Alex and Allison (for tigerboy17)

[CrimsonVagabond]

Allison put the car in park and groaned despairingly into the steering wheel. It was bad enough that the call center she worked at had just undergone some serious downsizing, a downsizing her shift manager was quick to point out she was lucky to have avoided, but now there was to be a company wide furlough. She might be losing ten hours a pay period!

Sighing she slid out of the car and slammed it shut, kicking off her shoes at the same time she slung them over her shoulder and stomped barefoot up the driveway. She was a slender woman, not as in shape as she'd like to be, but thin enough to attract a series of glances at work. Her raven colored hair was her pride and it fell silkily down her back, when it wasn't held back in a sloppy ponytail like it was now. Her dark green eyes blinked against the painful contacts she wore and she sighed just happy to be home.

It was only then that she noticed the sounds coming from the house. It was nearly 2:00am in the morning! Who would be awake? Surely her only son Alex was asleep by now? And why would he be making that much noise, confused, she opened her front door...

[tigerboy17]

Alex was a good boy, for the most part. But being only 7 he couldn't help but play a little when his mother was away. He was smart for his age and knew his baby sitter always sat on the couch for a few hours after she put him to bed, so he would wait for her to fall asleep then he could play all he wanted. As the young boy ran around the dark house he saw the head lights shin in the window, signaling his mother was home. He quickly went to turn off the television that was on but slipped on his own mess of split soda on the floor and landed on his bottom right in front of the door. That was when his mother walked in. Green eyes looked up at her as she walked in. The young boy shook some of his dark hair from his face to look as cute as possible. "u-um Hi mommy." He said as innocently as he could manage.