Dana stood up in obvious frustration.  “You aren’t even hearing me, you’re having this conversation without me.”

“Dana.”

“Alice.”

Alice reached for Dana’s hand.  “I just think it’s something we need to do.”

“And what you say goes. I get no say, right?  You decide everything.”

“If I ever waited for you to decide anything, you’d be married to Tonya right now.”

Dana nodded, “right”, she released her hand from Alice’s grasp and stormed away from the table.

“*****.”  Alice started to get up but stopped herself.  All she could do was watch as Dana exited the Planet.  Dana brushed passed Tina.   Dana appeared completely oblivious to her existence in her haste to leave their current situation.

“Hey Dan…” Tina tried but only caught Dana’s dust.

Tina glanced in Alice’s direction.   As she headed towards Alice’s table she gave her a bewildered look.

“We had a fight.”

Tina sat down next to Alice.  “She looked pretty upset.”

“It’s my fault,” Alice said. 

“Honey, I think you beat yourself up a bit too much, it takes two to have a fight.”

“I know but, I really…I was getting freaked out and I made a joke.  It kind of hit below the belt.”

Tina nodded as she listened, rubbing Alice’s back in comfort.

“I felt like I was losing the argument and now she’s pissed…”

“Call her, apologize.”

“It won’t fix anything.  We always fight, a lot of things she does really bugs the ***** out of me and everything I say flips her off.”

“Yeah, but what else is new.”

Alice looked at Tina.  The words her friend just spoke left her mouth hanging open, shaped as an O, as her cell phone rang.  She continued to stare at Tina as she answered the call.  Bette came up behind Tina with Angelica strapped to her front.  Carrying a diaper bag on her shoulder, she gave Tina a kiss and sat down.

“Here’s mommy.” Bette cooed with Angelica, as she looked up towards Tina.  “She was getting cranky in the car waiting.”

“I’m sorry babe, but Alice is having a bad day.  She and Dana.” Tina made a face.  “I haven’t had a chance to order.  We won’t be late, I promise.”