“Talking shop?”  Marina asked, kissing Jenny on the nose, and that made Jenny smile that much more.  Cass reached out and touched Tina‘s arm, Tina leaned in and asked quietly.

            “Where did the minnow head off
too?”  Cass laughed at the nickname that Quin sometimes called
Daisy.

            “She’s around here somewhere,
she’s…  dealing.”  Cass said, Tina smiled, sliding into Cassandra’s lap and Cass wrapped her arms around her.  She nuzzled her nose into Tina‘s cleavage, peppering her with soft
kisses.  Tina sighed, running her hands through Cass‘s strawberry blonde hair, her thumb caressing Cass‘s ear.  Jenny smiled at Marina, and Marina winked at her.

            “You two look so happy.”  Jenny blurted out and Tina‘s head snapped up, finding Jenny‘s eyes and blushing.

            “Sorry, we get carried away …  Sometimes…” 
Cassandra giggled, rubbing her hand up and down Tina‘s thigh. 
“I can carry you, well.  Yeah, I
think so.”  Cass offered and Tina slapped her arm playfully, Cass smiled and stared intently into her eyes.

            “We must do this more often, go
out?  As a group of friends.”  Marina stated, and Tina slid off Cassandra’s lap, having spotted
someone.

            “Tonya…” 
Tina said breathlessly as Tonya moved to where Peggy was standing, hugging her, and kissing
each of her cheeks. 

            “Tonya knows Peggy?” 
Marina stammered, the four women looked at each
other with a mixture of confusion and horror.

~*~*~*~*~*

            “I would love to see the home you
refurbished.”  Melvin stated, smiling rather charmingly at Candace.  Bette was still in awe at the way her father
was acting with Candace, she was stunned, lost and utterly loving it.  Her father was telling stories of her youth,
regaling her with how Bette had once painted her bedroom orange. 

            “Daddy, please stop…”  Bette begged, making Candace chuckled, she stepped between Bette and her father.

            “Please Mr. Porter, continue…”  Candace begged, Bette wrapping her arms around Candace, who leaned her head back and captured Bette‘s lips. 
Just as they broke the kiss, Bette‘s cell phone rang. 
She sighed, feeling the vibrations that would not let up.  A kiss on Candace‘s cheek and she excused herself.

            Candace watched as Bette seemed upset, her hands moving around in
the air, and Melvin moved up against Candace.

            “It seems that there is some trouble
brewing Candace.” 
Candace‘s face grew serious as Bette turned her back to them, and stared
right at Tina Kennard.

            “Yeah, trouble all right and her
name initials are TK.”  Candace sighed, grabbing two glasses from a
passing waiter and gave one to Melvin.

            “Yes well, we’ll have to put a stop
to that, now won’t we?”  Melvin asked and Candace nodded, as Bette snapped her phone shut.

~*~*~*~*~*

            Shane pushed Dana playfully on the bed, and Dana bounced, giggling and scooting up onto
the huge bed.

            “Damn, I’d forgotten how ***** you
were Dane.”  Shane said, as Dana wiggled her finger for Shane to come to her, and Shane did. 
Loving how Dana was acting, confident, *****, and so beautiful in that
red dress.  Shane slid her body over Dana‘s, kissing her way up and gently kissing
her lips.

            “Love huh?”  Dana asked, her hands playing in Shane‘s mass of hair, tugging at her and
pulling her into her.  Shane slowly began to peel off the red dress,
really taking in every inch of Dana‘s body, because she didn’t know if she’d ever see it
again. 

            Dana sat up, letting her fingers begin to
undress Shane as well, kissing every area of skin she
could.  They finally found each other
lips, kissing harder as Dana‘s fingers found her way down Shane‘s skinny body.

            “I wonder whose bed this is…”  Shane muttered, and Dana didn’t answer, not caring she needed Shane right now.  Not later but right this very instant.  Shane complied, slowly taking Dana, her fingers playing her like Quin’
played her guitar, in tune with each other and forgetting the harsh world that
turned around them.

~*~*~*~*~*

Different
Light

1.25.05

Different
light

Cast
from opposite ends

Of
the spanning stage

The
same stage player

Playing
two different parts

Each
at odds with each other

One
a tough and brash kid

The
other a soft hearted romantic

Both
residing in the same body

The
battle of wits

The
fight of souls

The
war of the heart

Who
will win

Who
will lose

To
triumph over the other

Killing
off the weakness in me

Cut
away the cancer that eats me

Save
my soul and release my heart

Into
the different light