“I’ll take one too,” said Shane from the patio area behind Bette and Carmen.  “And a stiff drink, if you have it?”  Lara turned, rose her hand to tell Shane she’d heard her, and moved back to the kitchen entrance.

            “No drinking,” said Alice slapping Shane in the back of the head, making Shane’s head snap forward, Shane’s shaggy hair falling into her eyes.

            “That fucking hurt,” said Shane in a threatening tone, sweeping her hair out of the way.

            Angelica clapped, giggling, thinking it was funny, Tina laughed and Bette gave her a look.  “What, it was funny.”

            Bette rolled her eyes, then thought that it was, indeed, funny and she smiled, kissing Angelica lovingly, sitting her on her lap and letting Angelica feel like a part of the group.

            Lara came back to the table, sitting down next to Carmen, and Alice plopped down on the other side of Carmen.  “Oh, there is Helena,” said Lara as she spotted the Peabody heir at the door.  “You’re grilled cheese will be ready in a few minutes, ladies,” said Lara, addressing Angelica and Shane. 

            Shane smiled as Michelle, one of Lara’s cuter waitresses, came by with Shane’s usual order of coffee, and gave Shane a wink before leaving without a word.  Lara got up to check on the orders and to get Helena a coffee.

            “Tina, there you are,” said Helena breathlessly as she moved to the table, “Do you think you can go over to the movie set and reign in Joss?” asked Helena as she took her light jacket off, tossing it onto the back of the chair and sitting down in it.

            Tina’s dark eyes darted around the table, “I guess, why?”

            “Well, oh, thank you, Lara,” smiled Helena as Lara placed a cup of coffee at her hand.  Dropping Shane’s grilled cheese in front of her, and sliding Angelica’s over to her, the crust already cut off, and gave her a sippy cup full of chocolate milk. 

            “It seems that Joss had her heart set on having Rebecca play Leigh, but Rebecca has dyed her hair black and donned blue contacts and they are at each other’s throats about it.  I don’t quite know what I’m going to do.  The short we want done to sell the movie is supposed to be finished by next week.  And we don’t have Leigh cast as of yet…,” sighed Helena, resting her chin on her elbow, tired of the business game suddenly.