Previously…

For once Alice doesn’t have an answer or witty reply. All she can muster is
a sheepish grin and tear filled eyes. Alice fights off the urge to let loose
the tears. She and Tina both decide to scan the room looking for Dana. She is
nowhere to be found but they do locate Tonya and Helena getting quite chummy at
the bar. Tina and Alice look at each other in utter disbelief.

Alice: Ok, we need to find Dana – like now.

Alice starts to panic when she doesn’t see Dana anywhere. She has to find
her. She can’t afford another “what if” moment in her life. ***** the Rules of
Unattraction. Tina notices the slight hint of panic in Alice’s demeanor.

Tina: Hey, we’ll find her. Don’t worry. This is her party. She couldn’t have
gone very far.

Alice: I know, T, but what if I royally fucked this up? I can’t let her
marry THAT woman. Tonya will just hurt her in the long run & I won’t stand
for that. Besides, look at how she’s fawning all over your “date”.

Tina: She’s not my date, Al. I just did it to provoke Bette.

Alice: What’s up with that?

Tina: Well, she showed up at my office with flowers today trying to make up
after reaming me a new one for getting a Peabody grant. Then Helena walked in
and I saw a part of Bette that I just don’t like. She treated me like a
possession. Then Helena brought up the whole “condition” comment and Bette
flipped.

Alice: T, you mean you weren’t the one that told Bette about the baby. No
wonder she flipped. What were you gonna do, wait until you were in labor to
tell her?

Tina: It’s not that I didn’t want to tell her. It’s just that she gets so
caught up in her own little world and sometimes I feel more like a visitor
instead of a citizen of that world. I know, Al, I should have told her sooner.
I just couldn’t. There never seemed to be the right time for that.

Just then Dana walks out of the restroom across the room. She stops mid
stride and locks eyes with Alice. It seems like an eternity before either moves
or breathes for fear of possibly breaking a spell if they lose eye contact.
Alice let her gaze wander to Tonya and Helena who by this point are in a
serious lip lock in the corner by the bar. Alice’s eyes widen and Dana follows
Alice’s gaze to the sight before them. Dana lets her gaze wander back to Alice.
She keeps switching her gaze between Alice and Tonya with Helena as if she’s
weighing out the decision that’s been thrust upon her. Dana was so caught up in
her dilemma that she didn’t notice Shane come up beside her. This did not go
unnoticed by Tina. Tina gave Shane a little nod as if to enact an unspoken
plan. Shane gave Dana a nudge just as Tina nudged Alice. This set their two
bodies in motion. Two bodies that have been on a collision course since the day
they met. They meet somewhere in the middle of the dance floor inches apart,
eyes still locked on each other.