He cleared his throat, "Um, actually no. I left work early so that I could drop off some pills for my mom. It took a little longer than I expected and then I got stuck in traffic on the way here so . ."

His eyes flickered from Tina to Bette, lingering once they locked with the brunette’s. She saw that same smugness in his eyes and it irritated the brunette so much that it took all her strength not to throw her iced tea at him. She clenched her cup tightly.

"Oh um, how is she?" Tina asked, her tone a little sad. "I haven’t seen her in a few weeks. Is she getting sick again?"

Kevin shook his head while Bette sulked in her seat, "No, she just needed a refill on her meds. She used to do it herself I guess but now that I’m back, I offered to do it for her"

Bette rolled her eyes Oh so now you care about your mother’s well being?

"That’s good, I’m glad she’s doing okay" Tina said, cutting into Bette’s thoughts. "I should take Angie to go see her sometime next week. Your mom’s been begging for us to visit"

"Speaking of Angie" Kevin’s face lit up as he scooted to the edge of the couch. "Can I see her?"

Bette pursed her lips. No

"Sure" Tina nodded, "She’s asleep though so just try to keep it down when you’re in her room"

"Oh is she?" Kevin said disappointed, "I was hoping she’d be awake. You think maybe we could wake her up? I wanted to spend some real time with her"

"No" Bette let out a breath of laughter as she looked at the man with a look that said he was out of his mind, "Absolutely not"

Though it physically pained him to ignore Bette, Kevin found the strength to do so anyway and focused completely on Tina. He waited patiently for the blonde to give him an answer, one he had hoped was different from Bette’s.

"Actually Kevin, I don’t think that’s a good idea"

Kevin’s shoulders slumped in disappointment, "Why not?"