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I gained consciousness but didn’t feel like opening my eyes. My ears picked up on activity that was probably the kitchen. Between that and groping around the other side of the bed, I figured it was Mokoto grabbing something to eat before getting to bed. As I wrote it off as he must’ve had a long night at work, I attempted to go back to sleep. Even though my body wasn’t going back asleep, I was content to do nothing yet. My alarm hasn’t gone off yet so I knew I had time to rest a bit longer.

After a few minutes I my curiosity was about to win over and make me peak at the time but the grandfather clock started to chime. I waited to see if it was the hour or quarter chime since it chimed every quarter of the hour. It did its full chime this time and I counted; one, two, three, four, five. I assumed it was around this time but I was caught off guard when the clock kept going. Six? Ok I actually have a half hour of sleep still right? But no. It kept going. Seven, eight. It then stopped. I sat right up from my bed and glanced at my alarm clock. Sure enough it was eight a.m. and after close inspection, the alarm was shut off. I didn’t get to ponder what happened because the nest sound I heard was the smoked detector.

“Riju!” I heard my six year old son cry. “I can’t make it stop!”

“I got it!” Riju responded and I heard the thumping of footsteps as I assumed Riju was rushing to silence the alarm. I was about to dismiss my need to be present since I knew Riju was a capable young lady to supervise her brother… that was until I smelled something burning and the smoke detector wouldn’t stop screaming bloody murder all while Drizzt was getting audibly more upset. I got up and rushed to help where I could.

I opened the bedroom door and rushed towards the kitchen but rounded one corner only to catch Riju in practically mortal combat with the screaming smoke detector. She finally resorted to yanking the battery out and the alarm cut off. She quickly looked down the hallway in my direction. I assumed to see if I was awoken since when she made eye contact with me her eyes widened. “No! Go back to bed!” she demanded.

I raised an eyebrow, planted a hand on my hip and with the tone I used to make
short work of either Drizzt’s temper tantrums when he was younger or if people at work were trying my patience I said, “Excuse me miss? Care to run that by me again?”

Ducking her head a bit, Riju replied, “Sorry, mom, that’s came out wrong. I meant that could you please go back to bed because Drizzt wanted to do something for you and it requires you in bed.”

Catching on she didn’t mean to snap at me rudely, she was just a bit under pressure, I relaxed and responded calmly. “Okay, but are things okay? I smelt something burning. Not to mention I overslept my alarm for some reason.”

“Nothing I can’t handle now that the smoke detector finally shut up.” She replied. “I’ll explain later.”

We heard small footsteps starting to walk in the kitchen. “Riju, it burnt!.” Drizzt’s voice called out.

Riju quickly gave me a shove in the direction of my bedroom and I took the hint to go back to bed. I didn’t hear anything for about 15 minutes until my door creaked open and Drizzt peaked inside. I was already laying down pretending to be asleep. Drizzt ducked out again for a second before he flung the door open and launched himself into the air and landing right on top of me yelling, “Mommy!”

He landed forcing a grunt out of me as I wasn’t expecting him to land on my stomach so hard. I swiftly lifted so I could sit up. “Drizzt, what did I say about jumping on me without warning?”

“I thought I did?” he looked confused.

“Shouting ‘mommy’ isn’t enough of a warning.” I gave him my raised eyebrow and a smirk to show I wasn’t totally upset.

“Ok.” he said still a bit deflated before remembering what he came in for. “Happy Mother’s Day!”

That took me completely by surprise. I thought it was odd that Drizzt was doing but forgot to add context. I hugged Drizzt tightly. “Than you buddy!”

“Drizzt, I’m coming in. Are you done harassing mom?” I heard Riju say outside the door.

“I’m not har… ha…” He struggled to pronounce the word before giving up and saying, “No I’m not.”

As Riju entered the room she had a tray with an of breakfast food items on it and a cup of coffee. “Happy mother’s day, mom.” Riju said. “I did tell him to wake you *gently*.” She emphasized the last word while giving Drizzt an accusatory glance.

