Not Getting The Hint

At Kent's mention of work Tam realized she was gonna have to call her work and tell her she was gonna be away from a while. Odds are they wouldn't much care, and Tam didn't care either. She just wanted to make sure Chris was okay. When Serenity suggested shopping for him, she nodded. "He'd like that."

Then she looked to Kent. "I know your dad is probably not happy with you, isn't he? Why not just stay with us a while longer? I can drive you to work, then while you're working I can go shopping with Serenity and River and then pick you back up. We can all have dinner even..." A part of her wanted Kent to stick around because she was worried about him and what would happen when he got home. The other was because she just wanted him around. "What do you say?"

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Max chuckled and pet Bonnie. "You know she's my number one girl." Then he shrugged. "But seriously, Veronica and I are just friends is all." Clearly Max wasn't seeing the obvious, given that Veronica had essentially followed him to Crystal Waters. He just kept petting Bonnie, perfectly happy with his possum-bride-to-be