<b>Father Joe:</b> De’ll either kill each other or….become friends.

Van and Shane looked at each other when their forks collided in their plate.

<b>Father Joe:</b> Okay lets be real der gonna kill each other.

<b>Van:</b> We should definitely put them to work….hard work.

<b>Shane:</b> Well I was gonna use Dash as an assistant at the shop, It was more for her at first but with this wrist I’m really gonna need her or I’ll being out of a lot of clients.

Shane scratched around her caste.

<b>Van:</b> Yeah but a job?

<b>Shane:</b> Well then what? She’ll be a handful if I make her do it and don’t pay her.

<b>Father Joe:</b> And hat we gonna do with Kelly and Messiah?

<b>Alice:</b> Oh I’ve got it….

Everyone stopped and looked at Alice as she shoved a handful of the honey covered popcorn in her mouth. Shane cracked a smile at how quickly Alice was picking up her own personal quirks.

<b>Alice:</b> Uh…well Marina Kit…and Lara are swamped at the Planet….they need help at the counter and Lara said she needs help in the kitchen like an assistant or something.

Father Joe watched as Shane shrunk down in her seat.

<b>Father Joe:</b> Da Planet …dis is dat place you said you hang out at aye?

<b>Van:</b> Great…what kinda place is it?

<b>Alice:</b> oh its great, its coffee house meets club meets restaurant meets…

<b>Van:</b> Is it where people like you two hang out?

Shane’s eyes connected with Van’s only for a moment, but it was enough to tell Alice that Van was far less understanding than Father Joe when it came to her lifestyle.

<b>Shane:</b> If you mean do open minded people who aren’t hypocrites hang out then yes.

<b>Father Joe:</b> Dat settles it den…sounds like da best place ta leave those two knuckle heads aye? give em a hundred hours ta work off. I’m sure Kelly will act up so he’ll just keep stackin on da hours and ya friends will have some free help aye?

Van and Shane both nodded without losing eye contact. They went back to eating as Father Joe looked over at Alice and motioned to her that it would be okay.

<b>Father Joe:</b> Okay on to business…Shane pianos three, eight an twelve need tuning, six needs new strings and pick up some pads for nine…drum heads for the small set and that’s about it.