“Oh, I guess I won’t be seeing you then.” Bette says, trying to hide the sadness in her voice.

“No, I want you to meet them. They’ll both love you. I’m gonna tell them. Mikey is my best friend. Even though he’s ten years younger than me, he’s someone I can talk to. I want them to get to know you.” Tina says.

“Okay, I’ll be there then.” Bette says.

“Thank you.” Tina replies. “So how was the last meetings?” Tina asks.

“Even more boring than the first ones. Sometime I wonder why the hell I do what I do.” Bette says and chuckles.

“Well, it’s not that boring all the time though. In every line of work there’s always something that’s a little less interesting than other things.” Tina says.

“Yeah…” Bette agrees.

“So, have you talked to Alice?” Tina asks.

“No, I’ve tried calling her, but nothing. I guess she’s busy with Dana.” Bette says.

“Yeah. Dana’s coming home this week I think it was, or was it next week? She might bring Alice. She wanted to double date.” Tina says.

“Wow, that would’ve been nice. I haven’t seen Alice in almost a year. I’m ashamed about that. But I don’t get a lot of free time on my hands with my own gallery.” Bette says.

“Yeah, that’s a little sad I think. You shouldn’t work too hard.” Tina says as she takes another mouthful of food.

“I’m not. I know my limits. But it has been way too much work the last couple of years. I feel it. So I guess I need to take some time off soon.” Bette says.

“Yeah, you should. Or you can work half days. That way you still have control over the gallery, but you can still relax a lot.” Tina suggests.

“Yeah, I’ll figure something out.”  Bette says.

“When on Thursday will you be back?” Tina asks.

“Around noon I think.” Bette says.

“Okay.” Tina says.

“So what are your plans for the rest of the day?” Bette asks.

“Write a little I think. I’m working on a short story script.” Tina says.

“Oh, what’s the story about?” Bette asks.

“Well, I haven’t found a direction yet. I was going to start today.” Tina says and chuckles.