Call Me Maybe?

"Hello… Hello," a voice came from inside Liam's phone. The black haired boy merely rolled his eyes at the guy on the other end of the line.

"Yeah. Yeah. Hello, hello," he mocked lazily as he stretched out even more in his very comfortable fluffy warm bed. "What do you need?"

"Well Fazbear Entertainment would like to inform you that your mandatory minimum work time is over. You can now quit the job or resign. We, uh, noticed that you filled out a form to quit the day after your first day, but have seen recently you have been doing a lot for the company. So…. Do you want to keep your job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria or try your luck somewhere else?"

Liam stared at the ceiling with a blank face as he simply replied, "I don't know. Can I have more time to think?"

"Uh, sure. The company thanks you for your work and your help with the animatronics recently. Just call back when you have made a decision. Also if you are up to it there is something the manager could use help with, but that's whatever. Talk to you later."

The boy's ears heard the soft click from the other side of the line. He groaned loudly as his blue eyes glared at the ceiling fan. He huffed out unhappily when he closed his eyes and could not drift back off into the blissfulness of sweet sleep. With a frustrated push, he knocked off his dark green covers and marched over to his dresser to put clothes on. He pulled a gray top over his skinny frame, and pulled his jeans over the Freddy Fazbear underwear that his mom felt compelled to buy him.

The boy's blue gaze stared sleepily back at him in the mirror. His hair was flipping around in different angles under the black baseball cap placed on his head. Thoughts about working out or at least trying to gain some weight crossed his mind as he noticed how boney he was; he had always been tall and stickish.

In the end, the boy ignored his reflection and made his way to the door. Today was Saturday so he had no school at all, he started his way out to the pizzeria to fix whatever the manager needed.

His feet dragged as he made his way to his car; it started easily once he got in and turned the key. His mind wandered back to the phone guy on the short drive. Liam really wasn't sure if he wanted to continue work at the pizzeria. The many near death experiences he had bothered him pretty badly despite the strong face he put on near his animatronic friends. He was an inch away from dying all four nights he had been stuck there. One wrong move and he would have been minced meat.

The boy really just wanted to go hang out with them during the day then go home, but since they weren't technically open to be seen by the public, the manager most likely would not like that idea.

He felt really close to them, but part of him was still unsure if he wanted to take the risk because after all death is harsh. It would make it even worse to be delivered to death by the metal hands of your best friends.

A yawn exited his mouth as he got out of his car at the pizzeria. Liam made up his mind to not renew his contract because the risk was too much, and he would try to convince the manager to let him come and visit the older animatronics.

The door to the establishment was pushed open easily and the sound of happy laughter hit the boy's ears like a chaotic joyous chorus. Children were again running about playfully. They had broad loving smiles that mirrored the toys' own and contrasted with Vincent's slightly grim one. Vincent was standing in the corner doing his job while the animatronics were standing in a crowd of children.

Liam, however, did not stand there for long. He walked to the manager's office. Inside the office sat the slightly overweight manager, who was currently stress eating. The man was working hard on getting things ready for the next week. A birthday party was occurring in the next few days and many things had to be arranged since the parents wanted something extra special.

Liam tapped his fingers lightly across the wall to catch the man's attention. A smile peeled onto the man's face. "Liam! I know that you haven't decided if you are staying or not, but I hope you will do me one favor."

"Alright," Liam said as he stood with his arms crossed and his weight leaning more on his left leg than right. "What do you need?"

"I need you to set up colored spotlights and strobe lights in the stage room. Could you also make sure those older animatronics are looking good?" the manager asked, and Liam raised a brow questioningly at him. "The parents of the kid want something special, and the kid's father apparently had a nephew who is older and loved the older models. The nephew has been telling the kid elaborate stories of the original cast. Since you've fixed them up, I thought it would be great to put them out and let them play with the new animatronics."

"Really?!" Liam exclaimed as his hands supported him on the manager's desk while he pushed his smiling face closer to the man's direction. "That would be great! I will make sure everything is perfect!"

