“Carmen? What the hell?” I asked as we followed her mom to the door.

“I have no idea. I have never seen her this way.”

“Shane! You will drive.” Mrs. Morales called from outside.

“Ok. Where are we going?” I asked as I opened the door for Mrs. Morales.

“We are going to that place you go all of the time. The Earth is it?”

“The Earth? Oh you mean The Planet?” I asked as I got in the driver’s seat.

“Yes The Planet. Let’s go there.”

“Mama, are you sure you want to go there?”

“Yes, I would like to go there.”

“Ok, to the Planet.”

The ride to the Planet was pretty silent. Carmen and her mom talked about the baby a little bit, but that was it. When we pulled up to the Planet, I let them out at the door and went to find a parking spot. After I parked I saw Alice’s car and I knew we were in for a rough night.

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I couldn’t believe that my mother wanted to go here. We walked in and found a table while waiting for Shane.

“Mom, why did you want to come here?”

“Because I wanted to see where you work and where you spent your time with my grandchild.”

“Ok Mom. Oh look there’s Shane.” I stood up and waved to Shane. She waved back and walked towards our table. When she sat down, she looked like she was going to kiss me, but instead she just took my hand under the table.

“Hey guys!” Alice and Dana had just walked up to our table.

“Hey Dane, Al. You know my mother.”

“Right. Hi Mrs. Morales. Nice to see you again.”  Dana said.

“Yes, nice to see you too.” My mother replied.

“Hello Mrs. Morales how are you doing?”

“Good, thank you Alice.”

“So what are you guys doing here?” Alice asked.

“Oh well I decided to see where Carmen and my grandchild spend all of their time.” My mother answered.

“Yup, my mom wanted to see the Planet.”

“Oh well. You’re with regulars so you’ll get the full experience, right Shane?”

“What? Oh right, Al.” Shane said. She obviously was thinking of something else.