Your mother gave a happy sigh as she got up to go do mother-ish things enjoying the moment of happiness before the worry of leaving your daughter with a stranger like that could set in.
The fact that he was her brother-in-law was irrelevant.
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You woke up and stared at the sealing not wanting to get out of bed. You stayed like that until you remembered what was supposed to happen today. You jumped out of bed now fully awake, with a large smile on your face as you rushed to wake you your parents. You ran to their bedroom door and flung it open before running to the large bed against the wall and jumping on your dad.
Your father shot up chest quickly rising and falling from the surprise of having a small child jump on your sleeping, unprepared body. "Daddy do you know what day it is?" you asked excitedly with a huge smile on your face.
Your now much calmer father thought for a few seconds. "Friday?" he half-answered half-asked. "No. Wait well, yes it is but that's not what I meant." Your father chuckled at your mistake. "It's tomorrow… you know from yesterday." You said trying to find the right way to explain it. "I get to go with Uncle Mike. Remember?"
The happiness from your fathers face melted of to reveal a look of worry. "I guess that means you leave today doesn't it?" you nodded your head yes happily. "Well you have to go to school first." He said donning a mask of happiness to hide his worry.
"Aww do I have to?" You asked. "I mean it's so boring and Uncle mike didn't have to go when he was little." Your father's face changed to one of disapproval. "He did have to go to school when he was your age (Y/N)." Your father said disapprovingly."But when will I get to see Uncle Mike?" you asked not happy about the wait. "He'll be picking you up afterwards." Answered your father in a less-than-excited voice.
"Then what are we waiting for? I have to get ready." You said happily dragging your father out by the arm to go get ready for the day. After checking your things, getting you ready for school, and waking up your mother, your father went to go do other things while you ate the breakfast of bacon and eggs your mother prepared for you.
You shoveled spoon full after spoon full of eggs into your mouth. "Slow down your going to choke." Your mother said, lightly patting your back when you started coughing. "You know how to act at the breakfast table (Y/N)." your mother handed you a napkin. "I'm sorry mommy I'm just really excited." You said whipping your face with the napkin your mother gave you.
"I know." Your mother sighed as you resumed eating. "You better hurry up or you might be late for the bus. "Your father said coming down the stairs in his work uniform. He walked over and planted a kiss on your mother's cheek.
"Daddy has to go to work now." He said addressing you. "I'll see you in a few days ok?" you ran over and hugged his legs. "Ok. I love you daddy." You said into your fathers legs. Your dad got down on his knees and pulled you into a hug.
"You're going to be good for Uncle Mike, right?" He pulled back to stare at your face. Your (E/C) eyes gleamed with mischief. "I love you daddy." You said trying to suppress a smile and failing miserably. Your mother broke out laughing and your father put a hand on his forehead and sighed.
You put your hands over your mouth trying your hardest not to laugh. Your father pulled you in and kissed your cheek then moved his head back and chuckled as you wiped furiously at the spot. "DADDY! Don't do that it's gross." You said trying to get the pretend mark off your face.
Your parents were now both laughing. "Hey' what's so funny?" you asked confused. "I don't get it." You said wondering what was so funny. Your face changed from confused to scared as a though crossed your mind. 'What if the laughing bug got inside mommy and daddy?' You thought.
'The bug is controlling them!' "I'll save you!" you exclaimed as you looked at your father's stomach. "You better get out of there bug." Your parents couldn't help laughing harder. You father took several deep breaths and proceeding to explain what was so funny and that they were not being controlled by bugs. "Oh." You said simply. There was silence for a few moments as you all looked at each other. "I still don't get it."
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Mike pulled into the school parking lot in his not-so-good-looking car. He parked and got out. He took a moment to admire the cleanliness and the flowers that sprung up from just about everywhere before beginning to look for you. Seeing no sign of you he leaned on the driver side of his car, pulled out a cigarette and lit it. He took a long drag tilted his head back and let out a plum of grey smoke.
He looked around but didn't move knowing that you would be able to find him. He saw many mothers leading their children away from him. He saw one kid that he thought was you but after a few moments of staring he concluded that she was not.
When Mike looked up the mother was staring at him suspiciously. Mike being the prankster he is smiled in a way that just screamed 'I'm a predator and I'm aiming for your daughter.' The mother quickly moved so her daughter was out of sight and walked faster to wherever she was going.