“I did!” Drizzt protested which was responded with a snort from Riju.

“It’s all right.” I reassured both. “Thank you both very much. This was nice of you.”

Drizzt buried his head against the crook of my neck embarrassed by the compliment while Riju stood there with a smile nodding her acknowledgment as she set the tray down on the nightstand. I remembered someone was missing all of the sudden. “Where’s your father?” I asked quizzically.

“He was supposed to be here about half an hour ago.” Riju said realizing his absence too.

“He went to…” Drizzt was about to say before Riju leaped and covered his mouth.

“He…” Riju was about to say till we all heard the door to the garage opening then closing with a thud. It was followed by the sound of boots clomping through the house. Using my stomach as a launch pad, Drizzt leaped off and ran out of the bedroom. “Daddy!” he cried.

“I swear he has a one-track mind.” Riju said with an endearing expression.

“And I love you both anyway.” I said “Quirks and all.”

“We are a weird bunch aren’t we?” Riju mused as she took a seat in the recliner nearby.

“And don’t you go changing yourself.” I commanded as I took the tray onto my lap and began eating.

The clomping then approached the bedroom door and Mokoto appeared, still in his work clothes. He was trying to look awake but I saw him for the dog tired man he was at the moment. He had a long slim rectangular box in his hand. I smiled and said, “Hey Little Wolf, where’s have you been?”

“Sorry.” He said with a half remorseful half exhausted tone. “Happy mother’s day.”

Riju got up and took the box from his hand and gave it to me. He watched as I opened the box and pulled gingerly out of the box the insulation to that kept the clearly fragile main contents inside. I unwrapped it and it appeared to be a single glass forever susan. The glass was stained and the morning sunlight made it look like the orange in the glass petals were glowing as embers from a fire, ready to ignite once again. “Thank you, honey.” I said truly touched.

“I’ll get something to hold that in.” he said and turned to leave but both Riju and I said, “No.”

“I’ll get it dad.” Riju volunteered and ran out of the room before he could object.

I set the now empty tray back on the nightstand and patted his spot. “Take your boots off and get over here.”

“But I was going to…” he started to protest but I didn’t let him finish.

“Whatever it is, Mother’s day or not, it can wait till you get some sleep.”

“But…”

“But, nothing.” I said and then in a compromising tone, “Besides, I didn’t get my morning snuggles from you yet. So boots off and put away, get changed and get over here, mister.”

“Yes, mam.” He said and went to do so.

I settled back in bed knowing this was going to be a good mother’s day.

I gained consciousness but didn’t feel like opening my eyes. My ears picked up on activity that was probably the kitchen. Between that and groping around the other side of the bed, I figured it was Mokoto grabbing something to eat before getting to bed. As I wrote it off as he must’ve had a long night at work, I attempted to go back to sleep. Even though my body wasn’t going back asleep, I was content to do nothing yet. My alarm hasn’t gone off yet so I knew I had time to rest a bit longer.

After a few minutes I my curiosity was about to win over and make me peak at the time but the grandfather clock started to chime. I waited to see if it was the hour or quarter chime since it chimed every quarter of the hour. It did its full chime this time and I counted; one, two, three, four, five. I assumed it was around this time but I was caught off guard when the clock kept going. Six? Ok I actually have a half hour of sleep still right? But no. It kept going. Seven, eight. It then stopped. I sat right up from my bed and glanced at my alarm clock. Sure enough it was eight a.m. and after close inspection, the alarm was shut off. I didn’t get to ponder what happened because the nest sound I heard was the smoked detector.

“Riju!” I heard my six year old son cry. “I can’t make it stop!”

“I got it!” Riju responded and I heard the thumping of footsteps as I assumed Riju was rushing to silence the alarm. I was about to dismiss my need to be present since I knew Riju was a capable young lady to supervise her brother… that was until I smelled something burning and the smoke detector wouldn’t stop screaming bloody murder all while Drizzt was getting audibly more upset. I got up and rushed to help where I could.

