Breeze Band – Friends
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Angus’s apartment is currently occupied on this evening by three people.  Angus, little Angelica and a young man named Shay.  Angelica is someone Angus is used to babysitting.  He knows nothing about Shay other than the fact that he’s apparently Shane’s half sister and was dumped in her lap by the father.  Otherwise, there’s the odd backstory about not wanting to be in Canada with his Mom’s family or around Mom and Dad as they try…once again to sort out their problems which to Shay mostly means arguing more than anything.  So here he sits in Angus’s apartment being babysat and ignoring the babysitter, focusing instead on his portable video game.  Only time will tell how this all winds up.

Over at Bette and Tina’s, it’s Family Night and the family appears extended this evening.  Bette, Tina, Alice, Lara, Shane, Carmen, Helena, Tonya, Jenny, Marina, Max, Kit, Uta, Leigh, Gabby, Dax, Ivan, Chandra, Robin and Lacey all gather around in the living room.  A small bag is placed on the living room table.  Inside of the bag are the names of each individual gathered around the bag.

Tonya: Now remember, you can’t pull your own name or the name of your girlfriend.  But whichever name you draw, you get to make one honest assessment about.

Kit: This should be fun…

Max: I dunno…could be interesting.

Chandra: What if you don’t know the person all that well?

Tonya: Just wing it.

Tonya winks.  She draws a name from the bag and then the bag is passed around.  One by one, they draw randomly, making sure not to draw their own name or that of their girlfriend, which for Kit and Max is a moot point anyway.

Tonya: Alright…who wants to go first?

Everyone looks around.

Tonya: How about you, Bette?

Bette shrugs.

Bette: Sure.  I drew Ivan.

Ivan: Let me have it, Bette!

There’s a little bit of laughter.  Kit looks at her sister, intrigued by the possibility of answers.

Bette: I think you’re a wonderful performer on stage.  And you really did wonders for Kit’s car.

Kit thinks a prayer of thankfulness for Bette being friendly.  She still remembers the lectures about being around Ivan in the first place.

Tonya: Who wants to go next?