When Jim Halpert got up in the morning, he always made four bowls of cereal and placed them neatly on the table. The first bowl always contained "Fruity Pebbles", the second "Coco Puffs" the third "Cinnamon Life" and the forth "Cheerios". He'd take out the milk and fill the first three bowls, leaving the fourth empty, then would go wake up his two daughters.
His 7 year old Cece, would get dressed as quickly as possible so she could watch cartoons before school and his 5 year old, Charlotte always wanted a 'daddy hug' before she would get out of bed. Once the younger girl came out of her bedroom the three sat at the table. Cece in front of the first bowl, Charlotte in front of the second and Jim in front of the third. The fourth bowl lay untouched. Not one of them payed any attention to it. After breakfast Jim would clean up the three empty bowls and drive the girls to school. They would wave good-bye and he'd head back home for another half-hour before he had to leave for work. He would sit at the table across from the bowl still on the table and smile.
"Charlotte's got a field trip today" he said. "She's really excited. Cece's jealous, you should have seen her face when she found out the kindergarten's got two field trips and the second graders only got one. I've got a big sale at work I'm going to try and close today. If I get it I'll get some extra cash. We could go on vacation maybe, and take the girls or rent an RV. Remember that summer when when rented one for a week? This time I could drive and you could feed me a sub. I got mayo all ever my hands after you finished and I wiped them on your shirt. You pretended to be mad and scared me and we both laughed like idiots when I realized you were joking? You remember right?" Jim looked at the clock. "I've got to go! I'll see you after work" he dumped out the cereal bowl in the garbage can. He smiled as he looked back into the house "I love you Pam" and in his mind he heard her say it back.
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