Goodday everyone!
How was the past three months for you guys? Did u peoples have a nice Valentine's day? I did, got 2 much candy….. CANDY. Had no school friday, which was very nice :D (but I still got homework though :(
This oneshot was inspired by a scene from the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson movie, "The Game Plan".
I hope you like it :D
"Boys Don't Wear Nail Polish"
He was the last guy who's picture would pop into you head when the word "feminine" came to mind.
He was the guy who cringed at the sight of the color pink and the word makeover.
The world knew and expected this.
So when Brandon Solaria woke up from his nap with his nails painted pink, he almost died.
But it didn't take long for him to recover or find out who was the culprit was.
"Lucy!" Brandon marched out of his and Stella's room and went down the hall to their daughter's room.
Stella was gone with the other Winx; they were assisting Faragonda and Griselda on a fieldtrip with the freshman and would be back in a week.
But Brandon had been keeping himself busy.
The next week it would be the annual Solarian light festival; all the rulers of all the planets of the Magical Dimension along with their subjects would be there.
So pretty much this week just involved Brandon doing a lot of planning and meeting with the royal counsel.
And then to top it all off, King Radius's fiftieth birthday fell on the day of the light festival, so in addition to planning that he had to plan his birthday party!
AHHHHH!
This was such a bad week for Stella to be gone; she should have known perfectly well that party planning is a WOMAN'S job, NOT a man's.
"Lucille!" the knock on her door was inpatient and aggravated.
"Come in!" the two voices of Lucy and King Radius cried.
The fact that he was a single dad for this week didn't make Brandon's week easier.
It wasn't like Lucy was a bad kid or anything.
She was a sweetheart.
She was extremely friendly and talkative.
But she was also extremely curious and inattentive and that was the problem right there.
As like with most five year olds, you couldn't leave her alone.
The last time Lucy was left alone she got out of the palace and went to Sparks to play with Skylar, but it was only after like an hour did Stella and Brandon find her.
Good thing King Radius lived with them; you could say he was like Lucy's babysitter.
Brandon walked in.
Lucy and her grandfather were sitting on the floor playing Chess, well… by the looks of it, they had been.
The chess board lay a like a foot away from them; the playing pieces were scattered all over the place.
"Bloom Lucille Solaria, will you kindly explain why my nails are pink?" Brandon questioned as he whipped his hands out of his pocket.
He was trying not to get mad.
He knew it wasn't that big of a deal but in an hour he was supposed to meet with the other Specialists to brainstorm ideas for King Radius's party and he preferred not being laughed at by his friends.
"Lucy, did you paint his nails?" Radius was biting his lip and- telling by the goofy smile on his face- trying not to laugh.
"Yes," Lucy replied.
"Why?!" Brandon cried "I'm a boy! Boys DON'T wear nail polish!"
"But Daddy you look so pretty with nail polish!" Lucy cried.
"I look gay with this nail polish," Brandon thought, biting his tongue to keep the thought in there.
"Just get it off!" he commanded.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Lucy looked up and started to whistle.
"LUCY!"
"I don't have the nail polish remover, it's with Mommy."
"What?!"
"I only have the pink nail polish, the other colors and remover is with Mommy."
"There has to be another way to get this off," Brandon started chipping the nail polish with his fingers.
"Daddy! No! Please keep it on! I like you with nail polish!" Lucy looked hurt.
"Well guess what? I don't! Just cause you like it doesn't mean that I will! Do you know what everyone will think of me if they see me just parading around with pink nails?! They'll think I'm gay! And then they'll do endless stories about it and no one will take me seriously. EVER AGAIN!"
"I… I.." Lucy was on the verge of tears, rarely did her daddy ever snap at her like that.
"Brandon please don't yell," Radius said, coming to his granddaughter's defense "she meant no harm. Just scrub it and I'm sure it will come off."
Brandon just sighed, irritated.
He turned on his heels and started to walk out.
Lucy ran up and hugged his leg.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"Stay out of my way," was all Brandon replied as he took her off his leg and walked out, not looking at her.
/
"Where is Brandon?" Riven mumbled playing with his wedding ring "I have better things to be doing than planning a party."
"Like sulking?" Timmy asked.
The guys all laughed.
"Nice one Timster!" Sky high- fived him.
"If you weren't my friend…." Riven growled and cut off his threat.
"Aw Riven! He was just joking, smile buddy!" Nabu placed his hands on Riven's cheeks and tried to push them up into a smile.
"Get your hands off me Nabu!" Riven slapped them away.
Brandon then ran in.
"I'm sorry I'm late!" he cried, sitting down.
It took him an hour but Brandon had finally scrapped all the nail polish off his fingers.
"What took you so long?" Riven asked.
"Lucy thought my nails would look pretty if they were pink, so she painted them while I was sleeping. And Stella had the nail polish remover with her so I spent an hour scrubbing to get it off."
"Aww," Helia smiled "that's cute."
"Not if you're the victim."
"Let's see your hands," Riven said.
"I got em off," Brandon said, placing his hands on the table.
"Aw, your hands aren't pretty anymore," Riven snickered.
"Let's just get started," Brandon rolled his eyes.
/
An hour later the Specialist's meeting was over and everyone had all left, all except for Sky.
