Author's Note: I decided to add an epilogue to this story, because what happened when Mike got older, did he forget about his friends, or did he remember them, and did they remember him? Read to find out, also note I'm not making this a drabbles series, I have no ideas for this story, if I do I may create another story, titled "Mike and his pals." or something like that, also Chuck E. Cheese Characters and "Munch's Make Believe Band" all songs mentioned and anything that has to do with a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant belong to CEC Entertainment.
Mike always returned to see his friends as the years went on, he loved to see his friends, and they loved to see him. Mike was always happy to see them again, and they would always have fun, from eating pizza to playing games to going on adventures, it was fun. But, however, when Mike turned eleven, and sixth grade was coming up next week, he knew if he kept going there, he would be bullied every millisecond.
Mike thought of all of this, as he sat with his mother at a table inside the Chuck E. Cheese's, waiting for Chuck E. and all his friends to have a break from performing, and come hang out with him. "What am I gonna do?" Mike thought as he stared at the table, "What am I gonna tell them, and what are they going to say? I don't know what to do, maybe I'll ask my mom."
Mike looked up at his mom, "Hey mom?" He asked. "Yes, sweetie?" She replied, "I don't know if I should stop being friends with Chuck E. and his friends." He said glumly. "Mikey, don't get rid of you're friends." She replied soothingly. "I know Middle School is gonna be tough, but if you make more friends, don't tell them, just keep it a secret." Mike nodded, "Okay, thank you, mom." He replied as he ran up to Chuck E. and his friends who were walking up to see him. "Hey, Mike, ready to have fun?" Asked Helen. Mike nodded as they walked off, to have a fun time.
Soon, before they knew it, Mike was getting ready to go home. "Bye Mike," They all said waving, "We'll see you next time." Mike waved and walked to the car. "It's been so long since we first met him, huh gang?" Chuck E. asked as they all walked back inside. "Yeah, it's been a while he's eleven now." Munch replied, "Yeah, I just wonder... will he forget us, and move on with other friends?" Helen asked. "Don't worry about that Helen." Jasper replied comfortingly, "He couldn't forget about us, he said we're his best friends."
However, Mike never came back next week, like he said he was. The gang all had many questions. One half of them believed he was occupied with his other friends and school, the other half, though he had forgotten about them, and will never return to see them ever again. "Maybe he actually forgot guys," Helen said, a little sadness in her voice. "Helen, don't say that." Chuck E. replied soothingly. "He's... probably busy, what do we know?" Helen just sighed nodding in agreement, unable to get that feeling of her mind, that their best friend, left them.
As the gang questioned this, Mike was busy hanging out with his new friends, they were all in his room playing video games. "Wow Mike, who knew you had this many cool games?" One friend stated as he pointed to all the games sitting on Mike's shelf. "Yeah, we thought you were a loser or a nerd, but who knew you had this many cool things?" The other friend asked, "Well, I guess I'm more than meets the eye, I guess you can say." Mike replied proudly. "Oh, just to be curious, do you have any other friends?" One of the two asked.
Mike replied with, "Yeah, I'll show you at school tomorrow." "No, I mean before you went to middle school." The friend stated. Mike began to think, he couldn't recall any other friends he had, who else did he have, then it came back to him. "I had some friends at elementary school, but they went to another middle school in this area, I think anyways." His friends nodded, "That's cool, I had many friends, but they either went to another middle school or moved away." Said one of his friends. Just as his other friend was about to speak, Mike spoke up, "Alright, let's stop talking and let's keep playing, let's not depress each other here."
His friends nodded, and they got back to playing, but suddenly, Mike started feeling he forgot something but couldn't put his finger on it, so he shrugged it off, and continued playing.
Weeks flew by, and Chuck E. and his friends were getting worried about Mike. "He hasn't been by in weeks, I mean did something happen to him, is he forgetting about us?" Jasper asked the gang, as they all were having a lunch break. "I told you guys, he forgot about us... and now, we'll never see Mike again!" Helen said, starting to cry a little.
Chuck E. patted her on the back, "Don't cry Helen, besides I bet he found more friends." Chuck E. said trying to calm her down. "I'm not upset about that Chuck E, I'm upset that he forgot about us, and how he will never see us again," Helen replied, her voice cracking, still crying. "I have to admit, I'll miss Mike, he was a lot of fun to hang out with," Munch stated. "Me too." Replied Chuck E. "Me three." Jasper said. "Me four." Said Pasqually.
"It's strange though, why would he want to forget us, we are his best friends, or so he says." Jasper points out. "I guess, he believed that now that he has friends in Middle School, it means he can't see us anymore, or he doesn't want to be bullied for being friends with us." Chuck E. replies with, looking at everyone. "Why would someone, want to make fun of a kid, who likes us?" Munch asked.
"It's because were described as a quote-unquote "kiddie band" and when you get older, you see places like this, look like a place for six-year-olds," Jasper replied, putting a hand on Munch's shoulder. "So, some jerks out there thinks it's a good idea to bully children who like us, so I think Mike is just doing this not to get bullied." Munch nodded his hand understanding what Jasper was saying.
"I understand now, but I just can't understand, why would Mike leave us?" Munch asked, looking around at everyone. "I don't know." Chuck E. said, speaking up. "But, let's just hope that one day, we might see him again, despite him seeming like he forgot about us." Everyone tried to seem hopeful, but deep down had a dreadful feeling that they knew what happened to Mike.
"Hey Mike, what did you use to do when you were little?" One friend asked as Mike and his friends were sitting at their lunch table talking to each other. "I used to go to Chuck E. Cheese's with my friends." He said flatly. "Me too dude, we used to go there but no one goes there anymore except for David." Said his other friend. "Matt, who's David?" Mike asked. "David is a kid who still goes to Chuck E. Cheese's he's in our grade, and has zero friends, normally we make fun of kids like that," Matt replied.
