"Jen, the concession stand is selling freaking 'Jesus wieners'," Judy shouted as she balanced a huge tray of grub and waded through a sea of spectators in the bleachers. "I got you a 'holy trinity triple cheeseburger' and a large diet coke."

"Oh, thank you fucking Jesus," Jen said, and Judy stiffened noticing the head turns and disapproving looks from the surrounding parents who were watching the regional Holy Harmonizer performances.

"This is such a hangover cure." Jen took a huge bit of her burger, her eyes never left the circus on the convention floor.

The center was enormous and filled with people, smiling children: laughing, singing and in those taking these performances way too seriously. Christopher had whisked away Henry to join the rest of his group in some undisclosed practice location only after Jen had given him a very scary lecture about "pedophile hunting grounds" and not letting a single one of those innocent children out of his sight for a second.

Judy passed Charlie a burger and he took it with a nod barely looking up from his phone. He was clearly just there for moral support, which was all that could be expected from a 16 year old at his younger brother's Christian show choir tournament. It was the effort that counted.

Karen seemed to be in her element, she reminded Judy of Ben, practically dancing in her seat and chatting with strangers. She was really working the crowd. That was absolutely fine with both Judy and Jen because it meant they didn't have to keep up conversation with her or entertain her.

By mid-afternoon when there was finally a break in the rigorous schedule Judy was so ready to check into the hotel and take a nap. Her head was pounding from the amplified noise and her feet hurt from walking around the expansive convention hall. Jen hadn't said anything, but Judy could tell by the way she was grimacing and clutching onto Judy's arm her back and legs were killing her too.

The hotel rooms had been booked by the church, (weird puritanical control Judy guessed.) Charlie was staying with an older group of all male church affiliated Holy Harmonies, (he was thrilled.) Henry was with his group and Christopher in a suite, and Jen, Judy and Karen were bunked up down the hall in another suite. The hotel adjoined the convention center by skywalk and it was actually really swanky, but that didn't matter so long as there was a bed for Judy to crash out on for a little while.

There were two beds in fact, so obviously Jen and Judy would take one and Karen could have one to herself, but she was playing martyr and making it a thing by saying she would sleep on the pull out so they could each have a bed. Judy just looked at Jen and laughed, while Karen looked between them in confusion.

"We'll share a bed, Karen, you can stretch out on that one," Jen confirmed and added with an eyeroll, "we always share a bed."

Karen's face did some sort of gymnastics act and then she said, "So wait, are you two like a—but Jen you had a husband."

"Well, Karen so did you, and now I have a Judy."

Judy knew that was harsh because Karen almost started to cry at the reminder that her husband had left her for a man, but she also kind of couldn't help but beam in pride and stare heart daggers at Jen.

Karen sighed in defeat. "Is everyone I know turning gay?"

"We do live in California," Judy said with a sympathetic shrug.

Karen shook her head, "I think I'm going to go down to the Applebees in the lobby and get a bite. Do you two... lovebirds want anything?"

"We're good," Jen said and dropped her ass down onto the bed. Judy followed her down and kicked off her shoes.

"That was an interesting coming out of sorts," Judy commented in bemusement. She wondered what was going on in Jen's mind.

"What? It's just Karen," came the dismissive reply.

"You didn't have to remind her about Jeff. I think this trip was her way of getting her mind off of that. You know, mixing it up with a different crowd," Judy couldn't help but feel empathetic.

"Trust me, she didn't forget about Jeff. That kind of thing sticks with you," Jen already sounded half asleep. "Are you gonna get under the covers or what?"

Judy moved off the bedspread so Jen could get it situated and then she happily crawled under it and into Jen's arms, leaning forward for her kiss and then teasing her by commenting. "So you have a 'Judy' now, huh?"

"Yep."

...

When Judy woke up, the bedside clock read 7:14pm and she blinked a few times to clear the sleep from her eyes. Jen was still in bed, right next to her, reading on her phone, and there was Karen— bustling around the room making noise.

"Oh hey, you're up," Jen smiled at her and Judy thought she looked more alive and relaxed. She smiled back and sat up to stretch, turning her attention toward Karen.

"Whatcha doing Karen?" Judy asked watching in shock as she practically hosed herself down in perfume.

Karen turned to face Jen and Judy, "I met someone and I have a date! There's another convention going on here, like a gaming thing. I ran into this really nice guy at Applebees and he thinks I look like Boomer from—."

"—Battlestar Galactica?" Judy interrupted, her eyebrow shooting up at the coincidence.

"Yes! His name is Gregor and we are going to play the Battlestar Galactica game and it's half price apps at Applebees after 9! Oh, and if all goes well, you two ladies will have the room all to yourself tonight cause I plan on staying with him." Karen smacked her lips and clapped her hands enthusiastically.

Jen perked up and shared an astonished look with Judy. "That's great Kare, you fuck that man like a full grown ass woman. You deserve it."

...

Karen had finally left to go on her date leaving Jen and Judy to themselves with nothing to do. It was too early to go back to bed, neither of them felt like drinking after over-imbibing the night prior and wondering the hotel lobby didn't sound appealing.

"So Karen and Gregor," Judy grinned cheekily. "Should we tell her she's getting your sloppy seconds?"

Jen smacked Judy's face playfully, "hardly."

Judy got up to wander around the room and stretch out, she decided to get out of her dress and put on a robe since they weren't planning on going anywhere. Jen's phone buzzed.

"Who is that?"

"Charlie. He says he's having a great time with the Christian geeks," Jen smirked. "God, they're probably shooting heroin."

Judy frowned, "I hope that's sarcasm." Judy went into the bathroom to unpack her travel items and noticed for the first time that their hotel suite was remarkably equipped with a luxury jacuzzi tub. "Um, Jen, have you seen the tub in here?"

"Yeah, that looks... inviting."