Brynn was in her bedroom, trying on all of her Disney princess dress up outfits. She was having a hard time deciding which one to wear for the day, none of them seemed just right to her.
"Daddy!" She screamed as she stared at herself in the mirror.
"What is it, my love? Beck asked, entering the four year old's purple room.
"I need new dress up clothes." She huffed.
"Brynn you already have all of the princesses dresses. I doubt there's anymore for you to get."
"I know what I don't have!" She turned to face him, a sly look displayed on her face.
"Oh? And what is that?"
"A Minnie Mouse dress! And Tinkerbell, and Izzy, and Cinderella's wedding dress, and Alice, and Lilo, and-"
"Okay! I get it!" Beck cut her off.
"Well?"
"Well, what?"
"Aren't you going to buy them for me?" Brynn yelled, throwing her arms up in the air and stomping her foot.
"Not today, no."
Brynn groaned, throwing her plastic Snow White heels onto the ground. She turned back around, looking at herself in the mirror. She was currently wearing her Rapunzel wedding dress, accompanied by her long, braided Rapunzel hair piece. It looked kind of odd in contrast to her dark brown hair, but she liked it.
"Fine, I'll ask mommy." Brynn said quietly, as she fought the straps on her Rapunzel wedding shoes.
As soon as the small girl finally got the shoes to cooperate, she stood up and brushed past her father on her way out of the room. The sound of her cheap, plastic shoes hitting the hard wood floor could be heard from all corners of the house.
"Mommy!" She called as she stood in front of her parent's bedroom door.
There was a small pause, but the door opened to reveal Jade standing on the other side.
"What?"
"I need new dress up stuff."
"You do not."
"Why do you guys not believe me?" Brynn screamed.
"Probably because you already have a billion and one dress up outfits. Besides, you love dressing as Rapunzel on a daily basis."
"But I want a Minnie Mouse one!"
"Not today, kid."
Brynn groaned, eyeing her mother down. When Brynn set her mind to something, she was always determined to get it, no matter what the cost.
"Giving me your 'evil eyes' will not change my mind, Brynn." Jade said, her back turned to Brynn. She knew how her daughter worked, and she could just tell that she was staring her down.
"Fine then, I'm leaving!" Brynn called over her shoulder as she made her way back to her bedroom.
She slammed the door to her room shut, screaming as she did so. This was a typical Brynn reaction to not getting what she wanted, and it would last for days if no one would do what she wanted.
"If this is what she's like as a kid, I don't want to be around when she's a teenager." Beck sighed.
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"Oh princess Brynn, won't you come join us for dinner!" Beck called as he sat outside of her bedroom door.
"Never!" Her muffled reply could be heard from inside the room.
Beck groaned, leaning his head back against the wall. Brynn hadn't left her room all day, and when she did, she made sure no one was around to see her.
"You can't just not eat, Sassy."
"Can too. Watch me!"
"Jade, I can't get her to come out." Beck yelled at his wife, who was currently downstairs.
"How sad is it that a man can't make his own four year old daughter come down for dinner." She yelled back.
Jade put the plates she was holding down on the kitchen table, and made her way up to her daughter's bedroom.
"Move." She said to Beck.
Beck threw his hands up in surrender, and went downstairs.
"Brynn, you come downstairs now or you'll never see another dress up item as long as you live."
The sound of Brynn groaning could be heard through the door, and the sound of the door knob clicking was heard not long after. Brynn appeared from the other side of the door, trying her hardest not to look at her mother. She was still wearing her Rapunzel wedding dress, but had lost the shoes and hair.
Brynn stomped her way down the stairs, making sure to be extra noisy. This was all a part of her "I want my way and I want it right now" game. She joined her father at the kitchen table, crossing her arms and staring down at the table.
"Such a lovely pouty face our daughter has." Beck joked to Jade, who was walking into the kitchen.
