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Disclaimer: I don't own Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends or its characters but the plot of this story is mine.
Misconceptions - Chapter 2
Outside Foster's Gates (Mac's POV) (1:58 PM)
I soon remembered who that guy was. I think his name was Josh or something and I also just remembered that he said he hated me. I wonder why. I soon entered Foster's front gates behind some of the pizza delivery people. As I reached the front steps, Frankie who was followed by Bloo and Mr. Herriman opened the front door. I felt my heart jump at the sight of Bloo and something was happening inside of my stomach. Geez, you'd think I was a schoolgirl or something.
"Mac! You're here! It's about time you got here! Do you know how long I've been waiting for you?"
"Hmm, only 10 hours I think." I walked into the house alongside Bloo.
"Yeah well that was 10 hours too long!" I laughed to myself and gave Bloo a pat.
"Hello! I believe someone ordered 100 pizzas at this residence." This shocked Mr. Herriman.
"What? I believe you've gotten the wrong address sir."
"No he doesn't! Those pizzas were especially ordered for me!" said Bloo.
"Why on earth would you order 100 pizzas Bloo?" I asked calmly.
"Cause Mr. Herriman told me to!" I looked over to Mr. Herriman.
"I did no such thing!"
"Yeah you did! You told me to order 100 pizzas when you wanted to talk to me."
"Would you two stop arguing? I really don't care who ordered but what are we going to do? Are we going to pay and who's going to pay?" asked Frankie.
"Excuse me, but where do you want these pizzas anyway?"
"Don't we have to pay first?" asked Frankie.
"It's already been paid." All of us were shocked except for Bloo. He was too oblivious.
"Well you can put all of them in my room."
"No Bloo. Just put them in the kitchen if you please." Bloo followed them into the kitchen to get some pizza.
"I wonder who paid for all this."
"I did." We turned to the source of the voice.
"Um… who are you and why would you pay for all of those pizzas and how much did it cost you?"
"I'm Josh and the reason I paid for those pizzas is because I'm the person who was supposed to check this foster home and to say whether or not you can still keep it and it cost me $1599.99" My jaws dropped at the price while Mr. Herriman hopped over to Josh to greet him.
"Good day Sir. I am terribly sorry about you having to pay for all that."
"It's all right. I just want to check the house and give you the grade and leave as soon as I can."
"Hey wait. Aren't you too young to have a job such as this and how were you able to pay for all of that?"
"One, this isn't my job. My dad told me to do this because he couldn't find the time and I knew how to grade a foster home and two, I had the money in cash." A few moments later, Bloo walked out of the dining room filling his face with pizza. I nodded my head at him for his manners. I turned back to the others and for half a second, I could have sworn I saw Josh staring at me.
"Would you like a tour Mr.…..um……"
"Just call me Josh. There's no need to get formal with me and yes, I would love a tour of the household." Mr. Herriman and Frankie led Josh to another room as I followed Bloo.
"So Bloo, what'd you do all day?"
"What did you think I was doing?"
"Well maybe you were off causing trouble here as you would usually do."
"Tch, I would have if it wasn't for Mr. Herriman telling me to order pizza. And I was waiting for you the all day."
"Awww, that's cute. You were waiting for me." I saw Bloo's cheeks become a tinted color. "Well be right back. I'm going to get myself some pizza."
"They're in the kitchen and don't take more than one slice cause they're alllllllll mineeee." I gave him a smile as I headed for Foster's kitchen.
Foster's Kitchen (Josh's POV)
This place is pretty big than what I had anticipated. And all the imaginary friends I've met so far are all nice. I think I'm starting to like place.
"This is the Foster's kitchen. We make all kinds of delicious food that we can afford to feed our friends." I nodded as I listened to Mr. Herriman.
"And what kind of food do you make here?"
"We make all sorts of things such as pasta, chicken, and all that good stuff." Answered Frankie.
"Tch, yeah right! What about the time you made it?" questioned by a blue blob.
"What the, weren't you somewhere else?"
"I will when I get another slice." The blue blob took a slice and ran off at the speed of light. Then I saw Mac come in. I have no idea why he's here in the first place.
