As the sun peeked from behind the clouds to brighten his room. I woke up to get ready for work. My brothers and dad took a couple more seconds to move around. Kitchen bound for me. Minutes after that I made breakfast for us to eat. Coffee is brewing on the counter.
"Good morning Dad," I greeted.
" Morning Kid," He replied.
Our apartments and house are now alive and noisy. I made two bagged lunches with our names on it. My hot chocolate is on the counter. This is copied by our teammates. Our meals are in their final minutes on the stoves.
Breakfast is promptly served at 7:45 California time. Everyone dished out our food to eat. The team sat in our assigned seats at the tables. We ate together like one big happy family. After eating we put all the dirty dishes in our sink.
The team and I grabbed their belongings that morning. Later on, we locked our front doors. All of them went to our cars and trucks. Our apartments and houses are now left vacant. We head to our missions that morning.
Hondo pulls into his spot at work. We walked into the building together. I went to the kitchen to put away our food in the fridge. Minutes after that Daddy is in the locker room putting away our bags and changing. The team arrives one by one. Of course, they head to get changed.
Within seconds all of them head to the briefing room. They are talking about their mission. Assignments are handed out that morning. Conversations are the work schedule.
Black Betty is nice and full. The guys and Chris were all in the regular places. Jokes are cracked and laughter is loud. Luca pulls into their crime scene.
Seconds later Captain Cortez is working. Greetings are exchanged between them. Commander Hicks joins us in there. He grabs both the tablet and com. Both of them are in command together. Black Betty is now full of extremely sweaty and tired cops. It is parked in front of the building. They took their quick showers. A short debrief is made. My family, as usual, rushed me with hugs.
Lunch is promptly served at 12:00 pm California time. Everyone took out their food from the fridge. The team sat in our assigned seats at the table. Conversations are going on throughout our group. After eating we threw away our trash in the bin.
As the team scatters around the building that afternoon. I am in the motor pool. We are cleaning and restocking Black Betty. There's no oil dripping yet. A pile of trash is thrown away by us. Later on, we are inside cooling off. Everyone grabbed our belongings from the locker room. We exchanged goodbyes to each other. Hybrid Mike were the only ones that didn't say anything. There's an extra 5 minutes of talking. Our headquarters and parking lot is now a ghost town.
Hondo like always drove us home. We put our stuff down by the door. I went to take a quick bath to change. Meanwhile back in our kitchen with Dad over the stove cooking. He took out the place settings to put them on the counter. Minutes after that I set our kitchen table.
Dinner is promptly served at 6:00 pm California time. Everyone dished out our food to eat. The team and families sat in our assigned seats at the tables. Our drinks are the usual beers for us and juice for the kids. We ate together like one big happy family. After eating we put all the dirty dishes in our sinks.
We broke up into our usual boys vs girls groups. Chris and Tan cleared the tables. I wiped down every surface with a rag. Annie unpacked the dishwasher. The remaining guys washed the dishes to refill it with the wet ones. Every kitchen is clean now.
Family time continues in front of the tv. We shared our favorite tv shows with the group. I walked over to my room in order to change into my jammies and brush my teeth. Later on, I returned to both our couch and my favorite spot. I am now nice and cozy.
" Goodnight dad," I told him.
" Night Kid," he replied.
There's a quick bathroom break. I jumped into bed. Pedro is already in my arms. Counting sunglasses time begins right now. I am now fast asleep.
Meanwhile back in the family room with the team still watching tv. As the laughter is slowly dying down now. Our tv sets and family room lights are turned off. The team went to their own bedroom. Everyone else joins me in dreamland that night.