"Is it illegal to kill you mother?" Kendall asked as she dropped her purse on the couch, her shoulder's slumped in disappointment.

Griffin, who had been sat on the couch reading a magazine, looked up at her rather dramatic arrival.

"I think the answer to that is yes." he said putting down the magazine.

"Surely they would give me dispensation for a mother who is being completely and pig-headedly impossible!" said Kendall, collapsing beside him.

"What has she done now?" Griffin asked. He was aware that Erica was trying to come between Bianca and Marissa.

Kendall let out a long sigh.

"Bianca came to see me at work and mom breezed in, all… I except your apology …she's been brainwashing you! Bianca couldn't get out of there quick enough. You know I could quite honestly murder her sometimes! How can she not see how wrong she is?"

Griffin put a comforting hand on her knee.

"I'm sorry you had a bad day."

Kendall shook her head and turned her focus into him.

"So how was your day? It must have been better than mine."

"No, it's been quite a good one. I had an interesting conversation with David about your sister…"

"What about my sister?"

"He thinks that…" he began but then stopped talking, it wasn't going to happen no matter what David wished and it wouldn't do to get Kendall's hopes up of a cure for Bianca. "He is having trouble with his Orpheus serum." Griffin said instead. "We were just discussing Bianca's different reactions to the treatment. I don't want to bore you."

"You don't bore me." said Kendall with a smile, putting her hand down over Griffin's and giving it a squeeze.

For the first time since she got home Kendall became aware of how quiet the house was.

"Where is everyone?" she asked.

"Cara is on late shift so Charlie is at the Miranda Centre. Opal is watching Ian. Spike is spending the night with Ryan and Emma…"

Kendall nodded, feeling a fool that her anger at her mother had made her forget. She turned her attention to the warm hand that was entangled with her own.

"So it's just us?" she said slowly smiling.

"Just you and me." said Griffin. "Why don't I go make us dinner?"

Thinking back to her sister's words Kendall found herself looking at Griffin's handsome face and his affectionate smile properly for the first time in a long while. She had gotten too used to the stalling and the taking it slow but really what was she waiting for?

Kendall stopped Griffin's getting up and going to the kitchen, instead she guided his hand to her waist.

"You know I'm really not all that hungry." she said, her eyes widening with expectation.

She cupped his cheek with her palm and kissed him tenderly.

"Not hungry?" Griffin asked, surprised by Kendall's sudden display of lust. They had been taking it slowly for a long time.

Kendall smiled wickedly and shook her head.

"I'm really not." she said, drawing him in for a deeper kiss. "We are all alone in this big empty house and I think it's time we stopped stalling, don't you? Maybe we can turn a bad day into a good night"

Griffin wasn't going to argue and pulled Kendal into a passionate kiss.

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