‘I’ll see you tomorrow then Alice, Goodnight.’ With that Helena hung up the phone leaving Alice staring blankly at the device in her hand as if it was a foriegn object.

‘What the hell did i just freeze? Why did i do that?’ Alice asked herself.

‘Why are you talking to yourself Al?’ Bette asked as she walked back into the room.

Alice looked up at Bette and simply said, ‘I just froze!’

Shane and Tina walked into the room and started laughing, ‘What the hell made you freeze?’ Tina asked between fits of giggles.

Alice snapped, ‘If i knew that do you really think i’d be sitting here asking myself the same question!’

Shane sat down next to alice and slid her arm around the highly strung blond, ‘What or should i say who made you freeze?’

Alice looked at Shane then at Bette and Tina, ‘Well… er… I finally got through to Helena.’

‘Is she ok?’ Tina asked concerned thinking that something bad must have happened to Helena if alice had frozen upon hearing the news.

Realising if she stopped at that moment everyone in the room would think that something terrible had happened to Helena Alice rushed on hoping that the speed in which she said everything would confuse the others as well as prevent her any embarrassment (further embarrassment). ‘Oh she’s fine. I haven’t been able to contact her for over a week you know since the whole Dylan thing and well i finally did. You know i’ve been phoning everyday, all the time and i only got through today i mean come off it how annoying is a ringing phone…’ Alice was rambling, she knew it as did the other women.

Bette interupted her rambling friend, ‘Ok you got through to Helena we get that. I take it you spoke to her so what did you say or did she say that caused you to freeze up?’

‘Al come on it can’t be as bad as your making it out to be.’ Tina said reassuringly.

‘I never said it was bad.’ She said before clamping her hand over her mouth, ‘Why did i say that?’ She said as much to herself as to the others.

‘So you going to share with us what Helena said? Is she coming back to work? Is she feeling better? Hmm if you don’t start answering my questions soon i might just phone her myself and ask what’s got you acting weird.’