Despicable Me- New Beginnings

"Okay, Goodnight" Gru stated, walking towards the door before glancing back at the girls. He smiled slightly as he saw them curl up, overwhelmed with relief that he was able to make everything up to them and have the chance to keep them safe from here on out. He looked over at Edith. Still wearing her trademark hat and was just drifting off to sleep, and his eyes roved over to Agnes, who was sucking her thumb, Kyle curled up by her feet. His eyes then landed on Margo...out of all of them she was the one he had feared for the most that day, having almost lost her permanently.

He had never been extremely comfortable with his emotions, prefering to keep them locked away over a mask of anger and cruelty, but these girls had brought out the best of him, and the thought that he might one day lose them struck at his heart, and with a tiny smile, he walked over to Agnes and looked down at her for a moment.

'Don't let her take us Mr. Gru! Tell her you wanna keep us!'

Those words haunted him as soon as he heard Agnes cry them at him in desperation, and he didn't know if he could ever make it up to her for the confusion and pain he caused her, but he would do his best, starting with this.

He leaned down and pressed a gentle kiss to the top of her head and moved on to stop at Edith's bed, not noticing one of Agnes's eyes open to watch him, a tiny smile curling onto her lips.
Gru smiled down at Edith, a girl who would probably have been misunderstood by a lot of other adults, but one who he could relate to immensely.

"Yes! Mine's shaped like a dead guy!"

Gru leaned down and lightly pulled up her hat so he could see her forehead and placed a gentle kiss to it, also not noticing the way Edith's lips curved up into a wide smile as he walked away towards Margo's bed.

"Goodbye Mr Gru. Thanks for EVERYTHING."
"You gave us back!"

His eyes softened slightly, knowing that out of her sisters, she was the strongest one, the one to try and hold back her pain for her sisters sake, but the way she had clung onto him when they had reached solid ground after Vector and the moon and shot into space said everything. Gru leaned down, intending to press a kiss to her head also, but was not expecting her arms to wrap around his neck, nor her head to bury itself in his shoulder.

"I love you" she whispered, her voice quiet and timid, and his heart practically melted. It was impossible that these girls had changed him, but they had, so without really thinking about it, he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back.

"I love you too" he told her sincerely, and felt suddenly as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart.

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They clung onto each other for a little while longer, and then Margo pulled away, her lips curved up into a tiny half-smile as she looked at him, unable to actually believe the whole days events.

"Thank you for taking us back" she practically whispered, and he smiled, lightly pressing a kiss to her forehead.

"I should have never let you go in ze first place Margo"

Margo smiled at him, feeling her heart swell slightly at his words. She could never have imagined that less than a few weeks ago, she had thought life with this man could have been the worst thing to ever have happened to her sisters and herself, but Gru was everything she could have possibly asked for, and Margo was thankful he seemed to feel the same way about them.

"Now goodnight" Gru said firmly, lightly patting her on the head. "Try and get some sleep"

Margo nodded and laid back down in her missile bed, feeling a lot better than she had and closed her eyes,knowing it was highly unlikely she and her sisters would get to sleep just yet.

Gru smiled and shook his head and walked out of the room, quietly closing the door behind him, and when Margo was certain he was gone, she sat up and turned on her lamp, looking over towards her sisters beds.

Agnes yawned and rubbed her eyes blearily, though she had a happy smile on her face, and Edith grinned, linking her fingers behind her head, looking as if she had won a contest of some kind.

"Man it's good to be home" she stated to no-one in particular, but both of her sisters nodded in complete agreement.

"He gave us goodnight kisses" Agnes stated happily, slipping her thumb out of her mouth, touching her head as if she could still feel Gru's lips at her forehead.

"And you said he didn't love us" Edith said accusingly, narrowing her eyes at her elder sister, who held her hands up in a defensive motion, pulling on her glasses as she did so.

"Okay, okay" Margo sighed, but the corner of her lips were quirked in a tiny smile. "I admit it, I was wrong." After all, she didn't have those doubts now. Gru had told her himself that he loved her, and she knew that love was exactly the same for her sisters, and she knew that since he used to be so...well... cold, that he meant what he had said.

"Mr Gru is just awesome" Edith said firmly, sitting up straight. "I mean, he's a super villain! How cool can you get!" she jumped up onto her bed, her eyes alight with excitement. "That's the coolest job ever!"

"Don't get any ideas!" Margo warned as Agnes giggled, nodding in agreement, but Margo couldn't help but smile. She had been a little surprised when Gru had explained his real job to them, and a small part of her had doubts of his trustworthiness, but the guy had given up the moon for them! Literally! But, she wasn't completely surprised, it made more sense than his 'spy' cover story did.