"Did I just see Bloo take a slice of pizza and run off?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Oh nothing. Just wondering how he got here before I did without me seeing him." It sounds like he knows the people who reside and work here. I placed my bag on the floor and took out my grading sheet.
"So lets see…." I began to check off some boxes that gave a good description of the house so far. I suddenly felt eyes peering behind me so I turned around and saw Mr. Herriman and Frankie trying to take a look at the paper.
"Trying to get a peek huh?" I chuckled. "Shall we continue on with the tour?" Mr. Herriman began to lead me to another room, which looks like an arcade. That's cool.
"I'll catch up with you guys."
"Well okay Ms. Frances but hurry up."
(Mac's POV)
"So who was that guy and what is he doing here?"
"Oh he's the person who's grading us on our house and how we do things around here."
"Uh-huh and who is he?"
"Oh. His name is Josh and I think that he's a nice person so maybe this thing will be easy to pass.
"You know, I think he goes to my school but I'm not so sure."
"Well maybe you'll be sure when you get to know him. I must go. See you later Mac!" Frankie ran off to catch up with Mr. Herriman. I went back to the room where Bloo was with my slice of pizza in hand.
"Bloo, how did you get to the kitchen before I did?" Bloo gave me a questioning look.
"What are you talking about Mac?" I sighed.
"Never mind."
"Hey look! It's snowing!" Bloo shouted out with his face smushed against the window.
"Cool." I sat on the sofa beginning to eat my pizza while surfing through the channels.
"Hey Mac?"
"Yeah?" Bloo sat himself next to me, which made me feel tingly inside.
"I've been having these…..you know….." I began to eye him carefully. "feeling in my stomach when I'm around this certain someone and it gets hard for me to act the way I usually do. It's like this feeling wants me to act all nice and stuff. What does that mean?" I was very shocked to hear this, especially when it was coming from Bloo. And whom was he having this feeling for?
"Well Bloo, it's called having the butterflies."
"Butterflies?"
"Yeah, they're called that because you can feel something in your stomach that's fluttering inside you."
"Oh… is that a good thing?"
"Sure it is!"
"Can you tell me what it means?" I started to feel a bit sweaty explaining all this to him.
"Well it means that the person you're feeling this for is the person you love."
"What's love?" By now, I was feeling really hot. Not a moment too soon, Duchess walked in.
"Where is the guy that's supposedly checking to see if this foster home will stay in business?" I shrugged.
"I think they were heading for Madame Foster's room." Duchess walked away in search of them.
"Did you just lie Bloo?"
"I would never….yeah. So?" I laughed. Bloo was always like this. For some reason, I feel as though I'm getting closer to him.
"And this is the final room of the house, which is the living room! That concludes out tour!"
"Good thing we skipped all those rooms. Otherwise this would have taken forever! The tour was nice and fast." I eyed the three people who had just entered. "Now before I grade the house, I have to interview.." Duchess's loud ranting soon cut off Josh.
"You lied to me! They weren't heading there. I saw them walk past them me you blob!" Bloo started to laugh.
"Hey, what can I tell you?" I can tell that Duchess was very upset.
"Excuse me but are you the person that's grading this foster home?" Josh nodded. "Well then I have some complaints about this house that I would like you to hear." Mr. Herriman and Frankie began making signs telling Duchess to keep her trap shut right behind Josh's back.
"Hey what are you guys.." I shoved my elbow into Bloo. "What was that for?" I whispered to Bloo to be quiet and to not say anything.
"Why?"
"Because I don't want you to give anything away."
"What am I giving away?"
"Never mind Bloo."
"And what complaints do you have?"
"Well for one thing, they can't do anything right in this house! They serve the most horrible food I have ever tasted and there are other numerous things that I've written on this paper." Duchess handed Josh a list of things, which seems to be complaints. Josh sighed to himself.
"This is going to take a while so if you don't mind, can you guys be quiet so I can read? Thank you very much."
5 Minutes Later"This is taking way too long!" shouted Bloo.
"Will you calm down?" Bloo began to grumble to himself.
