Dana – What’s this?

Lara – Oh, nothing…. just things for work.

Gragging the bag and throwing it in to the back seat.

Lara – Lets get you home. You’ll do better after a good night’s sleep.

Dana – How can I sleep when I know Alice is hurting so much.

Lara – I know you want to help her and I can see this is killing you but If you don’t take care of yourself first….. you’ll be no use to her.

Dana sighs.

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Twitching, convulsing, and drenched in sweat. Yes, Alice was having a night terror. Screaming at the top of her lungs with her heart beating so fast she thought it would explode.

Tina and Bette bolted upright and Angelica started to cry.

Tina – You take care of Angel. I’ll tend to Alice.

Bette – I’m coming baby….

Bette got Angelica back to sleep, Alice would be the handful….

Tina – Alice… Alice…. Are you ok?

Alice was confused by her surroundings, where was she?

Alice – Tina?

Tina – It’s me…. Did you have a bad dream? You woke up screaming.

Alice – I don’t know… I don’t remember…

Tina – God, its so good to hear you talk again.

Alice – What are you talking about? Why am I here?

Tina – Bette and I brought you here. Don’t you remember?

Alice – No. Is there something wrong with me? Why is everything so foggy to me? Big chunks of time are missing…. almost like I’ve been asleep.

Tina knew better to push this…. Best to leave it to the professionals. It was really good that Alice was now speaking, but would she remember what happened. She needed to recall what happened and deal with it. Thats where the professionals come in.

Tina – Lets not talk about it tonight. We’ll get it figured out in the morning. I’m not worried…. you shouldn’t be either. I’m sure it’s stress-related. Do you think you can go back to sleep?

Alice – I think so…

Tina – Good, I’ll see you in the morning.

Tina went back to bed.

Bette – Well?

Tina – Do you want the good news or the bad news first?

Bette – I could you some good news for a change….