Part Time Star Full Time Dad - Chapter 48

 

Theodore stood behind the stage as he waited for his introduction while a staff member stuck a sticker to his chest which acted as a mic.

‘Technically this is my official debut’ Thought Theodore before looking down at his shaking hands ‘Reminds me of my first stream, a feeling of anxiousness and excitement with just a tad bit more pressure’

He looked himself in the mirror and did some little fixes to his clothes to removes any creases then he moved onto checking his hair.

Fixed his top hat and tie before cracking his fingers and neck.

*Click, click, click, CRrack*

“Let’s get right to our next performance from Theodore Hunt the marvellous and astounding magician,” Said Daniel (Host of the show)

“Huh hold up you’re overselling,” Said Theodore before the director gave him a light shove and said “Don’t mind the details now go give them a show to remember”

Theodore stumbled out from behind the curtains as his hat flips off his head and travels through the air.

The crowd filled with superstars and rich executives while regular people watching from the comfort of their home.

Although it was just an entry it nonetheless caused some to smile.

At a table not too far from the stage sat a beautiful woman caked in makeup wearing a long red dress with a diamond necklace.

When she saw Theodore stumble on to the stage she felt her stomach churn uncomfortably as his name echoed in her head while images of her past flashed through her eyes.

‘Theodore Hunt, Theo, Theo. . . ‘ She shook her head and looked down at her sparkling necklace before a smug smile appeared ‘Even if your good looking you’re still poor. He would have never been able to give me what wanted. He could barely provide for himself let for alone me. It’s always Rose this Rose that. What about me!?’

This woman was none other than Bethany Jones the biological mother of Rose and ex-wife of Theodore.

She was still able to remember the pure love she experienced with Theodore but her love for fame and money overweighed it.

‘I said I would continue to send money even though we are divorced but he said he didn’t want my pity money. It’s his fault if Rose starves not mine. Stupid dignity. It’s my money so I get to choose where it goes. Yeah! if I didn’t get liposuction and lip fillers I wouldn’t have the chance to be where I am today’ Bethany continued to justify herself with very little logic.

Throwing out morals and basic common sense to suit her agenda.

Theodore hadn’t noticed her as he was busy putting on a show.

Seeing the hat flying off in front of him he quickly moved with the stumble and flipped on to his ass before the hat gently fell on his head as if perfectly planned.

The crowd gave a warm clap of applause to acknowledge what he did was impressive.

Theodore gave a nervous smile as he stood himself back up and pulled the bottom of his jacket down to straighten it before dusting himself off.

Looking behind him to see his face on the big screen as he began to fix his tie and speak “Ahem Right so let’s just forget about that little mishap. So yes I am Theodore Hunt, no not marvellous and astounding. I don’t want to disappoint so let’s just reset those expectations to an all-time low, please. A more accurate description would just a tad bit more creative than your average magicians and way better looking than your husbands”

The men chuckled lightly at his comment while the woman looked to their male partner and laughed “Hahaha”

Bethany sat back unimpressed while her co-stars watch intently and commented “He’s not wrong”

“So let’s first show what my powers are so that you don’t think that my magic relates to it,” Said Theodore before have two clones appear

“So I’m a Type2 clone user with the ability to share my consciousness, giving me the ability to simultaneously control think and do tasks without any problems. And I mean. . . . any task” Said Theodore while giving the camera a cheeky wink causing many women to giggle and blush

Theodore wasn’t done as he said “Like cooking, cleaning, work and still have time to play with my daughter. My biggest fan is actually my daughter Rose she loves this one trick where. . . You know what let me show you”

His clones had already gone backstage before one of them wheeled a white wall onto the stage and left to man the lights.

The lights dimmed as a single spotlight hit him and his shadow appeared on the white wall.

His shadow then moved and disconnect itself from Theodore’s shadow.

*Gasp*

“Introducing Shady my shadow,” Said Theodore

Shady put his top hat in his hands as he gave a modest bow.

“Shady we’re doing the Flopsy trick,” Said Theodore

Shady then made a shadow bunny with his hands. The bunnies ears move while its head moved up and down.

Without warning the shadow rabbit came to life and jumped out of Shady’s hands and into Theodore’s direction.

Its black figure jumped across the wall as Theodore made a big silver ring appear in his hand and let the shadow rabbit jump through before turning into a small fluffy black rabbit.

Theodore caught the rabbit in his arms while it rubbed its little head on his chest.

*Clap, Clap. *”Wow, Aww”

Theodore pet it before saying “This is Flopsy normally he’s just a stuffed bunny but I bought this one to surprise her later. I think she’ll like it”

Theodore then rocked it slowly to bed while speaking “For all my religious viewers, don’t worry I haven’t sold my soul to the devil. It’s all illusion, I’m simply tapping into the soft spot of what the human eye can conceive. Take this rabbit, your eyes tell you that it was that shadow rabbit but truthfully I had it on me the whole you just couldn’t see it”

“There are many forms of magic let’s start with transformation,” Said Theodore as he waved his hand in front Flopsy and turned him into a blackbird and flew over the crowd.

