The next morning, Tera woke up and crept to Anna and Gabriel's room.

Tera: [Knocks]

There's no answer.

Tera: [Walks in and crawls on top the bed]

Anna: [Groans]

Tera: [Softly giggles to herself]

Anna: [Mumbles] Gabriel, stop moving your feet.

Gabriel: I'm not moving my feet.

Tera: [Jumps on them] ROAR!

Anna: Hah! [Opens her eyes] Tera?

Tera: Morning, Mommy. Morning, Daddy. [Giggling]

Anna: [Picks her up laying her on her back in front of her and tickles her]

Tera: [Laughs hysterically] Mommy, that tickles!

Anna: [Laughs] That's what you get for scaring me like that. [Stops tickling her]

Tera: [Catches her breath] I'm hungry.

Anna: [Puts her down] Go tell Gracy. She should be up by now. Ask her to make whatever you like. Mommy and Daddy will be down in a minute.

Tera: Ok. [Runs to the kitchen]

Gabriel: She planned that I think. I thought I heard a giggle before you said something.

Anna: Me too. I thought it was you though. Now how about a good morning?

Gabriel: [Chuckles and pulls her in for a passionate kiss]

Anna: [Kisses back and pulls away]

Gabriel: Good morning, Darling.

Anna: [Smiles] Morning. [Pecks him on the lips and gets up]

Gabriel: [Gets up and takes her hand]


Tera: [In the kitchen sitting in a chair watching Gracy cook cream of wheat]

Carl: [Sitting beside her and sees the couple walk in] Good morning, You two.

Anna/Gabriel: Morning, Carl.

Anna: [Sits on the end beside Tera]

Gabriel: [Sits on the opposite end and looks at Tera] What you doing, Princess?

Tera: [Looks at him] Watching Gracy cook cream of wheat.

Anna: I thought that's what I smelt when we came in.

Gracy: [Puts a bowl of cream of wheat in front of each of them and sets down the sugar and milk] Breakfast is served, My Lady. My King. Princess. [Walks off]

Anna: [Puts the sugar and milk in both hers and Tera's bowls] There you are, Baby.

Tera: Thank you, Mommy.

Anna: [Smiles] You're welcome. [Starts to eat]

Carl: Why is it that Gracy always forgets who I am? [Asking no one in particular]

Anna: She just likes you. She pretends to forget who you are because she likes you.

Carl: But I'm with Lilah. The barmaid.

Anna: She'll get over it. Don't worry about it. It's just a crush.

Carl: Don't tell Lilah that. She'll flip out.

Anna: [Giggles and looks up to see Gabriel looking at her] What?

Gabriel: [Half smiles] Oh, nothing. Just thinking about our future with the baby.

Anna: [Shakes her head teasingly and finishes eating]

Tera: [Finishes her bowl and puts it in the sink] Bath, Daddy.

Gabriel: [Puts his bowl in the sink and picks her up and takes her to her bathroom to get a bath started]

Tera: [Picks out an outfit and puts it on her bed]

Gabriel: [Turns the water on and fills the tub] Do you want bubbles?

Tera: [Walks in naked with her towel] Yes please, Daddy.

Gabriel: [Puts her bubble bath soap in and bubbles it up] Let me wash your hair quick.

Tera: [Puts the towel on the counter and crawls in the tub]

Gabriel: [Quickly washes her hair and gets a cup full of water to rinse it] Close your eyes.

Tera: [Closes her eyes]

Gabriel: [Dumps the water on her head and rinses the shampoo out] Ok. What do you want to play with?

Tera: Ducky and Brook.

Gabriel: [Hands her the rubber duck and the mermaid doll named Brook] There you go. Call me when you're done.

Tera: Ok, Daddy.

Gabriel: [Walks to his room and finds Anna getting undressed] Getting a shower?

Anna: [Turns to look at him] Bath actually. Want to come with? I can put bubbles in and we can play a game.

Gabriel: Say no more. Get everything ready and I'll be there in just a minute.

Anna: [Nods and goes to the bathroom to set the bath and gets out some shot glasses and absinthe]

Gabriel: [Walks in] Absinthe? What game we playing, Dear?

Anna: [Smiles and gets in and pours two shot glasses full] You'll see.

Gabriel: [Gets in and sits in front of her]

Anna: We're gonna play Rock, Paper, Scissors. The person to lose each round has to drink their shot glass of absinthe.

Gabriel: Alright. [Takes his glass] Rock, paper, scissors, shoot! [Rock]

Anna: [Paper] Paper beats rock. You drink.

Gabriel: [Drinks his absinthe shot]

Anna: [Pours more in it] Rock, paper, scissors, shoot! [Scissors]

Gabriel: [Scissors] Now what? It's a tie.

Anna: We both drink. [Drinks her shot]

Gabriel: [Drinks his shot]

Anna: [Pours more in the glasses] Rock, paper, scissors, shoot! [Scissors]

Gabriel: [Rock] Your drink.

Anna: [Drinks her shot and pours more in]


Tera: [Playing with her ducky and Brook the mermaid] *I'm bored.* [Puts her toys to the side] DADDY!

Gabriel: [Looks at Anna] ...Shoot! [Paper]

Anna: [Scissors] I win!

Gabriel: [Hears Tera and gets out and dresses quickly]

Anna: [Hears Gabriel fall into the door frame of Tera's room and shakes her head getting out to drain the water]

Tera: [Sees Gabriel walk in]

Gabriel: [Pulls her out and hands her the towel then drains the water]

Tera: [Dries off then goes to her room to dress]

Gabriel: [Follows and helps her] Ok. Go to the library and read the book on Mommy's family history.

Tera: Ok. [Goes to the library and asks Carl for the book]