A Chance At Redemption -- Varian x Fem! reader Book 2

Chapter 17 - you have got to be kidding me Eugene

You go up to them and smirk, “I would ask if you had two been staying out of trouble but that clearly isn’t the case. Did ya miss me too?”

Red runs and jumps onto your back and smiles sweetly.

“Of course we did, second time meeting your hero is still a pretty big thing!” Angry replies.

“You are so sweet!” Rapunzel says happily. “Oh, and so soooo in trouble.” 

Varian smiles tenderly at you, noticing how good you are with the kids.

Angry hops off your back and goes next to angry as Eugene kneels down to them both, “Now I thought the two of you saw the error of your ways.”

“Yeah, and if you were going to steal, why steal this monkey?” You add.

“And while i'm thinking about it, how could you leave my comb behind! It's the first thing I ever stole.”

Angry takes the comb, “And it's a shameful reminder of your criminal past, We know. We haven't stole anything since we left corona.”

Eugene raises a brow.

“Honest!”

Red puts her hand to her heart.

“But we had no choice, this monkey holds a very important secret. Red and me were walking through the forest.”

“The grammatical term is Red and I” Varian interrupts.

“He really is a nerd isn’t he?”

“Hey!”

"You'll get used of it after so long," Eugene adds.

"Unless you speak with the proper tongue then your good. By the way Eugene, it's 'Used to it' not of." Varian smiles proudly.

“Anyway, this weird lady comes out of nowhere and says, ‘Have you heard of this psychic? He can tell you your future and your past for one silver piece. It's a one-time special offer.”

“Woah, Woah, Woah, hang on, One silver piece!? She charged us ten for two! She's a crook! And I'm Oddly impressed.”

“And then this weird monkey comes out and does this predicting dance, then he has this weird look on his face and grabs my necklace. The weird lady said, ‘the necklace you have has been in your family for a long time’ and I think ‘how does he know this is the only thing I have left of my family? Then she reads our fortune, ‘Follow the leaf to find your tree’. Tree? like a family tree?! Are you saying I have a family somewhere!? I didn't even know my family existed! Then she said, ‘if it's your family you seek, Vigor can show you, but you’ve gotta give the monkey more money. And when she finds out we're broke she says ‘no money no monkey! Sooo, we decided to borrow the monkey.”

“Alright, I understand why you did what you did, no matter what you call it, borrowing without permission is stealing!”

Varian nudges you and smirks. “Told ya.”

You roll your eyes playfully, “We can talk about that later when there aren't impressionable kids around. Besides, you ‘borrowed’ my last chocolate brownie so I ‘borrowed’ the journal, your goggles, winter coat and sundrop flower! Seems pretty fair to me.”

“Yeah, well- You didn't steal my goggles.” Varian pats the top of his head and looks around.

You stood there smirking, swinging the goggles on your finger. “Have noo-oww” You say in a sing-song tone.

Varian crosses his arms pouts, “Okay, maybe you did steal my goggles. I'ma get you back!”

“You two are NOT helping!” Eugene shouts.

“Jeez, sorry DaD!” You say, causing the girls to snicker.

Eugene rolls his eyes at you but inside he was smirking, “Look, kids, you need to return the monkey.”

“No, no,no,no,no,no,no! I can’t bring him back now!”

Rapunzel puts her hand on Eugene's shoulder as you and Varian play a game of catch the goggle thief. 

“Eugene, I know you want them to do the right thing, I do too, but Angry and Red have been on their own for a long time. And if there's a slightest chance Vigor can lead them to a home, shouldn't we take it?”

Varian manages to grab hold of your wrist as he pulls you to him, causing you both to gaze into each other's eyes.

Varian looks down at you and smirks, “Hello there, Milady.”

“Alright, you got me. We haven't done that since the-” You clear your throat. “That occasion.” You place his goggles back on his head. “You know, I wish we could go back to those times when we were younger.”

“You miss us being idiots kids?” Varian tilts his head.

“Well, yeah. It would  make me see things in Eugene and Lance’s perspective a little easier.”

“I heard that!”

Your eyes widen, “Oop- I mean, that's fine!” you shout back.

Eugene walks over to you, “C’mon we’re following the monkey. And another sarcastic remark from you missy and you're grounded! I already get enough from Sophie and Cass. I swear they're the same person.”

“Pffft, yeah right, you wouldn't do that. Hey Raps? Wanna control your boyfriend? He's turned full father mode again.”

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“Seriously. You cuffed me to you?! Raps please control your boyfriend. Where did you even find Shackles here?”

“I would just let him play the role until he’s tired of it and pick the lock when he’s distracted,” Rapunzel whispers to you. “Now, we’ve gotta figure out how to make Vigor… do his thing.”

“That shouldn't be too hard to figure out.” You flip a coin and show it to Vigor, “Hey, little fella. Where could we find Angry’s family?”

Vigor sees the coin and runs over to a tree stump to set out some cards, you flip the coin over to him since Eugene is being a basta- I mean a meanie!

Vigor takes a card that has a wheel on.

“Can you uncuff me now Eugene?” You ask.

“Nope!”

Varian snickers at you.

“Shut. Up.” you reply to him.

“Oh cmon (__), you can’t tell me you don’t find this a little funny. And if Sophie was here it would be a lot worse.”

“True, but I have a feeling him refusing to uncuff me is gonna get dangerous…”

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A/n

SHE'S BACK FROM THE DEAADDDD!

Yup that's right, I'm a dead girl walking 😏

Nah, I've just been sleep deprived for atleast a month so I've been taking a break, right now I'm trying to atleast get two updates a week for yall!

Because we all need our bean in our life. And Sophie's sarcasm is a must, for me atleast. 😌

So for now... CYA LATERRR!