"I'm having a dinner party this Wednesday." Marceline Anne announced.
Mercedes Catherine squealed. "Who's all invited?"
"You and Mikey, Karen and Chase, Artie and McKenna, Kurt and Blaine and Tana and whoever she wants."
"Tana's still taking time off from dating."
"I will find her a beard." Marceline Anne huffed.
"I heard that, Patti!" Santana yelled.
"That means I don't have to repeat it."
Mercedes Catherine giggled. "Are you still at work?"
"Do you just pick up whenever anyone calls you?"
"Marcy!"
"Yes, I'm at work."
"Does that mean that Malcolm is with you?"
"No. He's doing his own work. But he'll be here soon."
"So you can have some couple time?"
"Naw, heifa! We're going back to the library for class!"
"Poo!"
"You're going to stop-!" Marceline Anne began coughing. She yanked up a tissue and covered her mouth. She saw blood in it when she stopped.
"Are you okay?" Mercedes Catherine wondered.
"Yeah." Marceline Anne stuffed the tissue in her pocket. "Stop wishing that lovey dovey bullshit on me and my husband."
Mercedes Catherine laughed.
M-
"Did you get invited to Boo Thang and Malcolm's?" Artie asked.
Santana had been wondering if or when he'd bring that up. "Yeah."
"Who are you bringing?"
She chewed on her bottom lip and shifted in the dark. "She's setting me up."
"I thought you were taking a break from dating?"
"I was. I am. I don't know. Everybody else is booed up."
"You shouldn't be in a relationship because everyone else is."
She didn't want to be in a relationship because everyone else was. She wanted to be in a relationship with him. "So I should be alone while everyone finds love and happiness?"
"You should concentrate on you until you find someone worthy."
"And who's worthy?"
He said nothing.
She'd hoped against hope he'd say he was but his silence confirmed she was just a friend. "I see."
M-
Mercedes Catherine dialed her sister's work number as soon as she got to her office, hoping to catch her before she left.
Marceline Anne picked up. "Yes?"
"Hey, Marce. It's me-"
"Caller ID but me means nothing."
Mercedes Catherine pouted. "Stop that! I want to know about Tana's date. Is he nice?"
"Of course."
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course."
"Are you just saying two random words over and over?"
"Of course."
"Stop that! I'm serious! Tana is in it deep with Artie. They talk all the time and she's like obsessed with him!"
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Romance"I can feel you; just like a drug..." Marceline Anne Taylor-Jones is what one would call a bad girl. She does what she wants when she wants because she wants. Malcolm Chang is what one would call a good boy. He follows the rules and does what's requ...
