Bette: Thanks for the game Sylvester, but now the table belongs to my friends.

Sylvester: Well, can I sit and talk to you?

Bette: I think this ring suggests you might want to talk to someone else.

Sylvester: I gotcha, but he’s a lucky man.

Bette: Yes, we are both very lucky.

Sylvester slinks away and the group has a fun time on the table. Janet sinks the 8 ball and she and Tom are the victors.

Janet: Hey  big sisters rule.

Bette: Yea, my big sister destroyed me in skee ball over the holidays; I know the feeling Jen.

Brent: What someone actually beat you?

Bette: How about some poker tonight?

Tom: Have I ever told you I love you Bette. I really, really love the way you think.

Janet: He loves poker and thinks he can take your money.

Bette: Well, am a guest without another way back to the city or just another poker player at the table?

Tom: Oh, no we don’t want a crutch, come strong or don’t come at all.

Bette: Well, I’m going to need a shower, hot tub soak and a nap before I can even think about poker.

Jen: Sounds like a perfect wrap up to me, let’s head back.

Janet: I want to go out tonight so you’ll have to work your poker around that.

Bette: Dinner or to a club Jan?

Janet: Both there is usually a good band playing at this one place we frequent.

Bette: I’ve come to appreciate live music even more since moving to New York, mostly jazz but it is so nice catching live bands. My sister books bands a few nights a week at her place. Since having the baby we didn’t get out as much. My sister used to sing, but she’s doing a great job with her place now.

Tom: What was her stage name?

Bette: Kit Porter, exactly what I’ve called her my whole life.

Tom: Oh, my parents used to listen to her; they have her albums.

Bette: Yea, she only performs on special occasions or singing my daughter to sleep. Those are some of the best concerts.

Jen: Wow, no one in my family can carry a tune.

Brent: That’s OK baby the music tonight will be so loud no one will be able to hear you, so sing your little heart out.