A/N: It's another short one, but if I don't post it now I'll just keep trying to change it and it'll never leave my computer lol!

On another note...YAY for Kelly for winning Dancing With the Stars!

Changes 14

Alison pulled into the driveway and stopped the car. "Can you help me with the groceries, baby?" she asked Katrina.

"Yeah." Katrina unbuckled herself and hopped out of the car, running to the back towards the trunk.

Alison opened the trunk and handed the lightest bag to Katrina. "You take the bread." She then reached inside, taking the heavier bags for herself.

Beep! Beep!

Alison and Katrina turned to the edge of their driveway, seeing Danny sitting in his big wheels jeep.

"Hey, guess what! Bessie had her babies!"

Katrina looked up at her mother excitedly. "Oh, Mommy! Can I go see?"

"Okay, but let's…" get the groceries inside first, she was going to say. But before she could get the words out, Katrina had already tossed the plastic bag onto the ground and was climbing into Danny's jeep.

"Katrina Rose!"

Either she hadn't heard her mother, or she was ignoring her. In any case, the jeep was halfway down the street, leaving Alison standing there with a bag holding the milk in one hand and melting fudge bars in the other.

"She's already riding in cars with boys," Alison said to herself.

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After putting up all of the groceries, Alison headed over to the Thornhart's. When Katrina realized it was her mother at the door, she ran over to greet her.

"Mommy! You gotta come see the kitties! They're so cute!"

"In a minute. Come sit down with me."

Uh oh. Katrina knew that tone of voice. It was usually Daddy who used it but once in a while, Mommy would too, and it meant only one thing…she was in trouble.

Alison took a seat on the couch and Katrina did the same.

"Look at me," Alison said, and Katrina looked her mother in the eyes. "I don't ever want you going down the street by yourself again, do you hear me?"

"Danny was with me," Katrina said softly.

"That doesn't matter. I don't think Danny was supposed to be in the street either. You are not allowed to go down to his house without an adult."

"But his house is not far."

"That may be, but it's too far away for me to see you."

Katrina's eyes turned away from her mother, and she looked down.

"Katrina, look at me."

Katrina looked up at her mother, her chin starting to quiver a little.

"Katrina, I'm not trying to be mean. I'm not saying you can't come over to play with Danny. I'm just saying that I don't want you coming over here alone. The only reason I'm so upset is because I was so scared. What if something had happened to you? What if a car came, huh? What if a stranger came and hurt you and Danny? I'm only upset because I love you so much, and I don't want you to get hurt."

"Am I gonna be in big trouble when we get home?"

"You didn't know it was wrong, so we'll make this your warning. But if you do this again, then yes, you will be in big trouble. You understand?"

"Yes."

"Good." Alison gave Katrina a smile, trying to lighten the mood. "Come here." Alison wrapped her arms around her daughter, giving her a good squeeze. "You know, I'd still like to see those kittens. Can you show me now?"

Katrina gave her mother a big smile. "Yeah, come on!" Katrina stood up and took her mother's hand, leading the way.

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"Oh, Daddy! They're so cute! You have to see them!" Katrina said at the dinner table that night. Rafe and Alison were already halfway finished, but Katrina had hardly touched her food. She hadn't stopped talking about the kittens since they sat down.

"What do they look like, Princess?"

"The first one is black, but he's got white on his belly and his face and his paws. He kinda looks like Sylvester."

Rafe laughed.

"Then there's this really, really cute little yellow one, and the other one looks just like Bessie. Mrs. Eve calls her 'Little Bess'. We saw Little Bess being born too! But that part was kinda gross! She came out in this big brown blob! But Bessie licked her and licked her and she was all cleaned up and she started meowing. She said, 'Mew! Mew!' She was so cute!"

"Well it looks like tomorrow I'll have to stop by there and check these kittens out," Rafe said.

"They're really, really tiny! Their eyes are closed too. Mrs. Eve said they'd stay closed for about ten days. They can't see at all, Daddy!"

"Sweetie, we love hearing about the kittens, but your dinner is getting cold," Alison said. "Eat a little bit, alright?"

"Okay."

It was quiet for a while, as the three of them ate.

Katrina couldn't stop thinking about the kittens. Danny was so lucky. He got to be with them all the time.

"Well, that was delicious," Rafe said, pushing his plate aside.

"I have some chocolate pie in the refrigerator if you want some."

"That sounds great. I think I would."

"I'll get it." Alison started to get up, but Rafe stopped her.

"No, no, I'll get it. You just sit down and finish up."

Alison smiled. "All right. Bring it to the table. Gabe wants some too."

Rafe laughed, taking a few plates out of the cabinet.

"Mommy?"

"Yes, sweetie?"

"Where do babies come from?"

Rafe and Alison both paused, glancing at each other, thinking the same thing. They knew this question would come up sooner or later. They just weren't expecting it to be this very moment.

Alison cleared her throat. She wished she had thought this out first. "Well, sweetie, babies…they come from God."

"Even kitty babies?"

"Sure, even kittens."

"How does God give us babies?"

"Um…well…it's like this. When a man and a woman love each other very much, like your daddy and I do. Or when a girl cat likes a boy cat, sometimes God gives them a baby."

Rafe stifled a laugh. He was glad he wasn't the one to be answering this.

"Does that answer your question, sweetie?" Alison smiled.

Katrina looked at her mother, and Alison could tell right away that there was another one coming.

"But how does the baby get inside the mommy? How did Gabe get inside of you?"

The room was silent, save for the sound of Rafe dropping a fork on the kitchen floor.

"Sweetie, there's just a special place in a woman's body and that's where babies start to grow."

Katrina smiled. "Oh."

Alison breathed a sigh of relief. That answer seemed to satisfy her.

"I'm done! Can I go watch cartoons?"

"Sure sweetie, go ahead."

Katrina hopped out of the chair and ran out into the living room.

Rafe sat back down at the table, carrying two plates of pie for Alison and himself. "I think you handled that well."

"Yeah, thanks for the help by the way," Alison said with a laugh, picking up her fork and digging into the pie.

"I thought you were answering it just fine," he said with a wink.