Family Is What You Make It

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          We were both sleeping peacefully with her arms wrapped around me. Violet and I couldn't really get much rest anymore, at least not since Charlotte turned five. She had been such a good baby and toddler, but now we have to get up early to watch cartoons with her. If we didn't, then she would throw a fit, jump on the bed, and eventually start flopping down on Violet. (She couldn't do that to me, seeing as I was pregnant with her little brother).

          Because of our br- lovely daughter, we tried to enjoy as much sleep as we possibly could. Regardless of having a walking alarm clock, she was a very adorable and cheerful little girl that got showered in presents by her Uncle Louis. I further snuggled into Violet's embrace, until I heard the door open.

          "Fuck my motherfucking stupid ass life," I heard Violet mumble then grow quiet to try and pretend to be asleep. I followed in suite.

          "Mommy! Mama!" my daughter yelled out, "I wanna watch cartoons!"

          Violet proceeded to turn around and smack the top of Charlotte's head saying, "Five more minutes."

          "Ugh," Charlotte whined, "What can I do to make you two wake up?"

          "Nothing," we both responded simultaneously.

          "What if... we watched Gravity Falls?" Charlotte asked.

          Within a split second Violet had leapt out of the bed and ran downstairs to start watching the show. I sat up and laughed at how much of a child my adult wife could be. Getting up, I waddled down the stairs as I already heard the two laughing. Once I made it down, I plopped onto the couch, having Charlotte be in the middle of us. 

          "The Shack is hereby signed over to SUCK A LEMON LITTLE MAN!" Gideon screamed causing Charlotte to start dying of laughter while Violet flipped of the character on the screen. Cue more of Grunkle Stan and Gideon arguing before the intro played and the two of them began singing along to it.

          "Buh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh! Ber ner ner ner ner ner ner! Bud a bum bum bum bum bum... BUUUUUM BUM BUM! BUH NUH BUM BUM! BUM BUM BUM BUM BUMMM BUMMM BUMMMMM BUMMMMMMMMMMM! BUH NUM BUH BUM BUM BUM BUM! BUH NEH BUM BUMMMMMM BUMMMM BUMMM BUM! BEH NER MER NER NER NER NER! NER NERRR NERRRR! NERRRRRR NERRRRRR NERRRR! BUH BUM BUD BUM BUM BUM BUM! BUH BUND DUHN BUM BUM BER NER bernernernernernernernerner... BEEEEEEEERN!"

          "You two are absolutely ridiculous," I said while chuckling.

          "B-I-C-T-H!" she yelled quoting the vine, "We both heard you humming along."

          I just crossed my arms and put my head down while I began blushing. It wasn't my fault that the show was hella addicting.  

*~~~~*

          A few hours had passed before we had gotten to everyone's favorite quote of all time. "Yo- YOU WALKING ONE DIMENSIONAL BLEACH BLONDE VALLEY GIRL STEREOTYPE!" Both Violet and Charlotte began dying of laughter at Mabel's savageness and ended up crying from it.

          "You guys," I chuckled while pulling them close, "You all may be a couple of dumb asses, but you two are the best dumb asses I could've ever asked for."

          "We love you too, Tangerine," Violet said as she came in to give me a kiss on the lips. 

          "EWWWWW! Mommy is kissing Mama!" Charlotte yelled out. That's when me and Violet made eye contact, nodded, and beginning showering Charlotte in kisses and tickles.

          "Aweeeee," Violet started, "Is Charlie getting jealous that not all the attention is on her?"

          Through giggles, Charlotte responded with, "No! You two were just being gross."

          We stopped and all pulled each other into a hug. It was silent for a few moments until I spoke up and said, "Guys, we all need to agree on something about this little guy."

          "And what's that?" Violet asked with a soft smile.

          "If he isn't as addicted to Gravity Falls as we are, then he's getting kicked out of the house," I said with a serious tone.

          "And if he is anything like Pacifica, then one, he's probably gay so HELL YEAH! But two, we are legally getting him removed from our family tree," Violet laughed.

          "Imma make him matching sweaters so I can be Mabel and he'll be Waddles!" Charlotte yelled out and joy, which made us all start laughing. Everything was always so peaceful with them, and I wouldn't trade them for the world.

          "Hey, little guy," I began thinking to myself, hoping the baby would hear, "You are coming into one crazy but caring guy, and you will learn through us that family is what you make it. Your big sister is going to take such good care of you... and most likely force you into sweaters." I looked towards my wife, then to my little girl and just embraced the thought of how lucky I was to have them in my life.





A/N

I got to 820 words, which is so much shorter than my usual writing, and to me this is probably one of the worst pieces I've ever written, but at the sam time I wanted it to be short, sweet, and enjoyable. My little brother has gotten me addicted to gravity falls and I'm having a lot of memories of little 7 or 8 year old Mallory watching the convenient store episode with my dad and dying of laughter. Let me just say, you are never too old to enjoy gravity falls, I hope y'all enjoy your morning, afternoon, or evening depending on where you are from and what time you are reading this. Go check out the other author's stories! Thank you!

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