“Fine, fine," she grumbled.

“It IS Alice Tuesday after all.”

“Damn straight. And I'm using it not to get laid, but to make sure all of us are on the same page about how these next few months are going to go."

“What do you mean, exactly?" Holly asked.

“I mean, when you invited me to come today I wasn't about to ask stupid questions, but what's there to discuss?"

Alice gestured at me. "Sam, Neevie, and Belle are gonna get him all to themselves once they leave for school. I think it's not unreasonable for us to collectively figure out how we want to best spend the time we have left, and then unionize to make sure we get it."

Zofi looked amused.

“Unionize?"

“Present our ideas collectively. Guilt trip the other three into letting us get our way."

Mari gave her wry grin.

“You don't think we could just... y'know... ASK the others?"

“Tomayto, tomahto..." Alice waggled her head left and right.

“What kind of ideas did you have?" Holly asked.

“I Liked being able to orchestrate orgies when it was my G.O.T.W."

Holly Looked confused. "G.0.T... oh, Girlfriend of the Week."

“Yeah, you weren't here yet, but when it was my week, I got priority, I got to tell everyone what to do, that sort of thing. It was fun.”

"I got to be Queen Mari," the Latina remarked.

“Yeah, that's where I got my idea," Alice confirmed.

“We could schedule more weeks where each of us got to be Matty's Head Girlfriend instead of Sam."

“Well I would Like more overnights with Matty," Mari mused. "Maybe even during weekdays.”

I sat up straight.

“Would your parents Let you do that?"

Mari shrugged.

“They Like you.”

“Then why aren't you asking for more overnights?"