Mike chuckled and continued to wait occasionally doing the same to other parents and children to amuse himself. A few moments later a plump average sized man walked over and stood in front of Mike. Mike looked down at the man and raised one eyebrow in a questioning manor. He was most likely sent because Mike wouldn't stop flashing his predator smile at the people that passed him.
He could accept the fact that they called him out like this because if someone looked at his nice the way he was looking at these children He wouldn't stay quiet ether. "Sir." The plump man said hostility. "We've been getting complaints about you and I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave." "I get you're just doing your job, but I'm waiting for someone." Mike said cooly.
"I highly doubt that someone like you would know anyone who goes to this school, so if you don't leave now I'll be forced to call the police." 'What a prick.' Mike thought as he stared at the man in front of him. "I said you have to leave." The pudgy man reiterated. Mike took a long drag from his cigarette and blew it into the man's face.
The man coughed and waved the smoke away. "I'm going to call the police if you have not left in the next ten seconds!" shouted the angry man as loud as he could without drawing unneeded attention. Mike ignored him and continued flashing his predictor smile at random passerbyers. The pudgy man's anger rose as Mike continued to ignore him.
The man reached out and grabbed Mike's shirt and brought him dawn to his level and began to whisper in harsh tones. "Now listen here you dirty mother f-"
Mike cut him off by grabbing the man's wrist and twisting it so that with one move he could easily shatter the bone if he so desired. He got in close to the man's ear. "Do NOT touch me." He growled harshly into the man's ear. The pudgy man turned his head and saw a horrifying sight. Mikes eyes now had glowing white pupils and the rest of the eye was pitch black.
The man gasped, all color draining from his face and a wet spot appearing on his pants. Mike continued to stare menacingly until a sound made his eyes snap back to normal as he spun around, dropping the man's arm in the process. "Uncle Mike!" You exclaimed as you jumped into his arms. He swung you around as your usual greeting. He dropped his half smoked cigarette and ground it out with his heel.
You looked behind him and saw the pudgy man on the ground. He was desperately trying to hide the wet spot on his pants from the few parents and children that were still exiting the building as his cheeks burned red. Tears pricked in the corners of his eyes when a passing child laughed at him before being dragged away by his mother. You laughed and looked at your uncle. "Did you make him cry Uncle Mike?" you asked eyes gleaming in childish joy.
"Nah I didn't go that far." He said happy that he almost making a grown man cry didn't bother you at all. "What did he do?" you asked curiously, snuggling closer to your uncle. "He thought he could take on the Mike Schmidt." He answered loving the great amount of ego stroking that you were doing.
You turned your head to address the man on the ground. "You should know you can't take on Uncle Mike, he's the strongest and best fighter there is." You said wriggling your pointer finger from left to right in a reprimanding fashion. Mike swelled with pride and smiled brightly. "Got your stuff?" Mike asked. "Yup." You climbed out of his grasp and showed him a bag. "It's all right here." You patted the bag "Daddy helped me pack."
Mike turned to see the pudgy man trying to get on his feet then pulled the man up by the back of his shirt, ignoring the sounds heard when the shirt started choking him. He set the man on his feet and patted his shoulder. "Sorry 'bout the eye thing." Mike said a large smile on his face. "They tend to do that when I get mad." Mike held out his hand. "O-oh, no worries. It was all my fault you should just go and play with the kid hahaha." The man said nervously.
Mike put his un-shaken hand down and loaded you in the front passenger seat. He then got in the car himself and drove away. The man watched the car drive until it was out of sight and let out a relived sigh as he went to go dry his pants.
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Mike opened the door to his now clean apartment and let you in before going in himself and locking the door. "It's so clean in here." You said in awe at the visible floors. "I couldn't have you getting sick, now could I?" Mike said patting your head. You rubbed your head in to his hand while giggling. "I love you Uncle Mike." "Love you too pumpkin."
You spent the rest of the day playing games with your uncle. You even went to the park and played on the swing set together. Yes he got on the swing next to you and swung alongside you. You played this way until ten thirty which was past your regular bed time.
Mike yawned and checked the time. "Hey Pumpkin, it's past your bed time." Mike said getting up from the floor where he was building a puzzle with you and stretching his back. "But Uncle Mike." You said in a whiny voice. "You said I could go to work with you." "No." he said flatly. But you sia-" "No" "Bu-" Mike turned to you and looked down on your still sitting form. "I said no."
