"Daddy?" Macy said from the table. "Can I have more juice?"
"Just wait a little longer okay Macy?" He pleaded with the watchpup as they waited curtie's arrival. Dinner was already fixed and ready on their plates and macy was beginning to fidget.
"But it'll get cold, Daddy!" she argued, squirming in her booster seat. "You can't eat mac and cheese cold!"
Nameless sighed nearly in defeat. He was able to snipe 3 men in the irken war but to his daughter he was defenseless. He glanced at her and then his food, his hunger getting the better of him, "J-Just a little longer, sweetie."
Just as the last word left his mouth, the phone rang on the wall, the ringtone belonging to Curtie—his personalized tone.
Macy sat up at attention to answer it before she remembered her anger, and instead sat back for Nameless to take it.
Jeremy noticed her jump and looked at he made his way toward the phone, "Do you want to talk to him too, princess?" He asked as his hand hovered over the ringing phone.
She shook her head and slumped in her booster seat, arms crossed, although the way she kept looking back made him think she really wanted to..but she was too stubborn.
He smirked and picked up the phone with a loving tone, "Hey Curt!"
"Hey Namey! I have bad news…Peepers needs me here tonight, so..I don't think i'll be coming home for a while…" he trailed off.
He slouched in disappointment and turned away from Macy, "Right, um, that's okay. I get it."
"I'm sorry Namey..you know how he gets, right?"
The doorbell rang in the other room.
"Y-yeah. I get it. Anyway i gotta go someone's at the door. Bye, Curtie." He didn't wait for a response as he hung up. As he walked to the door and motioned to Macy that it wasn't happening. Macy rolled her eye, upset while she pulled her bowl of dinner closer. The doorbell rang a second time.
"I'm coming!" He hollered as he opened the door.
"Surprise!" Curtie held his bag over his shoulder and his phone in the other with a wide smile over his face. 'I'M A BIG FAT LIAR!"
Nameless gasped in surprise and hugged him right away, "Curtie! Come on in ya liar! Macy, pau pau's home" he stepped aside for him to come in.
Macy groaned, barely able to taste her first spoonful. She didn't even bother to push away from the table as Curtie came into the kitchen to pull her up into a hug. She struggled slightly.
"Who's my little princess?" he kissed her face while she squirmed. "Got you a present, big girl." He set her down and looked through his bag while glancing over to Nameless. "Smells good tonight, what is it?"
Nameless was all smiles, "grilled chicken, mac and cheese, and lettuce."
"Oooh, sounds yummy. Here we go." He held out a new stuffed cat with a giant pink bow around its neck. "New friend for Macy!"
Macy's eyes lit up at the toy, but again feeling stubborn, kept herself resigned. She mumbled a thank you as he set it beside her in her booster seat.
"Don't feed it any mac and cheese though. it'll get kitty sick."
"I WON'T DO THAT I'M NOT A BABY!" she hollered. Nameless was almost in shock as he sat down at the table, "Macy! N-no yelling!"
Macy mumbled and turned to eat her food in a grumpy manner. Curtie rubbed his hand and turned to Nameless. "Heh.. ." He sat down beside him. "She's…growing up," he stated.
Namey nodded with an uneasy expression. "So uh, Peepers is still uptight?" He began eating.
"Yeah but he owed me one so I have two days off. More than just the night I wanted huh?" He began to eat as well.
"That's cool.." He didn't know why but he felt the need question him about Curtie and Peepers relationship but he continued, "Why did he owe you?" Without missing a beat, Curtie continued, "Well you lock a guy in a closet for five years, you gotta owe him a lot right?" he smiled.
Nameless hesitantly smiled back, "Yeah I guess so," he nervously laughed and played along "I mean however will he repay you?"
"I guess whatever comes to mind at the time.." he glanced over at Macy, content with herself and her macaroni. "Wipe your mouth, sweetie." She grumbled, rubbing it off on her sleeve. He handed her a napkin and popped her on the leg. "You know better," he scolded.
Nameless kept quiet in thought as he ate for a little while before continuing in conversation, "Yeah she's been acting up lately."
"I can tell.." He turned back, eating more of his plate. "I'll have a talk with her.." He looked over at him. "How have you been?"
"Oh, fine. Same as always" he softly smiled.
He smiled back. "You look kinda tired tonight. Tell you what, after dinner, I'll do the dishes, and I'll get Macy to bed, and yooou go relax for the evening. Sound good?"
"Alright.." He continued eating. "Thanks Curt, you're the best."
He leaned over and pressed his head against his before finishing up the last of his food. "Mkay, Princess." Curtie stood up and removed the empty plates to take to the sink. "You get five minutes to play before I'm ready to take you to bed, missy."
She whined, hugging her her cat as she slipped away to play in the living room.