Tina: “It’s been so long, how have you been?”

Eric: “I’ve been good….God! It’s so great to see you. I thought you’d fallen off the face of the earth.”

Tina: “Nope, I’m still here.”

Eric smiles brightly, “This is amazing, after all these years….your even more beautiful than last I saw you.”

Tina blushes, “Why thank you. So what are you doing here?”

Eric: “Well, my wife and I are having a baby. It’s been a long delivery. She’s been in labor for two hours. Everything’s taking so long I had to get some caffiene.”

Tina: “Eric! Oh my God! Congratulations…..well, I can’t believe it, you’re married….and a baby?”

Eric: “Yep, I’m all grown up…..so what about you? How have you been?”

Tina: “Good…..I’ve been really good. Actually, I’m preparing to have a baby myself.”

Eric: “Really? I didn’t know you were married, too. Well, I’ll tell ya he’s a lucky guy…”

Tina studders, “Uh……….” But Eric continues before she can interject.

Eric: “So why are you here?”

Tina regains control of the conversation, “Um….well, I’m here with Bette Porter….”

Eric thinks and mumbles trying to place the name, “Bette Porter….Bette Porter…..oh! the art gallerist?”

Tina: “Yeah, that’s her, but now she’s the director of the California Arts Center.”

Eric: “Yeah……now that you mention it…..seems like I heard that somewhere…I didn’t realize you two were friends.”

Tina: “Yeah, well, to be honest, she’s my…..my wife……” Her words hang in the air like a thick fog as Eric tries to absorb this news.

Eric: “Really? Wife? So you’re a ***** now? Never saw that one.”

Tina feels the need to come clean, “We met, of course, at the artist’s dinner you and I went to. We started dating right after you and I broke up….and we’ve been together ever since.”

Eric is surpirsed, “Um…. well…..can I ask you something?”

Tina: “Sure.”

Eric: “Was it me? The reason you’re *****.”