4 years later

“Mum have you seen the article about Jess in the paper?” Lisa asked
“Yeah her new girlfriend seems nice” Tina smiled
“ I can’t believe she’s been overseas for 8 month” Bette said
“Too long, She needs to get a new guitarist both my sister and boyfriend away for ridiculous amounts of time is just stupid” Lisa smiled
“Well this is their last tour for a while” Tina said “Jess is looking forward to coming home too”
“Carmen graduated from the police academy” Lisa said “I was talking to her yesterday”
“How she doing?” Tina asked
“Yeah really good” Lisa smiled
“I always thought Carmen and Jess would last” Bette sighed
“Carmen didn’t want to hold Jess back and then with Carmen going to University. Jess panic’d and thought she was going to get dumped and got in their first” Lisa said “Stupid really, It’s fine for Jess to travel yet she couldn’t cope with Carmen going off to university”
“It was 3 years ago” Tina said “What’s done is done”
“I’m not going to stop speaking to Carmen though now she’s back in L.A so Jess will need to deal with that and neither will Jace, Lee or Mark”
“I’m not asking you too, look your both turning 21 tomorrow so can we please just have a drama free night, you haven’t seen your sister in 8 month” Tina said “Don’t ambush her with Carmen the minute she lands”
“So her girlfriend is also the bands manager yeah?” Bette asked
“Yes her name is Kirsty she’s 29 and from New York” Tina told them “Bette don’t you ambush Kirsty with questions either”
“Wow she’s dating my 21 year old daughter with an 8 year gap you better believe I’m going to question her” Bette said
Lisa laughed “She’s not the prettiest; Jess could do so much better”
“LISA!” Tina said
“What I’m only voicing what everyone else is thinking!” Lisa said
“Your sister likes her so we need to support her”
“I preferred Carmen, least there wasn’t an age gap” Bette muttered going into the kitchen
“Babe did you turn the heating on in Jess’s side of the house?” Tina asked
Jess had bought Bette and Tina a bigger house with an extension built on for her to live in. She wanted her own space and privacy but not without her being able to get to Bette and Tina if she needed them. This suited Bette and Tina as they didn’t need to worry about Jess when she was at home.
Lisa on the other hand still lived in the house in her room happily.
Mason walked into the kitchen.
“Mama my TV won’t turn on” Mason sighed
“Let’s go have a look sweetie” Bette said following him
“When’s Jess getting back?” Mason asked
“Late tonight buddy, you’ll see her tomorrow” Bette said