The older man looked gratefully at the boy. Liam knew the only reason the owner was wanting to do this was probably for the money, but it was the man's job to keep the establishment afloat. Liam had dubbed it his duty to keep the animatronics happy or as happy as he possibly could.

"Yes," the man replied proudly. "We can put them back in action. I have plans to get the gold one out soon. The main company recognized the type he is and apparently his props have lifetime guarantees. They are sending us a guitar specialized for him along with a matching mic. If we are ever booked with a lot of parties we could have the toys in one room, the older models in another, and the golden bunny in yet another. I could give someone animal ears to put on to sing with him."

"That will be awesome," the mechanic said calmly aloud but was cheering for his friends on the inside. "Well I better get started. See you."

The manager waved at him, but the boy didn't even notice since he was already out the door and his feet were hurriedly whisking him away to the parts and service room. Roughly, he slammed the door open and practically flew in. Almost instantly though, the boy had landed on his butt from running straight into a fox.

"What the bloody hell!" Foxy explained as he got back to his feet. His yellow eyes flipped around quickly to the boy, and the anger in his face dropped slightly. "What be wrong, matie? Has something happened?"

"Yes!" Liam said as he sprung up from the floor. "You guys are going to be on the floor to perform with the toys!"

"Really?" Bonnie asked excitedly as he hopped over to Liam and joined in on the small elated dance that the boy had started. "That's great!"

"It's been so long," Freddy mused to himself.

"Yay!" Chica chirped. "We get to see the children again! I can't wait!"

"I'll be recruiting more maties for me crew," Foxy laughed.

The purple bunny finally settled down enough to ask Liam a question. "So how did you convince the manager to put us out?"

"Actually," Liam started slyly, "I didn't say anything. Someone remembered you and told their cousin so much about you guys that the kid wants to see all of you."

"Someone remembered us?" Bonnie questioned the air with a hopeful tone. Liam saw a twinkle in the bunny's deep red eyes that could barely be explained. It was like so much despair, sorrow, and loneliness was being washed away like sea shells on a shore by a wave of hope. Liam couldn't help but smile and pat his friend on the shoulder.

"Not just that," Foxy boistered. "They be requesting us!"

"I just have to get a bunch of light stuff set up," Liam announced jollily. "Then everything will be ready for you guys. I will make sure everything is perfect."

Red eyes watched him curiously and asked, "Do you want to stay and hang out with us for a while first?" The other animatronics didn't object to this, but one could tell they really wanted Liam to start as if it would speed up them being put out on stage. All of them knew Bonnie wanted time with his best friend though.

Liam swayed on his feet from side to side and put his hand under his chin as if he were thinking deeply all while holding a smile to his face. "Well," he drawled out, "I guess maybe. After all there are kids bouncing and running all over the place in there so I can't do anything serious right now." He paused for dramatic effect and then finally said, "Of course, I will!"

The purple bunny's face glowed happily in response; Freddy cleared his throat and caused a deep rumble that grabbed everyone's' attention. "I am going to go into power saving mode."

The chicken swayed around and yawned before chiming in and saying, "Me, too."

Foxy hadn't even said anything he just fell to the floor with a clank. Liam just watched with amusement as they all decided to nap; he wondered if they liked to sleep as much as him. Bonnie just watched as all his fellow animatronics withdrew themselves from their company.

"I guess you got them so excited that you tired them out," Bonnie laughed with his eyes darting in the young mechanic's direction. "So has anything interesting been happening with you?"

"Well," he started, "I got an A on a Calculus test. The pizza here is still good; I keep eating more and more of it when I hang out with Vincent. He is the day guard here. No progress had been made on the lizard suit. What about you?"

Bonnie's ears flinched at the mentioning of Vincent. He'd heard from the toys that he acted oddly around the children, but if Liam liked him, he must be alright. "Not much with me personally. The talk of the pizzeria right now is what is going on with my counterpart and the night guard, the gold version of me, and the mystery of vanishing balloons."

"More balloons?" the boy groaned. "I bet I'll find them eventually. Why don't you want to talk to Springtrap?"

