Sorry for not updating for so long! Unfortunately, I am surprisingly lazy when I don't have constant reminders…such as reviews. Thank you for not, I don't know, being mean to me for taking so long? Because then we'd have to start a Fanfic Authors' Union, and that would take so much work….
Cheer – (n.) A boisterous verbalization of appreciation; a noisy way to say 'Good job!'
Gazzy did his best to look strong and foreboding as the magician's top hat slid over his eyes. Well, I'm only six, he reasoned with himself. Max said I'll grow into it. He pushed the hat back and scanned his audience as he readied himself for his next trick. Nudge and Angel stared back at him earnestly; Iggy lay sprawled in the back listening to the proceedings. "For my next trick, I'd like to call my lovely little sister up to the shtage." He lisped slightly on the last word, his tongue slipping into the gap of his missing tooth. Angel beamed and bounced onto Iggy's bed, his impromptu stage, clutching a stuffed panda in her little hands. "Now, watch closely as I pull this quarter -" he held up a quarter he had snatched off the kitchen counter not too long ago – "out of Angel's ear!" Nudge clapped expectantly, while Iggy just smiled wider. The twelve-year-old had taught Gazzy the trick just last week. Gazzy slid the quarter into the cuff of the dress shirt he had…borrowed from Fang, and showed Nudge and Angel his empty palms. He then waved his arms dramatically and shouted some nonsense words – and pretended to pull the quarter out of Angel's ear. As he bowed, the girls burst into cheers and Iggy gave him a furtive thumbs-up. Gazzy blushed, and nearly burst with pride. Maybe now Iggy wouldn't mind when he noticed Gazzy, practicing for his next daring trick, had accidently broken all thirty-six eggs in the fridge…. I guess I should run away now before he starts making dinner.
Meh, I don't like how it ended…I'm good with everything before the ending, but I wasn't sure what to do. And I sort of pretended Angel couldn't read minds – maybe she didn't like to violate others' privacy when she was a tot?