Despicable Me: The Motherly Figure

This is my first attempt at writing any form of fan fiction so please bear that in mind. However, I still would appreciate honest reviews. Please tell me if I mess it up and how I can improve. Thank you :)

This story takes place a little while after the events of Despicable Me 3 (loved the film btw). All the girls are still the same age. Margo being 12, Edith being 9 and Agnes being 6. If you want to know where I got those ages from, well the guy who wrote the DM films (Cinco Paul) stated that on Twitter. I always imagined them that age anyways.

One thing I didn't like about the film was the lack of emotional family moments though. I thought that while watching DM2 as well. I thought I could make this story follow the minds of each of the family members, and see how they would react when something devastating happens. Dru also won't be present in this story, not that I don't like his character or anything (cuz I actually really liked Dru), but it's just that I felt the story worked better without him. Maybe he'll get a cameo, I haven't decided yet...

I'll also try and give Gru the best east-European accent as I can. It is a little difficult though :)

Anyway, hope everyone enjoys.

Chapter One -
The Perfect Day

The morning light began to soak itself into Gru and Lucy's bedroom. Gru was wide awake and watched as the rays glided over his bed. He found it comforting, and found himself smiling as he laid there. He hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, and had been laying awake for half-an-hour before the light had entered the room. He also ended up, unintentionally, having a late night. He couldn't remember exactly what time he managed to drift off, but it was some time around 2:30am. Lucy was fast asleep and quietly snoring, and had been for the whole night. He shuffled over until he could see the alarm clock. The red LED lights read '5:56AM'.

'3 hours sleep! That's eet!?' He thought to himself as the sun's light had now completely filled the room. Gru blamed the small amount of time sleeping on his excitement, which he was now beginning to remember more clearly in his mind. A giddy smile, like one from a young boy in a candy shop, began to creep across his face. Today was the first day of the summer holidays, which meant that him, Lucy and the girls could spend the whole day together. Usually, when the girls were at school, Gru would find himself becoming miserable as he missed the company of his whole family. That is until the school day ended and they walked through the door. The next few weeks however, would be entirely different.

Lost in his train of thought, Gru began to think of the fun him and his family would have. He had planned lot's of activities, and was even considering taking them all on a family roadtrip at some point. As he found himself drifting away into his thoughts, Gru didn't realise that he had in fact been laying there thinking to himself for around twenty minutes! When he finally snapped back into reality, he decided to give up on trying to get anymore sleep. In fear of waking his beloved wife, he slowly shuffled out of bed and tip-toed to the bathroom to wash-up.

After getting dressed and getting himself ready for the day ahead, Gru decided to start getting breakfast ready. Agnes usually wakes up very early, even on the weekends, and he believed that getting her waffles done in advance was a good idea. He strolled downstairs, walked into the kitchen, made himself a cup of coffee and preheated the waffle iron he bought especially for Edith and Agnes. Margo seemed to prefer cereal as of late, which Gru didn't argue with, as that would be one less waffle to prepare.

He grabbed two large mixing bowls out of the cupboard. Stuffed flour, baking powder and sugar in one bowl and eggs, milk and butter in the other. After beating the egg mixture, he combined the contents of both bowls and ladled it into the waffle iron, making sure to keep enough for Edith. He didn't have to go to this much trouble, he could easily just buy store-bought waffles. But for the girls, he wanted them to have the very best. He then poured a small glass of milk and placed it where Agnes usually sat on the kitchen table.

A little while after, with pin-perfect timing, as the iron dinged to signal that the waffle was ready to serve, in jogged Agnes.

"Morning daddy!" she said, with an evident cheer in her voice. "Morning Agnes!" Gru replied, with the same cheer mirrored in his voice. "Sleep well?"

Before Agnes decided to reply, she ran up to the table and took her seat. The smell of the waffle being prepared had managed to sneak up to the girl's bedroom, where it woke her up to a hungry stomach. She didn't even bother to change into her overalls, she just ran to the kitchen in her blue pyjamas!

"Yeah really well!" She hastily replied. Gru could tell how hungry she was by the audible panting she was making as he lifted the waffle out of the iron and on to the plate, where he gave it a little sprinkle of sugar. He therefore thought it to be a good idea to hand the plate over to her before she ripped his hands clean off.

As he placed the plate in front of her, he was alerted to a pink figure at the doorway of the kitchen. He turned his head to see Edith standing there. For a second, Gru could hardly believe his eyes. Edith was a big fan of sleeping in and she usually stayed in bed until 11 or 12 on any day where she didn't have to go to school. And even then it was a huge pain getting her out of bed...

