They sit together at the bench, both dressed in black for the occassion that’s past.  Everyone else has left the proceedings and now it’s only the two of them which deep down, both feel is only appropriate.  The casket has been lowered and everyone has departed for the gathering of family and friends afterward…except for these two.  Now in their 80′s, they collect their thoughts while sitting side by side under the cloudy skies.

Alice: These things are so depressing.

Shane: Yeah…tell me about it.

Alice: And you know what’s scary is that we seem to be having these way too often lately.

Shane shrugs.

Shane: That’s life.  We get old, we die.  But yeah, it sucks.

Alice sighs.

Alice: Angelica looked great today.

Shane: Yeah…God, this must be tough for her.

Alice: I know, right?  You think she feels that her Moms are now together again?

Shane: I’d like to think so.  I feel that way.

Alice smirks.

Alice: Okay, I admit it…I think they are, too.  My God, Shane…they’re all gone now.

Shane nods.

Shane: With Tina now gone, it’s just us again.

Alice: Life is funny like that.  I mean, think about all those years ago…like way back…right before the Millennium.  It was just us.

Shane: I remember it.  We partied.  A lot.

Alice: I was always scared this would happen one day.

Shane: What?

Alice: I’d be sitting around at old age reminiscing.

Shane: Ehh…it’s not so bad to do that.  Keeps the memories alive.

Alice: Y’know, I can just picture everybody now…like it was yesterday.  Hangin’ out at the Planet.  Good times.

Shane: Indeed.

Alice: ….What do you think they’re all doing now?

Shane: Who?

Alice: All our friends that we used to be with…

Shane: Well…right about now they’ve probably welcomed Tina to the party.

Alice gives a soft laugh.

Alice: Carmen’s probably DJ’ing, too.

Shane closes her eyes and smiles for a second.

Alice: You ever think about her?

Shane nods.

Shane: I think about everybody.  And I realize that every single funeral sucked.  But…I know they’re all havin’ a good time up there and they’re just waiting for us to show up.

Alice: Fashionably late as always.

Shane: Hey, it wouldn’t be us otherwise would it?

Shane winks and grins.  Alice nods and laughs before looking down.