Mitch sits in his room, on his bed, reading a book as Paramore plays in the background.

Nel knocks on Mitch door and asks for permission to come in.

"I turned it down! What do you want?" Mitch sasses.

"Can I come in?" Nel asks.

Mitch sighs and gets up to walk towards his bedroom door to let his mother in.

He opens the door to find Nel standing there with a single cupcake on a plate for him.

"Hi. Our kooky neighbor made you cupcakes."

"Huh. A candied violet. That's cute."

Mitch walks back towards his bed and sits down as Nel follows him with the cupcake.

"Wanna watch a movie?" Nel asks.

Mitch gives her a confused look.

"Figured since your dads gone tonight, we could have a little movie night!" Nel says setting down the cupcake.

"Yeah. No, thanks." Mitch says.

"Thought it might be fun to hang out."

"Can't. Homework."

"Are you mad at me about something?" Nel asks.

Mitch goes to pick up the plate and hand it over to his mom.

"Why don't you eat it, since you're eating for two now?" Mitch spats.

Nel just looks at Mitch in shock.

She thinks to herself how does everyone know!?

"What, you think I'm stupid? You stopping drinking wine at dinner, and you're gaining weight in your face." Mitch explains.

Nel smile and looks to Mitch. "I was gonna tell you tonight."

"You know the statistics when you have a baby over forty."

"Yeah, I do."

Nel sighs heavily as Mitch is testing her last nerve.

"You want to talk about it?" Nel asks.

"No, thanks. I'm good." Mitch says simply.

Mitch looks back at his book and ignores his mother.

Nel sighs and gets up to walk out of the room, when Mitch stops her.

"Having a baby isn't going to keep you and dad together if that's what you're thinking." Mitch says.

"Wow, Mitch! I am really appreciating your optimism on this! Really am!" Nel says sarcastically.

Mitch just stares at her as she continues to talk.

"Come on! Go ahead and say all your mean things." Nel continues.

Mitch pauses and looks her in the eyes. "I think you're weak."

"Okay." Nel says to herself.

She walks out of Mitch's room and closes the door behind her.

Mitch gets up and takes the cupcake from the nightstand and sets it on the ground outside of his room for the dog to eat.

**
Nel goes to pick up the phone to call Mike to see how she's doing and if he got to Texas safely.

Mike watches his phone ring and go to voicemail. Then Isabel, his mistress that almost tore his marriage away, turns around and looks to Mitch.

She walks over with two glasses of wine in her hand and hands one to Mike.

"Thank you, Mike." Isabel says.

"Noted." Mike says.

"Just till it's over." She says.

"I understand. It's the least I can do." He says taking the glass of wine from Isabel.

He looks around the apartment and back to Isabel.

"We are on a dessert island." Mike says.

He takes a sip of wine as Isabel looks at him and sigh.

"I'm over is, you know? I mean, what's it say about me? Sleeping with a married guy? My teacher!? Could I be more textbook? That's not who I want to be anymore. I just need your support right now." Isabel explains as she reflects on her's and Mikes past as lovers.

Mike sighs. "You got it."

She looks away and talks about what she thinks is going to happen tomorrow when she going to the clinic.

"When I image lying there on that table tomorrow morning...it's just so sad." Isabel says with tears in her eyes.

"Our baby...wasn't meant to be." She says looking back at Mike.

Mike looks away and looks down at his wine glass.

"To you, Isabel, for handling this with grace and maturity." Mike says.

They cheers to that and clink their glasses together.

Mike gives her a small smile and takes a sip of the wine.

He sets down his glass and looks out the window as it rains.

"Umm, listen, to, uh, be clear, I'm gonna...I'm gonna sleep on the couch tonight." Mike says.

Isabel smiles at him. "I just need you till it's over. Then you go back to St.Nel. And I go back to personality theory and psychopathology."

"Not so bad." Mike laughs.

Just then the doorbell rings as the pizza guy is finally there.

"Pizza! Yay!" Isabel says as she rushes towards the door.

Mike pick up his phone and looks at Nel's missed call.

Isabel turns back around and her smile fades away.

"Are you kidding me!?" Isabel yells.

"I...I just need to check this..."

"I'm sorry! Am I in a time warp!? Did I not, just two seconds ago, hear you say no calls!?" Isabel yells.

Mike sighs and gets up to walk towards her.

"Give me your phone!" Isabel demands.

"Isabel, no." Mike says.

She starts to cry and Mike takes her in for a hug.

"Come on, Come on. Take it easy, take it easy."

Isabel continues to sob into Mike's chest and completely ignores the pizza guy at the door.

"It's okay." Mike says.

"All I ever wanted was for you to love me!" Isabel says in between tears.

"Look...look, no more calls! No more calls." Mike says shutting off his phone and putting it in Isabel's purse.

She continues to cry as Mike continues to hold her tightly running her back.