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“Thanks, Mom”

“Congrats, son” My dad claps me on the back

“I get first dibs on babysitting,” Alexis tells me

I laugh and nod, hugging her “Sure thing”

Once hugs and congratulations are passed around, everyone leaves since it’s getting late I’irls, all three of them

“I’ll clean this up,” I tell Thea,to theat her that she’s tired “Why don’t you go take a bath or so?”

She grins “Are you telling me that I stink?”

“No, I’ day and you need to relax”

She laughs and brushes soood to me”

“Go,” I urge her to the stairs “Seriously, I can handle this”

“Thank you” She stands on her tiptoes and wraps her ar me “I love you”

“I love you too,” I whisper back, brushing ainst hers I drop to irl too”

I sed, but how at the sae a minute of it

Chaotic madness, that’s us

We can’t do anything simple, and that’s okay