Later that day, Astrid, Blitzen, and I head out into the woods to a small pond where we used to go for picnics. "Wanna go swimming?" Astrid says. "Uh, well, sure. But I didn't really bring an extra change of clothes." I say. "Well I don't," Astrid pushes me into the waters. "CARE!" She shouts. Blitzen starts laughing and clapping. Astrid stands there smiling. "You're going to pay for that." I say. She shakes her head. "Yes." I say. "Dada!" Blitzen shouts pointing behind me with a worried look on his face. I look behind me to see something coming towards me. Then I realize, it's a snake.
I get out of the water quickly and grab a knife Astrid brought with her. Astrid picks Blitzen up and stares at the water. A year before Blitzen was born she had a bad experince with a snake. Her mom died in the process. I throw the knife at the snake and it lands in its head. Astrid puts her head on my shoulder and I can hear her whimpering. "I miss her." She says. I nod. "I know you do." I say. Astrid sits down with Blitzen in her lap, feeding him small pieces of a sandwhich. I take my, now soaked, shirt off and sit down beside them. "So, who's hungry?" I ask, making a sandwhich for myself. Astrid looks at me and smiles. "Me." She says. A few minutes later after we've all eaten, we're swimming around in the pond and I've got Blitzen on my back since he can't swim. "Dada!" He keeps shouting and laughing. Astrid takes him from me and swims around with him for a while. Blitzen finally says he's tired and we put him on the bank and he sits there, watching us swim around for twenty more minutes.

When we get home, Blitzen is asleep in my arms and Astrid is trying to get grass out of her hair because I threw some at her. I put Blitzen down on the couch and go upstairs to change clothes. I take off my shorts and go through the closet for a new pair. Apparently Astrid has rearranged. All I find is her stuff and a pair of my boxers. So I just put on the new pair of boxers, which are pink for some weird reason, and go back downstairs.

"What are you wearing?" Astrid says, trying not to life. "It was the only thing in the closet that was mine." I say. "Well we'll have to fix that. But right now, come up to our room. I want to ask you something." Astrid says and goes upstairs. I stay downstairs for a minute, looking at Blitzen's sleeping form. "Dada..." He mumbles in his sleep. I smile and head upstairs. "Alright Astrid what do you want to ask me-ASTRID PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON, WE HAVE A SLEEPING CHILD DOWNSTAIRS!" I say. Astrid sits on our bed, naked. "I was wanting to know if you'd be up to have another kid."