Please tell me you're just lost on your way home to your current adopters,Frankie said in her mind as she studied the three previously adopted Imaginaries that had unexpectedly decided to pay Foster's a visit in the middle of the annual Christmas party. Please tell me you'll be on your way, I'll gladly pay for the bus fare, or even a taxi, just don't say you're here for -

"We're here for the party!"

Wonderful.

"But you're not part of Foster's anymore", Frankie tried.

"True, but we all got permission from our families to go to the party this year" the ringleader explained, and picked up a note. "Isn't that so, guys?"

"Sure thing!"

"Why, certainly, my dear!"

"Now what's this noise?" Mr. Herriman asked, hopping forward with Eric following just behind. "Who are these Johnny-Come-Late...oh dear."

The psychiatrist studied the three newcomers with interest, partly because he had never met them before, but just as much because, for some reason, one of them looked just like Frankie. Well, almost. She was just a little more...curvy. Though not as curvy as her first companion, who looked like a red, alien French maid. Her other companion, a male imaginary, was dressed as a Victorian dandy. He looked nearly human, except for his cartoony dog-nose.

Frankie sighed, and turned towards her boyfriend.

"Eric", she began, "This is Nemesis" - the red female in the French maid outfit nodded and grinned. "And Sir Toby" the dandy friend waved at Eric. "And..." she hesitated. "And..."

"Frankie!" the red-haired friend suggested with glee.

"Yeah, let's just go with that. Frankie."

"By the way" Nemesis said, waving a bag nonchalantly, "I hear that you are allowed to have booze at this party, is that so?"

"Yes, but under strict conditions", Frankie sneered at the reddish Imaginary. "And you need a permit!"

"No problem, the girl who created me is forty now", Nemesis informed, handing Frankie an ID card. "I'm old enough!"

"And you know that I old enough, Miss Foster", Sir Toby said, "But I don't want to be an inconvenience, so by all means, here is my identity card."

"Fine!" Frankie snapped. "But as for you Frankie", she addressed her imaginary double, "I know that you're not old enough."

"No problem" the bubbly imaginary giggled. "I don't need to drink to have fun!"

"But do you need other people to drink to have fun, my dear?"

Frankie made a gagging noise as her double giggled in response to Sir Toby's comment.

As the trio made their way to the kitchen, Frankie went back to the dinner table, cursing under her breath.

Although Eric called himself a imaginary friends psychiatrist, he know enough about the human psyche to tell that this would be a very bad time to ask his girlfriend the one question burning on his mind right now. So he asked Mr. Herriman instead:

"What's the deal with Frankie's double?"

The large rabbit gentleman sighed. "It was roughly seven years ago", he began, "shortly after the students of Master Mac's class had paid a visit to this establishment. Apparently, one of Master Mac's classmates, Mike, had become more infatuated the then-Miss Frances than he would care to admit. On a whim, he created an imaginary friend who was essentially a copy of her –"

Eric nodded. His studies contained numerous examples of imaginary friends who were copies of real life people that their creators were crushing on.

"Except that she…how can I put this elegantly…had a more easy-going personality than her inspiration. Master Mike's parents were suspicious of his motives for creating such an imaginary friend, and promptly handed her over to us. She was quickly adopted, however, to a little girl."

"How old was this Mike when this happened?"

"Hmm? He was eight. Anyway, Miss Imaginary Frances returned last year. Miss Nemesis had reappeared a few weeks later, and she was hardly a good influence on Miss Imaginary Frances. Everyone was relieved when the two of them were adopted, to families living in different towns."

"Yeah, about that, what's the deal with Nemesis?"

"Oh, just a typical result of sibling rivalry. Years ago, one young boy imagined a masculine, bordering on mysognistic, superhero for an imaginary friend. His sister responded by imagining a female supervillain with a spitefully feminine attitude –"

"You mean Nemesis was created by a young girl?"

"Of course! Who else would think of –" Mr. Herriman interrupted himself. "Actually, I'm sure I don't want to know."

Eric nodded. A Christmas party was not the right place to share his stories of his interviews with curvy female imaginaries who had been created by twelve-and thirteen year old boys…

Mr. Herriman crossed his arms. "Is this why you asked about Master Mike's age as well? Honestly, Master Eric, I thought your profession's obsession with…the amorous went out with Freudianism. How you humans can live with these urges of yours without going mad is more than I can fathom. I am thankful that I, as an Imaginary Friend, am beyond such weaknesses…"

Goo frowned. "Ahem" she said loudly. "Have you forgotten about Cadbury?"

Mr. Herriman's look stiffened at the mention of that name.

"Oh Cadbury!" he groaned "Why did you have to be so irresistible? I was a fool…" he muttered to himself.

"Foster's had its share of heartbreakers", Goo told Eric.

"Did you have to mention Cadbury to him?" Mac said sternly.

"He started it!" Goo tried, while Eric was already mentally preparing for the painful memories that would no doubt come up when it was Mr. Herriman's turn to have a therapy session.

"But anyway", Goo continued, "Is it true that Sir Toby's come to visit Foster's? Oh man, that's megawatt trouble!"

Mac nodded in agreement.

"Why, what's the problem with him?", Eric asked.

"He's Eurotrish' ex-boyfriend." Mac explained.

"And it was not a peaceful breakup, I can tell you that much!" Goo added, waving her hands frantically.

"¡Hola, have you guys seen Patricia?", a musky voice with a Spanish accent interfered. "She said she was just going to pick up something in the kitchen, and now she's been away for fifteen minutes."

The three humans turned and looked at Eduardo.

"By the way, who was that at the door?"

TBC

Some useful notes:

Nemesis is canon. She's one of the main characters in the episode "Challenge of the Superfriends"

Imaginary Frankie is also canon, strictly speaking. She doesn't appear in the show, but she appeared in the story "My Friend Frankie" in the Cartoon Network comic book. If anyone's interested, I can send you a link to the story in a PM.

Sir Toby, however, is an OC.

In the eighties and nineties, British Cadbury's caramel chocolate bar was advertised in a series of commercials starring a seductive, female cartoon bunny. In every commercial, some male cartoon animal would be fawning over her. Wilt said in the very first episode that some kids makes imaginary friends based on things they've seen on tv, so it's not unlikely that there are a few caramel bunnies out there in the FHfIF universe.