"I know," Tina shook her head, as she continued to stroke Alice’s hair.  "I’m married to one."

Shane laughed.  "And that’s not the only thing!"

Alice raised her head, then smirked at Tina, "Yeah…fatty here was just saying that Bette was married to one, too."

"Wha-a-a-t?," Tina snorted, and shook her head.  But she was glad to see Alice’s spirits were returning.

Alice sat up and drank the rest of her cappuccino, and then asked Tina, "What have you been so busy with all through lunch, anyway?"

Tina smiled, lighting up, and her hazel eyes sparkled.  Shane and Alice exchanged glances — the blonde was clearly excited about something.   

"Well, when I left New York there was this bidding war that Film Features joined over a treatment that the writer of the last movie I produced for Shaolin wrote … do you remember?," she started.  Shane and Alice nodded, smiling at how excited Tina was getting.

Tina continued, "Mila…that’s her name…wrote a treatment that spins off a parallel story about one of the characters about that movie we helped produce for Shaolin.  And, at a meeting this morning I thought we came out the clear winner for the new story, Film Features, that is, even over Shaolin, because Mila said she preferred to work with me.  Aaron was pissed…. and I tried to reach out to him after.  But…."

"Anyway, I was just exchanging messages right now with Mila and her agents and my team about a few loose ends to tie up so that we can sign the contract while I’m here in LA!"

"Whoo!" Shane exclaimed, extending her fist to Tina, who returned it for a fist bump.  Alice offered her little pinky, which Tina shook with her own little pinky.

"Then I guess you’re buying lunch!," Alice teased Tina.

Tina laughed lightly, "I guess I am!"

Kit walked over to their table.  "What’s going on here with the shouting earlier, then the whooping and hollering now?  And what’s this about Tina getting lunch?," she asked with a smile.  She walked over the Angelica, who was busy coloring on her coloring book, bending down next to her, and pretending to color also.

Just then Tina’s phone rang, with Angelica’s voice calling, "You have a phone call… you have a phone call…"

Tina tapped on the glass screen, "Hi babe.  We were just finishing lunch with the girls…"