Being used to sleeping late days I had such a hard time waking up the next morning. Normally I would sleep to after twelve but today was the beginning of my early shift. I slowly got out up rubbing my burning eyes as I made my way to the bathroom. As I passed Kenny's room, I knocked three times on his door."
"Hmm?" I heard him mumble.
"Dude you need to get up," I replied
He mumbled something else before I heard the bed squeak and he joined me in the hall. He glared at me for waking him up so early, but I just ignored it.
"Just give her this for breakfast," I said pointing to a box of cereal sitting down beside him at the table.
"Right Stan," he said sarcastically rolling his eyes clearly grumpy from me waking him so early "like I wasn't a kid before and know what they eat in the morning.
Ignoring him again I continued to talk "And for lunch just give her one of her lunchables."
He gave a thumbs up as he yawned...I looked at the clock on the wall "Okay man," I said patting him on the shoulder "I got to get going."
I was almost to the door when I heard a small noise behind me, I turned to see Amy standing there. She had her arms behind her back and was rocking from side to side looking down at the ground.
"Hey," I whispered kneeling down to her "what's wrong?"
She looked up at me with her mouth twitching...then without warning she rushed up to me and threw her arms around my neck. It took me by a total surprise, and I brought my own arms up to hug her back. "Okay," I said gently pulling away "I have to go to work and Uncle Kenny will be watching you."
Her eyes flashed towards Kenny and then back at me..."Is that okay?" I asked ...She smile and nodded.
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I walked into the kitchen all ready as I could be to start my new job, yeah today was going to be a good...I could just feel it. No sooner had I stepped in did Chef Sid appear "There you are Marsh," he said
"Hey boss," I greeted with him a smile "I'm ready to start my new job."
"New job?" he asked turning back to me "The hell are you talking about?"
Now I was confused "You said I could help with prep,"
"Boy," he laughed patting me hard on the back...which hurt..."I can't believe you thought I was being serious."
I felt so stupid standing there "But you said..."
"I gave that position to Alex," he smiled "so you can have his old job."
Still a dish washer, I wanted to tell him off right there but, in the end, I decided that I needed the job more. I walked back in the back and got my apron on..."Tough luck huh Stan?" asked the very guy Sid had given the job to.
"It is what it is," I replied starting to walk past him but only getting so far before he shoved me aside with his shoulder. I rolled my eyes, that guy had such a serious problem. His head is so far up his own ass and all he did was kiss the Sid's ass. I over to the machine and let out a heavy sigh before I quickly set it up. I guess I was never going to be anything more than a stupid dishwasher and it was dumb to think Sid would see me as anything more than that. Breakfast was a nightmare after ten because that was when all hell broke loose. I was swamped with mountains of never-ending dirty dishes and pans. By the time my shift ended my shoulders and back were so sore, I just wanted to go home and take a long hot shower.
The moment I walked in the apartment I was greeted by my niece who as soon as she saw me came running right over all smiles. "Hey Dude," Kenny greeted who by my surprise was smiling as well
"Hey," I greeted back.
"We gave Cartman a makeover." he said pointing over at the couch.
I peered over the top of the couch to see Cartman sleeping with a dark blue eyeshadow and red lipstick..."Jesus," I laughed "he looks like he did when we did that bullying video back in elementary school."
"Don't tell him," Kenny whispered as Cartman started stir..."What the hell are you two assholes staring at?" he mumbled as he sat up.
"Oh nothing," I smiled before taking Amy into the kitchen "are you hungry?"
She nodded "Okay what do you want?" I asked her.
"Pasta with sauce," she replied
"Okay," I replied "I'm not much of a cook...are you sure you don't want anything else?"
She shook her head (no) "Pasta," she smiled
I sighed "I can order some and go pick it up."
She started to bounce around all excited as I used my phone to call. After I ordered the food I went to change from my uniform and into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. I guess my shower was going to have to wait until later. "Can I come?" she asked
"Sure...why not," I shrugged
I watched her rush off grab her shoes and come running back. I helped her into her shoes and away we went, I called was the same place we went to the other night for pizza. She quickly grabbed my hand the moment we were outside, and we walked down the street towards Carlino's. "How was you day?" I asked trying to make small talk with her.
"Uncle Kenny took me to the park and bought me an ice cream cookie," she replied.
"Sounds like you had a busy day,"
"He even let me play video games with him," she added.
"Can I help you?" the same waitress we had the other night asked when we walked in.
"Yes," I replied "I placed an order earlier and I'm here to pick it up."
"Right," she nodded "let me go check on it in the back."
I sighed as I waited as Amy's eyes scanned the room until she spotted some gumball machines. She turned back to me and started tugging on my sleeve.
"What?" I asked
She pointed over to the machines...I sighed again before pulling some change out of my pocket. "Here you go," I said handing her fifty cents "but no candy before dinner..okay."
She nodded as she took the money and went to pick out her prized. The waitress returned with a bag "Order for Stan?" she asked with a smile.
"Yeah," I replied pulling my wallet out of my back pocket and paid her...
"Well enjoy," she said "and thank you for choosing Carlino's."
