Chapter 1: Dating
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. I made breakfast for us to eat. The coffee is brewing on the counter.
"Good morning Dad," I greeted.
"Morning kid," he replied.
Our apartments and houses are now alive and noisy. I made two bagged lunches with our names on it. My hot chocolate is mixed and handed to me. This is copied with our teammates just with coffee instead. Our meals are in their final minutes on the stoves.
Breakfast is promptly served at 7:45 am 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. Soon after eating we put all the dirty dishes in our sinks.
The team grabbed belongings that morning. Later on, we locked the front door. All of them went to our cars and trucks. Our apartments and house are now left vacant. We head to our missions that morning.
Hondo drove us to work. Minutes after that I put away our food in the kitchen. He changes in the locker room. The team arrives one by one.
"Good morning Dreamer," Captain America greeted.
" Morning Captain America and Peanut gallery," I replied to them.
They gave me kisses on my cheek and wrists.
Within seconds all of us head to the briefing room. I am standing in my corner. They are talking about their mission. Assignments are handed out that morning. My family says goodbyes. Black Betty is nice and full. The guys were all in regular places. Conversations are going on throughout the truck. Jokes are cracked and laughter is loud. Luca pulls into their crime scene.\par
Meanwhile back over at headquarters with Captain Cortez and I are working. Greetings are exchanged as she me a com and my tablet. Both of us are talking while we work that morning. Eventually it changed to mission stuff. Of course, Commander Hicks also greeted me.
Black Betty is now full of cops that are sweaty. 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 the food. The team sat in our usual assigned seats at the tables. Conversations are going on throughout our group. We ate together like one big happy family. After eating we threw away our trash in the bins .
As the team scatters around the building that afternoon. We greeted each other. I am practicing in the range. This took about two hours. Minutes after that I am in the armory again cleaning and reloading my gun.
Everyone grabbed our belongings from the locker room. We exchanged our 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 a ghost town now.
Hondo like always drove us home that afternoon. We put down our stuff by the door . I took a quick bath to change. Meanwhile back with Daddy in our kitchen cooking at the stove. He took out the place settings to put them on the counter. Seconds later I set our kitchen table.
Dinner is promptly served at 6:00 pm California time. Everyone dished out our food to eat. The teams and families sat in our assigned seats at the tables. Our usual drinks were beers for the grown ups 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 guys minus Tan washed the dishes and refilled it with the wet ones. Every kitchen is now clean.
Family time continues in front of the tv. We shared our favorite tv shows. 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.
"Night Daddy," I told him.
"Goodnight Kid ," he replied.
There's a short bathroom break. I jumped into my bed . Pedro is already in my arms. Counting sunglasses time begins right now. I am fast asleep. Meanwhile back with the team still up watching tv. As the laughter is slowly dying down now. Our TV sets and family room are turned off. They head to their own bedrooms. Everyone else joins me soon in dreamland that night.
Good night Miko," I told him.
"Night Cookie Monster, he replied.
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Sprinkles followed behind me. There's a quick bathroom break. I jumped into our bed. A cushion is already in my arms. Counting sunglasses time begins right now. I am now fast asleep. Meanwhile back with the team tv. As the laughter is now dying down. Our TV sets and family room lights are turned off. The team went to their own bedrooms. Everyone else joins me soon in dreamland that night.
