Electric Love ☘︎︎ - Newtmas

Chapter Ten

Age: 4-5

Newt's POV

"Newton!"

I run over to my aunt who has an annoyed expression on her face, almost tripping over my own two feet in the process. "Yes, Auntie Marie?"

Auntie Marie isn't a very tall woman, pretty much like everyone on my mum's side of the family. She's a blonde, like me and Mum, but her hair has darkened over the years and become a lot greasier, making her hair look almost wet and shiny. Most of the time it's pulled into a tight bun on the top of her head, a few lose hairs dangling down by the side of her face. She's quite a big woman, the total opposite of Mum, and always wears baggy clothes that she doesn't wash for ages. Her eyes were a bright blue but now they've faded into more of a dull greyish colour, whereas me and Mum have brown eyes. She mainly wears a frown on her face - I don't think I've actually ever seen her smile, apart from in a few photos that I've seen perched on shelves.

"What is all this mess?" She demands, pointing at the abandoned Noah's Ark and the animals scattered on the floor. "I thought I taught you to clean up after yourself?"

"The animals are taking a nap while I go and get their dinosaur cousin's." I tell her honestly, looking up at her with wide eyes.

"I don't care." She hisses. "Do you want me to trip and fall over this mess?" When I don't answer her, she speaks louder. "I said, do you want me to trip and fall over this mess?"

"No, Auntie Marie."

"That's what I thought. Now clean this up and play with it nicely." She says before walking off.

I pick up one of the giraffes and make it walk around. "You want your cousin's to come over, don't you Mr Giwaffe?" I can't always pronounce my 'R's properly. Sometimes it annoys Auntie Marie.

I drop the giraffe on the floor and run off to get my toy dinosaurs which are lined up on the kitchen table. I scoop them up in my arms and run back into the living room and drop them on the floor. I grab a t-rex and make it stomp over to the giraffe.

"Rawr!" The 'dinosaur' says.

"Ahhhh!" The 'giraffe' screams, running off.

"No, Mr Giwaffe! He is your cousin and he is not scary." I tell the plastic toy.

"RAWWWRRRR!!"

"Newton! Stop this screaming at once!" My aunt says, running back into the living room. "And I told you to clean this up! You've made it even more messy!"

"Sowwy Auntie Marie." I pout.

"You're going to clean this up and put a movie on, alright? I'm not going to have any more screaming while I make us dinner." She tells me, hands on her hips. She then goes back into the kitchen, leaving me to clean up the mess.

I stuff all of the Noah's Ark animals back into the ark and place it out of the way before lining the dinosaurs up on the window sill so that they can have a look outside. I then go over to the DVD's and pick out The Little Mermaid and put the disc in the DVD player. I jump up onto the sofa and have to stop myself from squealing with excitement because Oh my gosh, it's one of my favourite Disney movies!

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"Look at this stuff! Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?" I sing along with Ariel, dancing around the living room.

My aunt is in the living room within five seconds, a scowl on her face and her arms crossed. "Newton Issacs! What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?"