Chapter 31

***Angelica***

“Get a room, geez. You got impressionable teens here you know.”

“When did you all get home?” Bette asked.

“Well we called for you guys to pick us up but I guess we now know why you didn’t answer the phone. Hum and you guys call us horny teenagers.” I guess the smack I got as I passed by the sofa was warranted after that remark. “Hey.” I said rubbing my behind.

“What time is the movie?” Tina asked.

“Umm, it’s the five o’clock show.”

“Ok.”

Tina glanced over at Bette. I have seen the sly seductive look before. “See I told you guys you don’t get enough alone time. So tonight would be great, trust me.

Our parents, and when I say our parents I mean the gang, aunt Alice, aunt Dana, aunt Shane, aunt Carmen and aunt Kit. It’s been years since they’ve had one of their poker nights. There is something about being parents and having the responsibilities that go with it, that sometimes make adults forget how to just relax and have fun, be young again, feel free and not worry about life. Renee and I are responsible young adults, although our parents may beg to differ, and as a good faith and a way of me getting my grounding lifted even for one night, hey there is always some personal gain, we decided to give our parents a break. We offered to take Aiden and the twins to a movie and then spend the night at Aunt Shane and Carmen’s. The condition is though, that they make it a poker night and a night I would like to call ‘before there were children’ night. We would go to the early movie and then dinner. Before we go to Aunt Shane’s. That should give them all enough time to themselves before poker night at our house.

***Bette***

I must say that initially I wasn’t too keen on poker night. I mean it’s been so long, and we have all grown and in some ways in different directions. Then after thinking about it, it will be really nice reconnecting with the gang. It’s a shame though, Shane lives a few yards away. We even had the fence removed as a way of staying close together. It was a plus though because our children are very close. We get so caught up in life that we don’t take the time to live as we should as a family.