Alice and Tina at Tina’s condo.

Alice: T, You got a computer around here that I can use for a second?

Tina: Yea, Dana’s laptop is over there on the dining room table.  I’d let you use mine, but it’s fried at the moment.  I’m sure Dana won’t mind if you use hers.

Tina grabs hers suitcase and disappears into her bedroom.

Alice: Cool.

Alice sits down on the chair and powers up Dana’s laptop.

Alice (to herself): What the fuck? Dana’s got the Sims on her computer.  I never knew she liked playing PC games.

Alice looks around and sees that Tina has yet to return before she hits the start icon for the Sims, and turns down the volume on the computer.

Alice moves the laptop so the screen is facing away from the bedroom that Tina just entered.

Alice (to herself): Let’s see what kind of pretend life Dana’s been leading on her PC.

The loading seems to take forever. 

Tina (shouting from bedroom): So have you decided to take the job?

Alice (shouting back): Job, who cares about that!  How was your business trip?

Tina (shouting): Great! 

Tina walks out of her bedroom.

Tina (no longer shouting): I had an awesome time.  It was sunny, the food was nice, and the women hot.

Tina plops down on the sofa. 

Alice: That’s my Tina.  Always looking out for the ladies.

Tina: So are you checking your email?

Alice: Yup, you know me, always checking my email.

Alice sees the load screen pop up and loads up the first file she sees.

Tina: You know, you need a vacation from all your emailing. 

Alice: Vacation from email? Never.

Tina (teasing): Yea, maybe take one with your girlfriend?

Alice: She’s not my girlfriend. 

Tina: You sure? You spend more time with Dana than I do, and she’s my roommate.

Alice: We’re just good friends.  That’s all.  Besides, I don’t have a steady job right now and Dana’s got a lot of free time on her hands.

Tina: I’m sure that’s that only reason you two are always together.

Alice:  I’m not with her right now, am I?

Tina (teasing): Maybe not physically, but I’m sure you are in spirit.

Alice: If that’s what you want to believe.

Suddenly the Sims finishes loading and Alice notices that one of the characters look a lot like herself.  And another character looks a lot like Dana.

Alice: What the fuck?

Tina: What’s wrong? Too much spam?

Alice: Yea, that’s it, spam.

Alice clicks around and sure enough, the two adult women are named Dana and Alice.  Alice clicks around some more and finds out that their relationship is more than platonic.

Alice: Holy shit!

Tina: Is it really that bad?

Tina gets up off the couch and starts walking towards Alice.

Alice: No, it’s nothing.

Alice, slams the laptop shut, but doesn’t power it off.

Tina: Oh come on, it can’t be that bad.

Tina tries to open the laptop, but Alice resists.

Tina: Come on, Al, how long have we known each other? You know you can’t keep secrets from me.

Alice: Okay, but promise not to say anything to Dana about this?

Tina: Did you find porn on Dana’s laptop?

Alice: Worse.

Tina: Worse?

Alice nods and lifts the laptop open.  Tina notices two computer people that look a lot like Dana and Alice.

Tina: What’s this?

Alice: This is Dana’s fantasy in the PC game, The Sims.  A fantasy that has me and her as a couple.

Tina: Are you serious?

Alice: Not only am I serious, but we got a fucking baby too!

Tina: Holy shit!