Hilary woke up, yawning, got out of bed, and went into the bathroom to get ready as usual. She took out her phone, read the time was 6:57 AM, a couple hours before school started, and then saw an email popped up. She opened it and saw it was from Susan and Barry
Dear Hilary Brodie, we invite you to our first Boys-vs-Girls sleepover/slumber party this Friday (When Ivanna's out on her night shift.) It's starts on Friday, November 24th, 2017, at 1 PM after school. Teens and tweens only! Make sure to bring some snacks and everything sleepover-related!
Have a great day! Susan and Barry de Lafayette Nagasaki
Hilary's face lit up in excitement. She had sleepovers with Riley before, but it wasn't like this. Before she could reply to the invite, Hilary knew she had to ask for permission. She just hoped that her dad would allow her to go.
Hilary brushed your teeth, put on her school uniform, and went downstairs for breakfast. Luckily today was Friday, so that was her chance to ask her father for permission. She saw Derek sitting at the table, with breakfast already made. "Morning, Dad. Can I ask you something?"
"Sure thing, Hilary." Derek said. "What is it?"
"Well, Susan's having a sleepover and she invited me." She explained. "Is it ok if I go?"
"Sure thing." Derek said
"Great! Thanks." She smiled and served herself some breakfast.

At the Saunders residence, the family was having some hot cakes for breakfast.
"Hey, Mom and Dad. Can I go to Susan's for a sleepover?" Riley asked. "I just got the email this morning."
"Of course you can, honey." Audrey replied. "That sounds like fun."

At the Hernandezes complex, the whole family was having some chilaquiles for breakfast
"Mamá, Papá, everyone?" Michael questioned. "Can Prima Natalie and I go to Susan and Barry's house for the Boy versus Girls sleepover after school? We saw the email this morning."
The adults looked at each other for a moment. "Sure you can." Lucy agreed.
"As long as you two can get along, and no teasing each other." Diego added.
"We will." Michael and Natalie said in unison.
"Good. You two have fun." Lucy smiled.

At the Jackson house, Melody ate her toast and eggs for breakfast.
"Can I please go to Susan's place after school?" Melody asked.
"Sure, honey. What are you guys gonna do?" Laurie asked.
"We're having a sleepover!" Melody said showing her mother and brother the email she got this morning
"Oh, wow. That sounds like fun." Laurie smiled, seeing the invite.

At the Brooks residence, Alex was eating his breakfast with Diana and his father.
"Can I go to Barry's house for a sleepover?" He asked, showing the email from this morning
"Ooh, a sleepover! Those are fun." Diana said, excited.
"I suppose so." Martin looked unsure. "Will you be okay without us?"
"I'll be fine, Dad!" Alex said, confidently. "I've learned to take of myself when my Mom died."
"Ok, you're right. Have a good time." Martin smiled.

Susan and Barry got some toast and quickly tiptoed past Ivanna, who was getting some dresses ready.
"We're heading to the bus stop now. See you after school!" Barry said.
"Hold it, you two." Ivanna said, making them stop. She turned to face them. "You kids have your homework?"
"Yep! It's done" Susan said. "We need to go now, so bye!" They went out the door.
"Alright. Have a good day!" Ivanna waved to them as they left.
"Phew, that was close." Susan said. "Our very first time we use the buses to school."
"Yeah, tell me about it." Barry agreed. "I thought we were gonna get busted."
"Yeah." Susan said. "Glad we sent those sleepover invitations by email."
"I hope that our friends will be able to come." Barry said hopefully.
Susan and Barry then saw all of the kids at the bus stop.
"Hey, guys!" Barry greeted the others as they approached them.
"Hey, Barry!" Hilary said, happily waving her hand. "I just got your email this morning!"
"So did we." The other kids said all together.
"Glad our group is gonna have their first sleepover." Michael said.
"Yeah. I'm also glad that our parents are letting us go." Added Melody.
"I'm so excited about the sleepover, Susan!" Natalie said.
"Me too!" Riley said with a big smile.
The bus for the Elementary school pulled over.
"That's us!" Barry said. "See you guys after school!" Barry waved as he, Hilary, and Riley boarded the bus.
A minute later, the middle school's bus came.
"There's our ride." Michael said. "Let's go."