I opened the bedroom door and rushed towards the kitchen but rounded one corner only to catch Riju in practically mortal combat with the screaming smoke detector. She finally resorted to yanking the battery out and the alarm cut off. She quickly looked down the hallway in my direction. I assumed to see if I was awoken since when she made eye contact with me her eyes widened. “No! Go back to bed!” she demanded.

I raised an eyebrow, planted a hand on my hip and with the tone I used to make
short work of either Drizzt’s temper tantrums when he was younger or if people at work were trying my patience I said, “Excuse me miss? Care to run that by me again?”

Ducking her head a bit, Riju replied, “Sorry, mom, that’s came out wrong. I meant that could you please go back to bed because Drizzt wanted to do something for you and it requires you in bed.”

Catching on she didn’t mean to snap at me rudely, she was just a bit under pressure, I relaxed and responded calmly. “Okay, but are things okay? I smelt something burning. Not to mention I overslept my alarm for some reason.”

“Nothing I can’t handle now that the smoke detector finally shut up.” She replied. “I’ll explain later.”

We heard small footsteps starting to walk in the kitchen. “Riju, it burnt!.” Drizzt’s voice called out.

Riju quickly gave me a shove in the direction of my bedroom and I took the hint to go back to bed. I didn’t hear anything for about 15 minutes until my door creaked open and Drizzt peaked inside. I was already laying down pretending to be asleep. Drizzt ducked out again for a second before he flung the door open and launched himself into the air and landing right on top of me yelling, “Mommy!”

He landed forcing a grunt out of me as I wasn’t expecting him to land on my stomach so hard. I swiftly lifted so I could sit up. “Drizzt, what did I say about jumping on me without warning?”

“I thought I did?” he looked confused.

“Shouting ‘mommy’ isn’t enough of a warning.” I gave him my raised eyebrow and a smirk to show I wasn’t totally upset.

“Ok.” he said still a bit deflated before remembering what he came in for. “Happy Mother’s Day!”

That took me completely by surprise. I thought it was odd that Drizzt was doing but forgot to add context. I hugged Drizzt tightly. “Than you buddy!”

“Drizzt, I’m coming in. Are you done harassing mom?” I heard Riju say outside the door.

“I’m not har… ha…” He struggled to pronounce the word before giving up and saying, “No I’m not.”

As Riju entered the room she had a tray with an of breakfast food items on it and a cup of coffee. “Happy mother’s day, mom.” Riju said. “I did tell him to wake you *gently*.” She emphasized the last word while giving Drizzt an accusatory glance.

“I did!” Drizzt protested which was responded with a snort from Riju.

“It’s all right.” I reassured both. “Thank you both very much. This was nice of you.”

Drizzt buried his head against the crook of my neck embarrassed by the compliment while Riju stood there with a smile nodding her acknowledgment as she set the tray down on the nightstand. I remembered someone was missing all of the sudden. “Where’s your father?” I asked quizzically.

“He was supposed to be here about half an hour ago.” Riju said realizing his absence too.

“He went to…” Drizzt was about to say before Riju leaped and covered his mouth.

“He…” Riju was about to say till we all heard the door to the garage opening then closing with a thud. It was followed by the sound of boots clomping through the house. Using my stomach as a launch pad, Drizzt leaped off and ran out of the bedroom. “Daddy!” he cried.

“I swear he has a one-track mind.” Riju said with an endearing expression.

“And I love you both anyway.” I said “Quirks and all.”

“We are a weird bunch aren’t we?” Riju mused as she took a seat in the recliner nearby.

“And don’t you go changing yourself.” I commanded as I took the tray onto my lap and began eating.

