Fic: Despicable Me - First Date Jitters
The boy is tall-almost Gru's height, even. He has platinum blond hair, friendly grey eyes, and a warm smile. In his hands is a bouquet of beautiful roses.
Gru kind of hates him.
He really hates him when Margo comes bounding down the stairs in her cherry red Mary Janes (seriously, though, what kind of name is that for a shoe?) and, upon seeing the flowers, gives the boy a kiss he certainly doesn’t deserve from such a sweet girl.
"Margo..."
"Yes, Dad, we'll be back by ten, I promise." She leans up to kiss Gru's cheek, her smile far too innocent for his taste.
"And?"
"And I'll call if anything comes up."
"And?"
She rolls her eyes, sighing, "I've got the freeze gun fully charged in my purse-which is taking up way too much space by the way.” She spares a brief moment to shoot him a glare that says she’s unimpressed. “And if, for some reason, I can't get to the freeze gun, I have my taser in my pocket." She produces the weapon from the aforementioned pocket of her much too tight pair of jeans.
"Good girl."
Margo rolls her eyes again. "Seriously, Dad, it's just a date."
Just a date, she says. But Gru knows better.
He’s been on dates before. Granted, it was only twice (and both times it was due to Nefario taking pity on him and all but forcing his niece on Gru) but that’s not the point. The point is, the date will eventually morph into two dates. Then three dates. And the next thing Margo knows, she’ll be walking down the aisle with Edith and Agnes as her bridesmaids, one of the minions as the ring bearer and-good grief, it was too horrible to think about.
Edith bursts out laughing when he shuts the door.
"Oh, be quiet," he scolds her, but it's been a long, long time since his 'your Daddy is angry so you better do as he says before he puts you on cleaning duty in the lab' tone had any actual effect on his girls.
She shakes her head, brushing away an imaginary tear from her eye. "You kidding me? This is way better than the time Agnes was obsessed with Justin Bieber and you were convinced he was going to come in the night to steal her away."
"Well, he was," he mutters darkly but Edith only smirks at him and continues to do so for the rest of the night.
Gru kind of hates him.
He really hates him when Margo comes bounding down the stairs in her cherry red Mary Janes (seriously, though, what kind of name is that for a shoe?) and, upon seeing the flowers, gives the boy a kiss he certainly doesn’t deserve from such a sweet girl.
"Margo..."
"Yes, Dad, we'll be back by ten, I promise." She leans up to kiss Gru's cheek, her smile far too innocent for his taste.
"And?"
"And I'll call if anything comes up."
"And?"
She rolls her eyes, sighing, "I've got the freeze gun fully charged in my purse-which is taking up way too much space by the way.” She spares a brief moment to shoot him a glare that says she’s unimpressed. “And if, for some reason, I can't get to the freeze gun, I have my taser in my pocket." She produces the weapon from the aforementioned pocket of her much too tight pair of jeans.
"Good girl."
Margo rolls her eyes again. "Seriously, Dad, it's just a date."
Just a date, she says. But Gru knows better.
He’s been on dates before. Granted, it was only twice (and both times it was due to Nefario taking pity on him and all but forcing his niece on Gru) but that’s not the point. The point is, the date will eventually morph into two dates. Then three dates. And the next thing Margo knows, she’ll be walking down the aisle with Edith and Agnes as her bridesmaids, one of the minions as the ring bearer and-good grief, it was too horrible to think about.
Edith bursts out laughing when he shuts the door.
"Oh, be quiet," he scolds her, but it's been a long, long time since his 'your Daddy is angry so you better do as he says before he puts you on cleaning duty in the lab' tone had any actual effect on his girls.
She shakes her head, brushing away an imaginary tear from her eye. "You kidding me? This is way better than the time Agnes was obsessed with Justin Bieber and you were convinced he was going to come in the night to steal her away."
"Well, he was," he mutters darkly but Edith only smirks at him and continues to do so for the rest of the night.