The gang had gathered at the Planet for what could only be described as a morning-after-the-night-before brunch. The hangovers on display were of varying degrees of severity. Shane, who had probably drunk more than most of her friends put together, was sitting silently awaiting her daily double espresso. Then again, this was no different from an average Saturday morning for the skinny brunette. Alice appeared to be the one of the group suffering the most. Well, she was the one being most vocal about her suffering anyway. Helena hid her eyes behind oversized sunglasses and sipped on a large coffee, slowly regaining her energy. Bette, who hadn’t really drunk anything the night before, could have fooled everyone into believing she had an extreme hangover as she sat in her seat as silent as Shane, her gaze focused somewhere in the distance.

Always keen to assert her independence, Angelica was at the counter ordering drinks for Shane and her Momma B from her Auntie Kit.

"Sha-ane, Momma Beeee!" Angelica called in a sing-songy voice as she returned from the counter.

Shane grunted her version of a thank you as she took the small mug from the little girls hands.

"You are a grown up girl, aren’t you?" the skinny brunette turned to her surrogate niece, revitalised almost instantly by the caffeine-overloaded shot.

"I’m not a girl Auntie Shane, I’m a Princess" Angelica responded with her trademark Porter pout.

"Here you go" came a voice from over Bette’s shoulder as she watched familiar hands put down her coffee infront of her "I didn’t want her spilling it all over herself"

"Thanks" Bette replied quietly without looking up.

"Arghhhhhhhhhhhh" Alice groaned, breaking the silence before anyone had a chance to notice the tension between Angelica’s two mothers.

"Al please, you’re hurting my head" complained Helena.

"I think I’m dying"

"What?!" Angelica’s bottom lip began to quiver.

"Stop being so melodramatic" Tina scolded Alice "Your Auntie Alice is just being silly"

"Maybe you should go sit on her lap and make her feel better" Shane suggested, suppressing a wicked grin.

Alice glared at Shane as Angelica skipped happily over to her and clambered on her lap, patting her on the head as her version of "making Alice feel better".