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to find you and Daisy down here this
mornin’,” Mama said.  “You two must have been up late.” She handed me a mug of
coffee that she had already poured for me.
    “Yeah,
we both couldn’t sleep, so we ended up having some tea and just chatting all
night.  It was nice,” I said.  And it really was.  Daisy sure was a lot
different than she was when I left, but it was fun getting to know her as an
adult.  She was pretty awesome.
    “That’s
so nice.  So far you seem to be having a good time being back home,” Mama said,
a hopeful tone in her voice.
    “Yeah,
I am,” I admitted reluctantly.  “It is strange though, waking up here for the
first time in over a decade.”
    “I
know what you mean. It took me a minute to remember that I had you here again
when I saw you sleeping on the couch.  I thought I was having a really good
dream,” she said, sitting down across the table from me.  I reached out and
placed my hand on hers.  At that moment, Daddy and Daisy walked into the
kitchen.
    “Mmm,
what smells amazing in here?” Daisy asked. 
                “That must be
your mother’s scones,” Daddy said, putting his arm around Daisy.
    “Well,
you help yourself, darlin’, there’s plenty,” Mama said.
    Daisy
sniffed the air.  “Did you add something different to them?”
    Mama
shook her head.  “No, they are the same as they always are.”
    “That’s
weird, they smell different to me.  It’s probably because I haven’t woken up
here to that smell in a long time,” Daisy said.  She put a hand on her
stomach.  “Which, by the way, y’all got any antacids?  I didn’t see any in the
downstairs bathroom.”
    Daddy
squeezed her shoulder.  “You okay, darlin’?”
    “Oh
yeah, fine.  My stomach was just a little flippy when I got up.  Must have been
all the tea I drank last night.”
    “There
should be some in the drawer next to the sink,” Mama answered.
    Daddy
let go of Daisy’s shoulder and she walked to the drawer and started searching. 
At that moment, Daddy walked over to me, hugged me around my shoulders, and
kissed the top of my head.  “Good mornin’, sweetheart.”
                I hugged him
back around the waist.  “Good morning, Daddy.”
                “You sleep
okay?” he asked, as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
                “Yeah, it was
good.  I’m a little stiff though. It’s been a while since I slept on a couch.”
                He smiled at
me, and sat down next to me at the table.  “Well, you know what will solve that
problem? Sleeping in a bed ,” he laughed, and I playfully stuck my tongue
out at him.
                “So, do you
girls have any plans today after you meet up with Violet?” Mama asked.
    I
really didn’t want to tell Mama that I was meeting Luke after we had breakfast
with Violet; she might make a big thing out of it. Before I could think of
something to tell her, thankfully, Daisy interrupted. “Actually, Lilly, I was
wondering if you might be up for a little shopping.  We both still have to get
Evan and Vi a wedding gift, and I haven’t even started on Christmas shopping
yet, so I thought we’d make one big day out of it,” she said, smiling.  If I
had to give Daisy one thing, she could make up a good lie on the spot.
    “Yeah,
sure, that sounds great, Dais.”
    Mama
smiled.  “Well, that sounds nice.  That’s good you both will be out of the
house today anyway, because your Daddy and I were thinking of seeing a movie. 
You know, going on a date,” she said.  I looked at Daisy, and she had a wide
smile on her face.
                “Aw, that’s so
cute that you two still do things like that,” I said.  I hope it’s like this
for me when (and if) I ever get married.
                “Well, no
matter how busy you are, you have to make time for the ones you love,” Daddy
said, kissing Mama’s hand.  I felt a little pang of