Kevin and AJ continued to hang out around Kevin's house well into the late afternoon before deciding to get something to eat.

"Let's order pizza or somethin'." AJ requested as he rummaged through Kevin's kitchen cabinets. Kevin's cabinets were littered with health food which AJ was known to hate. "Ya know, Kev, I'm up for eating healthy and all but this is pathetic. Look at this shit!" He shouted as he held up a bottle of wheat germ.

"I have no intentions of dying young, AJ." Kevin countered as he took the bottle from AJ and placed it back in his cabinet.

"Yeah, but dying old doesn't seem like much fun either. You might as well enjoy what you put in your mouth." AJ shot back as he opened the refridgerator to stare blanky at things that didn't interest him.

"I'm sure you tell that to all the girls you take back to your place, don't you?" Kevin laughed as he opened his phone book to find the local pizza delivery number.

****

"You know what? We're so young yet we have these problems with men that should belong to women older than us! We should be out dating men left and right, leading them on, turning them down, and just having nice, casual sex." Susan stated as she and Xanda tossed different forms of junk food into their shopping cart. Xanda laughed slightly as she looked at her friend with a sideways grin.

"Susan, my so-called men problems aren't what older women go through. They are normal problems that emotionally fucked-up women go through." Xanda explained with a sigh. "Come to think of it, I went through emotional hell and back with men twice in a row and I'm barely 25. You're right, we are having middle-aged problems. God, this is depressing. Where's the isle of chocolate?" Xanda spoke quickly as she steered the cart in the direction of the candy isle.

"See what I mean? We're too young to be tied down! Shit, I was MARRIED with children and now I'm divorced and dating a man that I can't fuck because he's never around or he's too tired, not to mention he's famous! That's just wrong! I'm too young for this shit." Susan laughed as she started to peel the wrapper off an unpaid Hersey bar.

"I got one up on you I think. Before John or AJ, I was engaged to a man who turned out to be gay! And of course there was John, the older man who took my breath away but he just happened to be married and expecting a child and last, but not least with my luck, there was AJ the man with the phobia of commitment who ended up cheating on me and breaking my heart...well, whatever there was left to break. Oh yeah, he was famous, too. So? Are we pathetic or what?" Xanda laughed.

"You need this more than I do I think." Susan smiled as she handed her chocolate bar over to Xanda.

"Now we know the real reason 'D' batteries were created and why Target is always low on 'back massagers.'" Xanda replied as she bit into the candy bar.

****

"Aren't you staying with me for the next week?" Kevin casually asked as he and AJ tried to agree on a place to order from.

"Yeah, hopefully only a week! I can't take all this healthy food shit for much longer than that." AJ complained.

Kevin smirked and shook his head. "Only you would decide to have your house remodeled in the middle of a tour."

"Hey man, I didn't know they weren't gonna be done by now or I would have had them start way before we left for the tour." AJ shot back.

"Well, you might as well just go shopping and pick up some food for yourself because if you're bitching this much now I'd hate to see how much you're gonna be bitching for the rest of the week." Kevin laughed slightly.

"Yeah, let's go right now! There's a McDonald's across the street from the store and you can have some grilled McChicken sandwich if they sell that shit...I dunno, I never order that crap..." AJ rambled on as he ran to the living room to grab his jacket while Kevin watched in awe at his friends sudden burst of energy. "I'll drive...!" AJ added to sweeten the deal.

"Oh all right, we'll go shopping and stop at McDonald's..." Kevin gave in.

****

"Men are pigs but I can't stop falling for them, especially the wrong ones." Xanda stated as their cart grew with more and more junkfood.

"Yeah, but you'll find the right one soon enough. I bet he's been under your nose all along." Susan tried to encourage.

"Yeah right, and who would that be? Nick?" Xanda laughed.

"Oh hell no! That's just wrong to even think about. You'd probably have to teach him where to put it." Susan laughed.

"I wouldn't mind, actually. Have you seen his size? And I'm not talking his height." Xanda grinned evily.

"Girlfriend, I have seen his size! He saluted the crowd every night and I was there front and center to enjoy all that nature has given him. If only he had the brains in his head that he has in pants..." Susan laughed. The girls continued to laugh at the thought of Nick and his penis size and were practically in tears by the time they got to the bakery section of the store.

"Cake! With lots of frosting...oh, and it's chocolate! We have to get this!" Xanda whined as she held the freshly baked cake to show Susan.

"Toss it in! I could go for some chocolate cake...oh, and it's triple fudge!" Susan added as she took the cake from Xanda to read the label.

"Brownies, too?" Xanda asked from across the bakery.

"Oh hell yeah! The more chocolate the better." Susan smiled as she rummaged through the day-old bakery goods that were on clearance in a nearby bin. "How about some day-old donuts? We can have them with some coffee tomorrow morning at the office."