“I forgot all about that. I wouldn’t have let anything happen to you. I don’t see what the big deal was.” Alice said indignantly as she set her laptop down and reached over to look in on the baby. “God she gets more and more adorable every time I see her Bette.” Alice sat down.

“She’s right baby sister. That girl is going to break some hearts. Especially if she’s anything like her mama.” Kit Porter walked up behind Bette and leaned over her shoulder to peek in on the baby.

Bette laughed. “I don’t think that anyone should be talking about breaking hearts. She was just born.” Bette smiled down at her daughter. Bette looked over at Alice and questioned her. “So where is the tennis player with the sexiest legs you’ve ever seen?”

Alice had the grace to blush at this question, “She has a tournament in Florida that she’s training for. But she’s should be stopping by any time now.” Alice said s she glanced at her watch.

“You two finally got it right?” Kit smiled at Alice and she nodded. “Ooh, congratulations girl!”

Alice was still grinning when Carmen walked up behind them. “Still happy, I see.” She said to Alice as she pulled a chair over and sat down to wait for Shane. Carmen spotted the stranger at the table and waited for an introduction.

“Oh, sorry Carmen.” Bette apologized when she noticed that both Carmen and Liz were looking at her expectantly. “This is Tina’s sister Liz. Liz this is Shane’s girlfriend, Carmen.”

Carmen stood and held out her hand to Tina’s sister. “Nice to meet you. You look a lot like your sister.”

Liz smiled and nodded. “Story of my life.” she said as Carmen sat back down and the five women began chatting aimlessly

Shane stood outside of the Planet and tried to steady her breathing before she walked inside. She had spent the last few hours walking around town trying to come up with a gentle way of telling Carmen that she couldn’t meet her sister and her friends today. It wasn’t exactly that she didn’t want to meet them. It was just that she didn’t want to be this nervous when she did it. She took a deep breath again and then swore under her breath. She didn’t want to fight with Carmen, but she knew that she would be disappointed the moment that Shane told her that she wasn’t going.