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back of the couch as if it could offer her some sort of support in her time of need.
    “Oh, shit.” Noah dropped his fork in his plate and quickly pushed his chair back from the table to get up. He hurried over to the girl who was still glued to the couch, silently staring into the kitchen.
    “Good morning, Babe.  I'm sorry, did we wake you?” He almost sounded concerned. It was the last of their conversation we were able to hear as they lowered their voices and talked amongst themselves while we were only a few feet away. While a stranger at brunch was certainly unexpected, the sight of a nearly naked girl wandering around the house in search of Noah, was not. Therefore, the three of us remaining at the table returned to our meal without much hesitation.
    “You ever notice how he calls every girl 'Babe'?” Jason pointed out while popping a large strawberry into his mouth.
    I snorted, “It's ‘cause he can't be bothered to remember any of their names.”
    “So the girls think it's a term of endearment...” Gabe chimed in.
    “But, really there's nothing endearing about it, in fact, it's really quite offensive!  I don't know where he finds these girls...” I was shaking my head without even noticing. Being disgusted by Noah’s interactions with women had become almost second nature to me.
    Just then, Noah approached the table again. He was about to say something when Jason cut him off.
    “Don't even think about it, man!  I couldn't invite Tara, you definitely can't invite Bambi over there.” Having already struck out once, Noah turned to look at me.
    “Sorry, rules are rules.” I put my hands up as though there was simply nothing I could do. Going for broke, Noah pleadingly turned to Gabe, but he wanted no part of it.
    “I know you are not going to ask me to let a stranger in on Saturday brunch! This is family time!” He looked almost hurt by the fact that Noah would even make such an outrageous request.
    Without saying a word, Noah spun back around and left the kitchen. The three of us watched from the doorway as he escorted his date back up the stairs. Assuming that he would be spending the morning with her, we resumed our meal once more.
    Moments later, a still half-naked, but now extremely pissed looking “Bambi”, came stomping back down the stairs carrying the rest of her clothes in her arms. She huffed and puffed the whole way to the door, before making a dramatic exit by slamming it loudly behind her.
    Shortly after she left, Noah came strolling back into the kitchen and returned to his seat at the table without saying so much as a single word. All we could do was stare at him in complete and utter disbelief.
    “What?  You guys said she couldn't stay.” He was already shoving another fork full of eggs into his mouth.
    “Yeah, but didn't it occur to you to maybe NOT stay with her?!  You could have taken her to breakfast or something.” I couldn’t believe him! This was ridiculous behavior even for him. But Noah just looked at me with a feigned look of shock across his face.
    “And miss Saturday brunch?  No way!  Besides you heard Gabe, this is family time.  And am I not a member of this family?!”
    Gabe pounded his fist on the table in agreement, “Absolutely!”
    Before I had a chance to reprimand Noah any further, I was interrupted by the quiet humming coming from a cell phone. Immediately everyone began to look around for the source of the vibration. It didn’t take Jason long to find it, as he reached behind my glass of O.J. and held up my phone for everyone to see.
    “Two things.  One, if you are going to hide a phone at the table turn it on silent not vibrate and two, don't hide it behind a CLEAR glass.” Now, I was the one being scolded.
    “I'm so sorry guys, but I have to take this.” I knew I was committing a major sin against Brunch, but I had been hoping this call would come for nearly two days, and now that it had, I wasn’t about to let it go to voice mail.
    “Hey