Mako's Message: So close to being my longest chapter, yet so far. Anyway, there are a few things in here that I think a lot of you have been wanting to see for awhile so I'll just let you get to it.
So, today was...eventful.
I was up earlier than usual so I decided to go down hit the weight room before anyone else was up. Surprisingly Carl was up as well and already there. He yawned in the middle of saying good morning to me. When I asked why he was up if he was that tired, he just shrugged and said it was a force of habit.
As I went over to the pull up bar he asked, "So do you spend a lot of time down here?"
"Sometimes," I said, "A girls got to keep in shape."
"Oh no. Don't tell me you're going all boy crazy already are you? You're, what? Eleven now?"
I have to admit, it's always weird when they talk like I've come back into their lives when it feels like I'm meeting these peoples for the first time. I'm starting to get used to it though, and I'm coming up with some vague memories from when I was toddler. I think. Anyway, I told him, "No, nothing like that. There's just monsters out there and you have to be able to defend yourself."
He set his weights down and looked at me, "Oh come on. I mean, I know it's New York and everything but are you really that worried about 'monsters'"?
I let go of the bar turned to him, "Marcus didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"I was attacked at school. On my first day these two bullies tried to steal my lunch money, I fought back and they went down some stairs and had to go to the hospital. When they got out, one ambushed me at school with a pipe. He knocked me unconscious and kept beating and kicking me. He even dislocated my hip. It still gives me problems every now and then."
Carl sat down, "I don't know weather I should be horrified that happened or impressed with how you're handling it."
I smiled and shrugged, "I was raised tough."
We talked more as we went though a light work out, waiting for everyone to wake up, and Marcus to get back from his shift.
When we went back up Delton was playing with some hot wheels that where in his stocking and Kiara was laying back on the couch with her laptop and peeling an orange. Jasmine was still sleeping it seemed. Guess she was up late getting presents ready.
I sat down and played with Delton while Carl got himself some coffee and started cooking breakfast. When Jasmine woke up we sat down to eat. Honestly, it was weird. Because I was sitting in my home, at the table I've eaten at hundreds of times over the last six months, but it felt like I was the one who didn't belong here. They were a family and anyone could just look at them and tell they where. It felt like I was the guest. But then, I still catch myself looking around the house like I just got there sometimes.
Carl took that time to tell everyone about my stay in the hospital, and Grandma made huge fuss over me. I don't know why, it's obvious I'm okay. It's not like I'm still using crutches. Carl got that, why couldn't Grandma?
Kiara took the time to ask what I did to earn the beating.
I glared at her and said, "I threw him and his friend down some steps for fucking with me."
The table fucking exploded. Grandma totally spazed over my language, and Jasmine covered Deltons ears, Grandpa laughed, and Carl wanted to laugh but was trying to be stern about it. Grandma spent a good five minutes telling me that a young lady shouldn't use language like that.
I told her I wasn't a little lady.
It didn't help.
So, that was what Marcus came home to; Grandma and Jasmine lecturing me on my language and me sitting on the couch rolling my eyes. When they confronted him about my language, he just told them flat out that my language was not a priority.
After Marcus ate and drank an entire pot of coffee we sat down to open presents.
I got some CD's from Carl and Jasmine. It was a pretty scatter present. The there were two I think I'm going to enjoy. One by Three Days Grace, which I already know I'm going to enjoy listening to, and one by Justine Bieber, which will make really pretty debris when I use it for target practice.
I got some nice clothes from Grandma and Grandpa. I guess they asked what my favorite colors were because they were all shades of purple and pink. Some where hot pink though and those wont see the light of day, but there was a pale pink sweater that I liked.
I got a bike from Marcus. He said he was proud of how well I was doing (he belatedly added "in school.") and thought I'd earned a little more freedom. He thought I'd like being able to go see my friends without needing a ride.
Being able to see Dave at will? Hell the fuck yeah. And Dave rode his bike pretty much everywhere before he got his license, so now that I have one maybe we'll be able to go on those Sunday morning runs every week now. I really enjoy those, and they'd be a huge help to Dave's endurance.
Oh, and my stocking had a gift card to Atomic Comics, the first book of The Vampire Diaries ( Not sure if I like it yet, it's fuck tons better than Twilight though.), and some My Little Pony patches (Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie) for my packpack. I'll use the Rainbow Dash one I guess, but I wish Fluttershy had been part of the set. Love Fluttershy.
I ended up getting Marcus a John Woo double feature DVD. I don't know if he really liked it or if that was a "of course Mindy would get me this" grin. I really didn't know what else to get him. I mean he has all the latest CDs from the artists he likes, what was I supposed to do? Get him a tie?
