((Dana comes walking into the living room in tight blue jeans and a bikini top))

DANA- lets go swimming!

ALICE- what?

BETTE- dana honey how are you doing ?

TINA- yeah i mean you sure ‘look’ like youre taking everything well.

DANA- everything as in , what?(dana laughs) i mean cmon guys its not like im gonna drop dead or anything, lets do some freaking living.((dana lets her hair down and shakes it around she walks over and kisses all ths girls) thanks for coming, thanks, i missed you guys.

SHANE- uhm, dana, what the *****?

DANA- ok! well i guess ill be the first one in….((alice grabs dana by the shoulders and makes direct eye contact as dana heads out the door))

ALICE- dana!, we need to talk .

DANA- right….((they both step out onto the patio, dana gives alice a look of confusion)) what whats wrong?

ALICE- dana, i mean, what the ***** is up with you ? just a minute ago you were acting like , like a

DANA- a what al? a cancer patient?

ALICE- look dana you cant put your body in any physical conditions you have to think about your treatments and your conditioning and—

DANA- conditioning?

ALICE- uh yeah….tennis

DANA- yeah that…lol(dana laughs and swings away) im not playing anymore.

ALICE- WHAT!

((all the girls get up and head towards the patio door to spy in on the conversation. Alice pulls dana to move further away from the door))

ALICE- what are you talking about?

DANA- why should i play al?i mean really what for ?

((the phone rings on the inside, everyone looks at one another as too who is going to answer it))

TINA- should i answer it?

SHANE- yeah youre closet

JENNY- no its not our place.

BETTE- i dunno

SHANE- oh cmon tina just pick it up…

TINA- hello?…yes ….may i ask who is calling?…ok hold on a second.— its the hospital for dana. should i interrupt their conversation?

BETTE- uh yeah…anything is more important than them fighting.

SHANE- (shane walks towards the door and opens it up)) Hey dana, telephone.

DANA- yeah thanks(dana pushes past alice and heads towards the telephone)

DANA- hello, yea, wha– what? youre ***** kidding me. Seriously……yeah ill be there in about an hour.(dana hangs up the phone and sits on the edge of the couch in disbelief)