John stretched as he pulled himself out of bed and smiled

Today was his birthday.

Not that anyone would know at the bureau, but that just made it better. He just wished he could take off work to go see his family. But he knew he couldn't.

He had a giant red guy to baby-sit today.

He sighed and put on his clothes and walked out into the hallway, turning his phone on vibrate, and walked to get Red's food from the kitchen. As he expected, his phone started to vibrate.

He flipped it open and held it to his ear. "Agent Myers." He said and held the phone away from his ear.

"WHERE ARE YOU? YOU'RE LATE YOU NO GOOD..." The rest was blocked out due to John's hand going over the ear piece.

"Would you calm down? I'm on my way now." He said and hung up. He sighed and pushed the cart towards the room. He knew he was going to get yelled at for hanging up, but he didn't feel like having the big red baby yelling at him over the phone today. As he opened the door and walked in he looked for Red, but couldn't find him.

He tensed up as he heard the door slam shut.

"You're late Boy Scout." Growled a red demon in his ear.

"I slept in today." He said calmly, even though he was shivering inside.

"Why? You're job is to get my food here on time John. And by sleeping in, you don't do that, now do you?"

"What is your problem today Hellboy?!" John shouted at him. "I'm barely even five minutes late!"

"But. You're. Still. Late." He said slowly.

"You know what? Get your own damn food off of your own damn cart. I'm taking off today." John said as he shoved by the demon, who was so startled at the out burst that he actually fell back a few steps.

"You… You can't take off!" He shouted at John's retreating back. All John did was turn around, smile, and say,

"Watch me."

I know it's short, but we haven't had much time. It will get better!

We swear on our other stories!

Love,

Dana & Andi