Okay, I'm not gonna lie, this isn't really a Chapter 7 so much as it's a continuation of Chapter 6. I just had this idea spontaneously, and couldn't NOT do it.
I DO NOT OWN THE FAIRLY ODD PARENTS.
Forever's Beginning Ch 7
He only managed to drag her a few feet before she stopped him.
"Wan! Stop that!" Wanda protested as she pulled her arm back and walked towards Cosmo again.
"Fine." Wandissimo growled.
He turned around to face Wanda and pulled her into a deep kiss.
The sight was enough to bring Cosmo to tears… and he began to sulk off.
Wanda finally managed to push her boyfriend off of her. "Enough! Stop it."
She looked around frantically for Cosmo, and saw him walking towards the door.
"Cosmo!" She yelled out at him.
He turned around to see her, and she was met with the saddest gaze she'd ever seen. A few tears rolled down his cheeks before he turned around again and continued his escape.
Gem shot her a dirty look before darting after his friend.
Wanda tried to bolt after him, but it was stopped by Wandissimo.
"What are you doing?" he yelled.
"I'm going after him!" she barked back.
"Why?! You know I don't like you talking to other guys!"
"Oh, you're one to talk!" Wanda screamed. "That's all you do! It's amazing you even know what I look like! All you do is gawk at every pretty face that walks by!"
"Hey, at least I'm looking at something better…" he smirked.
Wanda felt her face turn red in anger.
"There's NOTHING better than me! Especially not him! He's a total nerd! He's an idiot, a moron, he's the most worthless-"
He was cut off when Wanda promptly slapped him across the face.
He stared at her wide eyed, as did everyone else in the cafeteria. He began to rub his cheek, which had a clear red handprint forming.
"Don't EVER say that he's worthless. You got it?" Wanda growled.
Wandissimo was still in shock, and simply nodded.
"We're done here." she stated calmly.
And with that, Wanda took off after Cosmo.
Meanwhile, Cosmo and Gem had moved to the janitor's closet just down the hall.
Cosmo sat on a large case of paper towels, and Gem leaned against the door.
"I'm sorry about Wanda, man." Gem said. "But hey, it's no biggy. There are plenty of girls out there! And hey!" Gem walked over to Cosmo and nudged him, "They'll be BETTER than Wanda! And waaaaay hotter." Gem began to chuckle.
"Stop it!" Cosmo growled angrily, stood up, and got face to face with Gem. "NO ONE is better than Wanda. No one."
Gem put his hands up. "Geeze man, sorry. I was just joking around. I'm just tryin' to get ya to cool off."
"Sorry Gem…" Cosmo ran his hand up and down the back of his neck. "I just really thought Wanda liked me…"
"I know kid… I'm sorry." Gem wrapped a comforting arm around him.
Cosmo said nothing in return, and they both sat in silence for a while.
That is, until Gem heard an all too familiar voice calling out down the hall.
"Cosmo? Cosmo!"
"Hey Cos, gimme a sec, will ya?" Gem asked.
Cosmo simply nodded his head in return, and Gem slid out the door.
Cosmo was nowhere to be seen. Gem however… Was.
"Gem!" Wanda called out as she ran to him. "Where's Cosmo?"
"Why the hell should I tell you?" Gem snapped back.
"Excuse me?"
"Oh obviously you make him soooo happy. That trail of tears is hard evidence!" he yelled as he pointed at the small river on the ground.
"That wasn't my fault! Please let me talk to him. Please let me explain?"
Gem glared at her, but when he saw that she too had tears in her eyes. He softened his gaze.
Gem sighed heavily. "He's in the janitor's closet."
"Thank you!" Wanda lunged forward and hugged him. "Thank you!"
"Yeah yeah… Just go." Gem said as he pried her off of him.
Wanda ran to the janitor's closet around the corner and banged on the door.
Cosmo sheepishly poked his head out, and saw that it was Wanda.
He instinctively perked up for a moment, but then remembered what had just happened, and his eyes fell once again.
"Hi Wanda." He muttered towards the floor.
"Can I come in?" she asked gently.
"Yeah." he muttered as he opened the door for her.
Wanda grabbed both of his hands, and pulled them both over to sit on the case of paper towels.
"Cosmo, please look at me?" She pleaded.
He continued to stare at his feet.
She begged again, this time her voice breaking. "Please?"
Cosmo immediately looked up at her, and noticed that she too, had tear filled eyes. All of his sadness dissolved, and instantly turned to concern.
"What's wrong?" he asked her sincerely.
Wanda couldn't believe it. Even after what just happened, he was there for her, ready to help in any way that he could.
"I'm so sorry Cosmo. I meant to tell you, but things just got so busy, and I didn't want to ruin all the fun we were having by bringing up that jerk."
"Jerk?" Cosmo questioned. "I thought you were his girlfriend?"
"I am…" she said exasperated. "Unfortunately."
"Un-what?" Cosmo questioned again.
"Unfortunately. Meaning I wish I wasn't."
"Then why are you?" he asked rather blatantly.
"I don't know…" she began. "It started off well: we were both popular, my sister and father adored him, and everyone said we should go out. He seemed nice enough, so we did. I quickly learned that I was wrong though…" she finished with a wavering voice.
"He was mean to you!?" he asked incredulously.
At that point Wanda couldn't take it anymore, and all the stress of her relationship with Wandissimo escaped. She turned away from Cosmo and quietly sobbed in her hands.
Cosmo was mortified. He had never seen her so sad before, and he had no idea how to deal with this.
"Oh no! Wanda, did I say something wrong?" he asked carefully as he knelt in front of her.
Wanda lifted her face and wiped away a few tears before looking up at him.
"No. Not you Cosmo. I'm just really upset about my relationship with Wan."
Cosmo didn't know how to respond, so he just did what his gut told him. He grabbed her hands, and stood up, pulling her into a huge hug.
Wanda buried her face into his neck and let out a few more tears. And Cosmo continued to hold her until she had calmed down.
She eventually pulled away from him and looked at him with a small smile.
"Thanks Cosmo."
"For what?" he responded confused.
"For being the best friend I ever had."
Cosmo immediately felt a blush form on his cheeks and butterflies in his stomach.
"You're my best friend ever too! Well, you and Gem." he said as he gestured back to the hallway.
"I'm sorry Wan said those things and hurt you Cosmo."
Cosmo was confused for a moment, and then remembered what had went down earlier.
"Oh, don't worry about it Wanda. It's okay. As long as we still get to be bestest friends ever!"
Wanda laughed at his excitement. "Of course Cosmo." she smiled.
"Yaaay!" he exclaimed.
Wanda chuckled again before speaking up. "We should probably get to class now."
"Yeah," Cosmo admitted unenthusiastically.
"I'll see you later Cosmo!" Wanda said as she walked out of the janitor's closet and down the hall.
Cosmo still sitting on the paper towels, ginning like a fool when Gem came back in.
"You okay Cos?"
"Yeah." he said. "I'm still kinda sad that she has a boyfriend, but she still wants to be best friends, and that's enough for me!" he beamed.
"Good to hear man!" Gem said. "Come on, let's get to class. I don't wanna get ANOTHER detention."
And with that they headed off to class.