"Well you guys have such good food and plus great customer service," I said smiling before reading her name tag "have a goodnight Carol."
"Thanks," she replied with what looked like a hit of pink on her cheeks "you have a good night as well."
I blinked before turning back to the gumball machine area "Are you ready Amy?" I asked.
She nodded showing me he tiny prize..."Cool," I smiled holding out my free hand for her, which took right away. We quickly walked back to the apartment where I was greeted with a furious Cartman..."Your Goddamn niece and Kenny painted me up like a girl!" he spat pointing his chubby finger in my face...
"Well look on the bright side," I said ignoring his finger and pushing past him "at least you look pretty."
"I'm going kick your ass!" he snapped swiftly grabbing hold of the front of my shirt causing me to drop our bag of food onto the ground.
Amy saw this and started crying and screaming..."Dude what the heck?" Kenny asked rushing in the room.
"You're just in time to see me kick his ass," Cartman replied.
"Dude come on," Kenny said attempting to get Cartman to let go of me "it was just a joke."
"I don't give a fuck!" he snapped gripping my shirt even tighter "no one makes fun of me."
"Cartman you're just being a big baby," I said somehow managing to free myself from his grip.
"Am I?" he asked folding his arms across his chest
"Yes," I replied bending down to pick the bag up off the ground, I opened the containers making sure our food was safe. I put some on a plate and took it over and sat it down in front of her. Amy was shaking as her tears continued to roll down her cheeks..."Hey don't cry," I whispered to her "it's alright."
She looked up at me and wiped her tears..."Way to go Fatass!" Kenny snapped at Cartman "You made a little girl cry."
"I don't care!" he snarled "I just want her out!"
"Yeah," I said turning back to him "well we'll be out of here in no time."
"Good," he replied "I look forward to that day when I don't have to either of you."
I rolled my eyes and turned my attention back to my niece..."It's okay," I told her giving her a tiny smile "just eat your dinner."
Once she started eating I was able to get my own plate of food and start eating. After dinner I washed up our dishes while Amy stayed glued to my side too afraid to leave it. With the kitchen cleaned it was time for a bath for Amy and once she was finished a shower for me. I tried to remember when I was younger how my mom would prepare my bath. I took Amy into the bathroom and tried different water temperatures so she could tell me which one felt right to her. Once she told me which one felt to her I put the tub stopper in and let it fill.
Another thing I remembered when I was younger how much I loved bubble baths so I fixed one for her, I stepped out while she readied herself for the bath...I came back in a few minutes when she was in the tub. The bubbles covered everything except her head "Okay Amy...I'm just going to wash your head."
She nodded and let me scrub her head. "I'll be right back," I said leaving the bathroom to get her change of clothes "I'm leaving them on the sink," I told her placing them on the edge of the sink. She was in the tub for a good half hour before she joined me in the room where I had her bed all ready for her. She was smiles as she bounced towards me, she stopped once by her bag and retrieved something from it. When she got closer I saw that it was her hair brush, she sat herself down on the edge of the bed and started brushing out the sides of her hair. Then she turned to me and said "Brush."
I was confused until she handed the brush to me and said "I can't reach the back." As I brushed the back of her hair I felt stupid, I never thought I would be doing something like this. I swallowed my pride and enjoyed what I could out of it. I tucked her in and read to her until she fell asleep. I stood back and smiled down at her, I never thought I would be doing something like this but I was all she had and I couldn't let her down.
After taking my shower I walked back out into the living-room where Cartman and Kenny were sitting "Is your little angel sleeping?" Cartman smirked
"Yes," I replied "not that you care."
"Damn right I don't care," he huffed stuffing his face with a handful of Cheezy Poofs
Ignoring him I turned my attention to Kenny "Thanks for watching her today?"
"Sure," he said while Cartman snorted in the background
"I'll start looking for my own place on my next days off," I said taking a seat as far away from Cartman as possible/
Kenny nodded "Take your time Man.."
"Thanks," I said
"You're going to fucking fail at this you know," Cartman said trying his best to push my buttons...I tried to ignore him but sometimes it's just so hard to. "I'm going to laugh on the day she gets ripped away from you because screwed up so badly."
"Shut up!" I snapped quickly standing back up, I could feel myself starting to tremble with anger "I'm not going to fail at this and you want to know why? Because no matter what you or whoever think, I am not a screw up!"
"Whatever," he shrugged before getting up and walking back to his room and closing his door.
"If it makes you feel any better I believe you can do this," Kenny said patting me on the shoulder and making his way back to his room to get ready to go to work.
I sat up for just a little bit longer thinking about everything that was said today and how I was going to deal with it. For the past couple of years I have been told how much of a screw up I was and though I pretended that it did not bother me it really did. In fact half of all my break ups with Wendy was because of those very words, she always wanted someone better than me. It was on one of these break ups that she claimed that I cheated on her but in reality it me getting dunk and one of her friends trying to hook up. But I remember I couldn't do it and Wendy's friend was super pissed. I Laid down on the couch looking up at the ceiling I felt my eyes getting so heavy that it did not take me long to fall asleep.
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