Author's note: Been on a heavy fanfic-writing binge tonight, so I thought I'd upload this little one-shot right here! I've been wanting to delve into why I think Angelica acts how she does for a while now, so I decided, why not write something about it?

This fanfic takes place from Angelica's POV.

This will probably be my last fic before New Year's starts up – don't worry though, I have plans for posting fics on the start of the new year, too!

Hope you enjoy the read guys!

Workaholics

Another day, another dollar.

That's what my mommy always says when she gets home from work. One time I asked her about it, and she just told me that only growed ups understand, and that I had to go to bed.

Mommy's always telling me stuff like that. So is daddy, but he says it different – he always calls me 'pumpkin' or 'princess' like I'm the queen of the world.

Well, I sure wish I was the queen of the world. Maybe then mommy and daddy would really actually treat me like it.

Ya see, I did get real lucky, I'm not gonna lie – after all, sure does take a lot to be the prettiest, strongest girl in the whole city, doesn't it? As much as my daddy likes to tell me that, though, he never really acts like it. I bet that if he really thought that, then maybe instead of spending all darn day in his office, working with some sort of papers, he'd treat me like I see aunt Didi treating those spoiled brats, Tommy and Dil. She's always reading books about them by this guy named Lipschitz, and she's always talking about how concerned she is about them and she's always talking about them like they're just the best babies in the world!

Well, not my mommy and daddy. When I do something right, all I get is a stupid 'oh, that's nice Angelica' from my mommy, and usually she's on the phone with that big dumbo Jonathan!

Daddy buys me a lot more stuff, I guess, but he's not really any better – I mean, the one time I went missing, he barely even noticed! I coulda been left out all alone in that rain, cold, scared, and beautiful, and I bet it would have taken him a whole entire year to notice!

Sometimes, I don't think either of them really care about me that much. If they do, they sure have a pretty bad way of showing it!

Anyways, I gotta go remind Tommy about what a big baby idiot he is, but I sure do hope that my mommy and daddy start treating me better, or else I'm gonna… well, I dunno what I'll do, but I'm Angelica Pickles, and I think that I deserve a lot more respect from everybody that I know! That should be my New Year's resolution. I'm gonna get more respect, because obviously, no one that I know respects me enough.

Anyways, have a good day and all that jazz, and remember that I'm the best of the best!