Jade made Brynn a plate of food and sat in front of the upset four year old. Brynn quietly picked up her fork and began eating, avoiding all eye contact with her parents. When she finished her food, she threw her plate in the sink and returned to her bedroom.
"I swear this kid will be the death of me." Jade said, trying to refrain from yelling at Brynn.
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The front door slammed shut as Beck returned home from work. It had been one day since Brynn's episode, and she still refused to speak to her parents. She was one determined child, and it was starting to wear on her parent's nerves.
"Has she said a word to you at all since I left?"
"Nope. Not one." Jade said as she sat on the couch, watching some random TV show.
She turned to look at her husband, and saw that he was carrying a Disney store bag.
"Tell me you didn't give in and buy her the dress."
Beck scratched the back of his neck; he had no idea how to play this one off.
"I did."
"You're not giving that to her!"
"But she won't speak to us or leave her room for days if I don't!"
"You're just teaching her that it's okay to act like that."
"I don't think that ignoring her is okay either."
Jade stared at her husband, seething about the situation at hand.
"Are you telling me that I'm a bad mother?"
"No, Jade, I didn't say tha-"
"Oh, but you did!"
"All I'm saying is that we can't go on ignoring our daughter."
"We can't reward her for this whole thing either."
"What do you want me to do?" Beck asked, running a hand through his shaggy hair.
"I want you to take the dress back!" She yelled, standing up.
"I'm not taking it back."
"Well you're certainly not giving it to her." Jade said, laughing mockingly.
"Fine! I'll put it in our closet." Beck turned from the scene and walked to their bedroom, closing the door behind him.
Brynn was sitting in her room; she heard the whole scene unfold as her parents yelled about what to do with the dress. She hated hearing her parents fight, and she cringed every time one of them raised their voice. Although she was upset by their small fight, she couldn't help but to feel excited about the dress.
The tiny girl quietly opened her door, poking her head out to look down the stairs. She could see her mother sitting on the couch, visibly upset by the past events. Brynn walked out of her room and down the stairs, and then she climbed onto her mother's lap and hugged her.
"Hi pretty baby." Jade said, her voice soft.
Brynn stared at Jade, a look of sympathy displayed on her porcelain face.
"You heard the whole thing, didn't you?" Jade asked, slightly smiling at her daughter.
Brynn simply nodded, staring into her mother's eyes.
"Fine, you can have it. Go tell daddy I said you can have it."
"Thank you so much, mommy!" Brynn squealed, kissing her mother's cheek.
She jumped down from the couch, running just as fast as her little legs could carry her. When she made it to her parent's room, she did what she is so well known for.
"Daddy!" She screamed, almost louder than she had ever screamed before.
"What?" Beck yelled, obviously scared by the sudden screaming.
Brynn threw the door open, running in and jumping onto her father's lap.
"Mommy says I can have the Minnie Mouse dress, gimme gimme gimme!" She said, bouncing around as she spoke.
"Fine, calm down!" Beck laughed.
He got the bag out of the closet, and handed it to the very tiny, and very excited, girl.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Brynn ran back to her room, nearly falling on her way up the stairs. As soon as she made her way into the purple bedroom, she quickly changed into the new dress.
"Perfect!" She squealed, as she slipped the Minnie Mouse ears onto her head.
She did a few twirls while looking in the mirror, giggling the whole time.
Brynn carefully walked down the stairs, making sure she wouldn't slip in her new Minnie Mouse heels.
"Look, mommy! Look!" Brynn squealed, jumping up and down.
"You're gorgeous, baby girl."
"I know, I know." She said, as she did a little twirl for her parents.
"We've got our very own Brynnie Mouse." Beck joked, earning a small laugh from his daughter.
Just wanted to say thank you to the few of you that reviewed my last chapter, I really appreciate it! This one is kind of rushed, but Claire (my youngest sister) did something like this the other day and I just had to write about it.
xoxo
Cassidy
