"A field trip? Where the hell were they taking high school kids that radioactive spiders were a risk???" She handed him a shot after putting her beer on the counter and picked up her own as she listened.
But something in the way his face changed made her realize it was a lot more serious than that. Carol knew that look. Her smile faded just a little and she nodded. "You're right. That's how I feel, actually. Someone has to do the right thing." She raised her shot glass in a sort of toast before downing it and putting it on the counter, reaching again for her beer and nodding for the bartender to bring another. It couldn' hurt, right?
"I left the only family I had left to go save the universe..." She almost sounded like she regretted it. Almost. "It felt wrong not to." She finished her beer and sighed. Carol was conflicted. She knew that Maria would understand, but so many years had now passed and Monica would be all grown up. Yeah, maybe drinking wasn't such a great idea. Carol let the thought linger a moment before she reached for the next shot.