Behind the Curtains

Chapter 20 - Pizza Dinner

Bonnie carries the now empty water bottle to the garbage can and tosses it in, then drops the towel into the laundry bin next to it to be washed later before turning around and heading over to the table. Chica is already seated. She made herself useful by laying each plate out onto the table where they will be sitting down. The aroma of the pizza almost makes her want to jump up onto the table and tear up the pie all by herself, but she keeps herself in check after what happened to keep Freddy from getting upset with her...

Freddy holds out the pizza cutter to Foxy and watches him take it before cutting the pizza into equal slices. Kitten makes her way over to the table with Foxy after they are finished talking. Her ears are still down, but she does try to, at least, pick her attitude up a bit. The feline slowly sits down with her attention on the delectable pizza ready to be eaten. "It smells really good," she starts with a slight smile.

After Foxy finishes cutting the pizza, he places the cutter down beside the pie and takes a seat himself at the table next to his first mate, "Ye t'ink the chef's pizza were good, wait till ya get a taste a this. We make th' best out'a all t'em slackers out there."

Bonnie sits down next to the two girls. "We usually make it better by adding more dough and lots of ingredients. Sometimes these cooks scam the customers..." he points out.

Chica is the first one to grab a slice before sitting down, eagerly awaiting this moment to start eating her food. "Mmm... I'm trying to learn how to make a stuffed crust!" she says after chomping off a big bite from the pizza tip.

The bear turns to her with a frustrated look. "Chica, what did I say about eating bigger bites?" he asks her in a parental fashion.

The blonde swallows the food in her mouth, then smiles cutely up at him. "That... big bites make you bigger?" she answers semi-innocently; Freddy simply sighs and shakes his head at this.

Looking at the hot pizza pie, the pirate girl smiles with a look of excitement and awe. "You guys all work together to make this?"

Freddy nods to her with a proud smile. It is nice to hear someone compliment the work he and his friends put in together, especially with how rare it is to have someone new in their family. "Yep. This is our weekend meal together since we're busy every hour of the night, every weekday."

Sitting in his chair Foxy picks up a slice of the pizza. "Sometimes, we all talk about what we all saw; the worst, the funniest, sometimes even th' scariest stuff that 'appens durin' work hours," the redhead chuckles.

"We try not to joke too much since they're only kids, but we can't help but laugh at some of the things they do," Bonnie explains as he grabs his own slice and bites off the tip, cheese stretching and breaking between his pizza slice and mouth.

Looking around at all four of them, Kitten smiles. "Like one big family."

The bear smiles back at her after hearing the comment. "Precisely. We'd do anything for each other." Looking back at Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, his mind wanders back into the past a bit... back to not-so-nice times. "Ever since the day we first met, we've stuck together," he explains as the smile on his face fades away at the thoughts and memories running through his mind. "Even when the situations were at their darkest..."

Seeing Freddy get so somber isn't the best thing she could have seen considering he's the leader that helps keep them all together and safe. Wanting to help a bit, Kitten tries to make a nice comment to turn the mood around. "But you're still together, right?"

The younger girl sighs. "Yeah... but sometimes we have it hard," she says quietly as she nibbles on one of the pieces she ripped off the pizza pie. Kitten's smile fades hearing even Chica sad over this.