Alphaville Studios, sometime during the week.

            “Hey, Kennard, what’s going on today?” Jane asked, as they lined up at the canteen in the studios. Tina cast a glance at her friend and imagined her and Bette together. That would probably be like watching Alice and Bette together—somehow unimaginable, but most likely fun and surprising. Jane nudged her one more time, spilling some of the coffee she got to the floor. The redhead then raised an eyebrow back at Tina, as the blonde returned the gesture.

            “Wow, thanks for spilling my coffee on the floor, Jane.”

            “You weren’t answering. What’s up?”

            Tina decided to go for the jugular. It was something new she could learn about her new housemate, and it would probably make things easier between them. Bette was a tough nut to crack, but she understood why it was so hard to get to the brunette sometimes. She had obviously been through one of the longest and most emotionally invested relationships in her life, and it didn’t help that people were still asking her about it. She and Jane sat down on a booth in a corner far away from everybody else in the room, and they laid their trays down.

            “So, you and Bette, huh?” Tina asked, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible.

            “Me and Bette what?” Jane said, as she took a bite out of her sandwich. “What?”

            “You and Bette dated, that’s what,” Tina replied, smiling through her coffee. “She told me last Monday. That’s why you were so jealous! You two dated!”

            “Well, we only had five dates,” Jane replied, shrugging. “It wasn’t serious.”

            “Still, that’s like six degrees of separation. You dated my housemate.”

            “Aren’t we possessive today, Tina?” Jane said, smiling. “What’s with the interest?”

            “You can’t really live with someone unless you know them, right?”

            “Bette Porter’s a good person, and I’m not saying that just because I dated her,” Jane replied, after chewing down yet another bite of her sandwich. “Although maybe it helps that I have experience in dealing with her. I’m saying that because she’s changed for the better after she met Jodi. Her most recent ex. Anyway, when I knew her, she was this Casanova running around West Hollywood, till she met that one person who could fight her off.”