Meanwhile, at Pixfare University, everyone got to Marine Biology 101. The students were talking, when Diana came in with her teacher outfit, which is a blue blouse, yellow leggings, and black flats. "Morning, Class."
"Good morning, Miss Samson." The class said in unison, giving her their attention.
"Today's lesson will be about Echolocation, so take out your textbooks and turn to page 251." She instructed.
The class opened their books. Diana wrote on the board, beginning the lesson.
"Now let's start the lesson." Diana said. "Echolocation is a biological sonar used by several animal species. Animals emit calls out to the environment and listen to the echoes of those calls that return from various objects near them." She lectured. "They use these echoes to locate and identify the objects. It's used for navigation, foraging, and hunting in various environments."
The class started taking notes.
"Echolocating animals include mammals such as bats, whales, and dolphins." She continued.

At Pixfare Elementary, Hilary, Melody, Barry, and Riley were talking among themselves, when they heard footsteps coming in the distance.
"Good morning, kids." Laura Reed greeted them as she came over. "How are you today?"
"Morning, Ms. Richards!" The kids said
"I thought since it's the last Friday of November, we're watching 'Free Birds' today while I grade this month's paperwork." She announced.
"Yay!" The kids cheered, excited.

At Pixfare Middle School, Michael and Natalie were chatting about the sleepover, when they heard Mr. Cruise's footsteps.
"EVERYBODY QUICKLY! GET YOUR CLASS STUFF READY!" one of the students said.
Michael and Natalie quickly got their stuff and went to class.
Then, Ben came with a welcoming smile. "Morning, Niños." He said
"Good morning." The class said altogether, except for Michael who looked at him with a scowl on his face.
"What's wrong, Michael?" Ben questioned Michael
Michael snapped out of his gaze. "Oh, nothing. Just other things on my mind." He said, trying to keep his cover.
"Okay, then." Ben said. "Alright, since it's Friday, we are watching 'Mamma Mia' movie!" He announced
"Yay!" The kids cheered, excited.
"Michael?" Natalie asked, whispering. "You usually said good morning to Mr. Cruise. What's been on your mind recently?"
"I know, but I couldn't help it." Michael whispered back. "I can't be happy to see the guy who ruined our family"
"But he never did anything bad to our family." Natalie argued.
"Yes, he did." Michael argued back. "He murdered Papa Héctor, stole his songs, and tried to kill me twice."
Natalie raised her brow, noticing that her cousin had been acting strange since the Day of the Dead. "Who's Héctor? And I don't recall you being killed twice." She said, suspiciously
Michael was about to speak but realized that Natalie must still be cursed. That was why she didn't believe him. "Never mind. That was just from a weird dream I had."

At the Hernandez's complex, the family was making the instruments.
"Did you guys notice Michael's behavior since Día de Muertos?" Edward said, concerned, polishing the violin.
"Actually, yes." Angela replied. "He almost looked like he was surprised to see me, Henry, and Joaquin."
"It must be from Jack." Lucy said. "I mean, it's been a month since he came to town."
"What do you think Jack could've done?" Albert asked. "He seems pretty cool."

At the Pixfare Aquarium, Martin was giving a tour to the kindergarteners. He led the group to a large tank filled with different types of fish swimming around several coral reef.
One of the kindergarteners snuck out in the group and was about to steal a dolphin plushie from the gift shop nearby when she got caught.
"Excuse me, Martin." A security guard brought the child back to the group. "Is this one of yours? I caught her trying to steal from the gift shop."
"Yes." Martin looked at her in anger.
"She's part of the kindergarten group." Her teacher said. "Felicia, let's go to the school bus while I call your parents!"
"I'm sorry." Felicia looked like she was gonna cry. "I just wanted a dolphin toy."
The teacher looked suspicious. "Did you have your pocket money from your parents?"
Felicia dug into her pockets. "They only give me lunch money."
The Teacher sighed "Ok, but next time, ask me if you want to go to the gift shop."
"Ok. I won't do it again." Felicia agreed.
"Good." The teacher said. "Now let's get back to the tour" The teacher then brought her back to the group.

At the Pixfare Elementary, the movie was half-way done. Hilary and Riley were whispering about the plot throughout the movie.
"I think that Reggie kinda likes Jenny." Riley noticed.
"I agree." Hilary said. "Even though they lived in different timeline."
"I wonder if he's gonna stay with her, or go back to his time." Riley questioned.

