You know, it's so difficult to really change

 

"Oh, ma..." Well that was as much as Liv could say over the phone. After all, her mother was full of information about  how to make the perfect waffle. Liv didn't know why waffles were so important on Christmas morning, but her mom kept telling her about how to make them fluffy. It just never occurred to to Liv that waffles had to be fluffy.

"Oh, she's killing me," Liv squinted as she had had enough and handed the phone to Woo to listen a while as her mother went on and on about waffles. Liv sniffed as if she might be coming down with a cold. She hoped not. She went to blow her nose. Somehow she was certain she was coming down with something.

Naturally, Woo told her Mom that Liv needed to go to the bathroom. They talked about the weather. She talked about the horrible construction going on in Omaha. She was bitter that Carmen hadn't shown up yet.

Liv only sighed. She wondered where Tristan was. Was he still asleep? Liv finally made it from the bathroom to get back on the phone with her mom.

She dreaded all the information her mother had to tell her about being pregnant. Of course, she wouldn't listen. This was their baby, she wasn't pregnant with her mother's baby. Liv did her best to let it pass, but she grimaced at the thought of her mom being pregnant. It was a wonder they were even here. 

"Now you can't eat too many sugary things, it'll hurt the baby or at least their teeth."

"Thanks, Mom, I love you," Liv said as if she might shut her up. Of course, she'd never said that to her before, but she knew her mother needed to hear it.

"Do you miss me?" Her mother asked. It was silent. Her mother was in Omaha, Nebraska. Liv was in Seoul. Both places were cold at the moment.

"Of course, I do," Liv finally managed to say. And then her mother said, she loved her too. Liv couldn't believe she said those two little words. 

"Love you always," Liv said back again. She wasn't sure if she could smile. She just wanted to cry.