“She’s the strong one in our group, I know. But noone is that strong, simply cannot be… And if she ever looses her balance, I know she won’t accept it & will fake having enough strenght within her. God knows what will happen when such a moment comes…” She held up her coffee mug & pointed it to a nearing waitress to order a second one. Apperantly she needed more caffeine after their little adventure behind the bars yesterday. Maybe with extra shot…

“Yeah” Shane nodded. “You know what will relax you both though?” She flashed a ***** smile. “Nice Shane” Alice smiled her lips almost covering all over her face. “Come on guys be serious” Tina offended.

“I’m not suggesting you to go over her & suck the stress out of her mouth or” Alice stopped and smiled seductively “you know where else…” They all smiled even laughed a little. “Just be there for her”

“I am ‘there’ for her” Tina raised her voice. “I know Tee, but remember my topten articles? Topten ‘how to’s? How to save Bette Porter from nearing a break down?”

“Yeah yeah” Shane cut in Alice’s sentence. “I remember that one. The deadly weapon: the anti-stress gun… Massage her! Bath her! Play with her hair! Surprise her! Feed her..” Alice put her hand over her heart & made a funny face while cutting Shane’s word in revenge: “Kill me, kill me now! I cannot believe you’ve read that & remember the content. There’s hope for you after all” she played.

The grin on Shane’s face turned serious & she continued: “What you have been through is not easy. I know you’ve been trying to busy yourself to get over the miscarriage & Bette has this excibit to hide behind… Maybe you guys need to stick together & accept it. Share your pain. Deal with it together.” Tina’s eyes watered. She knew they were right. “Perhaps we should” she managed to say. Maybe she could surprize her at the gallery by taking lunch over there. She called Bette with her cell phone, stood up and walked away to engage a short but private conversation.

Alice murmured “You’re such a pain in the ***** you know that? With a big heart, Yoda brain but a nonsense self sufficent ego. Only if you took care of yourself as much as you do of us…”Joining the tough look of Shane with hers, she dropped the subject again. “Yeah, whatever…” Deep down Shane knew they were right about Cherie but she’s not really expecting anyhing from her. She did not understand her feelings so she decided to buy some time by letting it go with the ‘flow’

Tina came back with a huge smile on her face. “I’m going to take her lunch. I’m not sure why but she got relieved & very excited. Thanks you guys. As for the night, some hot bath & after that massage it is!!!”

“Smooth” Shane liked the idea. “Don’t forget the ***** of course” Alice added cheerfully looking at Tina. Tina blushed.

“Do you guys always talk about the ‘S’ word or is it just me?” Dana interrupted the moment with a huge grin of hers. “How much did I miss?” She accepted the “Hey!”s from the group & made herself comportable on the chair next to Shane. She ordered an orange juice.

“That was just tactics for our favorite couple to heat up the bedroom.” Shane winked at Dana.

“Not that you ever need anything like that with your super active girlfriend of yours.” Alice added sarcastically. She hated Tonya from the first moment she met her. Alice thought Tonya practically ate girls like Dana for breakfast. Such a sweet girl Dana was and such an easy target…

Dana captured the unfriendly tone of Alice & switched her head to look on the table other than any of the faces. She prepared a smile, a confident one. She was practically glowing but there’s something mystic about it. Someting that is not ‘good’ mystic. “There’s something I need to share with you about Tonya…”

“God! Dana, you’re ejaculating again aren’t you?” Alice interrupted & an instant cry of pain skiped from her mouth. Shane kicked her under the table knowing what Dana would say could be important. Tina looked around and asked “What ejac…”

“Tonya wants to move in with me!!!!” Dana interrupted. She smiled wider again & hopped on her chair. “We’re going to live together”

TBC