When school was over, it was 1 PM, and everybody was out, and the kids walked home, while some took the bus.
"Time to go to the sleepover!" Riley said, excited.
Riley started packing her things for the sleepover, including her phone, PJs, toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush and comb, a change of clothes, some of her DVDs and Blu-rays, her Bing-Bong plush, her books and magazines, her earplugs, and chargers in her purple and yellow 7-pouch duffle bag, when the limo arrived, honking.
"Riley, your ride's here!" Audrey called from downstairs.
"Coming!" She called back. Riley finished packing and then came downstairs.
"Bye Mom, Bye Dad!" Riley waved to her parents.
"Bye, honey! Have fun!" Audrey and Freddy waved back.

At Hilary's place, she started packing her things for the sleepover, including her phone, PJs, toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush and comb, a change of clothes, some of her DVDs, her earplugs, chargers, her notebook, and her storybook in her blue and pink 5-pouch duffle bag, when the limo arrived, honking "Hilary, the limo's here!" Derek called from downstairs
"I'll be right there!" Hilary finished packing and then hurried downstairs.
"You better behave at the sleepover." Derek told Hilary.
"I will." Hilary promised.

At the Hernandez complex, Michael started packing his things for the sleepover, including his phone, PJs, toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush and comb, a change of clothes, some of his DVDs, his Mexican games, his headphones, chargers, and his guitar in his red and blue 4-pouch mariachi-hat shaped duffle bag and gray guitar case.
A honk was soon heard from outside.
"Michael, come on." Natalie knocked on his door. "The limo's here to pick us up."
"¡Viene prima!" Michael finished packing and then hurried out.
"Have fun, you two!" Lucy waved to them as they left.

At the Brooks household, Alex got everything he needed in his backpack, including his phone. "I'm ready to go, Dad!"
"You forgot something." Martin said.
"Really?" Alex checked in his backpack. "I don't think I did."
"It's there." Martin tickled his son on his body
"Hey!" Alex laughed. "Dad, stop that."
The limo honked. "Come on!" The chauffeur called out.
"That must be my ride. Bye, Dad." Alex got his backpack and headed out.
"Bye, Alex." Martin said.
"Call or text us when you get there!" Diana called, waving.
"I will!" Alex called back, waving.

At the Nakisaki mansion, Barry and Susan were creating and decorating different sides for boys and girls, along with the servants and painters in the guestroom they're using.
Ivanna soon came by and saw the room. "Wow! This is looking amazing."
"Yeah." Susan said hanging the pink and purple Christmas lights on the wall in the girls' section.
"I can't wait for our friends to see this." Barry was helping paint the boys' section.
"I agree!" Susan said getting the number of beds for the girls' section
Ivanna checked the time. "Well, I believe your friends should arriving real soon,"
"I know." Barry said, putting the game consoles for the TV set.
"There. I think we're just about ready." Susan finished setting up the board games.
"I guess so." Barry finished off the beds for the guests
The limo soon pulled up to the mansion. The kids stepped out and went to ring the doorbell.
Ivanna checked the cameras and pressed the button for the computer voice.
"Barry, Susan, your guests have arrived." the computer voice said.
"Let them in." Susan requested.
"Request acknowledged." The computer responded, opening the front door, and the kids entered.
The kids were amazed at the mansion.
One of the servants came in. "Allow me to put your bags in the sleepover room, and on the named beds." they said.
"Thanks." The kids replied as they handed the servant their bags.
The kids went upstairs, and opened the sleepover room, and were amazed at the huge size.
"Hey guys, you made it!" Barry greeted them, excitedly.
"Gracias, Barry." Michael said.
"This room looks amazing." Melody said, looking around.
"Luckily the beds are color-coded, carved in different writing styles to match your personalities and shapes of your most favorite thing to do." Susan said.
"Wow, this is so cool." Alex looked at the different colored beds.
"The fish-shaped, sea-themed bed is Alex's." Barry said as the bags had already been put on the assigned beds.
"I like this one." Riley noticed the bed with her bag. "It's so colorful."
"Well, have fun." Ivanna waved "I'll be back at the boutique."
"Thanks, Aunt Ivanna." Barry and Susan waved back as she left.
Everybody started unpacking their things.
"Now just make yourselves at home." Susan said.
Then everybody started changing into their PJs.
"So, what do you guys wanna do first?" Barry asked.
"How about we write our suggestions, games, and activities on a piece of paper, and pick it randomly from a different type of hat for each?" Susan suggested, getting three hats, the red baseball cap for games, the green tall hat for ideas, and a purple Ascot cap for activities.
"Great idea." The others agreed. They wrote down their ideas on three slips of paper and put one in each hat.
"The first activity will be..." Susan picked up a paper slip, with Melody's handwriting "Truth or Dare!" She announced.
"Cool!" The others cried, excited.
"Who's gonna go first?" Riley asked.
"I say Truth to Natalie." Michael said. "What is your most embarrassing moment of your life?" He said
"Hey!" Natalie gave him an angry look. "You're doing that on purpose."

