Chapter 2

Tension

Timantha was now facing Trixie with a smile on her face. "Don't look at me like that. Trixie said. "Why is it bad?" Timatha said still smiling. Trixie turned way with a sigh. "Yes…it's very bad."

"I don't know why. I thought you liked Timantha." Trixie turned around to look at her face. "…..I did, but that was before I knew you were Timmy." She said as tears began to show. "I didn't think you would use me like that. You only hung out with me at the mall so you could be popular."

Timanthat looked at her face. "You're wrong. I would never stoop so low."

"Then why did you do it then? Huh? Was it to get something out of me? Was it money?" Timantha couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Look…I did that stuff because you were having fun. I like it when you smile. I may not be the rich boy you want but I can still try my best to make you happy." Timantha looked the opposite way and started walking towards the window.

"I still don't get why you looked like that in the first place. Wouldn't it have been better just to approach me as a boy?" Timantha turned around then looked at the floor. She wanted to say something, but chose to stay quiet.

"Say something. I want to know why you didn't talk to me as a boy!" She said sounding more forceful. In a low voice Timantha spoke. "It's because as Timmy, you wouldn't give me the time of day. So I figured as a girl, I might have a better chance.

Trixie looked sad at the response. "I…I'm sorry. I didn't know. Trixie was about to continue when Timantha stopped her. "Look we both now that popularity is tough. You have to keep up your image, and pretend to be something you're not just to please everyone around you."

"How did you know all that?" Trixie said with a surprised look. Timantha sighed. "I can tell just by looking at you…that you just wanted to be yourself. Every time I saw you at school you would always make fun of someone, than when Veronica and the other rich kids were out of site, you would go back and apologize."

"Is that why you talked to me at the mall?"

Timantha nodded. "The day at school when you were giving out party invitations, you gave me one." Timantha started to explain. "Later on after school I couldn't think of a gift to buy so, I had no idea what girls like because…well I wasn't one." She continued. "So is that why you dressed up like one?" Trixie said laughing.

"Actually it is. I decided to go to the mall as a girl to find you the perfect gift, but instead I saw you disguised as a boy reading the latest Skull Squishier comic. At that moment I knew the perfect gift I would give you for your birthday."

"And what was that? Trixie said looking excited at the story.

"It was a day to be yourself. It may sound silly but I really didn't know what to get you, so I decided that I would give you the best day of your life. I wanted to make you happy. So I did all those fun things with you." I knew I would be embarrassed doing those things as a girl, but I didn't care."

Trixie sat on her bed silently. She didn't know what to say. She was completely speechless.

"Even in the arcade, boys were looking at me. It was weird, but it didn't matter because I was too busy making you happy, and to show you that even girls can do boy things in public. I know with popularity, you can't, but with real friends it doesn't matter as long as you're having fun."

Trixie got up and walked towards Timantha. "If that's true, then why didn't you come back to see me at my party? Didn't you promise me you would at the mall before we left?" She said as tears flowed down her face. "I did show up. I went as Timmy, and not as Timantha to show you that even boys can be into girl stuff. When I shouted it out….didn't you say "Awe…how sweet." Then afterwards you called security and kicked me out the party?"

Trixie just looked down at the floor. She then looked at Timantha with a frown. "I remember, I just didn't want people looking at me weird." Timantha nodded. "That's why I did all those fun things with you at the mall, so you could get away from all that."

"Even after all that….why didn't you call, or come back to see me?" Timmy sat down on the bed and said nothing for a few minutes. It was hard enough explaining why he looked like a girl, but the situation was starting to turn out differently than he expected.

"It was because dressing as Timantha was supposed to be a one-time deal. I never wanted to dress like that again. I did it only to make you happy." Trixie's chest tightened at the comment. "So was everything you did at the mall a lie?" Timantha was shocked at the response.

"No! It wasn't." She said looking at Trixie. "So it was just to get clos me than huh? You couldn't talk to me as a boy…so you decided to dress up as a girl and use my interest just to get near me!" Trixie's voice started to sound angry and tense.

"Trixie…that is not the reason I did it."

"Then tell me the truth NOW!" Timantha could do nothing but tremble at Trixie's voice. "I did it because I love you. I never said anything before because I never had the courage to."

Timantha was remembering what Cosmo said about not being able to gather the courage, and then failing horribly. She saw herself laughing in his face the next time she saw him again. Trixie got up and rushed to the window and stood there deep in thought.

"You're lying." Timantha looked over at Trixie and replied, "So you don't believe me huh?" Trixie turned around and shouted with force, "OF COUSRE I DON'T! It all had to be a lie. Everything has to be a lie."

Timantha stood and grabbed Trixie's shoulders. "If this is all one big lie, then why am I standing her as a girl? Why would I talk to you when you never wanted anything to do with me? Huh? I don't care if you believe or think it's all a lie, or whatever. All I know is that everything I told you up until now is the truth."

"If it's the truth, then why do I feel so confused and angry?"

"I can't tell you. All I can say is that it took a lot of courage for me to do this. I didn't want to come here because I knew you were still mad at me. The boy-side of me, but I wasn't going to leave it at that. I have feelings for you. I just didn't know if you had feelings for me though."

Trixie just stood there and listened to what Timantha was saying. She wanted to say something back, but tears were flowing from her eyes, and the pain in her heart kept here from speaking.

"I know you feel upset and confused. I wish I could help you get passed it, but that's something I can't do. You'll have to do that on your own." Timantha said getting up and heading for the door.

"W…Where are you going?" Trixie said with a soft, yet sadden voice. Timantha looked back at the now broke down Trixie. "It's time for me to go. I have stayed her longer than I expected. I want you to love me. Not just as Timantha, but also as Timmy Turner. You don't have to if you don't want to, but keep this in mind…" Trixie looked down at the floor waiting for her to finish.

"No matter what you decide, I will always care for you. If you want me to be by your side than I will, but if you want me to stay away from you for good, then so be it. I will not try to change your mind. The choice is up to you. Good bye Trixie. Next time I see you I hope we can still talk like this in public." With those last words Timantha closed Trixie's door and went downstairs to leave the mansion.

Trixie looks from her window as she watches Timantha walk down the street until she was out if sight. "Why…why couldn't I say stop? Why does it hurt so much?" All she could do was lie in her bed and cry. Little did Trixie and Timantha know that trouble was right around the corner.