Another installment of...as i'm writing this i really don't have a title for it yet. But it's Wanda's birthday. Guess who forgot.
Happy Birthday Wanda!
Wanda poofed out of the fishbowl one morning full of happiness. Today was her birthday. A part of her couldn't help but feeling extremely ancient. As of today she was 9,917 years old which is fairy years is actually equivalent to being about 33 to 35. Even still, a part of her felt very old. But then again, she had more confidence in herself than most fairy women her age. She was still beautiful and needed no amount of plastic surgery to maintain her youth.
Once she came out of her fishbowl she gasped when she saw what was in Timmy's room. There was a huge red card with her picture on it saying "Happy Birthday Wanda!" on it. "Oh my goodness! Timmy, did you make this?" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, it took me all night to make it," Timmy said proudly. He pressed a button on the card and it started singing happy birthday. "See? It even talks." He went over and gave her a hug. "Happy birthday Wanda!"
She hugged him tightly and kissed his forehead. "Thank you Timmy. You are the sweetest god child a fairy could ever ask for."
Suddenly Cosmo poofed out of the fishbowl in his pajamas. "Hey guys. What's for breakfast?"
"So Cosmo, what did you get for Wanda?" Timmy asked.
He looked confused. "What do you mean what did I get for Wanda?"
Wanda glared at him. "You know what day it is, don't you Cosmo?"
Cosmo continued to look at them with a blank expression. "Um, Tuesday?"
Wanda came over to him. "It's Friday."
Cosmo nodded. "Yeah, that's right. It's Friday. So why would I need to get something for Wanda?"
"It's a really special day for her Cosmo," Timmy said trying to get him to remember before he regretted it.
"The day she finally gets her eyebrows plucked?" Cosmo said still completely clueless.
Wanda was steaming with anger by now. "Cosmo it's my birthday!" she shouted. "I can't believe you forgot!"
Cosmo's eyes got wide and he suddenly felt stupider than usual. How could he have forgotten his wife's birthday? He was under the impression that it was next week; he'd forgotten what day it was. " Wanda I…I didn't forget…"
"Yes you did Cosmo!" she exclaimed. "How could you?! We've been married for 9,895 years and you can't even remember something as simple as my birthday!" Tears leaked from her eyes now and her voice rose as she screamed at him.
"Wanda, I'm sorry…"
"Whatever, just forget it! If you can't remember my birthday than don't talk to me you idiot!" With that she poofed back into the fishbowl with the giant card Timmy made.
Cosmo went inside as well and tried to get into the castle but the door was locked and she wouldn't let him in. "Wanda please! I'm sorry!" He tried banging on the door but it was no use, she wouldn't let him in. He came out of the fishbowl and sat down on Timmy's bed sadly.
"Wow, she's really mad," Timmy said sitting next to him.
"I didn't mean to forget. I thought her birthday was next weekend." He poofed up his calendar and flipped to May. He pointed to next Friday. "See, I must have accidently marked it wrong."
"Well you've got to do something for her so she won't be mad at you," Timmy said. "You don't want her to feel like her whole day was ruined."
Cosmo got rid of the calendar and put his face in his hand. "But what should I do? At this rate, it'll take a miracle for her to not be mad at me anymore."
Timmy thought for a moment. "Why don't you throw her a party? We can get call all of the fairies and decorate and bring her to Fairy World to surprise her."
Cosmo's face lit up. "Great idea Timmy!" He poofed up a huge book.
Timmy stared at it for a moment. "What's this?"
"A phone book," Cosmo said. "Every phone number in Fairy World is in here." He picked up the phone and dialed a number which he assumed to be the number of one of Wanda's fairy friends.
"Fairy World Motors, fixing your cars and automobile's in two hours guaranteed or your money back," said the man on the other end of the phone.
Timmy doubled over laughing. "Uh, sorry, wrong number," Cosmo said.
"Maybe you should be looking at actually fairies phone numbers instead of businesses," Timmy said pointing to the title on the section they were in.
They spend the rest of the morning dialing numbers and inviting people. Nearly everyone they called was available and said they would be there that night at seven when the planned for the party to start. After that, they bought a whole lot of decorations and rented out the Fairy World ballroom to decorate for the party. Some people showed up early to help decorate for the party. They had a band to play and lots of refreshments like pizza and cookies and candy, punch and margaritas among other things. Timmy even had his first glass of champagne. After decorating, Cosmo wanted to get Wanda a new outfit to wear for the party and some girls helped him pick out something pretty for her. Afterwards, Timmy and Cosmo stood outside of the ballroom.
"Go get Wanda. We'll all be hiding and when you get here, we'll surprise her," Timmy said.
Cosmo nodded. "Got it." He poofed back to Timmy's room and got in the fishbowl to go into their house. "Wanda?" he called. She didn't answer. She must have still been really mad at him. He searched the house and found her in their room sitting on their huge bed. "Knock, knock," he said knocking on the open door.
She glanced at him but looked down keeping her glare fixated on her face. "So you decided to come back huh?"
He sat down next to her. "Wanda, I'm sorry. I really am. I didn't mean to forget your birthday, honest. I want to make it up to you though."
"How?"
He poofed up the outfit he got for her; a long pink skirt and ruffled white shirt, and silver heels. "I got this for you."
She looked at it surprised. "It's beautiful."
"Put it on." She put the outfit on and twirled around so that the skirt flew out around her. Cosmo chuckled. "You look really beautiful honey." He came up behind her and put a silver necklace with star charms around her neck.
She stared at it for a moment. "Cosmo, why are you dressing me up like this?"
He took her hand. "Because we're going to Fairy World."
Timmy was looking out the window waiting for Cosmo and Wanda to show up outside of the ball room. Finally he saw them appear at the front door. Cosmo glanced up at him through the window and Timmy nodded. He turned to all of the fairies behind him. "They're here. Everybody hide!"
Everyone scrambled around trying to hide. Some hide under tables and chairs or behind the curtains on the stage, others poofed into disappearance. Cupid turned the lights off and they waited for their guest of honor to enter.
Cosmo and Wanda started to come through the door. "Cosmo, what's going on…" Suddenly everyone jumped out of their hiding places.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANDA!" they all shouted.
Wanda gasped and jumped back. "Oh my god!" She looked around at everything; all of the food, the decorations, the chandeliers covering the ceiling, the band onstage, and every fairy she knew. "This is amazing."
"Cosmo set all of this up for you," Timmy said.
"Cosmo you…" she looked next to her but Cosmo wasn't there. "Cosmo?"
Cosmo however had poofed onto the stage. "Hey," the microphone made and squeaking noise and everyone covered their ears and mumbled their complaints about it. He adjusted it. "Hey, everyone, can I get your attention? There's something I need to say." Everyone got silent and waited for him to say his piece. "Wanda, I just want to say that I'm truly sorry for forgetting your birthday today. And I'm sorry all the other things I've forgotten over the years that are important to you and anything else I've done to make you mad at me. There's no way I could ever let you know how much you mean to me. I love you."
The room filled with a chorus of "aww"'s. Wanda was frozen into silence for a moment. Sure Cosmo was forgetful, and clueless, and sometimes completely oblivious to things. But seeing him up there saying these things to her in front of all of these people made up for all of it. She flew up to him and kissed him. "Thank you Cosmo. I love you too."
Even though Cosmo is forgetful, he's so sweet. That's why we all love him so much!
