| Totally exhausted from rehearsal, Christine leaned back, took a sip from her water and closed her eyes. She felt the sweat streaming down her back and the need of a nice, hot shower. Jeremiah came up and pattered her shoulder. �Good body position, Tiny . . .but you should work on your spins. They could be more smooth.� Smiling again, she looked at the choreographer. �I�ll work on them - big promise - but have to practice my voice, too.� � �Don�t stress yourself too much, honey � You will be great!� said Jeremiah, his nickname being Jez, as he left good humored the dance studio. Languishing she starred after him. �He would be just perfect for me,� Tiny thought out loud �If he wouldn�t prefer more masculine types . .� Grinning she thought of his boyfriend Michael. But that�s the business � three out of four dancers are gay and Tiny got used to it. Still smiling, she grabbed her sweaty towel and went into the locker room. After a short shower, she felt much better and went through the studio, heading to the door. �Good night, sweetie� Damian called after her �Good night Damian � have you noticed that all the good men are gay?� � � I know. Lucky me, hun, lucky me...� Head nodding, she left the studio and giggled. �Gee� all day and all night surrounded by gays. Someday I�ll need therapy...� Finally at home, she fell onto her big couch and reached for the remote control, heaving a sigh. At the same moment her telephone rang. �Dammit!!� First she tried really hard to reach the cordless, finally recognizing that she had to move her butt in order to get to her phone. ��Lo?� �Hey Tiny . .� �Oh, hey. How�s my big sister and her lil� baby girl � besides, Scott always talked about having a son. What went wrong??� Deianeira laughed � Oh - the girl/boy thing. You know what people say: To err is male. The baby is fine � Caitlin is screaming all day and all night, trying to drive Scott and me insane . .� �Good girl. That sounds like my lil� niece!� �Oh my. When I think about it, I have to admit that she�s really a lot like you - always moving - can�t sit on her butt for 5 minutes.� Tiny smiled �I hope to see her soon.� �You will little sister.� �How�s that?� �Scott and the guys will tour New York � and Caitlin and I are going to join them.� �Thats great Dee!!! Woo-hoo.� Tiny screamed into the phone. Deianeira laughed �Alright, alright, calm down again.� �So, when exactly Dee?� �Hold on for a sec �� Tiny heard shuffling in the background. �I think we�ll be in Manhattan on the sixth.� �Oh shit Dee.� �Hey stop it, young lady. You sound exactly like Mom.� Tiny smiled. �Oh well� that�s all because of a thing called heredity.� �You haven�t changed much hun. So what�s so �bad� about this date?� � Bad?!� Tiny started giggling � Okay, bad. Let�s put it that way.� �You know what I mean, Tiny.� �I have an performance that night. It�s the first performance.� �Tiny!! Why didn�t you tell me earlier??� �You know...� Tiny wavered. � I�m always so nervous when I know that my family is watching.� � C�mon. Won�t you have your own sister near you when you blow the whole show?� �Well, thanx a lot for the motivation and no, I won�t!� �Oh please, Tiny!� �I said no Dee!!� �Would it be a problem to get tickets for everyone - Scott and Mark too . . .? � Dee !!. .once again, No!� � They don�t have a show that day...� �Hello? I said no . .� Dee cut her sister off and kept on talking �I don�t think Scott and Brett will be there, since they probably want to see their girls�� Tiny nearly collapsed �NO DEINEIRA!! What part of �No� don�t you understand?� �Okay fine. We�ll be there � so please just leave the tickets at the ticket-office.� Tiny rolled her eyes and sighed � Okay, last try. Mom will go crazy, if she knew that you will be there - so please � � �No problem, Tiny. I can call her.� Tiny fell from the couch in shock. �NOO! Don�t even think about doing that!� �So.� Deianeira spoke with an angel�s voice. � You just want me to show up?� Tiny rolled her eyes. �Oh well . . .but just you three, okay?� � Sure huny-bun � see ya there!! Love you!� Tiny grabbed her cordless and threw it against the wall. �DAMMIT!!!!!! I just can�t believe she always gets her way!� Sighing, she closed her eyes and threw the pillow against her face.�Morning Mark!� Deianeira hurried into the hotel lobby, holding the crying Caitlin on her arm. Mark raised his eyes - It still hurt Mark to watch her and Scott�s daughter, but he tried to push this feeling away - he loved Caitlin as much all the other band members. �Morning, Dee � So what�s up?� �Not much. Just a crying lil� brat.� Mark took the crying Caitlin, who suddenly quieted down. �No she isn�t. Look how nice she�s being today.� Caitlin gave him a huge smile and Mark glanced at her with his typical rascal smile at Dee. She smirked. �Oh you little traitor!� Caitlin grinned at her Mom. �Now you get already weak by seeing a handsome guy?!� As if she understood every single word, she nestled her little head on Mark�s shoulder. Scott entered the room and headed to his girlfriend �Good Morning sweetie.� Smiling, he kissed her and turned to Mark, who was totally distracted by the little Caitlin. �How�s my princess today?� Caitlin recognized her father�s voice and stretched her arms out for him, giggling. With tears in her eyes, as always when Deianeira saw Scott with their daughter, she watched them. Dee�s and Mark�s eyes met and he saw all her love for Scott and Caitlin in her eyes, which, in a strange way, gave him peace and the feeling that he acted right. �Didn�t I tell you guys that I�ve got three tickets for a Broadway show tonight? I thought it would be nice.� Scott giggled. �You want us to see a Broadway show?� Scott and Mark looked both totally speechless at Dee, on the one hand amused, on the other honestly shocked. �Oh forgive me, almighty rulers of the male gender!� Dee bowed, feigned. Mark and Scott gave her a funny look. �Oh c�mon!! Not man enough to spend one evening with civilized people and a touch of culture? Besides, my sister Tiny plays the main part.� �Never knew that you had a sister Dee.� Mark looked at her, interested. �And I never knew that she works in the showbiz,� added Scott . �Oh well. She�s 4 years younger than me, and an artist through and through - She�s a dancer. So, gonna join me?� Dee looked at the guys, begging. Scott acted defeated �Geez...okay hun � but I hope this doesn�t become a habit.� Mark rolled his eyes . �Alright, alright . . . out of solidarity, because masculinity connects� so� okay.� Mark heaved a sigh. �I�ll do it.� Dee uttered a cry. �That�s wonderful! I knew you�d like it!� Scott and Mark exchanged an annoyed look and watched Dee walk out of the lobby with Caitlin. �I saw that guys,� she called back, without turning around. |