"Get back here, RJ as you gotta get clean for your first day of your new pre-school, as you don't wanna be the trash-panda in the classroom but Groot Junior gets how good baths are especially mud ones." Rocket said to RJ seeing the male-kit curious looking at Groot Junior.

"Really, you take mud-baths and nobody gets mad at you, or make you take a normal bath afterwards." he asked in awe seeing Groot Junior grin along with Rocket as he caught him.

"Maybe you can try it sometime, buddy." he said heading to the bathroom givibg him a bath seeing Nebula fist-bump Groot Junior's barky lil fist hearing him giggle plus they'd had ice-cream after dinner which was why RJ had been so hyper and running away from his dad hoping the male-kit's first day at his new school would go well, telling the male-sapling to look out for RJ in the morning seeing him nodding.

"I am Groot." Groot Junior replied to her after a while seeing RJ coming out in pyjamas hugging the male-sapling as they went to play in their room making Rocket smile at Nebula hearing the younger kits wanting them tending to them knowing daycare would be good for them seeing Nebula nodding, knowing it might be hard for him dropping them off so would help him.

"Let's take it easy on daddy and your big brother, he has a big day tomorrow." Nebula told them.

"Yep, your big bros are starting pre-school in the morning, and I started RJ's winding down routine." Rocket told them.


The next morning, Groot Junior was already awake realising what today was, seeing RJ still asleep on the bed knowing today was their first day of pre-school at Knowhere Elementary poking him gentky like he saw Rocket do some mornings, when RJ didn't want to get up hearing him groaning beginning to stir and seeing Groot Junior there instead of his dad thinking that, maybe his dad told him to do it getting off, dressed in hisfavourite Go-Bots shirt with trousers relieving Nebula that they were up.

"GJ woke me up, but daddy's probably playing with my sibs right." RJ said.

"Yes but they'll learn to be a tad indepent like you as you were like that at their age, until younstarted learning to domthings by yourself well some things." Nebula told him as they headed to the kitchen seeing him sitting at the table as Rocket walked in mobbed by the younger kits amusing Nebula as she got them off Rocket herding them into the play-den until she, Rocket and RJ ate breakfast alomg with Groot Junior, only Rocket noticed that RJ was quiet guessing he was nervous aboht pre-school in an new school reassuring him, things would be okay andthat Groot Junior would be with him which made some of the nerves fade.

"Thanksdaddy, I'm starting to feel better you know." he told him seeing Rocket nodding hearing something smash and giggling making Nebula sighing, seeing one of the younger kits out of the play-den cleaning up the mess seeing Rocket there seeing a photo had fallen shaking his head.