Serena Vale
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I loved being home with my family.
My mom woke up as early as five in the morning to start cooking. The clanking of pots and pans woke me up but I went right back to sleep.
Mia left my room sometime around then and I fully woke up by nine-thirty.
I took a shower, threw on an old hoodie and a pair of shorts, and went downstairs to join them in the kitchen.
My father was stirring something in the pot. My mother was setting up the oven. Ethan was stealing pieces of meat and Mia was just by the aisle, watching everyone else move around.
“Morning everyone. You guys are up early.”
“And you’re up late,” Ethan said just as another piece of meat met his mouth. “But mom allowed it since you usually wake up early to go to work.”
“I appreciate that.”
The rest of the day was
