And because I was mean to you guys last chapter with that El mañana story, I'll give you a cute one. It revolves around Murdoc and Noodle... But not as a couple for anything (although I sometimes ship that, there are some cute ones out there)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE and thank you so much for reviewing :)

ALSO... HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2D you amazing cartoon character! Love you! (Serious fangirl love right now)

Phase 1

It was strange being in a house with a kid. Well for Murdoc Niccals it was strange. For one he couldn't drink til all hours of the night and he couldn't go wandering around Kong drunk in his underwear. He also had to cut down on the amount of women he brought over, which he found unnecessary. But the weirdest thing he found about living with a child was shopping. Shopping with a girl none the less. Sure Noodle was very boyish, considering her company, but it didn't stop her from having to buy clothes every once in a while.

The task had been dumped on him, he didn't even know how, so here they were at the biggest mall he could think of so they wouldn't have to constantly travel. She ran up to stores looking at them for half a second before moving onto the next, never straying too far from Murdoc. Eventually they made it to the food court because Noodle wanted a smoothie.

They both strolled up to the counter, but only Murdoc noticed the hot lady behind it. "Well hello there," Murdoc said in a smooth voice.

She seemed equally as smooth as she greeted him back. "Hi there, what can I do for you?" Murdoc gave her his signature grin letting his tongue fall out, lick his lips and then roll back into his mouth suggestively.

Their intense stare was broken moments later when Noodle jumped to see over the platform, "Noodle want berry."

Murdoc waved her down, "awlright, awlright." Then switched his attention back to the worker. "Now, where we we?"

They continued flirting before Noodle kicked his shin, lightly but enough for him to notice she was there still. "Noodle want berry," she stated again. Murdoc looked back up to the woman and she rolled her eyes at him.

"Hi sweetie, do you want a triple berry smoothie?" She asked Noodle nicely and in return the young girl nodded vigorously. Murdoc attempted to continue his convention with her but the woman ignored him. He almost glared at Noodle but held it in, he didn't want to completely scare her.

Noodle collected her drink and said in a very Japanese accent, bye, to the women and skipped to a table. Murdoc grumbled and sat down, he held up the thick book he had been carrying and began to read it. It wasn't that interesting, the tale of someone or other and his great adventure. Murdoc compared the boy's adventure with the shopping trip he was having right now and grimaced. Noodle finished her shake rather quickly and Murdoc thought it was time for a smoke.

"Noodle, love, I'm going out, be right back." Murdoc got up and began walking to the door with Noodle on his heels. He stepped outside and breathed in the fresh air that was soon to be smothered in chemicals. Noodle stood beside him and he took out a blue packet. He put a stick in between his lips about to light it before noticing she was there. "Uh, Noodle yew should go back inside," he spoke with the cigarette still in his mouth. He ushered her in the mall the doors and gave her a stay motion. She nodded and he went back outside finally getting to enjoy his smoke.

Noodle stuck her tongue at Murdoc who had gone back outside then spun around. The place was so big, she didn't know where to begin. A department store to her left caught her eye with its toy section and she wandered in, making sure to stay close to the outside so Murdoc could still see her if he came back in.

The toys seemed to stretch on longer than she thought and soon she was running back out of the store to feel the absence of Murdoc. She panicked as she thought of how angry he would be later, if she ever found him. Maybe he would just leave and tell the others she had ran away. The thoughts in her head made her sad as she walked further into the mall to try and look for him. Maybe he was mad that she interrupted him while he was talking to that lady at the juice bar. She ran back to the familiar place to not only not find Murdoc, but she didn't see the young woman anywhere either. Instead in her place was a tall man with blond hair, but Noodle didn't care. She ran through the long hallways with tears filling her eyes as she panicked more and more with every second of not seeing anyone she knew.

Then she heard it, a VERY raspy voice, yelling. And she took off in its direction, praying that it was who she thought it was.

"No yew can't just announce it ova the PA system! For the hundredth time, she doesn't know english!" He yelled getting angrier at the pitiful excuse for mall assistance.

"I don't know what else we can do, sir," the terrified clerk said.

"Send a bloody search party out, you sodding imbecile! Just find the damn kid!" Murdoc continued to yell, which came to a great advantage for Noodle finding him.

He was bent over the counter of the white mall help desk, looking about to strangle the poor man behind the counter. Noodle's running and tears increased as she jumped, screaming his name, making him spin around. He barely caught her in his arms as she squeezed the satanist.

"Noodle! You god forsaken kid! Where 'ave yew been?!" Murdoc yelled, completely exaughsted. Noodle just continued to say his name and he didn't see any other option but to just let her calm down herself.

When he reached Kong again Murdoc plopped Noodle down in a chair in front of 2D and Russel. She was sleepy and kept nodding her head, trying to stay awake.

"This girl causes a lot of trouble." He said. Surprisingly he didn't glare at either of them, or harm 2D in anyway and instead looked almost fondly at the young girl before storming away, probably back to his Winnebago.

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