He unlocked their apartment to find Kara sitting cozy on the right side of the couch, legs outstretched, reading a book. His annoyance and anger immediately subsided with the image of her, lovely and normal; quite a contrast to the stressful day he'd just endured.
"Hey, Hun," Kara smiled at him, warmly, "You're home early." Before he could even respond she had caught onto his mood, "What's wrong?"
He sighed, "Girlicious was in the studio today; they're still as petty as ever." He paused to hang up his jacket before adding, "It's tough; working with them."
"Sorry, baby." Kara replied as he walked towards the couch.
He gave a small smile, "Thanks, Darling." He bent over to kiss her softly. Straightening, he spoke, "I'm gonna shower now before the guys show up."
Kara looked at her watch, "I thought they weren't coming for another three hours."
Josh chuckled, "We're talking about Ian here. He'll be early."
Josh was right; Ian showed up half an hour after Josh was finished cleaning up. Kara excused herself for her own shower, leaving the guys to fend for themselves. She had just turned off the tap and was drying her legs when she caught a piece of her boyfriend's conversation with his friend.
"Does Kara know what happened today?" Ian asked. What? Kara listened closer.
"No. And you are not going to bring up anything, okay?" Josh quipped, clearly annoyed. "Besides, nothing happened."
"Don't you think she deserves to know that Mel came on to you?" Ian stuck up for Kara, "She kissed you for God's sakes. When did you become such a dick? You never hide stuff."
"I'm not hiding anything! She kissed me and I pushed her off. You know that." Josh spoke, "I was going to tell her; and then you showed up! You can't blame me for not wanting to have that conversation while you're in my apartment."
Ian was silent for a moment, "Oh."
"Yeah." Josh replied.
Kara didn't know what to do. Such a touchy subject had never come up in their relationship before. Josh was right, nobody wanted to touch that conversation while Ian was hanging around; so she should pretend nothing happened, but Josh can read my face so easily… She decided to try. Putting on the rest of her clothes, Kara decided to let her hair air dry; she walked out into the living room of the apartment and smiled forcefully, "What are the plans then guys?"