Saturday morning and the O'Conner family were doing their monthly shopping; their last one before Mia is due to have their baby. Mia was now on maternity leave from her job (a teacher at an elementary school) and Brian wasn't due into work (a detective back at LAPD) until later this afternoon. Brian pushes the shopping cart down to the snack aisle while Mia heads down to the baby aisle with Jack holding her hand.
"Mommy, do we have to buy Ava food now when we go shopping?" Jack asked.
"Not yet, sweetie. Ava won't eat anything until she is at least 4 months old. For now, she will just have milk".
"Just milk?"
"Yeah. Babies don't have teeth like we have, so when they're really little, all they have is milk".
"That's boring," Jack said and then, he spotted a bottle of chocolate milk on a shelf. "Can Ava have this milk?" he asked pointing at it.
"No, she will have special baby milk. How about we leave Daddy to go on shopping while I take you to the baby aisle, and we can get the milk together?" Mia suggested.
"Yeah, I want to help choose Ava's food," Jack replied.
Mia smiled at the thought of Jack already wanting to be involved in the upbringing of his soon-to-be-born sister. When they arrived at the baby aisle, Mia and Jack got distracted by the pacifiers (or binkies as Jack and kids his age call it) and bibs on the shelves. "Mommy, can we get Ava this binky?" Jack asked holding out a pink pacifier that says "Daddy's girl".
"Good idea, Jack. Daddy will like that," Mia said as she smiled.
"I like shopping for Ava," Jack said as he smiled back.
"I'm glad. Okay, let's go get Ava's milk," Mia said as she and Jack continued down the baby aisle.
Meanwhile, Brian is now trying to decide which chocolate biscuits to get for Jack, the one shaped like animals or the ones with the caramel in the middle. He finally decided on the animal-shaped ones placing them in the cart when he heard someone call his name. He turned around and spotted the person. "Monica?"
"Yeah, it's me," Monica said walking over to him.
"What are you doing here in L.A.?"
"I'm here on a business trip. Turns out I'm going to be here a while, so I thought I would do some shopping," Monica answered and then, she noticed Jack's large stuffed Lightning McQueen sitting in the cart. "Who's your buddy sitting there?"
"Oh, that's Lightning McQueen. He's Jack's," Brian answered as he smiled.
"Don't tell me you have a babysitting business on the side," Monica joked.
"No, Jack is..." Brian was about to answer when he was interrupted by Jack running up to him. "We got the milk," Jack announced then he looked up at Monica.
"He's yours, isn't he?" Monica said knowing away from Jack's looks (blonde hair and blue eyes).
"Yeah, yeah, he is," Brian replied picking Jack up. "Remember Mia Toretto, the sister of the guy I was supposed to apprehend before I met you? Well, everything between us worked out, this little tyke came along, and we got married soon after he was born".
"Well, I'm glad," Monica said just as Mia appeared trying to catch up to Jack.
"There you are. Jack, I've told you not to run off like that," Mia said approaching the cart. Then, she noticed Monica. "Hello," Mia greeted placing the pacifier and bib in the cart.
"Monica, this is Mia. Mia, this is Monica Fuentes. That Customs agent I told you about from my time in Miami?" Brian introduced the two women to each other.
"Oh, yeah. Nice to meet you," Mia said to Monica as the two shook hands.
"Likewise," Monica replied and then, she noticed Mia's swollen stomach. "Brian didn't mention that you were expecting baby #2".
"That's my baby sister," Jack smiled proudly from Brian's arms. "She's called Ava".
"Yeah, she's due next month," Brian said as he placed one hand on Mia's baby bump.
"Congratulations," Monica replied. "Well, I gotta go. It was nice to see you, Brian. And nice to meet you, Mia and Jack".
"You too," Brian said as Monica heads down to another aisle.
"That lady's really pretty," Jack noted about Monica which made Brian laugh.
"But not prettier than me, right, sweetie?" Mia asked her son.
"Mommy, you're the prettiest lady in the world," Jack said with a wide-eyed smile.
"Thank you, sweetie," Mia said as she hugged Jack. "Remember that when you have a girlfriend".
"Ew! Girls have cooties!" Jack said with disgust.
"I'm a girl and I don't have cooties," Mia reminded him.
"I know. You're too old to have cooties," Jack said which made Brian laugh hysterically that some people are starting to look at them, so they quickly paid for the stuff they got and left.
