean it in a very serious way," he sighed. Tessa realized what he meant. Her eyes widened. "I know it's really silly," Mac said, "but I can't keep it a secret anymore…" Mac shed a small tear which ran down his face. He couldn't help it. At this point he didn't care either.
"Mac, I…" Tessa started, "I didn't know. I… didn't think you would. I'm sorry, I guess I forgot how overwhelming it gets…" Mac looked up, confused.
"What do you mean ' you forgot'?" he said curiously. Tessa started to cry too.
"Oh, Mac don't you get it?" she cried, "I've always loved you! Always! I've just… I never thought you did. So, I talked about it with Honey all the time and things sort of simmered down and weren't so overwhelming anymore… but I still love you just the same way." She threw her arms around him lovingly and snuggled his cheek with her nose. He stopped crying and felt a little sorry. If he had only realized sooner… maybe they wouldn't be crying over each other at the moment… Mac wrapped his arms around her and closed his eyes. After a few moments they quit hugging and just stared at each other lovingly as Mac stroked his fingers through her short red hair. They took one last gaze into each other's eyes before they pressed their lips against the other's. Mac wanted this to go on for hours and it almost did, except for…
"MAC! TESSA! I thought I made it perfectly clear that Tessa was to be in at 11:00 sharp, and no funny business!" Yeah, it was Tessa's howler monkey of a mother. "You, Tessa, inside, now! And you, Mac go home!" And she dragged Tessa inside. As Mac left, he looked at Tessa's bedroom window. Tessa was watching him and he saw her make the 'I love you' hand gesture at him. He smiled and returned the gesture.
Meanwhile at Foster's…
Bloo, Honey, and the others just sat staring at the walkie-talkie with disgust. Wilt shuddered and walked away, muttering something about 'I'm sorry, but that is not okay.' Eduardo must kept making sick noises and repeating like a broken record 'Muy stinko.' Coco just twitched and stared blankly into oblivion. Frankie pretended to vomit. Bloo and Honey, on the other hand, smiled at each other knowing that Mac and Tessa would be thick as thieves. For the next few days, they would find them fooling around a little and thought it was cute. But they also noticed, it was happening a lot. They would have to yell really loud and even then, they wouldn't hear them. It was like they were ignoring them! And that my friends, is when Bloo and Honey realized that they may have made the biggest mistake in their whole lives…
TO BE CONTINUED…