I don't mind-- and Tad Cooper certainly doesn't. Won't you let me stay a while? I've spent too much time with those men lately-- even if you're feeling blue, it'll be a refreshing change. [She gently perches herself on the side of Christine's bed, careful not to sit on the poor girl, plopping Tad Cooper on her lap. She'll go if Christine presses-- but there's an odd maternal tug at her heart that urges her to stay.]