For anyone who's wondering and/or confused, italics are thoughts.
I do not own The Fairly OddParents.
Forever's Beginning
Wanda didn't know what hit her. One second she was engaged in a screaming match with Scarlett, and the next she was covered in food from head to toe. Shake in her hair, fries in her shirt, and pickles on her eyes.
"Oh... Oh my God! Are... Are you okay?" She heard their waiter yell.
She removed the pickled from her eyes and turned to face the waiter.
When she looked at him, she noticed that he was just as messy as she was. But there was something else about him that she noticed. Look at those eyes.
She saw how panicked he was, smiled at him in an attempt to calm him down.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Are y-"
Before Wanda could finish her question, her two friends burst into a roaring laughter.
"Wow!" Scarlett began, "First Wanda wants to dump her boyfriend, and now this moron dumps food on her! It must be 'Act Like An Idiot Day' around here!"
"Hey!" Wanda scolded her.
She turned back to their waiter and noticed tears welling up in his eyes.
"I... I'm so sorry." He just barely choked out.
Wanda saw how upset he was and it broke her heart, she moved to comfort him when Scarlett spoke up again.
"You should be! Now clean this up!"
Wanda gasped as the waiter threw the tray down and charged through the restaurant and out the back door.
She turned around and glared daggers at her "friend".
"How DARE you! It was an accident!"
"Aw come on Wanda! Didn't you see him? He was a total nerd!" Scarlett replied.
"I don't care! He's still a person!"
"Gee Wanda. Is it your time of the month? You've been acting weird all day."
She gave an angry glare and stormed off to find their sobbing waiter.
How can she be so insensitive! Couldn't she see how sorry he was? He didn't mean to, it was an accident!
She finally reached the back door and sprinted to it. I hope I can find him.
She flew through the back door and her eyes frantically searched the area. She was about start running again when she heard a small noise behind her.
She twirled around and there he was, her waiter. He was sitting against the wall, hands covering his face.
She sighed in relief, glad that she'd caught him.
"There you are!" She said to him.
The waiter started to panic.
"I'm so sorry! It was an accident! I didn't mean to-"
She ran over and knelt down before him.
"Shh. It's okay. Really." She said to him soothingly.
"But your clothes! And your food! And your friends they-" He stopped for a moment, and tears started to spill over and run down his cheeks. He returned his face to his hands and wept.
"I'm sorry!" He shouted. "I'm sorry about your food! And your stuff! I'm sorry that I screwed everything up! I'm sorry!"
Wanda couldn't believe the sight before her. Does he honestly think it's that big of a deal? I've gotta calm him down. Him. Name! What's his name? She glanced at his chest and noticed a small silver pin. It read: Cosmo.
"Cosmo!" She started. "Cosmo it's okay, calm down. Cosmo!"
His head shot up and he looked her in the eyes. Wanda took the time to admire them again. His eyes are so green. There's so much emotion. They run so deep I doubt they have an end...
"How... How did you know my name?" The boy sputtered out.
She was so lost in his eyes that she'd barely heard him. She shook her head to try and regain her focus.
"Oh, your name tag." She pointed to his chest.
Cosmo looked down embarrassed.
"Oh yeah."
She laughed. It was cute, she thought, how he'd forgotten something so simple, and how he'd gotten so embarrassed.
She faintly heard his laughter join hers for a moment before he went quiet again. As she silenced her laughs she noticed that he was staring intently at something. For a moment she wondered what had him so captivated, when she realized. He's staring... at me? Wanda had never seen anyone look at her like that before, not even Wandissimo. Cosmo was so interested, so focused; he looked at her as if she were the only person in the world, or at least the only one he cared about.
"You have a really pretty laugh." He stated.
She jumped back a bit. Of all the things she'd expected to hear from him, that definitely wasn't one of them.
She felt a blush begin to burn her cheeks. She wasn't sure if he noticed or not, because he simply smiled lightly at her.
"Thank you..." She replied.
How is it possible for this stranger to make me feel more loved than my own boyfriend makes me feel? She was about to get lost in her thoughts when she remembered why she'd come out there.
"I'm so sorry about them." She started. "My friends I mean." She gestured with her thumb towards the building. "She shouldn't have been so mean to you."
"Oh, it's okay!" Cosmo shrugged. "Everyone's mean to me." He finished blankly.
Wanda could actually feel her heart break at this point. "No one should be mean to you."
"My Mama isn't." He stated factually.
"You weren't."
Wanda sat there for a moment. There was something about the way he'd said that that absolutely melted her. She opened her mouth to speak when Cosmo interrupted her.
