Head home

"Anyone hungry?" Liam asked. "Figured we could grab a bite before heading home."

"Sounds good!" Melissa said.

Everyone else answered in a cacophony of agreement and suggestions for eating establishments. Kyle frowned and spoke up.

"Actually, I'm feeling a little sick," said Kyle causing MARCI to go on alert. "I think I'd like to go home and rest. But don't let that stop the rest of you. I could find my own way home if you'd like."

"It's no problem," Melissa said. "We can do a girl's night, if you'd like."

"I'm really not feeling well. I think it might be... that time of the month. Go out, have fun, we can do girl's night some other time." Said Kyle.

MARCI noted the beginning of her Mistresses period but then detected an error and began working to correct it.

Melissa scrutinized Bambi, but relented and shrugged her shoulders.

"All right, we'll drop you off." Melissa said.

The car ride back to Uncle Mark's was a short one, but broken up by a trip to a pharmacy where the girls inundated Kyle with chocolate, painkillers, and heating pads, and despite his protestations that his cousins are girls, and the house is probably already filled with them a box of tampons. The girls stuck around as he exited the car, as if waiting for an invite inside, that never came.

Kyle opened the door, walked inside and...