“OH!”  Dana said her lip still a bit battered from the attacking rake.  She rubbed her lip and grunted, giving Shane a killer look.

            “We have to go and watch the mechanic put the MINI back together again.”  Alice said her face pouty.  Her eyes still darkened as she stepped backwards to lean against the wall and something hit her in the back of the head.  Alice reached back and rubbed her head stepping away from the wall.

            “What the….”  Alice said as she spun around and came face to face with the rake with its pink bow still tied to it. 

            “DEMON RAKE!!!”  Alice yelled and Shane rolled on the floor laughing as Alice dove onto the bed, with her fingers in the sign of the cross, Dana sat on the floor, holding her sides.

            “Oh that rake is too funny.”  Dana said as it toppled onto the floor, making Alice yelp again, sending them into a fresh fit of laughter.

*****

            Kit knocked on the door of Bette‘s house; she’d been out of town visiting David.  It had been a long yet wonderful few weeks.  Melvin had helped her with some finances, and David and she had reconnected.  She had called Bette a few times but she never answered her phones.  James told her that she’d been out sick all week.  Kit was worried, Bette hated to miss work.  She lived for work.

            Still nothing and Kit walked to the back of the house she pulled the glass sliding doors opened, she saw Bette passed out.  She was hanging off the couch, and Kit ran to her.  She pushed back Bette‘s mussed hair and growled to herself.

            “What the ***** has been going on!”

*****

            “You are going to what?”  Tina asked and Rosita tossed another egg into the pancake batter mix.  She expertly mixed the batter as Tina leaned on the counter and gave her a look of amusement.  Tina was discovering that Ro had a great sense of humor under that cool exterior of hers.

            “Lull them into security and then I’m gonna smack ‘em with it.  Trust me Bella it is going to be worth the breakfast.”  Rosita said as they knocked on the door of Ro’s apartment.  Tina opened it eyeing them with her dark eyes.  She scanned her friends, seeing them all standing there, eyes downcast.