Chapter one- The whole way that this started…

Author's Note- Okay, I know you people, you read sequels before you read the first story. So, if you haven't read "Friends or More" or it's deleted scenes OR "Bloo Who?" Then leave here, read those, and come back. Everybody who has read my Foster's fanfics, are you ready for this story?

Disclaimer: I own nothing, not Foster's, not "A Wrinkle in Time", not nothin' except MY characters. If (for some unknown non-evil reason you want to use them in a fanfic, ask ME first.) Thank you.

OK, keep in mind that in "Bloo Who?" Mac, Bloo, Tessa, and Honey were watching that whole story through a crystal ball and Katrina from "Animal Crossing" had to brain-wash them so that none of that would interfere with the present, so don't ask why Mac and Tessa are eight again and why they aren't a couple. Okay?

Wonderful! We can finally start the story! Yay! (bloomacnchez holds back a rude comment from the narrator.) This all starts from a book report…

Down in the third grade, there was a book report assigned. Everybody had read "A Wrinkle in Time," so they had to write a three-page report on what it was about.

"This is so stupid!" Mac complained at locker break, "Why do the third graders have to write THREE pages on that stupid book when the fifth graders only have to write ONE page on 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood prince?'"

"Well, Blake Superior liked it so "A Wrinkle in Time" isn't stupid," Ritchie said. (And for once I ACTUALLY agree with the little dweab.)

"Oh, come ON, Ritchie! I mean that book has the stupidest names! 'Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Which, IT, and those things they were using to travel around with. The 'Tessa-somethin'-stupids' or whatever…" Mac said.

"Ooh, ouch," Ritchie smirked.

"What?"

"Turn around." Then realizing where this was going, Mac slowly turned his head. There was Tessa, staring at him with confusion, anger, and sadness.

"No! Wait! Tessa, that's not how that was supposed to sound!" Mac panicked.

"Yeah, I'll bet, jerk!" Tessa shouted and turned on her heel and stormed off. As she turned though, Mac saw Tessa do something he had never seen her do before. Five large tears dribbled down her freckled cheeks and splattered at her feet. This wasn't going to go too well.

"I believe you meant 'tesseracts,'" Ritchie smirked.

"Gee, thanks, Ritchie," Mac mumbled.

Later that afternoon…

Bloo and Honey sat excitedly at the front door doing a countdown.

"3…2…1… CUE MAC AND TESSA!" they squealed happily. Sure enough the doors opened and Mac and Tessa walked in.

"Hey, Mac ! Hey- hey what's wrong Tessa?" Honey asked.

"Come on, Honey, we're not staying anywhere near Mac," Tessa stormed. After Tessa and Honey left the room, Bloo said,

"Extra, extra, what the heck? What's up Tessa's butt today?" He looked at Mac who was sadly staring at the floor.

"I- I said something and it came out the wrong way and now she's all mad," he said quietly.

"Well, just say sorry and tell her what happened."

"BUT SHE WON'T LISTEN! SHE'S TOO MAD! Trust me, NEVER make Tessa mad, she's really scary."

"So what else is new?"

"Shut up, Bloo. This isn't funny right now," Mac grumbled.

"Oh, come on, Mac, she's your best friend! She HAS to forgive you SOMEtime!" Bloo exclaimed.

"Yeah, when we go to separate collages, never see each other again, get married, have kids, get grandkids, grow gray and old and die," Mac said.

"I'll resent that…" Mr. Herriman growled and hopped off.

Meanwhile…

"Tess! Slow down! What was that all about?" Honey remarked. Tessa didn't reply right away. She started sobbing. "Hey, hold up, don't cry!" Honey said quickly. Apparently not listening to her imaginary friend, Tessa broke into wails. "What's wrong! What happened!" Honey asked starting to get concerned. She had never seen Tessa so upset since she was told that she could no longer keep Honey.

"He- he- he said…" but Tessa broke off and sobbed harder.

"Hey, it's okay," Honey said comfortingly, "just calm down and explain what happened."

"Okay, I was walking over to Mac at locker break to say hi and maybe ask him over sometime, but I got over there and he was talking to Ritchie…" (here is when Honey twitched) "… and I didn't hear the whole conversation but I heard him say that I was 'something stupid,'" Tessa wailed and then panted from lack of oxygen.

"Mac? He said that about you? I- I'm sure he was just joking!" Honey said not entirely believing that Mac would say such a thing.

"But he DID!" Tessa bawled. With that Tessa couldn't take it any longer and she ran off sobbing.

"No… not Mac…" Honey whispered.

Later…

SWAP!

"WELL?"

"Honey, I…"

"SPEAK, YOU JERK!"

"Honey, that's what he was trying to…"

"BLOO, YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!"

"OK whatever you say, Sweetie… I was just…"

"ZIP IT! Great, I forgot what I was screaming at you two about," Honey grumbled.

"Um, that Tessa is in a terrible mood because…" Mac started.

"OH YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT!"

"And because I wasn't zipping it when…"

"BLOO, I SAID SHUT UP!"

"Would you stop yelling and interrupting us every two…"

"FINE! I WILL! …oh, sorry, heh heh… but, Mac! Why did you call Tessa stupid?"

