Shane couldn’t help but laugh.

“True, but after an hour of practice who could do it and who couldn’t?”  Shane asked her innocently.

Alice replied by flipping Shane off and causing Shane and the rest of the gang to laugh again.

“Well, as sterling of a conversation as this has been I have to get to work.”  Bette said with one last swallow of her coffee before standing up. 

“I’ll walk out with you”  Tina said before grabbing her purse and linking hands with Bette as they exchanged goodbyes with the group before heading for The Planet’s parking lot.

“I should probably be going too.  I’ve got early appointments today.”  As Carmen decided to tag along to Wax with Shane, Alice and Jenny were left at the table.

“So how have you been doing Jenny?”  Alice asked, genuinely curious as to what the young woman has been up to since her return.

“Not too much.  I’m finally settled back in the house with Carmen and Shane and I’ve been toying with some ideas for a book.  I’ve started doing some writing just to help clear the cobwebs out of my head until the ideas start to take more of a form.”  Jenny said in her quiet, yet serious voice.

Alice smiled in understanding.

“I know what you mean.  I’m the same way.  Somedays I’ll just pound at my keys, not really making any sense in my writings and then… BAM!  My thesis will suddenly take form and all my research and random writings will make sense.”  Alice looked at Jenny to see the other writer was smiling in recognition.  Alice smiled back the two settled into a comfortable silence, each lost in their own thoughts.

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Elsewhere in L.A…

“Hey Howie!  How’s school going?” 

Dana was currently lounging in her hotel room.  She had gotten up at her usual time of 6am after another night of tossing and turning.  Unfortunately, that meant that Dana had five hours to kill until her 11am appointment with Dr. Moreno to begin her rehab.  Since Dana didn’t really know anyone or the city of L.A. that well she opted to simply hang out in her hotel room and do some work.  As a professional athlete, Dana had created her own diet to coenside with her training regimen.  However, Dana was no longer training for Wimbledon or the US Open.  As such, her diet would have to be altered to fit the needs of her rehabilitation.  Never one to sit around and let others do the work, Dana had been researching different diets and their pros and cons for injured athletes in her situation.