Hello! Hope that you all had a nice Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it) and a safe Black Friday (if you even have it). I know I had a nice time shopping on Black Friday- spent nearly 200, but in my defense it was such a fun trip out and I got some hella cute stuff.

On the downside, my hands are acting up with something- possibly some minor form of eczema. Which basically, my hands are flaring up and drying so much that my knuckles are bruised/cracking/bleed.

~CWA


CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN


Danny Fenton

Despite Wasabi's words, I still haven't had the courage to tell Tadashi about Ellie. One may be asking how I can actually keep it a secret from him if everyone else practically knows. The answer is simple. Bribing them with free food. Twenty tacos and three stacks of waffles later, I manage to convince Wasabi, Honey Lemon, GoGo, and Fred to keep quite about Ellie and that I will eventually tell Tadashi, but I will tell him myself and on my own time.

Which means that for the past few days, I've been taking Ellie all over town in order to avoid running into Tadashi. I've texted and called him a few times, but every time he's asked me where I was or if I wanted to meet up, I ended up giving a few white lies or keeping it pretty vague. Due to being out so much, I've never even ran into him at the college or the times he went to my dorm to see me (as Wasabi did inform me that he's done).

Currently, however, Ellie and I are enjoying some time practicing our ghostly abilities on a small abandoned island far from the city. A search of the island has assured me that there is absolutely no one on the island and no ghosts nearby. Our ghostly auras shine bright around us, giving us an eerie white glow under the starry night's moon. My eyes are shining a brilliant green at the use of my powers as Ellie's eyes shine even brighter than my own.

"Just a bit higher, Elle-Belle," I instruct carefully, "Come on you can do it."

I float a few feet off the ground, only a bit higher than her as I gently grasp her arms from behind her to help her up. She's been getting better, but she still tends to loose control sometimes which is why I'm making sure we're taking it slow and easy. It's also why I have a pretty firm grip on her so that she just doesn't go off floating endlessly though the skies.

Cujo barks playfully at our feet, his tongue flopping around wildly as he pants. Thankfully, he's in his much smaller form so I don't exactly have to worry about a giant-ass glowing green dog being reported in the news.

My phone goes off, causing Ellie to jump and shoot up another two feet into the air. I carefully keep her steady, uttering words of reassurance as she looks at me sheepishly. I keep one hand firmly on her arm as I take out my phone. I easily balance the phone between my shoulder and ear so I can keep my hands on Ellie to balance her.

"Hello? Danny," Tadashi's voice comes over the phone, "I… Uh… I haven't seen you in a while. You okay? I, uh, is there anything wrong? Or have I… have I said or done something?"

My heart twists at those words. Shit. He sounds so disappointed and broken.

"No! No, you haven't done anything," my voice almost cracks from how high it goes form sheer panic, causing me to cough slightly to get it back to normal, "I, uh, I've just been busy. But you haven't done anything wrong, I swear."

Ellie's ears perk up at those words as she looks over her shoulder at me curiously, her head titled a bit to the side. I flush slightly at my daughter's inquisitive look. Even Cujo barks at my words.

"...Oh, thank God. I was kinda worried there for a second…. I'm sorry, I haven't slept in a while so I couldn't really remember if maybe I actually did say or do something to piss you off…. And did I just hear a dog?"

I hear him yawn deeply, causing me to raise an eyebrow. Carefully, I lower Ellie and I myself to the ground, still holding her gently in case she accidentally goes shooting into the air again.

"Tadashi," I say gently, ignoring the dog comment, "Do me a favor and get some sleep, okay?"

"But I can't," he stresses, "I can't sleep when I swear that I'm just this close to getting Baymax working properly and-"

"-Tadashi," I interrupt him swiftly, "Your project can wait. But you're tired and if you work when you're so sleep deprived, you're bound to end up getting hurt or doing a mistake you can't undo. So please," my voice softens, "get some sleep, 'Dashi."

There's a brief pause on the other end of the phone. Ellie frowns slightly since the phone's taking most of my attention, causing her to start to crawl her away to my shoulders. I move the phone from between my ear and shoulder to my hand so she can sit up there easier. I give her a small amused look, causing her to smile happily before I turn my attention back to the phone as I hear Tadashi finally speak up.

"….Okay. I'll try to get some sleep. I.. Thanks, Danny, um goodnight, I guess."

"Night, 'Dashi."

I hang up swiftly before Ellie can say anything- and judging from how she's still leaning forward toward the phone suggests that she was at least thinking about it. I give her an amused grin as I take her off my shoulders and bring her into my arms, tickling her slightly. She giggles madly as she squirms in my arms before I stop tickling her. Once she has caught her breath, she looks at me curiously.

"Who that, Daddy," she asks cutely with her head titled to the side.

I gulp slightly, thinking over the correct way to answer the question before I finally speak up.

"That was Tadashi, princess. He's someone that your daddy cares about, very, very much."


It's still too early to head to the college. Even though it's unlikely Tadashi will be there since he's promised to get some sleep, I just don't feel like going to the dorm yet. Especially since Ellie still has a lot of pent up energy and man, is she wide awake. I don't know where she gets the energy from but she's like a little puppy. Playing with one thing one second, hyper as hell the next, before just randomly plopping down asleep.

