Hehe, so I am already updating, but when inspiration burns, it is unstoppable! Anyway, I am very excited/nervous about what is going to happen, and when you finish this chappie, you will see why!

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Roan found his darling wife outside laughing hysterically with her newfound friend. Roan looked mildly amused to see her so uncharacteristically bold. Kyro looked at his shoes.

"Hey, gorgeous," Roan said, pulling up a chair. Kyro followed suit. Ugly was somewhat tempted to say, "Oh, so now you're all buddy-buddy?" but she was in much too good of a mood to get upset over anything. Instead she just smiled. Why couldn't she stop smiling? Roan nodded at the girl in the black dress.

She put forward her hand. "I'm Katie," she said by way of introduction. She smoked her cigarette and regarded him thoughtfully. "You're Roan Xavier, aren't you?"

Roan shrugged in acquiesces, already at work lighting a cigarette. Kyro was looking at Ugly, his mind wandering to other drunken nights with her. He and alcohol used to be interchangeable companions to her. He used to taste whiskey and desperation on her mouth. Did the girl he once knew even exist anymore? Had she ever existed at all? For her part, Ugly ignored him, listening amicably to the conversation between Katie and Roan.

"I've heard of you," Katie said. Roan had grown to hate this statement. Lately, it was always fastened to disappointment. "You used to date Kinea Cailum."

"Fucking whore," Roan mumbled involuntarily.

Katie tilted her head. "She's my best friend," she said. She leaned back in her chair, looking around. "She's here tonight, you know."

"I though she was in Greece," Roan commented carelessly through a thick cold of smoke, "with that rich dick."

"He's here, too," she said. Roan shrugged. He really couldn't care less, about anything come to that. "Who are you?" Katie asked Kyro. He was kind of chilling in the way that he sat their, shadow-like.

"That's Kyro," Ugly said, picking up on the habit she'd once had of speaking for him. Katie smiled sweetly at him; Ugly was mildly annoyed.

"Speak of the devil," Katie whispered, standing up to greet a girl who'd just stepped outside.

The girl was Kinea Cailum. And that was saying something. She'd escaped from a family of mid-west farmers to the high society of New York on looks and mettle alone. She was stunning and classy, but more importantly she was a cold and shrewd social climber that brought the world to its knees.

"Oh, Katie! Sweetheart!" She gushed in a theatrically tender way that caused the other outdoor revelers to turn and look. Kinea always put on a good show. The girls exchanged air kisses and squealed a little before Katie directed Kinea to the table.

"Kinni, this is…" she motioned towards Ugly and drew a blank, "my new best friend and I think you know them." She waved her hand somewhat significantly.

Kinea smiled at Ugly and then looked at Roan in confusion. Slowly her plastered smile began to fade.

"Hey Kinni," Roan said, chain-lighting another cigarette. Kyro glared at her a little.

"Roan," Kinea acknowledged, looking for a chair, "you look like shit," she added conversationally. Roan grinned. Kinea saw a chair a few feet off and walked over to drag it around. "Don't bother yourself," she snapped at Roan, "you look so gorgeously pathetic sitting there."

"Still fucking those dollar bills, baby?" He shot back.

Kinea sat down and tried to compose herself. She certainly didn't want to appear classless to anyone who might be observing. She lit up a cigarette and placed it on a tortoise shell stem. "You look as though you've been fucking some dollar bills yourself," she said under her breath, noting his nice dress.

"Don't go dumping your little dick boy for me now, I'll give you the money to stay away," Roan replied.

"Clever," Kinea said sarcastically.

Katie cleared her throat. "As much fun as it is to listen to exes quarreling, can you two take a break from round one? I for one would like to have some fun tonight. What about you?" She asked, nudging Ugly.

Ugly felt wild and dangerous, like she could do anything. "What did you have in mind?"

"Central Park is just round the corner…and the lake…" Katie noted

"I'll grab the wine," Kinea arched a brow wickedly.

Ugly was so caught up in the moment, she forgot to tell her boyfriend she was leaving. Opps!

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Kinea made a slight detour to the powder room before heading to the bar. She made a beeline to the mirror. This was her home base, where she laid all her plans and found all her comfort, in her reflection.

She looked at her face and wondered at its freakish perfection; beautiful bold eyes, heavy lips, high cheekbones. She was trim, she was vital; she was so beautiful, even she was mesmerized.

She stared into her eyes and found comfort, because her heart was beating very fast. Her plans had also taken a detour. She had counted on Roan to help her, but he definitely did not seem up to the task. He had rotted away to a ghost of the person she once knew.

She simply would have to find aid elsewhere. She scanned her mind for leads, anything. An idea came to her quickly; that Conlon boy. She had heard of little else since her return to city. He had seceded and exceeded the vacancy left by Roan Xavier. He was the perfect target, the perfect tool to get her life back on track. She looked at her face and promised her beauty that he could save her. She even smiled slightly, there was nothing like a new plan to get the blood flowing.

She began to step away but hesitated. There was another reason the blood was flowing. Kinea was never one to shirk from the truth; it was one of her gifts. She dove headlong into, faced it and overcame it. And the truth was that Roan Xavier was the only person she had ever loved. The moment she'd discovered this awful truth, she'd ran from him faster than she knew her legs could carry her.

She had been scared to death to see him tonight, though no one would ever know it. She had heard that he had fallen into…disrepair, but it was even worse than she had expected. And she was glad of it. It would be easy to stop loving him, as there was so little of him left to love. It was a blessing in disguise, she told herself. But still, there was a part of her that felt a loss, as if a loved one had died.

Kinea shook herself. She was never one to mourn. She was a woman of action. She had a plan. And God save the poor soul who tried to get in her way.

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Yikes! Ugly beware, yet another girl has set her sights on Spot Conlon, but this one actually looks to be pretty formidable! So, hmmm…

What exactly is Katie suggesting they do in a dirty duck pond? Probably rife with disease as well…And why do these kinds of ideas always sound better when you're drunk?

Will Kyro take advantage of Ugly's inebriation? Or will he just keep waiting/wishing…

And how is Kinea planning on "getting" Spot Conlon and what exactly does she want to do with him? Will her old feelings for the old Roan get in the way?

And what about Roan, will this girl from his past snap him out it?

And where, pray tell, is Mr. Incredible? Will he be swayed by this gorgeous girl with a talent for b.s.? And how will he feel about his girlfriend getting punch drunk and having a wild night out with her ex and her husband?

That's a whole lot to process! Well, nous allons voir…and very soon