"Ali, have you ever wanted another kid...?" says Steve.
"No. We agreed that Caitlin's gonna be our only kid, remember?" says Alison.
"Yes. I just wanted to make sure you hadn't changed your mind." says Steve.
"I have not, have you...?" says Alison.
"No. I've not, babe. Caitlin is a wonderful daughter so she's more than enough." says Steve.
"Yeah. Totally." says Alison.
The next day.
"Mommy. Play with me and the stuffies please." says Caitlin.
"I can't right now, sweetie. I'm goin' to work." says Alison.
"Okay. Have fun." says Caitlin.
"Thanks, girl." says Alison.
5 hours later.
"Welcome home, mommy." says Caitlin.
"Thanks, girl." says Alison.
"Can you play now?" says Caitlin.
"Sure...a little bit." says Alison.
"Yay!" says a happy Caitlin.
Alison and Caitlin walk up to Caitlin's room.
"So, sweetie, what plush animal do you want me to be today?" says Alison.
"This one...Bella Bunny." says Caitlin as she grab her blue plush bunny and hands it to Alison.
"Okay." says Alison.
"I'm gonna be Debby Dog." says Caitlin as she grab her white plush dog.
The next day.
"Mommy. I want a fruit sandwich." says Caitlin.
"I'll make one for ya, sweetie." says Alison.
Alison makes a tropical fruit sandwich and gives it to Caitlin.
"Thanks." says Caitlin.
"No problem, Cait." says Alison.
Caitlin takes a bit of the sandwich and says "Awwww! Yummy!"
Caitlin takes the remaining sandwich with her up to her room.
"Hi, stuffies." says Caitlin to her collection of cute plush animals.
She sit down on the huge pink pillow she has in a corner of the room and eat her sandwich.
"Yummy." says a happy Caitlin.
2 hours later.
"What's for dinner tonight, mom? Is it sushi...?" says Caitlin.
"No, it's pasta and bacon." says Alison.
"What happened to sushi...?" says Caitlin.
"Sweetie, we can't eat sushi every day." says Alison.
"I wish we could..." says Caitlin.
"Actually so do I, in a way though we really can't do that, okay?" says Alison.
"Okay, mommy." says Caitlin.
"Cait, you can play video games if you want to." says Alison.
"Yay! Me wanna play the My Little Pony game." says Caitlin.
"Okay. Your dad can help you to turn on the game console." says Alison.
Alison smile about the fact that her daughter love the My Little Pony game. Alison can never forget how much Emily used to play that game when she was a kid.
3 weeks later.
Alison is on the phone, talking to Charlotte.
"Charlie, good luck in Egypt. Be careful, okay? I don't wanna lose my sister."
"I'll be fine, Ali. Your awesome friend Samantah will protect me. Don't worry. I promise that when I return, I will step off the plane on my own two feet." says Charlotte.
"As long as you don't return in a coffin, it's good." says Alison.
"That won't happen, Ali. I will return fully alive." says Charlotte.
"Okay. I hope so, Charlie." says Alison.
"No fear, Ali. I will not die." says Charlotte.
"Good luck. See ya when you come back."
Alison ends the phone call.
2 hours later.
"Charlotte's on her way to Egypt now." says Alison.
"That's good. Wait a sec, didn't Samantha go with her?" says Steve.
"Samantha's over in Scotland right now so the USS John Lennon will stop by there to pick her up." says Alison.
"USS John Lennon? I assumed Charlotte would fly to Egypt." says Steve.
"President Janeway's canceled all flights to Egypt so Captain Lourens agreed to let Charlotte ride along on the USS John Lennon instead." says Alison.
"Oh, okay. I understand." says Steve.
The next day.
"Mom, my plushie panda is gone..." says Caitlin.
"Have you looked under your bed, sweetie?" says Alison.
"No..." says Caitlin in a sad tone.
"I'll help you find her." says Alison.
20 minutes later.
"Here's your cute panda bear, girl. It was under a pile of shoes in your closet." says Alison.
Alison hands the plush panda to Caitlin.
"Yay! My panda bear. She's adorable." says a happy Caitlin.
"I know. You love all your plush animals." says Alison.
"Yeah, stuffies are soooo cute." says Caitlin.
"Okay." says Alison.
"Stuffies are so sweet and soft." says Caitlin.
"Have fun, sweetie. I'm gonna go and check what you dad is doin' right now." says Alison as she leave the room.
Caitlin starts to play with her plush animals.
"Yay! Stuffies." says Caitlin.
The next day.
"Mom, what's for dinner?" says Caitlin.
"I've not decided yet." says Alison.
"Okay." says Caitlin.
"I think we should eat spicy beef and curry fries." says Steve.
"That's really too solid for Caitlin." says Alison. "Even I find it hard to eat that. Such food is more for men, not chicks."
"How about a less manly version then? You know, like regular beef and basic fries." says Steve.
"Hmm...yeah...we can do that." says Alison.
"Good." says Steve.
"Yeah." says Alison.
"Steve, can you keep our kid busy while I make dinner?" says Alison.
"Of course I can. Caitlin, do you wanna play video games?" says Steve.
"Yeah...the My Little Pony game." says Caitlin.
"I'll help you turn on the game console, girl." says Steve.
"Thanks, daddy." says Caitlin.
Steve turns on the video game console for Caitlin.
"Now you can play." says Steve.
"Thanks, daddy." says a happy Caitlin.
Caitlin play the cute My Little Pony video game while Steve return to the kitchen to help his beautiful wife with the dinner.
"Ali, did you play any video games when you were little?" says Steve.
"Not that much, but Em and Han did." says Alison.
"Okay." says Steve. "What did you do as a kid then?"
"I usually watched anime." says Alison.
"That's not a surprise. I should have expected that you were that type of girl." says Steve.
"Yeah." says Alison.
2 weeks later.
"Have you heard from Charlotte?" says Steve.
"No, her phone's turned off and she doesn't answer my e-mails." says Alison.
"I understand." says Steve.
"I hope she's okay. She promised me to not die." says Alison.
"Ali, don't worry. Samantha will protect your sister, babe." says Steve.
"You're right." says Alison.
4 hours later.
"Mommy. You're so cool and totally awesome. Let's play with soft cute stuffies. It's gonna be very fun." says a happy Caitlin in her adorable childish tone. "Yay!"
The End.