The clomping then approached the bedroom door and Mokoto appeared, still in his work clothes. He was trying to look awake but I saw him for the dog tired man he was at the moment. He had a long slim rectangular box in his hand. I smiled and said, “Hey Little Wolf, where’s have you been?”

“Sorry.” He said with a half remorseful half exhausted tone. “Happy mother’s day.”

Riju got up and took the box from his hand and gave it to me. He watched as I opened the box and pulled gingerly out of the box the insulation to that kept the clearly fragile main contents inside. I unwrapped it and it appeared to be a single glass forever susan. The glass was stained and the morning sunlight made it look like the orange in the glass petals were glowing as embers from a fire, ready to ignite once again. “Thank you, honey.” I said truly touched.

“I’ll get something to hold that in.” he said and turned to leave but both Riju and I said, “No.”

“I’ll get it dad.” Riju volunteered and ran out of the room before he could object.

I set the now empty tray back on the nightstand and patted his spot. “Take your boots off and get over here.”

“But I was going to…” he started to protest but I didn’t let him finish.

“Whatever it is, Mother’s day or not, it can wait till you get some sleep.”

“But…”

“But, nothing.” I said and then in a compromising tone, “Besides, I didn’t get my morning snuggles from you yet. So boots off and put away, get changed and get over here, mister.”

“Yes, mam.” He said and went to do so.

I settled back in bed knowing this was going to be a good mother’s day.

I gained consciousness but didn’t feel like opening my eyes. My ears picked up on activity that was probably the kitchen. Between that and groping around the other side of the bed, I figured it was Mokoto grabbing something to eat before getting to bed. As I wrote it off as he must’ve had a long night at work, I attempted to go back to sleep. Even though my body wasn’t going back asleep, I was content to do nothing yet. My alarm hasn’t gone off yet so I knew I had time to rest a bit longer.

After a few minutes I my curiosity was about to win over and make me peak at the time but the grandfather clock started to chime. I waited to see if it was the hour or quarter chime since it chimed every quarter of the hour. It did its full chime this time and I counted; one, two, three, four, five. I assumed it was around this time but I was caught off guard when the clock kept going. Six? Ok I actually have a half hour of sleep still right? But no. It kept going. Seven, eight. It then stopped. I sat right up from my bed and glanced at my alarm clock. Sure enough it was eight a.m. and after close inspection, the alarm was shut off. I didn’t get to ponder what happened because the nest sound I heard was the smoked detector.

“Riju!” I heard my six year old son cry. “I can’t make it stop!”

“I got it!” Riju responded and I heard the thumping of footsteps as I assumed Riju was rushing to silence the alarm. I was about to dismiss my need to be present since I knew Riju was a capable young lady to supervise her brother… that was until I smelled something burning and the smoke detector wouldn’t stop screaming bloody murder all while Drizzt was getting audibly more upset. I got up and rushed to help where I could.

I opened the bedroom door and rushed towards the kitchen but rounded one corner only to catch Riju in practically mortal combat with the screaming smoke detector. She finally resorted to yanking the battery out and the alarm cut off. She quickly looked down the hallway in my direction. I assumed to see if I was awoken since when she made eye contact with me her eyes widened. “No! Go back to bed!” she demanded.

I raised an eyebrow, planted a hand on my hip and with the tone I used to make
short work of either Drizzt’s temper tantrums when he was younger or if people at work were trying my patience I said, “Excuse me miss? Care to run that by me again?”

Ducking her head a bit, Riju replied, “Sorry, mom, that’s came out wrong. I meant that could you please go back to bed because Drizzt wanted to do something for you and it requires you in bed.”

Catching on she didn’t mean to snap at me rudely, she was just a bit under pressure, I relaxed and responded calmly. “Okay, but are things okay? I smelt something burning. Not to mention I overslept my alarm for some reason.”

“Nothing I can’t handle now that the smoke detector finally shut up.” She replied. “I’ll explain later.”

We heard small footsteps starting to walk in the kitchen. “Riju, it burnt!.” Drizzt’s voice called out.

