Darren was filled with panic for a few minutes when he pulled up to where Ricki said she had been and she wasn't there. He got out of the running car and looked up and down the road, thinking maybe he had drove past her before he noticed his phone was ringing and he saw it was his dad. He answered it quickly. "Dad we may have a problem." he said, but the voice on the other end was one he didn't expect.

"No problem, Dare." Ricki's voice came and he let out a long sigh of relief. "I started walking again after about ten minutes. My phone had died and Gabe's mom saw me walking and dropped me off."

"Scared the shit out of me, little sis." he said, getting back in the car and taking another deep breath. He hung up the phone and drove home, and when he got there he saw that Ricki had already changed into a pair of sweats and pulled her hair up. She was sitting on the couch with a tub of chunky monkey ice cream, watching Andy and their dad play the racing game he had gotten dragged into. He sat down beside her and put an arm around her and she looked at him. "Do we have to set Andy after Gabe?"

Ricki just shook her head. "Nah. That'd cause even more drama, and I'm kind of at a limit. But I do need to head back there later on. I left my clutch in his car." she gave a gentle shrug. "But I just kind of want to chill for a while."

Darren nodded and stole the spoon from her and saw her smile a bit. "Alright." he said, popping the spoon back into his mouth.

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Later on that night, Maureen was getting a little antsy to leave as things started to wind down some. She had stayed pretty sober with Krista, and now she saw Carl was halfway babysitting a drunk Jared. It was weird because usually the guy was all about moderation, but he was [i]fucked[/i] up. Krista exchanged a look with Maureen. "You think Ricki is still up?"

Maureen nodded, "Yeah." she said. They had both gotten a text a while back saying that Ricki was fine and at home. Krista looked at her phone. It was nearing 1 am. "Make the call."

Krista nodded and headed out front, where it was a little less noisy, and she called Ricki. Maureen sighed a bit, walking over to Carl. "Hey, I'm going to head out with Krista. Ricki should be coming to get us." she said, and Krista came back in nodding.

"Yeah, Ricki will be here in about ten minutes, she just had to get her keys from Darren." Krista said. Maureen looked at Carl. "You gonna need help with him?"

Krista looked around a bit. Tyler had had to leave earlier on, but she didn't want to leave Maureen to deal with the uncomfortableness that the night had brought on. And now things just appeared as if they were going to get more uncomfortable. Luckily though, with the crowd starting to wind down, things weren't tense at all... Except maybe some underlying sexual tension coming off a few of them. Krista jumped at the sound of Maureen's voice.

"Hey, earth to Krista." Maureen said, "Rick text back yet? I just caught sight of Voss and it is not pretty."

Krista looked at her phone and it lit up. "She's here, let's go." 

The second that Krista and Maureen went to leave though, Ricki came in. "Gabe isn't still here is he? I left something in his car and it's locked." 

Maureen shrugged. "Not sure, get it tomorrow. Let's go."

Ricki gave a look. "Not likely, I don't want to have to deal with him tomorrow."