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Ally's eyes grew wide and she spun her head around to face her mother. "Can we go Mommy? Please?" she begged.

Misty gave her a small smile. "We'll see sweetie." she replied.

"Oh, no...that's-" Misty began.

But before she could say much more, Ally took the bag she had sitting in her lap and put it in C.J's lap. "You can come up and see my new drawings!"

"Sweetie..."

Misty hesitated, looking back at him for a moment. Then...she smiled herself. "I suppose it's alright. She'll never let me hear the end of it if I don't." she replied. She picked up the bags around her and tried to slip her arm free from her son. "Have you had anything to eat yet? We have a batch of chocolate chip cookies made and waiting, and I'm sure you'll be offered more than one." she said with a smile, sliding out of the truck.

Misty smiled and helped her two children out of the truck as well, making sure they each had a bag to carry in.

"We Alex was supposed to be making steak too!" Ally added.

"At least watching it...she tends to burn things." Misty said with a small grin as they started for the entrance.

The two children headed straight over towards the elevator. The building was one Misty had lived in their own universe, and it had fortunately made it to this one. A mile or so away from the location it was supposed to be...took months before they realized that it was here and the room still in her name. But, she had an apartment, and a good one at that. Plenty of rooms to house her little family plus three or four others who were helping putting a little bit of money in the rent pot. The owner of the building was also going easy on Misty considering her...predicament that she had to explain to the woman.

"We're up on the very top floor." she said as she pressed the button that was too high for her children to reach. Once it opened, the two piled into the large moving box first.

Misty grinned. In her line of work, and with what she's gone through in the past, her little apartment was nothing. Not when you could sit ontop of skyscrapers.

"It sounds better than it will look." she said as the elevator closed. "These two haven't quite mastered organization yet." she grinned.

The two little ones watched the numbers change above the doors quietly. Ally had positioned herself between her mother and C.J. The boy had settled on the other side of Misty, away from the stranger.
As the elevator stopped, and the doors opened, Ally was the first one out. Misty smiled and followed her out, her son trailing very closely behind her. The three started down the hall, Ally looking back occasionally to make sure her new friend was following them, and soon came to a door nearly all the way down. Misty put one of her bags down, and knocked rhythmically on the door.

After a few moments, the door unlocked, and opened. Alex stood on the other side of the door. She moves to let the two little ones though, smiles at Misty, then pauses and stares blankly at C.J.
"...who's this?"

Misty smiled akwardly and walked inside, motioning for C.J. to follow her in. "Ally went "free range" on the way home and we ran into each other. He gave us a ride the rest of the way home, so we're giving him a meal if it's not burnt."

"I'll have you know I made everything perfect today." Alex huffed.

"Rachel Ray on the mini tv in the kitchen." Mist asked as she headed towards the kitchen.

"..........nice to meet you C.J." Alex said, turning her attention to their guest. "I'm Alex."