Anyway, Delton spent the rest of the day playing with his new toys and Kiara just sat on her computer bitching about shit on Twitter while the adults started cooking dinner so it was quiet until Dave and Mr. L got here.
I didn't think the introductions would take long, but they all seemed to want to talk to Dave. I guess they were surprised my best friend was sixteen. Marcus and Mr. L went off to talk and Dave was being interrogated, so I ended up sitting by myself and starting on my book.
Dave finally got free and came over to sit with me and ask how my first holiday with "family" (the quotes were his not mine.) was. So we sat and talked about what a bitch Kiara was, about talking with Carl in the workout room, and the explosion when I said "fucking".
Dave thought it was hilarious, after he finished laughing he said, "Well, they just need to get used to you. It's just one of those things that makes you you, and honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way."
That's when I decided to give him his gift. The adults were all talking so it seemed like the perfect opportunity anyway.
I took him up to my room saying, "This is something I need to give you in private" and locked the door before telling him to go sit on the bed. I kneeled down on the floor next to him and pulled the case with his gift out from under the bed.
I gotta admit that I was really nervous. It seemed like such a perfect gift at the time, then, seconds away from handing it to him, I was starting to wonder if he was actually going to like it. I took a deep breath said, "Merry Christmas," and practically shoved it at him.
He seemed excited by it, "Wow. What is this Mindy?"
I was like, "Just open it dummy," and punched him in the leg.
When he opened the lid his eye were as wide as saucers and his jaw hit the floor, "Mindy!"
I was so paranoid at that point so I immediately assumed he was angry at me, "I'm sorry, it was stupid-"
"No no. This is amazing," and he pulled out his brand new, fresh off the assembly line, Smith&Wesson Bodygaurd38 with integrated laser sight, "What made you decide to get this?"
I was so relieved that he liked it I almost started laughing hysterically, "I just wanted you to be safe. I mean, things would have been different if you'd had that the night we met instead of that pussy little tazer, ya know?"
He flipped the cylinder out, spun it, flipped it back, checked the sights, and said, "Yeah, if I'd had this, things would have been different."
"So you like it?"
"I love it," he said as he put it back in it's case.
I was so relieved. When he opened it I was worried he was going to flip out on me or something.
He looked at his watch then and said, "Let me go get yours. It's something we should keep private as well, lock the door behind me.
When he left I realized I was still sitting on my knees in front of the bed so I ran to go lock it before someone, like Kiara, could try to come in. After about a minute he knocked on the door saying to let him in.
He squeezed in as soon as I had the door open with a big white bag. He stood at the far side of the room with his back to me, and it looked like it was his turn to be nervous.
"Okay, so, this…" he started to say, "I… well, you know I was pretty much broke until recently, and I wanted to help pay some bills, and of course gas for the car was expensive."
It was cute, but I had to stop him, "Dave, I know you don't have a lot of money, I'm sure whatever you got me will be fine."
He muttered something and then turned to hand me the bag.
I smiled as I took it, it was kind of fun watching him squirm(especially after how nervous I was), and reached into the bag. What I pulled out I at first thought was a statue of Batman but then I realized the colors were wrong.
I almost dropped the statue when I realized what I was holding.
A statue of Big Daddy.
I fell back on the bed in shock, "Where did you get this?"
He hesitated for a second before saying, "I made it."
I looked at him and back to the statue, not really believing it, but you can see that it was a Batman statue at one time. The ears had been cut off and sanded down, it looked like he'd tried to do the same with the symbol on the chest but apparently gave up on it and just painted over it he replaced the cape, changed the logo on the belt, he even painted on a mustache.
"How did you do this?" I asked him.
He just shrugged, "It just looked up figurine modification online. This is nothing compared to what some people have done."
"Yes it is. Nobody else did one as thoughtful as this." And I got up and hugged him.
He hugged me back and said, "I'm glad you like it."
"I love it."
He chuckled then, "You're gonna have to hide it though. I don't know if you want to explain it to your roommate."
I grunted in disgust, "Fuck. I can't stand her."
"Well, she'll only be here for a few more days, right?"
"Yeah, a few more days too long."
"Well, I could always use something to test my new gun out on."
"I like the way you think!" and as he loaded his gun I grabbed a couple of my own from under the bed.
Okay okay, Those last two lines were just what I WISHED happened. What really happened was we were asked to come down and help put dinner on the table.
Dinner was a bit more lively than Thanksgiving was. Marcus and Mr. L (Who had started calling each other "Marc" and "Caz") were familiar with each other and getting along rather well. We ended up telling the story about my hospitalization again when it was mentioned that Dave had saved me. Jasmine didn't seem too pleased with the violence of it, but Delton was very impressed, "You're like a super hero!"
