2nd floor common room - Sunday afternoon

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Cameron was quietly boggling at the little girl sitting beside him on the couch. At least he'd managed to take off his tuxedo from yesterday and after some major bargaining he had gotten Marybeth to agree to eat lunch on the condition that she got ice cream as dessert.

He had a lot to learn about parenting.

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"What kind of stuff?"

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"All kinds of stuff," Marybeth said. "I also like to color."

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He laughed at the random connections. "I bet you draw pretty pictures," he said gently.

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"Mommy hangs my pictures in her office," Marybeth said proudly.

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"That's cool," he said. "I would too, but I think that my plane is my office so it's hard to hang them there."

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"Seactly," Marybeth said. "That's what you always say. But I made you a tiny picture for your wallet."

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"I bet it's a really beautiful picture too," he smiled.

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Marybeth frowned. "You don't have it?"

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"It's in my wallet at work," he explained quickly.

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"Well, I'll just have to make you another one," Marybeth decided. "Do you have crayons and paper?"

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"I think I have some in my room," he said. "You can draw me one later?"

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"Okay, Daddy," Marybeth said, yawning a little.

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Cameron chuckled and rubbed her back. "You need a nap?"

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"Uh uh," Marybeth said, clearly fighting it. "I'm a big girl."

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"Yeah, you are," he nodded and shifted her so he could easily pick her up in his arms. "That's why you get to sleep in the big bed." Not that his bed was particularly big.

It didn't matter as she was already falling fast asleep before he even made it out of the common room.