You looked up at him and tried to reason. "Yesterday you said that I could come to work with you." "I never said that." Mike said leaving no room for argument. "And even if I did it was a mistake and you still can't come." "But I want to see the animatronics perform." Mike stared at you "pffft" He held back his laughter. "What's so funny?" you asked unable to see what was funny. "YOU!" he busted out laughing.
You felt like a sludge hammer had hit your heart when he said those words. "W-what?" you stumbled over your words hoping he didn't mean what you thought he meant. "T-that was the most *Laugh* stupid thing *Gasp* I've ever heard." He resumed laughing this time falling to the floor. You felt tears prick at the corners of your eyes but viciously whipped them away before Mike could see.
Mike's laughter slowly died down as he wiped tears away from his eyes. "Oh *ha-ha* ah, my side hurts." Mike got up and put his arm around your shoulder. "I don't expect you to understand the pure idiocy of what you said but all you need to know is that you can't come and you defiantly can't see the animatronics perform."
You stared at the floor trying to keep your head down as much as possible. Mike walked you to his room were you would be sleeping. He put you in the bed and pulled the covers up to your neck he leaned down and kissed your forehead. "G'night pumpkin." He left to get ready for his shift but, as he did this your mind was racing.
'Does he think I'm stupid?' That one thought making your heart twinge in pain. 'Does he think I'm good at telling jokes or does he think I'm funny in a bad way? What if he does think I'm stupid and funny in a bad way?' you thought panickedly. 'Will he still love me? How am I supposed to fix it? School makes you smarter right?' your face lit up before reality struck.
'School isn't for two days!' You thought shocked that you would actually want school. 'I should have listened to daddy when he said pay attention in school.'
These thoughts plagued your mind for the next minutes making sleep an impossibility. You didn't want to be alone in your hour of need but knew that your uncle needed to work so you decided that you would come with him no matter what he said.
You snuck out of your room and hid behind the chair as Mike rushed to get ready for work as he went past the chair you snuck out the front door and hid in a bush. Mike came out and unlocked the car and got in you quickly advanced until you could open the door the only problem was that if you opened the door he would see you.
'I really didn't think this through.' You thought as you heard the car start. As you started to slowly open the door Mike jumped out of the driver's seat and ran in to the house. You smiled at this coincidence and claimed into the back. Not a second after you hid yourself Mike busted out the door locked it and jumped into the car.
Mike looked at the dashboard clock. "Sh**." Mike cursed quietly as he pulled out of his parking space. "That's the last time I play with her that long." Tears started coming out of your eyes as he shouted the next part. "Son of a b*** I'm gonna be late! Damn f***ing kid! F***!" He started to drive faster ignoring all stop signs and speed limits.
Mike swerved into the empty parking lot and got out of his car and locked it without even bothering to park. He ran as fast as his legs could take him into the pizzeria. You watched him sprint off to wherever he needed to be without even locking the doors. You curled up in the seat and began to cry your eyes out. 'Uncle Mike hates me.' You thought in despair. 'I made him late and now he hates me.'
You spent an hour curled up in the same position, thinking of all the ways things could have happened. Eventually you got up you rubbed your eyes and you put on your biggest smile. 'I hope he'll accept my apology.' You thought worriedly as you climbed out of the car. You looked at the door to the pizzeria then to the door of the car. You climbed into the front seat, hit the lock button then climbed back out shutting the door behind you.
'Now I can't go back you thought as you approached the surprisingly intimidating building. You blew out a large gust of air as you pushed the right door open and walked through.
You walked through the dining area. "U-Uncle Mike?" you called out softly. You continued to walk until you saw some open curtains. Curious, you poked your head in cautiously and looked from left to right. "Uncle Mike? You called slightly louder and more clear than last time. "Are you in here?" You were greeted by silence. "I wanted to say I was sorry for making you late."
You were now in as far as the light would let you see. You heard metal on tile and turned around to see a large animatronic fox. The animatronics jaw started to flap up and down. It walked up to you and it's eyes emitted bright white light instead of the dull yellow glow they were emitting a few moments ago.
You squinted your eyes and put your hand up to block the light. Suddenly its jaw stopped moving and its eyes reverted back to their dull yellow stare. It stared at you, you stared at it. "SSSSSSSSSSCCCCCCCCCCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE."
A/N: Cliff hangers :D. This was mainly to tell you all how tall Mike is, so here are the heights of the important people.
Mike: 6,2 Ft. Jeremy: 5,9 Ft. Carol: 5,7 Ft. You: however the frigg tall you were when you were six.
Thank you all for the good reviews.