Chapter 6: Nightmare

Foxy fidgeted around as she couldn't sleep. The thought of her actions kept her sleepless throughout the night until she couldn't keep up with trying to rest.

She opened her eyes and slowly stood up, still a bit groggy over her uncomfortable rest. She peeked outside into the parking lot out of pure inertia and saw something that thrilled her.

It was without a doubt Anthony's car which only made her happy.

"He came back!" She thought to herself as she rushed to meet him at his office.

She stepped into his office and noticed that his chair was turned around, not facing her.

"I thought you wouldn't-"

"What do you want?" She was silenced by Anthony's dry, angered response which only hit Foxy straight in her emotions.

"I just wanted to-"

"Kill me?" He replied, far more displeased this time around. He turned around to face her and she quickly took note of his infuriated look towards her.

"No! Please let me finish. I just wanted to apologize..." She said, sorrow filling her thoughts about what had occurred the day before.

"Yeah right! You expect me to believe that you sack of nuts and bolts?" He answered, insulting Foxy and sounding more and more enraged.

"Hold on! There is no need to get rude..." Foxy said, hurt by Anthony's words.

Before she could say anything else, Anthony pushed her with great force, knocking her to the ground.

"I'm going to show you what it's like to be afraid!" He screamed as Foxy tried to defend herself but she was powerless.

"Please stop! Anthony, I'm sorry!" She plead and cried but to no avail.

"Oh you will be, mutt!" He answered as he violently flipped her over and lifted her jacket to reveal the controls on her back.

"I'm sorry!" Foxy continued to cry.

"Nighty, night...Foxy..."

"No please! I...love..."

She opened her eyes rapidly as she felt herself breathing heavily, if she had a heart it would be racing for sure. She was far more surprised when she noticed a silhouette standing in front of her.

"You ok?" The figure asked.

"Anthony? W-what are you doing here?" She asked surprised to see him there during the day shift.

"Well... I was going to quit-"

"What? Why?" Foxy exclaimed, not happy with Anthony's decisions.

"Let me finish." He said gently. "I was going to quit until I reconsidered that maybe, just maybe, it wasn't the best decision to take after a simple scare."

"But... Why didn't you come last night?" Foxy questioned.

"I needed a little time to meditate my decision so I asked the boss to change my shift just for today." Anthony said.

"So... You're not mad?" Foxy said in disbelief.

"Not really, no. Why?" He answered. Foxy started crying almost instantly.

"Come on now. It's okay." Anthony said as he positioned himself next to her, wrapping his arms around her to comfort her.

"I'm so sorry! It's just... It wasn't my intention... I just had this awful nightmare where you were really mad at me and you attacked me and-" She tried explaining before Anthony placed a single finger over her mouth to quiet her down.

"I would never do that. You're right, it was a nightmare. Nothing to be afraid of." He told the crying fox who simply responded by hugging him tightly.

"I don't want to be afraid of coming to work, Foxy. I want to enjoy working in my favorite childhood restaurant." Anthony added which caused Foxy to turn to him with a confused look.

"What are you saying?" She asked.

"I'm saying that I made up my mind. I'm staying." He smiled at the fox who did the same and hugged him even tighter.

"Thank you! I'm sure you won't regret staying, especially once you get to know all of us a bit better." Foxy said causing Anthony to hesitate a bit.

"Yeah. I'm sure they're great too..." Anthony said, trailing of a bit towards the end.

"What's wrong? There is nothing to worry about, besides Freddy. Bonnie and Chica seem to be okay with you being here." Foxy explained.

"If you say so. We'll just have to wait and see..." Anthony added a bit skeptical.

"Well... Now that all that is out of the way, maybe we can continue our talk from the other day." Foxy commented, changing the topic.

"I'd love to but I have to get back to work. I'll come back on my next break, after all, I'm going to be here all day today." Anthony said as he stood up to leave.

"Oh... That's good..." Foxy said, trying to hide her smile now that she knew she would spend all day with him.

"Glad you're happy. It's going to be really tiring but finally feeling safe makes up for it." He said returning the smile. Foxy felt herself blush after he returned the smile.

"Well... See ya in a bit Foxy, take care." Anthony said before leaving the flustered fox behind.

"Could it be..." She thought to herself. "I haven't had these feelings in a long time. Not since... Freddy." Her mind lingered on the last part. Surely if he were to find out about her little crush on Anthony he would be completely against it.

"Anthony..." She whispered. She knew he was terrified about being here and it would be too much to hope for if he felt the slightest way about her.

"But he did come back for me..." With that last thought she knew exactly what he would ask him once he came back.

After a while she decided to walk around the restaurant, not that many people noticed she was roaming around, a few even stopped to take photos with her which she both liked and found strange since it'd been a while since that happened. After a bit more walking she came across Anthony who was talking to a kid.

"Alright son, what did I tell you?" He asked the kid who wasn't looking at him since he had been caught messing around with the animatronics.

"The animatronics have feelings too." As if on cue Foxy walked up to them to see what was happening.

"Good. Don't be sad little buddy, I'm sure it was an accident." He said comforting the sad child. Anthony took notice of Foxy's presence and thought up of a good idea.

"Hey how about you and Foxy here take a photo?" He said, catching the fox off guard but she quickly followed along.

"How 'bout it, lad? I be yer pirate friend." She said quickly getting into character. The kids eyes lit up and smiled as Foxy placed her pirate hat on the kid. Anthony took out a Polaroid camera the company provided for such occasions and he quickly snapped the picture of the two.

"Here you go son." Anthony said, handing the now developed picture to the kid.

"Thank you mister! And thank you captain Foxy!" The kid said gleefully.

"Pleasure be mine, lad." Foxy said, smiling at the kid who ran off to show the picture to his parents.

"You're real good with kids." Foxy said turning around to face Anthony.

"Likewise." Anthony replied as he put away his camera.

"Well that is our job after all." She said laughing a bit.

"I'm just glad to see you outside of the cove and interact with kids." Anthony said. It was true, Foxy rarely left her stage nowadays but when she did she enjoyed playing around with the kids.

"Yeah. It's pretty fun to play with them, the ones that don't know what I did." She said, the last part being said in a bitter tone.

"Don't let that get to you. That was a long time ago. Anyway it's time for my break. Want to go and continue our talk." Anthony said looking at his watch.

"That'd be great! I actually thought about something I wanted to know." Foxy said as she realized one of her questions needed to find out about Anthony's feelings towards her was about to be answered.

After they arrived at Foxy's stage she took one less look around to make sure no one would come and interrupt them.

"So what do you want to know Foxy?" He asked as they sat down like they were just a few hours ago.

"Let's hope this works..." She thought as she began to mutter her question.

"I was wondering...If maybe... You have a girlfriend?" Her eyes widen as she saw Anthony think about his answer.

"Well..."

Author´s Note: Sorry if this chapter feels a bit rushed. I finished a lot sooner than I expected and I really like how it turned out so I decided to go ahead and upload this before Friday.