“Im telling you Al, its crooked! You know what? It doesnt matter. Because the first thing Bette is going to do is KILL you for breaking in. I doubt shell care about the banner,” Dana said as she walked away to order the food for the party, riding the high from her rebuttal.

Alice in turn just rolled her eyes mockingly at her girlfriend.

“Whatever Dane, I know how to deal with Ms. Bette Porter,” Alice said with confidence.

While Alice and Dana were bantering in the living room, Shane and Jenny took it up upon themselves to put up some decorations in the backyard. All the while laughing at Alice and Dana, thinking that they arrived just after Alices break-in, so they knew their lives were in no apparent danger.

“Hey Jenny how is the writing thing going?” Shane asked, “I know that we have had a lot of ***** going on, with Mark and you know…. umm Carmen,” she continued with a little insecurity in her voice.

“You know what? I think all the ***** that has been happening has made my mind open wide. I just have so much ***** coming out of my brain, I cant stop it. But its going to be okay. And, for the writing we’ll just have to see about that. So… umm you and Carmen… are things going good? I havent seen her around.”

Jenny had just finished putting up the lights around the fence, when she looked at Shane for an answer.

“Yeah. I mean, its getting better. I havent seen that much of her either. She received a lot of job offers after the Pride weekend. Everyone loved her DJing skills, and she did mention something about her best friend from Texas moving here or something. So, she was really happy about that,” Shane looked around to take in their creation.

“Looks good to me… We better get in there and help out. I think Dana is ready to kill Alice before Bette gets a chance,” Shane chuckled.

Shane and Jenny walked into the kitchen from the patio and saw Dana calling in an order to the restaurant. Then they continued their way into the living room, when out of nowhere, they hear glass shatter. Their pace quickened to just fast enough so they could see what all the commotion was about, but then suddenly braked, leaving their mouths agape.