Hello those of you who are still reading...and thank you. After my last chapter I felt like I may have let some of you down. I apologize...but I am writing what I want and that makes me happy. So there!

This chapter makes me sick...except the ending which I am quiet fond of (for reasons even I don't know)...I will make this story go somewhere if it kills me. (which it may)

Enjoy!

Timmy's good mood had dampened some during the bus ride to school. Chester and AJ had made sure that there was no additional space for him at their seat and when the bus stopped they both darted off with every intention of avoiding him. Timmy wasn't about to let this stop him though.

Chester and AJ rushed towards the doors only to open them and find Timmy standing there smiling.

"Hi guys" He said cheerfully.

"Timmy?" AJ asked glancing behind him at the bus "But I thought you were behind us"

"Yeah...how'd you get in there?" Chester asked in bewilderment

"Uh...took the back entrance" Timmy quickly replied glancing briefly at Cosmo and Wanda "Anyway, I wanted to talk to you guys"

"Talk to us or yell at us?" AJ asked, him and Chester frowning.

Timmy sighed "About last night" he said looking down some "I just ...got carried away, ya know"

AJ and Chester exchanged uncertain glances.

"Come on guys you know I'm sorry" He said looking back up "I didn't mean to snap at you ...you're my best friends"

"Yeah well..." AJ said, almost reluctantly exchanging glaces with Chester, he sighed "We're sorry too"

Timmy blinked in surprise.

"You are?"

"We got a little carried away" Aj admitted "With the whole Tootie thing"

"If you had told us you liked her, we wouldn't have said nothing about her" Chester replied.

"Anything" AJ corrected "We wouldn't have said anything about her"

Chester looked over "That's what I said"

"No" AJ replied striking that 'I'm smarter than you' pose "You said 'we wouldn't have said nothing about her' and that's the use of a double negative which would mean that we would have said something about her"

"Huh?" Chester said looking at AJ like he was nuts "That doesn't make any sense at all"

Cosmo also seemed confused "Is it opposite day?" he asked Wanda who shook her head.

AJ sighed "This is why I've been proof reading all your homework for the last two years"

"Oh yeah" Chester replied "Thanks"

It was a pretty normal exchange among the two friends but Timmy's mind was still reeling around Chester's previous statement...

"What a minute guys" Timmy said getting their attention "I never said I liked Tootie"

"Well...it is pretty obvious" Aj said looking at him "With the way you were acting"

"I just didn't want you to say anything bad about her" Timmy defended himself "She's not so bad once you get to know her some...as a friend that is"

Chester and AJ raised an eyebrow and glanced at one another from the corner of their eyes.

"Whatever you say man" Chester replied

"Yeah...it's none of our business" AJ commented

Timmy gave them a suspicious look "Okay then...good" he said stepping out of the school and onto the concrete. There was still at least 10 more minutes til the bell rang.

"So...we're cool then right?" Timmy asked

Chester and AJ gave him the thumbs up and he smiled.

"Don't look now Timmy.." Chester said smiling mischievous "But your new 'friend' just pulled up"

Timmy turned around so fast he could hear his back pop "Where?"

Chester and AJ laughed slightly but Timmy took no notice as soon as he spotted Tootie getting out of Vicky's car.

"Have a wonderful day at school Sis" Vicky happily said "And don't forget to spend that extra money I gave you"

Timmy blinked ...'Wow...that wish worked good' he thought, utterly surprised by Vicky willingly giving her money to someone. His thoughts shifted as he got a better look at Tootie.

Instead of her smiling like he had expected to see, Tootie was watching the car drive away with slight apprehension, still, he was glad that she wasn't wearing the outfit Vicky had gotten out for her that morning. Instead, she was wearing a purple skirt that stopped just above the knees, a cute sleeveless black shirt with a purple crown in the middle, and a pair of fancy black boots. Her hair was pulled back into a high pony tail, and though he still thought it looked better down, this was an improvement from pigtails, and she was still wearing her contacts which allowed everyone to see how beautiful her eyes were.

Timmy smiled as he watched her walk forward, her head was down in an almost insecure fashion, but then again she was getting a lot more stares than she normally did. Chester an AJ exchanged looks, shrugged, then walked away; Timmy didn't even notice.

Tootie was approaching...she was just 6 feet away...5 feet...4...3...2...Timmy smiled raised a hand up to greet her but she walked right past him. He blinked but figured she hadn't saw him.

"Hey Tootie" He replied and she instantly stopped in front of the door and turned around.

Her eyes were wide, surprised to hear his voice call her name but almost instantly she willed her heart to stop beating so fast and frowned.