Some people in the audience instinctively ducked and covered thier heads fearing for the worst.

While others laugh and give applause *Clap, Clap, Clap*

“Then there’s disappearing” Said Theodore as the BlackBird turns into white confetti.

“Gasp” The crowd went into shock thinking the bird exploded before clapping once again

Those at home wished they could be there to experience the bird flying towards them.

He then put his arm out and shook it as the blackbird reappears latched to his wrist “Then reappearing”

He strokes its head and said “That’s kind of my limit as I haven’t really gotten the hang of levitation but I’m feeling generous so I’ll show you my progress”

Theodore then had the blackbird disappear before bending his knee and bracing himself.

The crowd watched on with high expectation as Theodore began to control his breathing and. . .

He jumped into the air with all his strength before quickly coming back down to the ground and saying “See I managed 0.3 seconds of air time”

The immediate disappointment was the only thing the audience felt.

Theodore still smiled and said “And that is how you lower expectations. Although I haven’t mastered the typical levitation trick I developed my own more practical version of levitation”

From his pocket, he pulled out a funky tall lime green bottle of bubbles that could be bought in any dollar store.

Taking the plastic wrapper off and twisting the lid off to show the stick connected to the lid before giving it a light blow where numerous bubbles began to appear and flutter across the stage.

“Bubbles are beautiful little things that reflect the simplest form of fun. I remember as a kid just mindlessly chasing it with my friends trying to pop as many possible. Then fighting over who gets to blow the bubbles. One thing everyone tried to do was create their own concoction of bubble liquid. Somehow it always sucked compared to the store-bought ones” Said Theodore with a soft and warm smile as he continued to blow bubbles into the air.

He twists the lid back on and put it back into his pocket as he opened his arms embracing the air itself.

He gave looked at the crowd and said “Watch carefully”

Before the audience could question what was going on Theodore slowly brought his hands together while the bubbles followed his movement and came together.

The bubble stood still in a neat cluster just above his head as if something held it in place. Bringing his hand together acting as if they were holding a ball in between them.

The cluster of bubbles began to form a ball of thier own with very little space in-between them.

Theodore could hear the audience exclaim as their faces showed the purest form of interest and awe.

Theodore pulled his hands back to his waist as his knees bend and his body shake. His face goes red as veins begin to appear around his neck and hands.

The bubbles begin to move clockwise slowly before picking up the pace and spinning consistently while Theodore began to grit his teeth as he struggles to keep up the momentum.

Of course, all of this was an act in order to add some tension to the already shocking faces shown

Theodore’s hand go soft before once again tensing up while pushing his hands out and opening it causing the bubble above him to shoot out into the crowd in a wild frenzy hitting as many victims as possible.

The audience gives a happy smile with some of the younger taking the initiative to reach out and pop them.

Theodore’s eyes wandered around feeling proud of every foolish pure smile he managed to see, only to feel a cold shiver along his back as his eyes locked on Bethany who’s smile was anything but innocent.

Her eyes filled with disdain while her smile looked to be mocking him. To further add salt to the wound she leaned into her male co-star’s ear and whispered something before giggling and grasping his hand intimately.

Theodore simply put his showmanship smile back on as he snapped his fingers causing the last cluster of the bubble to burst.

“I know what your thinking that’s not levitation. I’m getting to that. I’m gonna need some bubble and my beautiful assistant Mary” Said Theodore as gestured to his right where Mary was now being pushed onto the stage by his clones.

Earlier when he shot the bubbles out into the crowd he had his clones fetch Mary to help him in the next part.

Mary walked across the stage wearing her salmon pink dress that contrasted beautifully with her light chocolate brown skin and mature figure that enchanted multiple interested males.

Mary looked at Theodore with anger burning in her eyes as she showed an innocent smile. Mary stood next Theodore and proceeded to give his side a pinch.

“Urgh, for those who can’t tell my assistant did not know she was my assistant. She’s actually my agent and my good friend. First of I should say. . . Sorry, Mary. I promise I’m not gonna humiliate you” Said, Theodore

“Theo, It took me ages to put our outfits together if you ruin it. I’ll tell Aunt Cara and Uncle Mark” Said Mary ruthlessly

“Hey, hey come on, why do we need to bring mom and dad into this. Don’t worry I’m not gonna ruin our clothes” Pleaded Theodore

“Good” Said Mary with a hard nod

The audience was amused by their little argument that from an outside point of view resembled a couple’s fight.

This was also clearly seen by Bethany who didn’t want to see Theodore be happy with another woman especially when she labelled him as a lost cause.

