The Planet is the name of the gathering ground for a group of friends in West Hollywood. It is their holy ground. It is their meetup. It is a social melting pot and it is property of a lady named Marina. Of the group of friends, Marina is among them. Most of her closest friends are at the hospital as Tina goes into labor.

Committed to her business and unable to go, Marina stays behind. Perhaps due to intuition, something convinced her, either the business or something else to stay at the Planet today. The intuition pays off as she sees a man enter the establishment for the first time in too long. He appears reluctant to be there as Marina approaches him.

Marina: Hello.

He looks around.

Tim: Where is everyone?

Marina: Follow me to my office, please.

Tim follows Marina to her office by request. Taking a seat at the desk, Tim remains standing.

Tim: Is something going on?

Marina: Jenny’s at the hospital-

Tim’s eyes light up.

Tim: What? Is everything okay???

Marina: Everything’s fine. It’s Tina. Your goddaughter’s in the middle of being born. The labor it seems has come a little sooner than expected.

Tim slowly takes a seat, letting the news settle in.

Tim: Nobody told me.

She can see the hurt on his face.

Marina: Tim… You have kept yourself absent for months now.

Tim: Yeah, but… That’s different.

Marina: Everyone knows you’re still upset. You were invited to dinner last night, but you refused.

Tim: Look, it hasn’t been easy dealing with this.

Marina: I know it hasn’t. I also know that you’re probably not happy being in the same room with me at the moment.

Tim: Marina… I want you to be honest with me. …Was there something going on before with you two?

Marina pauses for a moment before answering.

Marina: No. Nothing ever happened until after you broke up.

Tim: Then why weren’t you able to say so immediately?

Marina: Jenny had feelings for me, but you knew that. She fought it for your sake until she no longer could. I fought it, Tim.