Evie sighed as Uma was calling. It had been a few days since they had gone to the amusement park and Evie had made a mistake while she was hanging out with all of the villain kids as they had a big villain kid hang out a few days ago for only the villain kids to catch up and see how they were all doing now that they no longer lived with each other anymore as they all had their own places except for Dizzy and Celia who were still living at the school.
While they were all hanging out Evie had let it slip that it was her anniversary with Doug in a few days and she was planning on going out without Mal. She also had mentioned that she was probably going to have Olivia's parents babysit as they had offered to watch her, but that information had secretly upset Uma who secretly loved looking after the small girl and she had been offended that Evie hadn't even thought to ask any of them to babysit and had decided to go to some random lady that pretty much only Evie and Mal knew to babysit.
Uma had gotten mad claiming that Evie didn't need some weirdo watching the four year old and then casually offered to babysit for the young girl as Uma had bonded with the younger girl after she had been forced to live with them during their time at Auradon Prep and she even considered the girl to be like her niece, but she wouldn't tell Evie that she thought of them like that despite the fact that Mal had started to call her Auntie Uma.
Evie didn't trust Uma that much though despite how close Uma was with her little sister and despite how much Evie saw Uma as another sister. Uma was a very laid back person and that kind of parenting was dangerous. Evie had been lucky that it had been late at the time and she still had the four year old with her giving her an excuse in which she immediately used to her advantage as she had told Uma she would think about it and then immediately left with the young girl.
Uma had been calling her almost everyday after that though asking her if she still needed someone to babysit. Evie just sighed as she picked up the phone as she answered Uma's call. Evie couldn't help, but find it funny how Uma tried to act casual when Evie answered the phone and finally gave into her, but Evie could tell Uma had been excited about it.
A few hours later Uma showed up looking casual and laid back, but it was obvious that she had been looking forward to watching Mal. Evie just smiled a bit as she let Uma in and the young four year old who had been coloring while watching tv immediately dropped her coloring book as she went running towards Uma excitedly. "Auntie Uma!" The small girl screamed out making Uma smile a bit as she picked up the young girl.
"Hey there Tiny Tot! Are you ready to have some fun with your cool Auntie Uma while your boring mommy goes out on her boring date with the dwarf boy," Uma told the four year old with a smirk as she had started to call the tiny girl Tiny Tot as a sort of payback from Mal calling her Shrimpy on the Isle, but the name ended up sticking and it no longer was used as an insult, but instead was a loving nickname that Uma used to show the girl she cared about her.
The younger girl started laughing as she nodded her head. Mal loved when Uma hung out with her because Uma was fun and she let her do whatever she wanted to and eat whatever she wanted. And she loves Evie, but Evie never lets her eat junk food or sweets and she always limits the kinda stuff that Mal can do.
"Yeah! Bye mommy have fun on your boring date!" The small girl screamed out trying to be like Uma as Uma was cool and fun and she wanted to look cool in front of her. Uma just smirked as she looked at the young girl and high fived her feeling proud that the girl was trying to be like her.
It was the complete opposite to how it used to be when Uma had tried to be in Mal's gang and be like her back on the Isle when everyone thought Mal was a teenager.
Evie just let out a fake laugh as she looked at the small girl, but she was already secretly regretting this. Uma was such a horrible influence, but she couldn't back out now that would be rude plus Doug had texted that he was on his way and was going to be there in like two minutes and it would be impossible to find a new babysitter in that amount of time.
Evie smiled when at exactly two minutes the doorbell rang as Doug was there. Evie just smiled at him as she went to the small girl and hugged her goodbye. Mal tried to make it seem like she wasn't bothered when Evie was saying bye, but as soon as Evie tried to release herself from the hug, so she could leave Mal couldn't help herself as she clung tightly onto Evie and started crying.
"Mommy please don't go! Please stay here with me and Auntie Uma! I don't want you to go on your boring date with dwarf boy! Please mommy don't go!" The small four year old screamed out while clinging onto Evie refusing to let go of her. Evie just sighed as she finally managed to get out of the four year olds grip.
Evie just looked at her tiny sister as she wiped away her tears. "Hey Mal baby girl please don't be like this. You are going to have a lot of fun with Uma. I promise I won't be gone long, but Doug and I have to go out tonight. You'll understand more in a long long time from now when you're older. I love you my little apple and I promise I'll be home soon okay," Evie told the small girl who just nodded as she hugged her one more time. "Okay mommy and I love you too. Oh and you too Dwarf Boy," the small girl screamed out as she stopped crying and started laughing as she looked at Uma who had high fived her again and gave her a proud look of approval making the small girl happy.
Doug just looked at Evie as he couldn't believe that Mal had called him Dwarf Boy and was acting like he didn't matter to her despite the fact that she had called him daddy a few weeks ago. "Did she just call me Dwarf Boy?" Doug asked Evie in disbelief. Uma just smirked as she thought it was funny how upset the boy was getting over some preschool kid calling him a silly name.
Evie just rolled her eyes as she looked at Uma who was silently mocking Doug and making the four year old laugh. "Doug, she's just trying to be like Uma right now. It's just a phase she doesn't mean any harm. Now come on let's go before Mal changes her mind about me leaving because I can't guarantee that I will be able to resist her begging and crying again since that was really hard to do," Evie told Doug as she knew that Mal meant no harm by what she was saying and in fact didn't even know that she was doing anything bad plus she knew that if she didn't leave soon she wouldn't be able to leave at all as Mal's cries from earlier had been heartbreaking to hear and she had almost broken down right there but managed to compose herself.