"You called her STUPID? That doesn't sound like an accident, Mac," Bloo chimed in.

"I DIDN'T CALL HER STUPID!" Mac screamed getting a bit annoyed with everybody beating him up over this, "I was telling Ritchie…" (Once again Honey twitches) "… about that stupid book we had to read…"

"Yeah, that was pretty dumb wasn't it, I HATE THAT STUPID…"

"Honey you're doing it again."

"Oh, whoop, sorry, continue."

"Anyway, you remember the 'tesseracts?'"

"Yeah," Bloo and Honey said listening closely. (Since when do they do that?)

"Well, the name wasn't popping up at that exact moment and I said 'Tessa-somethin'-stupids' Okay? So I wasn't talking about Tessa at all. OKAY?"

"And let me guess, she wasn't listening to you because she was too mad to let you explain," Honey said.

"Yes," Mac and Bloo said.

"Ohhhh, I get it now! Whoop, here comes Tessa, quick act like you didn't see her!" Mac started up some cut-off conversation with Bloo.

"-and that cat was totally stupid! I mean why did it climb up the tree in the first place?"

"Oh," Tessa snapped trying to wipe her tears off and hide them (failing severely,) "So I'm not the only stupid thing here! Now the cats are stupid! I should go be one with my kind!"

"Hey look, you're starting to over-react, Tessa," Mac said.

"Mac, no!" Honey whimpered, "Don't make this worse!"

"Oh! Now I'm over-reacting am I? Well let me tell you somethin' pal, we stupid people shouldn't hang around your type!"

"Please, Tess, no," Bloo warned.

"Oh, really? What's my type exactly?"

"Ooh, this ain't gonna end well," Honey whimpered.

"Dweabish!"

"Yeah, that's real mature, spoken like a true rich snob!" Mac said angrily.

"Okay, we need to leave," Honey said grabbing Bloo's shaking hand.

"What did you just call me?" Tessa steamed. Her ears were burning red.

"You heard me, 'richie,'" Mac taunted.

"Run fast, Mac you still have a chance! RUN FOR CRUD'S SAKE! RUN!" Bloo screamed.

"THAT'S IT!" Tessa shrieked and lunged towards Mac fiercely.

"AAUGH! STOP IT! DON'T FIGHT! OH GOSH NO!" Honey shrieked. Mac stepped back before Tessa could hit him.

THUD!

"Ow, that hurt," Tessa grimaced clenching her gut. Then she looked up at Mac who was holding back a giggle. "SHUT UP!" Mac smiled rougishly. "Oh, you wanna go?" Tessa growled.

"Sorry, I don't hit girls," Mac protested.

"Excuse me?"

"I don't hit girls."

"There ya go, Mac!" Bloo encouraged.

"What are you, Mister Gentleman, chicken? Bok bok bok!" Tessa clucked.

"Real mature, Tess," Mac said rolling his eyes.

"C'mon, I'll give you one free punch. Right here!" Tessa said.

"Mac, restrain yourself, buddy," Honey said calmly.

"I told you, I don't hit girls," Mac insisted.

"Yeah, me neither," Tessa said putting her fists down and crossing her arms.

"What?"

"I'm not going to bother putting up a fight because I don't hit girls either."

"Okay, now Tessa's dead meat," Bloo commented.

"I don't get… OHHH! I just got it!" Honey said, "Hey wait, Mac's not a girl."

"Duh," Bloo groaned.

"Did you just call me…" Mac twitched. Tessa merely nodded with the evilest grin that any of them had ever seen. "OKAY, FORGET MY PHILOSEPHY!" Mac screamed and threw himself at Tessa. Except Tessa backfired Mac's plan and stepped backwards.

"Why should I waste my time on you?" Tessa remarked.

"Mac, just walk away," Bloo said.

"Because…" Mac started, getting angrier every time Tessa made a comment, "…I can't believe that I…"

"Go on, SAY IT!" Tessa barked, "I've got somethin' for you too!"

"You first!"

"You!"

"Same time."

"Fine, we'll go with that," Tessa grumbled. They hesitated before saying in unison…

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I USED TO LOVE YOU!" They gasped and stared shocked at each other. Tessa cupped her hands over her mouth.

"Mac… I…"

"Just forget it," Mac said in an upset tone and stormed off. Tessa stood there with shock covering her face. Finally after five minutes, she walked away silently. Her tears rose back up in her eyes and flowed down her face once more. She plopped herself down next to the window and cried herself to sleep.

Mac on the other hand was trying to put his finger on why he didn't realize it before. Why did she have to tell him? And why did he tell her? He gazed at the horizon and slowly two soft tears rolled down his cheeks.

Bloo and Honey remained in their positions, wide-eyed, and jaw-dropped.

Tessa looked up after an hour and stared at the road through the window. The cars were whizzing by rather fast.

"Sheesh," she thought, "If, somebody needed to cross there, they'd get hit!" Suddenly an idea went through Tessa's mind. She sighed bleakly and decided she'd put it off to Chapter 4 so that the story wouldn't end within two chapters.

TO BE CONTINUED…