(Thursday morning- at Kit’s place. Bette walks out of bathroom, wearing pajamas with wet hair. She walks into livingroom, sits on couch next to Kit)

Kit: Feel a little better this morning? (Bette nods, gives small smile) You’ve got to start talking evetually, honey.

Bette: Thank you, Kit… for helping me, even though I don’t

Kit: Don’t say it…

Bette: (puts head, stares at her hands) sorry…

Kit: I’m sick of hearing that too. I think you and I need to talk about somethings.

Betre: (trying to avoid it) like??….

Kit: Tina. And what happened…(Bette still won’t look at Kit) I know that you wish you could go back and not do it, but you can’t. Right now, there’s nothing left to do, but face it…confront what happened, why it happened…what you want to happen now.

Bette: (trying to find the words)…well, what happened was a mistake. but it did happen, because…I was…lost…after we lost our baby, I didn’t know what to do.  I was so angry and sad, becasue I didn’t understand it…. and I just didn’t know how to recover, and then with the opening of the new show everything was so choatic and, I got lost in it. Tina and I were falling apart, and we weren’t trying to keep it together, not hard enough anyways.

Kit: (happy that Bette is actually talking about her feelings) and now??

Bette: now… I want nothing more than to be back there agian, be lost with Tina..anything with Tina. anything… (drifts off into herself)

Kit: I think you should call her. (Bette whips her head back to look at Kit, like she can’t believe Kit would suggest such a thing)  just talk to her… i know this is kind of sad, but maybe the two of you could start over again…

Bette: (still trying to comprehend Kit’s suggestion, looks back at her hands) call her? I don’t think she wants to talk to me. I tried to call her right after she left, dozens of times… I was waiting on the couch for her call. (now Kit knows what was going on before the hospital)

Kit: well… I don’t know about that, but I do know she wants to talk now. (Bette looks at her blankly) She was at the hospital. She was worried about you.

Bette: (looking shy and embarassed) She knows?? Did you tell her?

Kit: She found out. And she was worried. I told her you’d call her when you settled down here.

Bette: (seemingly not hearing what Kit had just said)  she knows everything?? (Kit nods)  Kit, I don’t think… I don’t know…

Kit: let’s have some breakfast…

(Bette agrees, welcoming the distraction– they get up and walk to the table. Bette sits down while Kit gets some food together. She sits some fruit and a bagel in front of Bette. and then sits at the table with her own food. Several minutes pass without either saying anything)

Kit: You’re being quiet again.

Bette: What do I say to her?

Kit: First, just invite her over for lunch. And when she gets here tell her what’s in your heart. Just don’t get into anything on phone.

Bette: What if she doesn’t want to come over?

Kit: She will… look I don’t want you to do anything you’re not ready for, I just want you to be happy again. (Bette smiles at Kit) alright, I have to go, be good. (Bette nods as Kit clears the table and then leaves)

Bette: (to nobody) i’m ready to be happy again.

(at Alice’s place- Tina is sitting on the couch staring at her phone, willing it to ring, but looking very anxious. Phone rings… she startles… slowly reaches for the phone)

Tina: hello

Bette: (quietly, nervously) hi, Tina.

Tina: Bette. (slightly relieved that it was finally her, but still nervous) How are you??

Bette: Doing better than yesterday I guess. You?

Tina: I’m okay.

Bette: would, uh… would you like to come over for lunch today? just you and me?

Tina: I’d like that…

Bette: good…is one okay? at Kit’s place?

Tina: Sounds good… I’ll see you then.

Bette: alright…Bye, Tina.

Tina: Bye…(silence, neither hanging up right away. Then Bette gets off. Tina hangs up the phone and says to herself)  I’m ready. 

TBC…