Ben had a meeting with Derek and told him everything from the day. "...and Michael didn't say good morning to me like he does every other school day."
"But you're his favorite teacher in his favorite class." Derek looked confused. "Did he have a reason why he didn't?"
"Not since Día de Muertos." Ben said. "I just don't know why he did it?"
Derek thought back to that night. He did see Michael talking with Hilary, and they have been hanging out since then. She must have shown him that book of hers, and it could be returning his memories. "It's probably just a phase. I'm sure that soon he'll be back to normal."
"I guess you're right."
"Of course I am." Derek assured. As long as he was in charge of the town, he would stop at nothing to keep the curse from breaking.

The kids had finished 'Truth or Dare', and now they were finding another activity to do.
"Alright, our next activity is..." Susan picked out another paper slip. "Movie time!"
"Yes!" The kids cheered, as they got their Blu-rays and DVDs from their bags.
They laid out the different choices on the floor. Alex's DVDs were fish-themed animated films. Susan's DVDs were Gothic, for her age. Barry's DVDs were about superheroes. Michael's DVDs were musicals. Melody's DVDs were about toys. "Which one should we watch first?" Alex asked, excited.
"How about Hilary's first?" Susan said. "What movie you want us to watch first?"
"Ok. But these are my favorite movies, I couldn't pick one." Hilary pointed to her choices. "Why don't you guys help me decide?"
"How about 'Mulan'?" Michael suggested pointing out at one of Hilary's Blu-rays.
"Great idea!" The others said excitedly.
"You guys got some snacks or should I get some from the kitchen?" Susan questioned.
The kids started taking out snacks from their bags.
"I brought some goldfish crackers." Alex said.
"I have some sodas, potato chips, and apple slices." Riley added.
"Michael, Hilary, Melody, Rebecca, and Natalie?" Susan questioned "What kinds of snacks that you got?"
"I got some hot, buttery popcorn." Melody took out a large bag.
Susan pressed on the button, and a servant drone appeared. "Michael Hernandez, what kind of snack and drink would you like?" The Drone asked in a male computerized voice.
Michael looked shocked for a moment. "Uh, I'll have some popcorn and soda." He answered.
"Hilary? What do you want for your movie snacks?" another drone came over and asked her.
"I'd like some cookies and hot cocoa with cinnamon, please." Hilary requested.
Another drone came over to Natalie. "Ms. Hernandez, what snack would you want?" The female voice said
"Uh, some soda and potato chips, please." She replied, also surprised by the machine.
"And Rebecca, what snack would you want?" The last drone asked.
"Oh, uh, I'd like some chocolate candies, please." Rebecca answered.
"Request acknowledged." The drones then left, went to the kitchen and bought them their requested snacks and drinks.
"Wow! Those things are so cool." Riley said, impressed.
"Thanks." Susan said. "Now let's start the movie."
"Yay!" The kids cheered, as Susan put the disc in and hit the play button.

