Somewhere, in one of L.A.’s other suburban areas, a blond woman stood under a scalding hot shower. Tina’s head tilted backward so the water was in line to hit her chest, the heat of which caused her pale skin to redden under the cascade. She missed her old shower in her old house and her old bed; thinking was easier in that shower than this one in Henry’s house. Her house… She corrected. It still didn’t feel proper. The water washed away her aches and twinges but no amount of the clear stuff could wash away the sad and painful memories that plagued her from day to day. This time around Tina felt to blame for some of the mess between her and Bette, not that she didn’t hold Bette accountable for at least half. If only she didn’t push me so fucking hard… Tina thought, her eyes closing to halt the tears threatening to fall down her cheeks. Angelica was an angel of a baby who reminded Tina enough of herself then, also, a lot of Bette. Still incredibly infuriated with the dark skinned woman, and not yet ready to let it go, Tina dismissed her three second thought of giving her ex partner another chance at parenthood and reached down to turn the water off. Stepping out of the shower the studio exec grasped a fluffy towel from the closet at her side and wrapped it around her drenched body. A breeze forced the pale woman to jolt, at which, she immediately regretted leaving the bathroom door wide open before her shower. Dressing herself quickly, and finally feeling a bit warmer, Tina strolled down the stairs ready to take on her day.

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            “I can’t fathom why they don’t send directions on how to set up a stage.” Bette seethed while holding two pieces of a large furniture puzzle. She placed the pieces together on the floor where she knelt, trying to get them to fit together the way she imagined they would.

            “I think that one’s supposed to go this way…” Commented Angus, he too was stunned at the difficulty involved in putting together the new stage. On the other side of The Planet, Kit watched on as Angus and Bette continued in vain to construct the impossible piece of equipment. After hearing a long string of hot tempered cuss words filter from her sister’s mouth, she finally decided to tell the pair to simply use the old one.