"Hello Timmy" Tootie replied in a very professional tone before turning back around to walk into the school.

Timmy blinked in utter confusion.

"Uh...Tootie wait!" Timmy said running some to catch up with her.

Tootie looked over at him with a slightly annoyed look.

"Aren't you afraid someone will see you talking to me?" She asked

Timmy was slightly taken back but then smiled "Nah..." he said "I don't think anyone even recognizes you"

He realized, even before Tootie's offended look, that he had said the wrong thing.

She turned her head away, her ponytail almost smacking him in the face.

"Oh come on Tootie...I didn't mean it like that" Timmy said quickening his pace to keep up with her "I just mean that you look different...pretty actually"

Tootie looked over, not wanting to give into Timmy's innocent blue eyes.

"I...I need to go" Tootie said and she took a sharp turn right into the girls bathroom.

"Gee...what did I do?" Timmy asked not understanding Tootie's behavior towards him.

"Well sweety you could have started off by apologizing" Wanda suggested

"For what?" Timmy asked sounding annoyed

"Oh I don't know" Cosmo replied "For humiliating her in front of the entire student body last night"

"And how would you know?" Timmy asked "I mean...if it weren't for me she'd be dressed in garbage today"

"True, but she doesn't know that Timmy" Wanda reminded him "As far as she's concerned Vicky's behavior has nothing to do with you"

"Oh..." Timmy replied "I guess you're right"

"Of course she is" Cosmo said "Wanda's always right"

Wanda blushed.

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

"Great" Timmy said with a sigh "Now I'm late for class"

"I'm sure your teacher will understand" Wanda replied

"Since when?" Timmy asked "She's had it out for me since the first day"

"Well...you did call her ugly" Cosmo replied

"Cosmo...that was you" Timmy said with a somewhat annoyed look on his face as he began walking towards his class.

"Well could you blame me?" Cosmo asked "She's hideous"

Timmy smiled some despite himself "Yeah she is pretty ugly"

"Don't you mean ugly ugly" Cosmo asked and Timmy laughed some.

Wanda rolled her eyes.

"Now be nice you two" She told them "You know you shouldn't make fun of someone because of how they look"

"Aw you're just say'n that cause your gorgeous" Cosmo replied in a casual tone and Wanda felt flatter but then confused. She had almost forgotten what a compliment had sounded like and now they seemed to be coming at her from all directions, and with such casualty that she was starting to question whether or not they held any truth in them. She shook the thought away though remembering that not to long ago Cosmo had been very good at complimenting her in just that very way, still it seemed strange that he could return to his old self so easily.

'I should be grateful' she told herself with a small smile 'This is the Cosmo I married'

Elsewhere, deep inside the confounds of Cupids home, the pink haired fairy looked down into a small fountain-sized pool of water displaying the image of Timmy as he hurried off to class. The picture seemed to narrow in on Cosmo and Wanda and Cupids expression set into a determined frown as his hands gripped the edges of the stone fountain. He knew that this was how things should be, how they were supposed to be, but he also knew that this was for the time being...only temporary.

'Give her heart some time to heal then break it' those words echoed in his head. Words spoken by a being that could not possible begin to understand the concept of love, yet for some strange reason felt the need to destroy the love between these two. He couldn't figure out why, and the only answer he had ever got when asking was that the matter was 'personal' and could not be of any importance to him.

This, of course, was of great importance to him because everything Cupid was meant to protect was at stake. This act was against everything he believed in, yet it was those very beliefs that seemed to force him into the job. Cupid was a very cautious individual, and under normal circumstances he would never trust someone who used such underhanded tactics to get what he wanted, but his back was up against a wall. He was running out of time, and the quicker he did his job then the sooner things could get back to normal...that is...if the promise he was made remained kept.

He closed his eyes for a moment and tried to push aside the growing feeling of anxiety at the pit of his stomach. It was rare that he ever got this feeling, and he knew that somehow he was digging himself deeper into a hole that he had hoped to escape.

He looked back down into the water and felt like some kind of animal waiting patiently for its prey to let their guard down before striking. He shuddered...this was not at all the role he was meant to play. Only one thing was for sure.

The longer he waited, the worst this would be.

Which is exactly why he was suppose to wait

Oooowww the plot thickens

Okay...not really...I'm still leaving you in the dark. (smirks)...gotta keep the readers coming back for more somehow. Muahahaha.

so I'm guessing that no one is entirely sure of Tootie's eye color, huh? If not I'm just going to go with either a purple like color or blue...or bluish purple?

Eh. Writers block. I have some cool ideas for this, I'm just figuring out how to get their with them. Be patient with me...and please review.