So my plan is to go somewhere and hope that she'll just plop down asleep after a while. The waffle house is a no-go because I can't eat food from there anyway (and neither of us are hungry). Park's a bit too dangerous this time of night for my liking. So I suppose that leaves one option. The gym. I doubt it's going to be crowded this time of night on a Thursday and A.D. strikes me as someone whose good with kids so if all else fails, I'm sure he wouldn't mind keeping her entertained. Granted, that is if Ellie doesn't mind spending time with him because while she's friendly with other kids, she's sometimes cautious of other adults.

Thankfully, when we enter the gym it's rather empty. Cujo still walks right behind my heel, now invisible to avoid unwanted attention. I'm not surprised at all to see A.D. at the counter looking like he wants nothing more than to sleep. He has bags under his eyes and is holding a coffee cup in his shaking hand. The guy looks like a wreck. GoGo lounges by the counter causally, pausing in her conversation with A.D. to give me a small nod of hello.

A.D. takes a moment to notice me, but eventually he does. He looks up with a bit of shock, mild confusion, and an eventual ah fuck it.

"Hey Danny….Hey, little Danny?"

He furrows his brows in confusion, setting the coffee cup down in favor for rubbing his eyes slightly, muttering a bit to himself about possibly seeing double. I snort a bit in amusement and set Ellie down, holding her hand gently as I lead her over to the counter. I knock on the counter a bit loudly to gain A.D.'s attention,

"You're not seeing double, she's my daughter, Ellie. Ellie, this is A.D."

He makes an ah I get it now face and doesn't voice any complaints. Ellie gives a hesitant wave to GoGo- the one person she has already met briefly, causing GoGo to smile slightly as she gives a swift wave back before giving me a very pointed you didn't see anything look. After she looks briefly to me for the okay, Ellie gives a small wave to A.D. Almost instantly, A.D. lights up, grinning madly as he enthusiastically waves back to her.

"Well, hello there, cutie, you're so cute I could just eat you right up."

Ellie's eyes widen as she whispers a soft and confused, 'eat...me…?' before she dodges behind my leg with a mildly frightened expression on her face. Holding back a wince, almost expecting my leg to flare up in pain, I'm almost surprised when my leg is fine. No twitches. No pain. Oh thank God, it's healed. I was almost beginning to worry about it since it was taking so long to completely heal. I wonder if the pencil being in my leg as long as it was, effected my leg a bit more than I thought? Maybe the pencil penetrated a muscle or vein- the ectoplasm would have kept it from seriously bleeding or being extremely painful, but it would hurt nonetheless. It would explain why it took so long to heal.

I almost sigh in relief before I remember what's going on around me. It takes a second for me to process everything and acknowledge the fact that A.D. scared Ellie. I give a bland, look what you did look to A.D. who waves his hands in defense, though that doesn't stop GoGo from swiftly knocking him upside the head. The action causes Ellie to giggle slightly before she hesitantly comes out from behind my leg. She looks to me for directions on what to do and I give her a soft, go ahead, and gesture for her to go up to them.

A bit more confidently now, Ellie walks straight up to GoGo and A.D. with a hesitant look on her face. I can't help but grin in amusement as she very cautiously holds her arms up toward GoGo. GoGo looks to me and after I give her a nod, she hesitantly picks up Ellie awkwardly and cautiously, but no matter how hard she tries, she can't hide that small smile on her face.

From the corner of my eyes, I see Cujo tense as he waits to attack in case I give him the command.

"Aww, you're a natural, GoGo," A.D. coos, "And she's just the cutest thing! Makes me want to have kids of my own but, well, there's not many people who want to have kids with a guy who has ovaries, ya know? Plus ugh, labor. Granted, I guess I could always save up money and do that bone marrow baby shit that's becoming popular now. But then that brings up the issue on who the other half of the DNA could or should be-"

He makes a face slightly and his words only farther confirm that he is indeed a transmale- someone who is biologically born as a female (with female genitalia) who identifies as a male. A light bulb almost seems to go off in his mind as he turns to GoGo, opening his mouth to ask her a question, but she shuts him down rather quickly,

"Don't even think about it," she says dryly.

GoG adjusts her grip on Ellie as she speaks. Though no matter how she tries, it's pretty obvious that she's still holding Ellie wrong. I almost step forward to help her before A.D. steps in with an exaggerated eye roll,

"You're holding her wrong," he points out as he helps GoGo adjust her grip.

They almost look like a couple when they stand there so close together, A.D. gently grasping GoGo's arms as he helps her. It would have been cuter if Ellie isn't the child they're holding and a small flare of obsessiveness flares up in my chest causing me to step forward and practically snatch Ellie back from them.

"Alright, that's enough, I think Ellie is getting tired."

I hold Ellie in my arms and she looks at me a bit in confusion before I give her a certain look. She seems to understand and plops limp into my arms, acting as if she's asleep as she adjusts herself in my arms. GoGo and A.D don't seem convinced as they share looks of amusement between themselves, but they don't argue.

"Sleepy huh," A.D. chuckles a bit to himself before continuing, "Well, I hope you guys have a nice night then, be sure to read that cutie a hell of a bed time story."

He waves a bit lazily in farewell, plopping back down at his chair behind the counter. GoGo gives me a goodbye of her own, nodding her head briskly and I return the action easily before I head out of the gym with a now-actually-asleep little girl.

Just like I thought, she's exactly like a little puppy.