“You know, I have to admit that I didn’t recognize you at the airport. I was expecting…”

“You were expecting the same naïve girl who you met at college,” Tina interrupted the dirty blonde. “It’s been seven years since graduation and had you decided to stay and go to grad school in New York instead of moving here, you would have been see what else had happened.”

“I know, but I wasn’t expecting this.” Alice stepped back and gestured in an up and down motion with her hands.”

Tina was wearing her favorite pair of J Crew matchstick white jeans, her yellow Sperry Top-Siders and Western denim shirt.

“Thanks, I think,” Tina eyed her friend and raised a brow. “Please don’t tell me you were expecting me in the overalls and sandals or that floral dress and sweater you used to tease me about.”

“Well, yeah. Actually I was.” Alice chuckled. “Listen, I’ve taken the week off so we can do whatever you want. You know, get things out of your system and then we’re going out Friday night to meet my friends at Milk and advance warning, it’s a lesbian club.”

“Okay, I don’t have a problem with that.” Tina took her suitcase and carried it the couch. “I’ve evolved.”

“Oh?” Alice raised her brown in question.

Tina chuckled at Alice’s expression. “Al, sex is fluid,” she paused. “Sometimes, you just have to go with the flow.”

Alice walked over to her friend. “When you say you’ve “evolved”, what exactly does that mean because the last time we talked you were still as straight as an arrow and was still dating Eric.”

Tina sat on the arm of the couch. “Well, I’m no longer with Eric and maybe I haven’t met the right woman to put a curve in my arrow.”

Alice gave her friend a dumbfounded look. Tina had only dated guys in college. “Really?”

“Yeah, Al…really. I’m open to any type of relationships. Why limit myself to the opposite sex?”

“Why limit yourself indeed,” Alice agreed.

"Hey, I’m hungry. Is there a good Korean place here?"

"Uh, yeah. Grab your purse and let’s go." Alice watched as Tina grabbed her purse from the table. They linked arms and Alice looked at her friend in a new light.