“Oh, no look I’m getting dressed now I’ll see you in about 45 minutes.”

“Okay cool see you then, “Tasha says hanging up the phone.

Alice is at work trying her hardest to focus on work. Her mind was all over the place filled with thoughts about Tasha. She was disgusted with herself. Why was it so hard for her to admit to Tasha that she was scared? She wanted more than anything to be with the woman she loved. She knew that, Angelica knew that, hell even Shane, Bette, Helena, Max, Tina, and Kit knew that. The one person who still remained in the dark about her feelings was Tasha. To make matters worse she had made her feel as though she wasn’t good enough to be with her and that tugged at her heart. She was a coward and deep down she knew that if she couldn’t find the courage and strength to tell her how she felt she was going to lose her again.

Distracting her from her thoughts was a knock at her office door. When she looked up she saw both Bette and Max standing at the door.

“Hey you guys come on in Bette what are you doing here?”

“Oh, I had a meeting with an art distributor a few blocks away and thought I drop in and say hi.”

“Yeah, I was leaving a message with the receptionist and ran into Bette so I figured we would both come by and harass you for a bit.”

“I need to be harassed my inbox is flooded with emails.”

Bette had filled Max in about Tasha leaving for Italy and it was obvious from seeing Alice mood that she hadn’t found out about it yet.

“Well hey since I’m here are you going to make it to dinner tonight at The Planet?”

“Oh yes I’m going wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

“Max you’re going right?”

“Oh yeah, I’ll be there but I’ll be a little late I have to drop off little man with Brook first.”

“Awwwwww, Brook so how long are you going to stick with the oh were just friends story.”

“Well for now that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.”

“Max you suck.”

“Why thank you Bette that’s probably the nicest thing you ever said to me.”