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a rushed morning. As I was in the shower, I realized I still haven’t had the talk with Alex that I needed, and now I had to do it tonight in hopes he would still be willing to go tomorrow. I was trying to map out the day and plan a time to talk. The girls still needed to get everything packed and ready and I hadn’t started packing yet either.
                  I climbed out of the shower and did my morning routine. When I opened the door, Alex was leaning against the wall across from the bathroom. “Morning,” he said as he stood and walked over to me. He didn’t look as put together as he normally did in the mornings. His shirt and jeans were wrinkled and his hair was disheveled.
                  “Morning,” I said as I met him halfway, wrapping my arms around his waist. “I have to say you may have made my morning. You usually look like you come out of a magazine in the morning. It is good to know you are human.” Even when he spent the night, he never looked disheveled. His hair usually looked perfect and he never had morning breath, unlike me. I knew my breath was atrocious in the morning.
                  Alex chuckled and kissed my head. “I’ll go make some coffee.” He pushed me to arm’s length as he was talking. “You know, I think last night is one of my favorite nights ever.” He pulled me in for one more hug.
                  “Really? I know my dinner was impressive, but one of your favorite nights?” I didn’t understand why. We ate take out and fell asleep watching movies.
                  We separated again and he leaned back up against the wall. I stood in the middle of the hallway with my arms crossed over my robe. “Yep. When you don’t grow up with a family like this, you learn to appreciate the small family things that most take for granted.” I didn’t feel I took these things for granted, but never really appreciated them for what they were. We are all together, happy, and content.
                  I put my arms around his waist. “You are right, it was perfect. I know I rarely say it, but we are lucky to have you.” I looked up at him and into his eyes. “I love you, and I know the girls love you.”
                  Alex kissed me on my forehead. “Well, apparently they haven’t loved my breakfasts every morning.” I must have looked surprised, because the girls always ate whatever he cooked and thanked him. “Lily requested cereal when I got up this morning. Apparently she misses what her mom usually serves for breakfast. I now have even more time on my hands since I won’t be making eggs or pancakes anymore.” He pouted at me.
                  “I told you I was an exceptional cook, and apparently it has been missed.” We both started to laugh. “So the girls are up then? I’ll get dressed and help them get ready.”
                  “Yeah, they are eating cereal and watching Frozen since nobody seemed to finish it last night.” I gave him a look. “What? If I can’t win them with my cooking, then I will win them by letting them break a few rules. Now go get ready.” Alex turned me towards my door and swatted me on my ass. I wasn’t expecting it, so I let out a startled yelp and then laughed. I quickly got ready and forgot all about the talk that I needed to have with him.
                  I tried getting Alex to let me take the girls, but he wanted to let them watch a little bit more of the movie before taking them to school.
    My day was busy, and after school the girls went to my parent’s house on the bus. I had to wrap up some sub plans and planning for Monday so I wouldn’t be stressed when I returned Sunday night. I was not feeling ready for this trip.
                  When I finally left the school, I pulled out my phone so I could let my mom know I was on my way. When I looked at it, I saw a text from Sam, and I did not want to