Go to the comedy club.

Molly drives you and Belinda to Penguins, a comedy club in the center of town. It looks like a little hole in the wall. You barely notice the long thin neon sign with "PENGUINS" on it hanging above the door.

Molly drops you off right outside the club and the two of you walk up to the door while Molly parks the car. Belinda flashes some sort of member's badge to the bouncer and you enter the club.

The club is just as much of a dive on the inside which surprises you. It seems a bit smoky even though nobody inside seems to be smoking. You and Belinda find a couple of empty seats at a table and sit down.

When a waitress comes by (dressed in the usual near-scandalous Rosestead manner), you order a couple of soft drinks and the two of you have a delightful chat. Belinda is warm, personable, and vivacious. She's even less shockingly foul-mouthed than usual, though probably only because you're not discussing sex for a change. It's also very obvious that she's considerably smarter and better educated than you are, although you've always been pretty good in school. She spends about half the time explaining things to you that you don't get. Still, she's very kind about it, not at all condescending, and you find yourself quite enjoying the conversation.

The warm-up act comes on stage and he's pretty funny. His jokes are pretty good, but his delivery could use some work. Still, both you and Belinda laugh some so things aren't too bad. Belinda snuggles into you a bit and puts her hand on your thigh while you wait for the main event.

The main comedian, Randall Jones, comes on. He's black, chubby, nerdy looking, and wears glasses. As soon as he comes out, he says, "You know, I've been doing my set in this great town you've got for the last week and I just cannot get over what a good-looking bunch all you people are. What the hell do they put in the water here in Rosestead?"

There is a brief uncomfortable silence for a couple of seconds. Then Belinda jumps up and starts clapping and hooting and everybody else almost immediately follows suit. He says, "Whew! For a second there, I thought I had said something wrong." He then goes into his routine, using his opening as launching pad for a whole extremely funny riff about how nerdy he is, but then ranging on to many other topics and he's very funny about all of them. At one point, Belinda takes a drink right before a particularly funny joke and ends up laughing so hard she nearly chokes, which causes you some mild concern though she waves you off and seems to be fine.

When the comedian's set is over, Belinda says, "I'm going to go powder my nose before we leave. Want to come with me?"

You realize that you need to use the restroom as well so you agree and go along with Belinda. You almost accidentally enter the men's room out of habit before Belinda catches you and steers you into the women's room. She whispers in your ear, "Girls' room for you now, Mistress. Unless you want to end up pulling a train."

The two of you enter the girls' room and go into adjoining stalls. You still haven't gotten used to sitting down to urinate and end up being a bit bladder-shy. Right when you've managed to start, Belinda seems to already have finished. You suddenly hear someone say from outside the stalls, "Belinda! You little slut! I checked out the Cat Scratch Club tonight and when I didn't find you there, I thought I might find you here. I told you I'd make you pay if you fucked my boyfriend again!" You hear what seems to be a minor scuffle going on outside.