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evening

"you're home late,"

"sorry," mumbles, dropping bag "i stopped by ryker's" smiles, picking up ella

"dean and i are going to dinner tonight,"

"okay," sits down on the couch with ella on her lap,

"your sister needs to eat—"

"at five," finishes for her, softly poking her sister in the cheeks making puffy sounds, causing ella to giggle.

smiles "and give her a bath, then bed at—"

"six thirty" looks at her mom and rolls eyes "i'm pretty sure i've taken care of her to know the drill."

sighs "i know, i don't want any mishaps."

"yeah, with me."

"rory, you understand why i'm concerned."

"of course," mumbles and then smiles down at her sister

sighs "there's a mix salad in the fridge, your favorite dressing."

"okay, thanks."

"rory, please eat it."

"i said okay."