Four of them sat at the table discussing the next days events when Shane and Carmen walked in the room. Still holding hands and still placing kisses on the tip of her nose, Carmen tenderly pushed Shane away.

“Stop, that tickles,” she blushed.

“Hey Shane,” Tina greeted smiling.

“Shane,” from Bette also smiling.

“Hi tiger,” Alice smirked.

“Yeah, hi Shane,” Dana waved hiding her smile.

“What?” Shane laughed looking at all of them.

“How was your nap?” Tina giggled.

“Yeah, I didn’t know sleeping required that much noise,” Alice smirked.

“Noise?”

“That wasn’t…” Carmen started but was stopped by Shane.

She looked up at her woman with a questioning gaze. Shane shook her head realizing who they actually heard.

“No comment,” she stated.

“Oh now you’re all quiet,” Alice laughed.

“Stop it, Al.”

“Hey guys,”Serena sang walking from the back, “did we miss lunch?”

“Uh, no. I was going to wait until everyone was up to cook something,” Tina answered.

“What’s on the menu, Tee?” Alice asked.

The sound of the bathroom door opening alerted Bette that the last member of their group was joining them.

“Evan…” she started but her words died on her lips as she witnessed as daughter make her way to Serena.

Evan wrapped her arms around Serena’s waist from behind laying her head on the woman’s shoulder. She sighed as Serena’s lips made contact with her forehead.

“You okay?” Serena whispered.

Evan silently nodded her head and relaxed against Serena.

“I thought I would make a stir-fry of vegetables and chicken in a teriyaki sauce,” Tina answered Alice.

“Need any help with that?” Serena volunteered.

“Nah. I already cut up the veggies and diced the chicken. Only needed to do it to throw it together in the pan.”

“How about we play some cards?”

“I’m kind of sick of cards, Al,” Dana admitted.

“I brought scrabble,” Shane spoke.

“Scrabble? You Shane?”

“I’ve been known to play of game or two,” she gestured toward Bette.

“Uh, yeah, Shane and I play all the time,” Bette jumped in catching the nod from Shane.

Her attention was still focused on Evan and Serena.

“Can we use dirty words?” Alice instantly thought up.

“Al,” Tina said motioning toward Evan.

As if on cue, Serena took Evan’s hand and pulled her to the door.