Anava: Hey, I wanna stay up and watch this with you.
Me: Um, you were supposed to be in bed ten minutes ago.
Anava: I know but I really wanna watch this with you.
Me: Baby grill, do you know what happens when you break a rule?
Anava: I get in trouble?
Me: That’s right. It’s after your bedtime so you are breaking a rule right now.
Anava: But I don’t WANNA get in trouble.
Me: Then you need to go to bed right now.
Anava: No.
Me: Anava, you can either go to bed or get in trouble.
Anava: How about neither?
Me: No, I gave you the only two options you have.
Anava: Fine. I accept my punishment.
Me (in my head): REALLY?!?!?!
Me ( out loud): Ok, no electronics for the rest of the week.
I blinked and she was gone. There one second and gone the next. I might have suspected a mental lapse if not for the blanket slowly fluttering to the floor near where she had once been and the sonic boom from inside her room. The silence that filled the house after her exit was deafening.
For reference, the military attempted to capture the moment on camera:
Walking With Christ 
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