An Afton Story

Chapter Twelve

Michael's POV

It was a few hours after mine and dad's fight about him sending Evan off to London and i had started drawing, since i didnt really have anything to do while "locked" in my room. I heard the phone ring but didn't move, I didn't bother moving. I heard dad answer and I didn't pay attention after that, I knew it would probably make me upset like the phone call earlier. I heard Liz's door open, she was probably curious of who dad was talking to, doesn't really surprise me, she's always been curious about everything. 

I looked at Fredbear who was sitting next to my pillows still and didn't seem to be paying attention to dad either. I looked back to my notebook full of nightmarish creatures that I had drawn. I looked back over to Fredbear and sighed a bit.

"What should we do Fredbear? I'm getting kind of tired, plus, we've missed lunch..." I looked away from Fredbear at the last bit of my sentence before looking back to Fredbear, waiting for at least something.

I went to say something else to Fredbear before I heard a knock on my door, I closed my mouth quickly and stared at my door, not willing to talk in case it was dad, because I didn't want him to start an argument with me again, so I stayed quiet.

I heard another knock on the door before I heard dad speak, "Michael? Are you still in there?" I didn't think dad would've thought that I had left, but I guess it's far for him to think that, I still didn't answer and looked at Fredbear, though I knew he wouldn't answer dad either.

I looked over to the door as it opened and saw it open all the way. "Really, Michael? You blocked the doorway?" I stared at the doorway and could see dad's head just over the top of the dresser I blocked the door with, luckily I was sitting on the side of my bed on the floor where dad couldn't see me.

"Leave me alone! I don't want to talk to you!" I got lower to the floor and tried to stay out of sight from dad, since I knew he would probably try to argue with me.

"Michael we don't have time for you to be upset, get ready, we're leaving soon" I heard dad walk away after speaking, I knew I didn't have a choice in whether I was going or not so I got up and got ready to go wherever dad was having us go.

After I got ready I grabbed Fredbear because I wasn't going to go anywhere without him with dad. I moved my dresser away from my doorway and walked to the living room. Dad looked at me, seeming a bit disappointed, no doubt it was because I had Fredbear with me. Me, dad and Liz all went out to the car, I sat in the back with Liz, because I didn't want to deal with sitting up front with dad today. After a quiet drive we got to the hospital, and I couldn't help but think something really bad happened to Evan, so I slightly freaked out and was the first one out of the car and in the building, but dad just had to stop me from getting to Evan's room before him.

Dad kept a tight grip on my arm as we walked to Evans room, I tried to get him to let go, but he wouldn't, I looked at Liz who wasn't paying attention to me and just held dad's other hand while we walked, I looked at fredbear who was in my non taken arm and he seemed to be glaring at dad, and I don't blame him, I was angry at him too.

"Alright, listen, we're all going in together to see him, understand?" I looked at dad as he finally let go of my arm, but he was standing in front of the door, so I couldn't get past him to get in there and check on Evan.

"Fine, but let me go in first. I have to see him dad" dad wasn't too happy about me wanting to go in first, he was clearly planning on being the first one in there.

"No Michael, I'm going in first, you and Elizabeth will follow behind me, understand?" I didn't want to listen to him, I didn't want to do what he said, because it was stupid, I had to see Evan, because I wasn't able to see him all day, since I had a fight with dad, and "locked" myself in my room.

"Dad, please let me go in first" I knew it was pointless to argue with him, but I wasn't going to give up that easily.

"Michael, I said no. That's enough of that, I don't want to argue in the middle of the hospital, but I will if you keep this up" I knew dad wasn't bluffing about starting an argument if he saw it fit, so I shut up, and didn't bother arguing with him anymore.

I hugged Fredbear quietly and dad opened the door, then walked in as Liz followed him, and I followed her, because I had to make sure Evan was okay. As we walked in I saw Evan sitting up and he smiled as he saw us walk into the room.

"You're here! I'm so happy you're here! I thought you weren't going to be here for a while!" He was clearly happy and excited, and I was glad that he was okay, but couldn't help but feel the guilt building inside me, like it had been for days since the accident.

Evan looked at dad and I took the opportunity and walked out while he was distracted, I sat outside the room next to the door and felt tears start to fill my eyes, I blinked a few times to try to get rid of them, but that didn't work.

I looked at Fredbear and he seemed a bit worried, I leaned my head back against the wall and stared in front of me at the other wall and heard Liz and Evan talking.

"Where did Mikey go Liz?" I heard Evan ask.

"I think he needed a minuet outside the room. It's been rough on him, and me too. But I'm really glad that you're awake now" I heard Liz respond to Evan.

Dad walked out of the room and looked at me, and I looked up at him.

"What do you want?" I was sad, but I was also very upset with dad, and I was going to show it, no matter what.

"Stop being a baby Michael. Go see you're brother, like you wanted to so badly" dad started walking away after he was done speaking, and once he was gone I looked at Fredbear, who seemed pissed about dad saying that then just walking away.

I got up and walked into the room, Liz and Evan were talking when I walked in. I sat next to the bed and talked with the two of them for a while, until dad came in, and I lost my smile. Dad walked over and sat in one of the chairs that were next to the bed.

"So, some good news, Evan is doing wonderful, and he'll be able to come home, but he can't come home for a few days, just so they can keep an eye on him when he's awake" dad seemed happy about the news, and I was very happy, even smiling, and Liz was smiling too.

"Yay! I'm going to be able to go home! It's only a few extra days, it shouldn't be that long" I smiled as Evan spoke, clearly very happy about the news of being able to go home.

We all talked for a while before dad said it was time to go. Evan seemed sad that we were going, but since it was night time, it meant that we were closer to going back to our daily routine again.

Once we got home Liz went inside, and when I went to get out of the car dad stopped me by grabbing my arm. I looked at dad with a slight annoyance.

"Next time you start picking a fight, I'm going to fight, and you'll have to pay the consequences" I glared at dad a bit as he spoke.

"I'm not usually the one picking fights between us! It's always you! You do things on purpose to make me feel like shit so you have an excuse to yell at me over nothing!" I pulled my arm away from dad as I yelled at him then quickly went inside and to my room.

Once I got into my room I tried to push the dresser back to where it was before we left, but I just couldn't, and I slightly panicked as I kept trying. After a while I looked at Fredbear who seemed to notice my growing panic, knowing how dad was after even just the slightest fight between us.

I didn't take any chances and hid under my bed, trying to make it seem like I wasn't in my room, though I knew that would lead to some issues, but I didn't care. Dad could freak out all he wanted, I wasn't going to leave my hiding place until I knew it was safe for me to, at least from dad, I couldn't say the same for the nightmare creatures, who seemed more real than just nightmares.