"Well Duchess, these list of complaints are really interesting." Frankie and Mr. Herriman gasped in horror and Duchess smiled evilly. "But then again, they're really stupid." Josh tore up the paper to shreds. "Next time when you make complaints, actually make them a bit more complain able." Duchess walked away in defeat while Frankie was saying yes to herself over and over again.
"Now as I was saying, before I can give you your grade, I have to interview 4 specific people, which is the founder, the boss, one employee, and one imaginary friend. So can I meet the founder?"
"Um, she is in Rome at this time." said Mr. Herriman.
"All right. Then I guess we'll skip the founder and go to the boss then. So where's the boss around here?"
"You're standing right in front of him."
"Wait, Mr. Herriman is the boss here?" Everyone nodded. "Wow, I thought you were the butler or something."
"That's what I said when I first saw him." said Bloo as he jumped off the couch.
"Really? Good thing I'm not the only one who thought so. And who are you by the way?" I hope Bloo doesn't say anything embarrassing.
"Why I'm the bestest imaginary friend in the whole wide world!" I slapped my hand on my forehead when I heard him say that. Josh laughed instead.
"You know, I think you're going to be the imaginary friend that I'll interview."
"What?" said Frankie and Mr. Herriman simultaneously. I was kinda surprised that Bloo got picked to be interviewed. "Please choose any other imaginary friend!"
"Why?"
"Because…um….well….." Frankie bit her lip.
"Is there a problem with my choice?"
"Oh no no no no no. There's no problem at all."
"Good. Now would you like to be interviewed here or in private Mr. Herriman?"
"Um, let's go to my office to do this." Josh followed Mr. Herriman into his office. As soon as the office door was shut, Frankie immediately went over to Bloo.
"Bloo, you had better not mess this up for us!"
"Don't worry Frankie! I'm not going to say anything bad about this nice house." said Bloo with a smile.
"So Frankie, how was the tour?"
"Well I think he enjoyed the tour and he got the chance to meet Wilt, Coco, and Eduardo so I think we're in the clear for now. Unless of course Bloo decided to mess things up.'
"Nah. I don't think he would do that. I'm sure he loves this house as much as you do."
"See? Mac believes in me and you don't." Bloo stuck his tongue out at her. Mr. Herriman and Josh entered the room once again.
"So next up is Frankie. Do you want me to interview you in private or…" Josh was cut off when Frankie said to do it here.
"Okay then. I'll ask you're a few questions and all you have to do is answer them."
"Sounds easy enough."
"Let's get started. Do you like your job here at Foster's and describe your job here for me."
"I love working here at Foster's and my job is to help imaginary friends with anything they need help with and to cook the meals here."
"Uh-huh, and does your boss sometimes boss your around? As in he barks orders at you like saying do this and do that."
"Well….um…..no?"
"Is that the truth?"
"Yeah….." I can tell that Frankie was nervous about this question she got.
"I don't buy that at all."
"Why not?"
"Because Mr. Herriman told me that he keeps telling you to do things every single minute of the day so that's practically telling you to do things." Frankie slapped her forehead and glared at Mr. Herriman who took a step away from her.
"All right, now its Bloo's turn. Private or here?" I hope Bloo keeps what he said he would do.
"Just here will be fine."
"All right. Now since you live here at Foster's, do you like the hospitality that you're receiving here?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"And what do you like most here? It could be about anything you want."
"Well let's see… The only thing I like is that my creator gets to come visit me every day." I felt touched when he said that.
"Is that so?" Bloo nodded.
"Okay then. I will now give you your grade on this sheet. Now remember, if its below 80, you can't be an adoption home any longer. So, who wants to see it?" I saw that Mr. Herriman and Frankie were too nervous to take a look.
"I'll take it!" Bloo shouted out and grabbed the sheet of paper. "Hmmm…." He gasped.
"Oh no!"
"What is it Bloo?" I asked curiously.
"It's too horrible!"
"Tch yeah right." I grabbed the paper from Bloo and read it. At the bottom, I saw a 99 score. "You liar, you guys passed with flying colors." Mr. Herriman and Frankie were overjoyed.
Sharp23: Well I made this chapter longer and for all of you to know, I'm not going to update every day cause that's way too hard. See you next chapter!