“I guess I am being overly dramatic aren’t I, and to top it all off I have this temp. who I swear is utterly useless”

‘Wait, where’s your assistant?”

“She headed out to California this week, she needed to find a place to live and they sent this girl Monica to help me and I swear she’s useless!”

Bette laughed

“Well I’m sure in the end it will all be worth it T, I mean you’re going to be running your own studio how great is that?”

“It is pretty great isn’t it?”

“Its fucking fantastic T, you deserve it.”

“Thanks Bette”

“Anytime”

“Ok I’ll let you get back to work I was just thinking about you and I wanted to give you a quick call and say hello”

“Thanks I needed this”

“Glad I could help I’ll let you get back to work”

“Bye”

Tina hung up her phone, she had needed to hear a friendly voice and Bette was always the voice of reason this last week they had talked everyday on the phone often just to say hi, other times they had talked at length about work, something funny Alice said or did she was relieved to know that Alice and Bette had talked over lunch and were on their way to mending their friendship.

Tina took a sip of her coffee as she logged on to her e-mail, she sent reply’s forwarded documents deleted and saved, 3 hours later she was done, she looked at her watch 5:00pm where had the day gone? She asked herself.  She began going through the documents on her desk making three piles, Urgent, not so Urgent and things Monica could do though she wasn’t sure what Monica could do.

 Tina laughed

She got rid of all of the urgent pile and placed post it’s on Monica’s pile, she looked at her watch it was now 8:00pm she yawned and stretched her body, her stomach groaned in protest realizing she had forgotten to eat.

Happy with the progress she had made today she decided she would work from home tomorrow since it was Friday and usually a short day anyway, she put the not so urgent pile of files in her bag, she would finish these this weekend from home, and the pile for Monica she left on her desk on the way out, she would call her tomorrow with specific instructions to get these done before she went home tomorrow.

“I’m taking the weekend off” Tina said out loud as she locked her door and made her way out.

Tina got home ate a salad showered and changed into a pair of old sweats and Bette’s old Harvard sweat shirt,  she powered up her lap top and got to work on the pile of papers in her bag before she knew it she had fallen asleep on her couch.

Tina awoke when the buzzard from the security desk sounded.

“Crap” she got up and noticed her back was aching from sleeping on the couch all night.

“I have to stop falling asleep on that damn couch.”

“Hello”

“Hi Ms Kennard, I mean Tina I have a visitor here for you”

Tina looked at the clock it was only 930am, on a Friday and no one knew she was home.

“Well… who is it?” Tina asked

“Umm Ms. Tina she says it’s a surprise”

“A surprise”

“Yes Ms. Tina she says she’s an old friend”

“Hmm well Larry does she look dangerous?”

She heard Larry laugh

“No Ms. Tina she actually looks quite nice”

“Ok, send her up”

“Yes, Ms. Tina”

Tina sat on the couch wondering who could be visiting at this early hour.

‘It’s probably Jessica”

A few minutes later she heard the door bell ring as she opened the door her mouth fell open her eyes grew wide, as she just stared at the image before her.

“Bette” Tina smiled