"Gurls, I am so glad you are all safe and sound" Gru murmured, ushering the tired girls into his living room, whereupon they sat down heavily on the couch, tired from the days events. "I know that I do not deserve the right to ask but... Do you wish to live with me again?"

Agnes was the first to react. Her eyes lit up and she ran at Gru with a squeal, latching herself onto his leg.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" she giggled, beaming at him as he lifted her up, smiling widely at her.

Edith folded her arms, her lips set in a hard line, but her eyes roved around the room, at all the fun memories she'd had, and her eyes landed on all the weapons and cool items which lay around, and she shrugged nochalantly, walking over beside him.

"This place is pretty cool, so I think i'll hang around" she stated, adjusting her hat casually, causing Gru to chuckle when he saw her lips curve up into a smile, and he moved his gaze to Margo, who was still looking quite reluctant.

"Margo?" he asked quietly, and she bit her lip, dragging her gaze up from the floor to look at him, a wary look in her eyes.

"First tell us everything. Why Vector took us, why you had the moon, why you gave us away" she said quietly, and there was a defiant glint in her eyes, highlighting that she wouldn't make her choice until everything had been said.

Gru exhaled slowly and sat down on his rhino chair, looking at her seriously.

"Very well, but eet would be easier eef you did not interrupt" he told them, and Edith and Agnes sat at his feet, looking up at him curiously, whilst Margo stayed exactly where she was."Ze truth ees gurls, I am not a dentist, nor am I a spy, I am eenfact, a super villain."

He paused for a moment to let this sink in, and the girls simply stared at him blankly, until Edith grinned.

"Awesome"

He smiled at her slightly and leaned back in his chair. "Ze yellow creature zings which have been looking after you are not my cousins eizer. Zey are my minionsand they assist me with my evil plans, along with Dr. Nefario" He pressed the tips of his fingers together, surverying the girls with calm eyes. "Vector stole a shrink ray from me, which I had stolen first in order to pull off the biggest crime of ze century, to steal ze moon!"

Edith's eyes widened slightly and she leaned forward slightly, enraptured, whilst Agnes simply stared up at him in slight awe, and Margo was still frowning.

"I adopted you three at first because I vanted to use you to get ze shrink ray back by using you as a distraction" Gru continued, wary, and hurriedly continued when he saw their faces fall slightly. "But! I zen started to realize how vonderful you gurls are, and I very much liked having you stay here with me, even zough I was supposed to give you away after I got ze ray back."

"So why did you still give us up?" Margo asked, still unable to fully understand what he was trying to say.

"Dr. Nefario called up Miss Hattie" Gru told her, scowling at the thought of the brunette orphanage owner. "And stated zat I wanted to give you up. I.. allowed zis to happen because I thought it was for ze best. But I didn't know how I would feel afterwards"

"How did you feel afterwards?" Agnes asked quietly, grabbing onto his pant leg, looking up at him with her brown eyes wide

"I vas very sad" Gru said quietly, lightly patting her on the head. "Even after I took ze moon, I tried to get to your dance recital... but it vas over when I got zere" he frowned, his eyes becoming harder when he thought about Vector. "But zen I found ze note... And zen I knew zat you gurls are more important to me zen ze moon is"

Agnes hugged onto his leg tightly and Edith smiled slightly, looking over at Margo, her pupils moving from her to back at Gru, and Margo bit her lip, twisting her hands together.

"I promise I vill never let anyzing happen to you again" Gru promised, staring at her. "And I vill never let you go..like I promised"

Margo slowly took a step forward, and smiled at him slightly, her eyes warming, and he heaved a huge sigh of relief, looking at the girls hopefully.

"So iz zis a yes?"

Margo laughed softly at the memory and shook her head at her blonde sister who was currently bouncing on the bed, babbling about how she was going to be a super awesome villain like Gru when she was older.

"You will not" Margo said firmly. "And unless you want that super awesome villain to come upstairs and yell at us, I suggest you get back into bed."

Edith scowled and poked her tongue out at her sister, feeling annoyed, but knowing she was probably right.

"Fine" she muttered, lying down and pulling her covers over her head, her back to Margo.

Margo sighed and smiled at Agnes, reaching over to turn off her lamp. "Goodnight Agnes"

Agnes yawned, lightly patting Kyle on the head before snuggling up, slipping her thumb into her mouth. "Good night" she mumbled, drifting off to sleep.

Margo took off her glasses again and rolled over, curling up slightly and stifling a small yawn. She was ready for a new day to begin, ready to spend a new day with her Despicable, yet lovable family.