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unkindnessofone · 7 years ago

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5SOS. Monkey Do

Just a random fluff story that came into my head today. I wrote it entirely on my phone while going to and from work. Excuse any typos.

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An extra addition of Daphne Hood didn't seem like any extra weight to carry. The tiny little toddler was a welcomed and easy to bring along on his afternoon trip to The San Diego zoo with his kids. They always took a few days off when in California and Ashton had promised to take his kids to the zoo. It didn't matter where they went in the world, Molly and Connor loved to be around animals. It wasn't as if Daphne was ever poorly behaved. She always just seemed happy to be out, quietly devouring the wide world that surrounded her with her giant panda eyes. Ashton didn't think twice in offering to take her along with them. He knew Calum was nursing pinched nerves in his neck that made even the simplest tasks challenging.

As far as going to the zoo went, it was largely uneventful. Molly collected facts and dreamed of setting all the animals free while Connor did his best impression of different animal noises along with his Dad. The three Irwins loves going to the zoo. It was time for Ashton to really engage himself with his children and learn what was going on in their minds. He always learned so much from them when they went even though his plan was always to teach them.

For the most part, Daphne slept in her stroller and dreamed of waffle cone ice cream treats and baths with extra big bubbles. Somewhere in the aquarium, the blue lights soothes her and she passes out. It wasn't until they were headed towards the exit that she perked up and paid attention. If she hadn't opened her eyes then, the paparazzi cameras outside in the parking lot would have shaken her out of dreamland. There was only three guys, one of which Ashton recognized from outside the airport that morning. A fellow zoo goer had posted a picture of Ashton pushing Daphne's stroller past the monkey exhibit and that was enough to catch the weekend warriors attention, grabbing their cameras and iPhones to try and make a quick buck by being invasive.

"How was the zoo, guys?" The shortest of the trip asked, walking backward as he filmed the family with his phone.

Ashton always tried to be polite. It would only make things worse if he snarled at them or gave them a million dollar shot of him enraged.

"Talk to me, not to them." Through monotone, Ashton instructed the guys as he kept walking straight to his rental SUV as if they weren't even there. He just kept pushing Daphne's stroller, holding Connors hand with his right, and watching Molly as she kept her head down just one step ahead of them. It wasn't that Ashton wanted to engage with anyone snapping photos and harassing him, he just didn't want them engaging with his kids even less.

"What's your favourite animal?" Another piped up as they took a picture, hoping one of the kids would respond. A video went for so much more if a child did or said just about anything.

As Ashton reached the car, he blocked all three of the kids to the best of his ability, "Alright, thanks, guys." Though insincere in his courtesy, Ashton still impersonated someone kind when dealing with anyone in front of his kids.

Molly had already opened up the back door of the black SUV as soon as they were there, pulling her body inside in a hurry to buckle up. She reached for her brother in order to help him and her dad. The zoo was her absolute favourite place and she tried her best to ignore the noise and strangers outside the car. She didn't want anything to damper the good day she had. It had been weeks since she saw her dad for more than a couple minutes at a time. She tried to take his advice and find the silver lining in every moment even the bad ones.

Ashton rolled Daphne to the trunk of the car as soon as the side door was closed and his kids were safely strapped inside. He opened up the trunk and bent down at his knees to help the youngest out. It was then he saw her peering over his shoulder where the paparazzi had followed him. Her large eyes were twinkling from direct contact with the sun and her smile giggled over at them. Ashton was distracted by her happy face for just a moment until he realized she was shooting the three men double middle fingers and innocently giggling about it.

"Daph! No!" Instantly hissing, Ashton sprung into action and scolded the toddler. He wrapped his hands over her petite fists and pushed them down onto her lap, holding them there. "That's rude." He informed her behind locked teeth. He didn't know if she had no idea what she was doing or if her parents had taught her the gesture, but either way Ashton handled the situation the way he would if it was Molly or Connor flipping people off. He lifted her up out of the violet stroller and tucked her onto one side so he could fold up her ride. "Stop that!" He pushed her one hand away and rested it on his shoulder as he laid the stroller down. He could see out of the corner of his eye that she was doing it again, this time with a single hand. "Daphne Hood, you little hooligan." He teased her with an amused smile while carrying her around to the other side of the car. "I didn't know you had it in you." She was giggling softly like Snow White would when she first woke up as Uncle Ashton sat her down in her car seat and started to buckle her up next to Molly who was rereading the map from the zoo, recalling the different spots they went.

Ashton was behind the wheel of the car, checking in the mirror that he wasn't in line to run over any of the boneheads that had met them in the parking lot. Before turning, he glanced behind him to make sure all three kids were safe again. Whenever he had someone else's child with him, he was more cautious than he would be if the was just his own two.

"Daphne, that's bad!" He shouted in disbelief. "Stop doing that."

Molly and Connor instantly looked over at their "cousin", noticing her giving two middle fingers to the car window, her head turned to see one of the guys still filming as best he could out the tinted windows.

He dropped his two children off at the house they were renting while in California. Molly practically running at light speed inside to tell her Mum about everything she learned. Ashton knew Calum would have happily picked Daphne up after, but he wanted to talk to their road manager at the hotel anyway.

"Daphne, I got to tell your parents." While she sat back in her stroller in front of him, Ashton informed the little punk while the road up the elevator to the penthouse where Calum was staying along with Michael's family.

As soon as the elevators doors smoothly slid open, Ashton and Daphne were greeted harshly by the sounds of Bob Seger. He could just imagine Michael singing somewhere in his boxers with Iden on his shoulders and Emmeline on a counter top pretending to play air guitar. Instinctively, he knocked as hard as he could while Daphne covered her ears with both hands. She was used to wearing giant purple headphones when she went to her dad's concerts.

