Hey! Look at this! A new chapter after a week? Must be a holiday or someone's birthday! Even though this chapter is a little shorter than usual, I hope you all enjoy it and leave a review!
Hope was just getting out of the kitchen to take a break when she saw Jeremy emerge from Mangle's office.
"Hey Jeremy! How've you been?" Hope asked as he shut the office door behind him.
"Fine." Jeremy mumbled walking past her.
"Jeremy? Are you okay? Did something happen?" Hope asked, trying to get the guard's attention.
"Yeah, I'm fine just leave me alone.." Jeremy grumbled.
"Are you okay? Did something happen with Jack or the babies?" Hope asked, worried about her friend.
"He broke up with me, and I'm leaving. I don't know anything about the babies because he's got Goldie to watch them now." Jeremy said quietly.
"Oh.." Hope remembered Jack mentioning the break up, but didn't think their relationship was completely destroyed, "Where are you going?"
"I've decided I have some mental issues I need to get help for… I… I tried to attack Jack. I can't handle putting him at risk, so I'm going to a mental hospital to get help… The whole Foxy thing and my entire relationship with Jack… It's just really screwed with my head." Jeremy said shaking his head slightly and starting to cry.
"But isn't it better that Jack is happy? Plus, if he made you break down why would you still care?" Hope said, hoping to relieve some of Jeremy's guilt.
"It's not his fault the stuff with Foxy happened. I'm glad he's happy, I am, but I hate the idea of him being someone else's. He was mine… My lover, my partner, potentially even the father of my children. I just hate not being able to claim him as mine. It hurts, you know what I mean?" Jeremy asked, tears still streaming down his face.
"I don't think I fully know what you mean, but I do know how much you cared about him. I'm glad you are taking care of yourself though. Jack may have been important to you, but if he put you through so much stress it wasn't worth it. I think you are making a good decision stepping away from the situation." Hope said smiling at Jeremy in the hopes he would stop crying over his lost love.
"Thanks Hope. I'm leaving now, but when you get the chance I would love if you could come visit me." Jeremy said, smiling through his tears and giving Hope a hug before continuing on his way out of the restaurant.
Jack was on his break, making his way from the kitchen to the small employee lounge, if it could even be called that, which also functioned as a break room. He was surprised when he walked into the kitchen and only saw Chica. She told him that Goldie was on break. So Jack decided to make his way over to visit Goldie. He could hardly wait to see his Goldie Bear.
Once again he didn't pay attention to where he was walking and bumped into someone like the other day with Mark. He apologized and half expected it to be Mark again, since the body felt similar to Mark's, but it was different and felt all too familiar.
Turning to look to his side, he saw Foxy. Even though he appeared to be different, panic set into Jack's mind.
"Oh sorry lad, I didn't see you there." he coolly said, seeming almost disengaged from the incident. "I really am sorry about running into you, but I have to go see my beautiful wife to be. See you around."
With that the burly man left Jack alone where he stood in the hall. Right as Foxy had begun talking, Jack had gone into a trace and tuned him out. Relief surged over him as he watched him disappear around the corner and head into the kitchen. He felt tears building in his eyes, but he didn't acknowledge a few were streaming down his face already.
Rushing to the lounge, he heard voices of concern from his friends and others, but he didn't care. He knew there was only one person who could make him feel safe.
So he ran to him.
Hope had left the employee's lounge and was on her way back to the kitchen when she saw Jack run past her. She thought about going to see what was wrong, but thought better of it when she noticed the time. She had been on break for 20 minutes, and had to get back to work. She slowly made her way to the kitchen, still a little worried about Jack, and if he was okay.
Hope swung the kitchen door open, stopping mid step when she saw Foxy on one knee in front of Chica.
"Chica, I've always loved you. My few days in the hospital have really made that clear. I want to man up and care for you and our child.." Foxy said placing a hand on Chica's small baby bump, " I'm not going to touch or think about anyone else, as long as you say yes to this question… Will you marry me Chica?"
"Uhhh…" Hope just stared at the two completely confused as to Foxy's sudden change of character.
"Foxy... " Chica said tearing up at Foxy's proposal, "Of course I'll marry you! I've been waiting so long for this! You, me, Nico, and the newest addition, little Foxy Junior, all living together!"
"It's a boy!?" Foxy asked excitedly.
