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Chapter 1 - Getting Ready

It was five o clock in the morning. Joe and Bonnie Swanson were sound asleep. Suddenly they were awakened by a loud alarm. Joe rolled over and reached for the clock on his wooden night stand. He turned off the alarm. He yawned and stretched. Then he sat up. His wife, who lay next to him, opened her eyes.

"Good morning, Joe.", she said with a yawn.

"Good morning," he replied back.

Bonnie sat up and kissed her husband passionately on the lips. "You go shower and get ready while I make breakfast."

Joe turned and put both of his bare feet flat on the cold wood floor. He rubbed his eyes sleepily. He looked out of his window, which was looking out over the lawn. The window was beside the nightstand. It looked like it was going to be another bleak November day. The leaves on the tree had turned all kinds of different colors: red, orange, gold, and brown were almost all gone. Joe liked the brown leaves the best; they were just so pretty. Joe stretched one more time before finally getting up. He walked across from his side of the bed into the bathroom. Joe shaved, showered, and brushed his teeth. Then he went back into his and Bonnie's room. He saw that Bonnie had laid his uniform out for him, as she did every day. After checking his naked self out in the floor-length mirror, Joe got dressed. The he headed downstairs for breakfast.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Bonnie was busy getting breakfast ready. This morning she decided to make bacon, eggs, and toast. Then if Joe was still hungry she had bought his favorite cereal at the super market this week. She also made sure that they had milk. Joe was working a twelve hour shift today, and he might or might not get to eat lunch, so Bonnie wanted to make sure that he was well fed and ready to fight crime. She prepared the big breakfast for her boys, then went upstairs to get Kevin up. She walked into the light blue room and went over to the bed, where Kevin lay, sleeping peacefully. She hated to disturb him, but he had to get up for school. She put her hand on him and gently shook him.

"Kevin, it's six o' clock. It's time to get up for school."

Kevin rolled over and wiped the sleep from his eyes. After stretching and yawning, he sat up.

"Breakfast is ready, so hurry up and get ready."

After she had made sure that Kevin was out of bed, Bonnie went back downstairs to finish Joe's breakfast. She had just sat his plate back down on the table when she heard her husband walking down the stairs. He walked into the kitchen and saw his plate sitting at the end of the table. He walked over to his oak wood chair at the end of the matching wood oak table and pulled it out of it's place. He sat down and scooted the chair back up to the table.

"Mmm, it smells fantastic!"

"Thanks, Joe," Bonnie sat down next to her husband.

Kevin came into the room and sat down on the other side of Joe and across from Bonnie. He had just gotten himself a bowl of his favorite cereal and a glass of cold white milk. Bonnie had made Joe some coffee. He liked it black. Bonnie drank some orange juice. She liked coffee, but she just did not want any coffee this morning.

"So you ready for your math test, Kevin?" Joe asked after he swallowed his first bite of toast. He had slathered his toast with butter and strawberry jelly.

"Yeah. I know all of my multiplications," Kevin replied with a mouthful of cereal.

The Swanson family ate their breakfast. Joe ate every bite of his food. Bonnie was a very good cook and she knew just what Joe like.

After breakfast, Bonnie started doing the morning dishes and Kevin went back upstairs to finish getting ready for school.

"I have to get to work," Joe told Bonnie.

Bonnie turned and looked at her husband. She took her hands out of the soapy water and wiped them off on a white dish towel with red flowers on it. "Okay. Have a good day." She walked up to him and straightened his tie. "Mmm, I love a man in uniform!" She cocked her head upward and kissed her husband. She was shorter than Joe. The kiss was long and passionate.

Finally, Joe broke off the kiss, as much as he did not want to. "I have to go. I'll see you tonight."

"Be careful. I love you."

"I love you, too." Joe gave Bonnie another kiss, this time it was much quicker.

Joe ran back upstairs one more time to say bye to Kevin. He knocked on Kevin's bathroom door.

"Kevin? I'm leaving."

Kevin opened the bathroom door. He was dressed and his hair was combed. He reached up to his dad.

Joe bent down to Kevin's level and hugged him."

"Bye, Dad. I love you."

"I love you, too, Son. Good luck on your math test."

"Thanks."

"Joe pulled away from his son and gave him a quick dry kiss on the mouth. "I'll see you tonight." He stood up and headed for the stairs."

Kevin followed him to the top of the stairs" "Okay, Dad."

After he brushed his teeth, Kevin went back into his room and got his stuff for school. He took all of his school books, notebooks, and pencils and put them in his book bag. He zipped up the navy blue book bag and slung it other his shoulder.