Fox and the Hound [Benny Weir] - ✔️ - EDITING

07 • Dollface

Chapter 7-
Dollface

"Debbie's my favourite, and now she's ruined."

Jane holds her pink dressed doll in her hand, the leg to the doll broken and bent at an odd angle.

"I'm sure I could fix her with some tape or something," Sarah says uneasily as she takes the blue-haired doll. Jane happily takes the doll back from Sarah and cuddles it.

"Then can we have a dance party?"

"Uh, sure!" Sarah says smiling, unsure how to say no to this kid.

"I mean," I chime in, "what else are we gonna do until your parents get home?"

After some time to think, I decided I'd start to go with Sarah to her babysitting job. Hanging out with Sarah and Ethan every Friday is an absolute thrill, and Benny rags along a lot so that's always a bonus.

Sarah's phone starts ringing from downstairs and Sarah excuses herself with a quick, "Be right back."

"Hey, sweetie. You don't mind if I check up on Ethan, do you?" I ask as politely as someone who doesn't want to be left alone with a child can.

She smiles wide, "Of course! I mean, he is technically meant to be getting babysat." I laugh at her comment as I make my way to Ethan's room.

A faint cry is called from inside the room, so I take that as the perfect time to knock,

"Ethan? You alright?"

The door opens and a completely different brunette is standing in the doorway. Benny stares down at me, eyes wide.

"Oh! Hey, Benny."

"Uh, hey. What're you doing here?"

Benny steps aside, letting me join the boys in Ethan's blue painted room. Ethan sits at his desk, playing around with what seems to be a taken apart computer.

"Abigail's been officially joining Sarah on babysitting duty. She gets bored at home." Ethan answer for me from his side of the room.

"What are you boys up to?"

"We were going to play Knights of Ninjitsu: IV. But my processor decided to give up on us..." Ethan grumbles in response as he unscrews a section of the computer, "but, I think if I can jump these cables... I can get it working."

"Or... we could just use a minor reparation spell. It can fix anything! It says so right here." Benny comments, tapping on the page of his spellbook.

Ethan, clearly ignoring him, continues to tinker with the processor until he throws his arms up with a cry of joy, "Booyah! We're back in business."

Benny steps forward to join Ethan but pauses, quickly turning to me and I shake my hand,

"Go on. Have fun. Sarah's be done in a second anyway."