Bette blinked, wondering if during her daydream Lottie had averted her gaze,

Lottie smiled, looking away before quickly looking back, she yawned, bringing up her free arm, the one that wasn’t supporting Angelica, to cover her face,

Bette mouthed, “I want to do this …”

But Lottie’s eyes were closed and her hand covered her face,

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“Let’s take your car …” suggested Tina to Lottie, helping herself to a large gulp of Bette’s coffee, she’d already had two of her own since getting up but her body refused to recover from the effects of the late night flight, “what time are you getting her up?” she asked Bette,

Bette drew her eyes away from the newspaper article she was reading, “Um … I thought I’d let her sleep till nine then wake her, she can go in after morning recess …”

Tina nodded, Angie on just six hours sleep would have been impossible, she glanced at Lottie, sitting with her head resting on one hand, the other cradling a half drunk cup of coffee as her eyes fought closure, “Wakey wakey …” said Tina, nudging Lottie awake,

Lottie grinned, “No offence guys but this coffee’s not doing the trick …”

Bette smiled, not being a personal fan of Kit’s triple espresso’s but she knew Shane’s opinion that anything less was a pointless waste of time to a true caffeine junkie,

“Babe …” said Tina, slightly annoyed by Bette’s lack of attention, “can you pick me up later …?” she asked a second time,

“Uh?” asked Bette, “Oh yeah … sure … uh what day is it?” she checked, going over her own schedule in her mind,

“Tuesday …” said Tina lightly, running her hands through Bette’s damp curls, “Why?”

Bette grinned, “No problem, Tuesday I can do … it’s just tomorrow I have a dinner meeting …” she added, watching as Tina’s face altered to one of mild annoyance,

“Baby …” groaned Tina, “why didn’t you say? … I rearranged my Monday morning appointments for tomorrow night …” she added with a sigh,