“Fine” Dawn backed away “I’ll leave you to your boring lives, but think long and hard about what I said Kit” she said as she exited the café.  Bette got up to go check on Tina and kids Jodie got up as well to join them in Kit’s office.

“Some people just don’t know how to shut up” Sam said as she glared at Dawn walking across the street.

“I hope you haven’t changed your mind about tonight?”  Carmen looked hopeful at her.  Sam turned her head back to Carmen.

“If anything that just made me want to go out with you even more” Sam said with a wink.  “Of everyone at this table she just had to put her hands on you” she smiled, “I didn’t like that one bit.”

“Well you handled that very well, I on the other hand” Carmen looked across the street.  “Let’s just say she wouldn’t have been able to walk if she had done that with you.”  This made Sam smile even wider.

“We need to get like a bouncer or something to keep pieces of shit like out of here” Alice said.

“Don’t worry girls this will all be over soon” Kit reassured them.  “What we need to do is to come up with a theme for Bette and Jodie’s iron chef competition.”

“Do you think it’s wise to welcome Lydia into the family by introducing her to Bette’s cooking?”  Dana looked at everyone.

“According to Tina, Bette has picked up a few culinary skills they got back together.  In fact, it was during Bette’s unemployment days that she taught herself how to cook” Kit told the impressed looking group.

“Yeah, but according to Monique, Jodie does like international dishes and stuff” Jenny said.

“Well, then it has to been even ground, for Bette at least” Alice offered.

“Don’t underestimate Bette, my little sister can do anything she sets her mind to do” Kit defended.

“She’s right” Shane agreed “Bette has surprised us in the past.”

“She’s the fucking come back kid” Dana recalled when she decided to take up swimming as part of her training and Bette volunteered to help her.  Their warm up exercise turned into a full on Olympic event with Bette beating her by a second.