Little Wonder (Phan)

Chapter Twenty-Nine.

It was finally Saturday, Disneyland. We'd had a fun day with Ethan yesterday, again. It wasn't really /that/ much, Winnie made a few videos with him, and me and Phil had some time to ourselves, but we didn't make the bed bounce as Phil kept suggesting jokingly, but I also knew that he wasn't joking. "Are you ready for today?" We were already on the bus, many younger people taking photos of us, and I knew what he was asking. Not about Disneyland, I'd already prepared myself for that, but for the photos that were obviously going to be taken, even the questions that might be answered. Why was Winnie always with us? We'd thankfully, or not, had remembered to take off our wedding rings, putting them someplace secure. I wasn't going to leave my wedding ring in our hotel room, nor bring them with us. We'd left them Ethan, he was trustworthy enough in my book, so Phil to think the same about him. Which was good.

"Yeah, I'm ready." I took a deep breath, stepping off of the bus with Winnie attached to my hip, she wasn't used to someplace so big, with so many people, even if we did live in central London, she was clutching onto me tightly. I knew she'd probably be running around us in tight circles in no time. Disneyland was a magical place, to adults and children. Especially to children. "Though I don't really care today, if people see us. If they question us, we could say we were playing parents for a day. With Winnie. They'll take it as a joke, a very poor one, but they know our sense of humour, and how we like to play them sometimes." I managed to get a laugh out of him and he finally agreed, holding my hand. "Thanks, /dear/." I said jokingly.

Rolling his eyes, he hold onto my hand tightly, and I realised it wasn't just for the timing of the joke, but he also didn't want to lose me, this was a very busy street, and he didn't want us to get hurt. Leading us throughout the crowd, which was pretty easy, seeing how much taller we were than everyone else, we were soon at the entrance. We gave the woman our tickets, she even gave Winnie and extra big, meaningful, smile before we went inside. We didn't understand why, but we knew that Winnie had that kind of effect on people. It was just something she would hopefully always have with her, it was a darling aspect of her being. I took a deep breath before walking in, and smiling as soon as saw what I loved about America, well, one of the main things I loved about it. "Are you ready for today, little cub?"

Her light eyes twinkled at me, and she demanded to be put down, to which I complied to quickly, and she tried to run off, but I grabbed her hand, shaking my hand when she looked back at me with a big pout. I was not about to lose my 4 year old daughter in what seemed like an endless crowd. "Fine." She agreed, but seemed to realise why I had done what I did, and kept close to me, soon becomer her more shy self around all the strangers. Not to mention the people that ran up for mostly me and Phil. I was kind of sad we hadn't invited Ethan to come along, I knew he would've loved to come, but I was also glad I didn't. Not only was this a family time adventure. But he would also be /swamped/ by his audience. And that wouldn't be fun for any of us, having to wait for each other would eventually become boring and annoying.

She wanted to go everywhere at first, and I knew this was going to be a tiring day, even more because we didn't have an American person showing where to go. We'd been here once, I think, with Smosh? Or someplace like this, but we hadn't really been paying attention, so we were basically two lost men, with their 4 year old daughter, wandering around aimlessly. Yay.

A few hours had passed and we were taking a small break, we'd already met Tinkerbell, Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Peter Pan, and Alice. All we were left to meet was Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, those were literally the only two she wanted to meet today, she told us herself. She had passed by Jasmine and Aurora and let us take a break in a small section that sold Winnie the Pooh products. I think she knew that her name had something to do with the lovable yellow bear, so she was determined on meeting him herself. "Come /on/ you guys!" She tugged on our arms before we even had a real moment to catch our breath, but we could only smile at her as she dragged us to where Winnie the Pooh was supposed to be, and there he was. Well, 'Winnie the Pooh', but he was as real as anything to Winnie, and she ran up to him as soon as he was done with the current child, and she clung to his leg, and I could tell the person inside the suit was a good person, because instead of flinging them off like I've seen others do, they picked her up in their arms, and asked for her name. "My name is Winnie!" Her light eyes sparkled, and they seemed confused.