DANA- (Smiling at Bette) “Bette! ”

SHANE- “Hey Bette, come on, join usyour place awaits you madame! ”

BETTE- “Hi guys. ”

DANA- (Trying not to be heard she leans into Alice) “She ok?”

ALICE- “I hope so. ”

SHANE- “So, what can I get you Bette, Alice?”

(Both Alice and Bette speak out at the same time) Alice : “Coffee.” Bette: “Martini”

DANA- “Coffee?”

BETTE- (Looks at Alice with a bit of a nasty look) “Fighting a hangover already Al?”

ALICE- (Squints.) “Well, I figure we’re gonna have to keep ourselves going for a while, it’s Friday after all, so the caffeine seemed like a good idea! ” (Dana and Shane look at her like she’s grown a third head.) “FineI’ll have a cosmo.” (Bette smiles.)

SHANE- “I’ll be right back.”

(Bette hasn’t even started to look around and leaves the surveying to her periphery vision while she focuses on her friends.)

BETTE- “So Dana, how was the tournament?”

DANA- “The usual. Got to the semis but couldn’t take it farther. Last year I had only made it to the quarters so my coach says it’s a start.”

ALICE- “A start? That’s amazing, friggin amazing Dana.”

DANA- (Smiles humbly.) “Yeah it’s in the right direction for sure.”

BETTE- “Congratulations. We’ll be beating the fans off with a stick in a few months.”

ALICE- “I’ll be beating ‘em with a cattle prodhands off I say!” (They all laugh.)

BETTE – “It’s not that busywhere’s Shane? I don’t see her at the bar.”

ALICE- “On an amorous detour between martini shakes”

DANA- “Alice, she only left a minute ago.”

BETTE- (Looks over.) “There she isreturning from the ladies room.”

ALICE- “Ohlet’s wait and see who emerges.” (The rest of the group : Alice! ) “What?! You know I’m kidding! Wellmaybe not ”

DANA- “Let her be already. ”

BETTE- (Sarcastically to her old friend) “Yes Al, we can’t all be Shane, so at least temper the envy.”