"Hey Brandon, can I show you something?" he asked, as Brandon was gathering up his stuff.
"Yeah sure."
"Look here."
Brandon stopped placing things in his bag and looked at his friend.
Sky took off the gloves he was wearing, reveling his nails which were bright red.
"Whoa ohhh! Sky is there something about you that I should know?" Brandon would have burst out laughing but having been in the same situation, just bit his lip and made a stupid smile.
"I know what you're thinking," Sky said "and to answer that question, no."
"Did Skylar get you?" Brandon asked.
"Yes and no."
"Hm?"
"I let her do it."
"Are you crazy?! Maybe you really are…"
"No I am not!" Sky said in defense "Look, I wasn't all up for the idea of having my nails painted. But I let it slide, and I was glad I did. You should have seen Skylar, it made her so happy."
Brandon was about to speak but Sky continued:
"Look, I let it slide because our girls are five now. Soon enough they'll be all grown up and leave us. Might as well take advantage of their innocence now."
Slience…
"Ok bud, well I gotta go back home now. Talk to you later," Sky slipped back on his gloves, gave Brandon a pat on the back and walked out, leaving behind a stirring feeling of regret.
/
Upon arriving back, Brandon rushed up the many stairs that lead to the top floor of the palace.
Poor Lucy; he now felt horrible.
Radius was right, she had meant no harm.
She was just being a little girl, he should have known by now that that's what little girls do.
He had to right this wrong; fix it.
He was just gonna place his stuff down in his and Stella's room, then go and talk to her.
Upon arriving there, he heard voices.
"Shh, shh, love, calm down. Your father just got a little aggravated, that's all. You know he loves you very much."
Brandon's eyes widened.
"Was that…."
"He used to Mommy," Lucy replied, sniffling, her voice cracking "now he doesn't."
It was Stella!
"She's home early," Brandon thought as he gave a gentle knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Stella asked.
"It's Daddy," Brandon replied "can I come in?"
"No!" Lucy said.
"Yes! Come in Daddy!" Stella said.
Brandon opened the door slowly and walked in.
"GO AWAY!" Lucy squealed as she grabbed a pillow that was on the floor and hurled it at her father, hitting him smack in the face.
"Bloom Lucille! You don't hit your father like that!" Stella cried.
"No, it's ok, I deserved it," Brandon rubbed his face and gave a small hiss.
That child had a lot of force in her only arm.
He then sat down next to his wife and daughter on their bed.
"Mother can I be alone with my little girl?" Brandon asked.
"Yes," Stella nodded and got up out of the room.
Now it was just father and daughter.
Lucy was sitting cross-legged on the bed, her fingers tracing the outlines of the covers, her back toward her father.
"Luc?" Brandon said.
"What?"
The reply was cold and bitter.
"I'm really sorry. It was very wrong of me to overreact and snap at you. So much has been going on and it's gotten me all stressed out, but that's no excuse for my behavior."
There was no reply.
"I really am sorry, I promise I'll think before I speak from now on."
Nothing….
Brandon crawled over in front of Lucy and got a glance at her tear stained face before she turned away to the other side.
"Please forgive me Sweetums, I'll do anything to have that beautiful smile come back on your face."
Lucy slowly turns around.
"Anything?" she questions.
"Anything," Brandon smiles and replies.
"Will you let me paint your nails again?"
"Of course! But one condition."
"What?"
"You gotta forgive your dear old father."
Lucy gave a smile and giggled.
"I do."
"Aw there's that precious smile! Come here and hug me!"
Lucy crawled into Brandon's arms.
Brandon wrapped his arms tightly around her and gave her a big wet kiss on the cheek making her laugh.
"You have no idea how much I love you," he said as he gently combed his fingers though her brunette locks.
"I think I do," Lucy giggled.
Brandon chuckled.
"You don't have the slightest idea."
/
"I think it looks nice," Stella said, as she sat down next to Brandon on their bed, as he stared at his pink nails "I taught my baby well."
"Yeah, it does…" Brandon nodded.
Stella wrapped her arms around him.
"You're a great daddy Brandon, my dad would never had let me paint his nails," Stella chuckled, as she slipped her fingers into Brandon's.
"I try," Brandon chuckled and planted a gentle kiss on Stella's forehead.
They then both crawled into their bed; Brandon wrapped his arms around Stella.
"Well, you succeed," Stella smiled and replied, returning the gesture "in fact you're such a great daddy to Lucy I know that you won't have any trouble being a great daddy to our new baby."
"New baby?!"
"Hm um, that's right, I'm pregnant again."
"Stella! That's… that's…" Brandon was smiling; you could see the excitement in his eyes.
"That's?" Stella smirked.
"AWESOME!"
Oh Brandon, the guy could hardly contain his excitement as he pulled Stella into a deep and passionate kiss.
Stella pulled away.
"You are a great man Brandon," she smiled and said.
"I try," Brandon replied, returning the smile.
"And you succeed."
Brandon was going to reply, but Stella pulled him a kiss.
He just smiled and returned the passion.
THE END!
Awww, I love this oneshot! I think it's one of my favs! :D
I give Sky and Brandon a lot of credit.
If I were a boy, I would never paint my nails (not even if my daughter was begging me to :P)
Anyway, hope you liked this!
Please read and review!