Dana hugged him as I let go of Yun Jing who said, "she hasn’t gotten out of the room in hours."

"I tried talking to her, but she’s not responding," Kit said coming out of the kitchen with a water in hand, "Shane’s in there now."

"Let me at ‘er I can get her out of there," I said.

Yun Jing gave me a sad smile as Wilson came up next to me. "You’re her best friend Alice," he said, "if anyone can help her it’s you."

"Thanks Willy boy," I said patting his shoulder and moving to the couch where Dana was hugging Paulie. "Hey Paulie," I said softly.

"Hey auntie Alice," he said looking up at me with tear filled eyes.

"Do you know how many chicks you can get cause you’re crying?" I said with a smile.

Paulie laughed and hugged me, crying onto my shoulder. I rubbed his back tenderly as

Dana said, "everything’s gonna be alright Paulie."

"What am I gonna do without my momma D, Dana?" Paulie whimpered as Cal approached the couch. I moved so that Cal could sit down.

"We’re here man," Cal said hugging Paulie’s shoulders, "plus you have auntie Helena."

"My poor mom," Paulie said.

"I’ll save her," I said in my best super hero voice making all three of them laugh.

"Leave it to Alice to brighten up a room," Tina said approaching us.

"Hey TK," I said hugging her, "where’s Porter?"

"At a parent teacher conference with Jenny," Tina said.

"Oh Tasha was gonna leave Jimmy at your house," I said.

"Angelica’s home," Tina said.

"Uh oh," I said, "you don’t say her full name unless she’s in trouble."

Tina sighed and said, "might as well tell you, you’re gonna find out anyways. Angelica’s pregnant."

"What!?"

"Shhh! Alice," Tina grabbed my arm.

"But how? She didn’t even have a boyfriend."

"She doesn’t need a boyfriend."

"Oh," I said, "so who’s the guy?"

"It’s in between Mike and Shay."

"What!" I cried then lowered my voice at Tina’s stern look, "okay, first of all, Shay? Does Shane know?"

"Yes, she kicked his ass," Tina laughed.

"And second of all, who the hell is Mike?"

"You are not gonna believe this," Tina sighed, "Henry Young’s son."