Serena's laughing. "You're so cute!" she exclaims, playing with the kitten with some ribbon from her room.
The kitten is chasing it, but can't get it. Serena giggles at the kitten's determination.
"Serena, can I come in?" her dad knocks on the door.
Serena throws the ribbon aside & hides the kitten under her pillows. "Yeah." she calls out, sitting on her bed.
Her dad opens the door. "How are you, sweetheart?"
"I'm fine." she smiles.
"Good." He closes the door. "Now, we need to talk." He goes to sit down on the pillows, but luckily changes him mind & sits on the chair. Serena lets out a sigh.
"What was that for?" her dad smiles, looking at her.
Serena grinned. "Just sighing in happiness." she lied.
Mr. Tsukino laughs. "OK." He shifts himself to get comfy. "Now, we need to talk about this baby problem of yours."
Serena frowns & gets off her bed. "I don't want to share you or mommy." She walks over to her window & looks out.
He frowns & gets up. "Sweetheart," he walks over to her & bends down. "A baby will be a great addition."
Serena pouts even more. "But what if it's mean?"
He sighs. "Sweetheart, listen to me."
Serena turns to him, pouting. "When I was young, I was an only child until your uncle Jerry was born."
"But Uncle Jerry is nice!" Serena protests.
Mr. Tsukino nods. "Yes he is. But when he was born, I didn't like him. I thought he was taking my parents away."
Serena's lip went out. "What did you do?"
"I told Grandma Tsukino & she told me that no matter who was born, I'd always be her little man." He pulls Serena into a hug. "And you'll always be my angel."
Serena hugged him, happy. "Arigato, papa." When they pulled away, she wiped her tears.
"Now, are we ready to go downstairs & jump rope?" he asks, standing up.
Serena nods enthusiastically. "Yeah!" She begins to walk towards the door when she remembers the kitten. She stops. "Um, daddy?"
"Yes?" he turns around.
"I'll be there in a minute." Serena uttered.
He nods. "OK. I'll be outside, waiting." He walks out of the room.
Serena runs to close the door. "That was close." She walks to the pillows & lets the poor ruffled kitten out.
It cries in protest & Serena pets it. "Don't cry. I'm sorry. I don't think I'm allowed to have pets."
The kitten somehow understood & purred. Serena smiled. "OK. I'm going outside, but I'll come back to play & feed you."
The kitten stares at Serena, sadly. Serena feels bad, then looks around. "OK, you can come outside, but be REALLY careful."
The kitten purred in happiness. Serena picked it up, put it in her backpack & walked outside.
She puts the backpack down outside, unzips it a little bit & goes over to her dad to jump rope.
The kitten pokes it's head out, cautiously. It walks out & sniffs around. It looks to see Serena jump roping with her dad, laughing. It runs off down the street.
In 15 minutes, Serena's tired jump roping. Her dad went inside to get her something to drink. Serena went over to her backpack to check on the kitten.
When she found it was gone, Serena looked around. "Kitten? Where are you?" She walks in front of the house, looking. When she can't find it, she sits down & holds in her tears. "Where'd you go, kitten? I was going to take care of you."
Her dad comes outside & sees her sitting on the sidewalk. He walks over. "What's wrong?" He hands her some water.
Serena looks up. "Nothing. I'm just tired." She takes a drink of the water.
"OK." Her dad nods. Mrs. Tsukino comes outside. "Honey, phone!" she exclaimed.
Mr. Tsukino walked inside to take the phone, leaving Serena sitting outside.
Serena sits for a few moments, drinking the water. She stands up, pours the rest out on the grass & runs down the street. "Kitten! Where are you kitten!" she exclaims, looking for her.
Great, Serena's run off. Smart girl. What will happen? Review & I'll update.