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sᴇᴀsᴏɴ ᴏɴᴇ, ❝ ᴘɪʟᴏᴛ ❞
𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃.
" 𝐍𝐎-" Mornings with The Howards' were never easy, but Honey managed. Right now, she had to deal with their family pet, Appa. Originally, he was a rescue puppy that was a temporary member of the family, but somehow the kids managed to convince Maria to keep him.
There was a strict schedule Maria liked to follow, but today Appa decided to cause havoc, at four in the morning. "I said no, Appa," Maria groaned as he continued to bite at her blanket. Her head thrown back into the pillow with a huff. Today is Bear—Maria's eldest, turn to take the puppy out to use the bathroom except the teen was asleep with his noise cancellation headphones on.
Bear suffered from the trauma he experienced when his dad died. He refused to say anything about it, even to his mom. With that, he had insomnia, which made night hard for him. He would either fall asleep at his desk or with his headphones in. Today, was headphones.
The Howard woman noticed the dog had become suspiciously silent. Looking up she saw Appa ready to lift his leg making her shoot up and shouts, "APPA, BAD DOG! NO!" Without a second thought, the woman picked the dog up at arm's length and sprinted towards the front door of the average-sized apartment.
Bacon sizzled on the stove unattended as the young woman platted her youngest daughter's hair. The little girl winced and whined as she sat trying to feed Appa the rest of her bacon. The puppy graciously accepted the treat from the small human.
"Mom, Winnie's hogging the bathroom again!" Bear shouted from an unknown area of the house. 'AM NOT' she heard a retort from her second eldest. This caused the bickering between the two to escalate. "Go put on your shoes, baby," she kissed her daughter's cheek with a sigh. August ran out of the room with Appa right behind her. "thank you, Mommy," the girl shouted.
Maria turned off the stove before going through the narrow hallway that contained an impatient Bear, banging on the door. His knocking came to a halt as he noticed his mother approaching. "Make sure your sister is putting her shoes on right." It wasn't a question, at least not to him. "Winter! Wint-" the door flew open making the mother flinch. "Hey mom, you look nice" the teen smiled innocently, cheeky.
"mhmm, why are you hogging the bathroom, Winnie? You know you have to be gone by-" Maria checked the Apple watch on her wrists unknowingly making her eyes go wide. She whispered profanity under her breath before shouting, " ALRIGHT, TIME TO GO!" making sure to give all the kids their lunches and leave the dog sitter a note. She kissed the two teens' cheeks ignoring their protests and held the hand of her younger daughter toward her car.