Mike nodded his head, "Do you guys still go there?" Mike asked. "No," They both said. "Do you?" They asked. Mike simply shook his head, "Good or we'd bully you every millisecond of the school day." Matt said.
Mike nodded and continued eating, once again feeling that something wasn't right.
As days turned to weeks, and as weeks turned to months, Mike never showed up at the Chuck E. Cheese's he used to go too. Chuck E. and his friends just knew Mike forgot about them and tried to forget about him too, but to them forgetting about Mike was impossible. But deep down in their hearts, they had a feeling Mike would return and see them again, even if he was older, they knew he would see them.
"I can't believe it, I can't believe I'm graduating sixth grade tomorrow." Mike thought as he walked up to his room to watch some TV. When he got up to his room, he jumped onto his bed, and laid down, as he was about to grab the TV remote he noticed something was on the floor, as he walked over to pick up the object, he saw it was a photograph.
Mike picked it up and was shocked at what the picture was, it was a picture of him and of Chuck E. and his friends standing next to each other with their arms around each other's shoulders. That's when it all came back to Mike, the memory's of him and his friends playing games and having fun. "Oh my goodness." He thought to himself, "I forgot about them, maybe I should go see them today."
But Mike remembered what his friends said to him earlier, "Wait, if I go I'll be bullied, I don't think I should ever see them again." But Mike kept thinking about those good time he had with them, "You know what, I'll go and I won't say a single word to my friends at school about it." Mike ran down the stairs and saw his mother sitting on the couch watching TV.
"Hey, Mom." He said, his mom turned to look at him. "Hey, Mike." She replied smiling. "This may sound weird but..." Mike paused, a little nervous about what he was going to say to his mother. "Can you... take me... to... Chuck E. Cheese's?" He asked awkwardly. His mother looked at him and smiled, "Sure Mike, I'll take you." Mike smiled and nodded, he hasn't been this excited for Chuck E. Cheese since he last went there. They both got their shoes on, and as Mike's mom went to get the car key's Mike kept smiling, excited to see his friends again. After Mike's mom got the key's they walked towards their car and drove off.
When they got there, they walked and Mike turned to look at the stage to see Chuck E. and his friends performing, Mike smiled, "Soon I'll be seeing you guys again." He thought as he and his mother walked up to the "Kid Check", they both got their arms stamped and walked in. "Alright, I'll get you some play points so you can play, and you go find a table." Mike's mom told him, as they walked up to the counter.
Mike nodded, and he walked off and sat as close to the stage as he could, and watched them perform, Mike smiled knowing that he would be seeing his friends again, after all this time.
As the band performed they didn't notice Mike sitting in one of the chairs smiling, as they performed. Once the show ended as the gang was about to go backstage for a little break when Munch noticed something, he finally saw Mike there and smiled, Munch resisted the urge to go up to Mike and walked backstage. "Hey, guys!" Munch shouted excited.
Everyone looked at Munch, "What are you so excited about buddy?" Jasper asked noticing how excited Munch looked. "I saw Mike sitting at one of the tables near the stage." He replied. Everyone looked at him surprised, "You didn't see him, we haven't seen him in months." Jasper replied. "Go look and see for you're self," Munch replied. Jasper got up and peeked out from the curtains, and saw Mike sitting at a table.
Jaspers eyes went wide as he drew his head back, "He is back." Jasper thought to himself smiling. Jasper walked over to his friends, "So, did you see him?" Chuck E. asked. "Yes, I saw him sitting there, looking at the stage." Everyone smiled, "Well what-a are we-a waiting for?" Pasqually asked smiling. "Let's go!" Everyone left the backstage in a hurry to see their old friend.
As Mike sat there, he couldn't help but think about what his friends said, "What if they find out." He thought looking at the table, "What if they know, and I start being bullied, and soon they'll be treating me like David." Mike was snapped out of his thoughts when he saw Chuck E. and his friends coming out of a door and began to walk toward him.
When they reached the table, they were all smiling, and they all embraced each other into a group hug. "Oh Mike, we thought you forgot about," Helen said, her voice cracking. "Yeah, we thought you left us forever, and we thought you would come back to see us, I guess we were wrong," Jasper said, his voice cracking as well. "I would never forget you guys, besides you guys, are my first ever friends, why would I forget," Mike said, crying out of happiness.
For what seemed like a while they slowly let go of each other, "So Mike, you wanna have fun like we used to?" Jasper asked, and Mike looked at him and nodded, "Well, then let's go!" Helen said as they all ran off eager to have some fun.
They played and had fun for what seemed like hours until it was time for Mike to go home. As Mike was walking over to the door, he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around to see Chuck E. "You'll come to see us again, right?" Chuck E. asked, and Mike nodded smiling, "Yeah I will, I just forgot since I was hanging out with my other buddies." Chuck E. nodded, and the whole gang walked over to them and they shared another group hug.
They both let go after a few seconds, and Mike waved goodbye, Chuck E. and his friends waved goodbye and Mike walked out the exit.
Mike came back and kept seeing them as promised, he tried to see them as often as he could, and tried his best to hide it from his other friends, and Mike enjoyed seeing them again, he knew that no matter what he would always see them again, even if he grew up, he knew he would always go back and see them again no matter what.
Author's Note: There you go, there's the epilogue to this story, like I said, I'll create a spin-off, that involves Mike and the gang going on adventures, anyways, Chuck E. Cheese Characters and "Munch's Make Believe Band" all songs mentioned and anything that has to do with a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant belong to CEC Entertainment, and now that all of that is out of the way, see you guys later.