CHAPTER TWELVE
AN OLD FRIEND
To Timothy Turner-
I will say this once, and hopefully, this will be the last time. You are not worthy of me. Moreover, I don't love or even like you. I'd say that the only woman that could ever love you is your mother, but you and I know that isn't even true, as your own mother can't even stand to be around you. She's proven that time and time again by the fact that whenever you come home, your mom and dad can't wait to get out of the house. But who can blame them? The fact is you make everyone miserable by even existing. I'm normally not so blunt, but since you have the IQ of a pencil eraser, this is the only way to get through to you. I want you to stay away from me, or next time my bodyguard will throw you into something far worse than a garbage can.
So NOT your girlfriend,
Trixie Tang.
P.S. Your pink hat is stupid too.
A.J. finished reading the letter out loud. He could scarcely believe what he was reading. It certainly didn't make sense in the light of how he'd been seeing Trixie acting. He looked up at Cosmo and Wanda; Wanda's hair was still on fire, and Cosmo himself looked a little angry. A.J. spoke,
"This is awful. This letter pushes on one of Timmy's biggest insecurity; his parents." He shook his head. "It's almost unbelievably cruel."
"I know," said Wanda, enraged, "but I can give Trixie Tang plenty of insecurity as well." She paused then continued. "I wonder how she'd feel about life as a litter box."
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Timmy looked at Molly. She hadn't changed since he'd last seen her at Wishing Well. She still had the cap and the tee-shirt with the skull and crossbones. Molly smiled and said,
"Hello Tim-Buck-Tooth."
"Molly," said Timmy, "what are you doing here? How'd you find me."
"It wasn't that hard Pink Hat. Remember you told me that you lived in Dimmsdale California. And since this is a school day, and there's only one Dimmsdale Elementary, I'd figure you'd be at school."
"Well, I'm glad to see you," said Timmy, getting up and getting ready to hug her; but he stopped. "Oh, that's right," he said, "you don't like to be touched."
"Actually," said Molly, "for you, I'll make an exception." She paused, then continued. "Besides, Timmy, you look like you could really use a friend about now."
Timmy and Molly smiled at each other. Timmy approached her and the two alumni from Wishing Well embraced each other.
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Trixie had found out that Timmy was indeed at school. He had P.E., so maybe she could catch him there. As she was turning the corner, she saw an empty classroom. No, it wasn't empty. There were two people in there. One was Timmy, and he was hugging a girl. She looked in disbelief. Who was that girl. She'd never seen her before. Whoever she was though, Timmy was embracing her pretty tight. Shocked, she stepped back, and ran down the hallway.
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"But Wanda," said A.J., "this doesn't make any sense."
"It does to me," said the enraged fairy, whose hair fire had died down, "she a little cruel, vicious witch. She's always treated Timmy like dirt, and now she's finally gone too far." She paused. "You know forget the litter box; I wonder how much she'd enjoy being a suppository."
"Wanda," said A.J., "please. I know it's awful, but you know that's not going help anything." A.J. shook his head. "Besides, this really doesn't make sense in the light of the way Trixie's been acting this morning."
"What do you mean?", asked Cosmo.
"Well," said A.J., "all morning long, she's been asking about Timmy, and she seemed really concerned about him." He paused. "In fact, she just asked me and Chester, if he was at school now."
"She's probably wanted to make sure he got the note," said Wanda, very disgustedly, "well he did, and it crushed him."
"Speaking of that," said A.J., "where IS Timmy?"
"He ran down the hall in that direction," said Cosmo, pointing down the hall.
"All right," said A.J., "you two better disguise yourselves before someone sees you. I'll try to find Timmy." He paused and then turned to Wanda. "Wanda, I know you're angry, and you have every right to be, but please don't do anything to Trixie; that will just make matters worse."
"I won't," said Wanda, "I just hate to see Timmy so hurt."
"I know," said the African-American, "but I'll try to find him. Maybe then you two can talk to him, and make him feel better."
