Alice, Tasha, Shane and Jenny met at Hit for drinks about an hour ago. Now they find themselves sitting in awkward silence with half empty drinks in front of them. Each of them wondering why any of them thought this might be a good idea. All of them except for Jenny. She’s not really minding the silence as she studies the others strange behavior.

Alice is sitting facing the bar, her eyes moving intently from Tasha to Helena, who is bartending, then back to Tasha. Occasionally, she will shift in her seat and scan the dance floor as if she’s looking for someone, then she goes right back to Tasha and then to Helena and so on.

Tasha, sitting to Alice’s left, never looks at her girlfriend, although she must be able to feel her glare when it comes her way. She keeps her focus on her drink that she is nursing very slowly. Every once in a while Jenny sees her eyes quickly glance in Shane’s direction then immediately back to her drink.

Shane, sitting to Alice’s right, doesn’t seem to notice Tasha sporadically looking her way. Instead, she is slumped back in her chair holding her bottle with both hands upright against her stomach. Her eyes are on Alice. Every time Alice scans the room, Shane shakes her head almost in disgust of her friend, an action which Jenny finds very interesting.

As she watches Jenny’s mind brings her back to Wednesday night and Tasha’s visit to their house. She never asked Shane about that, why would she, it didn‘t concern her and besides she was in a zone with her writing. It was good, more than good.  What she had written that night was brilliant, a best seller for sure.

But, now she finds herself intrigued as to the meeting her girlfriend had with Alice’s girlfriend and feels the need to investigate further. Bringing her drink to her mouth and sipping it, trying to act as casual as she can. She puts her glass down on the table before beginning. “So, Tasha what brought you to our house the other night?”

Tasha, suddenly feeling like she‘s in the hot seat looks at Jenny when answering her with a question. “What?”