The Fort Part 2- Don't Call Me Daddy
Chapter 11- Glitter
© L 2025
As we walk in the front door you order me to fill my sippy cup and drink some water, put everything we bought away, and bring all the blankets and everything else down we will need, and finish getting ready for our weekend. As I begin to do as you ask, you sit down on the sofa, you're tired, to be honest you're exhausted, its easy to tell. Despite how much you try to hide it from me, you decide while I busy myself, you will take that nap.
I see you quickly fall asleep and I want you to get as much rest as you can, so once I have covered you in my Whinnie The Pooh blanket, I do as you order as quietly as possible, so I don't disturb you. I don't really put the things we brought away in the kitchen, instead I put everything in neat rows on the work surface; sweets, chocolate, biscuits, cookies, crisps, all lined up neatly.
I head upstairs, putting my blanket box on my bed, I take out the one remaining blanket, set it to the side, then look around my room. I take my colouring pencils and my colouring book and I put them in first. I then get my unicorn toy car set, with the pink truck and the smaller cars that fit in it. Then I put my doll Rosalie in it. Then my teddy’s Sully, Olaf and Stitch, followed by 2 of my My Little Ponies, and Fluffy my unicorn. Now the box is full, so I squish my Care Bear down the side saying sorry as I do. Finally I put Radcliffe on top. It's not as many as I wanted, but I can't help but think I will be able to sneak my other teddies in without you noticing.
Then I begin the task of bringing everything we need to make the fort down stairs. I can't carry a lot at once, I know if I carry too much, trip and fall I will wake you, and you won't be happy, so I make many trips, again putting things in piles in one row under the windowsill including- blankets, duvets, pillows, cushions. The only 2 things I don't bring down are my dog bed and my toy box, I'm gonna need Daddy’s help with those. After I bring the last 2 pillows down, I glance at the table, I have one thing left to do! Finish my sign.
I look over at you, you promised you would get my glitter and you didn't. I move over to you, stroking your arm, I say 'Daddy' very quietly, but you don't wake. I then pull on your hand gently, but all you do is stir, and roll over. I don't want to wake you, not for this, you've been working so hard this week, and you've still taken care of me. I know we will have much more fun if you are well rested, so I decide to head to my bedroom to see what else I can use. As I get to the top of the stairs, I glance in the direction of your office. No,... you always keep the door shut, it locks automatically,... but,... it wouldn't hurt to check. As I get to the door, to my complete surprise it's open.
Now I really don't know what to do. I should know, I should shut the door, and go back to finding another way to finish my sign. But, I don't move, contemplating if there is any way I can open your desk drawer without actually going in. As I quickly realise there isn't, another thought enters my head. What if you left your office open for me? I mean, you did promise, you did say I could use glitter, you did order me to finish getting ready.
If I'm honest with myself I know you haven't left the room open on purpose, but I push the rational explanation to one side as I step tentatively into your office, half expecting some kind of loud alarm to go off, but it doesn't. Let's face it, I'm really not hurting anyone by walking in, you will be so happy when you wake up and see everything finished...won't you?
I love your office, the furniture seems bigger, when I sit in your huge office chair I feel little, my feet don't come close to touching the floor. I open your desk drawers, the third one has my glitter in it, along with some sweets I completely forgot you confiscated from my bedroom 2 weeks ago, and some of my lego you stepped on a while ago, that you were definitely not amused I had left right by my bedroom door.
As I get out the glitter pots I set them down on your desk, and I nudge your computer mouse. This fires up your computer and monitor that have not been off, they have just been in sleep mode. The monitor blinks to the porn site you were scrolling through, and starts automatically playing a porn film with one man being serviced by two females who are completely naked with their hands tied behind their backs.
Meanwhile downstairs, you wake up, glancing at your watch you've been asleep just less than an hour, you turn back over to try and sleep more but as you do something catches your attention, the house is silent. Expecting any second to hear me, you shut your eyes... but... after a few moments... you don't hear me, you don't hear anything.
After another minute of silence something doesn't feel right, when I'm home the house is never this quiet. You get your phone out your pocket and check my monitor in case I've taken myself to bed, you see my toy box on my bed filled and ready, but I'm not in my room, you sit up. You're not worried, just confused, feeling yourself getting a headache, you get up and head into the kitchen to see the neat rows of treats I have lined up. It's not exactly putting them away, but it makes you smile. Back in the lounge you glance at the equally neat row of blankets, pillows, cushions and duvets I've brought down ready, and your eyes glance to the table.
Seeing my still unfinished sign, a moment of clarity hits you like a train. But I wouldn't, I couldn't, even I'm not stupid enough to get the glitter myself, right?