Honestly, if slightly evasive.

"We had breakfast, talked, chopped wood, and we both had a shower." Helen shrugged, telling the technical truth.

"That's it? Aww, babe, we're gonna have to make up for your boring day tonight!" Kaila reached over to pat my hand in consolation.

"It was pretty fun actually." I said, looking over at Helen, who didn't seem embarrassed by my statement.

Kaila smiled at me with a very satisfied grin. I had no doubt whatsoever that she had not just been shopping with Charlotte. I looked over at Charlotte, who was giving Helen a very similar smile.

It was decent Chinese. The vegetables were crunchy, the meat was soft, and the fried rice had just the right mix to make it worth eating. It was a welcome surprise, since it meant that I wouldn't have to do the cooking tonight. It was a bit of a running gag in our marriage, since Kaila wasn't a horrible cook, but she usually stuck to the simple and pedestrian when she deigned to enter the kitchen.

"Ready for the other surprise?" Kaila asked me as I tossed the last cardboard container into the trash.

"Sure," I replied, looking over at her.

"Great dahlin! We were out, and the had my two favorite movies of all tahm at the grocers. Buy one, get one for a penny." Charlotte spoke up, digging in a small black bag that I hadn't noticed before.

"Oh lord, Chick flicks." I groaned.

"Sorta. You eva see Highlandah before?" Charlotte smiled, holding up a case.

"That's your favorite movie?" I laughed. Immortal guys hacking at each other with swords. Heck, it was a decent movie.

"One of the greatest lesbian films of all tahm!" Charlotte smirked, flipping on the TV.

"Ok, you have GOT to be kidding me. There's not one lesbian scene in that flick. By the way, mind helping me, Helen?" I gestured to the hide-a-bed, which was now closed.

"This is gonna be a little awkward." Kaila said, noting the small size of the bed. "But I think we could cuddle." Kaila smiled, sitting on the bed which Helen and I had just opened.

"Ok, but Charlotte, you have to explain this to me." I turned my attention back to the film, which was just starting.

It was a cramped, but stimulating fit on the bed, with Helen and Charlotte sitting next to each other on one side, and Kaila between my knees, leaning against me. I tried to keep my sight on the screen, instead of on the women, but it was extremely tough.

"Highlandah makes no sense, unless you realize that it was supposed to be a female charactah." Charlotte explained as the first chorus of Queen blasted out of the TV.

"What?" I was a bit confused, but Helen just laughed, as if she'd heard this story before.

"Think about it." Charlotte ticked off her point on her finger as she spoke. "One, MacLeod is eternally young, but stays with a woman despite her advancing years."

"So, maybe he was REALLY in love," I replied, unwilling to give this one a pass. I wagged my finger back and forth between Kaila and myself.

"No man who could get young women would even considah doing that." Charlotte ignored my counter with a smirk, and ticked off a second finger. "Two, it's established that he can't get a woman pregnant. "

"Well, baby immortals would..." I began only to be cut off again.

"Three, he's an antique dealah, and such eitha gay or a woman. Since he only hooks up with women, obviously it was intended to be a lesbian. "

"Ok, now you're just being stereotypical," Kaila groaned, rolling her eyes.

"Screenwriters WERE stereotypical in the 80s!" Charlotte exclaimed. "Four, he uses a light sword when everybody else uses a big one."

"But they explained that!" I pointed out.

"Oh come on, in a tell don't show scene that could have been handled with a 20 second flashback? Nope, they had to write something fast, on set." Charlotte grinned again. "And five, her rescues a little girl, and keeps her safe, not once takin advantage of her, despite her obvious daddy issues. Mah conclusion, the character was originally a woman, and a dyke, but the writah changed it to make it commercially viable."

"Ok, that last one is bullshit, and you know it." I said. "I was with you until you brought up the kids thing."

"Yeah, babe, that one was a little... that one was a little unfair." Helen pointed out.

"Ok, ok. I'll lose tha Paglia accusations." Charlotte groaned. "Just trust me on the othas though, Ok?"

I had trouble keeping a straight face the rest of the movie, whenever the main character was on. Charlotte's points made sense, and her cuddling with Helen nearby just kept the thoughts of intertwined women running through my head. Specifically, my wife and Charlotte.

Kaila snuggled against me, and it felt good to have her in my arms. There was no change in her attitude, but occasionally I would catch her looking over at Charlotte with a sensual smile on her face.