Diner is finished all the dishes are cleaned and the kids are sleeping. Mary is sitting on the couch waiting for David to come home. It is 11 p.m. and he still isn’t home yet. This cannot be good……..

CHAPTER 8

Mary is watching TV as she is waiting for David to come home. Mary starts thinking "I can’t believe he isn’t here". "He knew I wanted to talk to him". "I dunno why I am so surprised he always has been this way as long as I can remember." As Mary keeps running these thoughts through her head she falls asleep on the couch……

A loud noise wakes mary from her nap. she hears some sounds outside the front door. Mary peeks out the windor and sees Davids car in the driveway she looks up at clock hanging in the kitchen. It is 12:30 a.m. already. Mary goes to the front door and hears David complaining as he is trying to find the key hole. Mary opens the door and lets David into the house.

David: I am hungry where is dinner?

Mary: Well dear dinner was 6 hours ago.

David: I don’t care I am hungry NOW.

Mary: Ok I can warm you up some leftovers?

David: What do you have?

Mary: Wwell I made some spaghetti and garlic bread.

David: I HATE pasta. Why didn’t you make a roast and mashed potatoes with gravy?

Mary: Well David I was at work all day.

David: I want some meat

Mary: well I DID make some meatballs for the spaghetti.

David: I don’t want meatballs. I WANT a nice juicy steak.

Mary: Did you end up going to work today?

David: No why?

Mary: Well YOU could of been home making a roast or a steak. Where were you?

David: Why are you being so nosey? What I do is MY business NOT yours.

Mary: Look David I have some spaghetti and meatballs do you want some or not?

David: Yeah fine I’ll have some of that. My mother used to make mashed potatoes with gravy and a roast every night.

Mary: Do you want to go move in with your Mother then?

David: No! I just can’t understand why you don’t know how to cook the right things.

Mary puts the warmed up spaghetti and meatballs in front of her husband and gets some garlic bread out of the oven.

Mary: Here you go eat this I am going to bed.

David: No wait don’t go. Sit with me.

Mary: Why would I want to do that? All you been doing since you got home is throwing insults at me.

David: I am sorry I don’t want to be alone sit with me.

Mary sit down and watches as David eats his meal. David is making a big mess as he eats his spaghetti.

David: Did you say you wanted to talk about something?

Mary: Yes but this is NOT a good time.

David: Why not you can talk.

Mary: No. I will wait by morning you will not remember anything that happened tonight anyways.

David finishes his meal and is falling asleep at the table. Mary helps her husband up the stairs and leads him to his bed. Then she turns to leave the room.

David: Come here.

Mary walk back to the bed and David gives her a kiss on the forehead.

David: I love you

Mary: Yeah sure

David: I do really. Don’t you belive me?

Mary: You just go to sleep okay.

David: Come lay with me.

Mary: I can’t gotta go clean the kitchen. good night

David is soon fast asleep and snoring.

MEANWHILE on the other side of town……

Bette and Tina are checking into their hotel room they are both tired from the long flight. They head to their room and place their suitcase on the floor. They both head straight for the bed and collapse into a deep sleep with their arms wrapped around each other.