In the ladies locker area, Hellcat and Alice were getting ready for their matches when Hellcat's mother arrived, Alice who is normally comfortable around everyone tried not to be noticed.
"Oh my god is that Alice?" Hellcat's mother called out Alice.
"Hey Ramonaaaaa" Alice took a huge motherly hug from Hellcat's mother called Ramona, the blonde girl stuffed in her enormous cleavage.
"I thought I was going to die" Alice used her adult voice, "I've got something to do" Alice quickly left the mother and daughter to it.
Hellcat had to ask. "You know Alice?"
"Her toy store is next to my photo studio, I've known her for her whole life" Ramona acting all motherly.
Hellcat went onto to explain how she came to meet Alice.
"Dave is one lucky boy, she's a keeper" Ramona happily stated, Hellcat wasn't so convinced.
"Talking to Alice sometimes feels like I'm talking to Britney Lincoln again" Hellcat feeling down; Ramona put down her tea cup.
"Alice is not jealous of your body, she's jealous of your relationship with Dave as well as your brothers as well as me and your father. She's one of the grandchildren of mayor Gracia, her upbringing wasn't easy" Ramona explained.
Hellcat wasn't so sure, but it's obvious how much of Alice's day to day demeanour was an act, Alice wasn't far off 30 years old and it was noticeable how much makeup was covering up her burn out marks, despite how much shit Alice gave her, Hellcat at least felt a bit more ready for her match, not to mention how much better she got with her driving.
The talk was interrupted by an argument outside the changing area.
"No means no Nero, the toy store is not for sale!" Alice was arguing with Razzmatazz.
"Get with the times, the future is VR, your store is failing, just sell up already" Razzmatazz arrogantly stated.
The argument was interrupted by Giro on his way to the arena.
"Not enough to ruin your own teams, so you try and ruin businesses as well Nero" Giro sternly replied.
"Well if it isn't the waste of talent, like you're one to talk, Shark House will be dead and demolished next year, the future is Razzmatazz, even Gracies understands that, once I win this tournament, I'll establish myself as the new technological force in Bayside" Razzmatazz pointed at Giro.
"Is that why you payed off all my teammates not to compete in your tournament, manipulated the bracket to match us up against our weaknesses and hired Hidden Ace to train you? Karma is going to be your undoing, in fact I'm already betting that Dawn Shriners will defeat you in the next round" Giro walks away.
"Dumb ass, Firestorm has never defeated me and she won't today" Razzmatazz walks away.
Alice not wanting to talk to anyone walks to the breakroom, Hellcat stops her by hugging her the same way as Ramona.
"I don't need your sympathy Hellcat!" Alice putting on a brave face but couldn't hide her tears.
"You piss me off, but we're still friends, so stop the acting already" Hellcat sat down with Alice to let her cry as long as she needs to.
This moment made Ramona a very proud mother.