Riju quickly gave me a shove in the direction of my bedroom and I took the hint to go back to bed. I didn’t hear anything for about 15 minutes until my door creaked open and Drizzt peaked inside. I was already laying down pretending to be asleep. Drizzt ducked out again for a second before he flung the door open and launched himself into the air and landing right on top of me yelling, “Mommy!”

He landed forcing a grunt out of me as I wasn’t expecting him to land on my stomach so hard. I swiftly lifted so I could sit up. “Drizzt, what did I say about jumping on me without warning?”

“I thought I did?” he looked confused.

“Shouting ‘mommy’ isn’t enough of a warning.” I gave him my raised eyebrow and a smirk to show I wasn’t totally upset.

“Ok.” he said still a bit deflated before remembering what he came in for. “Happy Mother’s Day!”

That took me completely by surprise. I thought it was odd that Drizzt was doing but forgot to add context. I hugged Drizzt tightly. “Than you buddy!”

“Drizzt, I’m coming in. Are you done harassing mom?” I heard Riju say outside the door.

“I’m not har… ha…” He struggled to pronounce the word before giving up and saying, “No I’m not.”

As Riju entered the room she had a tray with an of breakfast food items on it and a cup of coffee. “Happy mother’s day, mom.” Riju said. “I did tell him to wake you gently.” She emphasized the last word while giving Drizzt an accusatory glance.

“I did!” Drizzt protested which was responded with a snort from Riju.

“It’s all right.” I reassured both. “Thank you both very much. This was nice of you.”

Drizzt buried his head against the crook of my neck embarrassed by the compliment while Riju stood there with a smile nodding her acknowledgment as she set the tray down on the nightstand. I remembered someone was missing all of the sudden. “Where’s your father?” I asked quizzically.

“He was supposed to be here about half an hour ago.” Riju said realizing his absence too.

“He went to…” Drizzt was about to say before Riju leaped and covered his mouth.

“He…” Riju was about to say till we all heard the door to the garage opening then closing with a thud. It was followed by the sound of boots clomping through the house. Using my stomach as a launch pad, Drizzt leaped off and ran out of the bedroom. “Daddy!” he cried.

“I swear he has a one-track mind.” Riju said with an endearing expression.

“And I love you both anyway.” I said “Quirks and all.”

“We are a weird bunch aren’t we?” Riju mused as she took a seat in the recliner nearby.

“And don’t you go changing yourself.” I commanded as I took the tray onto my lap and began eating.

The clomping then approached the bedroom door and Mokoto appeared, still in his work clothes. He was trying to look awake but I saw him for the dog tired man he was at the moment. He had a long slim rectangular box in his hand. I smiled and said, “Hey Little Wolf, where have you been?”

“Sorry.” He said with a half remorseful half exhausted tone. “Happy mother’s day.”

Riju got up and took the box from his hand and gave it to me. He watched as I opened the box and pulled gingerly out of the box the insulation to that kept the clearly fragile main contents inside. I unwrapped it and it appeared to be a single glass forever susan. The glass was stained and the morning sunlight made it look like the orange in the glass petals were glowing as embers from a fire, ready to ignite once again. “Thank you, honey.” I said truly touched.

“I’ll get something to hold that in.” he said and turned to leave but both Riju and I said, “No.”

“I’ll get it dad.” Riju volunteered and ran out of the room before he could object.

I set the now empty tray back on the nightstand and patted his spot. “Take your boots off and get over here.”

“But I was going to…” he started to protest but I didn’t let him finish.

“Whatever it is, Mother’s day or not, it can wait till you get some sleep.”

“But…”

“But, nothing.” I said and then in a compromising tone, “Besides, I didn’t get my morning snuggles from you yet. So boots off and put away, get changed and get over here, mister.”

“Yes, mam.” He said and went to do so.

I settled back in bed knowing this was going to be a good mother’s day.