His Little Girl

06

[Narrator]

"Daddy," Tiana shook Justin to wake him up.

Justin didn't budge. "Daddy, wake up." Tiana said pulling his arm. Justin stirred a little. She began poking his cheeks. "Wake up, sleepy head." She giggled leaning into his ear as her hair draped over her shoulders.

Justin's eyes flickered open and when he saw Tiana, he closed his eyes.

"Dad!" She yelled.

Justin came back to his senses and tiredly sat up. "What?" He asked the little girl who was staring right back at him with amusement in her eyes.

"I'm finished dressing up for school." She smiled. Justin looked at the clock. It was about 7.

He looked at Tiana and saw that she was already dressed. "What time does your school start?" He asked getting out of her bed. "And why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

"It starts at 8:15 and I tried tooo, but you were such a sleepy head." She said in a duh tone.

Justin raised an eyebrow at her.

"Alright, I'm gonna go wash and dress up, go wait downstairs. We have a lot of cereal so help yourself." He said
scratching his head and walking out her room.

Tiana missed him already.

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Tiana dragged her bookbag on the tiled floor as she tried to find a kitchen.

"Ma'am do you need help?"

Tiana looked around until she found the voice. It was Harold.

"Yes please. I can't find the kitchen." She pouted.

Harold gave her a small smile before leading her to one of the kitchens. "What would you like?" He asked her.

"Um cereal." She said nervously. Harold opened up a black cabinet and when he did, Tiana's jaw dropped.

Every single cereal known to man was lined up row by row.

Tiana put her hand on her chin as her eyes skimmed the horizontal rows for the perfect cereal. "Fruity pebbles!" She said when she found the colorful box.

But then she frowned because her eyes landed on coco pebbles.

"Aww...what am I supposed to do?"

"What seems to be the problem?" Harold asked looking at the cereals. "I can't choose between fruity pebbles and coco pebbles." She pouted.

"Hmm..well how often do you eat fruity pebbles?"

"Um almost every mornjng. Mom says its unhealthy to eat the same thing so f-f-frequently but what does she know?"

Harold chuckled. "How about coco pebbles?'

"Okay fine." Tiana shrugged her shoulders and smiled. Harold reached the cereal and gave it to her. "Do you need anymore help?" He asked her.

"No sir. I'm a big girl, I can pour my own cereal." She said.

Harold smiled and walked down the hall.

"Alright." Tiana said clasping her hands together. She looked around for a bowl and couldn't find one.

She thought that may be she could find one in a cabinet.

She grabbed a chair and panted ad she brought it to the spot where she needed to reach the plates. Tiana got into of the chair and opened some cabinets until she found one full of designer bowls.