Delta Tau Chi's "L-T to the 3rd power" were sitting on the porch of the beach house looking out at the ocean. The sun rise had been beautiful, but the three men were in foul temper and missed the spectacular brilliance in the changing colors.

"They left before us, so how are they not home yet?" Lawrence Thomson, as a VP in his father's luxury automobile franchises, did not like to wait for anyone or anything. Lula was practically a streetwalker and she was acting all high and mighty. Nobody turned him down- certainly not some foster system cast-off.

As Lance Turner rummaged through Stephanie's purse, he helped himself to the twenties in her wallet, then pulled out the keys.

"We can make ourselves at home while we wait." He said, dangling the keys from his fingers. "I want a juicy Plum this morning."

Leopold Thornton knew these girls were responsible for what happened at the wedding and he was out to get even. He snorted some more coke before passing it around, then rose. "Let's get this party started."

"That car belongs to Lawrence. And somebody is in the house- I always have the shades closed in the morning." Lula pointed to the candy apple Mercedes-Benz 300SL. All the girls shared a look that said they were really glad that the guys were with them.

"Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…" Broussard said softly, and Santos took up the chant, "Because I am the meanest son of a bitch in the fucking valley." Ric smiled and Bobby laughed out loud. "I think these guys are going to have an unexpectedly bad day." And they all entered the house.

Lula headed straight for her room to change as Val went directly down the long hall to the kitchen to make coffee. Mary Lou led the boys and Stephanie to the living room where they found Lance Turner sitting on the couch, the room torn up around them. It looked like the frat boys had searched the room but what on earth could they have been looking for?

Stephanie found her voice first, "How dare you break into our home?! And you trashed this room!"

Lance dangled her keys, saying, "We have the keys, so there was no breaking in… And we will all say we found everything like this." He then sneered at the boys standing behind Stephanie and Mary Lou. "Where did you find the thug squad?"

It was then that Mary Lou caught sight of the open bottle of Rome De Bellegarde Cognac between his two legs and she felt the fury rise in her. "That cognac was a gift- and you not only opened it but gulped down half a bottle." Her body shook with rage.

"We got thirsty waiting for you to arrive."

Interrupting further discussion of Mary Lou's prized bottle, a roar sounded from Lula's bedroom in the back of the house. "What the FUCK are you doing NAKED on MY bed?" Lula's voice soared. Broussard moved to the hall. "I got this."

Stephanie spotted her purse on the couch, her keys beside it. She checked her wallet. "Ric, $80 is missing." She looked up and Ric's face hardened.

"You were so drunk last night, you likely never noticed spending it." Lance slurred slightly.

Stephanie, who had been on a very tight budget since moving to Miami, knew to the penny how much money she had.

"Return the money." Ric said to Lance. He didn't raise his voice but there was no mistaking the menace there. "And then it is time for you and your friends to leave."

Mary Lou, having stormed to her bedroom, was the next to cry out. "Motherfucker!" and then the sound of glass breaking could be heard- though Stephanie couldn't tell if it was Lula's room or Mary Lou's.

Suddenly, a naked Lawrence stormed into the living room sporting what looked to be a broken nose. "Lance, I need my keys. It is time to leave."

"Do you not maybe want to get your clothes on?" Lance started, then Broussard entered the room with an armload of clothing, shoved them in Lawrence's arms, and hustled him out the door.

Brown was a minute behind moving Leo to the door, not an easy task as Leo had one leg in his jeans and was trying to pull on his shirt and Stephanie was pretty sure one of his eyes was swollen shut.

Ric looked over Lance. "You can leave on your own, or I can make you go. Your choice."

Lance directed his glare at Stephanie. "All you little whores begged for it…"

Stephanie never got to hear the rest of his gross monologue as Ric grabbed him, arm around his throat while moving to the door. His whisper was barely audible, terrifying for the quiet of it. "Learn some fucking manners or next time I lay eyes on you, you will not survive it." And Lance, with terror in his eyes, urinated on the living room floor as he was removed from the premises.

"What a mess- they trashed the whole house!" Lula looked around at the state of the living room. The girls had all changed into shorts and t-shirts, and were unsettled by all the destruction.

"The lecherous creep ransacked my lingerie drawer- half of it is in sheds." Mary Lou mourned. Brown put an arm over her shoulder. "You wouldn't want to wear anything he pawed anyway, would you?"

Ric looked around the room as if tallying the damages in his head. "We need to clean up this mess and secure the house. Broussard and I will head out for new door locks and steel plates, and I don't think some window locks on these wood windows would be a bad idea. Lula and Stephanie can come along and see if there is anything else we need to pick up." He looked at Brown. "You and Mary Lou can get started on cleaning up this mess. Lester, go with Valarie and get some rations for lunch and dinner, as it will take some time to get everything installed properly."

His voice was one of authority and everyone took to the assigned tasks. Mary Lou reminded them to pick up large black garbage bags as she and Bobby set to work cleaning the living room. Val grabbed the shopping list from the fridge.

"Don't forget the tampons." Lula called out as she and Steph headed outside with Ric and Broussard, leaving Val blushing scalding red alongside an equally flushed Mary Lou.

"Right, so you have the list," Lester asked, as he headed to the door, looking slightly pink himself. This knight in shining armor stuff did have its hidden pitfalls.

Val and Lester made it through the market in record time, then went to the butcher for steaks, burgers and brats. Lester let Val pay at the market but insisted he pay for the meat. Last stop was the Beer Academy, where he paid for all the beer and soft drinks and got several large bags of ice after Val confirmed they had an oversized cooler.

"I know Mary Lou was upset about her undies, but that cognac was given to her by her dad, and was meant to be saved for a special occasion." Val told him

"Yeah- and it is really pricy stuff. Which I am sure the frat boys knew when they opened it. A real asshole move."

Arriving back at the house, they carried all their purchases around the house via the deck, and on the picnic table divided up what needed to go in the freezer chest on the back deck and what needed to be put in the fridge inside. Val took the bag of stuff for the fridge in the back door while Les filled the giant cooler with ice and filled it with the beer and soda. As he got the grill fired up, Val rejoined him, flushed and smiling funny.

"What's up?"

"I think Bobby and Mary Lou are in the shower… together."

Lester's face lit up in a smile. "Lucky Bastard!"