TINA- (Bear hugging…) “It’s so good to see you.”

JEFFREY- “Tell me about it. I thought I lost you! I went to 3 different cafes!”

TINA- (She leans back while still holding onto him…) “I told you to take your cell phone…you know how easily I lose my sense of direction…”

JEFFREY- “Looks to me like you did just fine, but I woulda found you eventually, baby sis.”

TINA- “Mom would’ve killed you if you didn’t.”

JEFFREY- “I know it…losing her favourite…can you imagine? Dad would fly over here and bring half the national guard with him.”

TINA- “Oh sweetie….I really missed you.” (She remembers they have company.) “Oh, these nice women were about to help me out with finding my way. This is Bette and this is Alice.” (They exchange pleasantries.) “Coffee?”

JEFFREY- “Can’t. We gotta go. I have to drop by the office and then we’re heading for lunch with Diane.”

TINA- “Oh. Okay. Well…” (She turns to Bette, who is seized by the passing moments and the thoughts of saying goodbye to this new appearance in her life…a woman she barely knows.) “Uhm…I don’t know how to thank you…thank you both for being so nice.”

BETTE- “We didn’t do much and the pleasure was ours.”

ALICE- “Glad it all worked out for you.”

TINA- “Thanks Alice. But gee, I won’t even have time for my coffee…”

BETTE- “It’s ok, Kit will put it in a cup for you.”

TINA- “Oh, okay, but…” (She’s not sure what she wants to say but somehow she doesn’t want to leave…)

ALICE- “No sense in saying goodbye is there? Do you have a number where you’re staying? Here’s my number.”

JEFFEY- “Here’s my card, I’ll write the home number on the back. Sis is staying with me for a while.”
ALICE- “Thanks.”

TINA- (Takes the card from Alice…but she looks at Bette…) “I hope to see you both again soon…”

ALICE- (Looking at both of them…) “I’m sure you will, and don’t worry, I’m a solid link to Porter here, so we’ll all stay in touch.”

TINA- “Great.” (Alice looks at Bette and gets impatient…)

ALICE- “So Bette, maybe you should invite Tina to come by the gallery….”

BETTE- “Hm? OH…oh yes…Tina, feel free to visit…I work there, at the CAC.”

JEFFREY- “Oh that’s great. Tina you gotta see the exhibition there. I’m sure we’ll be by soon. I saw it last week.”

BETTE- “Perhaps I can give you a private tour.”

JEFFREY- “That would be wonderful, thank you.” (They all say goodbye and Bettes’ eyes follow the two as they make their way out.)

ALICE- “Porter, you’d be lost without me I tell ya.” (Bette just sits and stares.) “Bette?”

BETTE- “Mmm?”

ALICE- “Oh boy. Look, I could help but give you some assistance there, but Shannon the shark lady is right…she’s straight.”

BETTE- “How do YOU know?”

ALICE- “How do I know? Porter, have you learned nothing from me all these years? Have you forgotten my gaydar is flawless, at least 99.5 percent of the time?”

BETTE- “There’s always the .5 Al…”

ALICE- “Yeah well, if you ask me she’s lost, ‘figuratively’, as she put it, because of a man she’s left behind. Best stay out of THAT territory, at least until she gets her bearings. Ya know?” (Bette glances at Alice and resumes sipping her coffee.)