It's her third shot on their karaoke night that Frida pulled her into. "Hey, be slow on your shots missy", Jb whispered on her left as the taller girl hung her arms on Christine's shoulder

"Don't worry, Carl's here. He can take care of me after this so you can look out for Frida", said Christine. Jb side looked at her brother who she invited too. Carl, who's silently drinking a beer on the other side came with his bestfriend Evan. She said it was her treat for babysitting Charlie for almost a week

"Hey I'm not a child, I can manage my own", Frida said sitting at Jb's left

Jb snorted. Tin laughed, "You have a tendency to drink a drum when you're on a little state of heartache"

Frida's apparently had broken up with another guy they didn't know existed and forced them to come in karaoke to release her pain but only Jb knows how to handle tune in the three of them. She's good at it. Tin heard her sung then but she decided to sulk in the middle of them and vowed to not to belt her heart out that night. Apparently, she's not in the mood

"Just enjoy the night girls, let's sing. OMG, there goes my turn", Frida run to the stage when she heard the intro. Her friend is on that ripped fitted jean-hanging blouse combination again. She's so sexy and fashionable on that simple ensemble, something Christine just wish to wear

"There goes your heartbroken friend", Jb said shaking her head

Tin laughed, "I'm going to the comfort room for a while." She launched another shot to her mouth before standing up

Phone rung for a hundreth time that day and she answered it without looking at the ID. The world's spinning around like Frida's lyrics at her background

"Ms. Thomas", she singsonged her surname

"Hi, Tin", the familiar voice greeted. "Finally"

"Oh, Mr. Roberts do you need anything?", she said in sarcasm

"Where are you Tin? It's seems loud there?"

She giggled, "I'm on the karaoke". She singsong the last word.

"Is Charlie with you?"

"What do you think of me? Irresponsible parent? I'm not like someone out there who can disappoint their child over and over and over again", she said

"You sounds like you just had enough. Where are you? I'm going to take you home", Luke inquired and she heard a car engine started on his background

"No, I'm with Carl. He's always here for me you know", Tin replied and ended her phone before the guy insists

She felt like throwing up so she run to the girl room's lavatory. She really had enough, she thought as she run a water on her mouth and sprinkled some on her face.

Tin almost jumps when she saw Jb's reflection at the mirror, leaning on the wall at her back.

Hands on her jean's pocket and looking blankly in her pink tshirt with some Japanese character. Jb nodded to her direction, "What's your problem?"

"Nothing", Tin replied while getting some tissue to dry her hands and mouth

"Famous girl's line", Jb launched her motto again

"O come on, you're having those bad mood too. I can sense it."

"Don't change the subject", Jb insisted lifting her eyebrows

She crossed her arms in defiance, "If you're not saying anything then I'm not sharing anything too"

Jb exhaled and averted her eyes. Tin smiled at her friend and walked towards to hug her

"I love you J, how I wish you're a man. You're going to be a perfect boyfriend for me", she smiled while hugging her friend

"That would be bad for me, alright? Frida might seduced me to a shotgun marriage before you do", they're laughing when the comfort room door opens. A girl halted looking stunned at their position but chose to walk past them anyways

"I think we need to go back, alright, before someone tells the guard about two women making out here", Jb giggled

"Yes, but can you be my sister in law at the very least?", Tin blurted

"No! And please stay away from any spirited liquid, you're fudging spilling nonsense things"

Jb threw her right arms on her shoulder for guide while she encircled her left on her friend's waist. It felt protection, like her friend's always do

"I'm not gay", she heard Jb blurted when they emerged from the ladies room. She looked up to find Evan frowning at them

"Ooooh, I see", Evan said. "That's good news then"

"Hi Evan, Jb's just acting big sister now"

Evan looked at her friend with his arms crossing in his torso, and his hands tucked on his underarms. He's taller than Jb, being 6'-2" a few inch taller than Luke. That impossible guy! Stupid! Not to mention a promise breaker!

He nodded, "You're okay Tin?"

"She is", Jb answered for her. "And stop flirting with Frida"

"Jb! He's not!", Tin defended

"It's better to clear things", Jb said glaring at the guy which earned her a grin from Evan instead

She laughed, "J, I think I forgot my phone inside the ladies room. Can you get it?"

"And leave you with this guy?", the girl said pointing to Evan unashamed

"No. He's okay. He will not do unacceptable things, Carl's big fist will redecorate his face", she said laughing and Jb helped her to lean her back to a wall

She saw Jb walked torwards Evan and pointed his chest, "Don't.you.dare"

Evan laughed at that warning and followed her friend with his eyes

"Shocks, not you too Evan", she said

"I like challenging girls", Evan teasingly answered that

She laughed, "No, Carl put dibs already"

"No way, Susan is back. I think they're working things out. He can't just throw away their four years together", he informed

She sighed, "Speaking of, Evan, remember Luke?"

"Ah, this is all about that Tin? I thought you already passed that shitty thing in your life"

"He's back"

Evan shook his head, "You have no choice Tin, Luke's the father"

"It's not just that. He wants to take us both back"

"You still love him?", he asked. "Because if you still do then it's another story"

Her head throbbed the following morning. She found out she's in her bed and turned right to slowly crawled out of it, "Charlie"

"Already downstairs shrieking", a man said on her back.

Christine quickly turned left because of that familiar voice and hurt again her head in the proces

"What are you doing here", she asked while trying to sit with her left hand holding her throbbing brain. Pulling out from her sheet, she discovered she's only have tshirt on so she decided against it

"I waited for you here last night but you came home at the shoulder of Carl. Ms. Candy needs to go as it's her off day today so I told her she can go while I look out for you"

"You don't need to. Carl can do that for me"

"Yeah, he's downstairs too making breakfast."

"He let you in? I need to talk to that guy", Tin said pulling her pillow on her face. She's too embarassed to be in that situation right now

"We need to talk and Carl's not that savage I learned"

"There's nothing to talk about", she said while on her pillow. The pillow was forced out of her and the guy, all in his glorious morning form looked at her half smiling

"Ingrid was lost Wednesday at the Southern Island with her broke car. It's hard to come back here in time for thanksgiving", he explained

"You should've called or texted me"

"Dead bat. I thought she's just here somewhere. It was late when I learned she's at the south. Left by her stupid boyfriend."

"You let that happened to your sister?", Christine asked

"Reassembled her now ex-boyfriend's face the same day I came at the city that Friday. That's why I didn't contacted you then on Saturday you're not here"

"Ok", she replied

"Ok? Whatever that means?"

"Ok, we're ok. Can you get out of my room? I need to change", Tin requested

"Why? I'm the one who put you at that sack after I scrubbed you out of your make up", he took a glass of water at the bedside table and gave to her with a pill on the other hand, "drink this"

She stared at him not believing everything she heard. "You? What the heck!"

"Carl was out in your couch the moment I took you upstairs so I have no choice. He seems drunk too much last night too. He seems to have a problem on his own"

"But… but", she looked down on her tshirt

"I already saw those", he winked

"I hate you", she said and took the pill. "Get out, I need to be presentable to the world"

"You're presentable enough for me", he said wriggling his eyebrows.

"Get out please", she said getting out with her sheets draped on her

He reached to encircled his arms on her waist and whispered, "Promise me you'll still give me another chance"

She tried to wedged out if him, "Ok, just get out now. We'll talk downstairs"