"Hey!" she said going to flick him in the arm but realizing how futile that would be."I know you don't believe it and maybe you never will, but that's Pietro, he was a billion reasons to eat cake. He kept- keeps me happy. And now Joe is two billion reasons to eat cake, it might be sentimental but...fuck you, I'm his mom and I get to do that. I get to be obnoxious and dotting and have a 1/2 birthday and take a billion picture. And I'm not schlepping anywhere to do anything, I'm here because you're my friend and we use to talk more and I got sick of waiting for you to call me. So are you going to come to my kids stupid six month birthday party or what?"