"Well from the old hints my mom told me on how to figure out the gender, yes!" Chica squealed pulling Foxy close.
Hope just stood in the doorway staring at the newly engaged couple. She needed to get back to work, but this seemed like something important for the couple, plus Hope didn't really want to get on Foxy's bad side all over again. Hope slowly backed out of the kitchen and walked towards Mangle's office.
"Hey Mangle?" Hope asked knocking on the door.
"Come in!" Mangle called.
"So, uh, there's a thing happening in the kitchen.." Hope said, confused as to how to word it.
"Chica and Foxy aren't at it again are they?" Mangle asked with a groan.
"Well no? I mean it involves them. I think Foxy is proposing to her? And even more confusing I think she said yes." Hope said, still trying to understand what was happening in the kitchen.
"What? That's ridiculous Foxy is never committed to anyone!" Mangle exclaimed.
"Yeah I know. Anyways, I kinda need to get back to work. I don't want to interrupt them though." Hope explained.
"Oh.. Well is there orders that need to be filled?" Mangle asked.
"No. For now we are all caught up." Hope replied.
"Well, why don't you go see if the security officer on duty has anything for you." Mangle said with a wink.
"I see what you're trying to do Mangle." Hope said, smiling at Mangle and playfully rolling her eyes, "Can you be anymore obvious that you want me to see my boyfriend?"
"Hey, if you don't stay on top of your ships the fall apart. I'm just protecting my OTP!" Mangle said with a laugh, "Seriously though, the kitchen will be fine for a while if you want to go hang out with Spring for a bit."
"Thanks Mangle!" Hope said, getting up to leave the office. She quickly headed towards the security office.
Jack burst into the mainly empty employee's lounge and quickly looked around for Goldie. He spotted him with ease, since he was the only one in the room. As he flung his arms around a confused Goldie, he just let it go. Goldie began stroking his back and let Jack calm down a little bit before speaking.
"Hey honey, what's wrong?" Goldie asked softly.
"F-foxy." Jack choked out through his fading sobs and sniffles.
Goldie took a deep breath, and calmed himself down at the mention of the name. However, he had never been this bad since the incident. Well, that was a lie, but since he had gotten over it he tried to be calm about it. When he saw Foxy in the hall, he either ducked his head, or casually said hello to him if the situation called for it. Sure he was kinda scared for the rest of the day and paranoid, but he never, ever let himself get like this. Though in its own way it was kinda cute that Jack was more emotional than most.
Getting back to reality, Goldie started to ask a few more questions in an attempt to help soothe his upset boyfriend.
"Did he do something to you?" he asked again.
"He bumped into me." Jack said, voice teetering on a whisper.
"Oh honey, that's not bad. Did you forget to pay attention where you were walking?"
"Y-yeah."
"Did he apologize? Or did he get angry."
"He apologized. He wasn't angry, he was busy going somewhere. Something about his "wife-to-be", which could only mean Chica."
Goldie blinked hard. Foxy get married after all this time? Couldn't say he didn't see it coming though. He stroked Jack's hair gently and kissed him on the forehead.
"See, nothing to worry about." he said in a now cheerful voice.
Jack giggled. "Yeah, I guess so."
"Though you need to start not overreacting soon. I've heard people talking about that before."
"That's just my nature and I'm probably not going to change. I could try to, but that's just who I am. Also, I really don't care what other people think. Do you?"
"No, I was just letting you know how everyone else felt."
"Well as long as my boyfriend and my friends can put up with me and like me, that's all I ask for."
They laughed. Jack nuzzled his face into the space between Goldie's neck and chest, making him blush a little. He then kissed Goldie, and he kissed back. Afterwards, they ended up back in their starting position of Goldie having his arms wrapped around Jack.
"Honey, I know we would like to stay here all day," Goldie began to say, "But we have work to get back to."
"Can't we stay here just a little longer?" Jack protested.
"No, we have to get back to work. The day will be over before you know it, and then we can do this again at someone's house."
"Okay, fine. Could I at least walk you to the kitchen?"
"Sure, that would be nice."
Jack smiled. He stood up before Goldie, and extended a hand out to help him up. Goldie grabbed it, and was pleasantly surprised when Jack didn't let go. They held each other's hands all the way to the kitchen door's. Stopping just shy of them, he kissed Jack goodbye, and they went their separate ways until the end of the day.
