Some place happy?

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Leo's POV - 4 days until the party

      I feel like I'm going to be sick, when we ran into Michael yesterday, I thought the worst thing that would happen would be him, I never thought...... Ok I need to focus, is going to mom and dad even an option? What I'm I supposed to say?! 'Hey killer animatronics are in our house, and Evan is from a video game' I don't even need to say it to them to know what their reaction would be! It's out of the question to go to Mia, it's already a disaster that a kid Evan's age has to be a part of this, the last thing I want to do is to bring another into this. Maybe I can go to Emily, she's not quick to disregard something right off the bat. But something like this isn't believable. The best chance at convincing them would be to get them to be in the room at midnight, that way they will be able to see what's happening. But if something goes wrong, I would never forgive myself.

      Going back to my room I sit down on my bed, as I take a deep breath. After five minutes of thinking, I get up and make my way to Emily's room. After a moment of hesitation, I knock on the door. I hear a yawn come in response and within seconds the door opens. Emily stands in the doorway, her body slumped, and a look of annoyance plastered on her face. Her eyes stare at me before widening as she notices how panicked and lost I am.

       "Leo, what are you doing up? What's wrong?!" I open my mouth trying to think of what to say. Emily meanwhile is looking at me in complete confusion and looks out into the hallway scanning for anything that could indicate what's upsetting me.

      Calming down, my voice quivers as I begin talking. "Emily, you're not going to believe this.....there's killer animatronics after Evan."

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Evan's POV:

      Waking up I see that Michael is still asleep, with a huge smile plastered on his face. He really cares about me.... I was so young at the time Michael changed, the memories of before that are fuzzy. I never thought things would go back to the way they were before mommy left. It feels so strange, but most of all I feel happy. Turning my head I notice everyone else is at the kitchen table, looking at the clock on the wall I see that it's 7:30. As I move around Michael stirs awake and smiles as he starts to get up. Liam is the first to notice that we are awake as his gentle voice carries across the room.

      "Hey there sleepy heads. Breakfast is ready whenever you want it. The two of you were just too peaceful to wake up." The warmth in his smile is infectious, getting up the two of us sit down at the table with everyone else. While everyone else is talking and enjoying their breakfast, I notice that Emily and Leo are acting off. Emily is looking at Leo strangely with a mixture of skepticism and worry, Leo himself seems to be deep in thought barely even touching his food. I barely have an appetite too with what happened last night. But Emily I don't know what's bothering her. Did Leo tell her? And if he did, does she believe it? Emily notices me staring at her and she looks at me with concern, sheepishly I look down at my plate. She definitely knows the look she gave me is the same one that she had when she saw me awake on the lookout for the Nightmares.

      Suddenly everyone turns their attention to Olivia as she starts speaking "Where having your birthday party at the park, we have already called Zoey and Cole's parents, and they will drop them off at the party." Oliva's mood drops as she notices how tense I am. I'm barely able to bring my fork up to my mouth as I think about what happened last night. They're back and I'm going to have to worry about them tonight again. I should have known that my happiness wouldn't last.

      Olivia exchanges glances with Liam as they both look at me in concern. Their gaze goes to Michael and for a second, I could swear I see anger in their eyes. They think I'm stressed because of Michael; they won't throw him out right? I still love him, while I still feel fear around him, I can tell he really has changed. They're going to talk to me about it eventually, but would they believe me? I remember how it went the first time I tried to tell daddy and Michael; will this be any different?