"Mom is just worried about Johnny...I always get my homework done, and I..." Nichole's mind restarted. "Kim, I said stop watching television. Your mom wants you to do your homework." A few moments ago, she'd thought of Amy as her mom, and a few minutes before Kim. But now, that would was Mrs. Johnson and her daughter.
Kim blinked a few times and looked at her. "Just five more minutes...the show is almost over." A few moments ago, Kim had been the babysitter, a few moments before the mother. As an adult, she'd been jealously possessive of her husband...as a single 20 something, she'd been much less ambitious than Amy, and as a twelve year old, her parents still felt she wasn't responsible enough to not have adult supervision, unlike Nichole before her.
"Now, " Nichole said. "You can watch after. Look, Kim...I'll help you if you want, and you can watch more after you're done."
"Fine," Kim said.
Meanwhile, Amy found her husband exiting the office. "Can we go now?" She said, sounding a bit cross.
"Yes, sorry honey..."
"Well, you know we finally have a night out...just the two of us," Amy said. "We have a babysitter...can you worry about whatever it is later?"
"I guess," he said, agreeably. He could deal with the Chronovac later. He let her urge him out to the car.
That left Kim, Nichole, and John in the house.