I laughed to myself as I stirred my peas into my potatoes. Dave just grinned and said, "Yeah. I guess I am."
Marcus grimaced and covered his eyes with his hands. Mr. L asked, "Headache?"
"You could say that."
After dinner Delton was getting tired of playing and just wanted to watch some TV and the adults wanted to talk about…whatever. Kiara was still ignoring pretty much everybody so Dave and I were pretty much all to ourselves. We ended up just talking in the kitchen while Dave picked at the leftovers. He was enjoying the food way too much. I've never seen him put it away like that. I kept thinking he was going to puke after each mouthful.
Even if he did I don't think that would have stopped him.
Grandpa walked by to check on Delton, then went back to the dining room. We heard him say, "Guess what's coming on next? 'The Night They Saved Christmas'."
Marcus and Carl seemed interested, "Are you serious?"
"I thought they stopped showing that years ago?"
"You want to watch it?"
"Of course I do. I haven't seen that in…what? Fifteen…twenty years?"
When they walked back through we were invited to come watch the movie with them. Dave looked at me and I shrugged, so he said "Sure" and we squeezed in next to each other on the couch to watch a movie.
A movie about oil drilling at the north pole threatening to destroy the secret cave that holds santa's workshop.
It was kind of a weird movie. I've never seen a movie try to make santa so… scientific. He had a teleporter, rockets, and a time machine. I think the only thing they let be magic were the flying reindeer.
By the time the movie ended, grandma, grandpa and Delton were all asleep. Carl and Jasmine decided to take him to bed and call it a night as well. Mr. L said it'd been fun but time for him and Dave to get going. Marcus thanked him bringing the sausages (I was right, by the way, they never touched the table. They went straight into the fridge.) and said since everyone was going to sleep he should turn in as well, "I'm pretty much running on caffeine at this point anyway."
Mr. L was pretty much out the door before Dave said, "Hold on Dad, I need to get something from Mindy's room."
"I'll wait for you in the car."
Dave came down a minute later with the bag he'd brought my present in, with his present in it. He looked around and asked, "Is Marcus still around?"
"No. He went to bed before you went up to get that."
"So everyone is bed already?" he asked as he stepped out the door.
"Pretty much," I said, as I leaned against the door frame.
"Oh. Well, say goodbye to everyone for me… or something."
I snorted and said, "I will."
Then Dave started to turn around, then turned back saying, "By the way" and he leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. "Merry Christmas."
My whole cheek lit up like it was on fire. I was frozen in shock for a moment before I managed to choke out, "What was that for?"
He just smirked and pointed up, "Mistletoe"
I looked up and sure enough there was mistletoe fixed to the doorframe.
"Well, night Mindy. I'll text you tomorrow." He started to walk away and then I grabbed him and pulled him back, "Whoa! What is it?"
"Just shut up a second." I looked around and didn't see anyone, so I reached out and put my hands on his cheeks and pulled him down to my level. It took me a second of looking in to his eyes to take the next step.
"Mindy, what-"
And I kissed him. Full on the lips. For a long time. God it just felt so good. I wanted to wrap myself around him and never let go.
I did manage to rip myself away from him though. I was out of breath and my face was on fire, but I managed to stop.
Dave was in a state of shock. I don't think he was able to process what just happened and his brain crashed. It took him a minute to recover, but that was fine because it took me a minute pull myself together to.
"What was that."
"A thank you. For telling that site what happened to Daddy. And for not telling them anything about me. It meant a lot to me."
Dave brushed his hand across his lips, "I can tell."
Before it could get awkward I told him he should get going since his Dad was waiting for him. He agreed and said good bye and that he'd text me tomorrow again.
I said goodbye and Merry Christmas and closed the door and collapsed against it.
And that's when I saw Kiara standing there with the biggest fucking Joker grin ever, "Awww, has wittle Mindy got a cwush?"
For some reason what she said just drove me right past mad and straight into rage.
"I saw you two sneak off to your room. What where you doing in there, huh?"
I launched myself at her before she knew what the hell happened. I had her mouth covered, her arm twisted behind her back and her pinned against the wall in an instant. I growled into her eat, "Listen cunt, you don't talk about what you don't know anything about. If anyone hears about this, I will fucking kill you." And then I dropped her on the floor hard enough to hurt, but not hard enough to make any real noise. "I'll be in my room."
I still can't believe she said I had crush on Dave. I do not have a crush. I just want to fuck his brains out. There is a difference.
Mako's Message Cont.: So there we have it. Hope you all enjoyed it. Be sure to let me know what you all thought of it since it gave me a fair bit of trouble and I'd like to know if it worked out alright.
Now, on to something important: Who gets the bonus chapter.
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