Who Sings That?

The game went like this:

LAUREN
(singing along with radio)

NICOLE
Who sings that?

LAUREN
Avril Lavigne.

NICOLE
Can we please let her do it?

After a few rounds, it turned into this:

NICOLE
Who sings that?

LAUREN
Me.

NICOLE
No, seriously. Who is that on the radio?

LAUREN
Me.

NICOLE
Who recorded this song?

LAUREN
I did.

We played the game for a couple of years. And then it happened.

A few weeks before she left for boot camp, Lauren was riding in a car with her recruiter and another Marine. The radio was on.

LANCE CORPORAL
Who sings this?

LAUREN
(tentatively)
Me.

LANCE CORPORAL
(turning around to look at her)
Did you just say "Me"?

LAUREN
Yeah.

LANCE CORPORAL
Why?

LAUREN
Uh, my mom and I have this game where we try to get the other person to say who it is, and then we say to let them sing it.

LANCE CORPORAL
That's dumb.

I love my daughter. I love that she tells me this stuff! The only thing that made it better was that she had a big crush on the Lance Corporal.