Jeremy had warned the manager before coming, but he didn't expect Fritz to call, when the phone rang, he, a little scared, picked it up
"Hello? Hello...uh...what on earth are you doing there, uh didn't you get the memo? uh, the place is closed down, uh, at least for a while. Someone used one of the suits. We had a spare in the back, a yellow one, someone used it...now none of them are acting right. Listen j-just finish your shift, it's safer than trying to leave in the middle of the night. Uh... we have one more event scheduled for tomorrow, a birthday. You'll be on day shift, wear your uniform, stay close to the animatronics, make sure they don't hurt anyone okay, uh for now just make it through the night, uh when the place eventually opens again I'll probably take the night shift myself. Okay, good night and good luck."
He put down the phone
"Fritz will replace me? poor Mangle..." thought Jeremy, he watched the cameras, Mangle was coming
"she's... dressed?! And I didn't even take a shower to come here" thought Jeremy, joking, he put the mask, Mangle came in
"hi, Mangle" he greet her, she hugged him and kissed him, then took him by the hand to outside the office
"come, I want to give you something" she said, smiling, nervously, Jeremy went with her
"she wants to give me "something"? I hope it's not what I think it is, also, the tablet! that puppet will come after me!" thought Jeremy, nervous, they went to one of the party rooms, there was a pizza over the table, a lit candle and two chairs, Toy Bonnie was holding his guitar, Toy Chica was also there, wearing a chef hat and a fake mustache
"what the..." thought Jeremy after seeing Chica, Mangle and him sat in front of each other at the table, Mangle smiled at Chica
"thanks for preparing all of this for us, Chica" she said
"that's-a chef Chica for you, Mangle" said Chica, with a fake italian accent while, playing with her fake mustache, they laughed
"anyway, bon appétit to you" said Chica, Bonnie then started playing love songs on his guitar
"but isn't bon appétit French? and isn't Chica pretending to be italian?" thought Jeremy, Mangle took a piece of the pizza and shove into her mouth, Jeremy did the same, but not with such voracity, putting the pizza under the mask's mouth and then inside his own
"it's my first date, you know? I'm kinda nervous" said Mangle, smiling embarrassed, Jeremy then remembered it was also his first date, he was over 20 and never dated anyone and now he was dating a robot fox! how could all of this happen? these questions passed through his mind as he remembered to say something
"it's also my first date, I hope you're enjoying it" he said, biting the pizza again
They were both nervously eating the pizza, until Jeremy heard a music box, it was different from what he was used, he knew that song, it was 'pop! goes the weasel', Bonnie stopped playing his guitar, making a nervous expression, Chica, also nervous, removed her fake mustache and the chef hat, Jeremy was confused
"it's the puppet, isn't it? why are they so afraid?" asked Jeremy to Mangle, whispering, it was hard to see with that mask only with the light of that candle, but Jeremy could see that Mangle also had a nervous expression, the music stopped, something pushed Jeremy to the ground
The puppet stared at him, with his creepy smile, his eyes were black, but had small shining white pupils, his body was slender, all black, with a white face, that ha the same rosy cheeks of the Toy animatronics, and purple marks under his eyes that looked like tear stains, he stared at Jeremy, Mangle then jumped at him
"no! I won't let you!" yelled Mangle
"run!" she shouted to Jeremy, while trying to hold the puppet on the floor, he ran back to the office, picked up his tablet and watched everything trough the cameras, the puppet had gotten out of Mangle's grip, tearing some parts of her suit, Toy Bonnie tried to help her, pushing the puppet back, Chica then helped Mangle up, Mangle, Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica ran away through the air vent, entering the office
"Mangle, are you ok?" asked Toy Chica
"is he ok?" asked Mangle, talking about Jeremy
"I'm ok, what have he done to you?" asked Jeremy, sitting next to her, she quickly got up, hugging him
"isn't he going to come back?" asked Jeremy, waiting for someone to respond
"well... none of us know him well... only BB knows him" said Chica, worried for Mangle, she looked hurt, Mangle then picked Jeremy's hands
"I'm so sorry, that puppet ruined our first date" said Mangle
"don't say that, Mangle, I liked to have dinner with you" said Jeremy, trying to comfort her, she opened a smile
"you did?!" she got up, but stood in a sitting position, she hugged him
"I did, I liked being with you" said Jeremy, but this time, he actually meant it, he now cared for Mangle, seeing all of her suffering, he patted her head and she ended sleeping in his arms.
Hours passed, the puppet returned to his box, it was closed to 6 AM, Jeremy carried Mangle back to the kid's cove, yet, he couldn't help feeling bad for her knowing what would happen the next day, maybe the kids would come and destroy her again, or maybe the police would close the place and they would never see each other again
"what happened, dear?" asked Mangle, Jeremy just now realized she woke up
"it's nothing, Mangle, I'm ok" he responded, they entered the kid's cove, he put her there, laying on the floor
"can I ask you a question?" asked Mangle
"sure, what is it?" responded Jeremy
"where do you go that I never see you around until midnight?" asked Mangle, Jeremy started to sweat, not knowing what to do or to say, he didn't want to blow his cover, not in there, after he didn't say anything, Mangle decided to ask something else
"because... I wanted to know... do you want to pass a night here with me?" asked Mangle, in a really innocent tone
"I... I can't, I have to go, seriously, Mangle, I..." said Jeremy, trying to find an excuse to go home
"go where?" asked Mangle, interrupting him, he sighed, laying on her side
"ok, then, I'll pass a night here with you" he then said, Mangle hugged him, her head next to his
"thank you, thank you so much" she said, rubbing her cheek with his
"I'll wait for her to sleep and I'll get away" thought Jeremy, this was his plan, but in the end, he was the one who slept first, Mangle slept too, the hours passed...
"Mr. Fitzgerald, wake up, what are you doing here at this time?" Jeremy listened to a familiar voice, it was the manager, Jeremy woke up, panicking
author note: hey everyone, sorry for not posting last week, I'm really busy right now with school, it's my last year on high school, so now I'll make one chapter of each story I'm writing every week, if you're not following me or my stories, go check out the others also, you'll probably like