Throughout the movie, they were discussing about the plot while eating and drinking.
"Looks like every man fell for Mulan's disguise." Melody said, eating the bag of popcorn.
"Well, you can't blame them." Rebecca snacked on her candies. "It is convincing."
"I'm just guessing." Melody argued.
"Hey, hey girls. There's no need to argue." Riley spoke up. "We're here to have fun."
"She's right." Natalie said. "Let's just watch the movie."
"Yeah, ok. I'm sorry." Melody calmed down.
After the movie ended, they put it away. "The next movie time will be later." Susan said. "Now let's see which of the hats we'll do next?"
"Let's do the red one for games." Barry suggested.
"Good idea." Susan said, searching for something from the red hat. She then pulled out a slip of paper. "Hey, how about Twister?"
"Great idea!" Hilary said.
Barry and Susan laid out the Twister mat, and then the kids all took off their shoes.
A couple minutes later, the kids were having some fun. "Right foot green." Hilary said. She extended her right leg, trying to reach for a green spot.
As Riley was about to go next, Natalie suddenly felt a flash from Michael running away from the family, to the curse coming through them, then flashed back to reality, then collapsed, along with the other kids.
"Ow, my hips!" Rebecca said.
"Is everyone okay?" Susan asked, trying to sit up.
"You're ok, Prima?" Michael said, worried and ran over to her. "Wanna talk somewhere private?"
"I think so." Natalie said, rubbing her head. "Yeah, good idea." She nodded.
"Susan, can Natalie and I have go somewhere private, please?" Michael asked.
"Ok, but hurry back." Susan nodded as she and the others got back on their feet.
They went outside the room and Michael put his hands on Natalie's shoulders. "Natalie, what happened just now?" He asked, still feeling worried.
"It was like all these flashes suddenly hit me, and then-" She looked at Michael and gasped. "Miguel, it's you!" She hugged him.
"Rosa!" Michael then hugged Natalie back. "Oh, I thought I'd never see you again."
"Neither did I." She replied, getting emotional.
"For 28 years, you were here this whole time!" Michael said, wiping his tears.
"Yeah." She sniffled. "I can't believe that you've been here all along too."
"I gotta tell Hilary about this!" Michael said, excited.
He and Natalie came back into the room.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" Hilary asked.
Michael began explaining everything to the kids, except Rebecca.
"You're awake, too? Awesome!" Barry said eagerly.
"Yep!" Natalie said, excited. "What was your plan, Hilary?" She questioned.
Hilary then explained everything to Natalie about their plans.
"Wow. It is alright for me to join in your group, then we can read your storybook?" Natalie asked.
"We'd be glad to have you join us." Hilary smiled. "But you have to keep it a secret."
"Sure thing!" Natalie said "Can I also join your chat group? I wanna know when Michael or Miguel will be chatting."
"Of course you can." Hilary nodded.
"Hey, you just wanna spy on me!" Michael gave Natalie a look.
"It's just a joke, Miguel." Natalie said, rolling her eyes "I can exchange my phone number."
"Sure. And here's mine." Hilary wrote down her phone number and gave it to Natalie.
Natalie got her phone and added herself to the chat group.
"Welcome to Operation Cobra." Hilary smiled and shook Natalie's hand.
"Now let's go back to the game!" Susan announced.
"So who's gonna go first?" Barry asked.
After minutes of Twister, they put the game away. "Now for activities!" Susan said, getting another slip of paper "Karaoke!"
"Cool!" The kids cheered. Michael looked especially excited.
"Michael v.s Natalie on 'No Matter Where You Are' from the Book of Life!" Susan said.
"Awesome!" Michael cried and went to get his guitar.
Natalie turned on the karaoke machine and began to sing the first verse.
"I will stay by you,
Even when I fall" she sang into the microphone.
"I will be the rock, that holds you up
and lifts you high so you stand tall" Michael joined in.
Natalie turned on the karaoke machine and begin to sing the second verse.
"I won't let you go"
Michael then turn it to a duet. "No one can take your place."
The other kids were enjoying watching their performance.
Natalie began to sing the 3rd verse.
"A couple fights & lonely nights,
Don't make it right to let it go to waste
"I won't let you fall
I won't let you go" They sang at the same time.
"No matter where you are
No matter where you are, I'll be there." Michael sang the part.
"No matter where you are
No matter where you are, I'll be there" Natalie sang.
"You go, girl!" Hailey cheered.
"Thanks!" Natalie smiled.
"No matter where you are
No matter where you are, I'll be there" Michael sang again
"I will hold on to
Everything we've got" Natalie sang the next part.
"A quitter, a regretter, and forgetter is
