Chaos beyond the grid

Pierre had felt bad about bringing up the Ethan and Alicia drama to Charles, especially after he and Kika had just invited themselves to crash his holiday. When he and Charles had gotten back to the villa, he went to join the girls out by the pool, thinking that Charles's bad mood was a combination of the headache and the Ethan/Alicia. He hadn't taken what Charles had said about him and Kika interrupting to heart – they had been friends long enough they had few boundaries, but Eleanore had clearly said something to Kika, as when he got to the pool Kika immediately stood up to tell him they were leaving. They both hugged Eleanore at the front door and walked back to their hotel.

Pierre: so what is going on?

Kika: nothing, they just want some alone time, and I wouldn't mind some alone time with you.

Pierre: but we were all having fun.

Kika: babe, how can your Spidey sense tingle from so far away but not recognize that the new couple wants to just be in their little bubble? We will see them tomorrow for dinner!

Pierre: fine.

Pierre wasn't happy about this, part of him had expected that Eleanore would invite them to stay at her villa, which Kika had said she would have refused if that had happened. Of course, he understood they wanted alone time, but they were also his friends, and he liked spending time with them. Kika and Eleanore are super close as well, so he couldn't see the problem. Kika would say it is his total lack of boundaries – which most of the time is endearing, but sometimes a bit annoying. This was one of those times.

Kika: plus I don't want to hear them having sex, or them hear us to be honest.

Pierre: they had sex when we were there Kika...

Kika: yeah and I know for a fact it took everything she had to keep quiet.

Pierre: how do you know?

Kika: she told me. Charles is apparently... masterful.

Pierre: huh. sure. Whatever. Let's get some dinner.

Kika could see he was in a mood, so decided that maybe today wasn't the day to tell her boyfriend she was pregnant. Pierre had no idea anything was going on with his girlfriend, since the start of their relationship it had been clear to Pierre that she was immune to his Spidey sense or his Spidey sense was immune to Kika. Which did bug him at times, because it meant she could keep secrets from him and he didn't know. If his Spidey sense hadn't been immune to Kika, dinner the following day probably wouldn't have been quite such a disaster.

They had all agreed to meet at the restaurant – Mick, Sabrina, Max, and Seychelle would be joining as well as Charles and Eleanore. it was going to be quite the little couple get-together, and Pierre was excited as he sensed something was going on with Max. As they sat at a large table towards the back of the restaurant they all ordered their drinks.

Eleanore: just a fizzy water for me.

Pierre: what? no, come on, it's summer break let's get some wine for the table.

Kika: yeah, just fizzy water for me too actually.

Charles: how about we do an alcohol-free night?

Mick: sounds good to me

Max: me too, to be honest.

Sabrina: I'm in.

Pierre was not happy at the group decision and that Charles had instigated it, he couldn't understand why he would do this, but Charles just wanted to avoid anyone asking why Eleanore wasn't drinking – not knowing that Eleanore wasn't drinking to cover for Kika. They all ordered their non-alcoholic drinks and began to chat in groups, suddenly Eleanore gasped and Pierre knew he had missed a key piece of gossip.