NEXT MORNING AT THE PLANET.

Alice walked down the street towards the Planet.  She passed Dana’s Subaru, stopped and inspected the ticket that was placed upon it.  She looked over towards the caf where Shane was staring fiercely at her.

“Is Dana here?” Alice asked as she joined Shane.

“No.”

“That’s her car.”

“Yup.”

“Did you drive her home last night?” Alice leaned towards Shane, trying to catch her eye.

“I offered.  She was wasted.  She said she’d call a cab.”

“She was wasted?”

Shane laughed.  “You know, you should call her and ask her this stuff yourself.”

Alice looked down.  “I called her and she never called me back,” Alice whined.

“When?”  Shane asked.

“Yesterday, when I was waiting at the airport for Clark.”

“Clark, huh” Shane raised an eyebrow and smirked.

“Ewe, Shane, he’s my brother,” Alice said.

“What?”

“I told you about him.”

“No, you didn’t.”

Alice looked up as if thinking. 

“This is the dude you had dinner with at the Planet last night?” Shane interrupted Alice in her thoughts.

“Yeah, that’s Clark.”

“*****, why didn’t you come over and introduce us?  You saw us, right?”  Shane asked.

“Yeah, and I saw Dana with you.  She didn’t return my call, so I thought she was still mad at me.  I didn’t want Clark’s first day here to be about my ***** drama.”

“All right, but I didn’t know you had another brother.”

“Me neither.”

They continued to talk, as Tina and Bette sauntered over to join them.  Bette pushed Angelica who sat up in her stroller, when she heard voices she recognized.

“Hey guys,” Tina said as she sat down, putting down a couple of beverages.

Alice and Shane made motions over to Angelica who started to wiggle in her stroller.

“So Alice, tell us about your little brother,” Tina grew with excitement.

“I like him, he’s a lot like me.

“And your father never mentioned him?” Bette stated more than asked.

Alice shook her head no.

“The secret lives of Hollywood men,” Tina added.

“Yeah, and I bet Lenora has a love child somewhere yet to turn up.” Alice said.

The group of friends laughed as they went about enjoying their brunch, sipping coffee and munching on pastries.

“Hey, is Dana joining us?”  Bette asked.  Tina shot her a look, as did Alice.