So what if that Prince never came? So what if that ball got cancelled?

She still looked gorgeous!

Charlotte downed her third rum and rye shot. Tiana sighed and approached her good friend while cleaning a bigger glass. "I prefer cooking to bartending you know." Tiana whispered.

"I'm fine, Tia." Charlotte managed to say without slurring her words. "Tomorrow will just be yet another day without anything special in it. So I can get tanked without consequences!"

"Save for the headaches caused by both your hangover and your daddy blowing your ears off." Tiana sighed before saying the next part without really thinking: "You know, no man wants drunkard." Before Tiana could apologize, Charlotte looked up with a silly smile on her face.

"Yeah?" Charlotte bobbed her head up and down, trying to get her brain to work. "Then perhaps I should look for a woman then!"

"Lottie, think about that for a sec." Tiana warned with a raised eyebrow. "Remember Charlie? That scrawny kid from Baton Rouge? 'Bout five years ago, he got himself severally beat up by those Jackson kids?" Being inebriated, all Charlotte could do was nod her head now. "Did you know why he got knocked around?" Charlotte nodded 'no'. "He came onto Dave, the big 'un? Charlie thought it would be wise to kiss and…caress him in front of others."

"Pfft." Charlotte stuck out her tongue and blew a raspberry. "Those are boys! They got those manly stuff…not feelings, but stuff!" Charlotte got herself up on two legs and hobbled over to the entrance of the bar. Tiana offered no resistance, knowing that denying a drunk Charlotte would drown the entire world. Charlotte practically tripped on her way over to Tiana, but she made it and draped a arm around Tiana's shoulders. "We're girls! Men bow before us! They'll kill anyone just for a smooch!"

"I wish." Tiana muttered her own breath.

"Besides, if they think…" Charlotte paused for a second to gather her remaining thoughts. Tiana had noticed that Charlotte's dress had been slipping a bit so she helped get the straps back on while Charlotte struggled to stay up on two legs. "…they think one of us is good looking, wait until they see us kiss! That'll knock them out!"

"Us." Tiana blinked. "Kiss. In public."

"Sure!" Charlotte shrugged and put a wet one on Tiana's cheek. "You're the hottest woman I know in town, and I would definitely would kiss you." Her face then turned a darker red. "Maybe more than that."

"Come on." Tiana groaned as got a arm onto Charlotte and directed her towards the small bunk she would use she when she needed to say overnight. "I'll come up with a decent excuse for your dad in the morning." Tiana kissed Charlotte on the forehead. "Good night honey."

"Can we have a child together?"

"…maybe. Do you know anything on raising a child?"

"I thought you could be the father…"

"Oh Lottie, I think I know someone named Odie…"