Edith began to feel a little uncomfortable as Gru continued to stare at her in disbelief for a few seconds, so she decided to break the silence.

"Um...hi." She muttered. Instead of responding, Gru stood up straight and looked down at his digital watch. It read '7:39AM'.

"Wha...who are yoo?" He said through a playful smile. "Yoo can't be Edith...eet's way too early."

"Shut up." Edith said through a giggle. She slowly trudged over to the kitchen table and sat down alongside Agnes. "I just smelt waffles so I thought I'd come down early."

Gru didn't buy this for a second. He prepared waffles pretty much every morning, and Edith had never woken up this early before. Gru looked down at her and noticed that she seemed incredibly tired. She also, like Agnes, hadn't bothered to get dressed and still wore her pink onesie. He figured that she shared the same summer holiday excitement as he had, and that she had decided to force herself to wake up early.

"I'll get yours cookin' then." Gru replied, after giving his middle-child a big hug. He poured the remainder of the waffle mixture into the iron, set it to cook, poured another glass of milk and placed it down in front of Edith, who was trying hard to stay awake.

As he waited for the waffle to cook, Gru sat down next to Agnes and started to converse with the two girls. As always, Agnes was very up for chatter and did so contently. Edith however was struggling to talk as she felt the bags under her eyes getting heavier. The only thing stopping her from passing out on the table was the sound of Agnes' loud, energetic little voice in her ear. To make it worse, the smell of the waffle cooking was making her increasingly more hungry and increasingly more agitated. She was beginning to regret waking herself up early. She began sipping on her milk, hoping that it would give her some sort of energy.

As Gru and Agnes talked and talked, time passed quickly. The 15 minutes it took for the waffle to cook felt like a second for the two of them. Just as he did for Agnes, Gru placed the waffle on the plate, gave it a sprinkle of sugar and placed it in front of Edith. She didn't waste any time and began to start eating. She knew that this would wake her up, at least a little.

As Gru and Agnes continued to chatter and Edith continued to eat, Margo had now woken up and got to the kitchen. She always woke up around 8am, so this was no suprise. Unlike her younger sisters, Margo got herself dressed and ready for the day before she did anything else. As she strolled into the kitchen, she was taken aback by the sight of Edith sitting at the table at this hour. Edith turned and noticed the shock in her eyes.

"Yes! Yes! I'm up at 8am!" She said through a mouthful of waffle, before pausing for a second to swallow, and sarcastically muttering "It's shocking..." Margo responded with a small chuckle.

"Morning Margo." Gru said as he got up off his seat at the table. "I'll get your cereal ready."

"I'll do it Dad, don't worry." Margo replied. Gru quickly turned to her with a slightly hurt expression. He was hit hard by this small sign of independence. Margo was showing more and more maturity as the days passed by, and Gru was starting to feel that he was already losing his little girl. However, just as Gru was getting himself worked up over something so small, Margo walked over and gave him a big hug, reminding him that she was still young and dependent on him.

After letting go of Gru, she wandered over to the kitchen cupboard, grabbed the box of cereal bought especially for her, wandered to the fridge, grabbed the milk carton and fixed herself up a bowl of cereal. She then carried the bowl over to the table and took up her familiar spot beside Edith.

"So what are we gonna do today?" Agnes asked.

"Let's wait for Lucy to wake up first." Gru replied. "Den we'll decide."

Agnes responded with a quick nod. Gru looked around at the three girls. It had been a while since it was just the four of them, and he was starting to miss the times where he had the girls all to himself. Don't get him wrong, he loves Lucy and is a lot happier having met her. But occasionally, he would think back to the days of just the three girls and him, with a smile on his face. He wondered whether or not they felt the same. He decided to waste no time, and started a long conversation.

Lucy's eyes fluttered opened to the sight of the alarm clock, which read 9am. She felt no presence behind her so she turned over to find that Gru wasn't there. He had talked up his excitement of the summer holidays the night before, so she figured that he woke up early in anticipation. She could hear the distant laughs of the three girls downstairs, and she couldn't help herself but smile and laugh along with them, even though she had no clue what they were laughing about. It was times like these in the mornings where she felt completely engulfed with happiness, and was more than grateful for meeting Gru. She laid there for a minute, appreciating the feeling of the happiness bubbling up inside her, and then decided to get up and get herself ready for the day.

After getting changed out of her pyjamas, she came downstairs and entered the kitchen, where she was met by the welcome of the girls and Gru.

