“Um, yeah me and Shane went to see a movie and we ended up back here.”

*cough* *****-bunnies *cough*

Dana smacked Alice on the knee lightly and gave her a stern scolding. Alice just smiled and got up from the couch, taking Dana with her as Shane, Carmen, and Kit headed out the door.

“God I’m bored already.” Alice said in an over-exaggerated voice.

“Al, you haven’t even knocked on the door yet.” Shane said as she lifted her hand to the doorbell.

The group of women could hear the ring but no one was answering the door. The lights were off yet Bette and Tina’s cars were still in the driveway.

“Open up damn it we know you’re in there!” Alice yelled as she pounded on the door.

“What if they’re sleeping?” Carmen asked.

“Well then they better wake up! Dana, you’re the jock here, knock down the door.”

“I’m a tennis player Alice not a professional wrestler.”

Just then the door opened. A stunning beautiful Bette stood in the doorway with bed head and a smile that spread from ear to ear. “I’m surprised you guys lasted this long, I was expecting you to come knocking down the door sooner.”

“Well we would’ve if Dana hadn’t been such a *****.” Alice pointed out.

Dana just rolled her eyes and gave Bette a hug. The other girls followed suit and soon they were all in the living room while Bette went to go get Angelica and Tina.

Bette looked like she was on cloud nine to Shane, even with her disheveled appearance. She could tell the new mom felt a lot happier with the return of her true love and the arrival of their miracle child.

It was so strange to her, a kid bringing two people so torn apart emotionally back together. ‘I couldn’t bring my mom and dad together. *****, I couldn’t even keep me and my mother together and I was nine years old. But this kid. This kid who came from love and sacrifice and pain and joy brought Bette and T together. It’s just crazy.‘

Shane’s thoughts were interrupted by a hand sliding into her own. She looked to her right to find Carmen laughing at something Kit had said, those bright eyes and that energetic smile caused Shane to sigh and produce a lop-sided grin of her own. ‘Damn that feels good.’