“Please, amuse me.” Marina
said, and Jenny sat down, and began to write
almost effortlessly as she looked on, studying Candace
and Bette. Marina
set her jaw, thinking if Shane was right, Bette
was in for a tongue lashing, and she not going to enjoy it one bit.

~*~*~*~*~*

            “Alice,
the woman oozed *****, I swear.” Tina was telling Alice
about Cassandra and Alice was rapt with
attention, Tina never spoke about other women
that way, never. She was glowing at the thought of this Cassandra woman, and Alice
was almost distraught over Tina thinking of
another woman.

            “Is someone interested?” Alice
asked, her voice filled with concern, and Tina
shook her head no, as Tina looked her up and
down, she looked absolutely ***** in the red dress she was wearing. Alice
thought that Tina was different somehow since
her trip away from LA.

            “No, she was just so
charismatic, it was fun to flirt. I’ll never see her again, she lives in Seattle
anyway, and I have Bette.” Tina
announced and Alice
nodded, biting her bottom lip and wondering why Tina
had been looking at all.

            “OH! Did I tell you about
Quin?” Alice
asked and TinaDana
joined them, almost reluctantly. She was looking around the room, as if seeking
someone in particular.

            “She let me ride in a cab with
her.” Alice
announced as if they’d just gotten engaged, she ignored Dana
at her left and was talking to Tina on her
right. Tina gave her a confused grin, thinking
that Alice
was looking way to deeply into this Quin character.

            “Ok, like that is such a big
deal Alice?”
Dana asked and Alice
turned to her and sighed, her lips curling up in distaste.

            “You know, you told me if I
couldn’t support your thing with Tonya, to butt
out of your life, so that is what I’m doing, so return the favor?” Alice
said in a very rude hurtful tone. Dana turned to
her, hands on her hips as she grunted.

            “I’m not marrying her, at
least not right now, we’ve postponed the wedding.” Dana
stated and Tina moved to hug her and Dana
took the human comfort and hugged back, AliceDana
had come to her senses, finally!

            “Well, ’bout time you came to
your senses about that leach.” Alice
said, taking a sip of the martini she was sipping, seeing Bette
talking to Candace, the carpenter.

            “I’m still dating her Alice!”
Dana said, a bit to loudly, and Peggy
looked over with raised eyebrows, and watched the trio with interest. They were
all very good friends of Bette Porters, but she wondered sometimes, what she
saw in them, Bette was a step above them all.