![]() “Here, hold on just a second.” he said and she nodded shifting her weight from foot to foot in the hallway.Īngel came back of his room a second later holding something. They came to a stop in front of the wall that connected the two rooms and he let go of her hand. One hand attatched to his and the other protectively holding Al against her side. She nodded and climbed the stairs with him. Let’s go get you back in with Jackie before he worries.” I sure try to be.”Īngel squeezed her hand a little, “You’re doing fine, squirt. He had just closed the door to the fridge when he felt a little hand slip into his. She nodded and he got her down from the counter. “I do!” she nodded excitedly making him chuckle. I think I still got some action fingers in the closet if you want them.” “That’s not Jackie’s thing so I don’t think he ever put it in his room. “You know I think I have some old ninja turtle stuff that you can have if you want.” he offered and her face absolutely lit up. ![]() Perhaps, the situation wasn’t exactly the same but he got what it felt like to feel sad and confused. Like the turtles.”Īngel just looked at the tiny girl in front of clearly struggling to deal with her current situation. Him would say he like you 'cause you like pizza too. “Yeah, Mom’s great.” Angel agreed as he got out another slice of pizza. Her very nice to me and him would like that.” “But I’m sure he’d be happy to know that you’re here with Mom and me and the guys. "I’m sure he misses you too.” Angel said patting her wild curls. "Him always make me laugh and take care of me. “You really miss your daddy huh?” Angel asked and she nodded. And him say cowabunga when we play.” she said, eyes tearing up just a little as she remembered her father. So him used to watch toons with me sometimes. “And him like Mikey the ninja turtle because him like orange and him really like pizza. “My daddy love pizza.” she suddenly commented. The giggle she let loose was adorable and Angel noticed she seemed to have relaxed a little bit. She says it’ll spoil our appetite but I think it’s because we get crazy when we gave sugar. And she doesn’t let us eat sweets before the meal but that’s about it. “Well, maybe if you stick your hand in the pot while she’s cooking.” Angel joked. She nodded and stared at the pepperoni on her pizza. You won’t ever get in trouble for eating.” I just try to be quiet so I don’t wake her up. I try be good.”Īngel didn’t miss the slightest twinge of fear in her eyes. She nodded and nibbled on the slice he gave her, “Are we not ‘pposed to eat without her? I not wanna make her mad. “I try not to use the microwave or it’ll wake Mom up.” She crossed her legs, placing Al between them as she watched Angel get out the leftovers. Jessie let Angel help her out of the cabinet and even allowed him to lift her onto the counter. "Come on, let’s eat.” he said when she finally looked at him. The muffled little giggle he heard was enough to give him hope. What if I fell asleep on the court? Drooling all over the place. And you don’t want me missing sleep do you? I got a basketball game tomorrow. I won’t be able to go to sleep until I know you’re ok. "Eat some pizza with me and then I’ll walk you back upstairs so you can be with Jackie. She shook her head and even in the dim light provided by the open door of the fridge he could see her absolutely wild hair bouncing around in there. "I was just about to eat some left over pizza. “Well, I wouldn’t be very much of a big brother if I did that.” he said. He was eight years old, on the cusp of nine.Īs young as he was he wasn’t that young and he knew better than to just shut the cabinet door and leave her there. "I haved a bad dream.” she said, face still buried in her toy. What’s wrong? Why are you under the sink?“ I just heard you and started looking around. “I sowwy I wake you up.” she said between her crying. He took one look inside, seeing the little legs cloaked in Jack’s old Batman pajamas and the octopus hiding the face and he knew. It took him a moment to locate it but when he did he squatted down in front of the sink and opened the cabinet doors. He quieted, straining to hear when another tiny sniffle came. He left the door open, something Evelyn had told him not to do a thousand times and let the light flood the kitchen tile. He narrowed his eyes for a moment, partially think he was hearing things when he heard it again. He’d just opened the door to the refrigerator when he heard a little sniff. He sluggishly made his way down the stair, sleep still clinging to him and making him groggy. Angel Mercer was woken up in the middle of the night by the growling of his own stomach.Īnd even though he was far too comfortable to move, he was also not about to let the hunger go unchecked.
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