“None of us even know how to play Al” Dana looked at the rest of them

“Play what?” Kit finally showed up

“Alice has crap-talked her way into a roller derby game” Shane filled her in then returned to her paper “I’m not doing it Al” Shane shook her head.

“Aw come on Shaney” Alice pleaded to her best friend.

“Oh hell I’ll do it” Kit said excitedly

“Kit” Bette warned as Shane looked up from her paper

“Yeah seriously Kit none of us no how to play” Shane knew that the break up was bringing Kit down, but she didn’t think she would become suicidal over it.

“I do” Kit proudly admitted “I can teach you, it’s really easy” she said as everyone had dreadful looks

“Yes” Alice jumped on the opportunity “Yay Kat/Kit!” she clapped her hands as Bette glared at her.

“Alice will you cut that out” Dana said annoyingly

“I guess we’re in” Tina said as she looked at everyone else who silently agreed.  Each one frustrated at the difficulty to refuse the request as Kit had committed herself to Alice’s latest adventure.

“Great!” the shit-talker said with excitement “Practice tomorrow at the WeHo’s Can Skate II rink” she happily looked at the frowning faces.  Alice, Angie and Kit were the only smiling faces at the table.

Tina laid Angie in her crib and covered her with a blanket then ran back outside to her waiting partner.  Bette slowly got out of the car and turtle walked her way to the porch as Tina returned in time to help her up the steps.  The back injury she sustained from practice wasn’t serious but she felt it as she walked.  A miscalculated move to block her opponent resulted in the dean falling flat on her ass.  Tina got worried when Bette didn’t get up right away as Kit and Shane skated over to help her get up.  Bette assured them that she was fine, and that all she needed to do was sit down for a little while. 

Her sit down period resulted in Tina subbing for her.  Tina, turned out, was a better skater than Bette and seemed to have a knack for the full contact sport.  Jenny was assigned the jammer position; Helena, the pivot while Shane, Alice and Tina were placed as blockers.  Dana volunteered to coach them as she had enough understanding of the game to develop a strategy.  Each team volunteered a member to official the game; Kit was the ideal person for it.  She knows how to keep score and she can spot penalties from a mile away.