Chapter 3
Later that afternoon, Cosmo invited Zack over to his house before Zack would leave Saturday morning to his cabin. They were all in Cosmo's room, Isaac was out of his cage, and they each toss a small tennis ball to each other, for Isaac to chase. Cosmo tossed the ball to Zack, Isaac came rushing to him, and Zack caught it.
"Are you sure you can Isaac by yourself?" Zack asked. "I mean I can convince my parents to skip the cabin and I can hang out here instead. He threw to Cosmo. Cosmo tried to catch, but failed. Isaac caught in for him in his mouth, and dropped it in Cosmo's hands.
"Thanks Isaac!" Cosmo patted the hamster, and then looked at his buddy.
"No, I can handle it." He told Zack. "Besides my mom's with me. You should just go with your parents to your cabin dude, and just have a blast!" He threw the ball at Zack. The hamster came running when the fairy caught it.
"Well okay!" Zack said. "Since you're my best bud, I have to trust you I guess." He rolled the ball to the side. Isaac came up to him, then the fairy stroked his chin (Isaac enjoyed this). "You know, you must be the luckyest fairy alive to have your girlfriend trust you like this." Cosmo shrugged.
"I know I am!" He agreed. "It seems that she didn't have any other option, so she picked me! Her boyfriend, her fiancé, her future to be husband! Yep, I'm the luckiest fairy in Fairyworld all right!"
"So, why did you tell Blonda you'd jump in off a cliff with super pointy spikes at the bottom with chocolate chip muffins beside them?" Zack asked, changing the subject.
"You know how my lady loves chocolate." Cosmo told Zack, coming to pet Isaac. "I was going to go with brownies, or a bacons and eggs, but I decided those were too original. So I picked chocolate chip muffins, so if I didn't make it, I'd at least have my baby there with me to scream in terror with."
"Ohhh I see! Smart plan dude!"
"Way smart!" Cosmo and Zack high-fived each other. "I told Blonda that I'm not as ignorant as she thought I was!"
"Totally man! And now you know what the word ignorant means! Remember, you didn't know what the word meant before."
"Zack I'll tell you man, once you start dating, you'll learn stuff you never knew before. It's like school, but like not going to it and being with the one you love."
"Right on Cosmo! I should start dating Fonda!"
"You should; there's no telling what you'll learn!"
"All right! I'll start, after my cabin trip!"
"You go Zack-o!" Cosmo playfully punched Zack on the soldier.
"Want to play Pirates with Isaac?"
"You bet I do pal!"
"Okay, you'll be caption, Isaac'll be your parrot, and I'll be your first mate!"
"Uh right, let us find some buried treasure!" He, Zack, and Isaac got in their positions. He poofed himself with an eye patch, a peg leg, one gold tooth in his smile, and a pirate's hat. Zack poofed into a peg leg, an eye path, earrings, and a bandana. Cosmo just poofed up a pirate's hat for Isaac to wear. He put Isaac on his soldier, and poof in a giant pirate ship in Cosmo's room to be on. They were ready to play!
Zack's parents let him have dinner at Cosmo's house that night. After dinner, Cosmo wished Zack luck, Zack said good bye to him and Isaac, then poofed home.
When Cosmo awoke the next morning, he woke Isaac. After breakfast, Cosmo went on his bike and put Isaac in the basket. They were about to leave for the park when Mama Cosma convinced her son to put a bike helmet, elbow pads, soldier pads, and knee pads on. Cosmo sighed, went to the box of sports equipment, and pulled out his blue helmet with images of hopping frogs over it. He put it on his head, strapped it, then put on his matching knee pads, elbow pads, and soldier pads. Puzzled, he went to his mom.
"Mama." He said. Mama Cosma looked at her son.
"Yes my Cosmo lolo?"
"I don't get it. If fairies are immortals, then why do I need all these safety gear on when I go biking?
"To protect your body sweetheart."
"But why mom? Aren't fairies super fast healers?"
"Yes they are. But you want to set a good example for the readers, don't you?" Cosmo looked up at the sky, shrugged, then looked at his mama.
"What readers mama? All I see are you, me, my bike, and Isaac.""
"Oh I don't know, just wear them okay honey?" Cosmo shrugged again. His mom kissed him, and then Cosmo went on his bike and pedaled towards the park.
"Be back by supper honey!" His mom called. "And don't forget about your packed lunch!"
"I won't mom!" Cosmo shouted back.
"And remember, don't do anything stupid like if Luther's there, don't steal his underwear and put it on top of the flagpole!" Cosmo stopped, embarrassed.
"Mooooommmmmmmm!!!!! Please, Isaac's here. And I won't!"
"Okay honey, I love you!"
"Love you too mom!" Then he and Isaac went to the park.
At the park, Cosmo got off, got his equipment off, picked up Isaac, put his bike and equipment near the tree, and then went on the swings. Cosmo swung with Isaac on his lap; they played tag, hide and seek, and got a tennis ball and played tennis. Isaac just sat on his side, with the racket in his mouth. After 10 tennis games, Cosmo came to congladulate Isaac for being a good sport.
