From all the backyards in neighborhood, there was not one that was more lively and active than the one in Fosters. All the imaginary friends were in a little frenzy, enjoying the day with BBQ burgers and hotdogs, games, music and dancing, followed by what any party isn't a party without…a swimming pool.
Stephanie decided to stay a little bit for dinner as she looked around at the party, seeing all the imaginary friends enjoying themselves. She looked to the swimming pool seeing Wilt helping Stacy swim across the shallow end. She never had the time to take her swimming because she couldn't get in herself without help, though seeing Wilt gently taking her around the pool as Stacy grasped his hand, which was big enough for both of her hands to hold onto while kicking her legs in the water…made her smile.
"that's it, you got it, just relax and kick okay?" Wilt said, walking in the water slowly with Stacy.
Stephanie smiled as she rolled up next to Frankie, who was lounging about on a lounge chair, "He really is a sweet heart isn't he?"
"Who Wilt?" Frankie smiled at Stephanie then looked at Wilt, "Yeah, he has been there for people as long as I can remember. Even when I was a child, he used to read me stories at night before I went to bed. He was like a big Brother to me…it's a relief to see him happy."
Stephanie looked at her surprised, "he has lived here for as long as anyone else here?"
"Oh yeah, some might even say before this place was even made," Frankie sipped on a mango smoothie.
"Wow…and he was never adopted throughout this whole time?" Stephanie looked at her a little sad.
"Yeah…it's a shame. I get a few kids who are looking for athletic, sport playing imaginary friends. They met Wilt and some were amazed by his skills….but..… most prefer ones that were…how they put it…un-sympathetic looking." Frankie stated heavy heartedly.
"That's terrible," Stephanie looked back at the pool, seeing Wilt setting Stacy on a animal float, "How can kids miss out on something that kind and sweet."
"Kind and Sweet, don't really win a lot of kids attention. Before Sarah came along, Wilt was very apologetic about everything, and he always did whatever anyone asked him too, some of us sometimes took advantage of his kindness to have him do a few things for us…I have to admit, I am one of them…and I feel bad…because looking at him, he never asked for anything in return, he just wanted to be excepted as is…its hard to believe someone like him never got adopted." Frankie looked at pool watching Wilt laugh.
Stephanie continue to watch Wilt while he continued to keep his eye on Stacy on the floating animal. Looking at him, she couldn't see anything wrong with him, just because he was missing an arm and had a broken eye, didn't mean that he wasn't any good…
Stephanie's eyes widened to that thought when it hit her. He wasn't so different from her. Her legs didn't work anymore, but that didn't mean she couldn't do what any normal human being could do, in fact, she could do more. She remember getting all the pity parties from her school about her mothers passing and her handicap, she even got asked out by a cute quarter back, but she knew deep down inside, he didn't like her…he just felt sorry for her.
She didn't want that…she didn't want anyone to feel sorry for her. She wanted to be treated like any other human being…she wasn't broken, she was unique. Looking at Him, with his huge smile and kind nature, he was just like her…unique. To him he wasn't handicapped, he was who he was, and that never stopped him from being who he is. That thought alone, made her smile more, "He truly is amazing."
Frankie looked at Stephanie and then at Wilt, right then and there, she knew what she was thinking and smiled, "yeah he sure is."
Back inside the house, Sarah had put up her hair in a braid as she looked at her shopping bag that had the bathing suit inside it. She sat there wondering if she would wear the bathing suit that her youngest picked out for her…but there was something holding her back….
To be truthfully honest. She never went swimming because of various of reasons, other than a fear of shedding her fur, the one that bothered her the most, was her figure.
She remembered one time, in South Carolina when she was taking care of the foster kids, she went to the store in a tank top and a pair of Capri pants because it was so hot that day. The minute she walked through the door and walked around, people were staring at her, men and their bug eyes and smirks, ran chills down her spine as the ladies glared at her, she could hear them saying, "That's an imaginary friend?" said one lady while another lady said, " she was probably thought up by some perverted teenager, look at the way she walks, and how she is…no child in their right mind would think of something that figurative. Teenagers these days, they think of the most disgusting things."
Sarah's eyes widened as she placed a hand over her heart after hearing that word…,she saw herself, looking deeply into the basket of groceries, holding the apple in one hand before running out of the store in tears. "Disgusting?…" she said to herself…she looked at herself in the mirror on her vanity dresser. Disgusting? because she was created with a figure that a model could have? Because she had beauty, despite being a catlike person? They didn't know her…they didn't even cared to know…all they cared about was judging others by appearance.
Her thoughts were soon disrupted by laughing, looking out the window, she saw Wilt laughing with Stacy as they pointed at Bloo tackling the animal float that Stacy was on shouting, "Feel my wrath you dragon! For I am the warrior of all time! The Mighty Blooreguard Q Kazoo!" he squeeze the animals head till it popped and all the air started to slowly fade out. Bloo just saluted to his friends as he went down with the animal like a captain going down with the ship.
Even Stephanie was laughing at the scene, pretty soon, everyone was laughing. Seeing her girls and Wilt laughing together, made her smile grow as she grabbed her shopping bag.
She shouldn't care what others thought of her, all that mattered to her was that her girls loved her, and Wilt loved her for who she is and not what she looked like…even though it was part of the attraction, but he didn't treat it like a big necessity. He loved her for just being herself. Bringing the bathing suit out and removing the tag…she was no longer afraid of showing her figure…it was time to move forward.
Wilt sat down with the girls as he brought over a tray of hotdogs and hamburgers. Gently setting it down on the table, he smiled saying, "alright girls, Dig in!"
Stephanie smiled as she grabbed a hamburger while Stacy grabbed a hotdog, they looked up to wilt saying, "Thank you."
"Your welcome," He smiled back, taking a seat while grabbing a hamburger with cheese, before looking around, "I wonder where Sarah is."
"I am not sure," Stephanie said, "She said she was going to be just a little bit."
"That was like about an hour and a half ago," Stacy said looking at her sister then at Wilt.
Wilt thought for a moment before getting up from his seat, "I will go se-"
"No need Wilt," Sarah said as she walked up to the group, "I just…needed a little time to fix my hair."
Wilt's jaw dropped when he saw Sarah in her bathing suit. The design fit her perfectly, the top part was a single piece that snapped around her neck like a collar and rounding around her shoulders, the bottom….he stopped there as his face turned bright red. It was the first time he seen her wearing less than what she normally wore. Her slender legs, her hour glass figure, it almost made him curse her outfits because they were hiding such beauty.
Sarah blushed to Wilt's facial expression, he looked so cute when he was in awe struck, which happen to be often with her around…especially when she wore new outfits…and that made her happy. She walked up to him waving a hand in front of his face, "Wilt? Are you okay?"
"I…I….I…." was all Wilt could say before passing out onto the concrete.
Sarah and the girls looked at him in his unconscious form as Stacy looked to Sarah saying, "you killed him."
