I just smiled at both of them and continued to bounce Angelica who seemed distracted with my hair.

“Tell me, how are you felling after everything that has happened?” Carmen asked clearly concerned.

I took a deep breath, “I’m still trying to wrap my head around everything, I still can’t believe Bette is Princess Elizabeth. I’m just not sure what’s going to happen next.”

“You will be fine and so will our little Princess Angelica over here. Bette now has to deal with the fire.” Alice said before taking another sip of her drink.  

The door flew open and in stormed Bette with Shane hot on her heals.

“…can you believe this shit? Now I have to go and play nice with these pointy ear freaks.” Vented Bette. She wasn’t paying attention sense she was concentrating on keeping the ice over her eye and bumped right into the crib. “What the fuck? Who puts a crib in front of doors?”

Shane quickly grabbed Bette to stand her still. She looked pale. I did notice the black eye she seemed to be wearing with pride after she dropped her ice pack.

Carmen shyly stood up “That was me.”

Bette’s eyes grew sharp until they narrowed. If looks could kill Carmen would have dropped to the floor.

“Sorry Alice said…”

Shane quickly intervened “Don’t start a sentence with Alice said. She’s fucking crazy.”

“It’s true” Alice said as she continued to sip her drink. I was starting to wonder how long that drink was going to last.

Angelica was paying close attention to everybody. Her little eyes grew big with excitement when they landed on her other mother. I tried to keep her calm and quiet since Bette seemed to upset. I had heard of Princess Elizabeth’s out rages temper. Angelica didn’t seem to care and made her presence known.

I watched Bette’s face quickly become softer. “Hey boo.”  She tried to walk over and reached for Angelica. “May I?”

“Yes of course.”

“Wait! You have to lay down first.” Shane walked Bette over to her bed that was further behind where Alice was sitting.

Alice quickly stood. Forgetting her drink, “What’s wrong with Porter?” She quickly asked.