"Oh, don't worry about him, girl's night starts now," said Nichole before she and Kim walked out of the house. Amy followed after them. She had a feeling she was going to have to be the designated driver before the night is out.
The Chronovac had engineered this situation to observe Nichole and Amy on equal footing to determine what was the ideal configuration. It only had instructions about Kim, but not about anyone else, including Simon himself. It would observe which of the females would make the most suitable parent. And it would observe Simon as well, alone with the young Johnny. With young Johnny, he would have less to give him a hard time about.
When they arrived at the club, Kim made a beeline for the bar. Amy wasn't much of a drinker. Nichole did drink, but she had nursed one in the time Kim had several, and she and Amy headed for the dance floor...
Amy shook her head as Kim got progressively more wild and drunk as the night passed. When some of them had been trying to get a degree, Kim had been getting her MRS. Nichole was enjoying letting loose, and had a bit of a buzz, but even she had looked at her sister-in-law, concerned.
When the two took a break and sat down, Nichole looked at her bestie. "Do you think we should get her to slow down a bit?"
"Probably...I mean...Simon will probably appreciate if she doesn't come home and puke her guts out..." Amy said.
"Kim hasn't changed much since high school," Nichole agreed. "A lot of fun...but..."
"I had fun too, but I busted my butt to get good grades. She got drunk, came on to your brother and got knocked up..." Amy said.
"You don't still have a crush on Simon, do you?"
"No..." Amy said. "I just...wish Kim would grow up a bit."
"She has...you just only see her on girl's night...when she lets loose," Nichole said. "I mean...other than being a wife and mom...she doesn't have much else going on. She needs this. She doesn't have a career like we do, or anything."
"How is work, by the way?"
"It isn't being a doctor...but its hard," Nichole said.
"Hard, fulfilling....but at this point, it doesn't leave me time for much else. This is the first night I've had out in...I can't remember how long. Things will get better...but right now..."
The Chronovac had observed enough...it decided to make another change, moving closer to its final configuration.