"Well," the bunny mumbled as he scratched the back of his head slowly. "I just don't know. He sounds a little odd is all. I mean Chica offered to go with me, but I'm afraid he might get huffy if someone is there that he doesn't want there. If I don't want to go alone, I'll have to ask Bon to go with me, but as you know, he is focusing all of his programs on the nightguard."

"You could always just take Cordelia, too," Liam suggested.

"I guess," the purple bunny hummed lightly.

The boy stood in comfortable silence with his friend for a few short moments until an idea crept up on him. "Hey, do you remember the night of the pizza party thing we had here during that huge thunderstorm?"

Red eyes looked at him curiously, but the purple mascot nodded anyway. "Yea. It was pretty fun for a while. That was until the end at least."

The young mechanic shook his head up and down as to agree and then rush to a different part of the conversation. "Yeah. Yeah. On that night though, you guys did something weird. You all looked human. Can you guys just do that on demand or what? I didn't really get to see that much of you guys since I had to run. Toy Chica looked very interesting though."

"Oh," the bunny said as he ears stuck up straight as he realized what Liam was talking about. Without warning he slipped into his humanoid form. His purple hair was longer than Liam's, but not by much. It was also straighter and brushed better than the boy's. Liam was having serious hair envy. His mouth was held open oddly as the bunny said, "You mean this?"

The mechanic nodded slowly before simply muttering, "Your hair." Bonnie took a strand of it into his purple nailed fingers and pulled it in front of his shiny red eyes. "It's perfect. Like why was I cursed with this black mess on my head. Your hair is perfect."

Bonnie smiled at him as he dropped the hair. "Thanks. I'm glad you think so."

The animatronic stayed in the form for the rest of the visit while Liam tried his best to figure out how it was possible since his friend had went from a metal bunny to a human. In this form, Bonnie's skin was soft and warm. His eyes had the same water like shine Liam's had. He had five fingers, unlike in his animatronic form, and some other things were also present that normally are not. He told Liam he could even bleed in the form he was in. The black haired boy was completely puzzled. Minus the bunny ears and odd coloring, Bonnie was completely and undeniably human.

"This is so cool," the mechanic said. "I just don't understand at all."

"We don't either," the bunny eared boy commented. "Not all of us are even the same. The toys don't even bleed. They look human and function like it, but they still have wires and stuff."

Liam let out a sigh as he mind continued to be blown again and again. This continued while they stayed on the topic of the human form, but eventually, they moved away from it. They talk about the upcoming party which Bonnie expressed great joy about. He was almost bouncing at one point; Liam found it amusing since he was a bunny.

The conversations continued onto random trivial things before Liam had to leave to work on some set up things. The toys watched him from their place on stage curiously as he set up the extra lights and such. He had finish most of it before all the customers had even left. For once, he decided to be better safe than sorry and left early.

Liam dragged his feet out from the door and entered the emptying parking lot. His eyes looked back to see a happy, child friendly pizzeria. It was happy there. The animatronics would all be happy. All of them would able to entertain and feel loved. For a second, it entered his mind that it would be the same way if he wasn't there anymore. They would move on and be happy; he'd also be in less danger if he left.

Those few seconds of doubt in wanting to stay rained over his brain and flooded it in troubled thoughts. If he left, they would still be happy. He would no longer get himself in so much danger. He could move on with his life. Have a family. Have a career. Have other things.

Then his promise to Bonnie cleared the rain clouds in his mind away. Remembering the hope and genuine care in the bunny's red eyes and the true gratefulness in every word he said made him know what he would tell the phone guy.

Liam picked up his phone and dialed the number he had memorized earlier that month. "Hello, hello?" the voice of the man he wanted to talk to called.

"Yeah. This is Liam," the boy said. "I would like to renew my contract." He had survived the dangers of Freddy's many times. Nothing bad could happen if he just kept it up, right? Despite any risks, he would never abandon his friends.

So if you are wanting to know what would have happened if Liam had decided to leave, check out KUG's oneshot "Forgiveness." It described everything perfectly; She did a fantastic job on it!