Sarah and Kevin 27

Kevin, Scott and Tom sat at the kitchen table with the remains of breakfast and lunch around them.

"What if she kicks us out?" Tom asked grimly.

"Then we're back where we were in January." Kevin said. "My mom wants me back home anyway."

"You need to convince her otherwise," Scott said.

"Why me?"

"Are you kidding? Have you seen the way she looks at you?" Scott asked.

"Same way you look at her," Tom said with a little laugh.

Kevin just looked down at his hands.

They heard a bedroom door open and close closely followed by the closing of the bathroom door. They sat in silence and looked at each other.

"What the hell!" Peter's voice came from the bathroom.

"What?" he snarled as he walked in and they were all staring at him. His left eye was black and his left cheek swollen. He pointed angrily at Kevin. "You probably had something to do with this." He pointed at his face.

"Don't even act like you don't remember, you prick!" Kevin yelled .

"I don't even remember coming back here," Peter snapped.

"You're full of shit!" Kevin stood up angrily. Peter took a couple of steps toward him but Scott and Tom sprang between them.

"Let me refresh your memory, asshole. You came home this morning at about 4:30 and tried to rape Sarah. You're lucky all you have is a couple of bruises." Kevin was yelling.

"Yeah, right," Peter said and sat down in the nearest empty chair. He grabbed an apple out of the basket on the table. As he raised it to his mouth, Scott grabbed his arm.

"He's not lying, man. Kevin pulled you off her. Her face is a mess and we thought we were gonna have to take her to the hospital." Scott said.

Peter pulled his arm away. "What is this, some kind of intervention? Scare Peter straight day?" He took a bite of apple.

"She's on Kevin's bed. Go look." Tom said.

Suddenly, Peter looked frightened. He swallowed the piece of apple and looked up at Scott. "No shit?"

"No shit." Sarah's voice came from behind them.