When they got home they were greeted by the waiting MJ.  He too loved this new early schedule.  He barked his hello as they entered. 

Angelica:  “MJ.”

She hugged the always growing dog.  He was almost as tall as Angelica.  The two seemed to be competing to see who could get the biggest the fastest.  As usual he and Angelica ran off towards the upstairs someplace.  He didn’t even bother with Harmony much anymore.  Angelica was his first priority.  When he saw her to her room and made sure she was fine he’d saunter to Harmony and give her a nudge to say hello.  She knew the drill already.

Harmony grabbed Angelica’s sippy cup and poured her some water grabbing a bottle for herself.  She went upstairs to the bedroom.  Her door was diagonal from Angelica’s room so she could see into most of the room and know if anything went wrong.

As expected a little while later Angelica came in and climbed up on the bed. 

Angelica:  “Honey I…”

Harmony cut her off.

Harmony:  “Here you go sweetie.”

Angelica laughed.

Angelica:  “Magic?”

Harmony:  “Yup.”

The little girl giggled.  She put her cup down and went to look at Harmony’s belly.  She gently touched it.

Angelica:  “Baby?”

Harmony:  “Yeah.  Your little brother or sister will be here in two months.”  Oh my gosh!!!!!

Angelica placed her head down to listen if she could hear anything.  Harmony gently stroked Angelica’s soft curls.  After a few minutes Harmony realized she has fallen asleep.  Harmony wasn’t too far behind.

Bette came home to find her wife in bed and her baby girl lying on her belly.  It was the most beautiful thing she has ever seen.  She took out her cell phone and snapped a picture.  MJ lay in the door way.  He didn’t even bother to greet Bette.  On the order of importance around the house Bette was at the bottom of the list.  He knew her as the care giver so he didn’t worry much about her.  He looked at her, yawned, and went back to sleep.

Bette:  That dog reminds me so much of my father some times its scary

She placed her bag down and sat down next to Harmony.  She pushed her hair behind her ear stirring her a bit.

Bette:  “Hi.”

Harmony:  “BB your home.”

Bette:  “Yeah.  There’s a baby on the baby.”

Harmony chuckled.

Harmony:  “I know she was listening again and just fell asleep.”

Bette:  “I took a picture.”

Harmony:  “I must look awful.”

Bette:  “You look beautiful.”

She leaned over and gave her a lingering kiss on the lips.

Harmony:  “You hungry?”

Bette:  “A little but I’ll order something for us.”

Harmony:  “Ok.  You better wake her first or she’ll never sleep tonight.”

Bette:  “True.”

Bette rubbed the side of Angelica’s face until she woke.

Angelica:  “Hi mama.”

Bette:  “Hi.”

Angelica:  “I talk to the bebe.”

Bette:  “I heard.  Did the baby talk back?”

Angelica:  “I don’t know.”

Bette laughed a little.

Bette:  “You hungry?”

Angelica:  “Yeah.”

Bette:  “You want pizza?”

Angelica quickly sat up and began to bounce.

Angelica:  “Yayyyyy!”

Bette:  “Ok come on let’s order the pizza.”

Angelica:  “Honey, pizza.”

 The little girl informed Harmony as if inviting her.

Harmony:  “Ok sweetie.”

After the group had left Harmony stared out the window.  She thought back to how she met Bette.  A true chance encounter.  If Harmony stayed on her phone a second longer that day she would have never bumped into that guys, which means she would have never spilled her coffee, which means she would have never gotten into an argument and Bette never would have jumped in and they would have never met.  But as fate would have it that is what happened.  And now Harmony was living the life that as a young adult she feared.  Married with kids.  She never in a million years thought she would be living in the suburbs with 2.5 kids.  She often wondered how she got here.  But as she thought about it or rather was interrupted from her thoughts…

Bette:  “Firecracker extra cheese or pepperoni?”

Angelica:  “Cheese!”

Bette:  “Pepperoni!”

….it wasn’t that bad at all.

Harmony:  “Coming.”