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Library [04/28]

Sam didn't have to open the library today, with classes being over and all, but he was pretty sure Maggie would never forgive him if he didn't let her near the books that were here.

"Don't touch anything bad!" he said as she took off running into the stacks. "I'll know if you do!"

He wasn't sure if anyone else would want to bring their kids by, but it was worth a shot.

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"Hey," Sam said, smiling at the both of them. "How was the sleepover?" he asked Peter.

"Nathan's already decided what school she's going to," Peter said. He handed over Sam's coffee. "Hopefully you didn't have a preference there."

"I think it might be a little early to have a preference," Sam said, taking the coffee gratefully. "You didn't get coffee for her too, did you?"

"You don't think she could handle espresso?" Peter replied.

"If you think she can, you can take care of her when she starts bouncing off the walls," Sam said. "Besides, it might stunt her growth, or give her our hair."

"Radio didn't seem to think that was a problem." Peter went to affectionately scruff Maria's hair. "Anyway, it's hot chocolate. Only the grownups got coffee."

Maria giggled and brushed at her hair with her hands to make it look pretty again. "I'm gonna be grown up too someday. Then you'll have to buy me coffee."

"What? You're not gonna buy me coffee?" Peter asked. He gave her a look of sad woefulness.

"I'll buy you coffee when I'm famous," Maria said. "I don't have to be grown up for that."

"Promise?" Peter asked. "You won't get so famous you forget to have a coffee with me?"

"I promise," Maria said, giving him a hug. "I won't forget you or Dad."

"Well, I know I feel better now," Sam teased. It was surprisingly sweet to watch Peter with Maria, and it felt a little like validation that Peter was still the best BFF ever.

"Me too," Peter said. He gave Maria a tight hug back. "You know you're my favorite daughter, right?"

"I'm your only daughter!" Maria said, giggling.

Peter made a pffft sound. "Like that matters. I'm telling you, you get this kind of obsession for detail from Sam."

"Can I tell Grandma that?" Maria asked. "She says I don't get anything from Dad."

"Yes, you may," Peter said. "Especially since given where Uncle Nathan wants to send you, we'd better hope you got your smarts from Sam."

"I'm smart like both of you," Maria said, sounding very much like she'd been trained to say that.

"I like that answer," Sam said, smirking at Peter. "We could always say no to Uncle Nathan."

"Well, it is a good school," Peter admitted. "Nathan loved it. So if she's bookish like either one of you, it might not be a bad idea."

Because, of course, this was a conversation that Peter and Sam needed to be having.

It might not have been a conversation they needed to have, but Sam was finding it fun anyway.

"Do you like to read like me?" Sam asked, leaning down a little to look at Maria.

"No one in the whole world likes reading as much as you," Maria said, sneaking her donut out of the bag. "I like fairy tales. And stories about princesses."

"What's your feeling on school uniforms?" Peter asked. This could possibly be the make or break point on whether she was more his daughter or Sam's.

Maria thought for a second. "Are the uniforms pretty?"

"Good question," Peter admitted. "I wasn't much older than you, so I have to admit I wasn't looking at the girl uniforms too much."

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