Everything I'm not." Michael sang the next one, strumming his guitar to the same note.
"I'll take care of you
and love you just because" Natalie sang.
"You and I are better than forever
Nothing can stop us" Michael sang again.
"I won't let you fall
I won't let you go
No matter where you are
No matter where you are, I'll be there
No matter where you are
No matter where you are, I'll be there" They sang together.
"We can be the generation
Who learns how to love." Michael sang.
"Mistakes & empty promises
Will never be enough" Natalie sang.
"To tear apart the giant hearts
That beat inside us now." They sang again.
"Let's conquer the percentages
and rise above the crowd" Michael sang.
"And I won't let you fall
I won't let you go." They sang together once more.
"No matter where you are
No matter where you are, I'll be there" The song soon ended.
The kids cheered. Michael and Natalie took a bow.
"Now which hat should we choose next?" Barry said.
"Let's do the green one." Riley suggested.
Then Susan begin picking randomly from the green hat. She picked out a paper slip. "Uh oh. Who's up for a pillow fight?"
"We are!" The kids said, getting their pillows.
Susan picked up her pillow. "Ready? Let's go!"
The kids had so much fun pillow fighting.
Melody ducked as Riley's pillow came at her. "Missed me!"
Barry ran towards Michael, but Michael slid past him just in time. "Ha, ha, ¡te lo perdiste!" Michael said. "That's means you missed!"
Alex was getting a little tired. He put his pillow back on his bed and sat down.
"Looks likes Alex's down." Susan said "I think we'll finish the pillow fight. You girls want to pick something from the activities hat?" She said, getting the purple hat.
"You guys don't have to stop because of me." Alex said. "I just have a bad arm."
"I'm just kidding." Susan said.
"You guys can keep pillow fighting if you want." Alex said.
The kids continued pillow fighting until the girls won.
"Ha! Girls win!" Riley shouted, raising her pillow in the air.
"Now let's do activities next!" Susan said. She grabbed the purple hat and picked out a slip of paper. "Time for another movie."
"Yes!" The kids said, getting back to their DVDs and Blu-rays.
"So what are we gonna watch this time?" Alex wondered.
"Let's watch 'The Book of Life' on Blu-ray!" Riley said
"Alright!" The other kids cheered.
"Then let's start the movie!" Michael said. "I love everything about musicals, and about cultura Mexicana!"
"Yeah, that's an awesome movie!" Natalie agreed. "And it has Dia de Muertos."
The movie started to play.
"Whoa! A secret entrance in the wall. Cool!" Alex looked amazed.
"I agree" Michael said "¡Mira, la entrada tiene forma de calavera!"
"Hey, that place reminds me of our town back home." Natalie said to Michael.
"You mean in your story?" Hilary said. "Santa Cecilia?"
"Yeah." Michael nodded. "And the Land of the Dead had a place for the Remembered and the Forgotten too."
Hillary smile warmly, knowing that Natalie and Michael's memories returned.
Michael tried to enjoy the movie, but the characters made him think of his family.
"The characters in the movie look like your family?" Hilary asked, quietly to Michael and Natalie.
"They act like them too." Michael replied. "At first, my family didn't approve of me being a musician either."
"But now they do!" Natalie said. "Even with our counterparts."
"Yeah, and it's great. I just wish that Papa Héctor and Mama Coco were here too." Michael looked a little sad.
"Don't worry, Michael." Natalie said, cheering him up. "Oh, look, The family's heading to La Muerte's castle!"
"Wow! That place looks cool!" Melody looked amazed.
"¡Y mira toda la comida!" Natalie pointed. "Just like the ones back home!"
"Si!" Michael agreed. "Especially with how much food Abuelita would always make."

Angela was reading 'Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451' when a folded page flew in her window, covered in marigolds and roses.
"What was that?" She put down her book and picked up the page, opening it to see a picture of skeletons. "Where did this come from?"
Then she turned around to her vanity mirror showing her skeleton self again, this time with someone holding her shoulder.
Angela screamed at the sight of her reflection, dropping the page. "Who's there?!" She looked around, frantically.
She rubbed her eyes and put on her glasses to make sure. Angela sighed relieved that there wasn't anyone there. "I must be imagining things again." She said, touching her head.

At the shoe shop, a gray cat came in, with a page in her mouth and was greeted by Ms. Cordwain.
"Hola, gatita. What you got there?" She knelt down and took the page from the cat's mouth.
The cat meowed and went for a nap. Ms. Cordwain smiled and shook her head. "Just like Pepita used to do."

/Thanks to my co-writer Varzate732 for suggesting the title