"Ohm show it to him, girl," Ka'Juan called at Kate with a suggestive smile as she scoffed at him and shook her head.

"Oh, hold that," the photographer called as he snapped photos. "Good, good."

The photographer peered at his camera for a moment and then at Kate. "Look ahead like the blonde is here."

Kate peered ahead imagining Betty, but she almost laughed at Jenue, her bassist, came swaggering toward her.

"Well, Miss Andrews," he said, fake fanning himself.

"Leave her alone, Jenue," Ka'Juan called as he threw an arm around Kate's shoulder.

"Also, you don't look very blonde," Kate shot back with a smile.

"So I ain't your type?" He asked with a cheeky grin.

"That isn't the only reason," Kate told him with a smile.

Kate blinked rapidly as the photographer took a few rapid shots and nearly blinded her.

"Oh, come on," Jenue asked with a wide smile. "Why that?"

"No, no, no," Ka'Juan called as he nudged Jenue toward the table behind the photographer. "Keep that mystery alive, Kate," he said pointing at her.

Kate blushed slightly and then shook her head at him, with a smirk that the photography seemed to enjoy.

Betty took a deep breath, ran her hands threw her hair and then shoved them into her pockets as she walked in Donovan and Sons Boxing Club. The sun lite gym looked empty. The wireless blared as Betty walked around the boxing ring at the front and to the weights and punching bags behind it.

Betty spotted who she was looking for. He was pounding on a bag, covered in sweat wearing only an undershirt, shorts and a pair of wore out looking gloves.

"Odie," Betty called over the radio.

He jerked toward her and smiled. "Betty McRae," he called excitedly.

He removed one of this gloves with his teeth and underarm and ran to the radio to turn it down. He walked back over to her near the ring.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

She fidgeted nervously for a moment. "That job offer still stand?"

He nearly jumped with excitement. "It certainly does. Ya takin' it?"

"Yeah," Betty sighed. "Yeah, I'm gonna need to take it."

"That's fantastic. When can ya start?"

Betty shrugged. "Now a good time?"

That time he did jump, a bit, with excitement. "Now's great. Let me get ya some gloves and we'll go a few rounds."

"Right now?" she asked.

He nodded.

She nearly laughed. "I guess you're my coach and my boss now so OK, right now."

"I got a handful of lady clothes in the back. You need some?" he asked.

"Just shorts," Betty called after him.

She had to take another deep breathe so her mind could start to believe it was real. She unbuttoned her shirt and pulled it off her shoulders and tossed it on a nearby bench. She yanked at her undershirt to pull it off her skin. Maybe she had been nervous at VicMu. She had no idea she had sweated so much.

Odie returned and tossed a pair of shorts and gloves at her. Once she had them both on he turned up the wireless slightly and jumped up into the ring. She did the same.

Betty got the first few punches in much too easily. She batted him on the head.

"Don't be holding back on me, kid," she called.

He hit his gloves together and nodded. "Alright, let's go then."

She swung at his hand and he blocked her punches. He then swung an uppercut at her, which she blocked. She went for his head again and connected. He stumbled back slightly and then was right on her again. They were too close to get much of anything on each other but from some swinging and pushing Betty went stumbled back onto the ropes.

She jumped up and squared up with Odie but got distracted by the wireless. Odie connected, hard, onto her face and sent her stumbling and colliding with the floor of the ring.

He quickly ran over to her and tried to help her up. "I'm so sorry. That was too hard for practice. You turned your head weird."

Betty rubbed the side of her face with her glove. "I know," she said as she pushed herself up. "Did ya hear what the wireless said?"

"Nah."

Welcome back, folks to WKRZ. Today we are featuring some friends of ours. What you just heard was the latest from the Kethlu Brothers. This next little diddy is Sky High from Toronto's own Miss Kate Andrews.

"Oh, shit," Betty breathed excitedly as she leaned over the ring's ropes. "That's an original one."

"Shit, your Kate Andrews?" Odie asked as he leaned beside her.

She nodded excitedly. "Her studio recorded with them a couple weeks ago. She thought they might play this one but she wasn't sure."

Betty fell silent, seemingly memorized when the song started. Odie found himself smiling at her. She was peering at the radio, looking like some giddy, love sick kid. He felt a little ridiculous that he found her so intimidating the ring.

Betty felt her face go red and her heart jump as Kate sang "sparks on the line, sparks in the air, sparks in the heart." She hadn't heard this one in a while.

Odie scoffed quietly like he was realizing something. Betty bit the inside of her mouth as she felt a hint of panic.

"My face is fine," Betty declared as she turned her back to the wireless. "Ready to get back at it?"

Odie nodded with a grin and backed away to restart the fight.

They traded punches for a few minutes. Betty was just starting to gain the upper hand when she got distracted by someone near the entrance.

Odie quickly stole the upper hand and sent her stumbling back into the ropes.

"Ah, shit!" Odie called.

Kate yelped.

"Ya turned again. I didn't mean to."

Betty groaned and started to laugh as she steadied herself. "I know. You're good, kid."

Betty turned to Kate, who was peering at her with a slight glare. Betty shrugged nervously.

"You know I was scared about you going to back to VicMu because I was worried you might get into a fight," Kate said up to her from beside the ring.

Betty smirked as she climbed around the ropes and jumped to the ground beside Kate. "How'd ya find me here?"

Betty started to remove her glove with her teeth. Kate rolled her eyes at her as she stepped closer and helped. "I went to VicMu first. Pearl said you left saying you had another gig. I copied the info from that business card the day you were released, thinking I might one day find you here."

Betty nodded as she pulled off her other glove. "I shoulda listened to you, about VicMu."

"It was good of you to try," Kate said reassuring as she placed her hands on Betty's shoulders. She waited for her to look up at her. "You are OK with what happened?"

Betty shrugged and peered at Kate uncertainly. "I should be," she admitted softly. "I got a new job already, I'm getting paid to punch my boss and you were on the wireless again."

Kate pulled her into a hug. She could tell from how tightly Betty hugged her back that she wasn't going to voice how she really felt, not yet at least. Kate kissed her lightly on the cheek as Betty pulled away.

"It's fine, Kate. Really. But, can we go to Tangiers tonight?" Betty asked.

"After Ka'Juan's meeting?" Kate asked.

Kate saw Odie's head snap in her direction for a moment before he went back to fiddling with the wireless, which was blaring static at him.

"Right, yeah," Betty answered quickly, trying not to give away how nervous she was.