‘Stupid bitch has no idea’ Thought Bethany in spite

Theodore was none the wiser to his ex-wife’s delusions as he was frankly trying to calm the fire that Mary brought.

“Ha ha ha, ain’t my Agent funny. Okay Mary all I’m asking you is to blow bubble it’s not that hard, right?” Asked Theodore while passing the bottle of bubble over

“I still don’t trust it but sure,” Said Mary suspiciously before opening it and blowing a set of bubbles and asking “Is that it?”

Theodore shook his head and said “I need one big bubble so blow slowly. Don’t get startled when you see the size just breath slow”

“Fine” Said Mary as she took a deep breath and dipped the stick back into the bottle before blowing slowly.

On the other end, an apple-sized droopy bubble was still connected and didn’t seem to pop.

Mary’s eyes widen in surprise before hearing “Don’t stop now, keep going”

She blew again causing it to double in size equal to a basketball.

She continued to blow as it grew, and grew and grew with every breath she blew.

The audience and Mary were left speechless seeing its current size being a bit bigger than a human hamster ball. Roughly a diameter of 7ft.

Mary could be said to have smashed the world record but no one’s thinking because they’re unable to understand why the bubble is floating just a few inches off the ground seemingly unaffected by the air.

Mary held her breath not wanting to disturb the natural peace that the soap bubble exudes.

Theodore comically began to do some stretches before jumping into the soap bubble.

“Gasp”

“No!!”

“Don’t pop!!”

The soap bubble bends and wobbles as Theodore’s body gets consumed and trapped. Even with Theodore’s extra weight the soap bubble still didn’t touch the ground.

“What!?”

“Look it’s still floating”

“Wow”

Theodore wasn’t done as his hand reached out from the bubble and pulled Mary in who then fell into his arms.

“Eeeek!!” Yelled Mary in surprise as her face crashes into Theodore’s chest.

Theodore wrapped his arms around her and said “hold on tight”

“What?! Wait, don’t you dare!!” Yelled Mary as her fingernails dig into Theodore’s side while hugging him tightly

“Urgh, Mary please remove your talons from my insides please” Said Theodore as his eyes water from the pain

Mary didn’t listen as she headbutts his chest and said “Ouch what are you made of. I’ll remove my nails as longs as you don’t do what your about to do”

“Sorry Mary but don’t look down cus I’ve already done it,” Said, Theodore after raising them a whole 10ft off the ground.

The audience had gone silent as the giant soap bubble containing to living humans take off into the sky.

It was almost romantic if it weren’t for the fight taking place in the soap bubbles.

“Aghhh get us down” Said Mary while shaking in panic

“Calm down Mary. Come on the breath. . . in through the nose and out through the mouth” Said Theodore he raised Mary chin so that thier eyes could meet.

Mary’s original wary blue eyes began to clear up as she found some strength from just staring up into Theodore calm grey eyes.

Theodore smiled and said, “You trust me?”

“No. .” Said Mary while shaking her head

“Huh?. .you’re supposed to say yes or maybe something sappy like ‘always’ with a cool smile. Well doesn’t matter. Now let go I promise nothing bad will happen” Said Theodore

Mary grip loosened as she slowly let go.

“Now take a step back,” Said Theodore

Mary followed stepping back still making sure that she doesn’t look down.

Slow music began to play as the lights gather on the floating bubble.

“May I have this dance?” Asked Theodore with his hand out like a gentleman

Mary looked to have forgotten her fear as she smiled and put her out to accept the invitation.

The music played quietly in the background as Mary and Theodore slow-danced in the bubble.

Mary didn’t even notice that the bubble was now floating aimlessly over the crowd causing many to get up and move due.

For the crowd, they have two options they either believe it’s a bubble causing them to be cautious of the idea that it might pop or they believe that it’s just god tier wirework.

For some, they are unable to because how can you think when watching such a fairy tale moment takes place.

With slow music playing in the background they waltz through the dark sky of the stadium with the bubble as thier dance floor.

The lights focus on them as hues of the rainbow reflect on bubbles surface.

The music began to come to an end as bubble steadily gently moved back to the stage.

Theodore pats the bubble causing it to pop and reveal Mary and Theodore taking a bow.

The clapping started slowly before it sped with pure amazement and joy heard in every clap, and shout.

“So romantic”

“Are they a couple”

“What a great show”

Theodore and Mary leave the stage as they are greeted by staff members also clapping and shouting thier own praise.

Theodore was about to go back to the private room only to hear the director and his assistant seemingly panic.

“What!? Charlie Puff got food poisoning. Get some other singer to fill in” Said a middle-aged man with a big moustache and comb-over haircut.

“All of the singing artist we’re food poisoned” Said middle-aged women wearing glasses

Just as Theodore listened to thier angry chat he heard something go off in his head.

*DING*

[Random Task: Move the hearts of many with a song that will save the show]

{Failure: Nose size equal to Squidward}

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