with Erin having run off to play, Karen decided to clean her lab more. She dusts away all the old mess, and soon it is all clean again. She puts everything in order as she wants.
"Ah, it looks so good. It's hard to believe I made all this cool stuff." Karen says. She looks at the time and realizes it's been an hour since Erin went off to play.
"I think I'll go check on Erin and make sure she's okay." Karen says. She heads from the basement to the second floor to check on Erin. She finds Erin in her bedroom, cuddled up on her beanbag chair and napping, as an episode of Star Vs The Forces Of Evil was airing. Karen knew she liked this show, even when she was older. Karen heads into bedroom she designated for storage. Karen was never one to keep old things, unless it was old photos. She always had garage sales to shed out their old things. The only things left of her kids's childhood were an old toy robot of Harry's and Erin's pink and yellow stripped blanket, which is what she was looking for. Karen then brought the blanket to Erin. The child had always slept with a fan on, as everyone else had in the home. Karen then placed the blanket on her child and nestled her in it. As she is leaving the young child's room...
"Mom......can we go get ice cream later?" Erin asks.
"Of course honey. I have an old booster seat of yours too." Karen answers.
"....Mom, I wanted to ask you. Summer vacation just started so I wanted to know if......." Erin says.
"What are you gonna ask, sweetie?" Karen asks.
"If I could stay this way all summer." Erin answers.
"If that's what you want, go for it. I'm happy to have my little girl again, even if it's only for a summer." Karen says.
"Good thing I took care of my classes and such. Now then......." Erin says.