I wrote this one for the category of Career. =] Also was inspired by a piece of art on DeviantArt by Twisted-Vision called Toast.

Typical

The alarm clock buzzed loudly. She swung her fist onto the small object and it whined in protest. Her however husband continued to snooze, his brown hair dancing crazily all over his face.

"Jimmy, get up! You're going to be late for work!" She called as she shook him. Finally he groaned. "Good morning," she whispered as she placed a soft kiss on his neck. "I missed you last night. What were out so late for?"

"Trying to fix my newest invention," he responded.

"You, Mister I- work-for-NASA, are a workaholic."

"It pays the bills, lady," he replied with a gentle chuckle. "If I remember correctly, you are the brilliant founder of a very successful company and quite busy yourself."

"Stop trying to achieve brownie points. You aren't going to wriggle your way out of this one."

"I know."

She brushed her palm against his cheek. "Four days in a row with you not getting home till four in the morning is unacceptable."

"But, Cind, you got to understand, if I don't get this done, I might not get the promotion I want."

She sighed, relaxing back on the pillow her blonde hair splaying all over it. He rolled over and smiled at her, but his eyes went wide when he saw the clock.

"Oh, Gas Planets, is that really the time?"

Cindy just watched her husband, completely baffled. "Where are you going?"

"I told George I'd be there early to show him my progress!" He called as he raced into the bathroom.

"That would've been nice to know!"

He hurried back out and threw on one of Cindy's favorite blue shirts. He picked out two ties and held them up. One was a deep blue, the other was silver.

"Which one should I wear?"

"Silver, now can you please tell me why you failed to mention this last night?"

"You would've killed me if I'd woken you up!" He yelled as he hurried into the kitchen, and Cindy reluctantly followed, wrapping her favorite white robe around her. By the time she'd got in there he'd all ready started a pot of coffee and was trying to tie his tie and eat a cold hardboiled egg at the same time. She frowned at him and gestured for him to come to her.

She tied his tied while he practically inhaled the egg. When he finished, he started backing up slowly towards the coffee pot.

"You have got to stop moving."

"Can't, I'm going to be late!"

When she had finished tying his tie and fixed the collar on his shirt he turned and grabbed a thermos of coffee which had just finished brewing.

"Can your successful business woman of a wife at least have a kiss before you disappear again?"

He leaned down and gave her a soft, gentle kiss.

"Mm," she remarked as he pulled away. He gave her another sweet peck before running out the door.

She chuckled to herself, just a typical morning with Mr. and Mrs. James Neutron.

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