Previously….

Tina took a deep breath.

Tina: What do you say we
finish getting you ready and get to that party?

Bette: I suppose that
would be best.

Tina: Then later (Wink)

Tina and Bette arrived at
The Planet an hour after the party was to be in full swing. What they
anticipated as being an uproarious event was quite the opposite. Shane and
Alice were holed up at the bar; Carmen was spinning records to music which no
one was dancing; Dana was no where to be found and Tonya was, what appeared to
be, chewing out Kit for a dud of an event; and it was anyone’s guess as to
where Jenny was – not that anyone was looking for her. Even the go-go girls
seemed bored by the event. Bette and Tina just looked at each other in
disbelief. Bette scanned the room and no one seemed to be having a good time.
Once she located her sister, she grabbed Tina’s hand to lead her in Kit’s
general direction.

Bette: C’mon T – Let’s see
what the hell is going on.

They passed by Tonya and
Dana’s moms. Both were sitting stoically at their table avoiding communicating
with each other. Tina gave Bette’s hand a squeeze and leaned in to tell her
something.

Tina: Those two don’t look
happy – what the fuck is going on here?

Bette just shrugged in
reply. They made their way to the bar and stood behind Shane and Alice but
didn’t make their presence known. To no one’s surprise, Alice was extremely
drunk and Shane was basically listening to her rant and rave about her feelings
towards Dana and the whole situation. Shane had switched from beer to hard
alcohol so she wasn’t too far behind Alice in the drunken department. Out of
the corner of her eye, Bette could see that Tonya had ceased her verbal assault
on Kit and Kit was now making her way over to Bette and Tina. Both were
thinking that this was so not the party that they were hoping to join. Kit
walked up to them and before she could say anything, Bette put a single finger
over her lips to indicate that Kit stay quiet. The three women stood in silence
listening to all of Alice’s ramblings and Shane’s uh huhs for a few moments.