Shane: Dont worry, I wont pull a Juliet.

Marina: What is going on with you and Dash…she didnt say a single word until we got here.

Shane: She saw the man behind the curtain….didnt like what she saw…

Marina pulled Shane in by her waist and Shane put her head on her shoulder.

Shane: You sure this is okay? I dont want Jenny beating the ***** out of my…I am a chronic adulterer.

Marina laughed and shoved Shane.

Marina: Come on lets get to work.

Shane and Marina went to the living room to see that Lara and James had separated the roses by color and were cutting a length of silk fabric into strips.

Shane: How many strips do we have to make?

Lara: The last number is somewhere in the fourteen hundred range.

Marina: Dear god did the woman do anything right?

Shane laughed and shook her head as she sat on the couch. Dash walked in and sat down next to her in her old clothes. Shane stopped smiling when she saw how uncomfortable the girl was next to her.

James: Okay heres what well do….Lara and I will cut the ribbons, Dash and Shane will tie the silks on and Marina youll be making the loose pedals we need. I put out six bags for you and wrote which colors and how many to put in each.

Marina rolled her eyes and pretended to choke herself. She picked up a rose and ripped the petals off the top.

Marina: Here goes!

After several hours of work the group was growing weary. The women (and James) made several attempts on light conversation, but couldnt get Dash and Shane to contribute much socially. Finally, Lara took out Shanes laptop and started downloading music for them to listen to.

James: And then there was HAIR!…. the bigger the better!

Shane: So let me get this straight…they wore Adidas without laces, and jogging suits, but did their hair real big?

Kit and Ivan walked in with bags of take out food.

Van: What are you guys talking about?

Shane: I dont know Im lost….they say rap was exploding in the eighties and something about hair music.