Tiny Dancer [on hold]

Doing The Time Warp Again

"Son of a bitch!"

I let out a groan as I landed on my side my eyes comprehended the blue vortex and there was a small scream as I saw a small figure fall face down but then my eyes widened as I realized who that was,"Grace!"

An arm was thrown out and the small six year old was levitated a foot above the floor.Grace ran over to me throwing herself into my arms,"baby are you hurt?"

"No mommy are you, what about Benny?"

My eyes widened as I struggled to get up and looked to see my baby bump and a sigh of relief was let out and a few tears escaped my eyes in. I was able to get my grip and I looked up at where the missing portal was, but the only thing was the dark sky it was gone!

"KLAUS, FIVE, DIEGO ANYONE!"

But after a few minutes of screaming it was no use, the Umbrella Academy was separated again.

"God damnit Five," I said kicking the garbage bin, I took in a deep breath before comprehending myself. Grace and I walked out of the alley only to be confused.

"Mommy it looks like we're in 'I Love Lucy'."

My mouth went dry as I kindly walked up to a lady with her husband,"excuse me, I'm sorry to be a bother, but can you tell me what the date is?"

"You leave us alone, come on Cindy,"the man said trying to pull his wife away.

"It's October 25th, why?

"What year is it, though?"

"1962, are you alright miss?"

I opened my mouth, not knowing what to say but instead the only thing that could come out of my mouth was,"y-yeah, thank you ma'am."

I walked away from them and entered a diner,"can I have two sandwiches with two lemonades?"

Rubbing my face, it was then that I realized that people were looking at me and Grace.

"Do I have something on my face?" I asked Grace.

"Honey, are you aware that this is a colored restaurant?"

I looked up at the waitress who looked at me suspiciously and I looked around to see that she was right," yes, ma'am."

She looked at me as if she was ready to strike if I did something, I send her a weak smile before picking at my nails out of stress.

"Mommy, it'll be okay,"I nod and took her hand squeezing it lightly,"it'll be fun, it's the 60's."

A smile formed on my face as I was thankful of my daughter's innocent positivity, my thoughts were broken as the lemonades and sandwiches were placed in the table,"thank you,"Grace said with a toothy smile on her face.

I stared of in the distance barley eating my food as Grace happily ate her food.

Once we paid and left a generous tip we made our way though the dark night and as we made out way into a back alley I was roughly pushed into a wall my a hidden figure.

"What's a girl like you entering a negro diner?"

"Why is that any of your concern?" I said keeping an arm in front of Grace, staying firm.

"It's odd you know, you walk up to my wife in these clothes, then you walk into a colored folk restaurant like that ain't wrong and you tip them with a 50 dollar bill."

"How is this any of your business sir, we're all people I see no wrong for entering the diner."

They man pulls out a blade and spits out,"I'm warning you girl, you better start talking."

"I don't think that's how you should talk to a lady,"says another voice in the dark and as soon as the man turns I disarm him, kicking his blade away, breaking his wrist in process as I headbutt him knocking him out.

I see a young gentlemen walk out of the shadows slowly clapping with an impressed look on his face,"damn, I guess you were fine by yourself."

Brushing my hair out of my face,"you just sped up the process, thank you,"I trailed off not knowing his name.

"Jason Bone,"he said, stretching out his hand.

"Naomi Herschberger,"I said shaking his hand,"this is my daughter Grace Herschberger,"I say motioning my daughter.

"It's nice you meet ya'll, is there a home I may walk ya'll to, if you don't mind?"I pursed my lips as I rubbed the back of my neck.

"You do have somewhere to stay, right," Grace and I said nothing,"hey if you want you could stay at mine? My friend Dorothy lives with me if you don't mind?"

"Alright," I said with a small smile on my face as Jason linked his arm with mine as the three of us walked to his home. Once we had arrived at his house he stopped me before he opened the door,"just a fair warning Dorothy and be a bit loud."

"Don't worry about it, I grew up with six more siblings."

"Damn, you just keep peaking my interest. Very well, after you." He opened the door only to be greeted with 'Jailhouse Rock' playing loudly.

"Jason you're finally home! You missed happy hour," shouted a barefooted brunette dancing in her dress and a bottle of liquor in her hand. Jason just smiled and walked over to turn off the record table.

"Dorothy, we have guests."

Dorothy stopped in mid tracks then hastily placed the bottle on the counter table and made herself look decent.

"Hi! I'm Dorothy,"she said bringing me into a hug,"sorry about the first appearance."

I Laughed,"no don't worry about it, 'Jailhouse Rock' is a good song to rock along to."

We laughed as Dorothy turned to Jason and loudly whispered," I like her."

There was an extra room for Grace and I and after the both of us got to shower we both went to sleep. Over the months I was able to get myself a stable job and I was able to earn enough money to open a book store with a small cafe for people who want to stay and read in peace. Grace started school in Dallas and it was a rough time for her to adjust, after an incident at school I taught her some self defense skills. December I was able to buy myself a house due to the fact that my bookshop was financially successful. But because Grace and I moved out, it didn't mean that I stopped talking to Dorothy and Jason, they always came around for drinks (at least for them) and were always happy to see Grace. Life was swell, but that didn't mean that I missed my family, especially Diego, and the thought of when Five was going to show up continues to stay in the back of my head.