After that, they picked a shady spot to have lunch. Cosmo put a bowl and water out for Isaac. When Isaac was eating, Cosmo unwrapped his bag. His mom had packed him an apple, apple juice, a PB and J Sandwich, and some Samoes from Sissy's Sissy Scouts. He fed Isaac two of the Samores. When he was eating his apple, Luther and Norm came up to him.
"Hey Cosgeek!" Luther said. "How's it going?"
"Pretty good!" Cosmo answered.
"I heard poor Wanda caught the cold. That's too bad, hope she feels better."
"I hope so too Luth, I hope so too."
"Oh look Luth!" Norman pointed out the hamster. "Looks like Cosmo have some pet sitting for Wanda." Luther looked at the hamster as his friend picked it up.
"That's Isaac!" Cosmo explained as he picked up his apple juice. "I'm taking care of him for Wanda until she gets rid of her colb, I mean cold." He drank some of his juice.
"Well it would be a shame if you lost him." Norman told him.
"Yeah that would. So I better take him before something bad happen so…"
"Psyche! Come on Luther!" He and Luther ran with the hamster.
"Isaac, NOOO!" He poofed away his and the hamster's lunch then went after them.
"I'm not letting you take Isaac away from me!" Cosmo yelled, chasing after them. "Wanda said that she "drusts" me, and I'm not going to let her down, give me Isaac please!" The bullies snickered as they hid behind a nearby tree. Cosmo flew past them.
"Sucker!" Norman told his bud. "That moron will never find us in a billion years!" He and Luther laughed. Isaac went down on the grass and did his hamster whistle to Cosmo. When Cosmo saw them, Isaac, ran and hopped into his arms. Cosmo smiled.
"Drat!" Luther said. "That dumb hamster outsmarted us!"
"Must be why he's in a science class all day long." Norman pointed out. "Those educational stuff really messed with his hamster brain!"
"Isaac, I'm so glad you're back!" Cosmo told the pet hamster. "I thought I'd never see you again, and Wanda will be pissed at me, boy, what a terrifying way to end a three day weekend that would be! Now come on, let's go on the rocking animals, the tire swings, and the slide!"
When they were done swinging on the tire swing, the sun was setting.
"Okay little buddy!" He told Isaac. "That was fun, now it's time to go home!" He went of the swing, picked up Isaac, and headed towards the tree where he had left his bike and equipment.
"Maybe tomorrow if Wanda's still sick, we can go to the aquarium and to Pipley's Believe It or Not!" He then froze and gasped when he saw that his bike/equipment weren't near the tree.
"Where the heck is my bike and equipment?" He put Isaac down and started searching. "I know I left it here, where could it have gone to?" While Cosmo searched, Isaac heard some laugher from the bushes. He went to see what it was; he poked his head out, and saw Luther and Norman with the bike!
"That sucker doesn't have a clue where his little Trike is!" Luther said.
"Yeah, and he's wasting his time trying to find it when we have it!" Norman added. "What a stupid ignorant moron!" At that they laughed with deridement. Isaac ran to Cosmo. Cosmo turned to him.
"What is it boy?" He asked him. "Did you find a mountain of sprinked frosted doughnuts?" He followed the hamster into the bushes. He gasped when he saw Luther and Norman with his bike.
"My bike!" Luther and Norman saw that they had been caught!
"Shoot!" Luther said. "Foiled by that no good smelly rodent again!"
"Good job Isaac!" Cosmo congratulated him.
"Well we won't give up so easily." Norman told them.
"That's right cosloser!" Luther agreed.
"Oh yeah!" Cosmo challenged. Then he looked at Isaac who was by the sandy spot. "Do it Isaac!" Then the hamster kicked sand in the boy's eyes!" They screamed.
"My eyes!" Norman yelled. "Ugh, the sand hurts!"
"Uhhhhhh!" Luther growled. "When I can see again I swear I'm going to kill that moron and his hamster friend!" But before they could see again, Cosmo quickly put his equipment on, Isaac hopped into the basket, went on to his bike, and then they went home in a hurry.
The next morning, Cosmo woke up. After his morning stretch, he went to the hamster cage.
"Wake up Isaac!" He called. "Time for Aquarium Day!" He saw that Isaac was just lying still on the ground.
"Isaac, time to wake upppppp!" Cosmo called. Isaac didn't budge. Cosmo gently poked Isaac. The hamster toppled on his side. Cosmo gasped and grabbed him gently between the bars.
"Oh Isaac." He said. "Why won't you wake up?" Mama Cosma came in the room at that moment.
"Mama, Isaac won't wake up." Cosmo showed his mom the now still laying Isaac. Mama Cosma looked at the hamster in her son's hands.
"Why won't Isaac wake up mom? Why?" His mom picked up the hamster, placed it back in his son's heads, and gave him a sad head shake and sigh. Tears filled Cosmo's eyes now.
"What it is mama?" He wanted to know. "What wrong with Isaac? Tell me!"
"Well." She started. "Cosmo, I'm very sorry to have to tell you this, but it looks like Isaac has met his demise."