And with that, A.J. took off down the hall in the direction Cosmo had pointed.
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Timmy and Molly pulled out of the embraced. Timmy spoke first.
"Speaking of school, shouldn't you be in your school right now? Like you said, it's a school day."
"Normally," said Molly, "I would, but my school band is performing at the Dimmsdale Dimmadome tonight." She shook her head in amazement, and then added, "It was almost last minute. We were supposed to perform in San Diego orginally, but then our band leader announced that we would be going here instead yesterday, in fact." She smiled. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think some outside force was behind this."
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Trixie had tears in her eyes as she ran down the hall. She couldn't believe what she had just seen. What was Timmy doing with another girl. She always thought he only had eyes for her. As she was running, she ran into another student.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"It's okay," said a familiar voice, "Trixie?"
Trixie looked up. It was Tad.
"Trixie, why are crying? What's wrong?," said Tad.
"Oh, Tad," said Trixie, as she fell into his arms crying, "please just hold me." She conitnued to weep.
"There, there," said Tad, "it's okay, Trixie; I'll take care of you."
As Tad had his arms around Trixie, he looked down the hall. Kenneth was standing there. Grandfather Tang's henchman nodded, and Tad nodded back. This plan had come together perfectly.
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A.J. found the empty classroom that Timmy was at. He saw Timmy there and he was with a girl; a girl dressed up in what bordered on goth style.
"Wow," thought A.J., "she's HOT. How does Timmy get all these hot babes to be around him."
A.J. then shook his head and entered the classroom and asked,
"Timmy?"
Timmy and the mystery girl looked over at A.J. Timmy spoke,
"Oh, A.J. This is Molly. Molly this is one my best friends A.J."
"Pleased to meet you," said A.J. taking Molly's hand and shaking it.
Molly pulled her hand away and growled,
"Don't EVER touch me again!"
"Oh, sorry A.J.," said Timmy, "I forgot to warn you; Molly has an issue about people touching her."
"Okay," said A.J., "sorry." A.J. shook his head again and thought, "Great, first Tootie,then Veronica, now this Molly person. Not only does Timmy attract hot girls; he attracts the nutty ones too."
"Well," said Timmy," I better get to class." He paused. "Maybe if I don't have a lot of homework, I can see your band perform tonight at the Dimmadome especially since it's friday night."
"I'd like that," said Molly, "I have to get back to the hotel where the band is staying. Maybe after the performance, Tim-Buck-Tooth, you and I can get a pizza or something."
"I'd like that," said Timmy.
"Well, goodbye, Pink Hat," said Molly, then she turned to A.J., "see you around, Kojak." And with that Molly left.
"Tim-Buck-Tooth?," said A.J., slighty amused.
Timmy just shook his head and smiled.
"She likes to give people nicknames. Didn't you notice "Kojak?"
"Very funny," said A.J. laughing a bit himself, "but I'm glad I found you. Cosmo and Wanda are worried sick about you."
Timmy looked down and said,
"Oh, yeah. Something happened."
"I know," said A.J., "I saw the letter."
"Then you know," said Timmy, "it's pretty clear what Trixie thinks of me. She despises me."
"You know, Timmy," said A.J., "I'm not so sure that Trixie wrote that letter."
"What do you mean, of course she wrote it. I'd know her handwriting anywhere."
"Handwriting can be forged Timmy." He paused. "Someone with enough resources can do that. Someone who would desparately want you and Trixie to stay apart." He paused again. "But who?"
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Kenneth finished reporting to Old Man Tang. The old timer was quite pleased with himself.
"Well done, Kenneth, well done," he said, "and even if Timmy is not persuaded by that letter, Trixie seeing Timmy and Molly should freeze whatever feelings my granddaughter has for that commoner." He smiled. "To quote Remy Buxaplenty, I win."
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Please review. Let me know if I've gotten Molly's characterization right; she's pretty challenging to right for. Hope that letter wasn't too over the top. Don't worry. This story is far from being over!