“Of course it is,” said Melanie with a dash of to much enthusiasm.

            “Well, we should get going then,” said Lindsay.  “We’ll pick up some clothes at Sam’s,” added Lindsay to a beaming Jesse.

            “Well, if you’re free, would you like to come with me downtown?  There is a mural I’m supposed to look at,” said Bette to Jayden, catching Lindsay’s eye.

            “Oh, a date?” asked Jesse.  “Now I want to go too…,” he laughed, clapping his hands.

            “Not a date, young man,” said Jayden, blushing brightly. 

            “Well, you two have fun, and try to be home at a decent hour, we’ll be watching…,” laughed Lindsay with a wave to Bette. 

            “Why did he think it was a date?” asked Bette once they were out of earshot.

            Jayden blushed again, the color fading all the way through to her brown hair, “Jesse…  sometimes mixes me up with CJ.  He’s never called me mom, but… I see him looking at Sam and I in that way.  Like he is remembering what CJ and Sam looked like together when he had a real family that was together.”

            “He is young,” nodded Bette.  “So, coming with me to venture out into the badlands of LA?”

            “Sure,” smiled Jayden adventurously, “why not?”

            Thirty minutes later they were driving by the same building that Melanie and Rosita worked, where Tina had once worked, what seemed like a life time ago.  Bette saw the building in a distance, a pain rushing through her, missing Tina for a moment, then shaking away that moment. 

            “Why don’t we park your car in the lot at the Center?  At least, we’ll know it’s safe there,” suggested Jayden with a wink. 

            “Which means, we’d have to walk?” asked Bette in mock horror. 

            Sighing dramatically, Jayden rolled her eyes and Bette laughed.  Her blinker already flashing, and she turned into the parking lot.  They both got out, Bette squinting at the bright sunlight, Jayden dropping her sunglasses onto her nose, “You need to come prepared.”