babysitter // sp

seven.

She pulled into the driveway, rushing out of the car to go inside to see her brother, leaving Sweet Pea outside and the front door wide open. Johnny stood up from the living room couch when he heard the door slam against the wall behind it and she jumped into his arms.

    "I was so worried the Ghoulies got you when Sweet Pea called me all worked up. I'm so glad you're okay, Baby." He said rubbing her back trying to comfort her.

    "I don't know what i did, Johnny." She whimpered into his chest.

    "Nothing. You did absolutely nothing, you hear me? We're gonna take care of this. The black hood won't touch you." His voice was gently but assertive. Making sure she knew she was safe and that he wasn't going to have her blaming herself. "Why don't you go upstairs and try to get  some work done, yeah? Fangs is waiting for you upstairs. Sweet Pea's coming with me." He said pushing her away from his chest and cupping her face in his hands, "Everything's going to be okay, Baby." He said. She nodded and headed upstairs to Fangs.

    "You know, i expected everything to be pink. But it's actually a pretty chill room you got here, Taylor." Fangs said as soon as she walked in.

She chuckled, "i'm glad you approve, Fogarty. Do you have any idea what Johnny needed to talk to Sweet Pea about?" She asked.

He shook his head, "I assume some safety precautions because of what happened with the black hood." He suggested. The two just hung out and talked while she worked on the blue and gold.

    "Where's Toni?" She asked wondering why she wasn't here.

    "Something happened with Cheryl. I guess her mother and uncle sent her to the Sisters of Quiet Mercy, which turns out, does conversion therapy. Her and Veronica went to get her out." He explained.

She was shocked, "Why didn't anyone call me? I would've helped!"

    "Toni didn't want to put you in any more danger than you might already be in and Johnny would've killed her and Sweet Pea for letting you break into an institute. They're home anyways. Toni took Cheryl back to her place for the night." She nodded, trying to wrap her head around everything.

    She and Fangs talked about everything under the moon for the rest of the night. She were close with Toni and Sweet Pea, but never had the chance to really get to know Fangs so it was nice. She started working on some posters Kev asked you to design for the upcoming musical he was directing and Fangs told you how he was going to be helping Kevin throughout the whole process.

    "So you being Kev's assistant has nothing to do with you having a crush on him?" She asked Fangs who immediately started blushing, "i do not like Keller. Besides, Joaquin and him had a thing. What kind of friend would i be if i got with my friends ex?"

She laughed, "I think Joaquin would be more than okay with you and Kevin if you genuinely have feelings for him, but keep using that as an excuse." Fangs shook his head but laughed at her teasing.

"Okay, i've played around with these posters for too long. Which ones do you like better? I at least need to have some ideas to show Kev tomorrow or he'll have my head." She handed her laptop to Fangs.

"These are amazing, Elle. Have you thought about graphic design school after you graduate?" He asked scrolling through the posters.

"I have actually. That's why i do all of the layouts for the Blue and Gold, to build my portfolio a bit. I do a lot of the school's event posters too, which is why Kev asked me to do them for the Carey musical." She said. Sweet Pea knocked on the door frame before walking in.

"Hey, everything okay?" She stood up and walked over to him.

"Everything's fine. You're good to head out, Fangs." Fangs gave Sweet Pea a nod before hugging her goodbye and closed the door behind him as he left.