Collision Course 4.08

            “I will not be going,” growled Bette.  “Further more, I think this is preposterous that you are asking me to do this as the last minute.”

            It is late morning at Bette Porter’s place of residence, in her presence, is Alice Pieszecki, a former lover, and long time friend.  Alice is wearing a pair of sweats, and a long sleeved shirt, her hair is tied in two very cute looking pony tails on either side of her head.  Her dark eyes dig into Bette’s steely demeanor.  Alice sighed, rolling her eyes and adjusting her glasses in a very quiet way, waiting, biding her time.  Knowing that if she gives Bette a hard enough time, she will break down.

            “NO!” groaned Tina.  Helena held the cell phone away from her ear, hearing the string of swears falling from Tina’s pretty lips.  Tina is sitting at her kitchen table, Angelica is pounding her fists on the floor, wanting the pots and pans that Henry has just taken away.  Tina sighs, wishing that she and Bette hadn’t used household items for Angelica’s toys.  Now, the young girl thought that everything was a toy, for her to pound, bite, kick or throw.

            “It is for a good cause,” illiterate Helena.  Her voice pouty, filled with her alluring accent pleading and begging with Tina to give in, and Helena knew Tina, she would, intimately, give in.

            “Ah, Carmen, seriously, do I have too?” whined Sam as she cleaned the lens of her new digital camera.  They were in the small studio where Sam shot most of her photos.  Carmen was helping her pack away some of the equipment, they’d just finished another shoot for Prada, and it had been, in Sam’s words, a disaster. 

            “Yes, you have too.  Be there, five o’clock!” ordered Carmen, wagging her finger at the cute tomboy.  She knew that Sam would be there, Sam was to good a soul to let her down.

            “I don’t believe you talked me into this,” sighed Bette, shrugging on the jersey that Alice was handing her.  They were standing at the ballpark, two teams on each side of the field.  One team was Alice’s team, the other was Rosita Navarro’s team.  Alice was ecstatic over the fact that she would be sharing the field with the rising star of The Chart.  She was also happy to see Carmen there, it meant that she had a chance at getting Rosita to give her some private time.  Something about the mysterious Latina just kept Alice wanting to know more.  That, and the fact that every woman in LA seemed to be after a one night stand with the queen of no strings attached sex.