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Allesandra arrived on Calypo's door-step, wearing her black slacks and white camisole with a red see-through tunic shirt over it. She had her brown hair brushed out and pulled back then tucked it into a fat bun sitting at the bottom of her skull. The woman did not arrive without bringing something: a 6-pack case of black cherry soda and a bag of warm buttery sourdough rolls from the bakery in town.

The sun female pressed the doorbell, looking a bit anxious. It was only the second time she had been here. She had been personally running the shop while Calypso was gone for a long while; needless to say, it was running her ragged, plus her marriage is not faring so well, her and Armoda had been growing distant for a while now.

Allesandra smiled when the door opened and she was greeted inside. "Well, you don't look any worse for wear. You seem to mature a lot. Seen a lot of action, eh?" she teased. "I brought a case of black cherry soda and some yummy yeasty sourdough rolls from the bakery in town. Fresh out of the oven, so he told me," the female said in addition as she took off her shoes by the door.

"So how is your mother doing? I haven't seen her since I was a teen myself," the brunette sighed, looking around. "Where's the kitchen?"

Allesandra gave a nod and just moved towards the second opening in the wall. "Talking trees? Skunks. So glad I haven't went through that," she smiles, shaking her head. Upon entrance of the kitchen, the woman headed straight for the counter and set the soda there, as well the warm brown bag. "Here you go."

"Mm, well I for one am glad to see you alive. Running that shop all by myself was a pain in the tuchus," she smiles lightly, pulling out the roll and tossed one to Calypso.

"I would've been freaking out and probably poking it," Allesandra teased, smiling. "The soup smells really good. I appreciate you going vegetarian for me for lunch. I had never liked meat. I always eat mushrooms with every meal, high source of protein. Well, you see the fridge at the clinic! Basket of mushrooms in there," she laughed lightly.

"So where's your mother right now?" she asked quietly, watching Calypso poured their drinks.

Allesandra gave a quiet nod as she followed Calypso, grabbing their drinks as they head into the small dining room that was adjacent to the kitchen. "This is nice," she murmured. "You seen my house, very small. Suited, but it doesn't feel like home anymore," the female said in confidence.

"Don't tell anyone but Armoda and I are having problems. We had a few fights that I didn't tell you about. We yelled, we threw stuff. It's like we're so angry all the time," she sighed. "I mean, I feel like a failure since my late pregnancy miscarriage. It's just, we're floating apart. I don't know what to do, Caly."

"Quite bad," Allesandra murmured. "I don't know, we don't talk. I think we deserve a sit down, but problem is that he is at work a lot, I have to run a clinic. He doesn't understand the dedication is to make that place a haven for the kids," she sighed, taking a bite of her soup. "Mm, this isn't bad, you need spinach, adds that nice salty flavor," the female mentioned.

"He keeps saying hold on, hold on. Maybe a surprise date. I can't just disappear for a few hours, people come in and they come out. The gods are paying us to keep that place open almost 20 hours a day," the sun female murmured. "We were going to try again, but not with all this stress and anger going on. It's just a pain. Armoda and I were really good friends before we even started dating. I'm afraid right now that if I left, he would just collapse. He admitted at one point that he is so attached. I can't really do anything, he lost his mom, I lost my mom. I also got Jelly to worry about when she goes off gallivanting."

"That's what everyone keeps telling me," Allesandra muttered. "Jelly is old enough, jelly can handle herself. But I can't take it if I lose her too the way I lost mom," she sighed. "I'm just full of sadness today," the female murmured.

"It'll be great if you can help with the Halloween party that we always host there. If she's improving by that time, you can bring her?" she offered. "I mean your mother," the sun female said, smiling weakly. "So, separate bedrooms for now. That sounds good. Jelly always tells me to stop worrying so much or I'll drop dead from a heart attack."