“Yeah thanks” the Shane sounding voice replied. As he turned to leave he heard another, more high-pitched voice say “*****” though not as loud.

As much as he knew he deserved it, he still couldn’t help but feel angry and insulted, ‘*****’ *****’.

‘Whoa man you brought that on yourself’.

He hung his head out of self-loathing and sheer frustration. ‘I need a drink.’ he thought to himself as he walked back towards the kitchen.

Opening the fridge and grabbing a beer, Mark asked if the girls wanted anything to drink. They all gave a curt ‘no’ and settled themselves in the living room.

“Well I’m heading to bed, tell Bette and Tina I said congratulations for me.” he said to the three women as he headed out of the side door.

“I’m sorry but that guy gives me the heeby-jeebies” Dana said as she snuggled into Alice.

“I don’t know, he’s kind of cute.” Alice commented.

“Alice!”

“What?! I’m just making an observation, no one’s as cute as you are babe.” she said as she laced her fingers between Dana’s and kissed her on the forehead.

“You two are too cute, but I’m with Dana. Something about that boy just ain’t right.” Kit said as she pointed to Mark’s place.

“And how would you know?” Alice retorted.

“Women’s intuition.”

“Well how come I’m not getting any vibes then?”

“Because you think he’s cute. You’re jaded to the badness of his vibes.” Dana offered.

“Badness?”

“Shush, you know what I mean.”

“Yeah but I still think it’s cute.”

Kit rolled her eyes playfully at the two love-birds as she watched their little interaction. ‘Now where the ***** is Shane already?’

As if on cue, Shane and Carmen came walking into the living room. Kit raised an eyebrow at Shane who in turn blushed a rather vibrant shade of red. “Hey Kit. Didn’t know you were coming.”

“Dana told me she was visiting the baby so I left The Planet in Sarah”s hands for a few hours. Carmen! I didn’t know you were here babygirl.”