"So, where are we going next?" Tessa asked as she awoke. She glanced out her window as the red Cadillac drifted down the road.

"We're going to pick up Zoë."

"Zoë? Why?"

"Because she has to stay with us for a while."

"So, she's our assignment?"

"No. But she will go on all your assignments with you, okay?"

"Okay."

"What's the matter, you don't sound excited?"

"I am excited, truly I am, you must believe that, I'm just a little tired, that's all. I did not get a sufficient amount of sleep last night, or the night before that, or the night before that one, or..."

"I get it, that's why you've been sleeping ever since we left our assignments and why you always sleep in the car. So, it isn't just me? I'm not just boring?"

"Boring? Your one of the most exciting people that I know! You always have been, I love spending time with you. I thought that you would have known that after fifteen years!"

"I do cherub child, I do. Now go back to sleep."

"Okay?" Tessa said, yawning and lying back down on her seat.

Tessa woke again, two hours later when the car came to a sudden stop and the ignition was turned off. Tessa could feel the summer heat on her body as she got out of the car. She was thankful that it was not one of those miserable days that was either humid, or one-hundred and ten degrees, then it would have been a positively awful day. Somehow that day it was only about eighty degrees or so, the sun was not its usual blaring self. It was a gentle sunlight. She accepted it; she absorbed it.

As Tessa approached the door she prepared herself. She knew that home would be a lot different than it had been at Christmas. The twins would be seven months old by this time, and her own Mother was expecting a baby any day now. This she was looking forward to, as they all were. This is why Zoe had to come with her and Tess.

Tess was right behind her when she rang the doorbell. Gloria answered it, delighted to see them, one of the twins, presumably Olivia lye quietly in her arms but was still as wide-awake as ever.

"Look who's gotten so big!" Tess said to the baby, who giggled at her.

"She's quiet, isn't she?"

"Yes, she's very quiet." Gloria said. "Most baby cherubs are. You were frighteningly quiet for example. But believe me, Michael is loud when he wants to be; very loud! Anyway, Tessa sweetie I have some advice for you, you too Tess."

"What?" They inquired.
"Well, Monica, just to let you know, she's a little crazy right now. Well, not crazy perhaps that was the wrong word choice. I think that the right description would be raging hormones."

"Ah!" Tess said.

"Got ya." Tessa replied.

"Just don't do anything to make her upset, she'll cry for like two hours."

Just then Zoe came down the stairs with her bags. Just a suitcase and a backpack, but still bags. Monica followed right behind her in a very emotional state. It took until after they had left that evening for Tessa to get used to the way her Mother looked. After all, she had not seen her Mother in seven months. Her stomach was huge, but the odd thing, Tessa thought, was that the rest of her stayed the exact same size.

"Now are you sure that you've gotten everything Zoe?"

"One-hundred percent. I've checked five times Mommy."

"Good." Monica said, hugging her soon to be, middle child. She looked up and saw Tessa. Tessa went over to them and also received a warm hug from her Mother. She found it rather difficult to hug someone who was that pregnant, but she supposed that she just was not used to that aspect of it either.

Later that night Tessa found herself in the car. Tess who was driving was, of course awake. Zoe, however was fast asleep. Tessa was pretending to be asleep also. In doing so she used that time to think. Now they were on their way to one of her favorite cities, San Francisco. That is where her first real assignment lived, but she highly doubted that she would see her, and she wouldn't. Tessa missed home and all but at least she was with Tess. Now once an assignment was over she could hardly wait until the next one began. That night was Saturday. The next day Tessa knew that they would arrive wherever they were staying, sleep for two hours get up and go to church. Because if they ever had a day off on Sunday, they would almost always go to church, and that's what happened. They arrived at the house, because yes, they had a beautiful house this time and slept two hours and went to church. Oddly enough however both Tessa and Zoe awoke early the next morning and stumbled down the stairs, into the kitchen where Tess was making breakfast.

"Summer, I love summer!" Zoe said as she made her way to the kitchen table.

"Yeah, why are you up so early, we're supposed to be sleeping in, its Summer."

"Summer? Not any more little Angels, you've got school this morning,"

"School?" Zoe whined. "Why, I just got out of school. And I wanna start school in New York with my friends, in September!"

"It's just for a few days Zoe, I'm sure you'll both survive. Now have breakfast and go get ready."

"Fine." They said.