“You’re not defective.” 

            “Then why isn’t everyone else on Prozac?”

            “It’s not just you.  A lot of people take Prozac, you know that.”  Dana lifted Alice‘s legs and rested them on her lap. 

            “It’s not that I don’t know that.  I wasn’t always like this.  Was I?”

            Dana massaged the blonde’s feet.  “Not really.  Follow me on this.  Say you break your leg and for a while it’s not working right because it needs to heal.  And even after it heals and no longer hurts, it’s not working right because you don’t believe it will work right. You don’t trust that it will support you.  So you don’t use it to its full extent.  Do you get what I’m trying to say?”

            “I think so.”

            “You are back to the good ol’ Alice.  I swear to you.  Ok?”

            “You really think I’m getting better?”

            Dana nodded, “Muchbetter.  You don’t fight with me so much.”

            Alice chuckled, “I suppose that’s proof enough.”

            Tina arrived at Alice‘s a few minutes before six.  Dana answered the door, “Hi, Tina.”

            “Hi.”  Tina gave Dana a big hug, “Are you two ready?”

            “Alice had to run out.  It looks like it’s just the two of us for a while.”

            “Did she tell you when she’s coming back?”

            “Uhh, I’m not sure.”

            “Is she supposed to join us later then?”

            “I think so.  I didn’t really ask.  I’m guessing she’ll be back in an hour or so.”

            “Alright, we can wait for her unless you’re starving.”

            “I’m ok.  Did you want to watch a movie?”

            “Sure, that would be nice.  How’s tennis?”

            Dana searched through Alice‘s collection of DVD’s.  “Tennis is going well.  I actually have to leave in a few days.              Michelle’s dragging me to some magazine party.  She’s on the cover of something.  Then I have a tournament in Florida.”

            “What do you do at these parties?”

            “Michelle goes around introducing me to everybody and we’ll set up photo ops.  It’s better to stage stuff and give the photographers something to shoot.”

            “Reminds me of when Bette started off.  There were times that I thought she was just showing me off.”

            “I feel like that sometimes.  I’m not famous like she is.  It’s crazy.”

            “When are you going to tell Alice?”

            “I’m hoping never.”

            “Dana!  You don’t worry about her seeing the magazines or anything?”

            “Not really.  Alice doesn’t look at those things.  How has Bette been doing lately?”

            “Bette’s good.  She’s been working like a dog lately, but I think she likes working.”

            “How about Eulogy?  It’s really good.  Alice calls it the movie that puts the fun in dysfunctional family funerals.”

            “She would say that.  Sure, put that one on.”

            Alice returned home with a bag full of stuff.  “Hey, Ladies.” 

            Dana jumped off the couch, “Let me-”

            “I got it.  Sit.”  She smiled at Dana.  She put the bag down and removed a few items.  She approached Dana and Tina.  She handed Dana a beautiful bouquet of red roses. 

            “What’s this for, Al?”

            “For cheering me up, babe.”  She gave Dana a kiss on the lips. 

            “Thank you.  They’re very beautiful.”

            “You’re welcome.  And T, so you don’t feel left out.”  She tossed Tina a small box. 

            Tina shook the box, “What is this?”

            “Open it up.”

            “Any ideas, Dana?”

            Dana shook her head, “I had no part in this.  Your guess is as good as mine.”

            Tina opened Alice‘s gift.  She put the box down and looked at Alice in disbelief.

            Alice clutched her side in a fit of giggles. 

            “What?  What is it?” Dana asked worriedly.

            Tina retrieved the box from the floor and tossed a shirt to Dana that read, ‘I’ve been a bad, bad girl.’  “Guess what you’re getting back on your birthday, Alice.”

            “Oh, come on.  You have to admit, it’s funny.”

            “It is.  Thank you.  I’ll put it on before I leave and give Bette a scare.”

            Alice rolled her eyes, “T, she’ll love it.  Trust me, I dated her.”