“Plain.”

“You mean with nothing on it?”

“Plain Beka.”

“Crap, not even syrup?”

Bette was laughing at this point.

“Beka, plain, no syrup no fruit, plain.”

“Crap.”

Halfway through their pancakes Alice and Shane showed up.  Walking up to the table Alice motioned to Rebekah to Bette questioning who it was.  Tina spoke up, “Guys this is Rebekah my younger sister, she has just moved here from North Carolina.”

“Cool” Shane said

“Wow, Tina I didn’t think you had any family, you’ve never mentioned them.”

“Oh course Tina has family you doofus” as Shane smacked Alice in the arm for her genius comment.

Tina just apologetically smiled at Rebekah who just leaned over and whispered “Don’t worry about it Tina.” Then she turned and addressed everyone “Thank you for being a family to Tina while I couldn’t.  It must’ve been awful to be cut off by your parents, brothers and sister.  I don’t know of too many people that would have survived even thrived without their family around.  But I’m back in Tina’s life now and I hope you’ll allow me to be a part of this family.”  With that she got up from the table and ran into the bathroom expelling the contents of her stomach into the toilet.

“Tina I am so sorry, I didn’t know she run off like that.”

“Al, don’t worry about it; it wasn’t you.  We just got reconnected yesterday and her stomach’s not the best right now.”  Not wanting the reveal Rebekah’s pregnancy without her permission.  “I’m just going to go and check on her and then we’ll be back.”

Tina went into The Planet’s bathroom where she found her sister sitting on the floor in one of the stalls crying.  “Beka, what’s wrong?”

“Oh, Tina you cut us out too” sobbing.

Tina kneeled down next to Beka and rubbed her back.  “Not by choice, not by choice.”

“But you did, you never spoke of us.  Only Bette knew who I was, no one else did.”

“Beka, think of it would you speak of things that hurt so much but to the one who means the most to you?  I love Alice, Shane and Kit but Bette is the only one that matters.”

“Oh.”

“I know that doesn’t fix the past but let’s get you cleaned up and go out there and fix things, okay?”