Doug just sighed as he watched the young girl laugh and play around with Uma joining in on her mocking, but he also saw her starting to mock Evie as well as she had her hands on her hips and walked around like Evie always did and they both started to burst out laughing. He just looked at Evie expecting her to be at least a bit upset, but she was just laughing as well as she made her way over to them and hugged the small girl one last time and then looked at Uma as she began to warn Uma about her rules in which Uma just rolled her eyes.
"Yeah Yeah I know. Don't let the kid do anything fun. I got it now go. Go on your boring date with the dwarf boy and get out of here before the kid starts crying again," Uma told Evie as she practically pushed the girl and her boyfriend out the door before Evie could even respond to her.
Once Evie and Doug left Uma just looked at the small girl and smiled at her. "You know your mommy really is such a helicopter parent. Well Auntie Uma definitely isn't so go have some fun Tiny Tot. You can go do whatever you want just don't get into too much trouble or your mommy will kill me," Uma told the small girl as she thought Evie was making the girl way too soft.
Kids needed to get into dangerous things and a few bumps and bruises are what built character. Evie was turning Mal into one of the way too soft and goody goody Auradon princesses and Uma needed to make sure that didn't happen. Evie may want to try and cover up the fact that they were villain kids, but they all were villain kids and nothing could change that. And Mal may be growing up in Auradon, but her mother was still The Evil Queen making her just as much a villain kid as they were.
Mal just looked at Uma and her face lit up in happiness as she could finally do all of the fun stuff that Evie got mad at her for doing. "Yay! This is awesome! I'm gonna eat all the sugar I can eat! And then I'm gonna jump on all of the furniture since mommy always says!" The small girl screamed out happily as she put her hands on her hips with a poised look trying to act like Evie.
"Mal you can't eat sugar it's bad for your health and Mal you can't jump on the furniture because it's dangerous," the small girl said in her best "Evie" voice trying to mock her. She then laughed as she went to the kitchen and pulled out a soda and a bunch of candy and sweets immediately chugging them.
Uma just laughed as she watched the small girl. "Oh yeah but you also forgot," Uma told the small girl as she put her hands on her hips and looked poise as well trying to impersonate Evie as well. "Oh Uma don't let her do anything that's even remotely fun since I'm such a helicopter parent and I think that fun is dangerous," Uma told the small girl, making her laugh really hard.
"See this is going to be really easy. Now I'm going to be out in the living room watching my show. Try not to be too loud and if you need anything just call me, but I'm giving you your freedom, so go have fun Tiny Tot," Uma told the small girl who smiled and nodded as she went running off to go play making Uma smile as she sat down on the couch and started to watch TV.
As soon as Uma had gone off to watch Tv the small four year old began to run around the house as she was extremely hyper as she had eaten so much sugar and drinken so many sodas. Mal smiled as she stopped running around and began to jump on her bed as Evie never let her do that, but Uma was telling her she could do anything she wanted to. The small girl just kept jumping on the bed until she lost her balance and fell off.
The small girl just started to cry a bit as her fall had hurt, but after a few minutes of her crying she just dusted herself off as it stopped hurting as bad and she began to run around again, but stopped when she became curious about all the high furniture as she began to make her way towards it deciding to try and climb up them.
Mal managed to get up onto the high counter tops, but she had started to freak out when she realized how high up she was as she screamed out for help. "Auntie Uma! Help me! I'm scared! I can't get down!" The small four year old screamed out in panic causing Uma to go running into the kitchen.
Uma had immediately begun to freak out when she saw that the girl was standing on the high counter tops. Just as Uma was about to get the girl down Evie had come back from her date and her eyes immediately widened in panic as she went running over to where the preschooler was.
"Uma! Why is she up there? And why is she completely covered in candy? Were you even watching her!" Evie screamed out as she was angry at Uma and completely freaking out about how high up Mal was as a fall from that height could seriously injure the tiny girl.
Uma just rolled her eyes at Evie but she too was freaking out as well. "Well we wouldn't be in this situation if you would just stop being such a helicopter parent! I was just letting the kid have some fun! Besides this is your house shouldn't you have child proofed your house by now!" Uma screamed back at Evie as she was freaking out too and was trying to blame Evie to make herself feel less guilty as she knew deep down that it was her fault.
Evie just looked at Uma as her anger had reached a new high. "This is not my fault! In fact this is the reason that I am such a helicopter parent! You take your eyes off of them for literally a second and they get into dangerous situations like this! You can never just let a child do whatever they want! That's called neglect Uma and that gets kids hurt or killed! In fact you can lose your children for stuff like that!" Evie screamed out to Uma as she couldn't believe that she had ever trusted Uma to watch her sister.
Just as Uma was about to start screaming back the small girl who had been standing on the high counter began to lose her balance as she tripped over her feet. "MOMMY!" The tiny girl screamed out in panic as she felt herself start to fall as she went crashing to the floor. Evie and Uma both didn't even hesitate as they went running towards the small girl in panic. "MAL!" The two young adults both screamed out in complete panic and fear as they went running to the four year old who had just fallen off the counter top.