Inside the hotel room, a commotion began over turning down the music and, what seemed to take too long in Ashton's mind, the rock music seemed to grow into a gentle hum as oppose to a loud roar.

"Hey Ash." Grace swung the door open and revealed their party palace. Just as expected Iden was on his dad's bare shoulders clapping his hands above his own head while Skye and Emmeline were playing Barbies on the floor, a game Grace had just vacated for the door. "Hello Jungle girl." Grace waved down at Daphne who peeled one hand away from face to wave back, but kept her other hand protecting her ear. "Welcome back." She said as Daphne sat up out of her stroller that she been sitting like a quiet ruling queen in all afternoon and rushed inside to her mom.

"How was the zoo?" Grace asked once Ashton stepped in, grabbing Emmeline as she ran over to embrace his waist with a Merida doll in hand.

"It was alright." At this point, Ashton was very particular about his zoos. He had seen so many around the world. It was a tradition to take Molly on her birthday and at any other opportunity. "Cal around?" He asked, poking his head around.

"On the balcony." Skye yelled from the ground where she was half listening to Emme explain what the dolls were doing to Daphne who had no idea what any of her friends words actually meant. Calum's girlfriend raised her arm and mimed smoking a cigarette just to fill Ashton in.

"Can I talk to you guys?" He decided to just come right out and ask Skye even though it made both her and Grace look at him with grace expressions.

"Yeah, sure. I'll go get Cal." Skye slowly stood onto her feet only picking up Daphne when she lifted up both her arms as a signal. She had missed her mummy after being away at the zoo and in dreams earlier.

"I'll come." Ash followed quickly, saluting Mike and Iden as he did.

"Daphne." Calum turned as he heard the glass door part. He softened from the stress of the pain throbbing in his neck and smiled as soon as he spotted Daphne in her mom's arms. "What animals did you see at the zoo?" Hoping to improve his daughter's vocabulary, he asked.

Daphne pulled at her ears and puffed out her cheeks, her silent homage to her dad's impression of a monkey that was always hilarious to her.

Putting out the cigarette in a wine glass stained with someone's merlot from earlier, Cal laughed and then made the face back at er before making what he considered to be a very accurate monkey sound.

"Thanks for taking her with you three today." Genuinely Skye told him before resting half her butt onto a stool. "I hope she was okay..." Skye had never had to check before. Daphne was always a low maintenance joy to most people who babysat her. In fact, Skye and Calum would have liked if their daughter was nosier sometimes.

"She was great. Usual sleepy and sweet thing." Curling up three of his fingers, Ashton waved at Daphne. "I just wanted to give you a heads up that there are might be photos of us online or a video or something." Shrugging, he explained.

"Thanks for letting us know." Cal groaned even if he did appreciate his friend's advance warning. He wished his cigarette was still lit. He hated when people took photos of Daphne or any of the kids for that matter. It felt like a crime, a violation to someone so vulnerable that they didn't even understand the harm being done to them. It didn't really strike him as strange though. The four band mates had a natural habit of warning one another about photographers. It just wasn't usually something they pulled each other to the side to discuss seriously. More often than not someone would just shout "fucking paps" across the room and that was that.

"That's all?" Skye narrowed her stare in on Ashton, looking at his messy hair as she felt Daphne cozy up against her.

"Well, Daphne, do you want to show your parents what you did?" Ashton asked the little girl, bringing both Calum and Skye to give her their full and very curious attention.

"Daphne?" Calum's voice moved into stern with ease as he stepped nearer to Ashton and let his dark eyes pounce into Daphne.

"Noooo..." Holding her lips into a perfect dime shape, Daphne sang so long that she started to sway her hips to her own response. She didn't know what was being asked of her, but she knew she didn't like the voice her Dad used.

Ashton dropped down closer to Daphne's level, bouncing on his knees as he waited for her to focus on him. He held up his fist and nodded to it, speaking to Daphne with his hands and eyebrows.

All she did was laugh and run forward to kiss his hand, petting it like she would one of his dogs back home.

"What did she do?" Skye asked, reaching down and adjusting her daughter's hair antennas.

Ashton sighed as he stared up at Skye from the ground and reluctantly gave his assistant and friend the middle finger.

Much to his pleasant surprise, Skye loudly let out a laugh. She didn't try to stifle it at all.

"She saw the paps and I didn't notice, but she just kept giving it to them." Ashton explained, standing up as Daphne waddled close to her Dad and then sat on his sandalled feet, landing her butt right on his open toes with delight.

"She sees Cal do it!" Skye chuckled and pointed at her boyfriend across from her.

"I do it so they don't want to print them or can't." He excused himself, chuckling as he looked down at Daphne and tried to imagine her small fingers flipping the bird.

"I just wanted to warn you. If it was one of us, no one would care, but a cute baby is a different bag of tricks" Ashton explained. He would want his friends to tell him if it was one of his kids.

"Well, thanks." Calum groaned, his neck killing him as he bent down at the knees to lift Daphne up with one quick motion.

"We will punish her accordingly." Joking, Skye assured him as she went to open the balcony again, the noise of Michael blowing raspberries on Iden's stomach and then Emmeline's welcoming them right away.

"That's all that I ask." Ashton joked back as he went inside to say goodbye to his other niece and nephew. Even though he saw them all constantly when they toured, Ashton never bored of the new additions to their travel schedules. He missed them all on his day off and always wondered how they were doing.

"Thanks again for taking her!" Calum sang out as he entered the kitchen. "Say bye." He told Daphne as he exaggerated his wave to Ashton who was letting himself out.

Ashton was almost all the way out of the penthouse when Calum called him back, his head poking around the half closed door, he was greeted only by Calum holding up his daughter's tiny third digit and Michael and Grace howling.

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