"Mom!" Agnes shrieked, giving Lucy a huge smile.

"Hey gurrllss." Lucy responded, giving each one of them a kiss and a cuddle. "Hey Gru."

"Morning honey." Gru replied through a beaming smile. "Slept well I hope."

"With you beside of me, of course I slept well." Lucy warmly replied as she gave Gru a huge kiss. Margo and Agnes heartwarmingly watched on with a smile. They loved watching their parents show affection. Edith however hated it. She turned away and had to stop her breakfast from coming back up.

"Gross!" She proclaimed. Lucy chuckled and moved over to the toaster, where she made herself two slices of toast. After covering them in butter, she energetically strolled back over to the table, where Gru moved himself over a little to make room for her to sit down. The second that Lucy sat down, Agnes turned very quickly to face Gru.

"So, now can we talk about what we're gonna do today!?" She said, bouncing up and down and speaking so loud and fast that Gru jumped a little as she started to speak.

"Oh! Of course." Gru replied, before turning to look around at his family. "What does ev'ryone fancy doing today den?"

Margo replied quickest. "I heard the museum are hosting an all-day science fair, where we get to learn about different chemical elements. We could go do that..."

"Yeah...if we wanted to die of boredom." Edith scowled as she crossed her arms. She was still a little tired and was feeling grouchy.

"Well, what do yoo fancy doing den Edith?" Gru asked. This had Edith a little stumped. She uncrossed her arms, looked down at the table and thought for a few seconds.

"I dunno..." She responded. This got Gru slightly frustrated. He was so caught up in excitement for today that he completely forgot the aggrivation that comes along with finding an activity that kept everyone entertained. Thankfully, Agnes came to his rescue.

"We could go down to the park!" She excitedly exclaimed. Gru smiled as he watched everyone nod with agreement.

"Great idea Agnes!" He said. Agnes felt her little face light up as a great feeling of accomplishment came across her. She knew she saved the day!

"Ev'ryone get changed and we'll head down to de park." Gru said, knowing that today was gonna be a very good day.

The family of five arrived at the local park, each with their own individual big smile. They stared for a second at the large place in front of them. The local park was huge. It had everything a park needed to make it fun. More importantly for Gru though, it had something that appealed to each of the girls. There were many different swings and slides for Agnes to spend hours on, there were two huge sets of monkey bars for Edith to climb, and there were a lot of trees and flowers littered around for Margo to admire and investigate. It was the perfect place for the Gru family.

"Ooo! Daddy come push me on that!" Agnes shouted with pure excitement, as she began to pull on his long black and grey scarf. Gru chuckled and allowed Agnes to pull him over to the swing-set. Edith eyed up the closest monkey bars and ran over to them, while Margo slowly wandered towards a few trees as she curiously looked around at her surroundings. Lucy smiled as she watched her family traverse to their own activities and strolled over to a small bench. She set down her handbag and sat next to it, before placing her hand into the bag and pulling out a book. She opened it, relaxed and began to read.

After around two hours of playing with Agnes, Gru was feeling exasperated. He had been pushing, running, swinging and sliding with her and he was starting to feel the consequences. Agnes was very persistent and wouldn't let Gru sit down with his wife. Even though he was grasping for air more frequently, Gru was really enjoying himself. The two hours had flown by! Margo had finally finished investigating every millimeter of the park, and turned towards Gru. He was running after Agnes with a flush face, indicating the severity of his fatigue to her. She decided she would go play with Agnes and allow Gru a bit of time to himself, thus continuing to prove her ever-growing maturity to him.

"Hey Agnes!" Margo shouted as Gru's legs were at the point of giving away. "Wanna come pick flowers with me?"

Even though she was having a lot of fun with Gru, Agnes did want to spend some time with her older sister.

"Okay!" Agnes loudly replied, as she sprinted over to the flowers. Gru gave Margo a thanking smile and proceeded to sit down next to his wife.

"Had fun?" Lucy asked, setting her book down on her lap, but making sure not to lose her page.

"So much fun." Gru said through gasping breaths. "But there ees only so much fun a feefty year old man can take."

Lucy giggled and continued to read her book. Gru sat there watching each of the girls having fun and smiled. For him, watching them play was as much fun as playing with them.

So that was my first chapter. I hope everyone liked it.

This chapter was just here to get you back into familiarity with the Gru family. The next chapter will get down to the details. I'll post it tomorrow.

Thanks for getting this far though! Please remember to review :)