“It’s fine. Really. I’ll just take Ariana and go get them.”

“Do you want me to take her with me?” Bette asked. “Will that be easier with you going to the airport and all the luggage and everything?”

“It might be, I don’t’ know. I guess I’ll think about it.” Tina said somewhat shortly thinking that it would just be easier if Bette just rescheduled whatever appointment she had and went with them.

“Well just let me know. I think I’m going to go and lay down before Ariana wakes up again. Just wake me up if you need anything before then.” Bette stood and walked around the table placing her hand gently on Tina’s shoulder before she went toward the bedroom to lay down

“Shane I can’t do it.” Dana whined as she buried her face in her hands for about the hundredth time in the last hour. That was how long they had been sitting in Shane’s car in front of Alice’s building.

“Yes you can. It’s just Alice.” Shane said using the same logic on Dana that she had used on Alice the day before. “You’ve never had trouble talking to Alice before.”

“Well that’s when she was just regular Alice. You know my annoying best friend who always told me what a geek I was. Now she’s Alice.” Dana emphasized Al’s name with her hands, “Like potential girlfriend. And I’ve never been good at potential girlfriend stuff. That’s what Al was for!” Dana looked close to tears and Shane smiled lightly knowing that Alice would be both flattered and amused at the nervous state that Dana had worked herself into over the blonde.

“Alright, get out of the car.” Shane said as she opened her own door and walked around to open Dana’s. For her part Dana just sat and stared at Shane after she had gotten the door open. “Step two, Dana, out of the car. We’ll take this slow ok, but you have to at least get out of the car.” Dana stepped out of the car a little reluctantly and walked behind Shane up to the door.

Shane had her finger poised to buzz Alice’s apartment when Dana finally spoke. “Wait!” She protested in a panicky voice. “What if she won’t even let me up?”