Empty Sockets...

Chapter 1

Your leg silently bounced on the car floor as nervousness and anxiousness wrack your body, a hand is placed on your shoulder and gives it a slight squeeze. Turning your head to the side your brother smiles, "It'll be okay, you'll do fine. I'm sure of it." He assures you while putting as much motivation he can into his words. You crack a smile back and feel a little more at ease.

As the car continues you rest your head against the back of the seat, your body hasn't gotten enough sleep in the past few days thanks to your over-obsessive behavior in trying to make everything perfect and thinking of all the things that could go wrong. A wave of drowsiness comes over you as you yawn silently, deciding a nap wouldn't be a bad idea you let yourself fall into unconsciousness.

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You're awoken abruptly by somebody shaking your side and softly speaking your name, "(Y/N)~ (Y/N)~, we're here you got to wake up!" they say. You make a sleepy moan noise as you sit your head up.

Your whole back feels stiff and you groan at the pain. Stretching your arms back you unbuckled yourself from the seat and exited the car. You took a minute to shake your head and recomb your hands through your hair so it looked decent again.

You realize it's your papa who woke you up and you thanked him as he took your hand and lead you inside. You were entering behind the pizzeria, probably to avoid the large crowds at the front.

You notice the shininess of the walls and floor as if it had been just cleaned yesterday, you smile at the thought that you're going to be the reason behind children's smiles and entertainment for years to come here.

You and your papa re-grouped with your dad and Gabe (your older brother) and everyone split up to turn on all the arcade games, lights, and everything else. It took about an hour to get everything set up, but it was worth it. You take a walk around the pizzeria in awe of all the decorations. In the midst of walking back to the game room, you swear you heard children laughing.

Your eyebrow cocked in confusion and you turned around, but nobody was there. Suddenly a strange shiver went up to your spine and gave you goosebumps. "Weird... I wonder what that was about?" You said to nobody in particular. Your brows furrowed and you turned on your heels and continued down the hall.

Your family had the arcade machines opened and were putting the ticket rolls in as you come back.

They greeted you and waved and you waved back, "You guys got everything covered here? Anything I can help with?" You asked tilting your head as you folded your hands behind your back. "Nope, we got everything from here princess, you just go have a drink and relax! You've been acting all stiff this morning, go catch a break." Your dad said as he finished up on a pinball machine and moved to the next.

You were going to say something, but your dad cut you off with a playful glare as if saying 'Go relax or I will force you to'. Sighing you reluctantly agreed and headed towards the bar area. You couldn't stay still for long it was true, you were basically a workaholic every chance you got. Taking a sip from the soda you got you tried to calm your nerves by thinking of other things.

Strangely enough, your mind wandered to your cousin and her sons Harry and Matt, you knew they lived in the town just didn't know where. You felt a little guilty that you hadn't ever tried to go see them and were always busy with work. You've seen pictures of them and have been texting your cousin back and forth so it wasn't like you pretended they didn't exist.

12 PM rolled around soon enough and you were in the bathroom adjusting your hat nervous that it would fall off of your head and embarrass you. A knock on the door snapped you out of your anxious ridden state and you opened the door, Gabe stood there with a worried look on his face, "(Y/N) are you alright? You were in there for over 10 minutes? Are you really that worried?" He asked crossing his arms over his chest.

"I'm sorry Gabe, I'm just so nervous I'll make a fool out of myself and mess everything up!" You finished messing with the top hat and walked past him through the corridor as he followed behind. The tapping of your shoes and his filled the hallway with echo's, "Hey, you won't mess anything up! You're my sister and we promised to look out for each other right? If something goes wrong I'll be there to fix it!" He walked next to you and wrapped one of his arms around the back of your neck.

You nodded and lifted your head to see a crowd of people waiting in the parking lot, taking a deep breath you clenched your hands into fists and walked forward with such determination in your step. You could see the cameramen turning the camera from the reporter that had just been talking to the doors. Pushing open the glass doors you greeted the massive group and smiled.

"Hello everyone, my name is (Y/N)! I am here to declare that the pizzeria joint that you all know and love from your childhood is back in business! There have been mistakes in that past and I am fully aware of those, but not to worry with the help of my brother's insurance company and you guys, we can guarantee safety for all of you!" As you had been talking you moved over to your dads and took the checkered handled scissors from them.

You kept talking about what had been changed and the pros of the pizzeria, questions were asked and answered as you stood behind the red ribbon that was hung from 2 golden spray-painted poles in front of the doors. The cheering got louder as you moved the scissors to cut it, "And now I do present, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria re-opened!" And you cut the ribbon, your eyes would have stars in them if it were possible. Everything had gone according to plan, you didn't stutter, trip, or anything!

Putting the scissors back into your pockets you turned around to see your dad and papa holding the doors open to the public, you walked inside and made the 'come along' motion to the crowd and suddenly everyone was inside. All the people walked around in awe at the sheer beauty of the place. The newsperson interviewed you on the past and rumors of the place, but you either brushed them off or pretended you didn't know anything.

After a while of people exploring the pizzeria you stood on the stage and began explaining when the official opening was going to be, you were going to officially open the place to the public a week from today and many groans of disappointment came with that statement. You laughed and told them that you still needed to get supplies and hire people to work there.

It took 30 minutes to get your full speech out including all the details, 1:30 came and everyone had left reluctantly. You could tell that they were excited to come back and you were too. After you'd locked the doors you sighed exhaustedly from all the talking. You, Gabe, papa, and dad all left through the back.

As a surprise, they got everyone donuts from Dunkin Donuts. You were so happy but too tired to eat them so you just hummed in appreciation. You were looking out the car's window when you noticed you weren't going in the direction of your house. "Uh, dad? Where are we going? This isn't the way home?" You asked.

"It's a surprise, don't worry. We'll be there soon, we're just going to meet someone." He replied as he gave you a thumbs up. 'Meet someone? Who could it be that we need to see at 2:00 PM?' You thought to yourself as you leaned your head back on the window. Soon enough, the quiet music of the radio and the humming of the car made you sleepy. You slowly let your eyelids close as you slipped into unconsciousness again.

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Some time passed and while half-asleep you could feel the car stop and the doors open. You wanted to get up and get out too, but you were just too tired. The doors closed and you heard footsteps walk away. After a few minutes, another door opened and you felt the pressure of the seatbelt on you disappear.

Then your body was suddenly picked up from out the car bridal style. You automatically assumed your brother or one of your dad's had picked you up. Weirdly enough, it felt like they were carrying you in a blanket, they were strangely soft but didn't dwell on the thought since you were still half asleep.

It almost felt like they were heavy too considering their steps were dull and low-pitched sounding. You could feel the up and down movement of their steps, but you couldn't open your eyes, move, or speak. Without much thought, you snuggled into their embrace and sighed contently.

The warmth of the person made you feel safe and content like you never wanted them to let go. You could hear people speaking, but couldn't make out the words. Your brain was too fuzzy at the moment and you felt the person stop and put you down on what you thought could be a bed or a couch.

You would've whined at them putting you down since they were so comfy. A blanket was draped over you and the hollow feeling of sleep once again came over you as you fell back into a dreamless sleep.