This is just something I was thinking of. How would Adriana see her parents? I'm making her 3 years old in this chapter.
My daddy is tall. Taller than mommy, taller than a tree, I think. His skin is darker than mine and mine is darker than mommy's. His hair is dark like mine too. We even have the same eyes.
"Come here Adriana, let me hold you." My daddy lifts me into the air and spins me around like an airplane. He's so strong. He has big muscles that mommy says she likes. I laugh and scream with delight as he tosses me gently in the air and kisses me then puts me back down. "I love you." he says.
" I love you too, daddy." I say back.
Daddy's real name is Eric. He has a gun and a badge. Once I watched him clean his gun while I sat on the bed. Mommy would be mad at him if she knew he let me watch. His job is to keep me and mommy safe. Sometimes he goes to work for such a long time that I get to stay with my friend Natalia and sometimes with my grandma. I call her Abuela. When daddy talks on the phone to my Abuela, he speaks words I don't understand, so I just go find mommy and play with her.
I run and grab a book from my room. Daddy painted my room pink for me before I was born. He says my room is made for a princess and he calls me his little princess.
"Daddy, read. Pwease."I ask.
"Okay, it's almost nap time anyway, Princesa," daddy says as he gets my blanket. He picks me up, puts me on his lap and cuddles with me so I am warm. He knows when he reads to me I will fall asleep. He is magic like that, ever since I was a baby, my daddy's deep soft voice has always calmed me down. He is the best daddy in the world.
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My mommy is shorter than daddy. She has to stand on her tippy toes when she hugs him. She has really long, really pretty hair. It's yellow and straight. When I was a baby she used to have to keep it up because I would pull it, but I don't do that anymore because I'm a big girl. Daddy can't keep his hands out of mommy's hair though and he's a grown up! Mommy's eyes are a different color than mine and daddy's too.
"Hey Adriana! Mommy's home" she calls out. I hear her shoes making a "click, click, click" noise as she comes from the kitchen. I love the noise her shoes make.
"Mommy, mommy, mommy" I call back, running down the hall. I took a long nap and now I'm ready to play. Mommy bends down and gives me a big, big hug. I give her a hug back and I don't let go. I miss her so much when she's gone.
Mommy's real name is Calleigh. She has a gun like daddy's and a badge like daddy's. They work in the same place. Mommy has an important job. I heard her talk about bad guys before but she tries not to talk about it near me. I like the way she talks, too. She sounds different than daddy. She tells me that's because she and daddy are from different places than each other, but they met here and loved each other so much they wanted a little girl and that's why I'm here.
"What did you do today?" Mommy asks me.
"Me and daddy payed house and payed on the 'wings and took a walk and ate and he gave me 4 candies and..." I tell her. I am so excited she's home!
"Whoa! Slow down there! Sounds like you had fun." she says back.
Mommy picks me up and carries me into the den.
"Hey!" She says to daddy. He stands up and gives her a kiss, so I give them both a kiss. They give me a hug back and ask me what I want to play. I tell them I want to play with blocks. We played blocks for a long time. Mommy always builds houses and daddy and me like to pretend we are monsters and knock them down.
"Eric!" Mommy exclaims. "You're gonna teach her to be a bully!"
"Nah" he says back.
"Adriana, you're not gonna be a bully are you?" he asks me.
"No" I say back. " I'm a pwincess."
Daddy and mommy just smile at me. Daddy is a good daddy and mommy is a good mommy. I help mommy build her house of blocks back. I am so glad mommy and daddy love me and play with me. They are the best mommy and daddy in the world.