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January 10, 2028
Santa Monica, California

| Third Person Omniscient |

"Ms.Karina?" Lovely said as she tapped Karina's shoulder. Karina opened one of her eyes and did a faint smile.

"Wassup?" Karina asked still looking through one eye.

"I tried to fix some cereal and I spilled milk on the floor." Karina opened both eyes and slowly sat up. She saw that Lovely's night shirt and legs were wet. Karina looked to her right and saw that Chris was still sleeping.

"That's okay. Come on let's change your clothes and then I'll fix you something." Karina slowly got out of bed and grabbed Lovely's hand, making her way to her room. She found her something to put on for school and told her to brush her teeth while she went downstairs and cleaned up the mess and cooked.

Karina fixed Lovely strawberry yogurt and cut up a banana, since that was her favorite thing to eat. She also fixed her a small bowl of cereal and poured milk into a glass just in case she wanted cereal still. Lovely came down stairs shortly and sat at the table.

"Thank you!" She said with a big smile.

"You welcome beautiful." Karina smiled back and cleaned dishes that Chris left in the sink last night while she was upstairs sleeping. As she cleaned and Lovely ate, Chris could be heard coming downstairs.

"Wassup, give daddy a banana." Chris said to Lovely as he bent down with his mouth open. Lovely put a slice in his mouth and kissed her forehead. He walked into the kitchen and smacked his lips. "What you in here doing?"

"Washing dishes." Karina said.

"Yo stomach too close to the sink. Not about to knock my baby unconscious. Go sit down." Chris said walking over to Karina.

"Boy, I'm only moving my arms and hands." Karina said while laughing. Chris took the sponge out her hand and gently moved her to the side. "These yo dishes anyways." Chris leaned over and puckered his lips so Karina could kiss him. She kissed him and walked away to the pantry. "What kind of snack you want Lovely?"

"Goldfish and strawberries." Karina grabbed the goldfish and poured some into a small container. She then got out the strawberries, rinsed them, and cut them up. She put them into another container and grabbed Lovely's lunch box to put them into there.

"That's all you want?" Lovely nodded and Karina zipped up the lunch box and sat it on the counter. "Let me fix your hair before you go. Chris, are you taking her to school?"

"We taking her to school." Chris ran upstairs to throw on clothes while Karina put Lovely's hair into a slick ponytail. After everyone was done, they got into Karina's car and took Lovely to school.

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"See you later, Lovely!" Karina waved with a smile.

"Love you!" Chris yelled. Lovely waved to them as she ran into the school with the rest of the kids. Chris pulled off and headed to pick up the baby shower/gender reveal invitations. "So who all invited again?"

"I'm not telling you no more." Karina laughed while shaking her head. "I hope the baby is more like me than you, Jesus please." Karina put her hands together and shook them.