I lie down on the covers, all organic, for once. I see Shade coming out with a softer look on his face.

“Sorry I blew up…”

“Yeah, it’s fine,” I say, turning it to an old favorite of mine, involving a redhead, a gangly guy, and an old bald guy, gangly guy’s dad, constantly saying he’s gonna put his foot up someone’s tail. He sits down beside me, in the middle of gangly guy and redhead’s freinds smoking around a table. Something they say, I forget what it was, sets Shade off, and before I know it, he’s on the floor holding his sides, laughing so hard. I grab him and pull him up onto the bed.

“It wasn’t that funny.”

“Yes it was.”

“No it wasn’t.”

“I’m not going to argue.”

“Okay then. Let’s see what else is on.”