"Why?"
She jumped back again.
"Why?" Wanda repeated. "Why was I nice to you?"
Cosmo nodded to her.
What a bizarre question! Why wouldn't I be nice to him? He's so nice, and sweet, and cute...
"You never gave me a reason not to be." Wanda answered.
He seemed to ponder that for a moment and he suddenly looked confused.
"Do I give everyone else a reason?" He asked her with worried eyes.
"No! No of course not!" She took a deep breath, "Sometimes Cosmo, there are people out there who are jerks. People who only care about themselves." People like Wandissimo. She thought bitterly.
"Are you okay?" He asked her.
"What?"
"You're crying..."
Wanda gasped. She'd gotten so consumed by her thoughts that she hadn't realized how they'd physically affect her.
"Yeah, it's nothing." She rambled quickly.
"Well obviously it's not nothing or you wouldn't be crying. Silly!" He finished speaking and Wanda looked down embarrassingly.
The next thing she knew, she felt hot hands on her face, wiping her tears away.
She looked up at his face and was shocked at what she saw.
She had never seen so much concern in someone's eyes than she did right now from Cosmo.
"Please don't cry. I don't want you to be sad." He said quietly.
She couldn't take it anymore. She threw herself forward, hugging him tightly.
The embrace was warm, and she found it odd how protected she felt in his arms. She never felt that way in the arms of her boyfriend.
When she pulled back and saw the look on his face, she couldn't help but laugh.
He was absolutely red and his eyes were the size of dinner plates.
"Thank you."
"For what?" He asked baffled.
"For everything. You're amazing Cosmo."
Cosmo broke into a huge smile, and blushed.
"No problem...uh, what's your name?"
"Wanda." She said as she stuck out her hand for a handshake.
"My name's Wanda."
When he heard her name his smile grew even larger.
"This wasn't exactly the best way to meet, but I'll take it." Wanda said with a chuckle.
"I'm just glad that we did." Cosmo replied honestly.
When Wanda felt her face heat up again, she immediately stood.
"We should probably go get cleaned up."
"Yeah." He agreed as he got up as well.
He opened the door for her and they both went inside.
They went and sat at the breakfast counter, quickly using up all the napkins in the silver dispenser.
"So Cosmo," she started "Where do you go to school?"
"Carl Poofy Pants High."
She couldn't help but notice the way he'd said it. She could hear disgust and was it fear?
"Really? So do I." She said quickly.
She loved the way his face lit up when she said that, like a little kid's on Christmas morning.
"Really? Maybe we'll see each other around!" He said hopefully.
"Yeah, maybe. But school doesn't start for another month." Wanda said mindlessly.
There she was, lost in thought again. For some reason she couldn't shake herself from the idea of how wonderful it would be to see him again. And as strange as it sounded, the possibility of them not seeing each other again tore her up inside. I can't let that happen.
"Oh yeah." He said disappointedly.
"Well, if you want, we can do something before that?" Wanda asked him.
It was weird, when she said that she found herself to be oddly nervous.
"You would wanna spend time with ME?" He asked wide-eyed.
"Of course!"
Cosmo beamed at her and nodded his head vigorously.
Wanda giggled and reached towards his shirt pocket to grab his pen. She jotted down her phone number on a napkin and handed it to him.
He opened his mouth to say something when suddenly they heard a commotion.
Wanda turned around to see Scarlett and Andi walking through the front door with Wandissimo.
Oh no. Cosmo... She turned back to him.
"Hey, I really should get going. But I'll see you around, okay?"
"Oh, okay." He sounded upset but not totally crushed.
And with that she ran towards her friends.
"Hey guys!" She said quickly.
"Hi Wanda. I know how upset you must be that all your things are ruined because of that stupid-"
"Don't call him that." Wanda said sharply.
"Whatever. Anyway, we went and got Wan so that he can take you shopping for new stuff!" Scarlett finished.
"Oh," Wanda said unenthusiastically, "Thanks."
"Don't worry Wanda, we'll come with to make sure you pick out cool stuff." Andi threw in.
"Oh," Wanda said even more upset than last time, "Thanks."
"Come on my angel, let's go!"
Wanda followed her friends, but before she left she turned around to look at Cosmo.
He was staring at her again. He beamed when she turned around and he waved excitedly at her.
She laughed at his enthusiasm and waved back before walking out the front door.
Okay, so the rest of the story should be pretty normal. There was just so much going on in this scene that I needed to break it up into two totally separate chapters. HOPEFULLY I won't have to do it again, but we'll see.
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