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Ren coughed up a piece of shrimp and caught it in his hand. He looked up at Jack thankfully. "It...it's not too spicy. I just apparently forgot how to chew." He looked embarrassed again and scratched his head. The dinner party seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, or perhaps he was just feeling awkward put into a place that seemed like he was the center of attention. He leaned forward grabbed his napkin and put the offending piece of shrimp in it.

He coughed a few more times but signaled he was ok to Jack and smiled. "Sorry about that. Didn't mean to scare anyone." He had coughed so hard that tears had leaked out of his eyes. He reached up with his sleeve to wipe them away and looked over at Kami now returned from the bathroom where she had helped Cara get cleaned up after the gumbo and beer mishap.

Was he missing something? He looked how Kami and Jack seemed to be sizing each other up. Did everyone already know each other in this damn building? Ok, that wasn't fair, but Kami and Shae had already known each other, and it seemed like it might be intimately from the way they acted. He hadn't seen Kami give someone such a cool, cool for her anyways, sort of greeting. She always seemed so happy and bubbly and wanting to make sure everyone was taken care of and comfortable.

And then Cara came back to the party. He blinked at her and smiled. She looked a little more comfortable now that she wasn't in her fashionable dress even though she was wearing Shae's clothes. She seemed less out of place now. Now she looked like she could spill gumbo and beer all over herself and it wouldn't matter...even though he hoped it wouldn't happen again.

He sighed in relief because it seemed with the animosity and the return of Cara, eyes were no longer directed his way and now perhaps he could just sit back and watch what was bound to happen amongst this group.

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