This will be a two part story, the first part with the tape, the second...well you'll find out.
Please keep in mind I am not sure when VHS tapes are invented, I didn't feel like bothering to see what time period Lucy would be in when she made it, so if VHS tapes and recorders aren't invented ah well. hope you enjoy!
"You sure do have a lot of stuff in here," Gru commented to the red head as he rummaged through a box.
"Yea I know," Lucy laughed as she opened a different box.
Lucy and Gru were sitting on the floor of Lucy's apartment bedroom, boxes filled with Lucy's old memories surrounding them.
"How did ve get here again?" Gru asked as he picked up a children's toy from a box and studied it.
"I told you I had a book with clippings from newspapers that talked all about super villains from when I was younger. I swear you were in it!" Lucy told him before burying her face into another box.
"Why don't you put dees boxes in storage?" He asked.
"Because then it would be harder to find things when I want to find them! Duh!" She retorted playfully.
Gru smiled before going back to a box. This one in particular was filled with toys from Lucy's childhood, and it made him realize how much different his was compared to her's. She had a loving family, he…not so much. Lucy had plentiful of toys of all different shapes and sizes, he had to create his own because his mother would never buy them. He closed the box and pushed it aside, determined not to get upset while Lucy was around.
"Oh…my…God! NO WAY!" Lucy squealed as she pulled out a video cassette from the box, excitement exploding out of her.
"Vat? Vat is it?" Gru asked as he crawled closer towards her to get a better look.
"When I was little I made a video for myself! Like…my future self! It was pretty much me talking to my dad's new camera the entire time but I thought it would be so cool to do and watch when I was older! I completely forgot about it until now!" Lucy explained as she stared at the VHS in awe.
Gru chuckled as he watched stars form in her eyes. She was so cute when she was excited.
"Well how about we take a break and watch it?" Gru asked.
"YEA!" Shouted Lucy happily as she bolted upright and ran for the living room.
Carefully Gru got up and followed suit. By the time he got to the living room Lucy had already put the tape in and was sitting on the couch.
"Come on come on! It's gonna start!" She ushered as she patted the corner seat next to her.
Gru smiled as he sat down. Immediately Lucy cuddled up to his side, a gesture Gru did not mind as he put an arm around her. Happily Lucy hit play, and the face of a young Lucy appeared on screen.
Lucy hadn't changed drastically over the years. In the video she seemed to be at least thirteen, the same age as his oldest daughter Margo. She had many more freckles on her face and her hair was in a ponytail instead of its now signature bun. Young Lucy was smiling as the camera, her eyes darting occasionally to side to make sure she was in the frame.
"Hello future me!" She began.
"Hello!" Giggled back the present Lucy.
"I'm making this video because my-OUR parents are having us switch homes. Which I'm not happy about but they never listen to us….ANYWAY I wanted to kinda record the things I liked best about where we are, just for memory's sake I guess. So! Our old bedroom is first!" She said before moving the camera off her face and onto the walls of her bedroom.
"Pink walls, which we were never a fan of but mom says it's more 'lady like' than blue which is our favorite color. Is it still our favorite color? I hear people can change their favorites!" Rattled off young Lucy.
"Still my favorite," commented older Lucy as she shook her blue dress as an example.
Gru chuckled lightly as young Lucy kept going.
"As you can see I have posters of my favorite baddies! there's doctor disaster! Mr. Desctructo! There's-" young Lucy kept going as she named every villain that was hanging as a poster on her wall.
Gru could remember many of these villains well when he was younger. He wanted to be just like them growing up, and seeing posters of the people he looked up to brought back some nostalgia. He looked at his time Lucy, who looked so happy to be re-living all this, the nostalgia passing through her like waves.
"You sure were into villains!" He chuckled as little Lucy continued listing villains.
"Still am," she smirked up at him, "in fact my boyfriend was one. Remember?"
Gru laughed a bit before stopping as he heard a particular name come from the screen.
"And felonious gru!" Exclaimed young Lucy as she pointed the camera to the last poster, "he's super cool too! I think he's from Russia or something cus he has that accent. I've seen him on the villain network a couple times! He stole queen Elizabeth's crown when he was around my age!" Little Lucy explained excitedly.
The poster showed a young Gru holding a picture of the earth between his hands, his face wearing an evil grin. He had to be at least close to his 20's during that time. He couldn't even remember posing for it honestly. He looked over at Lucy, who was wide eyed and blushing like a mad woman. She had apparently forgotten about that poster as well, and now of course the one guy she would not want to see that, did.
"Isn't he a handsome fellow?" Gru chuckled evilly, loving her embarrassed face, "I didn't realize you were such an adorable fangirl!" He replied with a smug smile.
"Let's just move on!" She mumbled as she hit play on the frozen screen.
Gru continued to chuckle, but happily turned his attention to the screen. The young Lucy continued to talk about all the things in her room, like special toys that she slept with, or items that she got from certain events, like a explorer hat from the zoo.
"Now this is our secret stash!" Whispered young Lucy as she pulled out a box from under her bed, "this has all the stuff that mom would probably throw away if she found it. Like this!" She started as she picked up a large photo album.
"That's the book we were looking for!" Pointed older Lucy.
"This book has clippings of newspaper articles of some cool super villains! It's still a work in progress because evil never sleeps! But pretty much so far the people who are in it are on my wall! Except for Scarlett overkill! She's in the book too! Although it's really hard to find a poster of her since she's now retired from villainy. Anyway-"
Young Lucy rattled of some specific clippings in the book before setting it down and grabbing what looked like a old fashioned hand grenade. Scrawled on that grenade was a familiar "G" on the side.
"I got this from that felonious gru guy! He was, I think, robbing a bank or something while I was walking home from school one day. He ran right into me as I was kicking along a rock. He had some weird yellow guys with him who I think he calls 'minions'. I dunno. But I recognized him and he said if I promised to keep quiet I could have this! Then he ran off. Best day ever!" little Lucy explained excitedly as she stared at the grenade.
The screen froze as Lucy pressed pause. Gru and Lucy looked at each other, both stunned.
"H…HOW DO I NOT REMEMBER THAT?!" Shouted Lucy as she got up and paced back in forth, her body needing to move as her thoughts raced.
"You'd think I would be the one who forgot," Gru input as he crossed his legs and arms.
Lucy stared at her boyfriend, shocked.
"You remember that happening?" She asked as she moved close to his face in curiosity.
"Vaguely…but I do remember. I didn't remember what you looked like, but I was shocked that a young girl knew who I was. So it made me a little happy, even though I'm pretty sure I yelled at you most of the time. I was in a bit of a rush at the time," he explained with a small shrug and a smile at the memory.
Lucy didn't know what to say. She felt a little upset she couldn't remember her first meeting with her now boyfriend.
"You ok?" He asked, an eyebrow raised in concern.
"Yea I'm good I just…let's save the rest for another day. I remember this was pretty long and right now I'm giddy and need to go do something," she suggested as she bounced around the space between the couch and the TV.
Gru smiled and nodded as he stood up from the couch.
"Then how about we get the girls and get some ice cream?"
"Ice cream sounds great! Let's go!" She exclaimed as she turned off the TV and pulled Gru out the door.
Gru laughed at her enthusiasm and watched as she happily walked toward his "car" with him in tow.
She hadn't changed much in all those years.