The two would never, ever in a thousand years, admit that they only shared the same room because they liked each other. That would just be ridiculous! The only reason they shared a room was because they were used to sharing. Or so they claimed it so.
It was an early Saturday morning. The sun was trying to peak its way through the closed curtains. Locus and Felix were, of course, sleeping. At some point during the night, Felix had managed to curl up and burrow his way into Locus side, simply because he was cold. Locus, on instinct, put his arm around Felix to keep him close by.
It was quiet, it was peaceful, and it was perfect. Not knowing if they would ever get any more chances like this, they reveled in the comfort and softness of the moment. Unfortunately, all moments like these must come to an end. The more unfortunate matter is that this moment ended very, very abruptly.
"DADDY! DADDY! WAKE UP!" a young voice screamed
Locus snapped his eyes open at the sudden outburst. Felix had gone from sleeping to wide awake and alert, causing him to fall out of bed. Felix ran and pulled the curtains open. "WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS WRONG WITH- Good morning, sweet pea." Felix said, changing his tone
Standing in the doorway was a little girl with tan skin, dark hair in tiny ringlets, bright jade green eyes sparkling in excitement, and wearing green pajamas with orange polka dots. "Morning papa!" she beamed, "Morning daddy!"
Locus raised his eyebrows. "Andi, why did you wake us up? It's eight in the morning." he asked, annoyed
Andi raised her eyebrows the exact same way. "Morning. Eat pancakes and watch cartoons today!" she answered, like it was the most obvious thing in the world
"Oh, right. It's Saturday..okay, let's go make pancakes." Locus sighed, getting out of bed
"Yay!" Andi cheered, as Locus picked her up.
"...I want pancakes too." Felix said, following in pursuit
"What are we going to watch today?" Locus asked Andi
Andi thought about it for a good minute "...Ninjago! Matters of Pinjitoo!" she declared
"It's Masters of Spinjitsu... Not that I follow the series, or anything!" Felix corrected, "I only watch it because you make me watch five teen boys fight evil with the elements and their awesome ninja skills."
"I like Kai. He has cool hair. Just like papa." Andi said, as Locus put on her on the counter.
"I...I have cool hair?" Felix asked
"Yeah! 'Spesh-wee funny shapes on your head!" Andi beamed
"Oh, yeah. I guess they are cool." Felix grinned, feeling oddly pleased with himself
Locus couldn't help but let out a tiny chuckle as he gathered the necessary ingredients for pancakes. "Don't worry, daddy! I like your hair too!" Andi said, turning her attention to Locus, "You let me put pwetty bows in it!"
"Yes, I do." He agreed, getting a bowl to mix the ingredients in, "Does it make daddy look pretty?"
"Yeah, daddy looks really pwetty with bows. Es-pesh-wee green bows!" she babbled, "Agent 'Wina doesn't wike bows, Sarge too!"
Locus couldn't but sigh, remembering those two refused to be involved in Andi's many "pretty makeovers". It wasn't even that big of a deal. Even Wash let Andi dress him up in her princess costume tiaras and call him Pretty Princess Wash when she would politely ask. He was glad Caboose usually went along with what Andi said; Grif hardly cared about his appearance, only caring about keeping Andi happy; Donut being the... eccentric person he was; and Felix, only if Andi would tell him he looked absolutely gorgeous. He wondered if maybe his daughter should find some playmates her age.
He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard Andi singing the Ninjago Theme Song with Felix out loud. Soon, there was movement coming from upstairs. "IT'S EIGHT IN THE MORNING! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!" Tucker yelled
"SHUT UP, TUCKER! SOME OF US STILL WANT TO SLEEP!" Grif barked
"I WOULD IF SOMEONE WOULD TRY AND PIPE THEIR KID DOWN!" Tucker yelled back
Andi heard the yelling and ran to the bottom of the stairs. "MORNING UNCA TUCKER!" Andi yelled, "I WATCHING NINJAGO!"
"...GOOD MORNING ANDI! COULD YOU PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? SOME OF US ARE STILL SLEEPING, SWEETIE!" Wash called
"OK UNCA WASH!" she said, running off to find Locus
"Daddy, are pancakes done?" Andi asked, running into the kitchen
"Andi, please don't run in the house, you could-" Locus began
Andi then slipped and completely wiped out onto the floor. Turning off the stove top, Locus rushed to his daughter. Andi began to cry her eyes out and hold her chin. "Are you okay, baby?" he asked, picking her up
"I got boo-boo on my chin! And it hurts!" She sobbed, showing her chin to Locus
Boo-boo was right. She accidently scraped her chin onto the floor. While it wasn't bleeding, it would need to be cleaned up and covered by a band aid. Locus sighed and carried her off to the bathroom. "That's why we don't run in the house, Andi. So we don't slip and hurts ourselves." Locus chided, as he grabbed a first aid kit.
Knowing the peroxide would sting, Locus cleaned Andi's scrape with the hurt free cleaner. He then stuck on a Red Ninjago band aid and kissed her forehead. "All better." He smiled
"...Thank you, daddy." She said, wiping her tears away, "Sowwy, for running when I not s'posed to."
"That's alright, Andi. It was an accident." he said, picking her up
Locus went back to the kitchen and picked up the tray of pancakes in one hand, while carrying Andi in the other. He carried them both to the living room. "Did my special little girl hurt herself?" Felix asked, taking Andi away from Locus
"Yeah...But I'm all better. Daddy gave me red Ninjago band aid." Andi said, showing off her chin to Felix
"My advice kid, we gotta get you into martial arts. You'll learn honour and be like your ninja heroes." Felix said, gesturing to the five ninjas on screen
"Maw-sha arts." Andi said, pronouncing the new word slowly
"Martial arts, Andi. And yes, you can take martial arts." Locus said putting the tray on the coffee table
"I wanna be like ninjas!" she grinned, "They are cool. Just like papa and daddy!"
Andi grabbed her special fork, a hybrid of a spoon, butter knife, and fork into one, and stabbed a piece of pancake cut up by Locus.
"Get them, Zane! Get the bad snakes!" she cheered, stuffing the pancake into her mouth
They soon heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs. "Does it really kill you people to keep quiet on Saturday?" Tucker grumbled, walking into the living room
Felix whispered something into Andi's ear. "Yes, it does!" she said out loud
Tucker blinked at the little two year old for a brief minute. "Never mind, I'll just sleep in the basement."