Home Alone Fan Fiction Remake

chapter 10

Kevin and Chelsea walked into the church as there was a choir singing, seeming to have set the mood for them and Kevin instantly felt more safe. Not to say he didn't with Chelsea, but something about the song and the atmosphere made him feel a little more calm and confident. Chelsea took Kevin to sit down. She saw Marley and offered a tiny smile. Kevin noticed him too, but looked slightly frightened.

"May I sit down?" Marley actually spoke up and asked them.

Kevin, deciding not to be rude, allowed him to.

Marley had a small smile and sat down with the two of them, then studied Chelsea. "You seem familiar..."

"Merry Christmas, Uncle Mar." Chelsea says quietly, calling him by the nickname she did when she was younger. She knew he would never hurt them.

Kevin glanced between the two. "You guys know each other?" he asked softly.

"Oh, yes," Marley smiled fondly. "Chelsea used to visit all the time," he looked back to the choir. "That's my granddaughter, the little red-haired girl..."

Kevin looked to her and she seemed to look back at them for a moment, but never broke out of her song.

"She's about your age," Marley told Kevin. "Do you know her?"

"No..." Kevin replied softly.

"Kevin's too smart to be looking at girls yet." Chelsea smiled softly, obviously not insulting his granddaughter just trying to keep the mood lighter.

Marley actually had a chuckle to that, he was trying to make Kevin feel comfortable, he then had an idea of why the little boy was probably barely talking with him. "You can say hello when you see me. You don't have to be afraid. There's a lot of things going around about me, but none of it's true. Okay?"

Kevin looked to him, but gave a small nod.

"You've been good this year?" Marley then asked.

"I think so..." Kevin avoided his gaze.

"You swear to it?"

Kevin looked guilty then. "No..."

Chelsea looked up at the cross and wrapped her arms softly around herself, over her stomach. Marley couldn't believe they would cause trouble.

"We've been kind of pains lately..." Kevin admitted since a church was a good place to be if you felt bad about yourself. "We said things we shouldn't have... But... Mostly me... I really haven't been too good this year to anyone besides Chelsea..."

"Hmm..." Marley seemed to understand where they were coming from.

Chelsea put an arm around Kevin. "We love our family... Even if we say we don't like them sometimes..." she says softly. She wondered if what happened at the thieves' place was her fault.

Marley gave a small nod. "How you feel about family is a complicated thing. Especially with an older brother. Deep down, you'll always love him. But you can forget that you love him. You can hurt them, they can hurt you. That's not just because you're young."

Kevin couldn't feel the same way about Buzz, maybe when he got older, but right now, he couldn't say he even liked him.

"You want to know the real reason why I'm here?" Marley asked them, then looked to his granddaughter again. "I couldn't come hear her tonight... I'm not welcome."

"At church?" Kevin asked, a little surprised.

"You're always welcome at church," Marley had a small chuckle, but looked a little painful on the inside. "I'm not welcome with my son..."