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"What?" Jalon snaps, catching her watching him out of the corner of his eye.
"Nothing. You just seem... interesting," Astrea replies, still studying him.
He turns, propping his head on his hand, a mischievous glint in his eyes. "What's so...
"Girl, I don't know if I want to be you, or if I want to date you," Cat says as the girls walk to Aalina's car.
"Yeah, you have been surprising me all day, with how upfront you are," Hanuni says.
"Guys I just don't care, he's not scary or anything, he should be scared of me if anything, he was too close to my face for my liking, I almost knocked his head off his body," Strea says laughing a bit, making the other girls laugh.
Beep, beep. Lada honks her horn to get the attention of the girls, "Aalina just follow me the daycare isn't far!" Lada yells from her car, "Okay!" Aalina yells back.
As the girls drive to Playful Minds Child Care center. Aalina parks her car next to Lada's in the parking lot.
"You guys wait here, they won't allow anyone else in but the parents," Lada yells, running in.
"Wow, this place is huge," Aalina says. "I know right, I've never seen a daycare this big" Cat says.
As the girls converse amongst each other, Lada finally comes out holding a baby car seat. "Oh gosh, I can't wait to see the munchkin," Hanuni says.
"Lada!" Aalina says making Lada look up from her baby threw the backseat window, "Yeah!" she replies. "I gotta get gas, can we stop by a gas station is that safe for the baby?" Aalina asks with worry laced in her voice.
"Yeah, we can go, I'll keep the window up, she'll be fine," Lada says reassuringly. Once the girls are done waiting on Lada to buckle in the baby, they head to the gas station to fill up Aalina's car tank. Once Aalina is done filling up the tank they head towards Strea's house.
"Make a left on Argent lane, and then make a right at Deaton road, and my house is on the left." Strea says to Aalina.
"Woah, Strea your house is huge" Cat says with envy. "Yeah, it looks like a mansion," Aalina says looking at it threw the side of her car door glass.
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"Guys it's just a regular house, there's nothing special about it," Strea says nonchalantly.
As the girls get out of the car, Lada's car pulls up behind Aalina's. She turns her car off, takes her seatbelt off, and opens her car door. As she gets her baby's car seat which has a baby blanket wrapped over it. The girls stand by Strea's door, waiting for her to open it.
"Okay guys before we go in, make sure you take your shoes off at the front door, and if you see a lady sitting in the living room that's my mom, just make sure to say goodnight to her before heading up stairs." Strea says looking at the girls.
"Got it" Cat says assuringly.
Strea puts the password in for the front door. Opening it.
"Mama, I'm home! and my friends are with me" Strea yells, taking her shoes off along with the other girls.
"Strea where should I put my shoes?" Aalina asks, "You can take them up to my room, just hold them in your hands," Strea says pointing to the stairs. As the girls walk farther into the house, they see Strea's mom on the couch watching a crime show.
"Mommy, you didn't hear me call- shshshsh" Strea's mom says shutting her up quickly.
"Why did you kill her? you should have killed me because now I'm going to come for you, and when I find you your dead!" -the line goes cold. "The suspect was found at the bar the day of the cri-". Strea's mom pauses the show making all the girls take their eyes off the tv.
"Oh I'm sorry, I got caught up in the show, I needed to know what was coming next" Strea's mom laughs. "No, your good, I was very intrigued," Cat says.
"Oh, where are my manners, my name is Antheia Apate, but you may call me Mrs. Apate, I am Astrea's mom," Mrs. Apate says with a wide smile.
"Hi, Mrs. Apate, my name is Catalina Manaia, but you can call me Cat" Cat says with a big smile
"I'm Hanuni Deere, nice to meet you Mrs. Apate," Hanuni says shyly
"Hi I'm Lada Agafonov, and this is Ulyana Agafonov, we're very pleased to meet you miss Mrs. Apate," Lada says timidly holding up Ulyana's baby seat.
"And I'm Aalina Gembira, I was the one that drove everyone, nice to meet you Mrs. Apate," Aalina says smiling.
"Well it is certainly nice to meet you all, but who does the little one belong to Lada? Is she your sister or.." Mrs. Apate asks with curiosity
"Oh uhm shes- mom were all pretty tired so can we go up to my room now, we have lots of homework to work on?" Strea asks interrupting Lada. "Sure, go on ahead, there's food in the fridge if your hungry" Mrs. Apate says with a ticked face, sitting back down to resume her show.
The girls make it upstairs and follow Strea to her room, opening her white room door, with a keep-out sign attached to it.
"Woahh, Strea, this is like the cutest room I've ever seen," Aalina says.
In one corner of her room, she has a purple princess canopy bed with a purple lace net covering it, and white sheets. With baby purple walls, in one corner has a purple makeup stand with a white fuzzy chair. In another corner, she has a walk-in closet with white doors and purple shelves inside.
And a marble bathroom with a white shower and white tub. With a led light-up bathroom mirror and two sinks.
"Man I aspire to be this rich one day," Cat says, everyone pitches in with a silent "yeah" taking in how gorgeous her room is, "Oh gosh guys I am not rich this house was freaking cheap, I praise my mom every day for the jobs she has that allow us to have this house," Strea says.
"Yeah, but still it's a fricken huge room, my room is literally the size of a closet," Aalina says, making the girls laugh.
"Okay let's get out the bed arrangements and I'll give you guys clothes if you need them, I also think I have some packaged underwear that hasn't been used in my closet," Strea says.
"Yeah, can I get some clothes and undies, I kind of want to shower," Aalina says after smelling her hair. The other girls chime in to say they want to shower too. Strea hands them clothes and clean underwear and shows them how to use the shower and the bathtub.
After a couple of minutes, the girls one by one finish, putting their dirty clothes in a basket in Strea's closet to get washed. "Okay, I'm gonna shower me and Ulyana, when we're done Ill introduce her to you guys," Lada says taking the blanket off the baby seat to show a cute little baby with rosy cheeks and blonde hair, with brown eyes.
